October 9, 2025
MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Time
3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Location
Columbia Room in the Werner University Center
Zoom link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/81141923854
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for June 10, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)
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MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
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Faculty Senate President's Report (Michael Baltzley)
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University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
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University Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
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IFS Senators’ Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada)
Consideration of Old Business
No old business
New Business
No old business
Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements
1. Faculty Senate bylaws changes (Mike Baltzley)
- Nominating Committee May 13, 2025 report
- Election dates
- Senator allocations to divisions
- Committee structure
2. How to handle new service requests in light of new WLU structure (Laura Ellingson-Sayen)
3. Digital Accessibility Policy (Emily Herb)
4. Call for future business—New Business, Presentations, Discussions (Mike Baltzley)
5. Announcements
6. Closing discussion items from the floor
NEW BUSINESS ITEMS
Please submit new business items using the following link: https://wou.edu/facultysenate/submit-new-business/
IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR
Curriculum proposals
To provide sufficient time for all the review steps (committee and Faculty Senate), the deadline for submitting curriculum proposals for inclusion in the next academic catalog is the second Thursday of February for course proposals, program changes and new certificates. New programs take longer to process.
See wou.edu/curriculum and the Deadlines and timing page for more specific information.
SUBMIT NEW BUSINESS
Have something you would like to share with or have discussed by Faculty Senate? Use this form to let us know!
VOTING LINK
When there is an active motion during Faculty Senate, current senators can use the link and QR code below to access voting via computer or smartphone.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Faculty Senate is to lead faculty in fulfilling their responsibilities in the shared governance of the university and to represent faculty interests to university and community stakeholders. The Faculty Senate serves as a liaison between faculty and administration. Responsibilities include the following:
- ensuring that academic freedom is encouraged and protected;
- overseeing curriculum development that promotes student learning in alignment with identified university student learning goals and outcomes;
- participating in the review and implementation of the strategic plan of the university;
- informing faculty about university policies, procedures, and substantive changes made by the administration; and
- making recommendations to faculty and administration on policies to improve the learning environment.
