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 […]
The switchback is complete. Chuck Pezeshki and Ken Struckmeyer have traded positions, making them chair and chair elect of the Faculty Senate once again. Pezeshki and Struckmeyer began in this configuration when elected in 2004, then switched places following the 2005 election, and now are switching back for a final year.Awaiting Pezeshki this fall was […]
Batman and Robin, the Lone Ranger and Tonto, Laurel and Hardy, Pezeshki and Struckmeyer. Okay, the last two aren’t as well known as the first ones, unless you follow Washington State University’s Faculty Senates.It appears this well-known duo — Chuck Pezeshki and Ken Struckmeyer — will be appearing for a third time on the Faculty […]
Money talks. And nowhere is it talking louder than in collegiate athletics. Granted, the rules addressing college athletes have become more stringent and rigorously enforced in the past several years, particularly in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. But that does not mean money and winning are not important issues. Washington State University will host faculty […]
Plagiarism and cheating — two thorny problems challenging universities nationwide — are among the issues to be tackled by a new Faculty Senate task force. Washington State University’s Faculty Senate recently appointed a task force on academic integrity and assigned it to study: • developing an academic integrity code • helping plan education and prevention […]
Faculty Senate With the start of a new school year comes a fresh Faculty Senate, and this year’s chair, Ronald Brosemer, is feeling positive about the year ahead. In this time of tight budgets, he said, everyone must work together in order to reach goals and better the Washington State University climate. The Faculty Senate […]
Barry G. Swanson is the current chair of the Faculty Senate and has been associated with faculty governance at WSU for 29 years. The following is an interview with Swanson focusing on faculty issues and his personal experiences at the university. Q: What does the Faculty Senate do?Swanson: The senate represents nearly 2,100 part-time and […]