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Meeting Minutes: April 17, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday April 17, 2025, in French Admin Faculty Senate Conference room 344B and via Zoom. Fifty-one (51) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with thirty-four (34) absent, and twenty-one (21) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair, at 4:16 pm.

Guest Presentations (30 minutes):

Compliance & Risk – Sharyl Kammerzell, Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer – Risk & Compliance Update Presentation

Call to Order: 4:16 pm
Approval of minutes from April 3, 2025, Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent.
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion items 1 through 4 from discussion to action items. A. Dimitrov seconded
2. (Item 2024.10.17_429_COC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits 429A, 429B)
3. (Item2024.10.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 516A).
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
2. Board of Regents Update – J. McDonald
3. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    1. T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
    2. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    3. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
    4. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
Information Items
1. (Item #2025.04.17_522_Steering) Move the Pre-Licensure Master’s Program to the Department of Foundational Practice and Community-Based Care in the College of Nursing (Exhibit 522A, 522B)
2. (Item #2025.04.17_524_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 524A)
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2025.04.03_476_Steering) 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule(476A, 476B)
    1. Motion passed; 44 Approve, 1 Reject
  2. (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
    1. Motion passed; 49 Approve, 0 Reject
  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)
    1. Motion passed; 23 Approve, 21 Reject
  4. (Item #2025.04.17_509_Steering) Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for the Steering Committee to carry out all necessary Faculty Senate functions during the period of May 16, 2025, through August 15, 2025.
    1. Motion passed; 46 Approve, 1 Reject
  5. (Item 2025.04.03_510_GSC) Recommendation of Pre-Licensure Plan under Masters of Nursing program (Exhibits510A, 510B)
    1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
  6. (Item 2025.04.03_511_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.E, Termination of Employment (Exhibits511A, 511B, 511C)
    1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
  7. (Item 2025.04.03_513_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding forms for tenure and promotion (Exhibits513A, 513B, 513C, 513D this document speaks to both item #513 and #514)
    1. Motion rejected; 21 Approve, 22 Reject
  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 (Exhibits514A, 514B, 514C, 514D, 514E*, 514F*, 514G)
    1. Motion amended to replace language in exhibits 514B and 514c with language in 514E* and 514F*; final amended motion passed; 44 Approve, 1 Reject
  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 (Exhibit515A)
    1. Motion passed; 39 Approve, 1 Reject
  10. (Item #2025.04.03_520_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit520A)
    1. Motion passed; 41 Approve, 0 Reject
  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
    1. Motion passed; 37 Approve, 0 Reject
  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
    1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
  13. (Item 2024.10.17_429_CoC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits429A, 429B)
    1. Motion passed; 40 Approve, 0 Reject
  14. (Item #2025.04.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit516A)
    - Motion passed; 39 Approve, 0 Reject
  15. (Item #2025.04.17_517_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rule 4.d. (Exhibit517A)
    1. Motion passed; 41 Approve, 0 Reject
  16. (Item 2025.04.17_521_CoC) Recommendation of new members to Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit521A)
    1. Motion passed; 40 Approve, 0 Reject
  17. (Item 2025.04.17_523_Steering) Proposal to create a BA degree in Economic Sciences (Exhibits523A, 523B, 523C, 523D, 523E, 523F)
    1. Motion passed; 33 Approve, 3 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. ~~(Item 2024.10.17_429_CoC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits~~ ~~429A~~, ~~429B~~)
    1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 1 to action items. A. Dimitrov seconded.
    2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. ~~(Item #2025.04.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit~~ ~~516A~~)
    1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 2 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
    2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
  3. ~~(Item #2025.04.17_517_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rule 4.d. (Exhibit~~ ~~517A~~)
    1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 3 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
    2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. ~~(Item 2025.04.17_521_CoC) Recommendation of new members to Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit~~ ~~521A~~)
    1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 4 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
    2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
  5. ~~(Item 2025.04.17_523_Steering) Proposal to create a BA degree in Economic Sciences (Exhibits~~ ~~523A~~, ~~523B~~, ~~523C~~, ~~523D~~, ~~523E~~, ~~523F~~)
    1. A. Prera motioned to move discussion item 5 to an action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
    2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
Constituent Concerns:
Adjournment:

Respectfully submitted,

Matt Hudelson,

Faculty Senate Executive Secretary

Meeting Minutes: April 3, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday April 3, 2025, in French Admin Faculty Senate Conference room 344B and via Zoom. Sixty (60) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-five (25) absent, and twenty (20) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair, at 3:55 pm.

Guest Presentations (30 minutes): End of Year Address

President Elizabeth Cantwell and Provost Chris Riley-Tillman, Provost and Executive Vice President

