WSU Faculty Senate Meeting January 23, 2020

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, January 23, 2020 in FSHN T101, Spokane SCRS 222, Tri-Cities TEST 228 and Vancouver VUB 311 at 3:30 p.m.

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Agenda in Word

AGENDA

  1. Senate Speaker
    1. Civil Rights Compliance – Updates and Opportunities for Faculty and Departments by Holly Ashkannejhad, Director | Title IX Coordinator
    2. Rebecca Van de Voord – Faculty Development Opportunities (AOI and Provost’s office) COP   FLW  Flyer  PPT
  2. Call to Order.
  3. Approval of Minutes of  December 5, 2019 Meeting (Exhibit A)
  4.  Announcements.
    1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibit B)
      2. Faculty Senate Elections – Chair-Elect and Executive Secretary
      3. Open Educational Policies    Memo   OER Policy
    2. Reports.
      1. Remarks by the Chair – Greg Crouch
        1. Dave Turnbull – update on provost search
        2. Steve Hines – update to Tracks and Appointments
  5. Additions or Changes to the Agenda.
  6. Agenda Items.
    1. Action Items
      1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #6 (Exhibits  T1) – K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revised Rule 72, Class Attendance & Absences (Exhibits U ) – K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Certificate in Water Resources Science & Management to Vancouver (Exhibits W  W1) – K.Hildenbrand APPROVED
      4. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve the Major Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibit X) – J. Mattoon APPROVED
      5. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve to Discontinue Master of Arts in Hispanic Studies (Exhibits  Y     Y1) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila APPROVED
      6. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve to Discontinue the Master of Nursing Plan (Family Nurse Practitioner & Psychiatric Mental Health  Nurse Practitioner) (Exhibits Z   Z1) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila APPROVED
    2. Discussion Items.
      1. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revised Rule 83, Accommodations of Disabilities in the Classroom and Administration of Examinations (Exhibit D ) – K.Hildenbrand
      2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised Graduate Certificate in Bioinformatics (Exhibits E    E1 ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
      3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the revised plan for MS in Statistics (no-thesis) (Exhibits    F1  ) – A.Dimitrov/U. Uchila
      4. Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to approve the revision to the Faculty Senate Constitution to allow the WSU Faculty Senate representation from the Honor’s College (Exhibit G)
      5. Recommendation from the Professional Health Sciences Committee to approve the PHSC Major Change Bulletin #3 ( Exhibit H ) – J. Mattoon
  7. Constituents’ Concerns.
  8. Adjournment.