Faculty Senate Meeting Summary 4/4/24; Event and Recruitment Updates
April 16, 2024
Dear Colleagues, Our April Senate meeting on the 4th went into a continuation meeting, held on the 11th. The continuation meeting adjourned with some business still unfinished. We’ve been busy! This is a report on both April meetings. As always, full text of remarks and reports can be found on the agenda. Items 10g and…
Faculty Senate Meeting Summary 3/7/24; Other Updates
March 12, 2024
Dear Colleagues, I’m writing with a summary of our most recent Faculty Senate meeting, and some general updates including upcoming panels and webinars. The fifth full meeting of this year’s Faculty Senate was on 3/7/2024. Full text of remarks and reports can be found on the agenda. In particular, the reports from our Planning and…
Pen America Update
February 27, 2024
In August, the Senate Leadership and the Provost jointly identified academic freedom and free speech as issues of importance at our University and began a conversation with Pen America about providing training opportunities for faculty on these topics. Provost Serio had previously participated in such trainings. After circulating an invitation to the faculty to attend…