Approved minutes of senates and their committees will be posted on Fridays, when available.

Senate Library Committee, April 17, 2019
In these minutes: Report on Dean of Libraries Search Committee; Statement on Affordable Content Update; Introduction of Incoming Chair

​Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC), April 18, 2019​
In these minutes: Social Concerns Committee Update; IAS Community Forum Review; Office for Human Resources (OHR) Policy Reviews; Constitution, Bylaws & Rules Review Workgroup Update; Legislative Outreach Discussion; Presidential Inauguration Discussion; Chairs Report; Subcommittee Reports

Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), April 25, 2019
In these minutes: Employee Benefits Update; Plan Review - Health Partners Dental; Employee Comments - Health Partners Dental; Medical Evacuation Program through Redpoint Plus UHC Global 2018 Final Report

E​quity, Access, and Diversity Committee (EAD), April 29, 2019
In these minutes: Chair’s Updates; Planning for Next Year

ROTC, April 30, 2019
In these minutes: Unit Presentations

​Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), May 9, 2019
In these minutes: Employee Benefits Update; Update on 2020 Rates; Plan Review - Prime Therapeutics; Employee Comments - Prime Therapeutics

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Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (SCFP), October 16, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Childcare Update; Financial Implications of the Federal Tax Reform; Retirement Plan Updates; Twin Cities Undergraduate Non-Resident/ Non-Reciprocity Tuition Update

Senate Library Committee (SLC), October 17, 2018
In these minutes: University Senate Overview; Review of Affordable Content Statement; Goals for 2018-19

Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC), October 18, 2018
In these minutes: Senate Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT) Update; At-large Name Change to “​Administrative and Central Services” and vote; Presidential Search update; Report on HR Projects Regarding CSCC; ​Joint Compensation Commission Resolution Discussion and Vote; ​Chairs Report; Subcommittee Reports; Update on Optional Retirement Plan Administrator​

Senate Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT), October 22, 2018
In these minutes: Works Overview; Experts@Minnesota Overview; Other Business

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (AF&T), November 2, 2018 
In these minutes: Reaffirm Vote to Close Meeting; Discussion of Delayed Reproductive Services Fellowship

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P&A Senate, October 12, 2018
In these minutes: P&A Consultative Committee Report; Subcommittee Reports; Civil Service Senate Report; Student Senate Report; P&A Senate Involvement in the Presidential Search; Update on Child Development Center; Discussion on Ethical Compensation

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Equity, Access, and Diversity Committee (EAD), September 24, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​Committee Orientation​; ​Committee Discussion of Proposed Administrative Policy: ​Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Names, and Pronouns; Lactation Support

Social Concerns Committee, September 24, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Committee Orientation; Chair’s Updates; Framework for Issues; Outreach and Engagement Plan; New Business

University/Faculty Senate, October 4, 2018
In these minutes: Administrative Response to Senate Actions; Clerk of the Senate Report: Electronic Vote Results; Tribute to Deceased Members of the University Community; Minutes for May 3, 2018; Faculty Senate Constitution Ammendment; University Senate Constitution Amendments; University Senate Bylaw Amendments; Faculty/Senate Consultative Committee Report; Board of Regents Policy: Research Involving Human Subjects; Senator Responsibilities; Presidential Search Discussion

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (AF&T), October 5, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Administrative Policy: ​Faculty Development Leaves;​ Discussion of the Reproductive Services Fellowship

Senate Research Committee (SRC), October 8, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Presidential Search Update; ​Public Engagement Council Update; International Students on Campus; Policy Review: Relocating Employees; Policy Review: Traveling on University Business Policy for Faculty and Staff to Request Reimbursement for Certain Expenses Related to Dependent Care; Policy Review: Education in the Responsible Conduct of Sponsored Research and Grants Management; Sexual Misconduct Reporting for NSF/ NIH; Priorities for the SRC for 2018-2019

Senate Committee on Student Affairs (SCSA), October 17, 2018 
In these minutes: Update on Federal ​Law Changes with an Emphasis on Immigration​; Discussion of the Bias Response and Referral Network (BRRN) Year-Two Report; Overview of the Disability Resource Center (DRC) 

Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee (AHC SCC), October 17, 2018
In these minutes: Senate Orientation and Overview; Overview of AHC Re-Organization and Health System Integration; Solicitation of Committee Topics for the Year

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Student Academic Integrity Committee (SAIC), October 10, 2018
In these minutes: College Review - University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) School of Fine Arts; College Review - College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS); Campus Committee on Student Behavior (CCSB) Overview 

Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), October 12, 2018 
In these minutes: ​​SSCC Updates; Debrief about Student Senate Retreat; Discussion of Docket for November 1, 2018 Student Senate Meeting

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Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC), September 13, 2018
In these minutes: Moment of Silence in Remembrance of Dylan Fulton, a Student Who Recently Passed Away; Compensation for Academic Professional and Administrative Employees Policy and Modifying Appointments of Academic Professional and Administrative Employees for Financial Stringency Policy; Board of Regents Policy - Research Involving Human Participants; Faculty Vacancies on Other Committees; 2018 – 2019 Issues; Non-Tenure Track Faculty Issues; Committee Business 

Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (SCFP), September 18, 2018
​​In these minutes: University Senate Overview; ​6 year Capital Plan and the "Mayo Displacement Plan" (MDP) in the Academic Health Center​; ​St. Paul Campus District-Master Planning Framework; President’s Recommended FY 2020-2021 Biennial Budget Request Review

Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), September 28, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Student Senate Retreat Planning - Discussion for Breakout Sessions; Discussion of Student Government Initiatives and Priorities; Discuss Potential Ideas to Submit to Senate Consultative Committee (SCC) for University Senate Meetings; Diploma and Transcript Costs 