Call to Order: 3:55 pm.
Approval of minutes from March 20, 2025, Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs –
  1. S. Bollens – Very busy week. Both the house and senate released their biennium draft budgets. Significant cuts, but not as bad as anticipated. The governor announced he will not sign a budget with the “wealth tax” but insisted that house and senate will come back with different revenue sources or larger cuts and may need a special session to finalize.
2. Board of Regents Update –
  1. J. McDonald – Preparing for Board of Regents meeting in Spokane on April 18^th.
3. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    1. T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
      1. Maintaining communication with administration as we work through the presidential transition.
      2. Continuing to complete campus visits, will be in Spokane April 17^th & 18^th
      3. Will be transitioning the Faculty Senate Chair position as well.
    2. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      1. None – Just a reminder to all, we have overcome a lot to be here, and you are some of the most intelligent, creative, and persistent people on the planet.
    3. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. We received a robust response to our last solicitation for committee members and the CoC is working to finalize the committee members for next year.
    4. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
      1. Apportionment – All apportionment memos have been sent out. Campus senators were copied to assist with facilitating elections.
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)
3. (Item #2025.04.03_518_Library) Letter from Interim Dean of Libraries regarding Tentative Collections Reduction (Exhibit 518A)
  1. Please provide comments to Interim Dean of Libraries Trevor Bond.
4. (Item #2025.04.03_519_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 6 (Exhibit 519A)
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)
    1. Motion passed; 56 Approve, 3 Reject
  2. (Item #2025.03.20_499_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual regarding Conduct Regulations, section II.F.3 (Exhibits 499A, 499B, 499C)
    1. Motion passed; 57 Approve, 0 Reject
  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)
    1. Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. (Item #2025.03.20_427_CoC) Proposed International Affairs Committee membership composition (Exhibits 427A, 427B, 427C, 427D)
    1. Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  5. (Item #2025.03.20_501_C0C) Recommended Faculty Senate Committee Members for a second term (Exhibit 501A)
    1. Motion passed; 57 Approve, 1 Reject
  6. (Item #2025.03.20_502_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 502A)
    1. Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  7. (Item #2025.03.20_503_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 503A)
    1. Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  8. (Item #2025.03.20_504_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 504A)
    1. Motion passed; 57 Approve, 1 Reject
  9. (Item #2025.03.20_505_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 505A)
    1. Motion passed; 59 Approve, 0 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item #2025.04.03_476_Steering) 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule (Exhibit 476A, 476B)
    1. November meeting date reflects a Friday – will fix to reflect 11/13/25.
    2. Move to action 4/17/25
  2. (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
    1. D. Call – Defining a new track classification for preceptors who are not traditional faculty that support students in practicum. For accreditation, these faculty must have a title. Most are not paid and are not employed by the state of WA.
    2. K. Roberts – Prior statement indicated they were not bound by the Faculty Manual, this rectifies that. This will go under “Short Term Faculty”.
    3. J. Miller – Concern raised that this will “water down” the titles.
    4. D. Call – Many of these are highly credentialed individuals and units may decide that the adjunct pathway may be used as well.
    5. Move to action 4/17/25
  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)
    1. J. McDonald – This request was brought to FAC because of people having the impression that if they spent 3 years in a short-term role, they would move into the career track, which was misleading.
    2. J. Barber – Seems to be a lot of latitude for administration to take advantage of by never giving them a career track position.
    3. J. McDonald – Stronger language was utilized previously which prompted HRS to send out confusing letters about not being eligible to renew.
    4. K. Roberts – Verbiage should not be changed to correct what we don’t do; we should strive to do what we say.
    5. A. Dimitrov – The default should be the expectation that they move to a full-time position rather than to have temporary faculty hope they get promoted. I see it as part of our shared governance mission.
    6. Move to action 4/17/25
  4. (Item #2025.04.17_509_Steering) Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for the Steering Committee to carry out all necessary Faculty Senate functions during the period of May 16, 2025, through August 15, 2025.
    1. No discussion; move to action 4/17/25.
  5. (Item 2025.04.03_510_GSC) Recommendation of Pre-Licensure Plan under Masters of Nursing program (Exhibits 510A, 510B)
    1. New plan within the reactivated Master of Nursing degree. Designed for applicants with non-nursing bachelor’s degrees. Move to action 4/17/25
  6. (Item 2025.04.03_511_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.E, Termination of Employment (Exhibits 511A, 511B, 511C)
    1. The section had contradicting statements and FAC worked to clarify them. Move to action 4/17/25
  7. (Item 2025.04.03_513_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding forms for tenure and promotion (Exhibits 513A, 513B, 513C, 513D this document speaks to both item #513 and #514)
    1. J. Cook – Finds individual forms puzzling and not particularly helpful. If a department wanted to coordinate their letters and make sure faculty are hitting all the strong points generates a lot of paperwork. More concerned that voting against someone who might end up a colleague for 30 years and resent me forever. We might look at doing something like a secret ballot vote that everyone in the department has to vote, you would know who voted, but not how they voted.
    2. D. Call – If we allow anonymity, abusive language and potential for various discriminatory views to be held and propagated.
    3. J. Miller – Is there a possibility to not have the submission to be anonymous, within HRS it is known, but is redacted to the individual who has gone up for promotion? It is the constructive comments that are more important.
    4. J. McDonald – This will be on the agenda for next week’s FAC meeting. If we make amendments, we will be very clear about what we are doing.
    5. Move to action 4/17/25
  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)
    1. L. Fournier – Concerned about having access to the external review letters might decrease the amount of external review due to the privacy issue.
    2. J. McDonald – Current process allows faculty to see the letters at the end of the review process.
    3. D. Call – Now you would have the opportunity to correct factual errors and to provide rebuttal during the review process.
    4. L. Fournier – Can these letters be made anonymously? Or can they be redacted?
      1. D. Call – No, it is signed. There is inconsistency in verbiage regarding internal and external letters. FAC will discuss and bring it to the next meeting.
    5. Move to action 4/17/25
  9. (Item #205.04.03_515_Steering) Proposed amendment to Article III, Section 2A of the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws regarding ties in executive elections (Exhibit 515A)
    1. Move to action 4/17/25
  10. (Item #2025.04.03_520_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 520A)
    1. Move to action 4/17/25
  11. Approval of Undergraduate Degrees:
    1. 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.
    2. Move to action 4/17/25
  12. Approval of Graduate and Professional Degrees:
    1. 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.
    2. Move to action 4/17/25
Constituent Concerns:
1. N. O’Donnell – Faculty Forum posted a concern from Murrow College regarding keeping former President Schulz on the payroll for next year. An article was published in the Lewiston Tribune but the response to the Faculty Forum did not say if there was anything Faculty Senate could do to oppose this considering our current budget situation.
  1. T. Klein – Apologies, I thought this had been answered. This is a contractual agreement that was signed by the Board of Regents in 2020, so Faculty Senate has no options to oppose this. Conversations have been had with leadership regarding possible modifications they might recommend moving forward.
2. L. Fournier: There were contingencies mentioned in the article; do we know what those contingencies are?
  1. T. Klein – I would want to bring the Provost and the President back to address this directly but what I did find out is that all of the contracts are public information, you can make a request, and you can get the entire contract.
3. A. Dimitrov – A similar concern stemming from Vancouver about the outgoing Chancellor, who will also be drawing salary for another year with no assigned function. What can we do?
  1. T. Klein – The same answer applies. Once a contract has been signed, there isn’t an option to go backwards.
4. R. Toolson – I just want to reiterate that was the same concern our department had. It’s a big deal when we are not allowed to use our dept. funds to take a guest out to lunch. This is disappointing.
  1. T. Klein – I can ask the President and Provost to address directly at our next meeting if that would be helpful?
5. J. Barber – I feel it would be helpful and also good for morale. Here we are asked to do everything with nothing, and these two administrators are triple-gold plated parachutes to leave the university. Both of them are leaving in a time of trouble, this doesn’t present good optics and is not good for morale.
  1. T. Klein – Reiterated that there is concern about this, and there is concern on the part of the Provost and the President to address contracts generally moving forward.
Adjournment: 5:27 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Matt Hudelson,

Faculty Senate Executive Secretary

Meeting Minutes: March 20, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday March 20, 2025, in French Admin Faculty Senate Conference room 344B and via Zoom. Sixty (60) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-nine (29) absent, and twenty (20) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair at 4:01 pm.

Guest Presentations (15 minutes each speaker):

WSU Legislative Affairs Update – Steve Bollens, Faculty Senate Legislative Representative

Information Services Update – Tony Opheim, Vice President for Information Services & Chief Information Officer,

Jacqueline Southwick, Systems Communication & Customer Experience Director

Call to Order: 4:01 pm
Approval of minutes from February 27, 2025, Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. Added Provost Riley-Tillman Faculty Senate address as new announcement
Announcements
1. Provost Riley-Tillman
  1. Provost Riley-Tillman addressed the question of “with what’s going on with the Federal Government? Are we at risk of losing our R1 status?”
  2. R1 status is a designation given to universities with very high research activity. To qualify for R1 status, a university must meet two main criteria:
    - Annual research expenditures of at least $50 million.
    - Awarding at least 70 research doctorates each year
  3. There are three tiers of research activity classifications:
    - R1 (Very High Research Activity): Requires $50 million in research expenditures and 70 doctoral graduates annually.
    - R2 (High Research Activity): Requires $5 million in research expenditures and 20 doctoral graduates annually.
    - Research Colleges and Universities (RCU): A new category for institutions spending more than $2.5 million on research annually, regardless of the number of doctoral degrees awarded
  4. In the upcoming year, our institution is projected to have $403 million in research expenditures, far exceeding the R1 threshold, and it already surpasses the requirement of 70 PhD graduates. This means we are well within the R1 category and not concerned about meeting these criteria
  5. Provost Riley-Tillman addressed the Governor’s proposed furloughs:
    - The Governor’s budget proposal includes furloughs, which are complex to implement in Washington State, especially in higher education. The proposal also oddly combines raises with furloughs. Implementing furloughs in higher education is challenging due to the complexity and the need to impact 18 different HR categories. The provost is skeptical that furloughs will be included in the final budget, as they are seen as a short-term cash management strategy rather than a solution to long-term deficits. While other budget cuts are worrisome, furloughs are not currently a major concern. If furloughs appear in the final budget, they will be addressed more thoroughly at that time.
    - Tracy Klein: And I wondered if you could talk a little bit about the letter that went to Columbia, particularly the demand request for three departments to go into receivership, and because this is a highly unusual letter, and perhaps just provide some context to that.
    - Provost Riley-Tillman: With some of the proclamations or letters, individuals may be interpreting “receivership” differently than I do. I think what they are suggesting is taking curricular control away from departments and centralizing it within the university. This is seen as an unprecedented and complex request. Recent actions against universities, such as Columbia and Penn, indicate that the federal government is comfortable directly challenging universities if they feel confronted or annoyed. This includes withholding federal funding, which can have serious implications. We are trying to take measured stance in what we say as a university to better understand the evolving landscape and avoid early confrontations.
    - J.S McEwen – Many institutions are implementing hiring freezes, is that going to envisaged at WSU?
    - Provost Riley-Tillman – I prefer the term “strategic pause” over “freeze” for hiring and travel, as it’s more about carefully evaluating spending rather than a complete stop. This pause is in response to federal impacts, but the larger concern is the state budget situation, which is uncertain and likely to take longer to develop this year. Many universities, including UW and NC State, are taking similar pauses. Essential hires, especially for teaching, will continue, but non-essential spending will be scrutinized. An announcement and FAQs will be provided to explain the situation and process.
    - The university has been preparing for this pause for a few weeks to ensure they have the necessary tools and mechanisms in place. Should furloughs come into play, there would be an announcement in which we would loop in Faculty Senate and provide frequently asked questions and any additional pertinent information
    - P. Bates – Does travel freeze include grant funded travel to conferences?
    - Provost Riley-Tillman – Usually grant funded travel is excluded. Now I’ll say we need to make sure the grant is still there funding the travel. But usually, we’re talking about core funds when we’re talking about trying to hold travel back
2. Board of Regents Update – J. McDonald
  1. Board of Regents Update round two – Athletics
3. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    - T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
      1. Vancouver Campus visit is currently under way
      2. Continue to meet with leadership weekly
      3. Chair Klein and Chair-elect Roberts will participate in the Budget hearings scheduled for late April
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      1. The Athletics Oversight Committee has not met since the last Senate meeting.
      2. Senate Budget committee scheduled to meet 3/21/25
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings and updates (COC)
        
        Requested Senators to spread the word on committee openings with constituents.
        
