Category: Shared Governance

The next University Staff Senate (USS) meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 in 265 Rhatigan Student Center, Lucas Room. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

Faculty are called to participate in shared governance at the general faculty meeting from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 31 in 110 Woolsey Hall. Faculty will vote on the following two agenda items:

• General Education Transfer policy implementation (note that the lists on page two are now inaccurate because the proposal was amended in Faculty Senate to exclude first-year seminar courses from buckets one through six):
  • The General Education Transfer framework was adopted by the Kansas Board of Regents on June 15, 2022. How to best implement it at WSU was initially tasked to the General Education Committee. The committee proposal was amended in Faculty Senate, then approved in Faculty Senate on Feb. 27. In order to ensure that faculty have sufficient time to research and consider the implications of amendments to this proposal, any substantive amendments should be emailed to Susan Castro at susan.castro@wichita.edu by Tuesday, March 21. Find the running list of amendments proposed in advance here.
• Policy change allowing the General Assembly to meet electronically or dual mode:
  • The electronic meeting policy was approved by the Faculty Senate in 2022 but cannot take effect until approved by the General Assembly.

Direct accommodation requests, amendment proposals and questions to Susan Castro, president of the Faculty Senate, at susan.castro@wichita.edu.

The next University Staff Senate meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 via Zoom. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

The Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27 in 110A Woolsey Hall and will also be available via Zoom.

Senators have been sent the meeting information. Faculty Senate is held on the second and fourth Monday of each month.

For more information or to join the meeting via Zoom, email Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu.

The Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 in 110A Woolsey Hall and will also be available via Zoom.

Senators have been sent the meeting information. Faculty Senate is held on the second and fourth Monday of each month.

For more information or to join the meeting via Zoom, email Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu.

The Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 in 110A Woolsey Hall and will also be available on Zoom.

This meeting will include an introduction and first read of the general education transfer policy update per new KBOR requirements.

Senators have been sent the meeting information. Faculty Senate is held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

For more information or to join the meeting via Zoom, email Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu.

The Faculty Senate meeting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23. The new meeting location is 110A Woolsey Hall and will also be available on Zoom.

Senators have been sent the meeting information. Faculty Senate is held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month.

For more information or to join the meeting via Zoom, email Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu.

The Faculty Senate has two university at-large seats open for nominations to serve a two-year term starting in the 2023-24 academic year.

University at-large senators represent the faculty of the entire university, not just a specific college or division. The senate meets from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month during the regular academic year.

All faculty are eligible for nomination, including current senators whose term expires this year.  Submit your nominations to Lee Ann Birdwell at leeann.birdwell@wichita.edu by 5 p.m. on Feb. 3.  Self-nominations are strongly encouraged.

The next University Staff Senate meeting is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Jan. 17 via Zoom. All USS meetings are open to the Wichita State campus community.

Save the date for a Faculty Senate meeting at 3:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30.

The topic is tentatively an introduction and first read of the General Education Transfer Policy update per new KBOR requirements.

More details on the location to come.