The University
Senate of Michigan Technological University
PROPOSAL 24-06
(Voting Units: Entire Senate)
PROPOSAL TO EXTEND
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY TO A FULL DAY RECESS
History:
The following was presented to the University Senate
by the Graduate Student Council.
A RESOLUTION TO: Recommend to the University Senate
that the 2006-07 academic calendar be altered to reflect a full day’s recess to
celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and that subsequent calendars be designed
with the same such recess.
WHEREAS, the University
Senate is tasked by the Board of Control to set the calendar for each academic
year; and
REALIZING, Martin Luther
King, Jr. devoted his life to reaffirming the civil rights of all people; and
REALIZING, the U.S.
federal government has declared the day a national holiday; and
REALIZING, the current
calendar, which dedicates a half day recess to celebrating the achievements of
Martin Luther King, Jr., already breaks up the normal instruction/student
services flow that is provided by a full day;
BE IT RESOLVED, that the
Graduate Student Council recommends to the University Senate that the 2006-07
academic calendar be altered to reflect a full day’s recess to celebrate Martin
Luther King, Jr. Day and that subsequent calendars be designed with the same
such recess.
Proposal:
The University Senate endorses this
resolution of the Graduate Student Council.
Introduced in Senate: 1 March
2006
Approved by Administration: 12 April 2006