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Oct. 20, 2023
During the second Faculty Senate meeting of the quarter, senators discussed updates from the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and the presidential search committee.
Oct. 27, 2023
UGS approved funding for LSJUMB with conditions after an investigation into student spending. Plans for keeping Green Library open later on weekdays were also discussed.
Dec. 1, 2023
The Faculty Senate and VPSA's lack of transparency around nominations to the Academic Integrity Working Group harms student interests, Strawser writes.
Feb. 29, 2024
The Undergraduate Senate developed a resolution on campus free speech and protest policies. They also unanimously extended the current Stanford Student Enterprises CEO's term.
By Katy Zhang
Nov. 17, 2023
The Undergraduate Senate reconsidered a nomination to the Academic Integrity Working Group, approved a new funding package, and introduced three new pieces of legislation during its meeting on Wednesday.
Oct. 9, 2023
Senators bounced around changes to a previously debated resolution on affirmative action. UGS and GSC will continue to discuss the resolution before a vote planned for week four.
Jan. 31, 2024
The Tuesday meeting proposed an initiative to get student discounts at local stores and passed a resolution aiming to help student-athletes integrate into the ACC.
Nov. 10, 2023
During its Wednesday session, the Undergraduate Senate approved three nominees for the Constitutional Council and engaged in a discussion on the responsibilities of resident assistants as mandated reporters.
Jan. 18, 2024
The Tuesday meeting touched on potential updates from the Presidential Search Committee and a proposal to remove the term limit for ASSU financial managers.
April 30, 2023
The Editorial Board argues that the Faculty Senate's recent motion to change the Honor Code is undemocratic and degrades student-faculty trust. “By bypassing the Undergraduate Senate’s vote, the Faculty Senate is signaling that it no longer believes the student body deserves a voice in this decision, ending 102 years of precedent of shared governance over the Honor code,” the Board writes.
May 10, 2023
At its final meeting as the 24th Undergraduate Senate, the UGS continued the transition of power to the next senate and postponed action on the Honor Code.
Oct. 23, 2023
The Undergraduate Senate called for the University to update its admissions processes and spoke to the presidential search committee on their hopes for the next Stanford president.
By Jadon Urogdy
Nov. 3, 2023
Senators repealed funding requirements on the LSJUMB and debated a bill which would fill three vacant seats on the Constitutional Council.
By Brandon Kim
April 30, 2023
"It is exceedingly strange," writes professor David Palumbo-Liu, "that Stanford puts in place a Civic, Liberal, and Global Education (COLLEGE) curriculum extolling the virtues of citizenship and democracy, and then the Faculty Senate brazenly acts to disenfranchise the undergraduate members of its community and squelch a legitimate democratic vote."
June 15, 2023
“When senior University administrators tell the Faculty Senate that they cannot even consider a resolution,” writes postdoctoral scholar Tim MacKenzie, “the only internal coercion and institutional orthodoxy I see is an attempt to silence faculty by the administration.”
Jan. 24, 2024
The Undergraduate Senate clarified proposals to grant student athletes priority enrollment at its Tuesday meeting. Senators hope the resolution will prevent academic consequences tied to increased travel time from Stanford's move to the ACC.
June 7, 2023
In a show of solidarity with the Undergraduate Senate following the Faculty Senate’s bypassing of their vote on the Honor Code, the GSC unanimously voted to symbolically endorse the rescindment of SenD#831.
By Judy N. Liu
May 22, 2023
The Faculty Senate broke from a 102-year precedent of shared governance at Stanford last month by passing a motion to allow exam proctoring. The Undergraduate Senate will vote on Tuesday on a set of proposals by the Committee of 12, which could supersede the Faculty Senate’s motion while temporarily permitting proctoring strictly for research purposes; if these proposals fail, the Faculty Senate’s proctoring motion will be enacted in the fall.
By Matthew Turk
May 24, 2023
After twice rejecting the C12’s proposed changes to the Honor Code, the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) voted in its Tuesday meeting to accept the changes and a small-scale proctoring study. Their approval is expected to supersede the Faculty Senate’s motion for full-scale proctoring.
May 17, 2023
The newly inaugurated 25th Undergraduate Senate (UGS), met on Tuesday, with a large debate over possible responses to the Faculty Senate’s historic bypass of the previous UGS vote on changes to the Honor Code proposed by the C12.
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