<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDate<\/strong><\/h3>\nThursday, October 23, 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nTime<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nColumbia Room<\/strong> in the Werner University Center<\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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Date<\/strong><\/h3>\nThursday, October 23, 2025<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nTime<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nColumbia Room<\/strong> in the Werner University Center<\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nColumbia Room<\/strong> in the Werner University Center<\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Columbia Room<\/strong> in the Werner University Center<\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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Zoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\nNo old business<\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n\n- Clean copy<\/a> of revised bylaws<\/li>\n
- Revised bylaws showing edits<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Panel discussion \u201cFaculty and Classroom Speech in the 2025 Social Climate\u201d, Tuesday, October 28, 9-10 am, WUC Columbia Room (Dominique Vargas)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on Faculty Digital Accessibility Task Force (Emily Herb)<\/li>\n
- Service opportunity on the WUC Advisory Committee. Here is a link<\/a> with more information (Chelsee Blatner)<\/li>\n
- Dance-Out-Day Performance<\/a>, Monday, October 27, Jackson Street and Monmouth Ave (Tim Cowart)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\nCurriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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
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Meeting Agenda (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n Draft Minutes for October 9, 2025 (DOCX<\/a>) (PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIf you would like to request disability-related accommodation(s) to participate in a WOU activity or event, please complete the<\/span> online request form<\/span><\/a> at least three (3) business days in advance. If you have questions, contact Disability Access Services (DAS) at 503-838-8250 or <\/span>das@wou.edu<\/span>. QR Code to online request form:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.19.3″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” min_height=”753.7px” custom_margin=”-10px|||||” custom_padding=”0px|||||” inline_fonts=”Abhaya Libre,Aboreto,ABeeZee” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n No old business<\/p>\n New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/strong>Faculty Senate Bylaws update (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n 1. <\/b>FYS Proposal changes<\/a> (Melanie Landon-Hayes)<\/p>\n 2.<\/b> Call for future business\u2014New Business, Presentations, Discussions <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Interest in updating calculations for Faculty Senators (Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n 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 See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, October 23, 2025…<\/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":"October 23, 2025","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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-241777","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\/241777","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=241777"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241855,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241777\/revisions\/241855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h3>\n
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MATERIALS<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Institutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span> (No report)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
University Provost\u2019s Report<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
IFS Senators\u2019\u00a0<\/span>Report<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>(Tad Shannon, Ricardo Pelegrin Taboada); IFS Testimony<\/a> to the HECC from July 2025; IFS Accomplishments<\/a> Jan-Jun 2025\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Online programs in the Division of Education and Leadership<\/a> (Kristin Pratt, Cindy Ryan, Shari Hopkins, Dani Lane, Amy Bowden)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Consideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n
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NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\n
Curriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
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