by Enrique Gomez | Jun 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Staff and Faculty Senates hosted a Summer Forum Zoom webinar on Friday, June 26th with a focus on Fall semester planning in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This event was co-moderated by incoming Faculty Senate Chair, Kadie Otto, and incoming Staff Senate...
by Enrique Gomez | Jun 23, 2020 | Editorial
I am ending my term as Chair of the Faculty this month. I am grateful for the support of the Faculty who gave me this opportunity to serve this institution in this leadership capacity. I was elected in this position without the benefit of a year as Chair Elect, and...
by Enrique Gomez | Apr 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
Western Carolina University ran online elections with vote counts ending on April 1st, 2020. Cara Baker from the Committee on Nominations, Elections, and Committees certified the winners of university-wide elected positions. In addition to these elections, individual...
by Enrique Gomez | Mar 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
At a emergency video conference meeting on Wednesday March 25th prompted by the COVID-19 crisis, the Faculty Senate passed two resolutions: a resolution endorsing Interim Provost Richard Starne’s policy for an optional pause on the tenure clock for tenure track...
by Enrique Gomez | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
WCU Instruction is resuming this week, but online. There are many technologies that faculty are using to interact with students. Lectures are now being delivered via conferencing tools like Zoom, MS Collaborate and Blackboard Ultra. Some faculty are even using these...
by Enrique Gomez | Mar 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
The mission of WCU is too important to completely abandon the work of faculty governance and the shared responsibility Faculty have with the Administration to the continuity of the institution. This is so even in the face of a crisis that has disrupted much of the...
by Enrique Gomez | Feb 26, 2020 | Faculty Communications
ModernThink closed the UNC System Employee Engagement survey on February 25. This survey is used by campuses across the UNC system to do strategic planning and respond to faculty and staff needs. ModernThink will compile the data and should release initial results in...
by Enrique Gomez | Feb 18, 2020 | Faculty Elections
Dear Colleagues, As secretary of the faculty, and on behalf of CONEC, this email opens nominations for the following university-level positions. You may nominate yourself or any interested or willing colleague. Self-nominations are highly encouraged. • Chair-Elect of...
by Enrique Gomez | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Recently a vote by the general faculty on two amendments to the Faculty Constitution was conducted by CONEC. The online vote was conducted from February 6th to 12th. Both amendments passed with more than 2/3 majority and will now appear in future version of the...
by Enrique Gomez | Feb 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
One of the central issues in the agenda of the Faculty Senate and the WCU administration this year is to address faculty salaries. In 2018-2019, the Faculty Senate received a report from a Working Group of Faculty Salaries by the then A&S Dean, now Interim Provost...
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