        Looking to fill seats and confirm appointments in the remaining two senate meetings of the academic year.
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
      1. Faculty Senate Executive elections
        
        Announced 2025/2026 Chair-Elect winner Professor Christine Horn, College of Arts & Sciences, Sociology
Information Items
1. Shared Governance Commitment
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2025.02.27_490_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Requirements (Exhibit 490A)
    1. Motion passed; 54 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. (Item #2025.02.27_493_FAC) Proposed changes to section III.C.7 Annual Review of Faculty (Exhibit 493A, 493B)
    1. Motion passed; 56 Approve, 0 Reject
  3. (Item #2025.02.27_494_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 494A)
    1. Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. (Item #2025.02.27_495_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 495A)
    1. Motion passed; 54 Approve, 2 Reject
  5. (Item #2025.02.27_496_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 496A)
    1. Motion passed; 51 Approve, 0 Reject
  6. (Item #2025.02.27_497_AAC) Undergraduate and Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Requirements (Exhibit 497A)
    1. Motion passed; 56 Approve, 0 Reject
2. Discussion 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)
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  2. (Item #2025.03.20_499_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual regarding Conduct Regulations, section II.F.3 (Exhibits 499A, 499B, 499C)
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  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)
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  4. (Item #2025.03.20_427_CoC) Proposed International Affairs Committee membership composition (Exhibits 427A, 427B, 427C, 427D.
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  5. (Item #2025.03.20_501_C0C) Recommended Faculty Senate Committee Members for a second term (Exhibit 501A.
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  6. (Item #2025.03.20_502_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 502A)
    1. Requested clarification on why 6 separate course numbers for the ROTC Combat Fitness Training – awaiting response
  7. (Item #2025.03.20_503_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Courses (Exhibit 503A)
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  8. (Item #2025.03.20_504_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 504A.
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  9. (Item #2025.03.20_505_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 505A)
    1. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  10. (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
    1. Developed in conjunction with the medical school and is intended to provide a title for individuals who monitor students in practicum.
    2. No discussion, move to action item 4/3/25
  11. (Item #2025.03.20_507_FAC) Proposed short-term faculty description, Section I.B.4 (Exhibits 507A, 507B, 507C)
    1. J. McDonald – Request to amend the information came from short-term faculty who felt the information was misleading.
    2. D. Grigar – initial wording was developed to state that lecturers would be considered for career-track.
    3. D. Call – Vancouver budget is separate from the main campus and may have impact on this process. Recommended speaking with Provost.
    4. A. Felsot – College of Agriculture, feels change is going from too prescriptive to less prescriptive and a less prescriptive approach may be needed as department may not have funds to support.
    5. A. Dimitrov – This is mostly for temporary faculty they bring back year after year to teach one or two classes vs. giving them a full class load and hiring them permanently.
    6. Item returned to Steering for further discussion.
Constituent Concerns:
1. J. Bonzo – constituent concern response to Insider article talking about furloughs equating to a 4.6% pay cut. What would this look like when Provost spoke of accommodating raises and furloughs?
2. D. Call – That was in the Governor’s proposed budget, the state budget will come out on Monday 3/24/25 and we will learn whether it would be applied to higher education. It is understood by legislature that this would cause a disruption to courses. There is no history of imposing furloughs on WA state employees. If furloughs were implemented, 1 day per month equates to approximately a 4.8% pay cut and it would be silly to pair with a raise. The council on this will review the final budget and see what transpires.
3. T. Klein – We have had legal look at this and the Faculty Manual for those sections specific to furloughs
4. J. Miller – would like clarity or guidance as it relates to recent memos around DEI and words we are not supposed to use anymore (censorship). What is WSU stance for departments and colleges to make changes or not?
5. D. Call – Example; the executive side of the federal government had the CDC send out a survey on how we are complying with XYZ provisions across the institution (to any institution with a CDC grant with an overseas program). Within hours, we had a team to pull together correct and consistent institutional responses to these types of requests.
6. You were paid to be creative entrepreneurs for the state of Washington. We will value your scholarship. It is recommended to engage with what you need to do.
7. For additional information, you can view the 2^nd Town Hall in which we addressed the issue that we do stand behind academic freedom.
8. J. Bonzo – Question regarding what about every UCORE with the DIVR designation?
  1. D. Call – Right now there is no indication that we’re going to have to change anything.
Adjournment: 5:00 p.m.

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathematics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: February 27, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday February 27, 2025, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 344B and via Zoom. Sixty-one (61) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-eight (28) absent, and twenty-three (23) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair at 4:11 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes):

WSU Enrollment Update – Saichi Oba, Vice Provost of Enrollment Management; Andrew Brewick, Assistant Vice Provost for Enrollment Management

Graduate Enrollment Management Update – Tammy Barry, Dean of the Graduate School & Vice Provost for Graduate Education

Call to Order: 4:11 pm
Approval of minutes from February 13, 2025, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. J. McDonald motioned to move discussion item #2 (Item #2025.02.27_492_FAC) Proposed Title IX changes to Faculty Manual (Exhibit 492A, 492B) to move from discussion to an action item. J. Miller second.
  1. Motion passed: 52 Approve, 2 Reject
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs
  1. Approximately 2,000 bills were introduced to legislature, maybe around 400 will make it out of session (not all effect higher education).
  2. Fiscal climate extremely challenging. Budget reductions are expected across the state. Will not know the full impact until April.
  3. The governor proposed mandatory furloughs during his recent press conference. Proposed 3% reductions for higher education and 6% for other state agencies.
  4. J. McEwen – Certain other universities have “paused” their PhD programs. What is WSU’s stand on this?
    - T. Klein – Provost has been speaking about the expense of Graduate programs, he has been willing to come to every meeting, but due to time constraints, we told him not this meeting.
    - T. Barry – No program at WSU has been told to (or taken it upon themselves) to pause admissions that she is aware of.
Board of Regents Update
1. J. Mcdonald shared the Board of Regents update and provided draft FY2025 budget documents.
  1. Faculty Senate Board of Regents Update
  2. FY2025 Budget Document – Draft
Reports
1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
  1. T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
    - Defer to February Blog
  2. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    - Athletics Oversight Committee met on 2/18 & 3/18. Projections still show they will balance the budget.
  3. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
    - Committee openings and updates (COC)
      1. Have reached out to committee chairs to solicit members.
      2. International Affairs Committee and Faculty Compensation Committee are almost ready for CoC meeting and then to Senate. The goal is to solicit applications for membership before the Senate finishes meetings for the year.
  4. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
    - Faculty Senate Executive election update
      1. 39 ballots have been submitted so far, and the election portal closes 3/18/25.
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.10.31_453_) Notice of Intent to Rename the College of Education, Effective May 1, 2025 (Exhibit 453A, 453B)
2. (Item #2025.02.27_491_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 5 (Exhibit 491A)
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item 2025.13.25_488_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Requirements (Exhibit 488A)
    - Motion passed; 51 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. (Item #2025.02.13_489_Steering) Proposal to Discontinue the Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering degree (WSU Pullman) (Exhibits 489A, 489B, 489C)
    - Motion passed; 49 Approve, 2 Reject
  3. (Item #2025.02.27_492_FAC) Proposed Title IX changes to Faculty Manual (Exhibit 492A, 492B)
    - Motion passed; 49 Approve, 1 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item 02.27.25_490_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Requirements (Exhibit 490A)
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
  2. (Item #2025.02.27_493_FAC) Proposed changes to section III.C.7 Annual Review of Faculty (Exhibit 493A, 493B)
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
  3. (Item #2025.02.27_494_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 494A)
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
  4. (Item #2025.02.27_495_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 495A)
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
  5. (Item #2025.02.27_496_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 496A.
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
  6. (Item #2025.02.27_497_AAC) Undergraduate and Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Requirements (Exhibit 497A)
    - No discussion; move to action item 3/20/25
Constituent Concerns:
1. J. Barber – Concerned that Faculty Senate website does not show the lefthand menu options unless the user has the site “full-screen”.
  1. A. Dimitrov – Confirmed he has issues with Faculty Senate website left menu visibility.
2. T. Klein – Shared that the new Governor has proposed a 1-day a month furlough for all state employees (including higher education). There is a section of the Faculty Manual section III.C Faculty Furlough and/or temporary salary reduction in a time of budgetary crisis that we will need to review thoroughly if this comes to fruition.
  1. J. McDonald – If state “mandates” how the furlough is to be applied, the Faculty Manual will not apply.
Adjournment: 5:02 pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathematics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: February 13, 2025

MINUTES

he Faculty Senate met on Thursday February 13, 2025, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Sixty-two (62) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-six (26) absent, and twenty-nine (29) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate at 4:35 pm.

