Faculty Senate

FACULTY SENATE AGENDA

• Thursday, April 11, 2013
• 3:00-5:00 PM
•  LaSells Stewart Center
  Construction & Engineering Hall

A. ACTION ITEMS

1. MOU Proposals
   Mike Bailey, Curriculum Council Chair, will present for approval the below OSU-Cascades MOU proposals:
   • MFA in Creative Writing #83436
     • Online version
     • PDF version
   • Accountancy Major #85404
     • Online version
     • PDF version
   
   
2. Academic Regulations Revisions
   Joanne Sorte, Academic Regulations Committee Chair, will present for approval proposed revisions to AR 25 and AR12, and a proposal to award Veteran and Military Service Recognition Cords.
   • AR12
   • AR25
   • Veteran and Military Service Recognition Cords


3. Faculty Ranks
   Henri Jansen, Promotion and Tenure Committee Chair, and Tony Wilcox, Faculty Status Committee Co-Chair, will present for approval guidelines for the Professor of Practice faculty rank and criteria for advancement to the Senior II promotion level for Instructors and Faculty Research Assistants. These issues were discussed during the March Faculty Senate meeting and are now being presented for a vote. Senators were previously requested to discuss these proposals with their constituents.
   • Guidelines for Professor of Practice Appointments and Promotion
   • Proposed Criteria for Promotion of Senior Instructors and FRAs to Senior II
   • Revised Faculty Ranks to include Clinical & Professor of Practice; Senior II levels
   • Criteria for Promotion of Clinical, Practice, Research, Fixed Term Extension and Courtesy Faculty


4. New Template Reporting Form for Program Assessment
   Stefani Dawn (Assistant Director of Assessment) and Bill Bogley (Director of Academic Programs, Assessment, & Accreditation) will present and explain a proposed template to guide and assist units in reporting assessment of learning outcomes. Both the Curriculum Council and Faculty Senate Executive Committee support this proposed template.

B. SPECIAL REPORTS

1. eSET Close Timing
   Stefani Dawn, Assistant Director of Assessment, will report on the Electronic Student Evaluation of Teaching Close Timing Study Results.
   
   • Summary of the eSET close timing study results


2. NCAA Certification Outcomes and Athletics Strategic Plan
   Bob DeCarolis (Athletic Director) and Marianne Vydra (Senior Associate Athletic Director) will summarize outcomes of the 2010 NCAA certification and how that is informing development of a strategic plan for the Department of Athletics.


3. Brown Bag Sessions
   Dan Edge, Faculty Senate President-Elect, will report on upcoming Brown Bag sessions.
   

C. COMMITTEE REPORT

1. Proposed Guidelines for Faculty and Professional Staff Regarding Student Bereavement
   Carey Hilbert, Academic Advising Council Chair, will present information related to proposed bereavement guidelines.

D. INTERINSTITUTIONAL FACULTY SENATE REPORT

Bob Mason will provide a brief recap of the March Interinstitutional Faculty Senate meeting.

E. INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Awards Solicitation
   The Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee is accepting nominations for the awards listed below; criteria and nomination forms regarding these awards are online; nominations will be accepted through April 25, 2013. Faculty are eligible to nominate deserving colleagues for these awards. For further information, contact Vickie Nunnemaker.
   
• Richard M. Bressler Senior Faculty Teaching Award
• Faculty Innovator Award
• Industry Partnering Award
• International Service Award
• D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award
• OSU Academic Advising Award
• OSU Alumni Association Distinguished Professor Award
• OSU Faculty Teaching Excellence Award
• OSU Impact Award for Outstanding Scholarship
• OSU Outreach and Engagement Award
• OSU Professional Faculty Excellence Award
• Outstanding Faculty Research Assistant Award
• Promising Scholar Award
• Dar Reese Excellence in Advising Award
• Elizabeth P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award
• Student Learning and Success Teamwork Award


2. Faculty Session with President Ray
   Faculty are invited to participate in a small group session with President Ray on either May 23 from 2:00-3:30 or June 5 from 3:00-4:30. To register, access the online form at https://secure.oregonstate.edu/facultysenate/reg/ray/ and provide the requested information. Each conversation will be facilitated by a Faculty Senate Executive Committee member and will consist of up to 12 faculty. This s an opportunity for the president to hear what faculty are thinking and experiencing.


3. Senate Webcast
   The March Faculty Senate Webcast is posted online.


4. MOU Approval
   The campus community should take appropriate action to update their records to reflect approval of the following OSU-Cascades MOU proposal by the OUS Provosts’ Council on April 4, 2013; the effective term is Summer 2013.
• BS in Computer Science; Applied Computer Science Option from OSU-Main to OSU-Cascades.

F. REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE PROVOST

Sabah Randhawa, Provost and Executive Vice President

G. REPORT FROM AND DIALOG WITH THE FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT

President Kevin Gable

H. 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.

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