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• August Faculty Senate Chair Blog Greetings! As the 2024-2025 Chair of the WSU Faculty Senate I’d like to welcome you back as we anticipate our first Fall meeting on September 19, 2024. During the summer semester, the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and Steering Committee meet periodically. This summer, the Steering Committee approved Title IX language for the Faculty Manual which […]
  August 20, 2024
• May Faculty Senate Chair Blog Dear All, I hope the ends of the semester is going smoothly and you will be able to take part in the upcoming celebration of student graduations on our campuses. A couple of quick updates and reminders from the Senate chair: 1: In response to constituent concerns, WSU Human Resources has revised their website that […]
  May 1, 2024
• 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 […]
  April 18, 2024
• 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 […]
  March 18, 2024
• 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 […]
  February 26, 2024
• 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 […]
  January 22, 2024
• 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 […]
  November 16, 2023
• 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).
  June 5, 2023
• 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 […]
  April 17, 2023
• 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.
  March 1, 2023