January 8, 2026

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Thursday, January 8, 2026

Time

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

Location

Columbia Room in the Werner University Center

Zoom link:

Agenda

Meeting Agenda ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for December 11, 2025 ()

 

 

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MATERIALS

Institutional Reports听

  • Faculty Senate President’s (Michael Baltzley)

  • University President鈥檚 Report (Jesse Peters)

  • University Provost鈥檚 (Jose Coll)

  • ASWOU (Morgan Pemberton, ASWOU President)

Consideration of Old Business

1. (Alicia Wenzel)

2. (Alicia Wenzel)

3. Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (IFS) opposing the 鈥淐ompact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education鈥�

New Business

1. 2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections

Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements

1. Discussion of Graduate Studies Faculty Leadership position听

  • Discussed as part of

2. (David Beasley)

3. Call for future business鈥擭ew Business, Presentations, Discussions

4. Announcements

  • Call for 2 faculty members for the Tuition and Fees Committee. Contact Mike Baltzley (baltzlem@wou.edu) if you are interested.
  • Joint Committee on Evaluations is looking for 1 faculty representative from the library. Contact Mike Baltzley (baltzlem@wou.edu) if you are interested.

5. Closing discussion items from the floor

 

NEW BUSINESS ITEMS

Please submit new business items using the following link: /facultysenate/submit-new-business/

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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.

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