Faculty Senate
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September 3, 2024
Faculty Senate Office launches series of public issue forums
Members of the U-M community will be able to share their thoughts and opinions on pressing matters this election season during “Political Speech and the Public Square,” a series of open forums.
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August 26, 2024
Q&A: SACUA Chair Rebekah Modrak considers the coming year
Rebekah Modrak, professor of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, is the 2024-25 chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.
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April 9, 2024
SACUA elects Rebekah Modrak chair, Heather O’Malley vice chair
The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs has elected Rebekah Modrak of the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design as chair and Heather O’Malley of the Medical School as vice chair for the upcoming school year.
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March 21, 2024
Three faculty members elected to serve on SACUA
Derek R. Peterson and Melanie S. Tanielian of LSA, and Soumya Rangarajan of Michigan Medicine have been elected to three-year terms on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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July 20, 2023
Regents Roundup — July 2023
Other items approved by the Board of Regents at its July 20 meeting.
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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.
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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.
