Faculty Senate Archives 2020-2021

2020 – 2021
President: Leigh Graziano, Humanities

June 08, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-06-08 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-06-08 (Passcode: 0z71+oYj)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • 6.1 Data Analytics (Breeann Flesch)
    • Major, BS
    • Major, BAS
    • Minor
• New Business: None
• Discussion
  • 8.1 Proposed Academic Sustainability Committee (Steve Taylor and David Janoviak)
• Informational Presentations: None
• Announcements
  • Fostering Success Fundraiser (Emily Plec)
  • Film Studies (Emily Plec)
  • Prison Education and Re-Entry Services (Emily Plec)
  • Preliminary Assessment Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)

May 24, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes of 2021-05-25 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-05-25 (Passcode: 4@^$7Sb+)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Nominating Committee (Kristin Latham-Scott, Chair/Past President)
  • Election of At-Large Senators
• Old Business
  • 6.1 Proposal for Handling Non-Disciplinary Student Complaints (Emily Plec)
• New Business
  • 7.1 Data Analytics (Breeann Flesch)
    • Major, BS
    • Major, BAS
    • Minor
• Discussion: None
• Informational Presentations
  • 9.1 Proposed Academic Sustainability Committee (Steve Taylor and David Janoviak)
  • 9.2 Committee on Committees: Report of Faculty Service (Melanie Landon-Hays and Stewart Baker)
    • Committee Report
  • 9.3 Graduate Program Assessment Rubrics (Melanie Landon-Hays)
    • Core Content
    • Applied Skills
    • Dispositions
• Announcements: None

May 11, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-05-11 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-05-11 (Passcode: W=*Y!K6N)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Executive Committee Business
  • Nominating Committee (Kristin Latham-Scott, Chair/Past President)
• Old Business
  • 6.1 Proposal to Revise S/NC Grade Policy (Amy Clark and Niki Weight)
    • Presentation from April 13
  • 6.2 Contemporary Music M.M. (Major; Drop) (Melanie Landon-Hays)
    • Position of Graduate Studies
• New Business
  • 7.1 Proposal for WOU to Require COVID Vaccine (Mark Perlman)
    • Rebuttal memo (Katherine Schmidt)
    • Rebuttal related documents (log in with WOU account)
  • 7.2 Proposal for Handling Non-Disciplinary Student Complaints (Emily Plec)
• Discussion: None
• Informational Presentation
  • 9.1 Revised Transfer Admissions Policy for Math and Writing (Kristin Mauro and Rob Findtner)
  • 9.2 UDIAC Diversity Plan (Gabbi Boyle)
  • 9.3 Financial Aid and the Student Withdrawal Process (Kella Helyer and Leslie Lloyd)
• Announcements: None

April 27, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-04-27 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-04-27 (Passcode: M6ma=q5%)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Executive Committee Business
  • 5.1 Nominating Committee (Kristin Latham-Scott, Chair/Past President)
• Old Business
  • Article 15 Drops: Response from Curriculum Committee
    
    • • 6.1.1 Anthropology, Non-Thesis, B.A.
        
      • 6.1.2 Anthropology, Thesis Option, B.A.
        
      • 6.1.3 Anthropology Minor
        
      • 6.1.4 Earth System Science Minor
        
      • 6.1.5 Physics Minor
        
      • 6.1.6 Geography, B.A.
        
      • 6.1.7 Philosophy, B.S.
        
      • 6.1.8 Philosophy, B.A.
        
