Note: Complete proceedings of the meeting were recorded and are available at https://senate.oregonstate.edu/november-8-2018-faculty-senate-webcast. This recap contains agenda attachments, votes associated with action items, Information Items and the Roll Call.
A PDF of the recap can be found here.
FACULTY SENATE RECAP
Thursday, November 8, 2018
A. ACTION ITEMS
Curriculum Proposal – Category I
Allen Thompson, Curriculum Council co-chair, presented for approval the below curricular proposal:
Action: Motion to approve the BA, BS in Arts, Media and Technology #10330 passed with 59 votes in support, 1 opposed and 2 abstentions.
Action: Motion to approve the October Faculty Senate minutes passed with 57 votes in support and 4 abstentions.
Faculty Senate Slate of Candidates
Faculty will vote on two officer ballots this Fall:
The elected candidate will immediately assume the President-Elect duties and will be installed as the Faculty Senate President at the January 10, 2019 Faculty Senate meeting.
The reason for this special election is that the former Faculty Senate President-Elect, Alix Gitelman, was recently appointed to the position of Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. Because her appointment is an Executive Level position, Alix is not eligible to continue as President-Elect. Those in Executive Levels 1-3 (deans and above) are represented by the Faculty Senate, but are not eligible to be elected to represent colleagues.
There were no President-Elect nominations from the floor.
Action: The nominations were declared closed.
2. Immediate Past President Bob Mason presented the 2018 Slate of Candidates for: Senate President-Elect, three new members of the Executive Committee (EC) and one Interinstitutional Faculty Senate (IFS) Senator. The President-Elect typically serves for one year, and then automatically assumes the presidency of the Faculty Senate; EC members serve a two-year term; and IFS Senators serve a three-year term.
These are the normal Faculty Senate officer elections that occur every Fall.
President-Elect – There were no nominations from the floor.
Action: The President-Elect nominations were declared closed.
Interinstitutional Faculty Senate – Amy Bourne, College of Business, nominated herself for IFS.
Action: The Interinstitutional Faculty Senate nominations were declared closed.
Executive Committee – There were no nominations from the floor.
Action: The Executive Committee nominations were declared closed.
All eligible faculty vote on the President-Elect and Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Senator ballots. Current Senators vote on the Executive Committee candidates just prior to the December 6 Faculty Senate meeting.
Approval of the 2019 Apportionment Table
Action: The 2019 Apportionment Table was removed from the agenda and a vote will occur via email.
PROVOST’S QUARTERLY REPORT
Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Susan Capalbo presented the quarterly report on behalf of Provost Ed Feser.
Her report included:
B. SPECIAL REPORTS
We Have Work To Do Campaign – Scott Vignos, Office of Institutional Diversity
Scott Vignos presented the ‘We Have Work To Do” Campaign, which is a year-long collaborative effort from the Office of Institutional Diversity celebrating the strides Oregon State has made to advance inclusive excellence, while recognizing that there’s much to be done.
HB2998 Update
C. INFORMATION ITEMS
December Faculty Senate Meeting
Please note that, due to the end of the term occurring the first week of December, the Faculty Senate meeting will be December 6 rather than December 13.
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].
Declining Senator Election
All currently employed academic, research and professional faculty, who do not hold Executive Level 1, 2 or 3 positions (dean and above), are eligible to be elected to a Senator position and represent faculty in their respective Faculty Senate apportionment unit.
If you wish to decline to have your name placed on the Senator Nomination Ballot, please complete and submit the survey at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3K4OXCLBZojbSOF no later than Noon on November 14. Faculty must decline each year.
Faculty Senate Elections – Faculty with Split Appointments
According to the Faculty Senate Bylaws, non-tenured faculty who have split appointments between two apportionment units may choose with which unit they wish to be apportioned for Faculty Senate purposes. For example, if a faculty member has a split appointment between Agricultural Sciences and Science, they may choose one or the other (FTE will not be split between apportionment units). This choice will determine Faculty Senate representation. Faculty not choosing where they wish to be apportioned, will be placed in an apportionment unit at the discretion of the Faculty Senate Office.
No later than Noon on November 14, please complete and submit the survey at http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_brsBhXRSLh95GVT to indicate with which apportionment unit you wish to be affiliated
Tenured faculty will be apportioned in their tenure unit, with the exception of the following apportionment units: off-campus Extension, OSU-Cascades and Hatfield Marine Science Center
President-Elect, Executive Committee and IFS Elections
As provided in the Senate Bylaws, (Article VI, Section 3) and amended on October 6, 1977, "additional nominations may be made from the floor and the nominations shall be closed." The Executive Committee requires that if such nominations from the floor are made, the nominator must obtain, in advance, the nominee's willingness to serve if elected.
The University-wide election of the President-Elect and IFS Senator will be conducted between November 15 and December 5. Ballots will be distributed to all eligible voting members of the OSU faculty, in accordance with current Faculty Senate Bylaws. Voting must be completed no later than 5:00 PM on December 6 and results will be verified prior to the December 6 Faculty Senate meeting. The individual receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winner in each of the elections.
