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

Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC), February 1, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​Conversation with Gopher Athletics Director Mark Coyle; Discussion regarding FCC Membership and Structure

 

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

​Student Academic Integrity Committee (SAIC), March 7, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​Ethnicity Breakdown for Academic Reports; Policy Review: Resolving Alleged Student Conduct Code Violations; Committee Recommendations on International Center for Academic Integrity (ICAI) Surveys

Senate Committee on Student Affairs (SCSA), March 7, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​Policy Review: Resolving Alleged Student Conduct Code Violations; Discussion of the Need for Legal Services Related to Off Campus Housing

 

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The Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC) is in the process of revising the Civil Service Employment Rules. Two public hearings will be held in order to hear constituent feedback on the proposed revisions. The hearings will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2018, in 300 Morrill Hall, or by video or phone conference.

If you would like to participate by video conference, use this link at the time of the meeting: http://z.umn.edu/300morrill.

To connect via conference call, please call 855-693-0288 and enter conference ID 649243411.

View the proposed revisions here.

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

​Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (SCFP), February 6, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​​​Overview of University Debt; Academic Units with Significant Financial Concerns; Benefits for Fellows; 2017 Economic Impact Study

Senate Research Committee (SRC), February 12, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​Child Development Center Closure Update; CTSI Hub; GCC Research Priorities; Sample/Specimen Retention Policies for Retired PIs; Policy Review with the Office of Human Resources: Parental Leave and Postdoc Policy; Decline of Total Award Amounts (Annual Report)

​Senate Committee on Finance and Planning (SCFP), February 20, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​Discussion with Deans of Design, Education and Human Development, and Continuing Education; Organics Recycling Recap; Overview of Annual Financial Report; Superbowl Financial Transactions Related to the U of MN

Joint Meeting of the Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee (AHC SCC) and Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee (AHC FCC), February 21, 2018
In these minutes:
 Health Sciences Education Center: How Faculty are Preparing to Use the New Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs); Update on AHC Survey and Report to the President; Discussion of Student Concerns over New AHC Social Media Policy

Senate Library Committee, February 28, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​Faculty Communications on MyU and Other Outlets for Communications About Affordable Content; Discussion of the Specific Content that SLC Wants to Advance

Senate Research Committee (SRC), March 5, 2018
In these minutes:
 ​​​​Policy Review: Business Expense Policy, Hospitality and Other Special Expenses Policy; Policy Review: Equity and Access: Gender Identity, Gender Expression, Names and Pronouns; Required Reporting for Sexual Misconduct in Research; Current Postdocs at U/ how affected by change in salary floor

Senate Committee on Information Technologies (SCIT), March 6, 2018
In these minutes: ​​​​
​Social Media at the University of Minnesota; PeopleSoft

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Six staff members of the Law School Career Center pose outside Moos Tower
Annually, the P&A Senate awards the Outstanding Unit Award (OUA) which recognizes a unit of the University of Minnesota judged to be exemplary in its support of P&A staff and the critical role P&A employees fulfill in carrying out the mission of the University. The winning unit is awarded a $1000 professional development grant. Deadline extended to March 30-- learn more and nominate a unit!

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

Student Senate, November 9, 2017 (minutes approved at March 1, 2018 Student Senate meeting)
In these minutes: ​​​
Administrative Response to Senate Actions; Assembly/Association Updates; Student Senate/Student Senate Consultative Committee Chair Report; Discussion on Building Infrastructure Across the System; Expanding On-Campus Childcare Resolution

University/Faculty Senate, November 9, 2017 (minutes approved at March 1, 2018 University/Faculty Senate meeting)
In these minutes: 
​​Administrative Response to Senate Actions; Clerk of the Senate Report: Electronic Vote Results; Tribute to Deceased Members of the University Community; University Senate Constitution Amendment; Faculty/Senate Consultative Committee Report; President's Report; Questions to the President; Provost's Report; Intercollegiate Athletics Committee Statement Regarding U of M Intercollegiate Athletics Department's Efforts on Sexual Misconduct and Harrassment; Sexual Misconduct Discussion; Amendments to Administrative Policies 

Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC), January 18, 2018
In these minutes:
​​Office of Human Resources Policy Review; JFS Issues Update; Chair Report; Subcommittee Reports

Student Senate Consultative Committee (SSCC), February 16, 2018
In these minutes: 
​Discussion About Laboratory Spaces Being Used as Offices or Meeting Spaces and the Potential Health Risks Posed to Students; Discussion of the Possible Revisions to the Board of Regents Student Code of Conduct; Approval of the Docket for March 1, 2018 Student Senate Meeting; Updates from SSCC Members]

 

 

 

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