Guest Presentation (60 minutes): Office of Strategy, Planning, and Analysis – Stephanie Kane, Assistant Vice President, System Analytics and Reporting; Provost Riley-Tillman; Kim Christen, Vice President for Research
Office of Strategy, Planning, and Analysis Presentation
Provost Riley-Tillman addressed the Faculty Senate; there are weekly meetings held with Faculty Senate executives. The university faces historic budgetary challenges in athletics, medicine, and arts and sciences totaling over $40 million. Potential budget cuts from NIH could result in significant financial losses for the university. Estimated a loss of $5 million annually from NIH alone, and $ 22.25 million when considering other sources. Provost Riley-Tillman put emphasis on transparency and public communication about financial challenges and is proposing aggressive reviews, including hiring and travel freezes. Proposed an aggressive review of PhD programs due to high costs and teaching capacity demands. The university budget hearings have been rescheduled for the last two weeks of April.

Call to Order: 4:35 pm
Approval of minutes from January 30, 2025, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs – None
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - T. Klein, Chair
      1. Posting February blog soon.
      2. Presenting at BoR meeting 3/7/25.
      3. Currently following up on the concerns around the Email Archive process and the Digital Accessibility initiative.
      4. We have posted the AR60 MOU to the Faculty Senate website and will be adding additional historic MOUs shortly.
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      1. President search is complete.
      2. Meeting with Budget Oversight committee next week.
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings and updates (COC)
      2. Committee openings for the 2025-2026 academic year will be posted on the Faculty Senate website. Committee members completing their first term are being asked if they are willing to serve another term.
      3. International Affairs and Faculty Compensation work groups are finalizing the committee charges and hope to bring them to the Senate soon.
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
      1. Faculty Senate Executive elections
        
        Two (2) Chair-Elect nominations, ballots being sent after this meeting.
        
        Apportionment data being reviewed and confirmed with colleges.
Information Items
1. Faculty Senate Priorities and Goals
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2025.01.30_483_GSC) Recommended approval of two new plans under the Master of Nursing Degree: Nurse Educator and Systems Leadership (Exhibits 483A, 483B, 483C)
    - Motion passed; 53 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. (Item #2025.01.30_486_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 486A)
    - Motion passed; 52 Approve, 0 Reject
  3. (Item #2025.01.30_487_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 487A)
    - Motion passed; 52 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. (Item #2025.01.16_484_Steering) Proposed revisions to EPPM Section 22 – New and Revised Courses and Requirements (Exhibits 484A, 484B)
    - Motion passed; 53 Approve, 0 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item 02.13.25_488_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No., 6 Requirements (Exhibit 488A)
    - J. Miller – How do we know if the item has been scrutinized properly?
    - B. Bitter – If it is less than 30 credit hours, it does not need higher level of scrutiny.
    - Move to Faculty Senate 2/27/25 as an action item.
  2. (Item #2025.02.13_489_Steering) Proposal to Discontinue the Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering degree (WSU Pullman) (Exhibits 489A, 489B, 489C)
    - No discussion, move to Faculty Senate 2/27/25 as an action item.
Constituent Concerns:
1. A. Whitehall – concern regarding federal level issues regarding funding, but is there conversation on the day to day for faculty to teach DEI in the classroom? Will we have support if classes or students complain?

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: January 30, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday January 30, 2025, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Sixty-four (64) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-five (25) absent, and twenty three (23) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair at 3:53 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): WSU Extensions Update – Vicki McCracken, Associate Dean and Director of Extensions and Michael Gaffney, Director of Extensions

Call to Order: 3:53 PM
Approval of minutes from January 16, 2025, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. Provost Riley-Tillman update – Federal Administration Transition Team
  1. Provost Riley-Tillman spoke to Faculty Senate regarding the WSU Federal Administration Transition Team. It became clear that we needed a quick response team that will provide communication. Team members selected with specific responsibilities for areas on campuses. Initial focus will be on to Office of Research and the status of federal funding and grants. Three categories to be reviewed:
    - Entire grant funding stopped
    - Subset of a grant told to be stopped based on certain criteria
    - Grants/funding that will not be impacted
  2. There is unique attention to Native American Affairs/Relations grants being clustered into the DEI arena.
  3. There will be communication forthcoming to provide information on immigration access and processes to handle if they arrive on campus.
  4. Using time zone advantage to monitor what is happening on the east coast for information and communications.
  5. J.S. McEwen – Can you share with us what is going on with frozen grants, grants still in the application phase, or are awaiting funding?
  6. C.R-T. – We do not have a lot of information yet, but the “frozen grants” are grants that use a portal for billing for award funds and the portal that is used for that billing is closed (or frozen).
  7. A. Meridith – I am glad information for students is coming out. How do we be allies for these students? Students are afraid to attend class.
    C.R-T. – We will be sending communications through email to students as well as important networks on campus. Suggest that students do not transition to class alone. A lot will be handled at the unit level
  8. D. Grigar – Do we have campus representatives on the Task Force?
  9. C.R-T. – Yes, there are people on the committee to ensure there is support on the other campuses as well as Pullman.
  10. Will probably look at flexibility to take classes online, but we will have to explore that further and do not want to do anything that would put the university in a position to be a target in ANY space. Somethings may have to be handled at the institution level, and some may be handled at the campus level.
2. Legislative affairs – It has been a busy few first weeks. It will be a very challenging fiscal period, but faculty compensation remains the #1 priority.
3. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair –
    - Main focus has been completing and getting the MOU signed.
    - Fielding many emails regarding the political climate.
    - Campus visits – we will work to schedule Vancouver and Spokane campus visits this spring with a visit in Pullman later in the year.
    - Budget Hearing participation – There is a desire to have a level of consistency in the process (to include next year’s participants as Chair and Past Chair) so it has been determined that Ken Roberts and I will attend the Budget hearings as Faculty Senate representatives.
      1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
        
        E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair – Nothing to report
        
        K. Roberts, Chair Elect
        
        Committee openings and updates (COC) – Committee chairs will receive an email with the committee members who will be terming off their committee and will identify if they are eligible to run another term. Please consult with your committee members to either be appointed for another term or make recommendations for replacement should they not be available for another term.
        
        Both new committee work groups have been diligently working on committee charge and membership makeup.
        
