Faculty Senate Agenda: April 6, 2023

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, April 6, 2023 via Zoom at 3:30 p.m. Please note: Senators are the only members allowed to vote and should be logged into Zoom. Non-senators and community members are not eligible to vote, and should not respond to prompts to participate in Faculty Senate Zoom polls.

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Guest Presentation: End of Year Address with President Kirk Schulz (PDF)

  1. Call to Order.
  2. Approval of minutes from the March 23, 2023 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
  3. Announcements
    1. Information Items
      1. The faculty senate officers will meet with the provost leadership team on April 27, 2023.
      2. The faculty senate chair will present to the board of regents on May 5th, 2023.
      3. (Item #2023.03.23_314_Exec) 2023-24 Senate meeting schedule (Exhibit 314A).
      4. (Item # 2023.04.06_324_AAC) Minor Change Bulletin No. 10 (Exhibit 324A). -P. Buckley
      5. (Item # 2023.04.06_331_Exec) Syllabus Development &
        Expectations (Exhibit 331A).
    2. Reports
      1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair, Christine Horne
        1. Faculty Senate Concerns & Activities Table 04.06.2023 (PDF).
  4. Additions or changes to the agenda
  5. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
      1. Approval of Undergraduate Degrees:
        I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those undergraduate students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2023, Summer 2023, and Fall 2023.  -B. Bitter
      2. Approval of Graduate and Professional Degrees: 
        I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those graduate and professional students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2023, Summer 2023, and Fall 2023. -T. Barry
      3. (Item #2023.03.23_302_AAC) Proposal to change the degree names of the BA in Fine Art and the BFA in Fine Art (Exhibit 302A 302B). -P. Sekhar
      4. (Item #2023.03.23_303_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rules 38 – 41 and Rule 70 (Exhibit 303A). -P. Sekhar
      5. (Item #2023.03.23_217_AAC) Amended Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 217C* 217D* 217A 217B). -P. Sekhar
      6. (Item #2023.03.23_305_FAC) Changes to the Faculty Manual Section II: Recommendation to add references to the Ethics Policy, EP #45, and the procedures for Responding to Alleged Violations of The University Research Policies, BPPM 45.25 (Exhibit 305A 305B 305C). -J. McDonald
      7. (Item #2023.03.23_306_FAC) Changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.7 on Salary Increases (Exhibit 306A 306B). -J. McDonald
      8. (Item #2023.03.23_307_FAC) Changes to the Faculty Manual Section II.D Ethics in Public Service (Exhibit 307A 307B). -J. McDonald
      9. (Item #2023.03.23_308_FAC) Changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.D.7 through III.D.10 Regarding Medical Leave (Exhibit 308A 308B 308C). -J. McDonald
      10. (Item #2023.03.23_309_FAC) Changes to the Faculty Manual Section V Regarding the Equity Lens Tool (Exhibit 309A 309B). -J. McDonald
      11. (Item #2023.03.23_310_Catalog) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 12 (Exhibit 310A 310B).
      12. (Item #2023.03.23_313_AAC) Proposal to Discontinue the BA in Computer Science (Exhibit 313A 313B 313C). P. Sekhar
    2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item # 2023.04.06_315_Steering) Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee to carry out all necessary Faculty Senate functions during the period of May 16, 2023 through August 15, 2023.
      2. (Item # 2023.04.06_329_CoC) Recommendation of New Faculty Senate Committee members for New & Updated Terms (Exhibit 329A). -E Shelden.
      3. (Item # 2023.04.06_316_GSC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 9 (Exhibit 316A). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      4. (Item # 2023.04.06_317_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Community Engagement in Rivers and Watershed Graduate Certificate (Exhibit 317A 317B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      5. (Item # 2023.04.06_318_Steering) Proposed Amendment to Section VIII of the Faculty Senate Bylaws: Ad Hoc Committees (Exhibit 318A).
      6. (Item # 2023.04.06_319_Steering) Proposed Amendment to the Faculty Senate Constitution; Article II, Section 4: Apportionment paragraphs three (3) and four (4) (Exhibit 319A).
      7. (Item # 2023.04.06_320_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Food Science 235 Revised Requirements (Exhibit 320A 320B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      8. (Item # 2023.04.06_321_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Masters in Horticulture and Ph.D. in Horticulture Graduate Degrees (321A 321B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      9. (Item # 2023.04.06_322_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Masters in Criminal Justice Non-Thesis Degree Plan Changes (Exhibit 322A 322B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      10. (Item # 2023.04.06_323_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Masters in Criminal Justice Thesis Degree Plan Changes (Exhibit 232A 232B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
      11. (Item # 2023.04.06_326_AAC) Undergraduate & Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 12 Addendum 1 (Exhibit 326A 326B). -P. Buckley
      12. (Item # 2023.04.06_325_AAC) Undergraduate & Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 12 Addendum 2 (Exhibit 325A 325B). -P. Buckley
      13. (Item # 2023.04.06_327_AAC) UCORE Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 3 (Exhibit 327A). -P. Buckley
      14. (Item # 2023.04.06_328_AAC) UCORE Renewals and Changes Approved by the UCORE Committee — Bulletin No. 4 (Exhibit 328A). -P. Buckley
      15. (Item #2023.03.23_330_GSC) Proposal to change the degree names
        of the MFA in Fine Art (Exhibit 330A 330B). -E. Nicol/ G. Wayman
  6. Constituent Concerns
  7. Meeting Adjourned

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