SACUA

The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) is the executive arm of the University Senate and of the Senate Assembly.  SACUA meets weekly and consists of nine members of the Senate Assembly elected by the Assembly for three-year terms.  On behalf of the Assembly, SACUA advises and consults with the President, Provost, and the Executive Officers of the University on matters of University policy.  SACUA also coordinates and initiates governance activities and serves as an instrument for implementing the actions of the University Senate and the Senate Assembly.

The Chair of SACUA is also the Chair of the Senate Assembly.  In addition to a responsibility as leader of the faculty, the Chair of SACUA also meets regularly with the Executive Officers and serves as the faculty representative in their deliberations.

Other SACUA members provide additional leadership for faculty governance activities and serve as liaisons with various Assembly Committees. Under the provisions of Regents Bylaw 5.09, SACUA, together with the Tenure Committee exercises certain designated responsibilities in cases of dismissal, demotion, or terminal appointment of tenured members of the faculty.

SACUA MEMBERS May 2008-April 2009
	Chair:    David Potter Professor of Classical Studies - LSA 2127 Angell Hall, 1003 (734) 764-6337 E-mail:  dsp@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2009
	Vice Chair: Michael Thouless Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Professor of Mechanical Engineering 2282 GG Brown, 2125 (734) 763-5289 E-mail:  thouless@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2010
	M. Robert Fraser Assistant Director Mardigian Library UM - Dearborn 4063 Mardigian Library (313) 593-3740 E-mail:  rfraser@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2010
	Bruce Frier Professor of Classics, LSA - Classical Studies 2119 Angell Hall, 1003 and Professor of Law - Law School 935 Legal Research, 1210 (734) 936-3022 E-mail:  bwfrier@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2009
	Robert Frost Associate Professor of Information Studies, School of Information 304 West Hall, 1107 (734) 647-6536 E-mail: rfrost@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2011
	Mojtaba Navvab Associate Professor of Architecture A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning 1205D Art & Arch, 2069 (734) 936-0228 E-mail: moji@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2011
	Gina Poe Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology School of Medicine 7433 Med Sci I, SPC 5615 E-mail: ginapoe@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2011
	Keith Riles Professor of Physics - LSA Randall Lab, 500 E. University Ave., 1120 (734) 764-4652 E-mail:  kriles@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2009
	Wayne Stark Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering 4242 EECS, 2122 (734) 763-0390 E-mail:  stark@umich.edu Term Expires:  April 30, 2010
	Secretary of SACUA, Senate Assembly and University Senate: John Lehman Professor of Biology, LSA 1059 Nat Sci Bldg, 1048 (734) 763-4680 Email: jtlehman@umich.edu

  SACUA Staff:

Thomas E. Schneider, J.D. - Director, Faculty & Operational Support Services
Linda Carr - Program Coordinator

Telephone Number:  (734) 764-0303
e-mail:  facultysenateoffice@umich.edu