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JUNE 11, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for May 28, 2024 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report ()听(Jesse Peters)听
• Provost鈥檚 Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)听
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)听 听

Old Business

1.听听Executive Committee puts forth the following individual(s) for the position of:听

Faculty Senate Secretary:听听

听 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听Dr. Patricia Gim茅nez-Egu铆bar (Humanities Division)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 _____________________________________________

Faculty Senate President:听 听 听 听 听_____________________________________________

听Faculty Senate Vice President:听 听 听 听 听 _____________________________________________

听2.听Additional feedback from Senators on the curriculum working group鈥檚 proposed plan for (summer) work on a new curricular portal process 鈥� using Curriculog 鈥� for oversight of existing courses/programs.听 This implementation was initially presented as an open discussion at the May 14, 2024 Faculty Senate meeting. (Judith Sylva, Amanda Smith, Amy Clark, Camila Gabald贸n, Leanne Merrill, Thaddeus Shannon, Melanie Landon-Hays, Steve听 Scheck)

New Business听

听 听 听 听 听No new business has been submitted

Informational Presentations听

7.1.听 presentation 鈥� 鈥淔ederal requirements for Regular and Substantive Interaction in online classes.鈥� (Chelle Batchelor, Breeann Flesh, Kristin Latham-Scott)听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听

Open Discussion听

1.听听Executive Committee members Katherine Schmidt and Leanne Merrill have been unsuccessful in building a slate of candidates for the President and Vice President positions in 24-25.听 Next steps?

Continuing discussion initiated at April 9 Senate meeting:

2.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on what is essential for fulfilling degree requirements; specifically, credits vs learning outcomes for major and minor requirements. How firm are minimum credit counts in the major and minor?

3.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on how Faculty Senate can be a valuable source of shared governance as we support defining and implementing the new university strategic plan.

• 听 Call for future business items
• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor鈥�from guests

Announcements听

Commencement June 15:听/commencement/

Supplemental documents

Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students 听December 12. 2023听

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

MAY 28, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for May 14, 2024 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)听
• Provost鈥檚 Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)听
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)听 听

Old Business

1.听To fill two, 2-yr terms (24-25, 25-26) as at large members on the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, Executive Committee recommends:

听 听Dr. Matthew Ciancetta (Natural Science & Mathematics)

听 听Dr. Mary Pettenger (Social Science)

New Business听

1. 听Executive Committee puts forth the following individual(s) for the position of Faculty Senate Secretary:听听

听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听Dr. Patricia Gim茅nez-Egu铆bar (Humanities Division)

听2.听 The curriculum development/maintenance working group鈥檚 proposed plan for (summer) implementation of a new curricular portal process for oversight of existing courses/programs.听 This implementation was initially presented as an open discussion at the May 14, 2024 Faculty Senate meeting. (Judith Sylva, Amanda Smith, Amy Clark, Camila Gabald贸n, Leanne Merrill, Thaddeus Shannon, Melanie Landon-Hays, Steve听 Scheck)

Informational Presentations听

7.1.听听A graphic provided by Amy Clark regarding the new (no D-/F) undergraduate

7.2.听 Academic Excellence Showcase 鈥� Thursday, May 30, 2024.

听听听听听听听听听听/pure/2024-aes-schedule/

Coffee & Check-in 8:00-9:00听am听Willamette Room

Plenary 9:00-10:00 am听Willamette Room

Keynote speaker is听Cheyanne Heidt, from the Confederated Tribes听of Grand Ronde听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听

Open Discussion听

1. 听Executive Committee members Katherine Schmidt and Leanne Merrill have been unsuccessful in building a slate of candidates for the President and Vice President positions in 24-25.听 Discussion and next steps.

Continuing discussion initiated at April 9 Senate meeting:

2.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on what is essential for fulfilling degree requirements; specifically, credits vs learning outcomes for major and minor requirements. How firm are minimum credit counts in the major and minor?

3.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on how Faculty Senate can be a valuable source of shared governance as we support defining and implementing the new university strategic plan.

