MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Due to facility conflicts, this meeting of the Faculty Senate will be held in Zoom format, only.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX ) (PDF )

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for March 11, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)

Beginning with the 2025-2026 AY, Senate meetings will be held on Thursdays.

“If you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the online request form at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or das@wou.edu. QR Code to online request form:

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters) — at BOT meeting
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
ASWOU/Student Senate Report (TBD)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada)
Board of Trustees docket: https://wou.edu/board/meeting-materials/

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. (from March 11 FS meeting) Continued discussion and motion for passage of Faculty Senate Resolution (2024/5-01): “Affirmation of the Rights of Students to Peaceful Protest and Free Speech” Updated version for consideration. (Stewart Baker)

New Business — ongoing discussion items

No new business items submitted

Informational Presentations

1. Emeritus policy was formally adopted by the President’s Cabinet on April 9. Language will be modified to accommodate new faculty terminology in the latest CBA. Language/process is essentially identical to that endorsed by the Faculty Senate on Feb 13, 2024. (Changes: some acronyms are spelled out; notation that candidate must be fully retired to be considered; “emeritus” term used rather than “emerit.”)

2. Academic Sustainability Committee organizational meeting was held on Friday, April 1; Bojan Ilievski and Steve Scheck will serve as co-chairs.

3. Dean Chelle Batchelor and the Undergraduate Course Modalities Working Group will return to continue discussion with Senators about the group’s work. Report slide deck. April 15, 2025 report to the Provost.

4. Campus visits – Dean of the College of Education

Presentation Schedule:

Thursday, April 24th: Dr. Anne Gregory
Monday April 28th: Dr. Terry Hickey
Thursday May 1st: Dr. John Dayton
Monday May 5th: Dr. Tina Peterman

Event Details:

Presentation Time: 3:00PM – 4:00PM
Presentation Location: Hamersly Library, HL 107
Webinar link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/83547285843
ASL interpreting: provided in-person in HL 107, and live captioning will be available on the zoom webinar.
Meet-and-Greet Location: Hamersly Library, 2nd Floor Gallery
Meet-and-Greet Time: 4:00PM-4:30PM (immediately following each presentation)

Day 1

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Presentation to Campus
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Meet & Greet with Campus Community

Day 2

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Meet with Faculty

See April 18 campus-wide email from Chelle Batchelor for candidate resumes.

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Faculty interest/ability to serve in a Faculty Senate leadership position

2. Call for future business items

3. Closing discussion items from the floor

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Special Budget Town Hall

Budget Town Hall Meeting

Date

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

Time

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

This special meeting of the Faculty Senate will be in co-sponsorship with the Staff Senate.

Budget Town Hall in the Pacific Room in the Werner University Center.

The next regularly-scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate will be on April 22. This will be a Zoom-only meeting.

Carry-over business for next regular Faculty Senate meeting: Resolution on “Affirmation of the Rights of Students to Peaceful Protest and Free Speech”

March 11, 2025 version … Updated version (March 20)

Student Health Advisory Committee for the Student Health and Counseling Center has a faculty vacancy due to sabbatical leave. Interested? Please contact Beth Scroggins, LPC, Director – Student Health and Counseling Center

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Link to the Disability-Related Accommodations Request Form QR Code PDF”

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March 11, 2025

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, March 11, 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

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF )

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for February 25, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF )

..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 (TBD)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada)

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review)

2. Update on reactivation of Academic Sustainability Committee; What level of committee status should the ASC be assigned? Members of the committee.

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. Upcoming FS executive position elections

2. Consideration of altering the composition of the Executive Committee (a bylaws issue)

3. Late addition of resolution to support students’ rights to free speech. (Will come back as old business on April 8.)

Informational Presentations

7.1. Dean Chelle Batchelor will update FS on work of the Undergraduate Course Modalities Working Group. Report.

7.2 Associate Provost Judy Sylva will update FS on the upcoming NWCCU visit in April. Feb 25, 2025 ad hoc report submitted to NWCCU. NWCC focus of April 4 visit.

LAS College Dean’s Search Finalist On-Campus Interviews (all in RWEC 101):

Wed., March 12: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Tena Helton;

Thu., March 13: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Randi Storch;

Fri., March 14: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Barry Laga;

Thu., March 20: 1:30 – 3:00 PM Orlando Perez

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

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February 25, 2025

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

Due to a simultaneous meeting of the WOU Board of Trustees, this meeting of the Faculty Senate will be held in Zoom-only format.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for February 11, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report* (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report* (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada)
*See WOU Board of Trustees Feb 25-26, 2025 docket for reports.

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review).

2. Follow-up discussion on Provost Coll’s recent Instructional Faculty Directive.

Discussion about configuration, scope of work, types of data necessary for a reactivated Faculty Senate Academic Sustainability Committee to serve in an advisory capacity to the Provost.

