Guest Presentation: Graduate School & Professional Programs (PDF)
- Tammy Barry, Vice Provost for Graduate and Professional Education
Minutes
The faculty Senate met on Thursday, November 17, 2022 in Lighty 403 and via Zoom. Sixty-five (65) senators were present with fourteen (14) absent and twenty (20) non-voting members present. The meeting was called to order by Chair, Christine Horne at 4:03pm
- Call to Order. 4:03
- Approval of Minutes from the November 3, 2022 Faculty Senate Meeting (PDF).
- No corrections; the minutes stand approved.
- Announcements
- Information Items
- The Faculty Senate will report to the Board of Regents on November 18th, 2022.
- Faculty Senate Officers will meet with university leadership on November 28th, 2022.
- (Item #2022.11.17_247_Provost) WSU Pullman – Admissions Review Process (Exhibit 247A).
- (Item #2022.11.17_248_Steering) Proposal to Redesignate the Doctor of Nursing Practice from a Graduate to Professional Degree Program (Exhibit 248A 248B 248C).
- (Item #2022.11.17_249_Steering) Proposal to change the name of the Department of Fine Arts (Exhibit 249A 249B 249C).
- (Item #2022.11.17_250_GSC) Correction to the PPPA bylaws to eliminate the Masters of Public Administration (250A *Formerly exhibit 238B).
- (Item #2022.11.17_251_EPPM) Notice to add EPPM 30 regarding First Day (Exhibit 251A).
- (Item #2022.11.17_252_EPPM) Notice of revisions to EPPM 5 (Exhibit 252A).
- Reports
- Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair, Christine Horne
- Information Items
- Additions or changes to the agenda
- Motion: Request to move discussion item 4 to action item 12 in today’s November 17th Faculty Senate meeting. A. Dimitrov./
- Seconded by Paul Skilton
- Approved; 51 approve; 0 reject
- Motion: Request to move discussion item 4 to action item 12 in today’s November 17th Faculty Senate meeting. A. Dimitrov./
- Agenda Items
- Action items
- (Item #2022.11.03_233_AE&SA) Rule 38B Extension Request (Exhibit 233A 233B). -B. Davis
- Approved; 56 approve; 1 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_232_Ad Hoc) Request from the Senate Floor: Return to In-Person / Hybrid Faculty Senate Meetings Proposal (Exhibit 232A). -A. Goodman
- Comment: What is the benefit to the senate for having hybrid meetings. -P. Skilton
- Response: If in person teaching is more effective than remote teaching; perhaps in person meetings would also be a more suitable way for faculty to collaborate and share ideas as a system community. -A. Goodman
- Comment: equity in discussion concerns and the request for the record to identify pullman and non-pullman faculty. -A. Dimitrov
- Response: The faculty senate can address the statistics of the vote as it relates to pullman / non-pullman votes. -M. Hudelson
- Inquiry: Is their sufficient bandwidth to support senators in an in-person environment? -M. Neff
- Response: Yes, bandwidth concerns have been considered and are not deemed an issue. -M. Hudelson
- Comment: Concern for the precedent of identifying Pullman vs. non-Pullman votes and the need for this proposal / the signals of setting this precedent. The senators will vote in the best interest of the senate, not in the best interest of any campus location. -J. Compeau
- Comment: Audio quality concerns from Everett. -S. Soobin
- Comment: Every campus has a faculty organization of its own except for the Pullman campus. The forum spaces at other campuses allow for community discussion. Recommendation to consider other alternatives. -P. Skilton
- Rejected; 13 approve; 45 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_231_Registrar) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 231A).
- Approved; 58 approve; 0 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_234_AAC) Proposal to Establish Rule 60, Student Vaccination Requirements (Exhibit 234A). -P. Sekhar
- Approved; 56 approve; 3 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_235_AAC) Undergraduate & Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 4 (Exhibit 235A 235B). -P. Sekhar
- Approved; 51 approve; 4 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_236_Registrar) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 4 (Exhibit 236A).
- Approved; 57 approve; 0 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_239_GSC) Recommended Approval of the non-thesis MA in Political Science (Exhibit 239A 239B). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Approved; 57 approve; 1 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_240_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Supply Chain Management, Certificate (Exhibit 240A 240B). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Approved; 59 approve; 0 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_241_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Bioinformatics, Certificate (Exhibit 241A 241B 241C). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Approved; 57 approve; o reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_243_AAC) Undergraduate & Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5. (Exhibit 243A 243B). -P. Sekhar
- Confirmation that the course change identified as Fine Arts is approved despite the Fine arts designation not yet being officially approved -J. Miller
- Request confirmed -P. Sekhar
- Approved; 60 approve; 0 reject
- (Item #2022.10.20_229_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Energy Conscious Construction Certificate (Exhibit 229A 229B 229C). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Approved; 60 approve; 0 reject
- (Item #2022.11.17_253_CoC) Recommendation of New Graduate Studies Committee Member, Ruth Gregory (Exhibit 253A). -E. Shelden
- Ad hoc proposal 2 has been shifted from a discussion item to an action item during today’s meeting.
- Approved; 52 approve; 1 reject
- (Item #2022.11.03_233_AE&SA) Rule 38B Extension Request (Exhibit 233A 233B). -B. Davis
- Action items
- Discussion Items
- (Item #2022.11.17_244_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Applied Measurement & Quantitative Methods Certificate (Exhibit 244A 244B). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Inquiry: Is this certificate generally applied
- Response: This proposal is a collaboration between departments. Students can combine courses in order to add this certificate onto their degree program. This is a revision of a certificate that has already been in place. -G. Wayman / E. Nicol
- Response: This specific certificate can be taken by any graduate student ensuring that they complete all course requirements. -B. French
- (Item #2022.11.17_245_GSC) Revised Graduate Plan for MS Software Engineering (Exhibit 245A 245B). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- No discussion
- (Item #2022.11.17_246_Catalog) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 246A).
- No discussion
- (Item #2022.11.17_244_GSC) Recommended Approval of the Applied Measurement & Quantitative Methods Certificate (Exhibit 244A 244B). -E. Nicol / G. Wayman
- Constituent Concerns
- Considerations for the WSU grad school application fee. -J. Sabin McEwen
- Faculty in CAHNRS are concerned with fair labor act FLSA post doc overtime expectations. Concern with grad student productivity and the ability for WSU to maintain its land-grant mission. -M. Neff
- Response: WSU has tried to get an exception for this legislation. -D. Call
- Application Fee for graduate students. -J. Sabin-McEwen
- Library concerns -T. Simmons
- System-wide concern for library access. -G. Duncan
- Meeting Adjourned: 4:43pm
Respectfully submitted,
Matt Hudelson, Executive Secretary
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