Civil Service Senate (CS Senate), October 4, 2018
In these minutes: Lactation Advocacy Committee and EAD Resolution; P&A Report; Presidential Search Update; Civil Service Consultative Committee Report; Open Senate Seats/Recruitment Outreach Update; Civil Service Subcommittee Reports

Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), October 4, 2018
In these minutes: Employee Benefits Update; UPlan 2018 Semi-Annual Report; Wellbeing Program Changes for 2018-19; U of M Long Term Care Offering; Update on RFPs & BAC Involvement; UHC Global transition to New Vendor; BAC Suggestions for Meeting Topics

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University/Faculty Senate, Thursday, May 3, 2018 (Minutes approved at October 4, 2018 University/Faculty Senate Meeting)
In these minutes: Administrative Response to Senate Actions; Tribute to Deceased Members of the University Community; Presentation of Outstanding Service to University Senate Governance Recognition; Approval of Minutes for April 5, 2018; Faculty/Senate Consultative Committee Report; Organics Recycling Resolution; Slate of Faculty Candidates for Senate Committee on Committees; Approval of Faculty Senate Officers; Faculty Consultative Committee Election Slate; Faculty Senate Constitution Amendments; Faculty Senate Bylaws Amendments; Faculty Senate Rules Amendments; University Senate Consistution Amendments; University Senate Bylaws Amendments; University Senate Rules Amendments; Proposal to Amend the Twin Cities/Rochester Academic Calendar for 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22; Liberal Education Redesign Committee Update; Faculty Legislative Liaisons Report; President's Report; Questions to the President; Budget and Finance Overview; 2018-19 University/Faculty Senate Meeting Dates; Letter in Support of the Student Parent HELP Center; Statement of the University of Minnesota Faculty Consultative Committee in Support of the HEAPR Request

Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee (AF&T), September 14, 2018
In these minutes: ​​Administrative Policy: ​Faculty Development Leaves;​ Discussion of the Reproductive Services Fellowship; Other Business

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Student Academic Integrity Committee (SAIC), September 12, 2018
In these minutes:​ Overview of the University Senate Governance Structure; Overview of SAIC Committee Charge; Introduction to Reviewing the Appropriateness and Adequacy of the Mechanisms to Deal with Academic Integrity in the University as a Whole, on Each of the Campuses, and in Each of the Colleges; College Review - Medical School; Solicit Committee Topics from Committee Members 

Senate Committee on Educational Policy (SCEP), September 12, 2018
In these minutes: ​Welcome, Introductions, and Updates; Committee Orientation; Open Discussion of Future Agenda Items; Graduate Educational Goals; Graduate Student Experience in Small Graduate Programs 

P&A Consultative Committee (PACC), September 13, 2018
In these minutes: ​Chair/Chair-Elect’s Report; ​Discussion of P&A Non-renewal and Annual Contracts​; Subcommittee Reports

Senate Research Committee (SRC), September 17, 2018
​In these minutes: ​University Senate Overview, BOR Policy Review: Research Involving Human Subjects, Conflicts of Interest in Research, SRC Agenda Planning for the 2018-19 Academic Year,​ ​Works Faculty Activity Reporting System Overview

Senate Committee on Student Affairs (SCSA), September 19, 2018
​In these minutes:​ Senate Orientation and Overview of Committee Charge; Elect One Student as Ex-officio Member on the Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC); Student Service Fee Selection Committee; Policy Review - Policy on Distribution of Information; Discussion of Possible Agenda Items for the Year

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Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC), September 6, 2018
In these minutes: Review of BAC Charge; Employee Benefits Update; Deadline Reminder - Medical Cost Relief Program for Lower Income Employees; Review Self Insurance Programs; Retiree Medical Rates & Changes; Open Enrollment Communications Plan; Pharmacy Program - Prior Authorizations, Diabetes Testing Meters, and MTM Diabetes Program

Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), September 7, 2018
In these minutes: ​Student Senate Retreat Planning; Discussion of Potential Priorities for the Year; Election of SSCC members to the 2018-19 Senate Consultative Committee (SCC); Election of Two SSCC (Twin Cities) members to the 2018-19 Nominating Subcommittee; SSCC Updates

Senate Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT), September 10, 2018
In these minutes: Canvas/ Unizin Status Updates; University Senate Overview; SCIT Agenda Planning for the 2018-19 Academic Year

Civil Service Consultatative Committee (CSCC), September 13, 2018
In these minutes: ​Equity and Access: Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Names and Pronouns; ​Civil Service Unit Outreach Update; Questions/ Comments for Presidential Search Committee; Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules Audit; Parental Leave Updates/ Changes to Employment Rules; Chairs Report; Subcommittee Reports; New/ Old Business

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​​Senate Research Committee (SRC), April 9, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​Policy Review: radiation safety policy; Single-IRB issue for multi-site studies, non-faculty submitting to IRB; System-wide Strategic Planning in Research and Discovery

Student Academic Integrity Committee (SAIC), April 11, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​Policy Review: Resolving Alleged Student Conduct Code Violations; History of SAIC - Review of the Clayton Documents; Committee Recommendations on Changes in the Committee Charge

Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee (AHC SCC), April 25, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​Discussion and Committee Questions for Dr. Jakub Tolar; Election of AHC SCC Chair for 2018-19 Academic Year; Vote on Changes to the AHC SCC Committee Charge

Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee (AHC FCC), May 15, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​Discussion with Jon Steadland, Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Regarding the University’s Future Health Sciences Structure; Online Meeting Formal Community of Practice (FCoP); Agenda Items for May 25 AHC FCC Meeting with Dr. Tolar

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