April 9, 2026

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.

Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Location

RWEC 101

Zoom link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/81141923854

 

Agenda

Meeting Agenda

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for March 12, 2026

 

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MATERIALS

Institutional Reports 

  • Faculty Senate President’s Report (Michael Baltzley)

  • University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)

  • Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)

  • Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)

Consideration of Old Business

1. Academic Sustainability Guiding Principles (Steve Scheck)

New Business

1. Curriculum proposals

  • Education, High School Teaching Preparation, B.S. and Physical Education Teacher Education, B.S. (Mandy Olsen)
  • English for Speakers of Other Languages Certificate (Jessica Dougherty)
  • Learning Design and Technology, M.S.Ed. and Literacy Education, M.S.Ed. (Greg Zobel)
  • Theatre Teacher Education, B.F.A. (Daniel Tankersley)

2. 2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections

  • President
  • Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin
  • Secretary
  • At-large members (2): Steve Scheck

Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements

1. CSE 654 Graduate Professional Practice Series course proposal (Robert Monge, Stuart Baker)

2. Discussion of faculty responsibilities for online digital accessibility (Emily Herb, Daniel Rockwell)

3. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)

4. Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)

5. Call for future business

6. Announcements

  • Schedule Planner Advisor Mode is back!!

7. 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/

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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.

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