January 26, 2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda | Faculty Senate

Meeting Date

January 26, 2026 - 4:00 pm

Location

OM 340

Meeting Agenda
4:00	Call to Order and Approval of Minutes January 6, 2026 ACC Minutes January 12, 2026 Faculty Senate Minutes
4:05	Reports and Announcements Erika McPhee-Shaw, Faculty Senate President Sabah Randhawa, University President Brad Johnson, Provost and Executive Vice President Ginny Dawson, UFWW Vice-President Bidisha Biswas, Faculty Legislative Representative (FLR Report) Tesla Monson, Faculty Senate Budget Representative John Hardgrove, ASWWU Senate President
4:20	Action Items Approve Revision of "declaring a major" catalog language (Approved by ACC on November 18, 2025, and discussed by Faculty Senate on January 12, 2026) ACC Motion Log/Background Information Support Proposed Revisions to English Language Proficiency Test Scores in Undergraduate International Admissions
4:30	Discussion Items AI at WWU (10-minute presentations, followed by 20-minute discussion/Q&A) Critical AI Literacies Collective - Xi Wang, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies/Institute for Energy Studies, and Emily Spracklin, Teaching and Learning Librarian/Subject Teams Coordinator, Western Libraries How AI is Transforming CS Practice and Faculty Perspectives - Kameron Harris, Associate Professor, Computer Science Writing, Research, and AI Fellows - Shannon Kelly, Head of Writing Instruction Support/Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, and Neah Ingram-Monteiro, Teaching and Learning and Community Engagement Librarian, Western Libraries
5:20	Items from the Floor
5:30	Adjournment

Items From The Floor

The final section of each Faculty Senate meeting agenda is for "items from the floor." This has primarily been used for senators to bring up impromptu constituent concerns. Time permitting, up to three non-Senator guests attendees may sign up for a 3-minute time slot raise issues or concerns. Sign up in advance at Faculty.Senate@wwu.edu or at the entry table in the Board of Trustees room beginning at 3:50 p.m. on Senate meeting days.