FACULTY SENATE=20 NEWS

News = of the day=20 from Senate President Shelly Kurtz: Dec. 21, = 2006

Regent Bedell = resigns so=20 Governor Culver can appoint a new Regent who might serve as Board=20 President.

Faculty = Senate, Staff Council, = CLAS=20 Faculty Assembly, Graduate Student Senate, and UI=20 Student Government all vote no confidence = in Board=20 of Regents leadership.

Statem= ent=20 on the Resolution of No Confidence in the Leadership of the Board = of=20 Regents, Shelly Kurtz, Dec. 12, = 2006

Items=20 Related to the Presidential Search

Statement=20 Regarding the Ongoing Difficulties with Shared Governance at the=20 University of Iowa, Iowa Conference of the AAUP, Dec. 20,=20 2006

Regents Tap Dentistry Dean Johnsen = To Head=20 Presidential Search Panel, UI Press = Release, Dec. 19,=20 2006

Request=20 to Address Regents re Process for Second Search, Shelly Kurtz, Dec. 18,=20 2006

Regent Bedell's Resignation=20 Letter and Press=20 Release, Dec. 14, 2006

No=20 Confidence in Board Leadership Resolution, Staff Council, Mary = Greer,=20 Dec. 13, 2006

No=20 Confidence in Board Leadership Resolution, CLAS Faculty = Assembly, Dec.=20 13, 2006

Statement=20 on CLAS No-confidence Resolution, Richard Hurtig, Dec. 13,=20 2006

Video:=20 Faculty Senate votes on Regents no-confidence motion, Press = Citizen, Dec. 13, 2006

Audio:=20 Gartner responds to no-confidence vote, Press Citizen, = Dec. 13,=20 2006

Statement of Appreciation for UI = Presidential=20 Search Finalists, Dec. 12, = 2006

No=20 Confidence in Board Leadership Resolution, Dec. 12, = 2006

No-Confidence=20 Vote Today, Kurtz E-mail to UI Faculty, Dec. 12,=20 2006

"What's=20 going on at the University of Iowa?", Interim President Fethke = e-mail=20 to UI community, Dec. 12, 2006.

No-Confidenc= e=20 Vote Next Tuesday, Kurtz E-mail to UI Faculty, Dec. 8,=20 2006

Update=20 on University of Iowa Presidential Search, Press Release from = the=20 Board of Regents, Dec. 7, 2006

Update=20 on Events of Interest, Kurtz E-mail to UI Faculty, Dec. 6,=20 2006

Possible=20 Special Meeting of Faculty Senate,=20 Kurtz=20 E-mail to UI Faculty, Dec. 5, = 2006

News=20 Release by Presidential Search Committee Vice-Chairs,=20 Dec 2, 2006

Kurtz = Statement to UI Faculty Senate, Nov.=20 28, 2006

No=20 Confidence Resolution Cancelled, Kurtz E-mail to UI Faculty, = Nov. 28,=20 2006

No Confidence in Board Leadership=20 Resolution, Nov. 27, 2006- Cancelled

Resolution = on Process for Renewed UI Presidential Search, Nov. 27,=20 2006 = -=20 Cancelled

Talk of Iowa on termination of = presidential=20 search, WSUI radio, = Nov. 20,=20 2006

Two Upcoming Faculty Senate = Resolutions,=20 Kurtz E-mail to Senators, Nov. 18, 2006

Statements by search committee members = immediately=20 following termination of search, (list of speakers) Nov. 17, = 2006 =20

Regents Meet on UI Presidential = Search,=20 Regents=92 Statement, Nov. 17, 2006

Regent Wahlert's e-mail to faculty, staff = and=20 students re presidential search, Nov. 7, = 2006 =20

Urgent: We Need You to Respond to Regent = Wahlert's=20 E-mail, Kurtz E-mail to UI faculty, Nov. 8, = 2006

Selection=20 of Iowa State University Presidents,=20 ISU Faculty Senate Resolution, Feb. 1, 2006

Resolution on Presidential Search=20 Process, UI Faculty Senate, Jan. 30, 2006

Board of Regents Forum on Presidential=20 Selection, UI TV, Mar. 2,=20 2006

Faculty Senate Constitution and = Presidential=20 Searches, Jan. 20, 2006

E-mail addresses for members of = the Board=20 of Regents

Newspaper Editorials = and Columns=20 on Presidential Search

Regents=20 on openness: How low can they go?, Des=20 Moines Register, Dec.=20 20, 2006