        M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
        
        Upcoming Faculty Senate Executive elections – Reminder that the Chair Elect applications are due by 5:00 pm on Tuesday February 4, 2025.
Information Items
1. (Item #2025.01.30_485_GSC) Reactivation of Masters of Nursing Degree (Exhibit 485A) – G. Crouch
2. (Item #2025.01.16_475_Steering) Proposed MOU specifying conditions to mitigate issues ensuring students are in compliance with Academic Rule 60 (Exhibit 475A) – T. Klein
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.12.12_466_Steering) Proposal to create a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree (Exhibits 466A, 466B, 466C, 466D, 466E)
    - Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. (Item #2024.12.12_467_PHSC) Proposal to revise College of Medicine Future Academic Calendar dates 2024-2028 (Exhibits 467A, 467B, 467C)
    - Motion passed; 60 Approve, 0 Reject
  3. (Item #2024.12.20_471_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Courses (Exhibit 471A)
    - Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. (Item #2024.12.20_472_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee Bulletin No. 3 (Exhibit 472A)
    - Motion passed; 57 Approve, 0 Reject
  5. (Item #2025.01.16_474_Steering) Proposal for new EPPM 31 Policy – Determination of Student Location (Exhibit 474A)
    - Motion passed; 58 Approve, 1 Reject
  6. (Item #2025.01.16_478_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancy on the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) and the Library Committee (Exhibit 478A)
    - Motion passed; 57 Approve, 0 Reject
  7. (Item #2025.01.16_479_GSC) Recommended approval of a policy for a new 4+1 policy request Certificate (Exhibits 479A, 479B)
    - Motion passed; 58 Approve, 0 Reject
  8. (Item #2025.01.16_482_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Requirements (Exhibit 482A)
    - Motion passed; 60 Approve, 0 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item #2025.01.30_483_GSC) Recommended Approval of Two New Plans under the Master of Nursing Degree: Nurse Educator and Systems Leadership (Exhibits 483A, 483B, 483C)
    - No discussion, move to Senate agenda action item
  2. (Item #2025.01.30_486_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 486A)
    - No discussion, move to Senate agenda action item
  3. (Item #2025.01.30_487_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 487A)
    - No discussion, move to Senate agenda action item
  4. (Item #2025.01.16_484_Steering) Proposed revisions to EPPM Section 22 – New and Revised Courses and Requirements (Exhibits 484A, 484B)
    - M. Hudelson – This revision provides information on how to navigate the course revision process.
    - J. Miller – not changing the process, just giving contextual information on how the process is navigated.
    - Move to Senate agenda action item
Constituent Concerns:
1. J.S. McEwan – Constituents concerned about parking permit increase in Pullman. Increase is not proportioned to salary increases.
2. J. Miller – Parking very expensive in Spokane as well.
3. A. Dimitrov – Constituent in Vancouver is worried about possible upcoming parking fee increases in Vancouver. Wants to make sure the increase in fees is not disproportionate to the cost-of-living raise. A. Dimitrov will draft a memo to bring to Senate.
4. A. Dimitrov – Constituent indicated they want to institute more merit-based pay and less across the board adjustments. Recommended that the provost follows recommendations provided by the Senate Compensation committee when the committee is established and begins work.
5. L. Fournier – IRB reviews are taking too long, and delays make faculty miss deadlines and is slowing the process. Issues more with amendments and/or where revisions are requested. Proposed having someone from IRB to come to Senate to explain the process.
6. J. Roll – IRB implementing an electronic submission process and this should speed things up a bit.
7. A. Ahmed – Submission for exempt application submission is open.
Adjournment: 4:40 PM

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: January 16, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday January 16, 2025, in French Admin Graduate Studies
Conference room 324F and via Zoom. fifty‐four (54) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with thirty‐one (31) absent, and seventeen (17) non‐voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair at 3:55 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): WSU Access Center Update – Dr. Matthew Jeffries, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Campus Climate and Community Building.

Call to Order: 3:55 pm
Approval of minutes from December 5, 2024, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by unanimous consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. A. Legislative affairs –
  1. Session started Monday. Budget and revenue forecasts are unfavorable. Some revenue increases and budget cuts proposed. The session will continue through April. Both the House appropriations and the Senate Ways and Means committee are in support of WSU’s budget, specifically the full funding for faculty and staff.
  2. D. Grigar – There’s something in Fergeson’s budget for cuts for higher education but had heard that Washington State was safe from that. Is that true?
  3. S. Bollens – Fergeson’s budget proposed a 3% reduction for 4‐year institutions and a 6% cut for most other state agencies, notably exception was that community, and technical colleges were spared at a 0% cut.
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair –
    1. T. Klein – I have been primarily focused on the policies that we’ve
      discussed around vaccinations and some of the issues that happened
      around this on the other campuses. Working with Dr. Henry and risk
      management to develop a MOU that will be signed by the president.
      1. Faculty Senate EP43 Update
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    1. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      1. No update
    2. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings and updates (COC)
        
        Acting on final committee openings and discussing 2 others, which will bring us to a full slate of faculty representatives on our committees. Still a little work on student and ex‐officio representation.
        
        Work continues on the two new committees being set‐up.
        
        Work‐load task force coming that will work on pragmatic measures outcomes for the university.
    3. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
      1. Upcoming Faculty Senate Executive elections
        
        Elections for next year’s Chair‐elect is open and posted on the website. Eligibility is much more broad this year thanks to the changes to the Constitution and Bylaws.
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.10.3_435_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 435A) – Updated bulletin to include Canvas syllabus links
2. (Item, #202410.3_436_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 436A) – Updated bulletin to include Canvas syllabus links
3. (Item #2024.10.31_449_CRP) Undergraduate Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 449A) – Updated bulletin to include Canvas syllabus links
4. (Item#2024.10.31_450_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 450A) – Updated bulletin to include Canvas syllabus links
5. (Item #2024.10.03_473_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 473A) – Item number correction only, information item originally presented on 10.17.24
6. (Item#2025.01.16_480_GSC) Suspension of Bioethics Certificate (Exhibits 480A, 480B)
7. (Item #2025.01.16_481_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 4 (Exhibit 481A)
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.12.5_460_AAC) Undergraduate Bulletin No. 4, Requirements (Exhibit 460A)
    1. Motion passed; 50 Approve, 0 Reject
  2. (Item #2024.12.5_463_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 463A)
    1. Motion passed; 52 Approve, 0 Reject
  3. (Item #2024.12.5_464_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 464A)
    1. Motion passed; 53 Approve, 0 Reject
  4. (Item #2024.12.5_465_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancy on the Research and Arts Committee (Exhibit 465A)
    1. Motion passed; 52 Approve, 0 Reject
  5. (Item #2024.12.5_458_Steering) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws, Article III, Section 4C (Steering Committee), paragraphs 2 and 3. (Exhibit 458A)
    1. Motion passed; 52 Approve, 0 Reject
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item #2024.12.12_466_Steering) Proposal to create a Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree (Exhibits 466A, 466B, 466C, 466D)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  2. (Item #2024.12.12_467_PHSC) Proposal to revise College of Medicine Future Academic Calendar dates 2024‐2028 (Exhibits 467A, 467B, 467C)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  3. (Item #2024.12.20_471_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Courses (Exhibit 471A)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  4. (Item #2024.12.20_472_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee Bulletin No. 3 (Exhibit 472A)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  5. (Item #2025.01.16_474_Steering) Proposal for new EPPM 30 Policy – Determination of Student Location (Exhibit 474A)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  6. (Item #2025.01.16_478_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancy on the Graduate Studies Committee (GSC) and the Library Committee (Exhibit 478A)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
  7. (Item #2025.01.16_479_GSC) Recommended approval of a policy for a new 4+1 policy request Certificate (Exhibits 479A, 479B)
    1. Update document then item moves to action 1/30/2025
  8. (Item #2025.01.16_482_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Requirements (Exhibit 482A)
    1. No discussion, move to action 1/30/2025
Constituent Concerns
1. J. Miller – Applaud intention around workload task force. Staff are asking if they can have a workload review.
2. B. Doyle – Please have staff reach out to their Administrative Professional Advisory Council (APAC) representatives.

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: December 5th, 2024

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday December 5,2024, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Fifty‐four (54) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with thirty (30) absent, and fourteen (14) non‐voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Faculty Senate Chair, at 3:59 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): Legislative Update – Glynda Becker Fenter, Vice President for External Affairs and Government Relations

T. Klein – How do you see Faculty Senate contributing?

A. Goodman – How do you envision us providing feedback and ideas?

G. Becker Fenter – Suggest providing your concerns and ideas to Tracy/Ken. It would be a benefit to have a voice from the Faculty Senate viewpoint. Most important is to provide what the impact of the issues are on the work you are doing in your college, and your deans are also providing this.

Call to Order: 3:59 pm
Approval of minutes from November 14, 2024 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs
  1. Washington Office of Financial Management announced hiring and travel freeze, does not apply to institutions of Higher Education.
  2. The Governor’s budget is forthcoming (12/16/24)
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair
    - December Blog forthcoming
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      1. President search winding down. 150 applications received, narrowed it down to 5 great candidates that are being submitted to BoR.
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings and updates (COC)
        
        Making progress on committee vacancies. International Affairs and Faculty Compensation
        committees getting off the ground. Workgroups working on developing a charge, committee structure, and membership.
        
