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Faculty Senate » Thursday, January 12, 2012

FACULTY SENATE AGENDA

  • Thursday, January 12, 2012
  • 3:30-5:00 PM
  • Construction & Engineering Hall
    LaSells Stewart Center

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

The agenda for the January Senate meeting will include the reports and other items of business listed below.

  1. Install Elected Officials
    Installation of President Hunter-Zaworski; President-Elect Kevin Gable; new Executive Committee members: Donna Champeau, Jon Dorbolo, Peg Herring and Janet Nishihara; Interinstitutional Faculty Senate Senator, Karen Hooker; and newly elected Faculty Senators.

  2. Approval of Parliamentarian
    Approval of Michael Beachley as Faculty Senate Parliamentarian.

  3. COMMITTEE REPORTS
    1. Promotion and Tenure Revisions
      Michelle Kutzler, Promotion & Tenure Committee Chair, will present for discussion proposed revisions to the Promotion and Tenure Guidelines. These revisions will be voted on at the February Faculty Senate meeting.
      • Revisions originally linked from the agenda
      • Revised revisions that will be considered

    2. Baccalaureate Core Committee Update
      Bill Bogley and Kerry Kincanon, Baccalaureate Core Committee co-chairs, will provide an update of the committee’s activities.

  4. SPECIAL REPORT
    Electronic Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET) Update
    Gita Ramaswamy, Director, Academic Programs, Assessment, and Accreditation, will provide an update of the electronic SET implementation.

  5. INFORMATION ITEMS
    1. New Senator Orientation
      The New Senator Orientation will be held January 12. If you are a continuing Senator, but were not able to attend the orientation when you were elected, please contact Vickie Nunnemaker (vickie.nunnemaker@oregonstate.edu) if you would like to attend the upcoming session.

    2. 2012 Faculty Senate Meetings
      Please reserve the following dates for Faculty Senate meetings for the remainder of the calendar year; check your monthly agenda to determine the location. All meetings are scheduled to begin at 3:00 PM:
      January 12, February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 7, October 11, November 8 and December 6.

    3. Faculty Senate Handbook
      Faculty Senate Handbook materials can be found on the Senate web site. The web site contains information about Senators, committees, agendas, minutes, etc.


  6. REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE PROVOST
    Becky Warner, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs

  7. REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT
    President Kate Hunter-Zaworski

  8. 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.



Please recycle printed agendas