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Northwestern provided updates to its COVID-19 guidelines for the summer in a Thursday email. While COVID-19 vaccination is still required of all community members — except those granted exemptions — the University will no longer enforce its booster shot requirements. More than 95% of members have received at least one booster shot. Individuals who have...

University President Morton Schapiro spoke about Northwestern’s COVID-19 response, athletic programs and fundraising initiatives in Tuesday’s Faculty Assembly meeting. Faculty Senate President Robert Holmgren asked Schapiro presubmitted and live questions from faculty through the hourlong webinar. In response to a question about why NU has not reimplemented a mask mandate, Schapiro said he recommended returning...

Two hundred and forty-five students graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle on Saturday, May 7, during the University’s 2022 Commencement…

Officials provided updates on the searches for top administrative positions that they expect to fill by the fall during a Faculty Senate meeting Friday.

The Faculty Senate took nominations for the 2022-23 president-elect in Wednesday’s meeting.  The Executive Committee, which is composed of Senate leadership and standing committee chairs, nominated chemistry Prof. Regan Thomson, the chair of the Faculty Rights and Responsibility Committee, to the position. McCormick Prof. Luis Amaral nominated himself. The candidates will prepare written and oral...

University Assembly representatives discussed upcoming executive elections, reactions to honors and distinction policies and obstacles to campus carbon neutrality.

Grace Speights, the chair of the Board of Trustees, said the University would begin its search for a permanent president in “early spring” last September.

Todd Banducci, chairman of the board of trustees for North Idaho College, has been the polarizing presence at the core of NIC’s dysfunction.

Friday’s vote marks a major milestone in GW’s initiative to pave the way for increased collaboration among faculty, administrators and trustees.

KEYSER - Phil Douthitt will assume the role of dean of Academic Affairs at WVU Potomac State College in Keyser starting July 1, as current dean Gregory Ochoa resigns effective June 30.