There’s something happening here… “I plan to be at the meeting tomorrow, one of the very few Academic Senate meetings I will have attended in my 17+ years as a faculty member here. I am not proud of not attending Senate meetings. I have good reasons why I often could not: they tend (like t[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Faculty Senate’
November 21st, 2011 - 6:42 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
Ana Mari Cauce .. new UW Provost
Ana Mari Cauce is. among more important things, the author of the title of this site .. “The AVE” was her idea. I remember Ana Mari suggesting that we use a name that combines the idea of a physical place, “The Ave,” with the idea of a venue for public discussion! That sp[...]
A Committe Member Comments on the Search Process
Ana Mary Cauce, Dean, on why the confidential UW process is better than the public process in Minnesota. Dear Colleagues, As a participant on the Presidential Search committee, I wanted to explain why confidentiality has become standard in such searches, even in public universities.[...]
AAUP: Welcomes President Young with concern about the process used to select him.
As the media have announced that Michael Young is the new President of the UW, the UW AAUP expresses welcome and concern about the process. Dear Colleagues, The Board of Regents still has not announced who will be the new President of UW, but with the Seattle Times running front-page stories on Mich[...]
SEMINAR: Are Cuts to the UW Core Academic Mission Necessary?
Wednesday, April 20, at 3:30 PM in Smith 304 Howard Bunis, Professor of Accounting ***************************************************************************************** Are Cuts to the Core Academic Mission Necessary? Howard Bunsis, Professor of Accounting, Eastern Michigan University, will give[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:50 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Assault on Education Continues; New Bills Referred to Committee
Two new bills were introduced this week that would dramatically change standard practices in higher education in Washington State. HB 2049 (Zeiger R-25) establishes a new higher education performance advisory council to make recommendations on changes in higher education governance to the HECB/SBC[...]
BREAKING NEWS: UW Faculty Announce Effort to Create a Union.
from AAUP listserv: Working Towards a Union for the UW faculty by Raya Fidel, Professor, Information School The quality of faculty work life at the UW has deteriorated during the last decade. Throughout the years the Faculty Senate has worked diligently to represent the faculty and it needs[...]
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:50 am § in Schools & Colleges
Free Speech Attacks from The Radical Right
Ed. While the progressive world has been distracted by the absurdist attacks on President Obama’s birth certificate, there is a far more serious and relentless attack on academic free speech itself. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Judy Ancel, a professor of labor studies at the University of Missou[...]
UW Students and Faculty at Town Hall
As promised, this Saturday I attended the 43 rd District Townhall along with Senator Ed Murry, House Speaker Frank Chopp, and Rep. Jamie Pedersen. AND .. a lot of people! AND … a big show by UW students and faculty, led by Prof. of Astronomy Bruce Balick and students from BARK. The pre[...]
TOWN HALLS NEXT SATURDAY: MEET YOUR LEGISLATOR
I have marked two meetings I may get to. For other meetings click here or click the image to go find your own rep. For ALL of us, the meeting at Seattle First Baptist is very important. This IS the District that represents the UW. Representative Chopp is Speaker of the House and a very […[...]