Faculty Senate
April 23, 2026
MEETING INFORMATION
Date
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Time
3:15 - 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Location
Hamersly 107
Zoom link: https://wou-edu.zoom.us/j/81141923854
Agenda
Draft Minutes
Draft Minutes for April 9, 2026
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MATERIALS
Institutional Reports
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Faculty Senate President's Report (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update; Request from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees
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University President’s Report (Jesse Peters)
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Provost’s Report (Jose Coll)
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Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)
Consideration of Old Business
New Business
1. 2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections
- President
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin
- Secretary
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck
Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements
1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)
2. Follett’s Course Access Program (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)
3. Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)
4. Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)
5. Call for future business
6. Announcements
- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)
7. 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.
SUBMIT NEW BUSINESS
Have something you would like to share with or have discussed by Faculty Senate? Use this form to let us know!
VOTING LINK
Senators can use the link and QR code below to access voting via computer or smartphone.
OUR MISSION
The mission of the Faculty Senate is to lead faculty in fulfilling their responsibilities in the shared governance of the university and to represent faculty interests to university and community stakeholders. The Faculty Senate serves as a liaison between faculty and administration. Responsibilities include the following:
- ensuring that academic freedom is encouraged and protected;
- overseeing curriculum development that promotes student learning in alignment with identified university student learning goals and outcomes;
- participating in the review and implementation of the strategic plan of the university;
- informing faculty about university policies, procedures, and substantive changes made by the administration; and
- making recommendations to faculty and administration on policies to improve the learning environment.
