MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Time

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

Due to winter illness and faculty calendar issues, this is a Zoom only format meeting

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

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX ) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for Nov 22, 2022 (DOCX) (PDF )

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF ) (Rob Winningham, unable to attend)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report) (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)

Old Business

Program changes in music (James Reddan)

2022/2023-18 P15249 Music, B.M. (Major – BM)

2022/2023-19 P15251 Music, B.A. (Major – BA)

2022/2023-20 P15253 Jazz Studies Minor

2022/2023-21 P15254 Music Minor

Program change in M. S. Ed. in Ed Tech (Gregory Zobel)

2022/2023-22 P15297 Educational Technology, M.S.Ed. (Major)

New Business

2022/2023-23 P15395 Healthcare Administration Graduate Certificate (David Foster)

2022/2023-24 General Education approval of two transfer AA degrees for meeting GE requirements (GE Director Shaun Huston)

2022/2023-25 Revisions to Senate Bylaws — continued from spring information sessions (Executive Committee)

Current Bylaws Marked Bylaws Clean proposed

Informational Presentations

First Year Seminar Assessment Project — (FYS Coordinator Leanne Merrill)

Announcements

Opportunity to serve on University Council

Opportunity to serve on FYS Steering Committee (limited term w/stipend)

Have a healthy winter term break!

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Time

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

This is an in-person meeting — Willamette Room of the Werner University Center

Also observable by Zoom

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

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF )

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for Nov 8, 2022 (DOCX) (PDF)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham, unable to attend)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report) (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)

Old Business

No Old Business

New Business

Program changes in music

2022/2023-18 P15249 Music, B.M. (Major – BM)

2022/2023-19 P15251 Music, B.A. (Major – BA)

2022/2023-20 P15253 Jazz Studies Minor

2022/2023-21 P15254 Music Minor

Program change in M. S. Ed. in Ed Tech

2022/2023-22 P15297 Educational Technology, M.S.Ed. (Major)

Informational Presentations

No presentations scheduled at this time

Announcements

Also soliciting volunteers for updating the Final Exam calendar

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Time

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

This is an in-person meeting — Willamette Rm of the Werner University Center

Also observable by Zoom

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

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for Oct 25, 2022 (DOX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
4.3 Provost’s Report ( ) (Rob Winningham, unable to attend)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report) (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)

Old Business

Policy changes by the Graduate Studies Committee (Amanda Smith)

- 2022/2023-03 Graduate Policies for Update
- 2022/2023-04 Minimum Registration final
- 2022/2023-05 Professional Conduct
- 2022/2023-06 Graduate Regulation Edits
- 2022/2023-07 Doctoral General Requirements
- 2022/2023-08 Graduate Faculty
- 2022/2023-09 Policies Governing Master’s Degrees
- 2022/2023-10 Policies Governing Graduate Certificates
- 2022/2023-11 Petition Policy
New major/minor: Ethnic Studies, including new courses (Mary Pettenger)
- 2022/2023-12 P15219 Ethnic Studies (Major – BA)
- 2022/2023-13 P15220 Chicanx/Latinx Studies and Latin American Studies (Concentration)
- 2022/2023-14 P15221 African American and African Studies Concentration
- 2022/2023-15 P15222 Global Ethnicities Studies Concentration
- 2022/2023-16 P15223 Indigenous Studies Concentration
- 2022/2023-17 P15225 Ethnic Studies minor
Recommendation from Faculty Senate Executive Committee
2022/2023-18 Move to decommission the Academic Technology and Resources Committee (ATRC)

New Business Discussion

No new Business

Informational Presentations

Update on Academic Sustainability Committee (Co-Chair Steve Taylor)
Open conversation with President Peters about budget planning.

Announcements

Senate will pick up discussion on informational drafts from last spring’s June 14 meeting for Senate By-Laws and Emerit Policy
Also soliciting volunteers for updating the Final Exam calendar

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Time

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

This is an in-person meeting — Willamette Rm of Werner University Center

Also observable by Zoom

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

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOX ) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for Oct 11, 2022 (DOX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (PDF) (Cheryl Beaver and Emily Plec)

Old Business

2022/2023-01 Student Athlete Absence Policy Proposal (Paige Jackson)
2022/2023-02 Institutional Research’s Role in Campus Surveys Policy Proposal (Georgia Armitage)

New Business Discussion

Policy changes by the Graduate Studies Committee (Amanda Smith)

2022/2023-03 Graduate Policies for Update
2022/2023-04 Minimum Registration
2022/2023-05 Professional Conduct
2022/2023-06 Graduate Regulation Edits
2022/2023-07 Doctoral General Requirements
2022/2023-08 Graduate Faculty
2022/2023-09 Policies Governing Master’s Degrees
2022/2023-10 Policies Governing Graduate Certificates
2022/2023-11 Petition Policy

New major/minor: Ethnic Studies, including new courses (Mary Pettenger)

