AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
• University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
• Provost’s Report (PDF) (Jose Coll) — extended discussion time allocated
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)  (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)   

Old Business

Faculty Emerit Policy.

Senate President Scheck and Provost Coll reviewed the October 24, 2023 Faculty Senate-endorsed Emerit Policy and made several mutually-agreeable edits to the October 24th draft. The Executive Committee recommends endorsement of this edited draft and for the Senate President to submit this draft to the University for formal review and policy adoption.

New Business 

    No new business

Informational Presentations 

 1. Report on two items: (Chelle Batchelor)

   a.  Formal notification of name change from Academic Innovation to Center for Teaching and Learning

   b.  Sustainability initiatives

2. General Education Professional Learning Committee report. (Jay Schwartz)

The Gen Ed Professional Learning Community (GEPLC) is the body that carries out assessment for the General Education program at WOU. In Winter 2024, we will be soliciting student work samples from faculty across a broader swath of the Gen Ed program. Faculty who are not familiar with the Gen Ed assessment process will be asked to participate.

3. Faculty Senate representation on the committee for the creation and implementation of the university climate survey (Dominique Vargas)

 We will be forming a committee for the creation and implementation of the university climate survey. This survey is the final phase of our equity assessment. While the survey will be developed by Dr. West, the committee will offer feedback on survey questions. The committee will also develop a communication and implementation plan for the survey. The committee will also help implement the plans. The committee’s work will begin in February 2024 (with formation of the committee) and continue until the end of Fall term (following the conclusion of survey distribution). 

Open Discussion 

•   Call for future business items
•   Closing discussion items from the floor

Announcements 

Call for faculty to fill positions on the:

1. University Technology Advisory Committee

2. International Education Committee

3. University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee

4. Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

5. University Budget Advisory Committee

      If interested, email Steve Scheck 

 Supplemental documents

College Restructure Taskforce Final Report December 14, 2022