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Faculty Senate Agenda: January 30, 2025

WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE    

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, January 30, 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): WSU Extensions Update – Vicki McCracken, Associate Dean and Director of Extensions, and Michael Gaffney, Director of Extensions
  1. Call to Order
  2. Approval of minutes from the January 16, 2024 faculty senate meeting (PDF).
  3. Additions or changes to the agenda
  4. Announcements
    1. Provost Riley-Tillman Update
    2. Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
  5. Reports
    1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Chair – T. Klein
  6. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Team
    1. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
    2. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
      1. Committee openings (COC)
    3. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
  7. Information Items
    1. (Item #2025.01.30_485_GSC) Reactivation of Masters of Nursing Degree (Exhibit 485A)
    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)
  8. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
      1. (Item #2024.12.12_466_Steering) Proposal to create a Masters of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies degree (Exhibits 466A, 466B, 466C, 466D, 466E)
      2. (Item #2024.12.12_467_PHSC) Proposal to revise College of Medicine Future Academic Calendar dates 2024-2028 (Exhibits 467A, 467B, 467C)
      3. (Item #2024.12.20_471_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Courses (Exhibit 471A)
      4. (Item #2024.12.20_472_CRP) UCORE Renewals and Changes approved by the UCORE Committee Bulletin No. 3 (Exhibit 472A)
      5. (Item #2025.01.16_474_Steering) Proposal for new EPPM 31 Policy – Determination of Student Location (Exhibit 474A)
      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)
      7. (Item #2025.01.16_479_GSC) Recommended approval of policy for a new 4+1 policy request (Exhibits 479A, 497B)
      8. (Item #2025.01.16_482_AAC) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 5, Requirements (Exhibit 482A)
    2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item #2025.01.30_483_GSC) Recommended Approval of Nurse Educator and Systems Leadership plans under the Master of Nursing degree (Exhibits 483A, 483B, 483C)
      2. (Item #2025.01.30_486_CRP) Graduate Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 486A)
      3. (Item #2025.01.30_487_CRP) Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 6, Courses (Exhibit 487A)
      4. (Item #2025.01.16_484_Steering) Proposed revisions to EPPM Section 22 – New and Revised Courses and Requirements (Exhibits 484A, 484B)
  9. Constituent Concerns
  10. Adjournment