PULLMAN, Wash. – The Board of Regents of Washington State University will hold a regularly scheduled meeting Oct. 23 and 24 in Room 204 of the Compton Union Building to consider action items, including items related to the schematic design of the Spokane Teaching Health Center (STHC) project, the conferral of an honorary doctor of fine arts degree, and a proposed schedule of regents meeting for the balance of the current school year.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. Oct. 23 with a meeting of the Regents’ Executive Committee, to be followed by consecutive meetings of the Regents’ Finance & Audit, Academic and Student Affairs, and External Affairs committees. Each committee session will convene immediately following the completion of the previous session. All four sessions are scheduled to conclude prior to 4:15 p.m.
The Regents will re-convene at the same location at 8 a.m. on Friday to initially hear reports, including reports from the WSU Faculty Senate, Graduate and Professional Student Association, Associated Students of WSU, WSU Administrative Professional Advisory Council, WSU Alumni Association and WSU Foundation.
The Regents are expected to take action on recommendations including:
- A proposal to approve schematic design documents for the 42,623-gross-square-foot Spokane Teaching Health Center (STHC) to be located on Martin Luther King Ave. in Spokane, Wash. The STHC is a Washington non-profit corporation formed to serve as the teaching health center for graduate medical education and provide primary health care services. Members of the consortium include Providence Health Services, WSU, and Empire Health Foundation. The project will also relocate Providence’s family and internal medicine residency programs, which currently teach 41 residents, and clinic to the Spokane campus. The STHC supports the university’s goal to increase Graduate Medical Education admissions, and create and foster University interdepartmental and clinical faculty opportunities, which will enhance the Spokane Campus health science mission. The project provides inter-professional, team-based clinical and primary care opportunities for the faculty and students in the Colleges of Nursing, Pharmacy and Medical Sciences. The Board of Regents approved the design and construction of the WSU Spokane, Spokane Teaching Health Center Project in September 2014.
- A recommendation by WSU President Elson S. Floyd to confer an honorary Washington State University Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts to Jordan D. Schnitzer, president of Harsch Investment Properties and an active leader in Oregon civic causes for more than 35 years. Schnitzer, of Portland, Ore., owns a vast collection of contemporary fine art prints and has supported the arts in numerous ways and locations throughout the country. Last year he lent his support to a new museum of art on the Pullman campus with a $5 million donation, the largest act of private patronage to the arts in WSU history. He has been recognized for his philanthropy with numerous honors and awards throughout Oregon, including the Governor’s Arts Award and awards from the University of Oregon, Marylhurst University and Portland State University. In 2009, he received the Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Award from the national Association of Fundraising Professionals.
The complete meeting agenda is available online at http://regents.wsu.edu/meeting-dates/102414notice.html.
Media contact:
Robert Strenge, WSU News, 509-335-3583, rstrenge@wsu.edu