WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE
The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, April 17, 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.
You may access the Faculty Senate YouTube Stream Link here.
Guest Presentation (30 minutes): Compliance & Risk – Sharyl Kammerzell, Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer
- Call to Order
- Approval of minutes from the April 3, 2025 Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
- Additions or changes to the agenda
- Announcements
- Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
- Board of Regents Update – J. McDonald
- Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
- T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
- E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
- K. Roberts, Chair Elect
- M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
- Information Items
- Agenda Items
- Action Items
- (Item #2025.04.03_476_Steering) 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule (Exhibits 476A, 476B)
- (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
- (Item #2025.04.03_507_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section I.B.4, Short-Term Faculty description (Exhibits 507A, 507B, 507C)
- (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
- (Item #2025.04.03_510_GSC) Recommendation of Pre-Licensure Plan under Masters of Nursing program (Exhibits 510A, 510B)
- (Item #2025.04.03_511_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.E, Termination of Employment (Exhibits 511A, 511B, 511C)
- (Item #2025.04.03_513_FAC) Proposed of amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding forms for tenure and promotion (Exhibits 513A, 513B, 513C, 513D)
- (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, 514E*, 514F*, 514G) (Exhibits E, F, & G reflect upcoming amendments being proposed to documentation already submitted)
- (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)
- (Item #2025.04.03_520_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 520A)
- 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
- 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
- Discussion Items
- (Item #2024.10.17_429_CoC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits 429A, 429B)
- (Item #2025.04.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 516A)
- (Item #2025.04.17_517_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rule 4.d. (Exhibit 517A)
- (Item #2025.04.17_521_CoC) Recommendation of new members to Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit 521A)
- (Item 2025.04.17_523_Steering) Proposal to create a BA in Economic Sciences Program (Exhibits 523A, 523B, 523C, 523D, 523E, 523F)
- Action Items
- Constituent Concerns:
- Adjournment: