January 12, 2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda

Meeting Date

January 12, 2026 - 4:00 pm

Location

OM 340

Meeting Agenda
4:00	Call to Order and Approval of Minutes November 18, 2025 ACC Minutes Direct Admit to Major Catalog Language (Background and ACC Motion Log) November 19, 2025 SOCEC Minutes - SOCEC approved and forwarded to the Senate for further action the following action items: Motion approved - Recommending changes to the committee roster under Senate bylaw 7.7 to reflect University reorganizational changes and to add the Vice Provost for Outreach and Continuing Education as a non-voting member Motion approved - Recommending deletion of Senate bylaw 7.7 provision that requires off-campus faculty representation on SOCEC November 24, 2025 Faculty Senate Minutes November 25, 2025 SLC Minutes December 2, 2025 ACC Minutes December 4, 2025 ATC Minutes
4:05	Reports and Announcements Erika McPhee-Shaw, Faculty Senate President Brad Johnson, Provost and Executive Vice President Theresa Warburton, UFWW President Bidisha Biswas, Faculty Legislative Representative Tesla Monson, Faculty Senate Budget Representative John Hardgrove, ASWWU Senate President Gabe Gossett, Appointments and Elections Officer
4:20	Action Items Certification of Margarita Ruiz Guerrero (WCE-ECEM) to Faculty Senate for Winter-Spring 2026 and Steven Sehman (Fairhaven) for Winter 2026 Motion from Executive Council Authorizing the Concurrent Appointment of Bidisha Biswas as Faculty Legislative Representative and Faculty Senate Budget Representative for AY 2026-27
4:25	Discussion Items Direct Admission to Major - Revision of "declaring a major" catalog language (Approved by ACC on November 18, 2025) ACC Motion Log/Background Information Public Records Requests and Higher Education - Carolyn Nielsen, Professor, Department of Journalism Proposed Changes to Admission Standards for International Students - Shelli Soto, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, and Ryan Larsen, Executive Director, Office of Global Engagement
5:20	Items from the Floor
5:30	Adjournment

Items From The Floor

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