Oregon State University Faculty Senate
Meeting of the Faculty Senate
May 14, 2026
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Memorial Union, RM13 and Zoom
AGENDA
| Time | Topic | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3:00 |
President’s Welcome and Updates |
Jacob Hamblin Faculty Senate President |
| 3:05 |
Update from the Faculty Senate Bylaws Workgroup |
Andrew Valls Faculty Senate Immediate Past President
Jason Tanenbaum Member of Faculty Senate Bylaws Workgroup
|
|
3:25 |
Action Item: Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) Learning Outcome, Criteria, and Rationale (LOCR) |
Kendon Kurzer Director of WIC
|
| 3:45 |
Action Item: Curricular Proposals
|
Jim Coakley Curriculum Council Co-Chair
|
| 4:05 |
Action Item: Revisions to Academic Regulations
|
Marleigh Perez Chair, Academic Regulations Committee
|
| 4:25 |
Action Item: Revisions to the Faculty Senate Promotion and Tenure Committee Standing Rules
|
Michael Harte Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee
|
| 4:40 |
Syllabus Minimum Requirements Policy on Artificial Intelligence |
Jacob Hamblin Faculty Senate President |
| 4:55 | New Business |
Jacob Hamblin Faculty Senate President |
| 5:00 | Adjourn | |
Resources & Information
Faculty Senate Meetings
Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the 2025-2026 academic year. All meetings are scheduled from 3-5PM: June 11, October 8, November 12, December 10.
Senators whose terms end in 2026 will have their last meeting on December 10, 2026, but are encouraged to attend the January 14, 2027 meeting 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.