SA Briefs: 3 takeaways from Monday's meeting (Oct. 5)
Here are three takeaways from Monday night’s Student Association meeting. Read more »
University Senate
Increase in administrators at SU comes with a cost
The number of SU’s non-academic administrators continues to skyrocket in size and salary, a trend that is mirrored nationwide at other colleges and universities. Read more »
University Senators discuss plans, committee chair nominations during first meeting
Most of Wednesday’s meeting was conducted in senate subcommittees scattered throughout Maxwell Auditorium, where senators discussed upcoming plans and committee chair nominations. Read more »
Committee calls for honorary degrees nominations
A University Senate committee is calling for the SU community's input for honorary degrees, which are special degrees given out at commencement. Read more »
Organization recommends SU creates research institution with student focus
The University Senate recommended at its Wednesday meeting that SU create an Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarship, which would oversee research opportunities and student awareness of those opportunities. Read more »
Committee formed to aid in search for next vice chancellor and provost
A 13-person committee of faculty, staff, students and trustees has been created to aid in the search for a new vice chancellor and provost. Read more »
SU faculty, administration and Board of Trustees discuss resolution regarding promotion and tenure policies
All is well between the University Senate, the Syracuse University administration and the Board of Trustees regarding promotion and tenure policies. Read more »
Syverud addresses NCAA sanctions at 1st University Senate meeting since report's release
Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke Wednesday at a University Senate meeting regarding the NCAA’s report released March 6 and the sanctions leveled against the school. Read more »
Senators discuss ongoing dean searches, library budget at monthly meeting
The University Senate held its second meeting of the semester Wednesday night and discussed the search for a new library dean among other topics. Read more »
University Senate discusses budget at first meeting of semester
The majority of Wednesday’s senate meeting was spent breaking down the Budget Committee’s report, including updates related to the Big East exit fee, which spurred debate among senators and administrators. Read more »
Associate dean to begin tenure as committee chair, moderator
Can Isik, associate dean of Syracuse University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, spends his 10 percent serving the University Senate as moderator and chair of the Agenda Committee. Isik replaced Doug Armstrong, a professor of anthropology, in both positions after Armstrong resigned due to research responsibilities. Read more »
Following debate, senate votes in support of THE General Body's efforts
The majority of the University Senate voted in favor of a motion affirming THE General Body’s efforts to increase diversity, transparency and shared governance throughout… Read more »
Organization passes resolutions calling for ombudsperson, investigation into treatment of protesters
At a special meeting, the Graduate Student Organization passed a pair of resolutions relating to THE General Body. Read more »
Syverud addresses Fast Forward concerns with senators
As part of the final University Senate meeting of the semester, Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke about two senate motions dealing with diversity, transparency and shared governance at Syracuse University, one of which affirmed the efforts of THE General Body. Read more »
Senators to vote on THE General Body motions at final meeting of semester
The University Senate will vote Wednesday on two motions inspired by THE General Body during its final meeting of the semester. The vote comes 13… Read more »
Senators vote to oppose SU promotion policy
The future of Syracuse University’s promotion policies may be more dangerous to academic freedom than the threats that resulted from the firing of a professor… Read more »
Senate discusses tenure, academic freedom resolution
Several faculty senators are calling for the Syracuse University administration to explain why it chose to overrule the University Senate motion to keep promotion and… Read more »
Senators to vote on academic freedom resolution Wednesday in wake of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign firing
The University Senate will vote on a resolution on Wednesday reaffirming the need for academic freedom at universities following the firing of a professor at… Read more »
Senators break into committees, discuss goals at first meeting of the year
It was business as usual at the first University Senate meeting of the year, as senators broke from the general assembly and convened in their… Read more »
American Association of University Professors
SU declines to provide faculty salary data
For the first time in nearly 50 years, Syracuse University declined to provide the data used in compiling the Committee Z Report — a public… Read more »
Student Engagement Committee Chair reports on issues of diversity, self-segregation
During Student Association’s second-to-last meeting of the semester, the assembly discussed several initiatives related to self-segregation and diversity on campus. Student Engagement Committee Chair Sawyer… Read more »
Senators take firm stances in last meeting of year
The University Senate’s last meeting of the year included a big win for fossil fuel divestment, a heated discussion about promotions and a response to… Read more »
Senators vote for promotion review process
Clarification: In a previous version of this article, Sam Gorovitz's comment on the motion was unclear. Gorovitz commented on the amendment to the motion. The… Read more »
Advisory committee: SU should plan for possibility of student-athlete unions
Regardless of the merits of a federal agency's ruling that football players at Northwestern University can unionize, Syracuse University should begin planning if the decision… Read more »