      • 6.1.9 Philosophy Minor
        
    • 6.2 Student Senate Resolution 8.21 (Alicia Ibaraki, Liz Marquez Gutierrez, and Makana Waikiki)
    • 6.3 Proposal to Revise S/NC Grade Policy (Amy Clark and Niki Weight)
      • Presentation from April 13
• New Business
  • 7.1 Contemporary Music M.M. (Major; Drop) (Melanie Landon-Hays)
• Discussion
  • 8.1 FERPA Practices at WOU (Rachel Harrington)
• Informational Presentations
  • 9.1 Accelerated Undergraduate to Masters Pathway (AUMP) (Hillary Fouts)
  • 9.2 OER Survey Results (Sue Kunda)
• Announcements
  • 10.1 Upcoming Virtual AES (Xiaopeng Gong)
    • AES Flyer (PDF)

April 13, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-04-13 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-04-13 (Passcode: *RWDfS79)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
    • Strategic Roadmap Summary and Draft Report
• Executive Committee Business
  • 5.1 Nominating Committee (Kristin Latham-Scott, Chair/Past President)
• Old Business
  • 6.1 Article 15 Drops
    • 6.1.1 Homeland Security and Community Preparedness Certificate
    • 6.1.2 Homeland Security and Community Preparedness Minor
    • 6.1.3 Forensic Anthropology Minor, Anthropology Majors
• New Business
  • 7.1 Article 15 Drops; Response from Curriculum Committee
    
    • 7.1.1 Anthropology, Non-Thesis, B.A.
      
    • 7.1.2 Anthropology, Thesis Option, B.A.
      
    • 7.1.3 Anthropology Minor
      
    • 7.1.4 Earth System Science Minor
      
    • 7.1.5 Physics Minor
      
    • 7.1.6 Geography, B.A.
      
    • 7.1.7 Philosophy, B.S.
      
    • 7.1.8 Philosophy, B.A.
      
    • 7.1.9 Philosophy Minor
      
  • 7.2 Student Senate Resolution 8.21 (Alicia Ibaraki, Liz Marquez Gutierrez, and Makana Waikiki)
  • 7.3 Proposal to Revise S/NC Grade Policy (Amy Clark and Niki Weight)
• Discussion: None
• Informational Presentations
  • 9.1 Accelerated Undergraduate to Masters Pathway (AUMP) (Hillary Fouts)
• Announcements
  • 10.1 Upcoming Virtual AES (Xiapopeng Gong)

March 09, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-03-09 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-03-09 (Passcode: rgVL4G.E)
• Institutional reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Executive Committee Business
• 5.1 Nominating Committee (Kristin Latham-Scott, Chair/Past President)
  • 5.1.1. nomination season dates and process
• Old Business
  • 6.1 Article 15 Drops
    • 6.1.1 Earth Resources Minor (PDF)
    • 6.1.2 Geology Minor (PDF)
    • 6.1.3 MS, Management and Information Systems
  • 6.2 STEM Educational Leadership Certificate (Adele Schepige)
    • 6.2.1 Proposal (PDF)
  • 6.3 Enabling Leadership Certificate (David Foster)
  • 6.4 Ethics and Social Justice Minor (Mark Perlman)
  • 6.5 Change to Graduate Policies
    • 6.5.1 Transfer Credits
    • 6.5.2 Admissions Procedures
• New Business
  • 7.1 Article 15 Drops
    • 7.1.1 Homeland Security and Community Preparedness Certificate
    • 7.1.2 Homeland Security and Community Preparedness Minor
    • 7.1.3 Forensic Anthropology Minor, Anthropology Majors
  • 7.2 Update to Academic Load G-1, Credit Caps for Graduate Students, Summer Term (Melanie Landon-Hays)
• Discussion
  • 8.1 Curriculum and Collaboration
• Informational Presentations: None
• Announcements
  • Kevin Helppie’s Final Performances
    • Donate to The Kevin & MaryRuth Helppie Music Education Scholarship
    • Farewell Recital
    • Sweeny Todd

