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
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for November 26, 2024 (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)
- 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