Senate/Assembly Resolutions 1996 - Present
These resolutions express the sense of the Senate/Assembly and do not require formal action by the Administration or Board of Regents.
University Senate
Academic Civility in Graduate and Professional Education, 2010-11
Academic Freedom, 2004-05
Access to HealthPartners Clinics, 2010-11
Against the Proposed "Photo Identification Required for Voting" Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Minnesota, 2012-13
Athletics Investigation, 1999-00
Central Administration's Proposal to Abolish the Graduate School, 2008-09
CIC Provosts' Statment on Publishing Agreements, 2006-07
Classroom Funding for
Facilities and Technologies, 2010-11
Classroom Funding for
Facilities and Technologies, 2011-12
Classroom Scheduling, 2001-02
Consultation Prior to Reorganization, 2011-12
Edward Prescott, 2004-05
Elmer L. Andersen, 2004-05
Encourage Faculty to Release Student Release Section of Student Evaluations, 2004-05
Energy and Environment Policy for the University, 1996-97
Employee Retention During Strategic Positioning, 2005-06
Equity during Budget Cuts, 2010-11
Fair Trade Coffee, 2007-08
Food and Beverage RFP, 2006-07
General Purpose Classroom Technology Upgrade Plan, 2001-02
Imputed Tax related to Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits, 2007-08
Investments Social Concerns, 2005-06
Imputed Tax related to Same-Sex Domestic Partner Benefits, 2007-08
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Pledge Drive, 2011-12
Minnesota Dream Act, 2006-07
Open Access Textbooks, 2012-13
Paratransit Service, 1998-99
PeopleSoft, 1999-00
Personal Floating Holiday, 2010-11
Printers, 2003-04
Proposed Minnesota Constitutional Amendment on Marriage, 2011-12
Protection of Research Data, 1998-99
Recycled Paper, 2003-04
Research Vandalism, 1999-00
Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research and Scholarship, 1999-00
Retiree Benefits, 2007-08
Rights of Foreign-born Residents of the United States, 2006-07
September 11, 2001-02
Smoke-free Twin Cities Campus, 2012-13
Space Management, 2010-11
Space Use and Cost, 2009-10
Strategic Planning, 2004-05
Student Study Space, 1996-97
Sudan, 2006-07
Tuition Benefits, 2006-07
University Investments in Total Oil Company, 1997-98
University Policies, 1997-98
Use of Student Evaluations of Teaching Data, 1996-97
Vendor Code of Conduct, 2005-06
Voter ID Ballot Amendment
"Welfare Reform" and Students in Training, 1996-97
Faculty Senate
Border Searches of Electronic Materials, 2008-09
Budget Model, 2007-08
Child Care for Dependents of University Employees, 2006-07
Department Chairs and Heads, 1996-97
Eliminate the Waiting Period for the Faculty Retirement Plan, 2002-03
Exit Interviews for Faculty, 2001-02
Exit Interviews for Faculty, 2004-05
Faculty Education, 2012-13
Faculty Expertise Database, 2007-08
Faculty Retirees' Bill of Rights, 1997-98
Faculty Retirement Waiting Period, 2001-02
Faculty Salaries, 2000-01
Faculty Salaries, 2001-02
Faculty Support for Inclusion of University Governance Activities in P&A and CS Annual Reviews, 2010-11
Faculty Waiting Period, 2004-05
Grievance Policy Amendments, 2000-01
Health Care Savings Plan Proposal, 2007-08
Intercollegiate Athletics, 2001-02
National Science Foundation Research Bans, 2012-13
Presidential Faculty Compensation Proposal, 2009-10
Professor Judith Martin, 2011-12
Retention of Faculty Lines, 1999-00
Regarding Tenure, 1996-97
Tenure, 1996-97
Tuition Benefits, 2004-05
Tuition Benefits for Children of University Employees, 1999-00
University Responsibility to Researchers, 2008-09
University Support for Institutional Training Grant Proposals, 2012-13
Student Senate
Academic Advising, 2011-12
Academic Fraud, 1998-99
All-Campus Vote for Student Fee Increases, 2008-09
Bicyclist and Pedestrian Concerns, 2011-12
Central Corridor Tunnel, 2007-08
Civic Engagement, 2005-06
Classroom Upgrades, 2000-01
Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators and Civil Service Committee Reports to the Student Senate, 2005-06
Course Book Cost Reform, 2007-08
Create Test-out Procedures for Classes for which it is Feasible, 2005-06
Designated Suppliers Program, 2007-08
DREAM Act, 2012-13
Email to Faculty Encouraging Release of Course Evaluations, 2009-10
Encourage Faculty to Release Student Release Section of Student Evaluations, 2004-05
Employee Retention During Strategic Positioning, 2005-06
Excused Absence for Election Day Voting, 2011-12
Faculty Unionization, 1996-97
Fair Trade Coffee, 2007-08
Graduate and Professional Student Housing, 2005-06
Housing Inquiry, 2003-04
Increased Transparency in Collegiate Fees Processes, 2011-12
Light Rail through the University, 2007-08
Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences - Sickness of Minor Dependents, 2009-10
Makeup Work for Legitimate Absences - Student Senators, 2009-10
Minnesota Private College Council, 2002-03
One Stop Improvement, 2004-05
Open Access Textbooks, 2012-13
Opportunity Minnesota, 2008-09
Opposition to the Proposed Constitutional Amendment that Defines Marriage as Between One Man and One Woman, 2011-12
Parental Notification Policy, 2001-02
Program Closures Due to Budget Constraints, 2004-05
Regent Selection Process, 1997-98
Removal of the Graduate Proficiency Test for Second Languages as a Requirement of Graduation, 1999-00
Shared Governance, 2004-05
Smoke-free Twin Cities Campus, 2012-13
Student Access to Student Release Question Data, 2008-09
Student Evaluations of Faculty, 1996-97
Student Legislative Coalition, 1999-00
Student Senate Input to the Advancing Excellence Steering Committee, 2009-10
Student Senate Mentor, 2002-03
Student Sit-ins, 2004-05
Supporting the Real Food Challenge, 2011-12
Transparency for the University of Minnesota Leadership, 2008-09
Twin Cities Campus Smoking Ban, 2008-09
Tuition, 1998-99
Tuition Cap, 2008-09
Undergraduate Full-Time Policy, 2001-02
Vikings/Gophers Stadium Proposal, 2000-01
Voter ID Ballot Amendment, 2012-13
Welcoming President-designate Mark Yudof, 1996-97