CWU Board of Trustees Retreat Agenda | July 2026

Exhibit B Revise Faculty Code section IV to allow four NTT senators

Faculty Code Section IV. Faculty Senate B. Membership 1. The Senate shall include: a. Voting members The following voting members are selected from faculty who hold no concurrent exempt appointment. i. One senator and an alternate are elected by and from TT/T faculty from each academic department and the library. ii. Additional senators, elected as directed in paragraph Ii above, allocated to departments as specified in the Senate Bylaws (Bylaws). iii. One senator-at-large and an alternate from each of the CWU centers that have at least five full-time faculty. Also one senator-at-large and an alternate for the remaining centers with fewer than five full-time faculty. Senators-at-large and alternates may be full-time NTT, and are elected by the faculty at the respective center(s). iii. CAH, CEPS, and COTS will each have two (2) one (1) NTT senator and two (2) one (1) NTT alternates, elected by and from the NTT faculty in those colleges. Additionally, one (1) NTT senator-at-large and one (1) NTT alternate will be elected by and from NTT faculty who are not in CAH, CEPS, or COTS. NTT senators and alternates will be elected during in the spring quarter for the following year by those NTT faculty under contract in the preceding winter quarter. Eligible NTT faculty will have a minimum of twelve (12) WLUs for the year they serve. The senators and alternates shall serve for one academic year contingent on continued employment as NTT faculty at CWU. The EC shall oversee the election. a. If the elected senator’s workload drops below the 12 minimum WLUs, the alternate will serve as senator. If the alternate’s workload drops below 12 WLUs or they are unable to serve, the unit will hold an election as soon as is practical. b. NTT faculty who work in two or more units are eligible to vote and be nominated for senator or alternate in the unit in which they work the most WLUs during the winter quarter of the election year. If faculty work an equal number of WLUs in two or more units, they may vote and be nominated for only one senate position. b. Nonvoting members There shall also be the following ex officio, nonvoting members: i. the President;

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