Faculty Senate

  1. November 12, 2023

    Academic freedom lecturer addresses censorship threats

    Jonathan Friedman of PEN America highlighted the impact on higher education of increased legislation censoring the teaching of race, gender and sexuality in public schools.

  2. October 31, 2023

    Faculty Senate plans full membership meeting Nov. 6

    The university’s full Faculty Senate will meet Nov. 6, the first meeting of U-M’s largest central faculty governance group since its recent expansion.

  3. August 28, 2023

    Q&A: SACUA Chair Tom Braun considers the coming year

    Tom Braun, a professor of biostatistics in the School of Public Health, recently began his 2023-24 term as chair of the nine-member Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.

  4. July 20, 2023

    Regents Roundup — July 2023

    Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its July 20 meeting.

  5. July 5, 2023

    Regents to consider bylaws change expanding Faculty Senate

    Public comments are being sought regarding proposed revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws that would expand the membership of the Faculty Senate and Senate Assembly.

  6. June 5, 2023

    Faculty Senate approves plan to add new members

    The Faculty Senate voted last week to expand U-M’s central faculty governance system to include more than 2,800 clinical professors, archivists, curators and lecturers.

  7. May 31, 2023

    Faculty Senate voting this week on expansion proposal

    The Faculty Senate will vote through 8 a.m. June 3 on a resolution to expand the university’s central faculty governance system to include clinical professors, archivists, curators and lecturers.

  8. May 23, 2023

    Faculty Senate to discuss expansion at May 25 meeting

    The Faculty Senate will convene May 25 to discuss and soon thereafter open a vote on a resolution to expand U-M’s central faculty governance system.

  9. April 25, 2023

    Faculty Senate to consider expansion proposal

    The Faculty Senate will consider a proposal to include clinical professors, archivists and curators in U-M’s central faculty governance system. The measure would add about 1,810 members to the approximately 4,150-member Senate.

  10. April 11, 2023

    SACUA elects Tom Braun chair, Damani Partridge vice chair

    The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has elected Tom Braun of the School of Public Health as chair and Damani Partridge of LSA as vice chair for the upcoming school year.