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Faculty Senate Agenda: February 26, 2026

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

The Faculty Senate will meet on Thursday February 26, 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):

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

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the February 12, 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
        • Faculty Senate Executive Elections announcement
    2. Board of Regents – T. Klein
    3. Legislative Update – S. Bollens
  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 #2026.02.12_596_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 596A)
      2. (Item #2026.02.12_597_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6 Courses (Exhibit 597A)
      3. (Item #2026.02.12_598_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 4, Courses (Exhibit 598A)
      4. (Item #2026.02.12_599_FAC) Proposed Update to Faculty Manual Section III.D.8 regarding descriptions for Regents Professor and Laureate Professor (Exhibits 599A, 599B)
      5. (Item #2026.02.05_600_Steering) NOI to Rename PhD Doctor of Philosophy – Individual Interdisciplinary Program to Doctor of Philosophy – Interdisciplinary Studies (Exhibits 600A, 600B, 600C, 600D)
      6. (Item #2026.02.12_601_GSC) Proposed Plan Updates from CESHS (Exhibit 601A, 601B)
      7. (Item #2026.02.12_602_GSC) College of Nursing Request to Close Academic Program Plans (Exhibit 602A, 602B)
    1. Discussion Items:
      1. (Item #2026.02.26_603_Steering) Proposed Amendments to the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws (Exhibits 603A, 603B)
      2. (Item #2026.02.26_604_GSC) Proposed Amendments to the Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures Manual (Exhibits 604A, 604B)
      3. (Item #2026.02.26_605_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 8, Requirements (Exhibit 605A)
      4. (Item #2026.02.26_606_AAC) Proposed updated Catalog Subcommittee function language (Exhibit 606A)
  1. Constituent Concerns:
  2. Adjournment: