{"id":242219,"date":"2026-04-06T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T03:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=242219"},"modified":"2026-04-07T07:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:03:57","slug":"april-9-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/2026\/04\/06\/april-9-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"April 9, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.3&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;23px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; min_height=&#8221;360px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;8px||0px|||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Bakbak One&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>MEETING INFORMATION<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Date<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: large\"><strong><span style=\"color: #e02b20\">Thursday, April 9, 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><strong>Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>3:15 &#8211; 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Business 3:30 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Location<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>RWEC 101<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Zoom link: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854\">https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1x28BIcOJQ9k1q6okCyFMOG_EkcegU_4-\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Draft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Draft Minutes for <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xKeYz90oLRwLSPIJYTk3TuNm3QimvSBt\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">March 12, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd0Bo9tlQwET-zGIVx-MNY6tIw5JqN6UKj96b7H6M5DluF_1w\/viewform?gxids=7628\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">online request form<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">das@wou.edu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.19.3&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;753.7px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-10px|||||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Abhaya Libre,Aboreto,ABeeZee&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">MATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Institutional Reports<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Faculty Senate President&#8217;s Report (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University President\u2019s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4>Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Consideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>1. <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1gQE01Gyu9nBn-2SnD7J51DYPuTZr78Ia-ObVwc7nAY0\/edit?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Academic Sustainability Guiding Principles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (Steve Scheck)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>1. <\/b>Curriculum proposals<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Education, High School Teaching Preparation, B.S. and Physical Education Teacher Education, B.S. (Mandy Olsen)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">English for Speakers of Other Languages Certificate (Jessica Dougherty)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning Design and Technology, M.S.Ed. and Literacy Education, M.S.Ed. (Greg Zobel)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theatre Teacher Education, B.F.A. (Daniel Tankersley)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2.<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"> 2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>1. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CSE 654 Graduate Professional Practice Series course proposal <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Robert Monge, Stuart Baker)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Discussion of faculty responsibilities for online digital accessibility <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Emily Herb, Daniel Rockwell)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schedule Planner Advisor Mode is back!!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><strong>7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n<p>Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2018\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\" alt=\"divide\" width=\"556\" height=\"8\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"deadlines\"><\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"color: black\">Curriculum proposals<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">See <a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/curriculum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/committees\/curriculum\/deadlines-and-timing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2018\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\" alt=\"divide\" width=\"556\" height=\"8\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 9, 2026 Time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":803,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"63","_seopress_titles_title":"March 12, 2026","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[63,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agenda","category-meetings"],"modified_by":"Michael Baltzley","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/803"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242219"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242231,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242219\/revisions\/242231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}