Forum Post Over the years, I have tried to be a good citizen and have responded to all the surveys I have been requested to take. However, the number I receive each year both internally from WSU and externally from many organizations has become daunting, and I am almost to the point where I’m just […]
Concern There is a clause allowing FTE reduction without notice in career-track continuous contracts. While I believe that the overall results of the new career track name and categories have been positive, my own career track faculty and I are still concerned about the clause in continuous contracts that reserves the right to reduce FTE […]
September 2022 Faculty Senate Meeting
Concern According to the US News Ranking, over the past 6 years WSU has dropped from 140 to 212 (140 (2018), 140, 166, 176, 179, 212 (2023). We are now last in the PAC 12 (closest is Oregon State at 151). University of Idaho is ranked 176. Other schools tied at 212 include University of […]
Guest Presentation: New Academic Year Welcome, President Kirk Schulz, WSU System, Provost Elizabeth Chilton, Executive Vice President & Chancellor, WSU Pullman. Faculty Senate Officers met with the WSU president and provost on September 12th, 2022. Matthew Hudelson will serve as the 2022 – 2023 Faculty Senate Parliamentarian […]
Dear Colleagues – many faculty at WSU have 9-mo appointments whereby salary is distributed for the 9-month academic year, but not during the summer months. WSU has never been in a position to spread checks from <12-month appoints across 12 months. There are some complicated accounting reasons for this and while it is technically feasible, […]
Concern On Friday, 6/24, SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade, essentially removing a longstanding precedent and what was interpreted in 1973 as a constitutional right to abortion under the 14th amendment’s due process clause. I am sure our university leadership will be providing more comprehensive information and statements this week, but it cannot come too soon. […]
Concern It is difficult to read emails with the latest implementation of the ‘[EXTERNAL EMAIL] DO NOT CLICK’ before the body of emails. Please request IT survey faculty before implementing changes that affect the everyday lives of Faculty. For example, a faculty survey may have identified an alternative, more preferable, placement of such warnings. Furthermore, […]
Dear Colleagues – Kiara Drake, Assistant Director, Civil Rights Compliance, provided us with an updated file to help faculty better understand their role in the student accommodations process. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. View the linked Student Accommodation PowerPoint Sincerely, Douglas Call
Concern Hi all, All hiring of faculty should be done by the subject matter department and within disciplines. Faculty in departments know the requirements and the qualifications necessary to teach in their discipline in a way that Global campus does not and cannot. Should any monies be allocated for hiring to bolster teaching in Global, […]