2025-2026 Acts of the Senate

Acts of the Senate, 2025-2026

Motion for senators to request feedback from their units regarding the proposed revisions to the Undergraduate Course Load Policy, and that this feedback be discussed at the October Senate meeting: 62 Yes / 2 No / 6 Abstain

The 2028-2029 academic calendar was approved: 78 Yes / 2 No / 1 Abstain
The First motion for ‘A grievance may be filed by one or more faculty members affected; it may be directed against the action of one or more administrators or other members of the faculty’ be amended to ‘A grievance may be filed by one or more faculty members affected; it may be directed against the action of one or more members of the faculty or administrators’. was passed: 71 Yes / 5 No / 3 Abstain
The Second motion for Should a complaint arise from the action of some other party, an administrator could take corrective action, and a grievance may be directed against the administrator’s action or failure to act.’ was passed: 65 Yes / 8 No / 6 Abstain
The Third motion For the purposes of faculty grievance, an administrator is someone who holds authority, individually or in conjunction with others, to effect decisions that affect the performance of faculty responsibilities.’ was passed: 68 Yes / 6 No / 6 Abstain
The Fourth motion for ‘Interactions with other University committees or processes do not limit or change a faculty member’s right to file a grievance on appropriate grounds.’ was passed: 66 Yes / 8 No / 3 Abstain