Homers.=20 Regent Resignation, The=20 Gazette, Dec. 18, 2006

UI search not quite ready, = The=20 Gazette, Dec. 17, 2006

Yepsen:=20 Why not just elect regents?, Des Moines=20 Register,=20 Dec. 15, 2006

Culver=20 now has to broker truce between U of I and Regents,=20 Waterloo-Cedar = Falls=20 Courier,=20 Dec. 15, 2006

Our=20 View - One face-saving way out of UI, regents = impasse,=20 Press-Citizen, Dec. 15, = 2006

Scarred=20 relationship UI Faculty Senate expresses a lack of confidence in = the Board=20 of Regents, The Hawk Eye, Dec. 14, 2007

Presidenti= al=20 search. The regents latest effort to find a UI pres, The = Hawk=20 Eye, Dec. 8, 2006

Confessions=20 from one of the 'radical vocal=20 minority',=20 Press-Citizen,=20 Dec. 12, 2006

It's=20 the best tale in town, The Gazette, Dec. 10,=20 2006

Conflicts=20 in U of I search difficult to avoid, Des=20 Moines Register, Dec. 10,=20 2006

Rogue=20 regents wreck search, Press-Citizen, Dec. 10, = 2006

Our=20 View - Regents should turn over closed meeting records,=20 Press-Citizen, Dec. 9, = 2006

Presidenti= al=20 search The regents latest effort to find a UI president should be = open to=20 the public, The Hawk Eye, Dec. 8, 2006

Regents'=20 resignations, The=20 Gazette, Dec.=20 8, 2006

Open=20 the doors this time, Des Moines Register, Dec. 8,=20 2006

Losing all of our confidence in the=20 regents, Press-Citizen, Dec. 8, 2006

Search=20 for UI president must be more open, Muscatine Journal, = Dec. 7,=20 2006

Next=20 UI president must engage students, Daily Iowan, = Dec. 7,=20 2006

Bring=20 UI president finalists to campus, The Gazette, Dec. 5,=20 2006

UI=20 search hole gets deeper, darker, The Gazette, Dec. 4,=20 2006

The=20 search for UI's next president, The Gazette, Dec. 3,=20 2006

State,=20 regents, UI must go forward, Press-Citizen, Dec. 2,=20 2006

Mistrust=20 plagues president search, Des Moines Register, Dec. 2,=20 2006

Bring=20 candidates to campus before there are none left, = Press-Citizen,=20 Dec. 2, 2006

Whatever is next in U of I search, start = with=20 openness ..., = Des Moines=20 Register, Dec. 1, 2006

Fusion:=20 A new questionnaire for U of I search: Can you spell regent? Can = you=20 curtsy or bow?, Des Moines Register, Dec. 1, = 2006

Yepsen:=20 Slow down, let new guard sort out U of I mess, Des Moines=20 Register, Nov. 30, 2006

Botch= ed=20 presidential search puts UI's reputation at stake, Daily = Iowan,=20 Nov. 30, 2006

Rege= nts=20 should reconsider four finalists for UI president, Daily = Iowan,=20 Nov. 29, 2006

Our=20 View - UI and regents should talk out in the open, = Press-Citizen,=20 Nov. 29, 2006

Search=20 for university's new top dog causes stir,=20 The Gazette, Nov. 28, 2006

No=20 confidence vote not the way to go, Daily Iowan, Nov. = 28,=20 2006

UI=20 searchers could learn from C.R., The Gazette, = Nov.=20 27, 2006

= Open=20 presidential search a must to repair UI, regent relations, = Daily=20 Iowan, Nov. 27, 2006

Do=20 search Iowa=92s way: In the open, Des Moines = Register,=20 Nov. 26, 2006

A=20 dark day in journalism, Ames Tribune, Nov. = 25,=20 2006

Don=92t=20 jeopardize open government, The Press Citizen, Nov. 25, = 2006

Start=20 the search for some new regents, The Press Citizen, = Nov. 25,=20 2006

Vilsack=20 will nudge officials to find U of I president, Omaha=20 World-Herald, Nov. 25, 2006

R= egents=20 take more heat for Iowa U president search, Omaha = World-Herald,=20 Nov. 25, 2006

Restarting=20 UI presidential search, The Gazette, Nov. 22, = 2006

Shed=20 secrecy in search for university president, Des Moines=20 Register, Nov. 21, 2006

