Faculty Senate addresses dropping courses, grades
ALEXANDRIA OSBORNE, Evergreen reporter
October 23, 2020
Faculty Senate unanimously voted to reject a change in the rules when a student drops a course during an Oct. 22 meeting. If approved, a student who had a grade in a course and wanted to drop it would have needed the instructor’s approval to drop the class. Julie Akers, associate professor of pha...
WSU announces plans for virtual spring semester
MINDY MALONE, Evergreen reporter
October 16, 2020
The pandemic has created many disruptions to normalcy, including what the virtual spring semester will look like for students. Official changes include the cancelation of spring break and a delayed start date. Faculty Senate voted to eliminate spring break next semester and instead have a series of one-d...
Spring break canceled, semester to start late, faculty senate votes
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen reporter
October 9, 2020
Faculty Senate voted to change spring semester classes to start Jan. 19, cancel spring break and include one-day academic breaks throughout the semester. WSU is eliminating spring break because of public health concerns. The cancelation is a national trend, said Elizabeth Chilton, WSU provost and executive...
Faculty Senate addresses spring online classes, football program
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen reporter
September 25, 2020
WSU will hold most classes remotely next semester, WSU provost said during a Faculty Senate meeting held Thursday afternoon. One professor also made a case for removing football from the athletics department. Online Classes Smaller classes will be prioritized for in-person classes as well as cl...
Schulz takes pay cut, updates Faculty Senate on provost search
JAKOB THORINGTON, Evergreen reporter
April 10, 2020
The Division of Student Affairs is expecting to return $12-14 million to students requesting partial refunds for housing and dining fees. “This is a significant impact and just keep in mind, this is only six or seven weeks of our residence halls,” WSU President Kirk Schulz said. Schulz deli...
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