WSU Faculty Senate Agenda January 24, 2019

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY
FACULTY SENATE

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, January 24, 2019 in FSHN T101, Spokane SAC 415, Tri-Cities Floyd 247 and Vancouver VUB 311 at 3:30 p.m.   Meeting Call in: 509-358-7935, Meeting ID 4150

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order.
  2. Approval of Minutes of  January 10, 2019 Meeting (Exhibit A)
  3. Announcements.
    1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibit B)
      2. The Executive Officers met with the President on January 14, 2019
      3. The Executive Officers met with the Provost on January 22, 2019
      4. Applications for the position of Faculty Senate Chair-elect will be taken until February 19, 2019
      5. Steering Committee and the Faculty Affairs Committee have approved the Notice of Intent (NOI) in accordance with the MOU guidelines to approve the Proposed New Department in College of Education: Exhibit U  Readable text of form  on this proposal Department of Educational Leadership and Sport Management  
        1. New Name: Renaming the former Department of Educational Leadership Sport Studies & Educational/Counseling Psychology to the Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology
        2. New Department: Creating a new department named Educational Leadership and Sport Management
      6. Notice of a change to the UCORE Designator – from Creative & Professional Arts’ to “Arts”  Exhibit V
    2.  Reports.
      1. Remarks by Chair
      2. Remarks by Catherine Cooper and Lauren Wells, Commission on the Status of Women PPT
  4. Additions or Changes to the Agenda.
  5. Agenda Items.
    1. Action Items
      1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #6 (Exhibit J ) Call/A.Dimitrov APPROVED
      2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Protein Biotechnology Revised Graduate Certificate (Exhibits K   K1)  Call/A.Dimitrov APPROVED
      3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the MS Environmental Science Revised Plan (Exhibits L   L1  )  Call/A.Dimitrov APPROVED
      4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibits M    M1 )– K. Hildenbrand APPROVED
      5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #2 (Exhibit N ) – K. Hildenbrand APPROVED
      6. Recommendation from Research & Arts Committee to approve the Center for Arts and Humanities  (Exhibits  O    O1    O2) – T. Barry/B. John Mariadoss APPROVED
    2. Discussion Items.
      1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #8 (Exhibits P    P1    P2    P3) – K. Hildenbrand
      2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the BA in Political Science to Global Campus (Exhibits Q     Q1    Q2   Q3  ) – K. Hildenbrand
      3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision of Rules 114 and 34, Requirements for Baccalaureate Degrees and Repeat Courses (Exhibits R ) – K. Hildenbrand
      4. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibit S ) Call/A.Dimitrov
      5. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee and the Center, Institute, Lab (CILs) Task Force to approve the CILs Task Force Report and Recommendations (Exhibits T    T1)
  6. Constituents’ Concerns.
  7. Adjournment.