Faculty Senate Agenda: October 17, 2024

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, October 17, 2024 via Zoom at 3:30 p.m. Please note: Senators are the only members eligible 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 (30 minutes): Graduate Student Bargaining Agreement: Tammy Barry, Vice Provost for Graduate & Professional Education; Kendra Hsieh, Human Resource Services Director, Labor Relations (PDF)
  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the October 3, 2024 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
  3. Additions or changes to the agenda
  4. Announcements
    1. Legislative affairs – Steve Bollens
  5. Reports
    1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair – Tracy Klein
  6. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    1. Eric Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    2. Ken Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
    3. Matt Hudelson, Executive Secretary
  7. Information Items
    1. (Item #2024.10.3_447_AAC) Minor Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 447A)
  8. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
      1. (Item #2024.10.3_437_AAC) Proposal to revise Academic Rule 54 section 2 (Exhibit 437A)
      2. (Item #2024.10.3_438_FAC) Faculty Manual updates to language, style, formatting, and Section III.C (Exhibits 438A, 438B, 438C)
      3. (Item #2024.10.3_430_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 430A)
      4. (Item #2024.10.3_431_AAC) UCORE Renewals and Changes Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 431A)
      5. (Item #2024.10.3_432_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 432A)
      6. (Item #2024.10.3_435_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 435A)
      7. (Item #2024.10.3_436_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 436A)
      8. (Item #2024.10.3_440_AAC) Undergraduate Bulletin No. 1, Requirements (Exhibit 440A)
      9. (Item #2024.10.3_442_AAC) Revision to Academic Regulation 27 (Exhibit 442A)
      10. (Item #2024.10.3_443_GSC) Revision to the Graduate School Policies and Procedures Chapter 7.C.1 (Exhibit 443A)
    2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2024.10.17_428_Steering) Formal process for petitions and motions (Exhibit 428A, 428B, 428C, 428D)
      2. (Item #2024.10.17_429_Steering) Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibit 429A)
      3. (Item #2024.10.17_446_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Change Bulletin No. 2, Requirements (Exhibit 446A)
      4. (Item #204.10.17_445_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancies on the Budget Committee and the Catalog Subcommittee (Exhibit 445A)
  9. Constituent Concerns
  10. Adjournment