MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Thursday, October 8, 2026
Time
3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.
Location
Hamersly Library 107
Zoom link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/83101602500?pwd=fHgiMeBavOv7N89vd3w36oYARwPbsq.1
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for June 11, 2026
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MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
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Faculty Senate President’s Report (Eliot Dickinson); Board of Trustees Stakeholder Update
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University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
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Provost’s Report (Randi Storch)
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Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)
Consideration of Old Business
None
New Business
1. Suspension of Faculty Senate bylaws to reelect Tim Cowart as Faculty Senate Secretary
Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements
1. Refresher on Robert’s Rules of Order
2. Curriculum Committee Report (Tad Shannon)
3. Call for future business—New Business, Presentations, Discussions
4. Announcements
Call for new Chair of the Graduate Studies Committee
Call for new Member of the Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (IFS) starting in January
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.

