The Faculty Senate voted Friday to alter subcommittee-reporting practices along with requiring university officials to justify a non-tenure promotion.
The senate voted to move the subcommittee reporting...
Faculty Senate got political in its Friday meeting Feb. 10.
The senate will vote on an open letter to the university regarding the recent executive order on immigration in the coming days.
Executive...
Grant Edwards said there isn’t much that would make him want to do the course evaluations that students receive at the end of each semester.
“They send you a bunch of emails near the end of the semester...
Faculty Senate voted to approve a post-election open letter on civility to the university along with the syllabus template for faculty on Friday.
“The faculty at the University of Southern Indiana wholeheartedly...
Faculty Senate’s first decision of the semester is to “remind” the chairs of departments to monitor course syllabi and curriculum changes by instructors.
The senate spent nearly half of the one...
Cassidy Ferguson doesn’t pay attention to her educators’ job titles.
While students like Ferguson took courses this year without a thought to whether their teachers hold doctorates, Faculty Senate...
All Matt Peak wanted to do during graduation was get on stage, “wear a funny hat” and leave.
Peak, who graduated in 2015, said he couldn’t enjoy the ceremony with the thought that he still had finals...
Faculty Senate is considering delegating discussion time to separate “executive sessions” rather than in the public meetings.
At Faculty Senate’s meeting Feb. 19, senate chair Rex Strange said...
Faculty Senate wants to find the balance between protecting university students and protecting First Amendment Rights.
Based on complaints concerning Campus Ministry USA’s visit to campus Dec. 7,...
Student Government Association has been keeping it brief this semester.
At its half-hour meeting Jan. 21, SGA largely delegated further discussions about issues to meetings outside of the general assembly.
Housing...
Faculty Senate voted to endorse the new Child Protection Policy detailing the process of background checks and hiring workers for events involving minors at its meeting Dec. 4.
