Senate Assembly

  1. April 5, 2016

    Schultz and Wright to lead faculty governance in 2016-17

    William Schultz of the College of Engineering has been elected chair of the central faculty governance system for 2016-17, and David Wright of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business will be vice chair.

  2. March 21, 2016

    Senate Assembly elects SACUA members; some questions remain

    The Senate Assembly elected new members to the central faculty governance system’s executive committee Monday, but the number of terms and who will fill which one is yet to be determined.

  3. March 14, 2016

    Profiles of candidates in March 21 SACUA election

    The U-M faculty’s Senate Assembly will choose at least four new representatives to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs at its meeting March 21.

  4. January 14, 2016

    SACUA seeks candidates for several upcoming vacancies

    The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, the executive arm of U-M’s central faculty governance system, is seeking candidates to fill six positions.

  5. November 17, 2015

    Senate Assembly backs effort to investigate oil and coal divestment

    The faculty’s Senate Assembly is endorsing a student-led effort that seeks an ad hoc committee to consider whether U-M should end its investment in the oil and coal industries.

  6. November 16, 2015

    Senate Assembly resolution on divestment committee

    A Resolution To Support The Formation Of An Ad Hoc Committee To Determine The Propriety Of The University’s Investments In Oil And Coal (Approved by the U-M faculty’s Senate Assembly on Nov. 16, 2015) WHEREAS, The University has a long-established procedure for determining whether a certain set of investments is appropriate for the University to…
  7. April 20, 2015

    Szymanski to fill term of SACUA member-elect who resigned

    The Senate Assembly has selected Stefan Szymanski, professor of kinesiology, to fill a three-year term on the Senate Advisory Committee for University Affairs.

  8. March 16, 2015

    Three faculty members elected to three-year terms on SACUA

    Faculty members from the Medical School, LSA and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business have been elected to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs.

  9. January 27, 2015

    Resolution: Guidance on Confidentiality Agreements for University Senate Members

    As part of the shared governance of the University, Senate members may from time to time be called to serve on committees or advisory boards that develop and review policies and procedures or that render professional judgments. Although certain sensitive matters, such as personnel decisions and other personal matters, are appropriately (and in some case…
  10. January 27, 2015

    Senate Assembly seeks to challenge confidentiality restrictions

    Faculty members appointed to university committees or advisory boards are being asked to push back against broadly applied confidentiality restrictions.