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Faculty Senate Agenda: September 21, 2023

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

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Guest Presentation: New Academic Year Welcome with President Kirk Schulz & Provost Elizabeth Chilton (PDF)

  1. Call to Order.
  2. Approval of minutes from the April 6, 2023 faculty senate meeting
  3. Announcements
    1. Information Items
      1. The faculty senate executive officers met with President Schulz and Provost Chilton on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
      2. The faculty senate chair will present to the board of regents on Friday, September 15, 2023.
      3. The faculty senate executive officers will meet with the provost leadership team on Wednesday, October 11, 2023.
      4. (Item #2023.03.23_314_Exec) 2023-24 Senate meeting schedule (Exhibit 314A).
      5. (Item #2023.09.21_332_Steering) Recommended approval of new courses CE 516, CE520, and CE 545 (Exhibit 332A 332B 332C 332D 332E).
      6. (Item #2023.09.21_337_Catalog) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 9 Addendum 1 (Exhibit 337A).
      7. (Item #2023.09.21_79_GSC) Recommended correction of the Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering clerical error (Exhibit 79E 79D 79A 79B 79C).
      8. (Item #2023.09.21_335_Steering) Department Creation Proposal – College of Nursing (Exhibit 335A 335B).
      9. (Item #2023.09.21_336_Catalog) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 336A).
      10. (Item #2023.09.21_338_Steering) Request for the Masters of Nursing to be placed in moratorium effective January 1, 2024, through August 1, 2025 (Exhibit 338A).
      11. (Item #2023.09.21_339_Steering) Proposed Amendment to EPPM Section 9.1; WSU Academic Advisory Responsibilities (Exhibit 339A 339B).
      12. (Item #2023.09.21_340_Catalog) Minor Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 341A).
      13. (Item #2023.09.21_344_Steering) Faculty Senate Voting Process (Exhibit 344A).
  4. Additions or changes to the agenda
  5. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
    2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2023.09.21_333_Steering) Recommended approval of updates to the Faculty Senate Bylaws adding a new section II.6 regarding participation in meetings (Exhibit 333A 333B).
      2. (Item #2023.09.21_334_Steering) Recommended approval of the Faculty Senate Bylaws Section VIII as it relates to the assembly of ad hoc committees (Exhibit 334A 334B).
      3. (Item #2023.09.21_340_AAC) Proposal to revise Rule 75, Final Examination Schedule (Exhibit 340A).
      4. (Item #2023.09.21_341_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancies on the Professional Health Science Committee and the Graduate Studies Committee (Exhibit 341A).
      5. (Item #2023.09.21_342_CoC) Recommended approval of the Ad Hoc Faculty Salary Step Committee composition (Exhibit 342A).
      6. (Item #2023.09.21_343_GSC_Steering) Recommendation to establish a faculty senate policy concerning graduate program student handbooks (Exhibit 343A 343B).
  6. Constituent Concerns
  7. Meeting Adjourned