NEXT MEETING
Date
Tuesday, April 27
Time
3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Location
Agenda
Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
Draft Minutes
MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
- 4.1 Faculty Senate President's Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
- 4.2 University President's Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
- 4.3 Provost's Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
- 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
Executive Committee Business
Old Business
- 6.1 Article 15 Drops: Response from Curriculum Committee
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- 6.1.1 Anthropology, Non-Thesis, B.A.
- 6.1.2 Anthropology, Thesis Option, B.A.
- 6.1.3 Anthropology Minor
- 6.1.4 Earth System Science Minor
- 6.1.5 Physics Minor
- 6.1.6 Geography, B.A.
- 6.1.7 Philosophy, B.S.
- 6.1.8 Philosophy, B.A.
- 6.1.9 Philosophy Minor
- 6.2 Student Senate Resolution 8.21 (Alicia Ibaraki, Liz Marquez Gutierrez, and Makana Waikiki)
- 6.3 Proposal to Revise S/NC Grade Policy (Amy Clark and Niki Weight)
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New Business
- 7.1 Contemporary Music M.M. (Major; Drop) (Melanie Landon-Hays)
Discussion
- 8.1 FERPA (Rachel Harrington)
Informational Presentations
- 9.1 Accelerated Undergraduate to Masters Pathway (AUMP) (Hillary Fouts)
- 9.2 OER Survey Results (Sue Kunda)
Announcements
- 10.1 Upcoming Virtual AES (Xiapopeng Gong)
- AES Flyer (PDF)
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.
Documents and Links
Draft Best Practices for Faculty Senators (PDF)
Faculty Senate memo template for New Business and Informational Reports (DOCX)
University President
University Provost
SAVE THE DATE
Executive Committee endorsed events
Shared Governance Summit, Friday, May 14, 2021 via Zoom
- Topic, Finding a Permanent President
- Featuring Presenters: TBD
Academic Excellence Showcase, held virtually on Digital Commons from Thursday, May 27 to Jun 15, 2021
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
3 & 4 Credit Scheduling Guidelines
WOU Faculty Senate Simplified Roberts Rules
Oregon House Bill 2864 - Cultural Competency
WOU Legislature briefing book 2020
CONTACT US
Faculty Senate President, Leigh Graziano
Phone: 503 838 9360
E-mail: fspresident@mail.wou.edu