Each senate has an executive-- or "consultative"-- committee. Members of the consultative committees are elected to represent their respective bodies. Click the link to read highlights from the Faculty, Student, Civil Service, and P&A Consultative Committees.

Senate committees have collaborated on several issues this semester, including, but not limited to, a proposed Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Equity policy, the training module on responding to and reporting sexual misconduct, the tax plan that would impose taxes on graduate student tuition benefits, and issues around DACA and immigration. Click on the link to read more.

A View from the Inside

Advocating for Equity in Parental Leave

Ian Ringgenberg, chair, P&A Senate
Shannon Farrell, co-chair, P&A Senate Benefits & Compensation Subcommittee

In the Fall of 2016, the P&A Senate Benefits & Compensation Subcommittee began investigating how the University of Minnesota's parental leave policies compared to other universities, and how well they worked for University employees. Parental leave seems to be a perennial topic of consideration on the committee, but one that rarely provides easy answers. Click to read more.

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

​Disabilities Issues Committee, October 18, 2017
In these minutes: ​Updates and New Business; Disability Resource Center Updates; Discussion of Accommodated Testing; Metrics on Students with Disabilities

​Civil Service Consultative Committee (CSCC), October 19, 2017
In these minutes: ​​​Sexual Misconduct Training Consultation; MSRS; Rules Revisions; Chairs Report; Compensation and Benefits Subcommittee Report; Communications Subcommittee Report; Filling Open Senate Seats

Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC), October 19, 2017
In these minutes: ​​Discussion with Provost Hanson; Discussion with President Kaler; Miscellaneous Committee Business; Discussion with (Former) Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Medical School Brooks Jackson

Senate Library Committee, October 25, 2017
In these minutes: ​​​Discussion and Vote on Proposed Changes to the Library Committee Charge; Affordable/Open Educational Resources; Action Items Based on AER Presentation

Classroom Advisory Subcommittee (CAS), November 6, 2017
In these minutes: ​​Description of Pillsbury Hall and Room 125B; Classroom Type Classifications; Discussion of Classroom Types

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The Twin Cities Delegation of the Faculty Senate held a special meeting in October to discuss liberal education. The regular University and Faculty Senate meetings were held concurrently in November. Click on the link to read summaries of each meeting.

December 1, 2017

Ryan Machtmes likes to say he grew up in academia. While his mother attained an A.B.D. in crop physiology and her Ph.D. in research methods in education, the family moved around a lot, but always in proximity to a college campus. Machtmes holds a masters degree in applied statistics and is now on track to become a second-generation Ph.D. His participation in University Senate shared governance includes membership on the Disabilities Issues Committee, as well as the University Senate. “I’ve always been strongly committed to service work and servant leadership,” Machtmes said. Click the link to read more.