MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Thursday, October 23, 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 October 9, 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 (No report)
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University Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
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IFS Senators’ Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony to the HECC from July 2025; IFC Accomplishments Jan-Jun 2025
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Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)
Consideration of Old Business
No old business
New Business
1. Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)
- Clean copy of revised bylaws
- Revised bylaws showing edits
Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements
1. FYS Proposal changes (Melanie Landon-Hayes)
2. Call for future business—New Business, Presentations, Discussions
3. Announcements
- Panel discussion “Faculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate”, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link with more information (Chelsee Blatner)
- Dance-Out-Day Performance, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)
4. Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)
5. 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.