• 听 Call for future business items
• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor

Announcements听

Commencement June 15:听/commencement/

Supplemental documents

Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students 听December 12. 2023听

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

MAY 14, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for April 23, 2024 () ()

MATERIALS

听Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)听
• Provost鈥檚 Report () (Jose Coll) The Provost has requested that an听听on conditional admit students be given听(Leanne Merrill)
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report)听 (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)听 听

Old Business

1.听No old business

New Business听

1.听Executive Committee puts forth the following slate of candidates for Faculty Senate Executive Committee at-large positions:

Dr. Matthew Ciancetta (Natural Sciences & Mathematics)

Dr. Mary Pettenger (Social Science Division)

Also, see item 2 in the Open Discussion section.

Informational Presentations听

1.听 The curriculum development and proposal work group will update senators on recent work and solicit input. This will be done in item 3 of the听 Open Discussion section.

2.听 Since the last Senate meeting, the university resolved possible issues with HECC criteria for BA/BS degrees, et al.听 See Provost Coll鈥檚听.

3.听 Executive Committee will be releasing the annual faculty service survey. (Stewart Baker)

2.听New Senators join current Senators at the 2nd听Senate meeting in May听听(May 28)

Open Discussion听

1. Executive Committee wishes to bring to Senate鈥檚 attention the unique situation re. representation of faculty members in Occupational Therapy on the Senate.听听听for distribution of Faculty Senate seats in 2024-2025 (Stewart Baker)

2.听Executive Committee members Katherine Schmidt and Leanne Merrill will report in on their experiences in recruiting for building a slate of candidates for executive officers of Faculty Senate for the 2024-25 year.听 As of this posting 鈥� no faculty members are willing to serve in the President or Vice President roles.听 Discussion and next steps.

3.听The curriculum work group is still engaged in degree program development and approval policy/procedures work. However; today, the work group wishes to engage the Senate in providing input and endorsement at a future Senate meeting of a new approach to the routine maintenance of existing course and program curricular changes. (Judith Sylva, Amanda Smith, Amy Clark, Camila Gabald贸n, Leanne Merrill, Thaddeus Shannon, Melanie Landon-Hays, Stephen Scheck)

Continuing discussion initiated at April 9 Senate meeting:

4.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on what is essential for fulfilling degree requirements; specifically, credits vs learning outcomes for major and minor requirements. How firm are minimum credit counts in the major and minor?

5.听The Executive Committee would like to continue discussion on how Faculty Senate can be a valuable source of shared governance as we support defining and implementing the new university strategic plan.

• 听 Call for future business items
• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor

Announcements听

Commencement June 15:听/commencement/

听Supplemental documents

Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students听听December 12. 2023听

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

APRIL 9, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for March 12, 2024 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)
• Provost鈥檚 Report* (PDF) (Jose Coll)
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report)听 (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)听 听

• *Provost Coll has requested that Paige Jackson present an update on the early alert system ()

Old Business

1.听No old business

New Business听

1.听No new business submitted

Informational Presentations听

1.听The General Education Committee has听听an AA transfer degree from Chandler-Gilbert CC (AZ) as meeting WOU鈥檚 General Education program requirements. (Shaun Huston)

2.听An International Education & Services Committee听听on Study Abroad programming. (Ya-Fang Cheng)

3.听The Executive Committee would like to open discussion on what is essential for fulfilling degree requirements; specifically, credits vs learning outcomes for major and minor requirements. How firm are minimum credit counts in the major and minor?

4.听The Executive Committee would like to open discussion about the difficulty we are experiencing in staffing Faculty Senate-related committee assignments or Faculty Senate positions. We will be issuing the annual听. How can we deploy ourselves more efficiently to have effective committee functioning without over-taxing the faculty?

5.听The Executive Committee would like to open discussion on how Faculty Senate can be a valuable source of shared governance as we support defining and implementing the new university strategic plan.

Open Discussion听

• 听 Call for future business items
• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor

Announcements听

Supplemental documents

Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students 听December 12. 2023听

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

MARCH 12, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for February 27, 2024 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)
• Provost鈥檚 Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)听
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (no report)听 (Cheryl Beaver/Tad Shannon)听 听

Old Business

5.1.听2023/2024-02听P17980听听Principal License Certificate (Alicia Wenzel, Education and Leadership: Master of Science in Education)

5.2.听2023/2024-03听P17990听Educational Leadership Certificate听(Alicia Wenzel, Education and Leadership: Master of Science in Education)

