UMD Senate votes for a program to train teachers to use technology in the classroom
It will be a post-baccalaureate program featuring online courses.
Pamela Lanford will lead the UMD Senate in 2019-20
She will serve as chair-elect for the coming academic year.
Students from a UMD Scholars program partnered with college students from Ecuador
The projects focused on technology and society.
University Senate announces candidates for next week’s committee and council elections
Kim Coles and Pamela Lanford are running for senate chair.
TerpThon, Symbiont Health each win $5,000 in seventh annual Do Good Challenge
More than 500 students attended the event.
UMD Senate approves diversity task force recommendations
The recommendations will be sent to university President Wallace Loh for final approval.
Diversity task force proposes a policy on punishing threatening and intimidating conduct
The task force was formed in the wake of Richard Collins’ death.
UMD could bar lawyers from speaking for faculty members who file complaints
The University Senate voted to approve the proposal, which will reach Loh’s desk this week.
UMD Senate bill would require all new school websites be accessible to those with disabilities
The bill also removed a deadline for updating existing websites.
A university senate proposal will allow UMD librarians to apply for promotions sooner
Librarians can apply for a promotion within three to six years.