FACULTY SENATE AGENDA
Thursday, February 11, 2021 ~ 3:00-5:00 PM
This meeting will be conducted via Zoom (See Information Item #1)

 

  1. COMMENTS FROM FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT SELINA HEPPELL 
    • Comments from Faculty Senate President Selina Heppell
  1. ACTION ITEMS
    Curricular Proposals  
    Inara Scott, Curriculum Council co-chair, will present for approval the below curricular proposals:
    • PowerPoint
      • Leading and Creating Change Graduate Certificate ~ Key #683
      • Rename Department of Fisheries and Wildlife to Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences ~ Key #15
  1. Provost’s Quarterly Report
    Provost Ed Feser will present his quarterly report followed by questions from the audience.
  1. SPECIAL REPORTS
    1. OSU Board of Trustees Meeting Recap
      Mike Bailey, OSU Board of Trustees Faculty Member, will recap the January meeting.
  1. COVID-19 Vaccine Update  
    Anita Azarenko, Vice Provost for Extension and Engagement and Director of the Extension Service, Interim; Dan Larson, Vice Provost for Student Affairs, and Jenny Haubenreiser, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs and Student Health Services Executive Director, will provide a brief update on the status of the COVID-19 Vaccine.
  1. Faculty Pulse Survey 5.0 Results
    Kate MacTavish, Executive Committee member, will present results of the Faculty Pulse Survey 5.0.
  1. INFORMATION ITEMS
    1. Remote Participation in Faculty Senate Meetings
      Login instructions to participate remotely in Faculty Senate meetings were in the email message containing the agenda. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Faculty Senate meetings will be via Zoom until further notice.
                The Zoom session will open at 2:50 PM on the day of the Senate meeting.
      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 and apportionment unit you are representing.
                If you experience problems logging in to the meeting, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected] or Caitlin Calascibetta at [email protected].
                The preferred login method is to sign in using the Zoom App. If you are logging in using a browser, Chrome is the recommended choice. Users that cannot be authenticated through DUO will not be allowed to join the meeting.
                Non-Senators are welcome to participate but, to avoid unexpected Zoom incidents, the login instructions are not being published. If you wish to remotely participate in this or future meetings, please fill out the linked Qualtrics survey requesting to participate – you’ll need to provide your OSU email, name and unit (please, no abbreviations). Your OSU email will be subscribed to a listserv to receive Zoom instructions as well as the agenda for future Faculty Senate meetings. If it’s the day of the Faculty Senate meeting, please send a request to Caitlin Calascibetta no later than Noon.
  1. President Alexander to Meet with Faculty
    President Alexander and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee are continuing the long-standing tradition of sponsoring small group faculty conversations (academic, research and professional faculty). Each conversation will be facilitated by a Faculty Senate Executive Committee member and will consist of up to 12 faculty. These conversations, via Zoom, provide President Alexander with an opportunity to receive candid feedback from faculty and an occasion for idea and information exchange.
             To register for the winter term session, which is scheduled for February 19 from 10:00-11:30 AM, please access the registration form at https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyugpEDxp9wBm98.
  1. 2021 Faculty Senate Meetings
    Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the remainder of the academic year. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM: March 11, April 8, May 13 and June 10.
             As a reminder, Senators are responsible for finding a proxy to represent them when unable to attend.
  1. Vacancies – Faculty Senator or Committee/Council Member
    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.
             If you are unsure when your Senator or committee/council term ends, you may check the Senator membership list or the Committees & Councils site.
  1. NEW BUSINESS

 

IN ORDER TO PROPERLY RECORD MINUTES OF THE FACULTY SENATE
MEETING, ALL SENATORS ARE REMINDED TO IDENTIFY
 THEMSELVES AND THEIR FACULTY SENATE
APPORTIONMENT UNIT WHEN SPEAKING.