Welcome our new FCC members!

In this Newsletter

• Reflections from the Chair
• Market Refinement Project Update 
• Apply to a Senate Committee - apply by March 1
• Civil Service Senate Governance Updates
• Did You Know? The St. Paul campus and its U-perks
• Because you asked… Conflict Resolution
• Paid Leave Time Change and Resources…

In this Newsletter

A Note from the P&A Chair

Senate Work

• Professional Development and Enrichment Subcommittee
• Outreach Subcommittee

Additional Updates 

• Performance Reviews and Goal Setting
• Digital Accessibility
• Immigration-Related Resources
• Minnesota Paid Leave & Policy Changes
• Leaves and Time Off
• Free Expression in the Workplace

A Message from the Chair - Perry Leo, chair, Senate and Faculty Consultative Committees

Updates: Consultative Committee Leaders Present to Board of Regents; University Senate Office Holds Informational Webinar

The Big Issues: Medical School Negotiations, Resolution on the Compact for Academic Excellence, MN Paid Leave

A Message from the Director: The Importance of Dignity Intelligence and Building Trust for Shared Governance

A View from the Inside: Policy History

November 2025 P&A Senate News

In this Newsletter

• A Note from the P&A Chair
• Latest News
  • MN Paid Leave
  • Professional Development Seminars
  • Upcoming P&A Staff Award Deadlines
• Senate Work
  • New! Awards Working Group
  • Benefits & Compensation Subcommittee
  • Communication Subcommittee
  • Outreach Subcommittee
  • Professional Development & Enrichment Subcommittee
• Additional Updates
  • New Digital Accessibility Regulations
  • DRC Accommodation Updates
  • AI/Gemini Training Recordings
  • Immigration News and Updates
  • EAP Program
• Stay Connected to the P&A Senate!
  • Resources
  • Stay Connected
  • Let Senate Know

In this Newsletter

• Paid Family and Medical Leave Benefit Change at the U
• Professional Development Goals
  • Professional Development Opportunity + Well Being Points
• Civil Service Governance Updates
  • CSCC and Senate
  • Communications and Outreach Subcommittee
  • Civil Service Rules Subcommittee
  • Civil Service Compensation and Benefits Subcommittee
• Did You Know? We need more Civil Service Senate Members
• Because you asked… Regents Tuition Benefits

Spring 2025 Semester Update

• Adjourned - Professor Jenn Goodnough, chair, Senate and Faculty Consultative Committees
• Vickie R. Courtney Award Recipients - Stacy Maher, Taiwo Aremu, Tim Johnson
• The Big Issues
  • Core Curriculum
  • Floating Holidays for Twin Cities and Rochester
  • Federal Landscape
  • Term Faculty and P&A
• Senate Office Mailbag
• Spotlight on: Taiwo Aremu, chair, Student Senate and SSCC
• Message from the Director - Laurie Cooper Stoll, director, University Senate Office
• University Senate Governance Working 4 U

A Message from the Chair

The Big Issues: Digital Accessibility, Governance Response to Protests, PEAK

Senate Office Mailbag

Get to Know the Our New Director!

Call for Nominations: Vickie R. Courtney Award for Outstanding Service to University Senate Governance

University Senate Governance Working 4 U