Faculty Senate > Recent Posts > General > Faculty Senate Agenda: April 3, 2025

Faculty Senate Agenda: April 3, 2025

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, April 3, 2025 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.

Non-voting participants & community members not interacting with the speakers are encouraged to view the Faculty Senate meeting through the YouTube stream.

Join Zoom Meeting

You may access the Faculty Senate YouTube Stream Link here.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): End of Year Address – President Elizabeth Cantwell and Provost & Executive Vice President Chris Riley-Tillman

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the March 20, 2025 Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
  3. Additions or changes to the agenda
  4. Announcements
    1. Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
    2. Board of Regents Update – J. McDonald
  5. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    1. T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
    2. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    3. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
    4. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
  6. Information Items
    1. (Item #2025.02.27_491_CRP) Revised Minor Change Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 491A)
    2. (Item @2025.04.03_508_Steering) Notice of Intent to create a Department of Social Work in the College of Nursing (Exhibits 508A, 508B, 508C)
    3. (Item #2025.04.03_518_Library) Letter from Interim Dean of Libraries regarding Tentative Library Collections Reduction (Exhibit 518A)
    4. (Item #2025.04.03_519_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 6 (Exhibit 519A)
  7. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
      1. (Item #2025.03.20_498_GSC) Proposed changes to the Graduate School Policies and Procedure Manual regarding professional master’s degrees (Exhibits 498A, 498B, 498C, 498D)
      2. (Item #2025.03.20_499_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual regarding Conduct Regulations, section II.F.3 (Exhibits 499A, 499B, 499C)
      3. (Item #2025.03.20_500_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual regarding the process of choosing Chairs and Directors, section I.A.3 (Exhibits 500A, 500B, 500C, 500D)
      4. (Item #2025.03.20_427_CoC) Proposed International Affairs Committee membership composition (Exhibits 427A, 427B, 427C, 427D)
      5. (Item #2025.03.20_501_C0C) Recommended Faculty Senate Committee Members for a second term (Exhibit 501A)
      6. (Item #2025.03.20_502_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 502A)
      7. (Item #2025.03.20_503_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 503A)
      8. (Item #2025.03.20_504_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 504A)
      9. (Item #2025.03.20_505_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 505A)
    1. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2025.04.03_476_Steering) 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule (Exhibits 476A, 476B)
      2. (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
      3. (Item #2025.04.03_507_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section I.B.4, Short-Term Faculty description (Exhibits 507A, 507B, 507C)
      4. (Item #2025.04.17_509_Steering) Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for Steering Committee to carry out all necessary Faculty Senate functions during the period of May 16, 2025, through August 15, 2025
      5. (Item #2025.04.03_510_GSC) Recommendation of Pre-Licensure Plan under Masters of Nursing program (Exhibits 510A, 510B)
      6. (Item #2025.04.03_511_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.E, Termination of Employment (Exhibits 511A, 511B, 511C)
      7. (Item #2025.04.03_513_FAC) Proposed rejection of amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding forms for tenure and promotion (Exhibits 513A, 513B, 513C, 513D)
      8. (Item #2025.04.03_514_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding transparency of the tenure and promotion process (Exhibits 514A, 514B, 514C, 514D)
      9. (Item #2025.04.03_515_Steering) Proposed amendment to Article III, Section 2A of the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws regarding ties in executive elections (Exhibit 515A)
      10. (Item #2025.04.03_520_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 520A)
      11. Approval of Undergraduate Degrees: I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those undergraduate students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025
      12. Approval of Graduate and Professional Degrees: I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those graduate and professional students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025
  8. Constituent Concerns:
  9. Adjournment: