committees

Visioning committee report due April 1

PULLMAN – A fresh look at general education is the focus of the General Education Visioning Committee, appointed by Warwick Bayly, acting provost, to provide a vision and strategy by April 1.   The committee was formed in response to a goal in the April 2008 Academic Affairs Program Prioritization to “review the philosophy and […]

Faculty sought for 22 openings

Listed below are 22 faculty vacancies on WSU committees. A few must be filled by faculty from a particular college. All committees have requirements concerning faculty tenure, years of service at WSU, etc. Those details on functions, composition and tenure can be found under the specific committee name at the Faculty Senate committee website http://facsen.wsu.edu/committees/index.html. […]

University service necessary for shared governance

From Barry Swanson, executive secretary, Faculty Senate; Fran McSweeney, vice provost for Faculty Affairs; and the Faculty Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate Washington State University, as other universities, faces a crisis in faculty service. Twenty- five years ago, the Committee on Committees recruited at least two faculty members for each opening on a Faculty […]