        K. Roberts has been added to the Provost Optimization program committee as Faculty Senate Representative.
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
      1. Upcoming Faculty Senate Executive elections
        
        The election announcement is forthcoming early in
        spring semester. Interested parties will need to
        submit a CV and letter of interest for consideration.
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.11.21_461_AAC) Comments on Grade Inflation and Enrollment Based Budgeting (Exhibit 461A)
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.11.14_457_Steering) We direct that the Senate Executives develop and present for signature a MOU with the President specifying conditions to mitigate the situation surrounding compliance with Academic Rule 60 with specific criteria developed in consultation with the Senate Steering Committee. (Exhibits 234A, 444A, 444B, 444C, 457A, 457B, 457C)
    - Dr. S. Henry, Director of Cougar Health – The EP43 committee is having monthly meetings; focus was on technical aspects of AR60 not as much on the implementation.
    - D. Grigar – Are there faculty on the EP43 committee?
      1. Dr. S. Henry – Does not believe there are any faculty on the committee currently but would be willing to add.
    - Motion passed; Approved 44; 0 Reject
Discussion Items
1. (Item #2024.12.5_460_AAC) Undergraduate Bulletin No. 4. Requirements (Exhibit 460A)
  1. No discussion
2. (Item #2024.12.5_463_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 463A)
  1. No discussion
3. (Item #2024.12.5_464_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 464A)
  1. May have slight revisions. Resolved the MATH 466/566 and CPT S 456/556 issue. Removed CPTS 456/556 as a new course and added MATH 466/566 as a revised course seeking to add CPT S 456/556 as a cross list.
4. (Item #2024.12.5_458_Steering) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws, Article III, Section 4C (Steering Committee), paragraphs 2 and 3. (Exhibit 458A)
  1. J. Barber – each member of the steering committee will be afforded 1 vote. Is there verbiage that speaks to the campus representative votes?
    - M. Hudelson – will delineate the differences between the Executive Committee and the Steering Committee.
5. (Item #2024.12.5_465_CoC) Recommended approval of the faculty senate committee appointments for vacancy on the Graduate Studies Committee (Exhibit 465A)
  1. No discussion
Constituent Concerns
1. S. Se0 – Everett does not have medical services. Can we have medical support at the beginning of the semester?
  1. S. Henry – Would like to identify how Pullman can assist other
    campuses implement AR60 and report back to Faculty Senate.
2. S. Seo – Would it be possible to have a “temporary clinic” available on the other campuses to assist with students needing vaccinations?
3. J. Bonzo – Brought up that many constituents in his area wanted to echo the sentiments of the Faculty Forum post on 11/22 re: Service percentage.
4. D. Grigar – Academic Affairs Program Optimization (AAPO) – There are no faculty on this committee, do we know why?
  1. K. Roberts – Ken recently added to this committee. Does not know how the committee was formed from the applications received. He will inquire
5. C. Leeb – Glynda’s presentation mentioned concerns for international students and faculty, can you explain?
  1. S. Bollens – This is a chief concern at the Federal level, not at the state level. Incoming administration has a different plan.
  2. K. Roberts will take this to the International Affairs Committee

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: November 14, 2024

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday November 14,2024, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Sixty (60) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with twenty-four (24) absent, and fifteen (15) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Faculty Senate Chair, at 4:06 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): Center for Community Standards Update – Karen Metzner, Assistant Dean of Students and Director of the Center for Community Standards and Elizabeth Kelsey, Student Services Coordinator and Conduct Hearing Board Manager.

Call to Order.
Approval of minutes from October 31, 2024, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. A. Dimitrov motioned to add a new discussion item regarding proposal to suspend AR60; D. Grigar seconded
  1. Motion passed; Approved = 44; 2 Reject
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.11.4_455_Steering) Notice of Intent (NOI) to create a new academic unit, the Department of Community and Behavioral Health, in the College of Medicine (Exhibits 455A, 455B, 455C, 455D)
  1. No Discussion
    B. (Item #2024.11.5_456_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 3 (Exhibit 456A)
    - No Discussion
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.10.8_444_Steering) Proposal to place to hold on Academic Rule 60 (Exhibit 444A, 444B, 444C)
    - Motion passed with amended language to proposal; Approve = 42; Reject = 3
    - Motion to amend language (exhibit 444A) Proposal to place hold on Academic Rule 60 dated October 9, 2024, (p. 2) as follows
    - We are requesting a temporary hold on Academic Policy 60 for the non‐residential campuses through January 31, of 2025. Motion passed; Approve = 44, Reject = 2
  2. (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)
    1. Motion passed; Approve = 46, Reject = 3
  3. (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)
    - Motion passed; Approve = 48, Reject = 0
  4. (Item #2024.10.31_449_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3 Courses (Exhibit 449A)
    - Motion passed; Approve = 48, Reject = 0
  5. (Item#2024.10.31_450_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 450A)
    - Motion passed; Approved = 49, Reject = 0
  6. (Item #2024.10.31_451_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 451A)
    - Motion passed; Approved = 48, Reject = 0
  7. (Item #2024.10.31_452_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Requirements (Exhibit 452A)
    - Motion passed; Approved = 45, Reject = 0
2. Discussion Items
  1. We direct that the Senate Executives develop and sign a MOU with the President specifying conditions to mitigate the situation surrounding compliance with Academic Rule 60 with specific criteria developed in consultation with the Senate Steering Committee.
  2. Discussion revolved around ideas presented.
    - Fix website to make it easier to use for students
    - Getting staff (Advisors) knowledge on how to find vaccination records online on the state website
    - Develop MOU for signature by Faculty Senate Executives and the President to resolve the issue
  3. Set a deadline that will fall within the Faculty Senate meeting schedule to ensure senator participation in the final information approval.
Constituent Concerns
1. J. Cook – Asked senators to review a recent Faculty Forum post on Grade inflation and enrollment-based budgeting submitted by J. Cook and B. Cowan, School of Economic Sciences.
Adjournment: 5:09 pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: October 31, 2024

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday October 31,2024, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Fifty-six (56) senators were present, six (6) vacancies with thirty-one (31) absent, and twenty-six (26) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Faculty Senate Chair, at 3:30 pm.

Guest Presentation (30 minutes): University Budget and Finance update – Leslie Brunelli, Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration – Faculty Senate Comprehensive Budget Overview – 10.31.24

