Oregon State University Faculty Senate
Meeting of the Faculty Senate
December 11, 2025
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, RM13 and Zoom
AGENDA
| Time | Topic | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 | President’s Welcome |
Andrew Valls Faculty Senate President |
| 3:10 |
Action Item: Curricular Proposals |
Kaplan Yalcin Co-Chair, Curriculum Council
|
| 3:20 |
Promotion and Tenure Guidelines & Community Evaluation of Teaching Revisions
P&T Guideline Materials (Non-Extension):
Extension & Engagement Materials: |
Michael Harte Chair, Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee
Ashley Holmes Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning
Marina Denny Associate Vice Provost for Engagement
|
| 3:50 |
Action Item: Canvas Policy |
Andrew Valls Faculty Senate President
|
| 4:20 |
Academic Freedom Update |
Scott Vignos Vice President for Mission and Impact
Becca Gose Vice President and General Counsel
|
| 4:50 |
New Business |
Andrew Valls Faculty Senate President |
| 5:00 | Adjourn |
Resources & Information
Committee Interest Form
At times, Faculty Senate committees and councils will experience a vacancy due to sabbaticals, leaves of absences, etc. The Faculty Senate Office may use the results of our Committee Interest Forms to fill those vacancies. As such, the office is opting to keep an open Committee Interest Form for Faculty Senate committees. If you missed the chance to volunteer in Spring, you can fill out the online form.
Faculty Senate meetings
The Faculty Senate session has ended for the 2024-2025 academic year. Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the 2025-2026 academic year. All meetings are scheduled from 3-5PM: January 8, February 12, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 11.
Senators whose terms end in 2025 will have their last meeting on December 11, 2025, but are encouraged to attend the January 8, 2026 as part of the rollover during elections. Please check your term ending date online or email the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] if you are unsure when your term expires.
Participation in Faculty Senate Meetings
In-person attendance is encouraged, when possible, to facilitate engagement. For those not in the room, participation will occur via Zoom. Senators are encouraged to use the Q&A functions for questions during the meeting. To speak in a meeting, please use the ‘raise hand’ feature, and one of the hosts will grant you permission to unmute your microphone. Voting takes place via Canvas, so make sure you have access and are logged in at the start of the meeting.
As a reminder, Senators are responsible for finding a proxy to represent them when unable to attend. Proxies may be any regularly employed academic, research or professional faculty member in their apportionment unit who is not already a Faculty Senator, proxy, or whose position is an Executive Level 1, 2 or 3. The Faculty Senate maintains apportionment unit listservs that may be used by Faculty Senators if they need to ask constituents to be their proxy. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] to request your constituent list. Please also notify the Faculty Senate Office of a proxy at least 3 hours prior to the Faculty Senate meeting so they can be granted access to Canvas.
The guest participant survey has been discontinued. Non-Senators are welcome to participate. If you wish to remotely participate in this or future Faculty Senate meetings, the login information can be found online.
Vacancies – Faculty Senator or Committee/Council Member
Please notify the Faculty Senate Office if a sabbatical, leave, retirement, etc., will prevent completion of your term as either a Faculty Senator or Faculty Senate committee/council member. If you are away more than one term, exclusive of summer term, a replacement is required. If you are unsure when your Senator or committee/council term ends, you may check the Senator membership list or the Committees & Councils site.