MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Location
The Oct 8 Faculty Senate meeting is a Zoom-only meeting.
First meeting of 2024-2025 Faculty Senate
(Meetings in 2024-2025 are on Tuesdays; Beginning with the 2025-2026 AY, meetings will be on Thursdays.)
Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for June 11, 2024 (DOCX) (PDF)
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AGENDA MATERIALS
Institutional Reports (written only, today)
- Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
- University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
- Provost’s Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)
- Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)
Old Business
1. No faculty member has stepped forward to serve as president of the Faculty Senate for the 2024 – 2025 AY.
Therefore, on October 4, 2024, the Executive Committee met to discuss this situation and voted, unanimously, to put forward the following motion to the Faculty Senate:
The Executive Committee moves for Senators to vote to temporarily suspend the By-Laws of the Faculty Senate and nominate Immediate Past President Stephen Scheck for reappointment for one additional year as Senate President.
Adjourn
Celebration of life service for Ana Karaman (4:00 pm, Pacific Room)
In order for Senators and guests to be able to attend the celebration of life service recognizing WOU’s late colleague, Ana Karaman, this meeting of the Faculty Senate will be adjourned.
Seeking faculty to serve on:
University Budget Advisory Committee (2 seats open)
Institutional Review Board (See 10/8 email from IRB Chair Andrea Emerson)
