FACULTY SENATE AGENDA
Thursday, June 11, 2020 ~ 3:00-5:00 PM
This meeting will be conducted via Zoom (see Information Item #1)

 

  1. ACTION ITEMS  
    1. Consideration of Degree Candidates  
      Rebecca Mathern, Associate Provost and University Registrar, will present the recommended lists of degree candidates for Academic Distinction, Baccalaureate Degree Candidates and Advanced Degrees. The Faculty Senate is asked to approve these candidates on behalf of the Faculty of the University. These candidates have been certified by the appropriate academic units, committees, councils and office of the registrar. Attached is the Registrar's Memorandum outlining the policies and procedures for the review and approval of degree candidates.
  1. Curricular Proposals
    Michele Swift, Curriculum Council Co-chair, will present for approval the below proposals.
    • PowerPoint
      • Urban Agriculture UG Certificate – CPS #107200 and CIM Key #670  
      • Bioengineering Graduate Major (MEng, MS, PhD) – CIM Key #329
  1. Baccalaureate Core Committee Proposed Standing Rules Revisions 
    Selina Heppell, Faculty Senate President-Elect, will present for approval proposed Standing Rules revisions for the Baccalaureate Core Committee.
  1. Shared Governance Document
    Mina Carson, Immediate Past Faculty Senate President, will present the Shared Governance document for approval.
  1. Resolution for OSU Information and Technology
    Faculty Senate President Dwaine Plaza will present for adoption a resolution thanking OSU Information and Technology for their efforts in assisting teaching faculty during the COVID-19. 
  1. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  1. PROVOST’S QUARTERLY REPORT 
    Provost Ed Feser, will present his quarterly report followed by questions from the audience.
  1. TOWN HALL
    This will be an opportunity for Senators to raise issues that Faculty Senate President Dwaine Plaza will discuss during the summer with OSU senior leaders, including the new OSU president.
  1. INFORMATION ITEMS
    1. Remote Participation in Faculty Senate Meetings
      Login instructions to participate remotely in Faculty Senate meetings were in the email message sent to Senators. The Zoom session will begin at 2:50 PM on the day of the Senate meeting. Please 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 experience problems logging in during 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 able to join the meeting.
                Non-Senators are welcome to participate but, due to recent Zoom bombing incidents, the login instructions are not being published. If you wish to remotely participate in the meeting, please send an email requesting to participate, including your name and unit (please, no abbreviations) to either [email protected] or [email protected].
  1. Improving the Quality of Remote Instruction and Course Design in Fall 2020
    To help OSU faculty improve the quality of remote instruction and course design in Fall 2020 and to prepare faculty for additional new modalities of teaching (e.g., some students present in a socially-distanced classroom while other students attend class via Zoom), the Keep Teaching team has developed a plan to leverage all available central unit resources as well as College- and Department-level faculty support.
              The Educational Leaders Faculty Learning Community (ELFLC) will be facilitated by Inara Scott (College of Business) and Funmi Amobi (Center for Teaching and Learning), and will bring together faculty from each college who are supporting colleagues with technical and pedagogical support for remote teaching.
              A hybrid version of the existing Designing and Teaching an Effective Remote Course workshop will be offered in summer, wherein content and preliminary discussions happen online and then faculty join college-specific synchronous sessions on remote course design and teaching to discuss applications, strategies, and questions. There is no cost to participate in the workshops.
              CTL and Academic Technology will continue to offer 1:1 consultations for faculty. We will also distribute Principles for Remote and Hybrid Course Design and Teaching to guide fall course preparation. These principles are also a foundation for the workshops.
              To learn more and inquire about participation, please email [email protected]. Note that this is a new email address which may not be functional until next week.
  1. Committee/Council Annual Reports
    Annual committee/council reports submitted by Faculty Senate chairs are due July 15 to allow committees/councils to fully report their activities through June 30.
  1. Program Changes Approved by the Curriculum Council
    Attached are program changes approved by the Curriculum Council during May 2020. These changes are not required to be approved by the Faculty Senate and are included for information only.
  1. 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.
              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. 2020 Faculty Senate Meetings
    Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the remainder of 2020; all meetings are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM: October 8, November 12 and December 10. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, until further notice, Faculty Senate meetings will be via Zoom – Zoom login instructions were in the email.
              As a reminder, Senators are responsible for finding a proxy to represent them when unable to attend.
              Non-Senators are welcome to participate but, due to recent Zoom bombing incidents, the login instructions are not being published. If you wish to remotely participate in the meeting, please send an email requesting to participate, including your name and unit (please, no abbreviations) to either [email protected] or [email protected].
  1. REPORT FROM THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT
    Dwaine Plaza
  1. NEW BUSINESS

 

 

 

 

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ALL SENATORS ARE REMINDED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES
AND THEIR SENATE AFFILIATION WHEN RISING TO SPEAK.

 

 

 

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