Chair's Communications & Events

Senate Chair Rebecca Jo Plant’s 2025–26 goals focus on strengthening transparency, protecting academic freedom, supporting faculty, guiding UCSD through financial and federal challenges, and advancing collaboration, climate action, and shared governance.

Starting Fall 2025, students may not complete 50% or more of their UC San Diego units through distance education unless in an approved program. The Senate also updated its exam policy to recognize the Triton Testing Center and clarify the definition of a final exam.

Senate Chair Rebecca Jo Plant and Vice Chair Akos Rona-Tas plan to be at the Faculty Club Happy Hours from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. once per quarter. The fall date is Thursday, December 4. We encourage all Senate faculty to drop in and join us! No sign up required.

Senate Chair Rebecca Jo Plant and Vice Chair Akos Rona-Tas are hosting quarterly lunches from noon to 1:00 p.m. at the Faculty Club for Senate faculty.The Fall lunch is scheduled for Thursday, November 6. Please click the link to access the form to sign up.

Senate Chair Rebecca Jo Plant and Vice Chair Akos Rona-Tas are hosting quarterly coffee chats with Senate faculty at the Academic Senate Office (third floor of Center Hall, Room 315) to discuss current issues under discussion by the Academic Senate. The Fall quarter chat is scheduled for Thursday, November 13, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Click the link above for more information on the fall coffee chat.