Petition for a special meeting of University Council from 20 or more University Council members presenting the following action items:
A request for the University Council Executive Committee to immediately form an ad hoc COVID-19 Crisis Response Committee of 12 elected, not ex-officio, members who reflect the current composition of faculty, staff, and students on Council and charge the committee as follows:
To participate as a legislative stakeholder in the administration's discussions with active COVID task forces and committees by relaying COVID-related views and concerns of members of Council and its standing committees to the administration and collecting its responses.
To report in writing directly to University Council members and its Executive Committee at least every 30 days on COVID-related status reports and policies.
That the University Council endorses in its entirety the joint Resolution of the Faculty Senates of the Mary Frances Early College of Education and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.