[Faculty] Faculty Senate Agenda and Updates

Fri Jan 26 16:54:39 MST 2024

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you all are heading into a great weekend.

I (along with Bobby and Katie) wanted to send along the agenda for the next Faculty Senate meeting, which is 3-5 p.m. Monday, January 29, in Silver and Sage in Old Main and on Zoom:

https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/events/faculty-senate-meeting-4

The tentative agenda for the February 5 meeting a week later is also available (link below). For CALES, the Marriage and Family Therapy masters program is on the agenda (as someone from HDFS, this is very exciting), as well as planned Q & A with Interim CFO John Arnold. As of Monday, President Robbins was not going to be able to make the 1/29 meeting but will be at the February meeting the next week. Given all that is going on (see links below), we will update you if this agenda shifts between now and the meeting:

https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/events/faculty-senate-meeting-5

In addition, some of you may have seen a few important releases/meetings yesterday, including:

  *   An Arizona Republic article which featured insight into UA's purchase of Ashford:

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2024/01/25/how-university-of-arizona-global-campus-deal-has-affected-ua-finances/72347960007/

  *   The ABOR meeting featuring a UA financial update by Executive of ABOR Director Arnold was given (33-minute video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAPezf0vz2g

  *   The Tucson Daily Star had an article summarizing it: https://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/university-arizona-financial-crisis-cfo-johnarnold-president-robertrobbins-abor-regentfredduval/article_e0271c28-ba22-11ee-80d8-33238b229e4d.html

  *   Letter by Governor Hobbs on UA's financial situation:

https://twitter.com/GovernorHobbs/status/1750697791171768526

This is a lot of information, and some things may be fluid with all of this happening.

Given the recent changes and situations regarding the budget, our CFO, AD, and others, we wanted to remind you to please feel free to fill out our Qualtrics survey, where you can leave comments and questions to us. We would love to get a pulse from you all on how you are feeling. You can leave your name or leave your comment anonymously:

https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a4vcRICRZwxfebc

Finally, thanks to all of you in CALES who are running for offices, both as senators and in other leadership positions: https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/elections/elections

Please make sure to vote when the time comes. The General Election opens Monday, January 29, 2024 at 8:00 a.m. Voting will remain open until February 9, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Who runs the Senate and other entities is very important.

Let us know if you need anything.

Tim (with Katie and Bobby)

Timothy M. Ottusch, Ph..D.

Associate Professor of Practice and Program Chair, Human Development and Family Science
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

McClelland Park, Room 315K
PO Box 210078 | Tucson, AZ 85721
ottusch at arizona.edu
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