Call to Order: 3:30 pm
Approval of minutes from October 17, 2024, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved by consensus
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. None
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs – Reminder to please vote on Tuesday 11/5/24.
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair – Everett visit scheduled 11/14 & 15. Encouraged everyone to review the committee information on the website to help us ensure the information is correct.
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair – E. Shelden is on the University AI committee and there will be a survey coming out soon regarding how you use AI, please complete the survey.
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC) – K. Roberts has been working with committee members to fill vacancies, we still have a few to fill.
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary – We almost have a full senate roster.
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.10.31_453_) Notice of Intent to Rename the College of Education (Exhibit 453A) Please provide feedback on this proposal to Faculty Senate 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) – Updates approved by President Schulz.
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.10.17_428_Steering) Formal process for petitions and motions (Exhibit 428A, 428B, 428C, 428D) – Faculty Senate Forms website page
    - Approved; 49 approve, 0 rejected
  2. (Item #2024.10.17_429_Steering) Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibit 429A)
    - Approved; 52 approved, 0 rejected
  3. (Item #2024.10.17_446_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Requirements (Exhibit 446A)
    - Approved; 52 approved, 0 rejected
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)
    - A. Dimitrov – The expenses for the program indicate a deficiency in revenue, what is WSU obligation if the expenses for the program are not covered? WSU is not funding this project, fully funded externally. The students are funded by grants and contracts.
    - GSC did not have any major concerns. The only concern was lack of detail in Library section. How do you ensure quality over time?
  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)
    - A. Dimitrov – There were only a couple small comments about this proposal, can you provide more background on it?
      1. G. Crouch – Yes, this is a request to add a new plan under a current program and is not normally a concern to the committees who reviewed the proposal because it is standard practice to introduce new program plans in this manner.
  3. (Item #2024.10.31_449_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3 Courses (Exhibit 449A)
    - No discussion, move to November 14th agenda as action item
  4. (Item#2024.10.31_450_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 450A)
    - No discussion, move to November 14th agenda as action item
  5. (Item #2024.10.31_451_AAC) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit 451A)
    - A. Dimitrov – invalid committee reference of GSC (corrected),
      this item went through the course review process.
  6. (Item #2024.10.31_452_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Requirements (Exhibit 452A)
    - No discussion, move to November 14th agenda as action item
  7. (Item #2024.10.8_444_Steering) Proposal to place to hold on Academic Rule 60 (Exhibit 444A, 444B)
    - A. Dimitrov – The rationale for the request was sparse, issues are more complex and need more discussion. Based on the discussion with Risk Management, the health risk was not evaluated. Suspending this will impact individuals with compromised health issues who are at high risk. Question: This hold is requested through January 2025, is this the final deadline? No, the students will have a window until Fall 2025 semester and then the regulation would go back into effect.
    - D. Grigar – The Council of Faculty Representatives (CFR) committee spoke with many faculty in Vancouver. Initial reaction was “they were appalled”. Students were upset that there were staff and faculty who were not vaccinated. This issue is currently impacting 274 students in Vancouver. CFR will be meeting with ASWSU. CFR would like a larger discussion involving faculty and staff.
    - G. Taub – There are about 80ish students are impacted in Everett which is about ½ of the incoming juniors. The request to place a hold on AR60 is only for Everette, Spokane, and Vancouver.
    - V. Cozza – Of the 443 new/transfer students in Tri-Cities, 263 of them have holds, 22 of those were incorrect dates and held in error. Question: What happens to these students? Are there any options to help them?
    - M. Netzhammer – Vancouver started with 700 students and are now down to 274. Cougar Health says it is easy to get the information, students are not finding the process easy. As a reminder, all high-school students in the state of WA must be vaccinated (which is about 94% of the students in Vancouver).
    - E. Shelden – It doesn’t sound like there are the same level (numbers) of unvaccinated students on other campuses. Question: Can we extend the timeframe for these students to comply vs. suspending the rule?
    - J. McDonald – Resident vs. non-resident doesn’t seem to be a big issue. How do we have advisors work with the students on a 1:1 basis to find the information, can we find a way to help them Question – is this a new requirement? No, it has been in effect for Pullman and the requirement added to the other campuses recently.
    - C. Riley-Tillman – Have received varied responses to this issue. This is asking for a temporary hold on AR60, not enrolling these students would be a major complication to WSU. There are 1,200 students with holds.
    - T. Klein – Asked M. Netzhammer for more details based on this conversation. As a reminder, ALL health science majors MUST be vaccinated to attend classes and/or labs or work.
Constituent Concerns
1. None additional
Adjournment: 5:12 pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: October 17, 2024

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday October 17, 2024, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via zoom. Fifty-two (52) senators were present, five (5) vacancies with thirty-five (35) absent, and Sixteen (16) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Faculty Senate Chair, at 4:06 pm.

Guest Presentation: Graduate Student Bargaining Agreement – Tammy Barry, Vice Provost for Graduate & Professional Education and Kendra Hsieh, Human Resources Director, Labor Relations.

Call to Order – called to order at 4:06 pm.
Approval of minutes from October 3, 2024, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. Approved, no discussion
Additions or changes to the agenda
1. A. Dimitrov motioned to move Item #204.10.17_445_CoC from discussion item to action item; J. Miller seconded.
  1. Approved; 44 approve, 2 rejected
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs – provided update from Council of Faculty retreat. Faculty Compensation, continued support for student success and financial aid, and WA college grants will be focus for upcoming legislative sessions.
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair – T. Klein
    - Faculty Senate Executive leadership will visit Everett campus on November 14th & 15th
    - Faculty Senate leadership is meeting with the President and Provost regularly.
    - Leslie Brunelli indicated she would provide training for the Budget committee to aid in support of the University budget.
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
      - Presidential search will begin interviews in November.
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
        
        Working to fill all vacancies, two nominations to be discussed. Additional vacancies in Research and Arts committee and Graduate Studies committee. In addition, filling many student representative and ex-officio positions as well.
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary – We almost a full senate roster.
Information Items
1. A. (Item #2024.10.3_447_AAC) Minor Change Bulletin No. 2 (Exhibit
  447A)
  1. No discussion
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.10.3_437_AAC) Proposal to Revise Academic Rule 54 (Exhibit 437A)
    - Approved; 47 approve, 0 rejected
  2. (Item#2024.10.3_438_FAC) Faculty Manual updates to language and style, formatting, and Section III.C (Exhibits 438A, 438B, 438C)
    - Approved; 47 approve, 0 rejected
  3. (Item #2024.10.03_430_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 430A)
    - Approved; 46 approve, 0 rejected
  4. (Item #2024.10.03_431_AAC) UCORE Renewals and Changes Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 431A)
    - Approved; 46 approve, 0 rejected
  5. (Item #2024.10.03_432_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 432A)
    - Approved; 46 approve, 0 rejected
  6. (Item #2024.10.3_435_AAC) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2 Courses (Exhibit 435A)
    - Approved; 46 approve, 0 rejected
  7. (Item #2024.10.3_436_AAC) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2 Courses (Exhibit 436A)
    - Approved; 44 approve, 0 rejected
  8. (Item #2024.10.3_440_AAC) Undergraduate Bulletin No.1, Requirements (Exhibit 440A)
    - Approved; 44 approve, 0 rejected
  9. (Item #2024.10.3_442_AAC) Revision to Academic Regulation 27 (Exhibit 442A)
    - Approved; 43 approve, 0 rejected
  10. (Item #2024.10.3_443_GSC) Revision to the Graduate School Policies and Procedures Chapter 7.C.1 (Exhibit 443A)
    - Approved; 41 approve, 0 rejected
  11. (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)
    - Approved; 44 approve, 0 rejected
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item #2024.10.17_428_Steering) Formal process for petitions and motions (Exhibit 428A, 428B, 428C, 428D)
    - J. Cook – welcome change discussion re. Formal vs. Individual petition.
    - J. Schnieder – Can bullet #5 be edited to remove “such as the last Senate meeting of a year”? T. Klein agreed and provided an updated document.
    - Move to action item 10/31/24
  2. (Item #2024.10.17_429_Steering) Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibit 429A)
    - Committee will develop charge, representation of tenure track and career track. Move to action item 10/31/24
  3. (Item #2024.10.17_446_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. Requirements (Exhibit 446A)
    - No discussion, move to action item 10/31/24
  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)
  5. Alex Dimitrov motioned to move discussion item #4 to action; Jennifer Miller seconded.
Constituent Concerns
1. C. Leeb – is there discussion on unionizing the faculty and staff?
  1. K. Roberts – Spokane is creating a faculty organization, but not unionized.
  2. P. Buckley – if unionized, we may lose autonomy.
  3. D. Grigar – Some discussion in Pullman and Vancouver, low salaries, especially career track.
  4. S. Bollens – Four (4) of the six (6) (except UW and WSU) other institutions across state are unionized. Feedback received – generally pleased with union and magnitude of raises received. Less likely to push legislature
  5. R. Whitson – Have worked for unionized institutions and felt his autonomy was heightened.
2. R. Toolson – constituent concern regarding timing of mid-term reporting. Requests to move the deadline to week nine (9). T. Klein to follow-up on concern.
  1. G. Taub – timing of mid-term reporting is designed to provide at risk students ample time to adjust behavior before final exam.
  2. A. Dimitrov – students should be able to see progress in canvas to identify areas of concern. Midterm grades go to a broader audience (advisors & leadership).
  3. J. Schneider – discussion regarding requirement to submit mid-term grades, many faculty do not submit. Reporting is mandatory, not a choice. Asked for update on compliance by faculty.
3. D. Grigar – asked for update on timing of semester start issue. Many professors are not allotted time to prepare for syllabus. If faculty is to have a retreat, it must be scheduled after classes start or attend prior to semester start without pay.
Adjournment: 4:58 pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: October 3, 2024

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday October 3, 2024, in French Admin Graduate Studies Conference room 324F and via Zoom. Sixty-one (61) senators were present, five (5) vacancies with twenty-four (24) absent, and twenty-eight (28) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Eric Shelden, Past Senate Chair at the request of the Chair Tracy Klein, at 4:16 pm.