Election of new members of the Executive Committee will be conducted electronically prior to the December 6 Faculty Senate meeting. Those candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. Tie votes shall be resolved by written ballot in a run-off election during the meeting.
Committee/Council Retirements and Sabbaticals
Faculty whose Faculty Senate committee/council terms extend beyond December 31, and are retiring at the end of Fall term, are no longer eligible to continue serving. You may be eligible to remain on a committee/council if you are filling a specified emeritus/retired position on the committee/council on which you serve; if you are unsure, please contact the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] so a determination may be made and, if needed, a replacement identified.
Faculty whose committee/council terms extend beyond December 31, but who will be on sabbatical beginning Winter term, may no longer be eligible to serve as a member. If you are away more than one term, exclusive of Summer term, a replacement is required. If you fall into this category, please contact the Faculty Senate Office at [email protected] so a replacement can be identified to complete the remainder of your term.
For both of the above situations, please indicate the name of the committee(s) on which you are serving.
Faculty Senate Retirements
Faculty Senators whose terms extend beyond December 31, but who are retiring at the end of fall term, are no longer eligible to serve as a Senator. If you fall into this category, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker at [email protected] so a replacement can be identified to complete the remainder of your term.
D. REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT
Jon Dorbolo
E. NEW BUSINESS
There was no new business.
Recap prepared by Vickie Nunnemaker, Faculty Senate Staff
ROLL CALL
Members Present:
Agricultural Sciences: Alix-Garcia (remote), Diebel (remote), Epps, James Osbourne (v. Goddik), Scott Heppell, Selina Heppell, Moyer (remote), Murthy (remote), Kristin Rifai (v. Noller), Sanchez, Tullos (remote)
Associated Faculty: Birky, Bradoch, Breen, Bromagem, Bruce (remote), Calvery (remote), Fleming, Hayes (remote), Mathern, McKnight (remote), Milic (remote), Pappas, Riggs (remote), Signs (remote), Silbernagel, Vignos
Business: Bourne (remote), Cluver (remote), LeMay (remote), Murnieks (remote)
Cascades: Dahl (remote), Wolsko (remote)
Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences: Dever, Shiel (remote), Watkins-Brandt (remote)
Education: Bachman (remote)
Engineering: Johnston (remote), Mayaram (remote), Paasch, Squires, Wildenschild (remote)
Extension: Arispe (remote), Chris Schactschneider (v. Kaiser) (remote), Wells (remote)
Forestry: Cushing (remote) Shaw (remote)
Hatfield Marine Science Center: Henkel (remote)
Liberal Arts: Barnd (remote), Boovy (remote), Chappell, Inderbitzin, Osei-Kofi (remote), Shirazi (remote), Trujillo (remote)
Library: No senators present
Pharmacy: Linares
Public Health & Human Sciences: Bethel (remote), Hannigan-Downs, Kile (remote)
Science: Bogley, Bokil, Cozzi, Thomas Schmidt (v. Escher) (remote), Faridani, McIntyre (remote), Ossiander (remote), Peszynska (remote), Swisher (remote)
Student Affairs: Atebe, Le, Martinez (remote), Nakic (remote), Smith (remote)
Veterinary Medicine: No senators present
Members Absent:
Agricultural Sciences: Bohnert, Bolte, Chang, Field, Gaebel, Hayes, Mata-Gonzalez, Mundt, Sterns, Waite-Cusic
Associated Faculty: Hansen, Mills, Riney, Waite, Yee
Business: Akroyd, Gerasymenko
Cascades: Gautschi
Earth, Oceanic & Atmospheric Sciences: Colwell, Meigs, Ozkan-Haller
Education: Aaron
Engineering: Albertani, Bay, Gambatese, Lee, Porter, Scott, Yeh
Extension: Hein
Forestry: Hatten, Knowles, Schimleck
Hatfield Marine Science Center: Miller
Liberal Arts: Below, Duncan, Hammer, Lauer, Orosco, Roper
Library: Van Tuyl
Pharmacy: Sikora
Public Health & Human Sciences: Khanna, Luck, MacTavish, Yun
ROTC: N/A
Science: Giovannoni, Riverstone
Student Affairs: Jenkins, Wright
Veterinary Medicine: Gordon, Milovancev, Pastey
Ex-Officio members present:
Bailey, Bunnage (remote), Dorbolo, Edwards, Mason, Plaza, Sherman
Non-Voting members present:
Bailey (remote), Beachley (remote)
Guests:
Natalie Doller (remote), LeeAnn Garrison, Beth Lucason (remote), Reni Powell, Linda Sather (remote), Robbin Sim (remote), Yvette Spitz (remote), Carlson [Last Name Not Provided] (remote), Terence [Last Name Not Provided] (remote)