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FACULTY SENATE AGENDA

Thursday, October 12, 2017
3:00–5:00 PM

LaSells Stewart Center – Construction and Engineering Hall

 

A. WELCOME AND COMMENTS FROM THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT

B. STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS 

OSU President Edward J. Ray will present his State of the University Address titled ‘Shaping Change and Addressing Challenges‘.

C. SPECIAL REPORTS

  1. OSU Intercollegiate Athletics
  • Joey Spatafora, OSU Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR), will explain his role and appointment.
  • Joey will then introduce Scott Barnes, Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, who will share his vision and goals for intercollegiate athletics.
  1. INTO OSU

Susan Capalbo, Interim Senior International Officer and Senior Vice Provost, and Bob Gilmour, Executive Director, INTO OSU, will provide an update of the program, including enrollment and student success, as INTO OSU reaches its 10th year at OSU.

D. ACTION ITEM

Graduate Council Proposed Policy 

Theresa Filtz, Graduate Council member, will present for approval a policy proposed by the Faculty Senate Graduate Council:

E.   INFORMATION ITEMS

1.  Faculty Small Group Sessions with President Ray

In an ongoing effort to improve communication lines between the faculty and administration, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee is sponsoring two Fall term small group conversations with President Ray and faculty (academic, research and professional). These conversations will be facilitated by a Faculty Senate Executive Committee member and will consist of up to 12 faculty. This is an opportunity for the President to hear what faculty are thinking and experiencing; faculty are encouraged to speak freely. If you’d like an issue clarified, or wish to confirm a rumor, this is the place to do it!

The sessions are October 31 from 1:00-2:30 and November 27 from 9:30-11:00. If you wish to attend, please register online at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8JmFMuYC1xkg3I1.

2.  2017 Faculty Senate Meetings
Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the remainder of 2017; check the monthly agenda to determine the location. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM:
       November 9, December 7

Note that December 7 is correct, but it’s not the second Thursday.

3.  Remote Participation in Faculty Senate Meetings

To participate in Faculty Senate meetings via WebEx, log in to https://oregonstate.webex.com beginning at 2:50 PM on the day of the Senate meeting, and then login with your ONID credentials to the Faculty Senate Chat Room. Senators and proxies must log in with their real names so that attendance can be accurately reflected; if you are a proxy, please indicate the Senator you are representing. If you are asked for a meeting number, insert 921 759 624. If you experience problems logging in during the meeting, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected].

4.  Senate or Committee/Council Vacancies
Please notify the Faculty Senate Office if a sabbatical, leave, or retirement will prevent completion of your term as either a Senator or Faculty Senate committee/council member. If you are away more than one term, exclusive of summer term, a replacement is required. This information will assist us in identifying a replacement.

 5. Faculty Senate Retirements and 1039-Hour Appointments
Faculty Senators – Faculty Senators whose terms extend beyond December 31, but who are retiring at the end of fall term, are no longer eligible to serve as a Senator. If you fall into this category, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected] as soon as possible so a replacement can be identified to complete the remainder of your term.
Committee/Council Members – Faculty whose Senate committee/council terms extend beyond December 31, and are either retiring at the end of fall term or whose 1039-hour appointments end fall term, are no longer eligible to continue serving. If you are not filling a specified emeritus/retired position on the committee/council on which you serve, or if you are unsure, please contact the Faculty Senate Office so a determination may be made and/or a replacement identified.

6.  President-Elect, Executive Committee and IFS Elections
As provided in the Senate Bylaws, (Article VI, Section 3) and amended on October 6, 1977, "additional nominations may be made from the floor and the nominations shall be closed." The Executive Committee requires that if such nominations from the floor are made, the nominator must obtain, in advance, the nominee's willingness to serve if elected.

The University-wide election of the President-Elect and IFS Senator will be conducted between November 15 and December 6. Ballots will be distributed to all eligible voting members of the OSU faculty, in accordance with current Faculty Senate Bylaws. Voting must be completed no later than Noon on December 6 and results will be verified prior to the December 7 Faculty Senate meeting. The individual receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winner in each of the elections.

Election of new members of the Executive Committee will be conducted electronically among current Faculty Senators prior to the December 7 Faculty Senate meeting. Those candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. Tie votes shall be resolved by written ballot in a run-off election during the December meeting.

7.  Faculty Senate Elections – Faculty with Split Appointments

According to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, non-tenured faculty who have split appointments between two apportionment units may choose with which unit they wish to be apportioned for Faculty Senate purposes. For example, if a faculty member has a split appointment between Agricultural Sciences and Science, they may choose one or the other (FTE will not be split among units). This choice will determine Senate representation. Faculty not choosing where they wish to be apportioned, will be placed in an apportionment unit at the discretion of the Faculty Senate Office. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] no later than Noon on October 30 to indicate with which unit you wish to be apportioned. When responding, please provide your name, the units you are split between, and the one with which you prefer to be apportioned. Tenured faculty will be apportioned in their tenure unit, with the exception of the following apportionment units: off-campus Extension, OSU-Cascades and Hatfield Marine Science Center. 

8.  Declining Senator Election

All currently employed academic, research and professional faculty, who do not hold Executive Level 1, 2 or 3 positions, are eligible to be elected to a Senator position and represent faculty in their respective Faculty Senate apportionment unit. If you wish to decline to have your name placed on the Senator Nomination Ballot, please contact the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] no later than Noon on October 30. Faculty must decline each year.

F.   REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE PROVOST & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Susan Capalbo, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

G.   REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT

     Bob Mason

H.  NEW BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

IN ORDER TO PROPERLY RECORD MINUTES OF THE SENATE MEETING,
ALL SENATORS ARE REMINDED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES
AND THEIR SENATE AFFILIATION WHEN RISING TO SPEAK.

 

 

 

 

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