February 23, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-02-23 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-02-23 (Passcode: .726uyBA)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 Proposed Changes to Academic Residency Graduation Requirement (PDF) (Stewart Baker)
  • 5.2 Proposed Changes to Certificates at WOU (Stewart Baker)
    • Proposal
    • Presentation
    • “Transcripted Certificates at WOU” Marked up version with changes – clean copy
    • Language for Catalog
• New Business
  • 6.1 Article 15 Drops
    • 6.1.1 Earth Resources Minor (PDF)
    • 6.1.2 Geology Minor (PDF)
    • 6.1.3 MS, Management and Information Systems
  • 6.2 STEM Educational Leadership Certificate (Adele Schepige)
    • 6.2.1 Proposal (PDF)
  • 6.3 Enabling Leadership Certificate (David Foster)
  • 6.4 Ethics and Social Justice Minor (Mark Perlman)
  • 6.5 Change to Graduate Policies
    • 6.5.1 Transfer Credits
    • 6.5.2 Admissions Procedures
• Discussion
  • None
• Informational Presentations
  • LMS and FERPA Guidelines (Amy Clark and Michael Reis)
• Announcements
  • None

February 09, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-02-09 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-02-02 (Password: 5cUe$jN8)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 Public and Nonprofit Management Certificate (PDF) (New) (Earlene Camarillo) – Presentation file (PPTX)
  • 5.2 Environmental Chemistry Concentration (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 5.3 Natural Science, B.S. Major (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 5.4 Environmental Chemistry Minor (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 5.5 Special Education & Rehabilitation Counseling Minor (PDF) (Drop) (Amanda Smith)
  • 5.6 Elementary Certificate in German (PDF) (New) (Kristen Klay)
  • 5.7 Intermediate Certificate in German (PDF) (New) (Kristen Klay)
  • 6.8 Elementary Certificate in Spanish (PDF) (New) (Jaime Marroquin)
  • 5.9 Intermediate Certificate in Spanish (PDF) (New) (Jaime Marroquin)
  • 6.10 Elementary Certificate in French (PDF) (New) (Patricia Gimenez-Equibar)
  • 5.11 Intermediate Certificate in French (PDF) (New) (Patricia Gimenez-Equibar)
• New Business
  • 6.1 Proposed Changes to Academic Residency Graduation Requirement (PDF) (Stewart Baker)
  • 6.2 Proposed Changes to Certificates at WOU (Stewart Baker)
    • • Proposal
      • Presentation
      • “Transcripted Certificates at WOU” Marked up version with changes – clean copy
      • Language for Catalog
• Discussion: None
• Informational Items
  • CircleIn (Chelle Batchelor and Niki Weight)
• Announcements: None

January 26th, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-01-26 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-01-26 (Password: 894^ZQiw)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • None
• New Business
  • 6.1 Public and Nonprofit Management Certificate (PDF) (New) (Earlene Camarillo) – Presentation file (PPTX)
  • 6.2 Environmental Chemistry Concentration (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 6.3 Natural Science, B.S. Major (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 6.4 Environmental Chemistry Minor (PDF) (Drop) (Patricia Flatt)
  • 6.5 Special Education & Rehabilitation Counseling Minor (PDF) (Drop) (Amanda Smith)
  • 6.6 Elementary Certificate in German (PDF) (New) (Kristen Klay)
  • 6.7 Intermediate Certificate in German (PDF) (New) (Kristen Klay)
  • 6.8 Elementary Certificate in Spanish (PDF) (New) (Jaime Marroquin)
  • 6.9 Intermediate Certificate in Spanish (PDF) (New) (Jaime Marroquin)
  • 6.10 Elementary Certificate in French (PDF) (New) (Patricia Gimenez-Equibar)
  • 6.11 Intermediate Certificate in French (PDF) (New) (Patricia Gimenez-Equibar)
• Discussion
  • None
• Informational Presentations
  • None
• Announcements
  • None

January 12th, 2021

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2021-01-12 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2021-01-12 (Password: rm3$LvH7)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 Proposed Changes to the AUMP Policy (DOCX) (David Foster)
• New Business
  • None
• Discussion
  •  None
• Informational Presentations
  • 8.1 SHCC Services (Beth Scroggins)
  • 8.2 Optional Midterm Course Evaluations (PDF) (Mike Baltzley)
• Announcements
  • None

