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A new grading scale
UI Faculty Senate passed new plus and minus grading system Tuesday

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved a proposal to change the academic grading system Tuesday at their meeting. Sanjay Sisodiya, a faculty member in the College of Business and […]

Legislator event focuses on medicaid expansion, school funding
Debate over expanding Medicaid coverage and getting more funding for small school districts took center stage in a Chamber of Commerce event Saturday

Health care and education funding were the focus of a discussion with district five legislators at the Moscow Chamber of Commerce Saturday morning. The legislators each gave an update to […]

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Administrative review policy sent back for revisions
After hearing concerns from several members, the UI Faculty Senate sent back an administrative review policy for revisions

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate discussed a set of revisions to the faculty-staff handbook addressing administrative evaluations at its Tuesday meeting. Faculty Senate Secretary Liz Brandt said the policy […]

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Advising changes discussed at Faculty Senate
The University of Idaho Faculty Senate heard about a more uniform and structured advising model being implemented

Cynthia Castro, the director of student success initiatives at the University of Idaho, came before the UI Faculty Senate Tuesday to share information about the new student advising structure that […]

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Handbook loophole addressed by update
Faculty Senate addressed potentially problematic wording in the Faculty Staff Handbook at its Tuesday meeting

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved updates to the Faculty Senate Handbook at their Tuesday meeting. Matthew Wesley, the executive director of human relations at UI, introduced the proposed […]

Vandalizing the Kitchen, but not your nutrition
Vandal Health Education puts on a monthly event to show UI students that cooking healthy food doesn’t have to be difficult

Mindy Rice, the University of Idaho campus dietician, demonstrated how to prepare two simple, healthy meals Wednesday afternoon. Rice made two dishes during this event. One dish was made in […]

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Wiencek: budget cuts are coming
A structural deficit caused by declining enrollment has to be addressed by spending cuts, UI provost John Wiencek said before the UI Faculty Senate

University of Idaho Provost John Wiencek led a discussion with the Faculty Senate Tuesday about budget cuts that will be taking place in the coming fiscal year. Wiencek said the […]

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UI Faculty Senate approves curriculum changes
A host of curriculum changes including two course name changes and four certificates were approved by the UI Faculty Senate Tuesday

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved several changes to the UI curriculum at their meeting Tuesday afternoon. These changes were unanimously supported and passed with little discussion by the […]

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Two new minors will be available at UI
Following a vote by Faculty senate, new minors in sales management and philosophy, politics and economics will be added to the curriculum

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved the addition of two new minors to the curriculum at UI during their meeting Tuesday afternoon. The new minors are a sales management […]