University Affairs

A system-wide committee has updated the suite of one-to-four-credit university student-success courses and processes for the first time in a decade, resulting in several changes effective starting in fall 2023.

The program is designed for health care executives to sharpen their leadership skills and business competencies and for rising health care professionals to advance their careers.

President Kirk Schulz will deliver the keynote address followed by a Q&A moderated by WSU Spokane Chancellor and Executive Vice President of Health Sciences Daryll DeWald. Questions can be submitted in advance.

Schultz helped put the Fender’s blue butterfly on the road to recovery and is currently working to restore monarch butterfly populations. She will deliver the Distinguished Faculty Address at 3:30 p.m., March 29.

Beginning Fall 2023, course syllabi will look noticeably shorter.

The visit on March 22 will start with a campus and building tour followed by a panel discussion at 10 a.m. with WSU Everett graduates.

K. Raleigh Hansen is available to review questions, provide interpretation guidance and ensure employees act within the constraints of the law.

Adesope, a professor of educational psychology as well as the Boeing Distinguished Professor of STEM Education, will begin his second two‑year term on July 1.

Regents also voted to approve revisions to the university’s undergraduate housing requirement, eliminating an exemption that allowed first‑year students to request an exemption to live in fraternity or sorority houses.

Ellen Taylor has announced her intention to retire from WSU in December 2023. A national search is planned for her replacement.