2022/2023-12 P15219 Ethnic Studies (Major – BA)
2022/2023-13 P15220 Chicanx/Latinx Studies and Latin American Studies (Concentration)
2022/2023-14 P15221 African American and African Studies Concentration
2022/2023-15 P15222 Global Ethnicities Studies Concentration
2022/2023-16 P15223 Indigenous Studies Concentration
2022/2023-17 P15225 Ethnic Studies minor

Other new business: ATRC

2022/2023-18 Move to decommission the ATRC

Informational Presentations

Catalog Consolidation of Transfer Articulation Academic Regulations (Registrar Amy Clark)
Update on the Assessment Update (Associate Provost Judith Sylva) Assessment Cycle for Program Review and Annual PLO Assessment

Announcements

Senate will pick up discussion on informational drafts from last spring’s June 14 meeting for

Senate By-Laws and

Emeritus Policy

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Time

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

Location — this is a Zoom meeting

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

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for [June 14, 2022] (DOCX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)

Old Business

No old business

New Business Discussion

Student Athlete Absence Policy Proposal (Paige Jackson)
Institutional Research’s Role in Campus Surveys Policy Proposal (Georgia Armitage)

Informational Presentations

Call for faculty rep on Student Media Board – new role (Chelsee Blatner)
College Restructure Task Force Listening Session (Kristin Latham-Scott, Breeann Flesch)

Announcements

Senate will pick up discussion on informational drafts from last spring’s June 14 meeting for
Senate By-Laws and

Emeritus Policy

We need a student notetaker (paid position) … student referrals appreciated.

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Time

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

Location

Zoom

Meeting Protocol

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for May 24, 2022 (DOCX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Elisa Maroney)
4.2 University President’s Report (DOCX) (Jay Kenton)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)

Old Business

2022-23 Transfer Degree Criteria (Shaun Huston)
2022-24 WOU Faculty Senate Rules of Order (Leigh Graziano, Ben Cote)

New Business

None

Informational Presentations

Veterans Resource Center (Logan Doerfler)
Executive Director, Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (Dominique Vargas)

Discussion

Current Emeritus Status Policy, Proposed Changes to Emeritus Status Policy, Recommended Emeritus Nomination Process,and Discussion Questions (Elisa Maroney, Stewart Baker, Chloe Hughes)
Faculty Senate Bylaws Proposed Changes and Discussion Points (Elisa Maroney, Stewart Baker, Camila Gabaldon)

Announcements

SpeakOut Summer Institute: Building Power for Political Change on Campus, June 27 – 30, 2022. With the support of the President’s Office the summer institute is free for up to 100 WOU faculty and staff. Register for free here.

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Time

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

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for May 10, 2022 (DOCX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (DOCX) (Elisa Maroney)
4.2 University President’s Report (DOCX) (Jay Kenton)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Report) (HECC staff draft MTM rule making) (Emily Plec, Cheryl Beaver)
4.5 Faculty Senate Nominations Committee Report (Leigh Graziano)

Old Business

5.1 2022-21 Information Technology Certificate (Tad Shannon)
5.2 2022-22 Music Therapy Concentration (Letter of Support) (James Redden)

New Business

6.1 2022-24 WOU Faculty Senate Rules of Order (Leigh Graziano, Ben Cote)
6.2 2022-23 Transfer Degree Criteria (Shaun Huston)

Informational Presentations

7.3 Veterans Resource Center (Logan Doerfler)
7.2 KWOU and Student Media (William MacDonald-Newman, Ever Young, Max Brayton)

Discussion

8.1 Current Emeritus Status Policy, Proposed Changes to Emeritus Status Policy, and Discussion Questions (Elisa Maroney, Stewart Baker, Chloe Hughes)
8.2 Faculty Senate Bylaws Proposed Changes and Discussion Points and (Elisa Maroney, Stewart Baker, Camila Gabaldon)

Announcements

Centering BIPOC Voices Event Series Website
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month! www.wou.edu/foster

All throughout the month of May, we’ll be fundraising by holding a raffle in the WUC and accepting donations to Fostering Success via our website you can also purchase raffle tickets online)or at www.wou.edu/give. Also keep an eye out for the teal bows on trees around campus, which signify our commitment to supporting educational opportunities for current and former foster youth!
Visit and welcome Jahdi, the muralist working in the WUC between Café Allegro and the Freedom Center. He will be on campus at least through Friday from about 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Meals and snacks are welcome (no Goldfish or olives, please!).
ASWOU is sponsoring a “Celebration of Identities.” (Week 2 Schedule)
There will be one more Faculty Senate meeting, June 14. New senators should plan to attend this meeting.

