New Senator Orientation
1:00-2:45 PM
Agriculture Production Room ~ LaSells Stewart Center

A. INSTALLATION OF ELECTED SENATORS

President Mina Carson will install the newly elected Faculty Senators.

B. PROVOST’S QUARTERLY REPORT

Provost Ed Feser, will present his quarterly report followed by questions from the audience.

C. ACTION ITEMS

  1. Top Hat Voting Demonstration   

Lynn Greenough, Associate Director, Academic Technology, will demonstrate how to vote using Top Hot. Senators in the chamber will need to vote using a personal smart phone, flip phone, laptop or tablet. Senators attending remotely may vote using any of the above mobile devices, or any computer that is connected to the Internet.

  1. Curricular Proposals – Allen Thompson, Curriculum Council Co-chair 
  1. Approval of Minutes

D. SPECIAL REPORTS

  1. Undergraduate Student Success Initiative

Roy Haggerty, Dean of Science and co-chair of the Undergraduate Student Success Initiative Steering Committee, will present background information related to the Undergraduate Student Success Initiative, as well as the upcoming Undergraduate Student Success Summit on March 7.

  1. OSU Board of Trustees Recap  

Mike Bailey, OSU Board of Trustees Faculty Member, will recap the October and January OSU Board of Trustees meetings.

  1. Marine Studies Initiative

Jack Barth, Executive Director, and Kristen Milligan, Associate Director, will deliver updates on the new building in Newport, academic planning, and student engagement related to the Marine Studies Initiative.

E. INFORMATION ITEMS

  1.  New Senator Orientation

The New Senator Orientation will be held February 14 from 1:00-2:45 PM – all newly elected Senators are encouraged to attend. If you are a continuing Senator, but were unable to attend the orientation when you were elected, please contact Caitlin Calascibetta at [email protected] if you would like to attend the upcoming session to ensure that enough materials are prepared.

  1. Undergraduate Student Success Summit

Learn how you can support and engage with undergraduate students, and share your own research, discoveries, innovations and interventions that bolster student success at the 2019 Undergraduate Student Success Summit on March 7 from 8:30-4:00 in the Memorial Union – registration is open.  

The summit will focus on priority areas identified in the USSI Report, with an emphasis on supporting students' transition to OSU. The summit will make the greatest impact when we hear from faculty and staff who are positively influencing student success. Presenters may give a five- to seven-minute talk, present for a 45-minute session or showcase work on a poster. You can also get involved by facilitating a small group discussion.

  1. Faculty Conversations with President Ray

In an ongoing effort to improve communication lines between the faculty and administration, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee is sponsoring several small group conversations with President Ray and faculty (academic, research and professional) during Winter term. Each conversation 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 wish to participate, please access the registration form at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3JBqwXvBKb6FNlz to register for these sessions: February 18 from 1:00-2:30 or March 5 from10:00-11:30. Session requests will be honored on a first come, first serve basis.

  1. 2019 Faculty Senate Meetings

Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the remainder of 2019; check the monthly agenda to determine the location. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM:

March 14, April 11, May 9, June 13, October 10, November 14, December 12

  1. 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 926 485 939. If you experience problems logging in during the meeting, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected].

  1. Faculty Awards Solicitation

The Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the awards listed below. Criteria and nomination forms regarding these awards are online at http://senate.oregonstate.edu/individual-awards; nominations will be accepted through March 18, 2019. Guidelines to assist those preparing nomination packets are available online at http://senate.oregonstate.edu/sites/senate.oregonstate.edu/files/guidelinesfacultysenateawardnominationpackets.pdf. For further information, contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected].

  • Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award
  • Faculty Innovator Award
  • Industry Partnering Award
  • International Service Award
  • D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award
  • OSU Academic Advising Award
  • OSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award
  • OSU Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
  • OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship
  • OSU Outreach and Engagement Award
  • OSU Professional Faculty Excellence Award
  • Outstanding Faculty Research Assistant Award
  • Promising Scholar Award
  • Dar Reese Excellence in Advising Award
  • Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award
  • Student Learning and Success Teamwork Award

Additionally, information pertaining to other awards, which are selected by a variety of other groups, is also online at . Note that nominations for these awards have varying deadlines, so please check each award for the appropriate deadline. You may wish to review the Nomination Awards Summary Table at to quickly scan through the awards and determine the deadlines.

A new award is the Outstanding Diversity Advocate Award; online nominations will be accepted through March 22, 2019. Nomination materials are online at https://diversity.oregonstate.edu/outstanding-diversity-advocate-award.

  1. Curriculum Council Approvals

The below course designators were approved in January:

  1. Vacancies

Please notify the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] 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.

Some Faculty Senate committees/councils specifically allow retirees so, if you’d like to continue serving after retiring, you may contact the Faculty Senate Office to determine whether a committee/council allows retirees.

F.   REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT

     Mina Carson

G.  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.