Guest Presentation: End of Year Address with President Kirk Schulz and Provost Elizabeth Chilton, Executive Vice President & Chancellor, WSU Pullman

Call to Order: Called to order at 4:16 pm
Approval of minutes from the September 19, 2024 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
- Approved by consent
Additions or changes to the agenda
- G. Taub motioned to move Items #2024.10.3_433_RAC and #2024.10.3_434_RAC from discussion items #1 and #2 to action items; A. Dimitrov seconded
  - Approved; 48 approved, 7 rejected
Announcements
1. Legislative Affairs – S. Bollens briefly touched on the Council of Faculty (CoF) retreat being held on 10/5/24.
2. Reports
  1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair
    1. Nominations open for Academic Affairs Program Optimization (AAPO) Steering Committee through October 11, 2024 – No questions.
  2. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    - E. Sheldon, Immediate Past Chair – Submitted self-nomination application for the Budget committee.
    - K. Roberts, Chair Elect – Information regarding the CoC meeting request will be distributed shortly.
      - Committee openings (CoC)
    - M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary – Matt discussed the opening for a Senator on the Student Service and Activities Fee committee. Committee opening will be posted on the website.
Information Items
1. (Item #2024.09.26_441_Steering) Consent Agenda Items Form (Exhibit 441A)
  - No discussion
2. (Item #2024.10.03_439_AAC) Minor Change Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 439A)
  - No discussion
Agenda Items
1. Action Items
  1. (Item #2024.09.19_422_AAC) Revisions to Academic Regulation 38 and 39 (Exhibit 422A)
    1. Approved; 53 approved, 0 rejected
  2. (Item #2024.09.19_424_ Steering) Amendment to the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws, incorporating “General Procedures & Policies for Senate Meetings” document (Exhibits 424A, 424B, 424C, 424D)
    1. Approved; 50 approved, 0 rejected
  3. (Item #2024.09.19_426_ AAC) Revisions to Academic Regulation 40 (Exhibit 426A)
    1. Approved; 51 approved, 0 rejected.
  4. (Item #2024.09.19_427_Steering) Recommendations to establish a standing Faculty Senate International Affairs Committee (Exhibit 427A)
    - Approved; 49 approved, 1 rejected
  5. (Item #2024.10.03_433_RAC) Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (Exhibit 433A)
    - Approved; 45 approved, 4 rejected
  6. (Item #2024.10.03_434_RAC) Center for Trauma Education and Community Health (C-TEaCH) (Exhibits 434A, 434B)
    - Approved; 47 approved, 1 rejected
2. Discussion Items
  1. ~~(Item #2024.10.3_433_RAC) Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (Exhibit 433A)~~
    1. G. Taub motioned to move discussion item #1 to action; A. Dimitrov seconded.
  2. ~~(Item #2024.10.3_434_RAC) Center for Trauma Education and Community Health (C-TEaCH) (Exhibit 434A, 434B)~~
    1. G. Taub motioned to move discussion item #2 to action; A. Dimitrov seconded.
  3. (Item #2024.10.3_437_AAC) Proposal to revise Academic Rule 54 (Exhibit 437A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  4. (Item #2024.10.3_438_FAC) Faculty Manual updates to language and style, formatting, and Section III.C (Exhibits 438A, 438B, 438C)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  5. (Item #2024.10.3_430_CRP) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 430A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  6. (Item #2024.10.3_431_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 431A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  7. (Item #2024.10.3_432_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit 432A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  8. (Item #2024.10.3_435_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 435A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  9. (Item #2024.10.3_436_CRP) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 436A)
    - No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  10. (Item #2024.10.3_440_CRP) Undergraduate Bulletin No. 1, Requirements (Exhibit 440A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  11. (Item #2024.10.3_442_AAC) Revision to Academic Regulation 27 (Exhibit 442A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24
  12. (Item #2024.10.3_443_ GSC) Revision to Graduate School Policies and Procedures Chapter 7.C.1 (Exhibit 443A)
    1. No discussion; move to action 10/17/24

Constituent Concerns
1. J. Schneider – The challenges with the Access Center have been discussed previously, however, professors are now being told to have exams submitted at least 48 hours in advance. This is an issue when the test is being updated until the time administered.
2. G. Taub – As a professor teaching across campuses, faculty is required to find proctors at each campus for their exams. Every campus Access Center has different policies regarding testing.
3. J. Lupinacci – ROAR scholars forum submission poses an issue as it delays the enrollment process sometimes well into the semester.
Meeting Adjourned 4:48pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathematics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

Meeting Minutes: September 19, 2024

Minutes

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday, September 19, 2024, in Graduate Office
Conference Room 324F and via Zoom. Sixty (60) senators were present with
twenty-five (25) absent, four (4) vacancies and fifteen (15) non-voting members
present. The meeting was called to order by the Senate Chair, Tracy Klein at 4:02
pm.

Guest Presentation: System-Wide welcome and updates from Student Affairs
Leadership

Call to Order.
Minutes from the April 4, 2024, faculty senate meeting (PDF).
1. J. Miller moved to approve, L. Fournier seconded: Approve 55/Reject 0
Additions or changes to the agenda
Announcements
1. Legislative affairs – Steve Bollens
2. Information Items
  1. Budget committee vacancy
  2. Tracy Klein appointed Matt Hudelson as Faculty Senate
    Parliamentarian
  3. (Item #2024.08.13_419_Steering) Revisions to Faculty Manual
    Section II.F and Section III (Exhibits 419A, 419B, 419C)
  4. (Item#2024.08.13_420_Steering) Revisions to EPPM Sections
    4, 5.1, 5.3, 13.1.5, 22, 29 (Exhibits 420A, 420B, 420C)
  5. (Item #2024.08.13_421_Steering) Revisions to EPPM Section
    5.2 for NWCCU compliance (Exhibit 421A) (redline version in
    Exhibit 420A)
  6. (Item #2024.04.03_416_AAC) Bachelor of Arts in Social Work
    final NWCCU approval (Exhibit 416L)
  7. (Item #2024.09.19_423_Steering) Report from the Salary Step
    Committee (Exhibit 423A)

Reports
1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair, Tracy Klein – The faculty
  senate executive officers met with the provost on August 27,
  2024 introducing the Academic Program Review Process.
2. The Faculty Senate Chair, Tracy Klein will present to the Board
  of Regents on Friday September 20th.
3. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Secretary, Matt
  Hudelson – Results of Faculty Senate Special Chair Elect
  position. Ken Roberts was elected as Chair-Elect. His term
  begins immediately.
4. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair, Tracy Klein – Faculty Senate
  Concerns and Activities Table (Table).
Agenda Items
1. Action Items – None
2. Discussion Items
  1. (Item #2024.09.19_427_Steering) Recommendation to
    establish a standing Faculty Senate International Affairs
    Committee (Exhibit 427A) No discussion
  2. (Item #2024.09.19_424_Steering) Amendment to the Faculty
    Senate Constitution and Bylaws, incorporating “General
    Procedures & Policies for Senate Meetings” document.
    (Exhibits 424A, 424B, 424C, 424D) No discussion
  3. (Item #2024.09.19_422_AAC) Revisions to Academic
    Regulations 38 and 39 (Exhibit 422A) No discussion
  4. (Item #2024.09.19_426_AAC) Revision to Academic
    Regulation 40 (Exhibit 426A) No discussion
Constituent Concerns
1. Joe Cook – Inquired about Access Center constituent concern
  submitted. The Faculty Senate Chair posted response on website 9/19/24
2. Caroline Torres – Question on timing of senators taking discussion
  items to constituents? The Faculty Senate Chair provided directive
  that this is the time for these items to be shared your constituents
  for feedback. The next time the items appear on the agenda,
  senators will be requested to vote and will be better prepared for
  discussion if items are taken to constituents.
3. Jennifer Miller – Thanked the Faculty Senate Chair for providing
  context on the discussion items.
Adjournment – 4:33 pm

Matthew G. Hudelson

Executive Secretary, WSU Faculty Senate

Associate Professor, Mathmatics

Email: mhudelson@wsu.edu

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