Acts of the Senate, 2024-2025

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August 27, 2024

  • Motion to continue holding Senate meetings via Zoom was amended to read: Continue holding Senate meetings via Zoom through the June 2025 Senate Meeting. A new vote would be conducted at that meeting. Amended motion passed: Yes 44 / No 8 / Abstain 2.

  • Approval of Senate committee replacement nominees: Yes 70 / No 1 / Abstain 2.

September 17, 2024

  • Approval of Senate committee replacement nominees: Yes 75 / No 1 / Abstain 1.

October 15, 2024

  • Motion to rename the Senate DEI Committee passed: Yes 63 / No 4 / Abstain 3.

  • Approval of Senate committee replacement nominees: Yes 64 / No 2 / Abstain 4.

November 12, 2024

  • N/A 

January 28, 2025

  • Motion to request explanation from Board of Trustees failed: Yes 11 / No 57 / Abstain 1.

  • Approval of Senate committee replacement nominees: Yes 65 / No 1 / Abstain 1.

February 18, 2025

  • Vote on the proposed 2027-2028 academic calendar passed: Yes 64 / No 3 / Abstain 3.

  • Nominations were taken from the Senate floor for Rules Committee members: Steph Shepherd, Senator from Geosciences; Hans Werner Van Wyck, Senator from Mathematics & Statistics; Elizabeth Lipke, Senator from Chemical Engineering; and Rebecca Riggs, Senator from Biological Sciences, were nominated.

March 18, 2025

  • Motion presented by the RISE Committee passed: Yes 66 / No 5 / Abstain 1

  • Senators elected to serve on the Rules Committee: Elizabeth Lipke, Rebecca Riggs, and Hans-Werner van Wyk.

April 15, 2025

  • Approval of Senate committee nominees: Yes 65 / No 0 / Abstain 2.

May 13, 2025

  • Motion to accept recommendations from the Faculty Salaries & Welfare Committee passed: Yes 41 / No 6 / Abstain 12

  • Motion to support the proposed parking changes failed: Yes 6 / No 50 / Abstain 6.

  • Approval of Senate committee nominees: Yes 62 / No 1 / Abstain 1.

June 10, 2025

  • Motion to continue holding Senate meetings on Zoom for the 2025-2026 Senate term with a new vote to be conducted at the June 2026 meeting passed: Yes 60 / No 6 / Abstain 0.

  • Approval of Senate committee nominees: Yes 59 / No 0 / Abstain 2.

 

Last updated: 06/30/2025