The Faculty Senate convened Thursday, hearing a presentation on AI tools being tested by WSU libraries and revisiting a proposal for introducing 90-credit bachelor’s degrees. WSU libraries are currently...

Bill Davis, vice provost for academic engagement and student achievement, introduced new plans for three-year bachelor’s degree programs during Thursday’s WSU Faculty Senate meeting. These programs...

In the first faculty senate meeting of 2023, questions and concerns arose from Luke Premo, College of Arts and Sciences Senate member and WSU anthropology professor, about budget and academic funding...

Next fall, students coming to WSU for the first time will be referred to as “first-year students” and not “freshmen.” Bill Davis, interim vice provost for academic engagement and student achievement,...

Faculty Senators voted for Eric Shelden, School of Molecular Biology associate professor, as their chair-elect during their meeting Thursday.  Of the 86 faculty senators, 63 cast votes and one...

WSU Faculty Senators discussed declining enrollment and upcoming payment plans during their meeting Thursday.  Enrollment  Undergraduate enrollment at public four-year institutions around the country...

Faculty senators have until March 22 to elect their next chair. The two candidates running for Faculty Senate Chair are anthropology professor Jeannette Mageo and molecular biosciences professor Eric...

With case numbers rising throughout Whitman County, Faculty senators expressed concern over the university's handling of COVID-19 during their meeting on Thursday. Whitman County is over 1,500 cases...

Faculty senators voted to suspend academic probation across the WSU system during a meeting on Thursday. The senate also rejected a motion that would have added a new equity and justice UCORE category. Bill...

WSU Faculty Senate discussed during a Thursday meeting a proposal to add another UCORE category called equity and justice. Adding an equity and justice UCORE category will help clarify the content...

Faculty senators expressed frustration at a meeting Thursday with the uncompetitive pay WSU gives certain staff members. Michael Neff, professor in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, said one...

WSU administrators spoke with faculty senators about the university’s COVID-19 response as fall semester approaches during the last Senate meeting Thursday afternoon. President Kirk Schulz and Provost...