Month: April 2024

Election Results: SEC, Nominating, Committee of Three, PAAC

Senate Executive Committee Election Results:
Three-year term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027
Senate terms of elected SEC members to be extended to be concurrent with elected SEC term

Senate Executive Committee Chair Election Results:
Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Laura Burton, Neag

Faculty Election Results:
Sandy Grande, CLAS
Michael Morrell, CLAS
Del Siegle, Neag

Professional Staff Election Results:
Karen Bresciano, The Graduate School

Senate Nominating Committee Election Results:
Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027
Jennifer Terni, CLAS
Carl Rivers, Office of the Registrar

Committee of Three Election Results:
Term: July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2026
Kenneth Foote, CLAS

President’s Athletic Advisory Committee Election Results:
Term: September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2026
George Plesko, School of Business

 

 

Motion Passed: Scholastic Standing & Dismissal Bylaw Change

During its regular meeting on April 1, 2024, the University Senate passed a motion presented by the Senate Scholastic Standards Committee initiating several changes to the Bylaws, Rules & Regulations of the University Senate II.E.13. Scholastic Standing & Dismissal. These bylaw changes will come into effect starting in Fall 2024.

Overview of Bylaw Changes:

  • Name changes of overall process:
    • Rename “scholastic standing” to “academic standing” when referring to the overall process or individual academic standings
    • Rename “scholastic probation” to “academic Notice”
  • Removal of scholastic warning standing and credit-based scholastic standing criteria
  • Change in minimum required time away from UConn after dismissal:
    • Reducing the minimum required time away for students following academic dismissal from 2 semesters to 1 semester after the first academic dismissal and from 8 semesters to 4 semesters for second academic dismissal.
  • Clarifying language added regarding the impact of summer and winter classes on academic standing
  • Change in how a student is returned to good academic standing:
    • Both semester GPA (sGPA) and cumulative GPA (cGPA) must be above 2.0 for a student to return to good standing, regardless of the number of earned credits
    • No student with at least a 2.3 sGPA average after completing all courses for which they are registered at the end of a semester is subject to dismissal; the student will be continued on academic notice if such status is warranted, until both the sGPA and cGPAs are at least 2.o.
  • Moving language about end of semester to II.H.1: University Calendar
  • Small edits to readmission language to more accurately reflect the holistic readmission process for dismissed students.

The full motion language can be viewed here and the University Senate bylaws will be updated to reflect these changes before they come into effect for Fall 2024.

University Senate Meeting: April 29, 2024

The University Senate will meet on Monday, April 29, 2024, in a hybrid format. Click here to learn more and to view meeting materials. Please note the location for in-person attendance has moved to the Student Union Theatre and the public may join either in-person or virtually via Livestream. This is the final meeting of the University Senate during the 2023-2024 Academic Year.