Newsletters 2006-07 to 2010-11

2010-11

August 2011

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Daniel Simmons
• Faculty Salary Increases
• Implementation Task Force Report and “Rebenching” Plan

May 2011

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Daniel Simmons
• Budget Update
• What Faculty can do to Help Advocate on Behalf of the UC Budget
• Online Pilot Gets New Funds Plan – and Questions
• Council Approves Guidelines for Self-Supporting Programs
• Council Task Force Developing Innovative “Rebenching Plan”
• UCD's Robert Powell Elected 2011-12 Academic Senate Vice Chair

February 2011

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Daniel Simmons
• Faculty Competitiveness Triumphs and Woes
• New Director and Funding Model Reshape Education Abroad Program for Renewal
• Interview with UCEAP Associate Vice Provost and Executive Director Jean–Xavier Guinard
• Senate Backs Call for Move to “Holistic” Admissions
• Faculty Groups Explore Streamlining Transfer

November 2010

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Daniel Simmons
• President Issues Post Employment Benefits Recommendations
• Interview with Chief Financial Officer Peter Taylor

2009-10

August 2010

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Henry Powell
• Proposed Post-Employment Benefits Modifications Out for Review
• Chair’s Annual Report on Shared Governance

June 2010

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Henry Powell
• Interview with TFIR Chair Robert Anderson: The Future of Post-Employment Benefits
• Senate Grapples with Future of UC
• George Blumenthal to Receive Oliver Johnson Award

April 2010

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Henry Powell
• Interview with Vice President for Budget Patrick Lenz
• Changes to Post-Employment Benefits Under Discussion
• Senate Responds to Criticism of Admissions Reform
• UCORP Paper Published in PLoS Biology
• Letter from Chair Powell about Incidents of Intolerance on Campus

November 2009

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Henry Powell
• UC Commission on the Future
• Senate Chair's Message to Faculty about the Commission on the Future
• Interview with President Yudof

2008-09

August 2009

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Mary Croughan
• UC to Award Honorary Degrees to Former WW II Internees

June 2009

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Mary Croughan
• UC Merced: A campus worth funding
• Interview with Senior Vice President for External Relations Daniel Dooley
• Daniel Simmons Elected 2009-10 Senate Vice Chair
• Faculty Best Practices for Textbook Affordability
• Survey of Textbook-Related Legislation

March 2009

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Mary Croughan
• Regents Approve Undergraduate Admissions Reform Policy
• Senate Responds to UCRP Contribution Restart Plan
• Former Senate Chair Pitts takes over as Interim Provost

November 2008

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Mary Croughan
• Introducing President Yudof
• Is Your Retirement Safe? TFIR Responds

2007-08

August 2008

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Michael T. Brown
• Interview with Chancellor George Blumenthal
• Chair’s Annual Open Letter to the President on the State of Shared Governance

June 2008

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Michael T. Brown
• Academic Assembly Passes Eligibility Reform Policy
• Farewell from President Dynes
• “Cuts Report” Warns on Budget
• Binion, Pitts Honored with 2008 Oliver Johnson Award
• Academic Senate Director to Retire

March 2008

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Michael T. Brown
• Interview with Provost Rory Hume
• Assembly Endorses “Pits” Resolution
• UCSD Professor Powell Elected 2008-2009 Senate Vice Chair

November 2007

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Michael T. Brown
• Diversity and Access Key to Reinvigorating Public Investment in UC
• Senate Played Crucial Role in Development of New Faculty Salary Scales
• Senate to Monitor Non-Resident Tuition Directive

2006-07

August 2007

• Notes from Academic Senate Chair John Oakley