Faculty Senate Agenda: October 31, 2024

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, October 31, 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): University Budget and Finance update – Leslie Brunelli, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration – Faculty Senate Comprehensive Budget Overview

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of minutes from the October 17, 2024 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
3. Additions or changes to the agenda
4. Announcements
   1. Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
5. Reports
   1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair – T. Klein
6. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
   1. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
   2. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
   3. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
7. Information Items
   1. (Item #2024.10.31_453_Steering) Notice of Intent to Rename College of Education (Exhibit 453A) Please provide feedback on this proposal to Faculty Senate (link embedded) no later than 11/13/24
   2. (Item #2024.10.3_438_FAC) Faculty Manual updates to language and style, formatting, and Section III.C (Exhibits 438A, 438B, 438C, 438D)
8. Agenda Items
   1. Action 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 Major Change Bulletin No. 2 Requirements (Exhibit 446A)
   2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2024.10.24_447_GSC) Proposal to extend the Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences degree to the University of Nairobi (Exhibits 447A, 447B, 447C, 447D, 447E, 447F, 447G, 447H)
      2. (Item #2024.10.24_448_GSC) Proposal for a new Electrical Engineering and Computer Science program plan within the PhD Engineering Science Program (Exhibits 448A, 448B)
      3. (Item #2024.10.31_449_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 449A)
      4. (Item #2024.10.31_450_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 450A)
      5. (Item #2024.10.31_451_AAC) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by UCORE Committee Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 451A)
      6. (Item #2024.10.31_452_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Requirements (Exhibit 452A)
      7. (Item#2024.10.8_444_Steering) Proposal to place a hold on Academic Rule 60 (Exhibit 444A, 444B)
9. Constituent Concerns
10. Adjournment