Note: Complete proceedings of the meeting were recorded and are available at https://senate.oregonstate.edu/june-10-2021-faculty-senate-webcast. Below are the Action Items, the Results and the Roll Call.

Action Items

  • Motion to approve the Class of 2021 degree candidates.
    • Motion passed with 101 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 1 abstention
  • Motion to approve the Comparative Health Sciences Graduate Major (MS, PhD) – Key #67 – Change Graduate Major.
    • Motion passed with 88 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 8 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the Reorganize School of Arts & Communication – Split into Two Schools – Key #25 – Change Academic Unit.
    • Motion passed with 92 votes in favor, 2 votes in opposition and 4 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the Contemporary Music Industry Undergraduate Major (BA, BS) – Key #706.
    • Motion passed with 92 votes in favor, 2 votes in opposition and 6 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the proposed Standing Rules revisions for the Advancement of Teaching Committee.
    • Motion passed with 93 votes in favor, 2 votes in opposition and 9 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the proposed Standing Rules revisions for the Research Council.
    • Motion passed with 95 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 9 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the proposed creation of a Faculty Senate Carbon Commitment Committee and proposed Standing Rules..
    • Motion passed with 95 votes in favor, 1 vote in opposition and 5 abstentions
  • Motion to approve the proposed creation of a Faculty Senate Professional Faculty Interests Committee and proposed Standing Rules..
    • Motion passed with 95 votes in favor, 1 vote in opposition and 3 abstentions
  • Motion: The Faculty Senate authorizes the Executive Committee to initiate the process of working with the appropriate units to develop a proposal to establish the rank of Professor of Teaching.
    • Motion passed with 78 votes in favor, 9 votes in opposition and 10 abstentions
  • Motion - That the Faculty Senate adopt the report of the OSU Presidential Search Ad Hoc Committee and send the report to the Board of Trustees.
    • Motion passed with 89 votes in favor, 1 vote in opposition and 2 abstentions
  • Motion: The OSU Faculty Senate moves to replace the electronic Student Evaluation of Teaching (eSET) with the Quality Teaching Student Learning Experience (QT SLE) instrument for student feedback on courses, starting in academic year 2022. Questions 1 and 2 from eSET will also be included in the student feedback tool throughout AY2022.
    • Motion passed with 82 votes in favor, 2 votes in opposition and 9 abstentions
  • Motion to change the language in the Academic Advising Council Standing Rules - 'Division of Undergraduate Studies' to 'Office of Academic Affairs'.
    • Motion passed with 85 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 11 abstentions
  • Motion to send Standing Rules revisions back to the Academic Advising Council for revisions.
    • Motion passed with 93 votes in favor, 0 votes in opposition and 5 abstentions
  • Motion to engage faculty with expertise in fields of gender and sexuality in the creation and report outs of faculty pulse surveys moving forward.
    • Motion passed with 83 votes in favor, 2 votes in opposition and 7 abstentions

Roll Call

All members participated remotely

Members Present:

Agricultural Sciences: Burkholder, Busby, Chang, Contreras, Diebel, Etherington, Godwin, Gwin, Melathopoulos, Moyer, Sanchez, Dana, Tullos, Turpin, Vining, Walsh

Associated Faculty: Alexis, Polly Millet (v. Aljets), Bamberger, Bruce, Bunnage, Cholewinski, Cohen, Davis-White Eyes, Dolan, Fleming, Gaines, Greenough, James Addison Thomas IV (v. Hayes), Perez, Rose, Trelstad, Waite

Business: Bourne, Chen, Huff, Olstad, Paterson, Scott, Stornelli

Cascades: Browne, Reuter, Zardinejad

Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences: Dever, Fewings, Ruggiero, Spitz

Education: Golya, Thompson

Engineering: Apte, Árnadóttir, Hurwitz, Johnston, Jovanovic, MacCarty, Palmer, Tadepalli, Trejo, Brian Bay (v. Tucker)

Extension: J. Davis, L. Davis, Edmunds, Filley

Forestry: Creighton, D’Antonio, Huber, Maller

Hatfield Marine Science Center: Moffett

Liberal Arts: Boovy, Chappell, Edwards, Hurst, Inderbitzin, Johnston, Kaplan, Maes, Kenneth, Mize, Orosco, Rodgers, Shay, Stout, Tilt

Library: Llebot Lorente

Pharmacy: Olstad, Zumach

Public Health & Human Sciences: Bovbjerg, Bray, Ceraso, Hoffman, Kile, Norcross

ROTC: N/A

Science: Beisiegel, Bokil, Bruslind, Clark, Gable, Jansen, Keszler, Mason, McIntyre, Petsche, Quick, Thomann, van Zee

Student Affairs: Alvarez-Cortez, Bowling, Braxton-Franklin, Elizabeth Kennedy (v. Nishihara), Sanchez, Whitebear

Veterinary Medicine: Medlock

Members Absent:

Agricultural Sciences: Dugger, Hayes, Lambrinos

Associated Faculty: Buckley, Viggiani

Business: No senators absent

Cascades: Bakos

Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences: Becker, Lerczak

Education: No senators absent

Engineering: Blunck, Fronk, Gess

Extension: No senators absent

Forestry: No senators absent

Hatfield Marine Science Center: No senators absent

Liberal Arts: Emerson, Hamblin

Library: No senators absent

Pharmacy: No senators absent

Public Health & Human Sciences: Mendez-Luck

ROTC: N/A

Science: No senators absent

Student Affairs: Harris

Veterinary Medicine: Ackermann, Holder

Ex-Officio members present:

Bernell, Ebbeck, Feser, Heppell, Johnson, MacTavish, McCalpine, Plaza, Riggs, Shaw, Smith

Non-Voting members present:

Bailey, Beachley

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