May 23, 2023

AGENDA MATERIALS

Institutional Reports

• Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Steve Scheck)
• University President’s Report (PDF) (Jesse Peters)
• Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
• Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Report (PDF) (Cheryl Beaver/Emily Plec)      

Old Business

Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) Policy (Judy Silva, Sue Monahan)

HECC info on CPL

New Business

  No new business

Informational Presentations

1. Upcoming Veterans’ Center Memorial Day dinner (Logan Doerfler)

2. Proposal for Spanish-English bilingual courses and free Spanish courses for faculty/staff (Katherine Schmidt) 

3. International Education Committee to give an update on the Office of International Education and Development and the Study Abroad Office (Ya-Fang Cheng)

4. Members of the Strategic Planning Committee to give an overview on next steps (Omar Melchor-Ayala, Malissa Larson, Rian Gayle, Denise Thew)

5. Status briefing on Occupational Therapy program (Sean Roush)

Open Discussion 

  Closing discussion items from the floor

  Call for future business items

Announcements 

Looking for the next: 1)  General Education Director (contact Leigh Graziano); 2) Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences (PURE) Director (contact Hillary Fouts); 3) third Faculty member spot on the Academic Sustainability Committee (contact Steve Taylor); and 4) faculty positions on the Institutional Review Board (IRB) (contact Emily Vala-Haynes); Textbook Affordability Initiative Steering Committee is seeking new members for the 2023-2024 academic year (contact Sue Kunda) 

The annual Pastega Awards for Excellence ceremony will be on Wednesday, May 24, 2023.   3:30 – 5:00pm, RWEC 101

2023 Excellence in Scholarship Award: Dr. Isidore Lobnibe

2023 Excellence in Teaching: Dr. Misty Weitzel

2023 Excellence in Service: Dr. Leigh Graziano

Supplemental documents

Chronicle of Higher Education Feb 2023 article on public regionals vs. public flagships.

College Restructure Taskforce Final Report December 14, 2022