The University Senate voted to postpone the vote of no confidence against the Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J., university president, at their November meeting.

The faculty debated the motion for nearly an hour until the meeting was scheduled to end. The debate resulted in the postponing of the vote to the Senate’s January meeting.

According to Jon Altschul, chairman of the University Senate, the vote was postponed to allow communication between the faculty, president and Board of Trustees. To solve this, the president will attend the December meeting and the Board of Trustees will attend the January meeting.

Marc Manganaro, provost and vice president for academic affairs, presented the president’s report on the ongoing financial equilibrium process. Wildes will be presenting the report to the Board of Trustees for their final approval.

The report showed that the university did not meet its target of $25 million in savings and investments it announced this April. Instead, the president agreed with $11.5 million of savings and investments that was recommended to him.

Also in the report is the announcement of a new initiative called the Strategic Mission on Diversity and Inclusiveness. This initiative will look at how diversity could be more incorporated into the curriculum, the possibility of hiring a diversity officer and having a more diverse faculty. The initiative will be led by the provost and college deans.