Most recent “charter” of previous Academic Sustainability Committee.

Provost’s 2-10-2025 memo on Academic Affairs budget pause update.

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. TBA

Informational Presentations

1. TBA

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

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February 11, 2025

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, February 11, 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

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for January 28, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon)

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review)

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. Follow-up discussion on Provost Coll’s recent Instructional Faculty directive.

Provost’s 2-10-2025 memo on Academic Affairs budget update.

Informational Presentations

1. TBA

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

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January 28, 2025

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This meeting of the Faculty Senate is in

Zoom-only format.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for January 14, 2025 (DOCX) (PDF)

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon)

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review)

2. Executive Committee has received several responses to the call for self-nominations for serving in the capacity of a WOU Senator on the Inter-Institutional Faculty Senate (IFS) for a 3-yr term. The committee will close the period for expressing interest in serving in this capacity at 5pm on Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025.

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. No new business is scheduled

Informational Presentations

1. Functionality of course prerequisites (Michael Baltzley)

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for nominations for 2nd IFS Senator (3-yr term) Brief description of IFS activities.

2. Call for future business items

3. Closing discussion items from the floor

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January 14, 2025

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This Faculty Senate meeting will be held in-person in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center with Zoom format alternative attendance.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for December 10, 2024 (DOCX) (PDF )

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Tad Shannon)

Consideration of Old Business – Discussion items

1. Update and continuing discussion about Bachelors of Applied Science

2. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review)

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. Faculty Senate extended discussion of President Peter’s January 5, 2025 campus-wide email communication.

Informational Presentations

1. General education committee approved three community college transfer degrees as meeting WOU’s general education core requirements.

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for nominations for 2nd IFS Senator (3-yr term)

2. Call for future business items

3. Closing discussion items from the floor

Supplemental documents

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December 10, 2024

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This Faculty Senate meeting will be held in-person in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center with Zoom format alternative attendance.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

A WOUFT reception will be held immediately after Faculty Senate at Gilgamesh, The River in Independence.

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for November 26, 2024 (DOCX) (PDF)

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)

Old Business

No old business

New Business — ongoing discussion items

1. The Executive Committee puts forth Elisa Maroney for membership on the Executive Committee to serve in the position of Past President.

2. Update discussion about Bachelors of Applied Science

3. Updates on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review) Activities to take place in Dec – Jan – Feb.

4. Planning for new program proposal submission/review process and its compliance with university strategic planning and university academic program portfolio.

In response to Associate Provost Judith Sylva’s October 31 request, the Executive Committee has established an ad hoc committee (“curriculum task force”) to address the need for a “new program” proposal process. This ad hoc committee will consist of the Executive Committee; chairs of the curriculum, graduate studies and general education committees; and Associate Provost Sylva and University Registrar Amy Clark.

5. Continuing discussion with university administration about announced policies regarding online and hybrid courses: suitability for freshmen, program need, student need, criteria for exceptions, quality of such coursework, need for faculty representation on task force assigned to examine online/hybrid programming at WOU, other.

Informational Presentations

1. TBA

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

3. See Senate President’s report for a list of faculty vacancies on committees

Supplemental documents

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November 25, 2024

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This Faculty Senate meeting will be held in-person in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center with Zoom format alternative attendance.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

A WOUFT reception will be held immediately after Faculty Senate at Gilgamesh, The River in Independence.

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF )

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for November 12, 2024 (DOCX) (PDF )

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)

Old Business

No old business

New Business — discussion items

1. Continuing discussion about Bachelors of Applied Science

2. Continuing discussion on roll-out of submission/review process for modifications to current academic catalog (program actions limited to WOU campus review) Activities to take place in Dec – Jan – Feb.

3. Planning for new program proposal submission/review process and its compliance with university strategic planning.

Informational Presentations

1. TBA

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

Supplemental documents

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November 12, 2024

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Time

3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.

This Faculty Senate meeting will be held in-person in the Columbia Room of the Werner University Center with Zoom format alternative attendance.

Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF )

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for October 22, 2024 (DOCX ) (PDF )

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (Steve Scheck)
University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)

Old Business

No old business

New Business

1. Request from the General Education Committee for Faculty Senate involvement in consideration of possible discontinuing the Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS)
Degrees

2. Request from Associate Provost Sylva for Faculty Senate to increase involvement in the Curriculum Taskforce task of designing the procedural steps for new program proposals.

Reminder: The curriculum process will fall into two major pathways: 1) routine course and program modifications – currently anticipating January 2025 rollout; 2) A more robust curriculum development/review/adoption process for new programs (BA/BS, MS, Certificates, Minors)

Informational Presentations

1. TBA

Open Discussion-Call for Future Business

1. Call for future business items

2. Closing discussion items from the floor

Supplemental documents

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