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Following the release of the Senate Review Committee Report and its recommendation to "establish 12-year term limits for Senators, aligned with those for Trustees," and recognizing “the importance of balancing the value of institutional memory with the importance of democratic turnover” regarding University Senate Committee leadership, the Executive Committee has proposed an amendment (Section 3.10.c.-d.) to University Senate By-Laws. 

The amendment would:

Dear Members:

The Executive Committee has approved the recommendation of the Structure and Operations Committee that University Senate terms end on August 31 and new terms begin on September 1. This will take effect immediately.

This is intended to ensure that constituencies have representation over the summer period should matters require the attention or action of the University Senate.

Thank you for your commitment to the work of the University Senate.

Sincerely, 

Jeanine D’Armiento & Holger A. Klein, Executive Committee Chair and Vice Chair

Elections to the University Senate are now taking place and we hope you will participate in Columbia's exercise in shared governance. You will find more information here on the schools and constituencies to which elections are being held and on the work of University Senators.