March 12, 2026

MEETING INFORMATION

Date

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Time

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

Location

WUC Columbia Room

Zoom link:

 

Agenda

Meeting Agenda ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for February 26, 2026 ()

 

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MATERIALS

Institutional ReportsÌý

  • Faculty Senate President’s (Michael Baltzley)

  • University President’s ReportÌý(Jesse Peters)

  • ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹´Ç²õ³Ù’s Ìý(Jose Coll)

  • Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)

Consideration of Old Business

1. (Kim Jensen)

2. American Sign Language Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposals (Brent Redpath)

3.Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposal (David Doellinger)

4. Criminal Justice Sciences Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposals (Misty Weitzel)

5. Elementary Mathematics Specialization and STEM Education Drop Major, Degree, or Graduate Certificate and Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposals (Gregory Zobel)

6.Drop Major, Degree, or Graduate Certificate Proposal (Elisa Maroney)

7. Department of Music Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposals (Daniel Tankersley)

8.Drop Concentration, Minor, or Other Programs Proposal (Laura Ellingson-Sayen)

New Business

1. (Steve Scheck)

2. 2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections

  • President
  • Vice-President
  • Secretary
  • At-large members (2): Steve Scheck

Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements

1. (Judy Sylva and Jessica Murfin)

2. Call for future business: New Business, Presentations, Discussions

3. Announcements

  • Western Oregon Voices Winter Term Concert, Friday, March 13, 7:00 pm, Rice Auditorium
  • Smith Fine Arts Series: Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass, March 14, 7:30 pm, Rice Auditorium
  • Java with the Provost on Monday, March 16, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm in the Provost’s Office
  • Academic Excellence Showcase, Thursday, May 28

4. 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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