Friday, October 16th, 2026, at 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in Bloedel Room 070 and Zoom
Agenda:
- 9:15 am COFFEE!
- 9:30 am Welcome (Joseph T. Tennis)
- Land acknowledgment
- We are Human: Not just kudos
- Announcement: EFC Chair Elect
- What EFC did last year
- 9:35 am REVIEW
- Online voting links [Alicia will add]
- Curriculum items [none from Victor]
- 9:40 am DECIDE: Consent agenda
- May 29, 2026 Faculty Meeting Minutes
- Curricular items (if needed)
- 9:45 am DISCUSS and VOTE: Policy updates
- No policies on the consent agenda
- Revision cadence and plan for year (Joseph Tennis)
- Approve
- Sabbatical Policy (Katie Davis)
- Visiting Scholars (Katie Davis)
- Inform
- Retired partially rehired policy (Katie Davis)
- Whiteley Center (Katie Davis)
- Retiring
- Distribution of sabbatical guidelines (Joseph Tennis)
- 9:55 am INFORM: Update from the Dean (Anind Dey) [if needed]
- 10:10 am INFORM and DISCUSS: Climate Survey Report (Nassim Parvin and Jillian Morn,
- Director of Institutional Assessment & Evaluation)
- 11:00 am Faculty Search Update (Emma Spiro)
- 11:10 am 2026 Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian planning grant- IMLS (Sharon Streams)
- 11: 20 am Faculty Support (Katie Davis)
- 11:30 am ADJOURN