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  • April Faculty Senate Chair Blog Dear All: The faculty senate greatly appreciates the efforts of the Board of Regents in conducting the recent and extensive listening sessions with all campuses. A summary of these sessions (PDF) and a letter from the Board of Regents Chair, Lisa Keohokalole Schauer (PDF), has been posted to the “Highlights” section of the Faculty Senate […]
  • March Faculty Senate Chair Blog I hope you all had a great spring break last week. A few updates and reminders from Faculty Senate: 1.      A few weeks ago, Exec asked Vice Provost of Enrollment Management Saichi Oba and Director of Admissions Andrew Brewick to update the Senate on efforts and progress toward addressing enrollment issues. Their response can be found […]
  • February Announcement Dear Colleagues, In recent days there have been several news articles in which faculty concerns have been raised about WSU’s trajectory and leadership. The text of these concerns have been posted to the faculty senate forum website here, along with responses made by the president (PDF) and Board of Regents (PDF). I hope these resources […]
  • Faculty Senate Chair New Year Update Welcome back to WSU for 2024. I hope you had a great break and a chance to recharge. It’s been an exciting start to the calendar year. Below is an update on the status of a number of issues, but first I hope you will join me in extending thanks to both the WSU and […]
  • Response from the President Received During the most recent visit to the faculty senate by President Schulz, there was insufficient time for him to address all questions submitted in advance. The president has provided responses to two of those questions (please see the response here). The president and his team are working to address a third question, which will be […]
  • Final Senate Meeting Responses from President Schulz In the last senate meeting of the year, President Schulz did not have time to respond to all the questions that had been submitted. Please see his responses here (PDF).
  • A Message From the Office of the President On February 2nd, a group of senior faculty at WSU submitted a letter to President Schulz with questions about a number of challenges that WSU faces. The president issued a response on March 9th. The Faculty Senate Executive Committee has been granted permission from the president and from the letter signatories to post this important […]
  • Summary of the Salary Equity Process, Fall 2022 The Provost’s Office recently completed an equity raise process and provided the following summary information to Faculty Senate.
  • WSU Pullman Childcare In an effort to better understand the constraints in the WSU Children’s Center, we met with their interim director and assistant director. As we know, Pullman struggles to maintain sufficient childcare. The WSU Childcare Center plays an important role. But it has an 12-18 month waiting period with 200+ children on its waiting list. The […]
  • Salary Equity Update The faculty senate executive officers met with the provost’s team on December 15, 2022, and asked for an update on the salary equity process. The intent of the process this year was to identify salaries that were more than a standard deviation below the mean and to raise them to at least that level. In […]