Regents=20 should focus on the spirit of the law, Press-Citizen, = Nov. 21,=20 2006

Regents=20 need to say goodbye to president, Press-Citizen, Nov. 18,=20 2006

It's=20 time to consider the removal of a regent or 2, The = Gazette,=20 Nov. 18, 2006

Overhaul=20 the Regents now, Press-Citizen, Nov. 17, = 2006

Regents=20 alleviate and frustrate, Press Citizen, Nov. 12,=20 2006

Too=20 many secrets in UI Search, The Gazette, Nov. 10,=20 2006

Regents'=20 silence compromises search success, Press-Citizen, Nov. = 10,=20 2006

Openness=20 crucial in regent inquiry, Daily Iowan, June 8, = 2006

Regent=92s=20 forum only a beginning, Daily Iowan, Mar. 2, = 2006

Open process Regents are = right on=20 track to ensure an open process, The Hawk Eye, Mar. 3,=20 2006

Small=20 steps toward real dialogue, Daily Iowan, Feb. 3,=20 2006

Guest Opinions on = Presidential Search

Facts=20 and Michael Gartner, Press-Citizen, Dec.=20 20, 2006

Still=20 time to fly home and fire Gartner, Press-Citizen, = Dec. 16,=20 2006

Statement=20 on the resolution of no confidence in the leadership of the Iowa = state=20 Board of Regents, Press-Citizen, = Dec. 16,=20 2006

= Statement=20 on the Resolution of No Confidence in the leadership of the Board = of=20 Regents, The Ames=20 Tribune,=20 Dec. 15, 2006

Don't=20 abandon on-campus interviews of UI candidates,=20 Press-Citizen, Dec. 15, = 2006

Time=20 to move beyond Iowa City's 'orgy of self-righteousness',=20 Press-Citizen, Dec. 15, = 2006

Regents=20 haven=92t met their duty of care, Press-Citizen, Dec. = 15,=20 2006

UI=20 vs. regents: Controversy is about success not power,=20 Press-Citizen, Dec. 15, 2006

Changing=20 leadership of regents 'essential', Des Moines=20 Register, Dec. 15, 2006

Full=20 text of no-confidence statement by U of I Faculty Senate = president,=20 Des Moines Register, Dec. 15,=20 2006

Statement=20 on the Resolution of No Confidence in the Leadership of the Board = of=20 Regents, Daily Iowan, Dec. 13, 2006

Confessions=20 from one of the =91radical vocal minority,=94 Press-Citizen, Dec. 13, = 2006

The=20 golden rule for presidential searches, Waterloo-Cedar Falls=20 Courier, Dec. 11, 2006

News=20 release from UI search committee members, = Press-Citizen, Dec.=20 10, 2006

New=20 UI president will find too little state funding, The = Gazette,=20 Dec. 10, 2006

Apply the = golden rule, The Hawk Eye, Dec. 7, 2007

Identify=20 the UI finalists and bring them to campus, = Press-Citizen, Dec.=20 7, 2006

The=20 golden rule for presidential searches, Muscatine=20 Journal, Dec.=20 7, 2006

The=20 golden rule for presidential searches, Oskaloosa = Herald,=20 Dec. , 2006

The=20 golden rule for presidential searches, Ottumwa = Courier,=20 Dec. , 2006

The=20 golden rule for presidential searches, Sioux City = Journal,=20 Dec. , 2006

Presidential=20 searches need a golden rule, Fort Dodge Messenger, Dec. 7,=20 2006

UI=20 Presidential Search timeline, The Hawk = Eye,=20 Dec. 7, 2006

The=20 golden rule for searches, The Ames Tribune, Dec. 6,=20 2006

UI = presidential=20 search breaks golden rule, Telegraph Herald =96 = Dubuque, Dec. 6,=20 2006

Golden=20 rule for presidential searches, The Gazette, Dec. 3,=20 2006

Regents take a turn, = The Hawk=20 Eye, Dec. 1, 2006

Let's=20 look at the regents scientifically, Press-Citizen, Dec. = 1,=20 2006

Obey=20 golden rule of openness in U of I search, Des Moines = Register,=20 Nov. 29, 2006

=91Many=20 fences to mend=92, The Press-Citizen, Nov. 28, = 2006

Leading=20 a successful presidential search, Press-Citizen, Nov. = 28,=20 2006

Go=20 back to the future in U of I presidential search, Des = Moines=20 Register, Nov. 27, 2006