December 08th, 2020

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2020-12-08 (PDF)
• Recording of 2020-12-08 (Password: m^GA!y3&)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
    • A Gender Analysis of Oregon’s Student Success & Completion Model (PDF)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 Support for S*/NC Grading (PDF) (Stewart Baker; Liz Marquez Gutierrez, NJ Johnson, Elizabeth Braatz)
    • SR 6.21 (PDF)
• New Business
  • 6.1 Proposed Changes to the AUMP Policy (DOCX) (David Foster)
• Discussion
  •  None
• Informational Presentations
  • 8.1 Fall 2021Recruitment (PPTX) (Gary Dukes, Rob Findtner)

November 24th, 2020

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2020-11-24 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2020-11-24 (Password: *Yh7uDu0)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business

• • 5.1 General Education — Incomplete AAOT & Other Transfer Degrees (Erin Baumgartner)
• New Business

• • 6.1 SR 6.21: Support for S*/NC Grading (Stewart Baker; Liz Marquez Gutierrez, NJ Johnson, Elizabeth Braatz)
    • Information about the S*/NC Grading Policy
• Discussions

• •  None
• Informational Presentations

• • 8.1 Program Assessment (PDF) (PPTX) (Mike Baltzley)
    
  • 8.2 NWCCU Accreditation Update (PDF) (PPTX) (Sue Monahan)
• Announcements

• • None

November 10th, 2020

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2020-11-10 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2020-11-10 (password: h1eu0p=x)
• Institutional reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 Graduate Certificate in Advanced Juvenile Justice Studies — New (Taryn VanderPyl)
    
  • 5.2 Graduate Certificate in Social Justice — New (Taryn VanderPyl)
  • 5.3 Master of Science in Social Justice Major — New (Taryn VanderPyl)
• New Business
  • 6.1 General Education — Incomplete AAOT & Other Transfer Degrees (Erin Baumgartner)
• Discussion: None
• Informational Presentations
  • 8.1 Student Interest in S/NC Grades (PDF) (Elizabeth Braatz)
• Announcements: None

October 27th, 2020

• Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes for 2020-10-27 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2020-10-27 (password: w6z=q@xR)
• Institutional Reports
  • 4.1 Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • 4.2 University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • 4.3 Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • 4.4 Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business
  • 5.1 German Studies Major – proposal to drop (Paula Baldwin)
  • 5.2 Theatre Education – new concentration (Michael Phillips)
  • 5.3 Creative Productions Major – New (Dirk Freymuth)
• New Business
  • 6.1 (from the floor) Proposed New Graduate Programs in the Criminal Justice Sciences Division
• Discussion
  •  None
• Informational Presentations
  • 8.1 Faculty Sustainability Taskforce (David Janovick & Mark Perlman)
    • 8.1.1 One Page Summary
    • 8.1.2 Full Report
  • 8.2 Retention Committee (Niki Weight)
• Announcements
  • None

October 13th, 2020

• Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft Minutes 2020-10-13 (DOCX)
• Recording of 2020-10-13 (password ML.Y6!Jd)
• Institutional Reports
  • Faculty Senate President’s Report (PDF) (Leigh Graziano)
  • University President’s Report (PDF) (Rex Fuller)
  • Provost’s Report (PDF) (Rob Winningham)
  • Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (Tad Shannon, Emily Plec)
• Old Business: None
• New Business
  • German Studies Major – proposal to drop (Paula Baldwin)
  • Theatre Education – new concentration (Michael Phillips)
  • Creative Productions Major – New (Dirk Freymuth)
• Discussion Items: None
• Announcements: None:

July 14th, 2020

• Special Meeting Agenda (DOCX) (PDF)
• Draft minutes for 2020-07-14 (DOCX)
• Recording of Meeting
• Special Business
  • 3.1 The Retrenchment Process
  • 3.2 Possible Program Curtailments and Eliminations
  • 3.3 PC Evaluation Rubric
    • 3.3.1 Statement from Humanities Division
    • 3.3.2 Statement from Division of Deaf Studies and Professional Studies
    • 3.3.3 Resolution on Shared Governance Principles (Sponsored by Drs. Laurie Burton and Leanne Merrill)