MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Time
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.
This meeting of the Faculty Senate will be held in the Columbia Room in the Werner University Center with alternate Zoom attendance.
Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for April 22, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)
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AGENDA MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
- Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
- University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
- Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
- ASWOU/Student Senate Report (Senate President Maggie Bartosovsky)
- Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada)
Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items
No old business
New Business — ongoing discussion items
1. Faculty Senate Nominating Committee presents the following slate of candidates for executive positions for the 25-26 AY:
President
Mike Baltzley
Vice President
Camila Gabaldón
Patricia Giménez-Eguíbar
Secretary
Tim Cowart
At-large-member (two seats open; 2-yr terms)
Melissa Cannon
Xiaopeng Gong
Michael R. Freeman
A motion will be made for senators to temporarily suspend the Senate Bylaws and hold an immediate vote for the positions of President and Secretary.
Voting for Vice President and for two At-large members will occur at the May 27, 2025 meeting.
2. As per Faculty Senate Bylaws the Executive Committee enlisted Human Resources to conduct a 24-25 census of faculty members in the Senate’s recognized academic divisions and has set the allocation for senate seats as follows:
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Behavioral Sciences + OT: 3 |
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Business & Economics: 2 |
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Computer Science: 1 |
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Creative Arts: 3 |
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Criminal Justice Sciences: 2 |
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Deaf Studies & Professional Studies: 2 |
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Education & Leadership: 4 |
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Health & Exercise Science 2 |
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Humanities: 3 |
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Library: 1 |
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Natural Sciences & Mathematics: 3 |
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Social Science: 2 |
Announcements – Informational Presentations
7.1 Academic Sustainability Committee update
7.2 Update on admissions/retention (Paige Jackson, Assistant Provost, Enrollment Management & Student Success and Joy Brown, Director of Undergraduate Admissions)
7.4 The Nomination Committee will launch a general discussion about Faulty Senate governance structure
Report from the Nomination Committee
7.5 University Pastega Awards for 2025
Pastega Award for Excellence in Research: Dr. Jaime Marroquin, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Pastega Award for Excellence in Service: Camila Gabaldón, Collection Development Librarian/Professor
Pastega Award for Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Mike LeMaster, Professor of Biology and Dr. Amy Dawson, NTT Assistant Professor of Biology
Pastega Award for Staff Excellence: Cara Groshong, Business Operations & Finance Manager WOU Foundation
7.6 The Academic Excellence Showcase is May 29
Open Discussion-Call for Future Business
1. Call for future business items
2. Closing discussion items from the floor
