Meeting Minutes: October 3, 2019

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

October 3, 2019

The Faculty Senate was called to order by G. Crouch, Chair on Thursday October 3, 2019, in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. forty-one (41) members were present with twenty-one (21) absent and ten (10) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of September 19, 2019 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Faculty Senate Officers met jointly with the president and provost on September 24 and September 30, 2019
      2. Minor Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibit B)
      3. Amended Senate Meeting Dates 2019-2020 (Exhibit C)
      4. BPPM 10.37dr7C– Open Public Meeting Act Requirements
      5. The Graduate Studies Committee has approved new program bylaws: Athletic Training and these are available on the department’s website
      6. New webpage to track Faculty Manual edits/changes
2. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by the Chair – Greg Crouch
   2. Remarks by President Schulz
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda – none
4. Agenda Items (Action Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #1 (Exhibit L)  A.Dimitrov/U.Uchila
      1. Motion carried
   2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Certificate in Bioinformatics (Exhibits M M1 )  A.Dimitrov/U.Uchila
      1. Motion carried
   3. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs to approve the revision to the Faculty Manual on Changes to the Faculty Manual in Section IV I:  Use of Faculty Authored, Edited Or Prepared Scholarly Material ( Exhibits O  O1  O2P) – S. Hines
      1. Motion carried
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #1 (Exhibits P) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion carried
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Revision to Rule 82 religious observances (Exhibits Q)  – K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion carried
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rules 38, 106, 111 and to eliminate Rule 42 new terminology “admission to the major” (Exhibits R) K.Hildenbrand
      1. Motion carried
   7. Recommendation from Professional Health Science Committee to approve the ESFCOM for Future Academic Calendar Dates (Exhibits S  S1) J. Mattoon
      1. Motion carried
   8. Recommendation from Professional Health Science Committee to approve the revision to Rule 119 on official certificates (Exhibit T) J. Mattoon
      1. Motion carried
   9. Recommendation from Steering Committee to approve the Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit U  )
      1. Motion carried
   10. Recommendation from Steering Committee to approve the revision to the Faculty Senate Constitution to allow the WSU Everett Faculty Senate representation (Exhibit V )
       1. Motion carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Graduate Certificate in Applied Educational Research Methods (Exhibits W  W1) – A.Dimitrov/U.Umesh
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Under Graduate Major Change Bulletin #2 (Exhibits X  X1) – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve Revision to Rule 100, The Grade Point System (Exhibit Y )  – K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the revision to Rule 54, Undergraduate Minors and Additional Majors (Exhibits Z ) K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Academic Calendar for 2025-2030 (Exhibit D  ) K.Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   6. Recommendation from Faculty Affairs to approve the revision to the Faculty Manual ( Exhibits E E1 ) – S. Hines
      1. No Discussion
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. A request for Faculty Senate to support efforts of AWSWU in calling for a retrial of a former Pullman police officer’s actions regarding abuse against a female WSU student.
7. Adjournment.                                                

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:12 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary