November 8, 2022

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)

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

    Oct 25, 2022

    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

    New Business Discussion

     

    Policy changes by the Graduate Studies Committee (Amanda Smith)

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

    Other new business:  ATRC

    2022/2023-18 Move to decommission the ATRC

    Informational Presentations

     Announcements

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

                Senate By-Laws and 

                 Emeritus Policy

    October 11, 2022

    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

    Informational Presentations

    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.

    June 14, 2022

    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

    New Business

    • None

    Informational Presentations

    Discussion

    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. 

    May 24, 2022

    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

    New Business

    Informational Presentations

    Discussion 

    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.

    May 10, 2022

    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

      7. Informational Presentations

      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.

      April 26, 2022

      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

      New Business

      • None.

      Discussion

      • TBA

      Informational Presentations

      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

      April 12, 2022

      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

      Old Business

      New Business

      Discussion

       

       

      Informational Presentations

      Announcements

      • Presidential candidates on campus, April 13th and 14th

      March 8, 2022

      MEETING INFORMATION

      Date

      Tuesday, March 8, 2022

      Time

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

      Location

      Zoom

      Zoom link

      Agenda

      Meeting Agenda (DOCX) 

      Draft Minutes

      Draft Minutes for February 22, 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 (IFS Report) (AGB Governance Review) (Cheryl Beaver, Emily Plec)
      • 4.5 Faculty Senate Nominations Committee Report (Leigh Graziano)

      Old Business

      • 2022-5 P14902 Criminal Justice Minor (Vivian Aseye Djokotoe)
      • 2022-6 P14904 Minor in Cybercrime Investigation and Enforcement (Omar Melchor-Ayala)
      • 2022-7 P15051 American Sign Language Concentration (Elisa Maroney)
      • 2022-8 P15059 Spanish Language Concentration (Elisa Maroney)
      • 2022-9 P15060 English Language Concentration (Elisa Maroney)
      • 2022-10 P14763 Special Education Concentration (Shari Hopkins)
      • 2022-11 P14944 Geographic Information Systems Concentration [Data Analytics] (Breeann Flesch)
      • 2022-12 P14965 General Data Analytics Concentration (Breeann Flesch)
      • 2022-13 P14963 Geographic Information Systems Concentration [Information Systems] (Tad Shannon)
      • 2022-14 P15057 Accounting (Bojan Ilievski)
      • 2022-15 P14911 Occupational Therapy Doctorate (Major) (Hillary Fouts)
      • 2022-16 P14527 Ed. D. Interpreting Studies: Teaching & Reflective Practice (Major) (Infographic) (Response to questions) (Amanda Smith)
      • 2022-17 Resolution for Search Advocates in Faculty Searches (Leanne Merrill, Alicia Ibaraki, Leigh Graziano)
      • 2022-18 P14907 Certificate in Computational Linguistics (Rob Troyer)

      New Business

      • 2022-19 Resolution for College Restructure Taskforce (Summary) (Keven Malkewitz)

      Discussion

      • TBA

      Informational Presentations

      • WOU Hispanic Serving Institution Summit (Megan Patton-Lopez, Doris Cancel-Tirado) 

      Announcements

      • Hyflex Conversation, March 11 from 2-3:00 p.m. If you are interested, please contact me for the Zoom link.
      • Three Executive Director of Human Resources finalists to campus on March 14, 15, and 16, 1-1:45 in the Columbia Room, WUC.
      • Save the Date: WOU Hispanic Serving Institution Summit, April 1

      • Two remaining finalists for the new position of Executive Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at WOU. The presentations may be viewed via zoom webinar or in person in RWEC 101 at 10am. ASL interpreters will be provided.

        March 8- Christina Fernandez Morrow

        Link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/83837844181?pwd=VjNpY3pTNjZqM1Y4cGw0d1M1LzVGUT09

        March 9- Dominque Vargas

        Link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/81800049530?pwd=RlpFcE1WMVl0c2FNcFRydDZHWFhMZz09

      February 8, 2022

      MEETING INFORMATION

      Date

      Tuesday, February 8, 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 January 25, 2022 (DOCX)

      MATERIALS

      Institutional Reports

      • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Report to Board) (Elisa Maroney)
      • 4.1.1 Link to provisional rules of order
      • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Jay Kenton)
      • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
      • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate No Report (Cheryl Beaver, Emily Plec)

      Old Business

      • 5.1 2022-1 New Concentration: Social Work (P14479) (Evan Shenkin)
      • 5.2 2022-2 New Concentration: Social Justice (P14481) (Evan Shenkin)
      • 5.3 2022-3 New Concentration: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Special Education (EIECSE) (P14797) (Andrea Emerson)
      • 5.4 2022-4 New Minor: Exercise Science (P14617) (Jeff Armstrong

      New Business

      • None.

      Discussion

      • Combating Structural Racism (Statement) (Elisa Maroney)

      Informational Presentations

      • None.

      Announcements

        1. The Freedom Center Black History Month display, WUC Lobby
        2. ACE Learner Success Symposium, February 10, 2:00-5:00, Zoom link
        3. Coffee chat with the WOU Board of Trustees, February 16, 9:00-10:00 a.m., WUC Ochoco Room.
        4. WOU Board of Trustees meeting, February 16, 10:00-3:00, WUC Columbia Room.
        5. Renée Watson, award winning author of books for children and youth, February 25, 5:30-6:30 p.m., WUC Pacific Room
        6. City of Monmouth Black History Celebration Closing Ceremony, February 26, 4-5:30 p.m., WUC Pacific Room.
        7. Hyflex Conversation, March 11 from 2-3:00 p.m. If you are interested, please contact me for the Zoom link.
        8. Save the Date: WOU Hispanic Serving Institution Summit, April 1

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