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Faculty Senate Agenda: January 29, 2026

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

The Faculty Senate will meet on Thursday January 29, 2026 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 Presentations (30 minutes):

Records Retention – Kenyah Thomas, Office of Policy and Governance

WSU Library AI Tools – Emily Cukier, Science Librarian; Jon Schoenfelder, Reference Coordinator/Undergraduate Services Librarian; & Alex Merrill, Associate Dean for Technology and Operations

State Legislative Update – Stephen Bollens, WSU Faculty Senate Representative to the State Legislature

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the January 15, 2026 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. Board of Regents – T. Klein
  1. Information Items:
    • (Item #2026.01.22_579_Steering) Proposal to Rename Educational Psychology Program (Exhibits 579A, 579B)

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 #2026.01.15_576_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 576A)
      2. (Item #2026.01.15_577_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 3, Courses (Exhibit 577A)
      3. (Item #2026.01.15_578_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 578A)
      4. (Item #2026.01.15_580_FCC) Proposed Faculty Compensation Committee Function Language (Exhibit 580A)
      5. (Item #2026.01.15_581_FCC) Proposed International Affairs Committee Function Language (Exhibit 581A)
      6. (Item #2026.01.15_582_COC) Proposed updated Committee on Committees Function Language (Exhibits 582A, *582B) *This updated exhibit has been added
      7. (Item #2026.01.15_583_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Courses (Exhibit 583A)
      8. (Item #2026.01.15_584_CRP) Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Courses (Exhibit 584A)
    • Discussion Items:
      1. (Item #2026.01.29_586_AAC) Proposed 90 credit Bachelor’s Degree update to Academic Regulation 50 (Exhibit 586A)
      2. (Item #2026.01.29_587_AAC) Proposed 90-credit Bachelor’s Degree update to Academic Regulation 53 (Exhibit 587A)
      3. (Item #2026.01.29_588_AAC) Proposed 90-credit Bachelor’s Degree update to Academic Regulation 114E (Exhibit 588A)
      4. (Item #2026.01.29_589_Steering) Proposal to Create MS in Sustainable Aviation Fuels (Exhibits 589A, 589B, 589C, 589D, 589E, 589F, 589G)
      5. (Item #2026.01.29_590_Steering) Proposal to Create MS in Viticulture and Enology Program on Tri-Cities Campus (Exhibits 590A, 590B, 590C, 590D, 590E, 590F, 590G, 590H, 590I)
      6. (Item #2026.01.29_591_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Requirements (Exhibit 591A)
      7. (Item #2026.01.29_592_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 7, Requirements (Exhibit 592A, *592B) * This document has been corrected
      8. (Item #2026.01.29_593_PHSC) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 2, Requirements (Exhibit 593A)
      9. (Item #2026.01.29_594_AAC) Proposed EPPM32 regarding the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Code Assignment (Exhibits 594A, 594B)
  1. Constituent Concerns:
  2. Adjournment: