senate
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The resolution states that the faculty senate, which represents academic staff, "has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effectively address the ongoing crisis of sexual assault at Cornell University".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The faculty senate at Cornell University passed a resolution of no-confidence in the school’s administration, rebuking President Michael Kotlikoff’s handling of sexual assault allegations on campus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Despite not receiving the endorsement of the faculty guild, Buelna retains the support of a number of faculty members, including the president of the academic senate, Angela Echeverri.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
The blonde executive assistant to the president was then mentioned by a Democratic senate hopeful, in comments that set the internet alight -- and incensed the White House.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
Mrs. Apple struck a pose in the manner of a Roman consul about to address the senate, much to the delight of the Incorrigibles.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
But the school’s faculty and student senates each passed resolutions calling for a change and the university’s alumni board of directors supported reassessing the team name’s appropriateness.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
The animosity has spread to the 50 statehouses and the 7,382 people who serve in the houses and senates there.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2012
Bundesrath is composed of delegates appointed by the princes of the monarchical states and by the senates of the free cities.
From The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg
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