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Constituent Concerns with Responses
Au Pairs as a Potential Solution to Childcare Concerns
Forum Post Faculty member Anne Marie Guerrettaz provided the information below regarding au pairs: If you are looking for (creative) solutions to the childcare shortage that affects many faculty, you […]
Communication from President Schulz
Forum Post For a communication from President Schulz about issues of concern to the university community, please see the faculty senate blog. Comments
Re-Imagining WSU’s Research Enterprise
Forum Post We write to express our concerns about the stagnant research enterprise at WSU. While we have many things to be proud of, neither of us are content with […]
ChatGPT & AI
Forum Post Over the course of this semester, I have noticed a few trickles of students trying to use AI to do their work for them. It seems easy enough […]
Widespread Faculty Concerns about the Athletics Budget
Forum Post On February 21, 2023, Von Walden, Glen Duncan, and I delivered a letter to President Schulz, Provost Chilton, and Board of Regents Chair Dickinson describing faculty concerns about […]
Increase in VP Roles
Forum Post How many Associate and Assistant VPs does WSU Pullman have now? Is there an updated organizational chart reflecting the most recent hires in 2022-2023 that can be shared […]
Good News for WSU
Forum Post Good news for WSU – WSU Nets Top 100 Ranking Among U.S. Universities – WSU Insider Response For insight into the research.com university ranking methodology, scroll down to […]
Parking is Crazy Expensive
Forum Post The cost of parking for faculty and staff is outrageous. For example, $850 for an orange permit or $600 for a green permit is outrageous. By comparison, across […]
A Compensation Strategy for Faculty is Needed at WSU
Forum Post To meet its mission and vision WSU must invest in its faculty. The College and University Professional Association for Human Resources has shown that there is a national […]
Forming an Investigative Committee To Provide Accountability Analysis
Forum Post I received the following message from one of my colleagues in CAHNRS. They wanted it to be shared with the Faculty Senate. “I am becoming quite worried that […]
Why are we not allowed to comment on graduate student unionization?
Post I am concerned that the guidance we have received thus far from the institution regarding the ongoing WSU graduate student unionization process essentially prevents faculty and staff from showing […]
Waitlist up to 18 months at the WSU Children’s Center
Post In December of 2022, The Learning Center closed in Pullman. This left many families scrambling for childcare and many have had to find an arrangement that is less than […]
Parental Leave
Post The parental leave policy at WSU does not meet the needs of many 9-month faculty who teach. Specifically, leaves tend to be granted for 12 weeks (per federal FML […]
Workday Problems During Job Applications
Post Hello, I am chairing a search committee in my school. Applicants are required to upload 8 documents (such as, CV, job market paper, DEI statement, etc.). Screening begins Dec. […]
Summer 2023 Start Date
Post In 2022, there was confusion regarding announced and retracted changes to the 2022 summer semester start date, specifically that there would be a week of time between the end […]
Vaccination Requirements for WSU Students
Post I read in the MP Daily News that you are discussing possibly requiring Covid-19 vaccinations for students. I strongly support this idea — but it must be made clear […]
Pay Gaps for Professors Among Colleges & Departments
Post There is a huge gap for professors in different ranks and different departments. Many professors are paid less than assistant or associate professors. For example, the department of mathematics […]
Technology in the SPARK Building Is Not Working
Post REQUEST 1: Please have the doors to the Faculty Hoteling Rooms in SPARK left unlocked. The calendar system for booking the hoteling and conference rooms in SPARK is not […]
Technology Issues in Classrooms
Post I have noticed and experiencing this semester an increasing number of break-downs with equipment and video-conferencing connections. In my case, this is mostly in Webster and Spark. They are […]
Football Game Parking Impacts For Those Who Have to Be On Campus to Teach
Post There is concern from faculty and graduate students about the football game within the week, and the blocking of parking spaces. For some of our faculty and graduate students […]
- Au Pairs as a Potential Solution to Childcare Concerns
- Communication from President Schulz
- Re-Imagining WSU’s Research Enterprise
- ChatGPT & AI
- Widespread Faculty Concerns about the Athletics Budget
- Increase in VP Roles
- Good News for WSU
- Parking is Crazy Expensive
- A Compensation Strategy for Faculty is Needed at WSU
- Forming an Investigative Committee To Provide Accountability Analysis
- Why are we not allowed to comment on graduate student unionization?
- Waitlist up to 18 months at the WSU Children’s Center
- Parental Leave
- Workday Problems During Job Applications
- Summer 2023 Start Date
- Vaccination Requirements for WSU Students
- Pay Gaps for Professors Among Colleges & Departments
- Technology in the SPARK Building Is Not Working
- Technology Issues in Classrooms
- Football Game Parking Impacts For Those Who Have to Be On Campus to Teach
- Addressing Culture in the WSU Police Department After Resignations
- An Increase in the Number of Surveys We Are Asked to Take
- FTE Reduction Without Notice in Career-Track Continuous Contracts
- Why did WSU drop over 30 places in US News College Ranking?
- WSU Leadership’s Statement on the Overturning of Roe v Wade
- WSU IT Security Decision Transparency
- Global Hiring of Faculty
- Global Campus Hiring Faculty?
- HB 1051 question
- Parking Inflation
- Costs to Move The President Downtown
- Vice-chancellor Position & Administrative Expenses Concern
- Constituent Concern Re: Land Grant Revenue
- Concern for In-person Classes during the Omicron Outbreak
- Problems with curricular “compromise,” and a request for change.
- Inability to give ‘soft money’ technicians a pay raise
- Written policy on non vaccine compliance
- Updates on COVID precautions
- Concerns about salary being offered permanent employees in Spokane
- Constituent Concern: Communication from Central Administration
- Constituent Concern: COVID 19 Budget Issues and Priorities
- More Questions & Clarifications on Information Provided
- Questioning the statistical integrity of the vax rates reported
- Please sign this petition for a safer teaching and learning environment at WSU
- Pullman-centric COVID-19 update
- Covid Petition
- Request for further clarification of COVID FAQs
- The rising covid case rate – even among vaccinated individuals – has many instructors concerned about the university moving forward with face-to-face instruction, especially in large enrollment courses.
- There is no plan for what happens to an instructor if/when they fall ill.
- Hybrid Models of Teaching for Primary Caregivers given Delta