Brett Maciech bmaciech@uwyo.edu Yesterday’s faculty senate meeting was comprised with final addresses from UW President Dick McGinty, Vice President of Academic Affairs David Jones and ASUW President Brian Schueler, as well as the passing of the position of faculty chair from Tucker Readdy to Scott Shaw. McGinity spoke before the faculty, expressing his gratitude to…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu Representatives from academic affairs addressed faculty senate on upcoming program reviews, including the potential for program termination in the face of mounting budgetary pressures, as well as the creation of a new practicing professor designation. Vice President for Academic Affairs David Jones spoke on the former. “As you’re all aware, we’ve gone…
Carter Henman chenman@uwyo.edu It may not be long before the use of electronic cigarettes is banned in enclosed UW facilities, with faculty senate passing a resolution in support of just such a change to UW Regulations. UW Faculty Senate met for an hour on Wednesday to vote on resolutions 330 and 331, supporting a ban…
The University of Wyoming Environmental Health and Safety Department is in the process of developing the safety policy that it currently lacks. “The university at this point does not have an overarching safety type of policy,” Nancy Fox, director of EHS, said. “A policy is critical to an environmental health and safety management system. It’s…