听5.3.听2023/2024-04听P18186听Neuroscience Minor (Michael Baltzley, Natural Sciences & Mathematics: Biology with Jay Schwartz, Psychology)

New Business听

1.听No new business submitted

Informational Presentations听

Open Discussion听

• 听 Call for future business items

• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor

Announcements听

听Supplemental documents

Considerations for Equity for post-traditional students听听December 12. 2023听

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for January 23, 2024 () ()

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for November 28, 2023 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President’s Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
• Provost’s Report (PDF) (Jose Coll) — extended discussion time allocated
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)听 (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)听 听

Old Business

Feedback from the Divisions on:

1. Tuesday to Thursday swap in 25-26 for Senate business activities.

2. Hidden prerequisites in catalog descriptions and credit counts.

3. What to do with programs with a professional orientation but no explicit accreditation requirements that exceed the 90-credit standard for majors (in the 30/60/90 framework past provosts have advocated).

…and more generally 鈥� how is 30/60/90 being managed by academic programs?听

4. Continue the discussion on Provost Coll’s concept of eliminating the F/D- grade and replacing it with a NC grade. (also see new business)

听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听

New Business听

Resolution from the Division of Social Sciences —

“On behalf of the Social Science Division, I am writing to submit the following as an item of New Business for the upcoming December 12th Faculty Senate Meeting: holding a formal vote of endorsement/support for the pending change to the University Grading Scale policy, as presented by Provost Coll last month.” (Becky Philips)

Informational Presentations听

Department of English Studies name change to “Department of English” (Robert Troyer)听

FYS Assessment Project听 (Leanne Merrill)

Post-traditional students听Kristin and Cindy听would like to bring to the floor a discussion regarding processes and systems at WOU in relation to equity for post-traditional students in flexible听pathways working towards degree completion. . (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan)

Open Discussion听

• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor
• 听 Call for future business items

Announcements听

Call for faculty to fill positions on the:

1. University Technology Advisory Committee

2. International Education Committee

3. University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee

4. Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

5. University Budget Advisory Committee

听听听 听 If interested, email Steve Scheck听

听Supplemental documents

College Restructure Taskforce December 14, 2022

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for October 24, 2023 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)
• Provost鈥檚 Report () (Jose Coll) 鈥� extended discussion time allocated
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (No report)听 (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)听 听

Old Business

No old business

New Business听

Call for nominations to fill a vacancy on the FS Executive Committee for the remainder of the 23-24 AY

Informational Presentations

Cybersecurity (Michael Ellis)

New Substantive Change requirements from NWCCU (Judy Sylva)

听 听听 听 听 听 听 听听

Process for introducing old business for pre-motion discussion听 (Stewart Baker)

Open Discussion听

• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor
• 听 Call for future business items

Announcements听

Call for faculty to fill positions on the:

1. University Technology Advisory Committee

2. International Education Committee

3. University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee

4. Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

5. University Budget Advisory Committee

听听听 听 If interested, email Steve Scheck听

Supplemental documents

Chronicle of Higher Education听听on public regionals vs. public flagships.

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Agenda

Meeting Agenda () ()

Draft Minutes

Draft Minutes for October 10, 2023 () ()

MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President鈥檚 Report () (Steve Scheck)
• University President鈥檚 Report () (Jesse Peters)
• Provost鈥檚 Report (PDF) (Jose Coll)
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate ()听 (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)听 听 听听

Old Business听

2022/2023-38听听P15475听听听Masters of Business Administration

June 2023 听鈥� to be continued in fall 2023 (Executive Committee)

2023/2024-01 P15120听 BS in Sport Management, Media & Analytics (Zenon Zygmont)

听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听听P15832听Analytics Focus

听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 P15833听Media Focus

听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 P15834听Business Focus

New Business听

听 听 No new business

Informational Presentations

Open Discussion听

• 听 Closing discussion items from the floor
• 听 Call for future business items

Announcements听

听 听Call for faculty to fill positions on the:

听 听 听 1. University Technology Advisory Committee

听 听 听 2. International Education Committee

听 听 听 3. University Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Committee

听 听 听 4. Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

听 听 听 5. University Budget Advisory Committee

听听听 听 If interested, email Steve Scheck听

听Supplemental documents

Chronicle of Higher Education听听on public regionals vs. public flagships.

College Restructure Taskforce听听December 14, 2022