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Time

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

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for April 26 (DOCX)

MATERIALS

4. Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (DOCX) (PDF) (Elisa Maroney)
4.2 University President’s Report (No written report) (Jay Kenton)
4.3 Provost’s Report (DOCX) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Cheryl Beaver, Emily Plec)
4.5 Faculty Senate Nominations Committee (Leigh Graziano)

5. Old Business

None

6. New Business

2022-21 Information Technology Certificate (Tad Shannon)
2022-22 Music Therapy Concentration (Letter of Support) (James Redden)

7. Informational Presentations

Faculty Senate AUMPathway (David Foster, Misty Weitzel, Amber Deets)
Assessment Practices (Summary) (Mike Baltzley)

8. Discussion

None

9. Announcements

May is National Foster Care Awareness Month! wou.edu/foster
- On Tuesday, May 10 from 6:30 – 8 p.m., WOU’s Fostering Success initiative is co-hosting withEvery Child Polk County an “Explore Fostering” event for interested and prospective foster families. Free pizza and childcare provided. Willamette Room, WUC. If you or someone you know has thought, “I might consider fostering some day,” this is the program for you! Learn the nuts and bolts of being a foster parent, including how to become certified.
- On Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m., Fostering Success will be hosting a luncheon for current and prospective foster students in the Calapooia Room, WUC. Visiting students and their supporters have the option of going on a campus tour following the luncheon. If you know a foster student at WOU or in the community who might like to join us, please direct them towou.edu/foster or to Dr. Emily Plec (plece@wou.edu; 503-838-8819).
- All throughout the month of May, we’ll be fundraising by holding a raffle in the WUC and accepting donations to Fostering Success via our website you can also purchase raffle tickets online)or at wou.edu/give. Also keep an eye out for the teal bows on trees around campus, which signify our commitment to supporting educational opportunities for current and former foster youth!
Celebration of Identities Dinner in the Grove (if rain, the Pacific Room), Tuesday, May 17, from 5-6:30. There will be games and food.

There will be two more Faculty Senate meetings, May 24, and June 14. New senators should plan to attend these meetings.

Centering BIPOC Voices Events
- Here is a link to the Event Series Website.
- Here is a direct link to Register for Walidah Imarisha’s Black History of Oregon Webinar on Thursday at 3pm.
- Here is the link for Faculty to RSVP for one of the brainstorming sessions with Walidah on Friday.

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Time

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

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for April 12, 2022 (DOCX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Elisa Maroney)
4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jay Kenton)
4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Cheryl Beaver, Emily Plec)
4.5 Faculty Senate Nominations Committee Report (Leigh Graziano)

Old Business

2022-20 Editing Curriculum Request Process (Curriculum Proposal Modifications) (Camila Gabaldon)

New Business

None.

Discussion

Informational Presentations

Cybersecurity (Michael Ellis)
IACUC Announcement Solicitation Members (Gareth Hopkins)
Faculty Senate AUMPathway (David Foster, Misty Weitzel, Amber Deets)

Announcements

Eight WOU custodians are cleaning twenty-eight buildings every night and they need our help! Please place your trash can outside of your office door when you need it emptied and put it back inside the next day. That saves valuable time and energy and helps mitigate against the staffing shortage. (Emily Plec on behalf of Custodial Services)
May is National Foster Care Awareness Month! wou.edu/foster
On Tuesday, May 10 from 6:30 – 8 p.m., WOU’s Fostering Success initiative is co-hosting withEvery Child Polk County an “Explore Fostering” event for interested and prospective foster families. Free pizza and childcare provided. Willamette Room, WUC. If you or someone you know has thought, “I might consider fostering some day,” this is the program for you! Learn the nuts and bolts of being a foster parent, including how to become certified.
On Friday, May 20 at 1 p.m., Fostering Success will be hosting a luncheon for current and prospective foster students in the Calapooia Room, WUC. Visiting students and their supporters have the option of going on a campus tour following the luncheon. If you know a foster student at WOU or in the community who might like to join us, please direct them towou.edu/foster or to Dr. Emily Plec (plece@wou.edu; 503-838-8819).
All throughout the month of May, we’ll be fundraising by holding a raffle in the WUC and accepting donations to Fostering Success via our website you can also purchase raffle tickets online)or at wou.edu/give. Also keep an eye out for the teal bows on trees around campus, which signify our commitment to supporting educational opportunities for current and former foster youth!
LAI Centering BIPOC Voices May Event Series

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MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Time

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

Location

Zoom

Agenda

Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for March 8, 2022 (DOCX)

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Elisa Maroney)
University President’s Report (PDF) (Jay Kenton)
Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Cheryl Beaver, Emily Plec)
Faculty Senate Nominations Committee Report (Leigh Graziano)

Old Business

2022-15 P14911 Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Major) (Hillary Fouts)
2022-16 P14527D. Interpreting Studies: Teaching & Reflective Practice (Major) (Infographic) (Response to questions) (Memo with additional budget information) (Amanda Smith)
2022-19 Resolution for College Restructure Taskforce (Summary) (Keven Malkewitz)

New Business

2022-20 Editing Curriculum Request Process (Curriculum Proposal Modifications) (Camila Gabaldon)

Discussion

Informational Presentations

Institutional Research & Website (Mike Baltzley)
EES Department Name Change (Jeff Templeton)
LAI Centering BIPOC Voices May Event Series (Chelle Batchelor)

Announcements

Presidential candidates on campus, April 13th and 14th

Western Oregon University’s Land Acknowledgement
Western Oregon University in Monmouth, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Luckiamute Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians.

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