Faculty Senate reviews strategic hiring
University of Idaho vice president of finance and administration Brian Foisy said before the Faculty Senate on Tuesday the university could be moving toward a “strategic hiring plan,” involving not […]
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Faculty senate approves changes to future academic calendars
The University of Idaho Faculty Senate approved changes Tuesday to the academic calendar that will result in the 2019 to 2020 and 2026 to 2027 school years being a week […]
‘A valuable mechanism’ on UI’s campus
UI Faculty Senate jointly responsible for governing university policies, procedures
Jesse Watson wanted an integral role at the University of Idaho. The fifth-year student said he turned to ASUI, becoming one of the two Faculty Senate representatives — a position […]
VandalWeb plays catch-up — Faculty Senate discusses preferred names and next year’s enrollment
A demand for preferred names was not at the forefront of public conversation in the 1990s when Banner, the software behind VandalWeb, was built, said Dan Ewart, vice president of […]
Rising retention — Staben optimistic about enrollment, not about getting surplus funds
The University of Idaho’s first-to-second-year retention rate rose from 77 to 82 percent this year, said UI President Chuck Staben. Staben spoke optimistically about retention and enrollment and said the […]
News Brief — Faculty Senate discusses multifactor authentication and survey results
During Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting, discussion aimed toward the new multifactor authentication (MFA) enrollment — a new system for UI account logins. MFA differs from the current system by requiring […]
News Brief — Faculty Senate discusses centralized advising, sabbatical leave and postdoc pay
Provost and Executive Vice President John Wiencek presented the Faculty Senate with new ideas regarding centralized advising to alleviate confusion at Tuesday’s meeting. Wiencek said he plans to form a […]
News Brief — Faculty Senate talk FERPA and approve Annual Evaluation Form and Policy
The University of Idaho Faculty Senate voted to approve the Annual Evaluation Form and Policy during Tuesday’s meeting, which was presented to them by Marty Ytreberg from Faculty Affairs Oct. […]
Disciplinary changes — Faculty Senate discusses changes to disciplinary code
New draft revisions of the Student Disciplinary Code were presented by four employees at a University of Idaho Faculty Senate meeting. Deputy General Counsel Jim Craig, Dean of Students Blaine […]
Revising the code — Faculty Senate to clean up handbook
Campus Recreation proposed revisions to almost the entire section of the Faculty-Staff Handbook on their services and rewrote it with more specific policies and procedures for faculty and staff, said […]