  {"id":242130,"date":"2026-02-09T09:57:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/?p=242130"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T22:45:21","slug":"february-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/2026\/02\/09\/february-12-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"February 12, 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, February 12, 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3><strong>Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>3:15 &#8211; 5:15 p.m.<br \/>Business 3:30 &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Location<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>107 Hamersly Library<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #8300e9\"><strong>Please note: Another exciting new room location!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: inherit;font-weight: normal\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Zoom link: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854\">https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/8766137254?pwd=ZS83UlpaVkJRMVM5K0VncENRb1M0Zz09\" style=\"font-size: 14px\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>Meeting Agenda (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iZTdug-Ys84KrARdCW7tEN5MaKuolD3m\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">DOCX<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Draft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Draft Minutes for January 8, 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1O1CF9ISRSxrHBAh1ihO5MiefS2XS036j\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">DOCX<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Draft Minutes for January 22, 2026 (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1whlxtL4Y3gyLG_wbkpXdo1gJLvfVdPU2\/edit?usp=drive_link&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">DOCX<\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/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\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong style=\"text-align: center;font-size: x-large\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit\">MATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Institutional Reports<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>Faculty Senate President&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1V9cHdgNINXiNx-ZAsSXoXWPz2FGzO66w\/view?usp=sharing\">Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University Provost\u2019s<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Report<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (HB 4142: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1tPms9akuGRV6MtPZkmiJjK0prRTSx5zd\/view?usp=drive_link\">PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/olis.oregonlegislature.gov\/liz\/2026R1\/Measures\/Overview\/HB4124\">link<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DLP4ktuyzI7rwB1w5Hj1HFvo9g7GhZ8Z\/view?usp=sharing\">IFS Testimony<\/a> regarding HB 4142)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Consideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>None<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 20px\">New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <\/strong>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/p>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><b>1. <\/b>Admissions <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1r2ORZPPVPFLGzKGG5DwJdRiTCM8Fqv6n\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">update<\/a> (Paige Jackson)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Academic Sustainability Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1gQE01Gyu9nBn-2SnD7J51DYPuTZr78Ia-ObVwc7nAY0\/edit?usp=sharing\">update<\/a> (Steve Scheck)<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/171YyVL9ZO4TfVFlG5UyQ-XZ-LsDVS6M1\/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=102916772422044873718&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true\">Curriculum system changes<\/a> (Amy Clark)<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Student petition for WOU to declare us as a sanctuary campus (Jacob Prater)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/11G73Rb5mje8qj6_Zv7zivdbS0fHO0jWK\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Private Space sign<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18coLaPKj3jbl26cUQg6fzTDjtkDWNn3s\/view?usp=sharing\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reserved Space sign<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. <\/strong>Call for future business: New Business, Presentations, Discussions<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Announcements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Academic Excellence Showcase, May 28th<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are currently art exhibits in\u00a0<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hamersly Library 2nd Floor Gallery<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cannon Gallery of Art in Campbell Hall<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ITC Flux Space<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0 WUC Featured Student Gallery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.8rem\"><strong>7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; 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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\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\" alt=\"divide\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2018\" 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, February 12, 2026&#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":"February 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-242130","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\/242130","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=242130"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242171,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242130\/revisions\/242171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}