<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDate<\/strong><\/h3>\nThursday, April 23, 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nTime<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nHamersly 107<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
Please submit new business items using the following link: https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/submit-new-business\/<\/p>\n
![\"divide\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/facultysenate\/files\/2015\/07\/divide1.jpg\")
<\/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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Date<\/strong><\/h3>\nThursday, April 23, 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\nTime<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nHamersly 107<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Time<\/strong><\/h3>\n3:15 – 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n
Business 3:30 – 5 p.m.<\/p>\n
Location<\/strong><\/h3>\nHamersly 107<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Hamersly 107<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nZoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Zoom link: <\/strong>https:\/\/wou-edu.zoom.us\/j\/81141923854<\/a><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nAgenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Agenda<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/h3>\n
Meeting Agenda<\/a><\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/h3>\n<\/h3>\nDraft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Draft Minutes<\/strong><\/h3>\nDraft Minutes for April 9, 2026<\/a><\/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
<\/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
<\/h3>\nMATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n<\/h3>\nInstitutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/h2>\n\n- \n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nConsideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n <\/p>\n
New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n\n- President<\/span><\/li>\n
- Vice-President: Ricardo Pelegrin<\/span><\/li>\n
- Secretary<\/span><\/li>\n
- At-large members (2): Steve Scheck<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h3>\nInformational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n\n- Vice President of Student Affairs finalists visiting campus tomorrow and next week<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Arbor Day Spring Celebration<\/a>, Friday, April 24, 12-1 p.m., west side of WUC (near Pacific Room enterance)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/h3>\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
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
See wou.edu\/curriculum<\/a> and the Deadlines and timing<\/a> page for more specific information.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MEETING INFORMATION Date Thursday, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/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 <\/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 <\/p>\n New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. <\/b>2026-27 Faculty Senate officer elections<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Freedom of Expression Policy proposal (Craig Ashford)<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> Follett\u2019s Course Access Program<\/a> (Mariaa Gann and Kathleen Hayes)<\/span><\/p>\n 3. <\/strong>Center for Professional Pathways: Retention and Student Success Project Experiential Learning Assessment (Michele Strowbridge)<\/p>\n 4. <\/strong>Waitlist policy (Steve Scheck, Mike Baltzley)<\/p>\n 5. <\/strong>Call for future business<\/p>\n 6. <\/strong>Announcements<\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> Closing discussion items from the floor<\/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, April 23, 2026…<\/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":"April 23, 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-242241","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\/242241","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=242241"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242252,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242241\/revisions\/242252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/h3>\n
MATERIALS<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/h2>\n
<\/h3>\n
Institutional Reports<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n
<\/h2>\n
\n
Faculty Senate President’s Report<\/a> (Michael Baltzley); Board of Trustees Faculty Senate President Stakeholder update<\/a>; Request<\/a> from Provost to review Faculty Senate Committees<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
University President\u2019s<\/span> Report<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Jesse Peters)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Provost\u2019s<\/span> Report (Jose Coll)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (IFS) (Ricardo Pelegrin, Tad Shannon)<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Consideration of Old Business<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
<\/h3>\n
Informational Presentations, Open Discussions, Committee Reports, Announcements <\/strong><\/h3>\n
\n
<\/h3>\n
NEW BUSINESS ITEMS<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>IMPORTANT DEADLINES THIS YEAR<\/h2>\n
Curriculum proposals<\/h3>\n
<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n