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.
Math Professor Judi McDonald was chosen by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee as a voting member of the WSU Board of Regents from a pool of candidates submitted by the WSU Faculty Senate.
It marks the first pay increase for WSU System President Kirk Schulz since he took the job in 2016 and follows his two years of voluntary pay cuts during the COVID‑19 pandemic.
The university’s top lawyer is taking a new systemwide role and will be replaced as division chief by an assistant attorney general who has worked alongside her since 2015.
Members of the Washington State University Board of Regents voted unanimously to increase the budget of WSU Vancouver’s Life Science Building, among other actions taken during their Friday meeting.
Members are expected to vote on several items, including additional funding for WSU Vancouver’s Life Sciences Building and revisions to the Standards of Conduct for Students.