Faculty Senate | Angela Palermo
Discussions to lower the minimum GPA required for admissions continued in Faculty Senate this week
Another proposal would increase the number of withdrawal credits

University of Idaho Faculty Senate continued discussions Tuesday on emergency policies that would ease academic restrictions on students.  The senate previously debated the merits of two proposed policies to temporarily alter standards for both incoming and established students.  The first emergency policy proposed was a change to admissions standards.   […]

Claudia Allen speaks at the University of Idaho's Black Lives Matter Speaker Series on Zoom.
Guest speaker Claudia Allen examines the use of language as a vehicle for change
UI’s Black Lives Matter Speaker Series continues

At the University of Idaho’s latest Black Lives Matter Speaker Series, guest speaker Claudia Allen selected prominent figures across past and present social movements to examine how they used language to bring about meaningful change.  From the civil rights movement to the BLM movement, Allen detailed how leaders’ approaches to language have differed, ultimately playing a role in their pursuits of racial justice.  Allen, […]

Associated Students University of Idaho. Angela Palermo | The Argonaut
ASUI debates funding “Say Their Name” yard sign project
Senators discussed the logistics of allocating funds

Associated Students University of Idaho Senate introduced a bill Wednesday that would allocate funding for a project called “Say Their Name,” co-run by the Black Student Union.  The bill allocates over $416 for the purchase of yard signs that would be […]