Optivamistic=20 about the future, Press-Citizen, Nov. 27, = 2006

Regent=20 questions treatment of Skorton, halting of search, Des = Moines=20 Register, Nov. 26, 2006

Higher=20 ed faces bigger woes than president search, Des Moines = Register,=20 Nov. 25, 2006

Regent=20 questions Skorton's treatment, cutting off search, Des = Moines=20 Register, Nov. 22, 2006

=91Getting=20 their way=92 instead means regents are following the law, = president=20 says, Des Moines Register, Nov. 21, 2006

Signs of weak leaders, = The=20 Hawk Eye, July 21, 2006

Comparable=20 search, Daily Iowan, Feb. 28, 2006

Cartoons

Wishf= ul=20 thinking, Press-Citizen, Dec. 21, = 2006

Gartner=20 with Firecracker, The Gazette, Dec. 17, 2006

=93Twas=20 beauty and (no confidence votes) =85," Press-Citizen, = Dec. 16,=20 2006

Minority=20 retort, Press-Citizen, = Dec. 13,=20 2006

Guest=20 cartoon: Ed the Professor, Press-Citizen, Dec. 12, = 2006

All=20 this, and she=92s a Hawkeye fan too, Press-Citizen, = Dec. 9,=20 2006

Abundant=20 turkey season, Press-Citizen, Nov. 22, 2006

Regents=20 Madness, Press-Citizen, Nov. 18, 2006

Link to Newspaper = Stories

Link to Letters to the = Editor

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Items=20 Related to the Strategic Change Process

Collegi= ate=20 Strategic Assessments, Provost Hogan, Nov. = 14,2006

U= niversity=20 & Collegiate Strategic Assessments, Office of the Provost, = Nov.=20 2006

ISU Position Statement on Strategic Change = Process, Nov. 8 2006

Memo to Regents re Presentation at Board=20 Meeting, Nov. 6, = 2006

Update=20 on Strategic Change Process, E-mail to UI Faculty, Nov. 6,=20 2006

A= AUP=20 resolutions in support of Faculty Senate Resolution, Nov. 3,=20 2006

Board=20 of Regents Agenda Item: Report by President Gartner, Nov. = 9

Resolution=20 on Suspending the Strategic Change Process, Oct. 31. = 2006

Resolution=20 on Transparency of the Strategic Change Process (revised), = Oct. 31,=20 2006

Resolution=20 on Transparency of the Strategic Change Process, Oct. 25,=20 2006

Information=20 Regarding Strategic Change, E-mail to UI Faculty, Oct. 24,=20 2006

Excerpt from Faculty=20 Council Minutes & Attachment,=20 October 3, 2006

Newspaper editorials and = Columns on=20 Strategic Change Process

Until=20 new UI president in place, suspend strategic change process, = Daily=20 Iowan, Nov. 7, 2006

Our=20 View, Regents should respond directly to faculty senate's = concerns,=20 Press-Citizen, Nov. 7, 2006

Our=20 View, Stop the strategic planning, Press-Citizen, Nov. = 5,=20 2006

Regents=20 must come clean about funding statements, Daily Iowan, = Oct. 13,=20 2006

Regents=20 need to open more communication, Press-Citizen, Oct. = 13,=20 2006

Guest Opinions on = Strategic=20 Change Process

Save=20 strategic change for after UI president search, The = Gazette,=20 Nov. 8, 2006

Until=20 new UI president in place, suspend strategic change process, = Daily=20 Iowan, Nov. 7, 2006

Wait=20 on change process until U of I head named, Des Moines = Register,=20 Nov. 7, 2006

Suspend=20 strategic change, Press-Citizen, Nov. 4, = 2006

Link to Newspaper Stories=20

The above material is = copyright by the=20 Des Moines Register, The Gazette, Iowa City Press-Citizen, or = The Daily=20 Iowan as cited and is reproduced here as a matter of fair use = for=20 non-commercial, educational purposes only. Any commercial use = requires the=20 prior approval of the Des Moines Register, The=20 Gazette, Iowa City Press-Citizen, = or The Daily=20 Iowan.***

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Items=20 Related to the 2006 Gubernatorial Election

Report=20 on meeting with gubernatorial candidate Chet Culver, Oct. 17,=20 2006

Responses=20 to faculty leaders' questions from gubernatorial candidate Jim = Nussle,=20 received Oct, 27, 2006