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Faculty Senate Agenda: December 4, 2025

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

The Faculty Senate will meet on Thursday December 4, 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.

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Guest Presentation (30 minutes): Legislative Update – Glynda Becker-Fenter, Vice President External Affairs and Government Relations; Jake Dowd, Director of Federal Relations; Chris Mulick, Sr. Director of State Relations; Connor Haggerty, Asst. Director, State Relations Office

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the November 13, 2025 Faculty Senate meeting (PDF)
  3. Additions or changes to the agenda
  4. Updates
    1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
      1. Faculty Senate Chair – K. Roberts
      2. Immediate Past Chair – T. Klein
      3. Chair Elect – C. Horne
      4. Executive Secretary – M. Hudelson
    2. Legislative Affairs – S. Bollens
    3. Board of Regents – T. Klein
  1. Information Items:

Note for agenda items: Senators are encouraged to bring questions about discussion items to the Senate meeting. You are also welcome to contact committee chairs if you have specific questions that they would like addressed before the senate meeting. Additionally, senators are encouraged to ask questions about exhibits before items are advanced to action items.

  1. Agenda Items:
    1. Action Items:
      1. (Item #2025.11.13_562_FAC) Proposed Housekeeping Updates to the Faculty Manual (Exhibits 562A, 562B, 562C, **562D) ** This exhibit has been added
      2. (Item #2025.11.13_563_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (563A)
      3. (Item #2025.11.13_564_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Courses (Exhibit 564A)
      4. (Item #2025.11.13_565_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 565A)
      5. (Item #2025.11.13_566_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee – Bulletin No. 1 (Exhibit 566A)
      6. (Item #2025.11.13_568_PHSC) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Requirements (Exhibit 568A)
      7. (Item #2025.11.13_569_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Requirements (Exhibit 569A)
      8. (Item #2025.11.13_570_Steering) Proposal to Discontinue BA in Hospitality Business Management, WSU Tri-Cities (Exhibits 570A, 570B, 570C, 570D, 570E, 570F)
      9. (Item #2025.11.13_572_FAC) Proposed Updates to the Faculty Manual Section II.F regarding Faculty Discipline (Exhibits *572A, 572B, 572C, *572D, *572E) *These exhibits are updated documents
    2. Discussion Items:
      1. (Item #2025.12.04_573_FAC) Recommended Faculty Manual Updates to references: BPPM and EP to UPPM (Exhibits 573A, 573B)
      2. (Item #2025.12.04_574_GSC) Recommended Graduate Certificate – Transition from K-12 to Adulthood (Exhibits 574A, 574B)
      3. (Item #2025.12.04_575_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Requirements (Exhibits 575A)
  1. Constituent Concerns:
  2. Adjournment: