Minutes of the Meeting of the University Senate, March 19, 2026

Abstract

A. INFORMATION ITEMS: Provost updates | B. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of February 19, 2026 | C. OLD BUSINESS: Graduate Council to revise the Graduate School Policy reducing the minimum number of Ph.D. program credits (approved); University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction proposing changes to Undergraduate Degree Requirements Policy (approved) | D. NEW BUSINESS | Motion to staff Senate Standing Committees (approved); Motion by General Education Committee to reconfigure the faculty appointments (approved); Motion by Women and Gender Studies Program to call upon the Oakland University Senate to reaffirm the university’s Strategic Vision to be "stewards of place" (approved); Motion to support the Statement of Values for Reduced Credit Undergraduate Programs Resolution (approved) | E. GOOD AND WELFARE | F. ADJOURNMENT