The afternoon session reconvened at 1:10 pm.
Board Committee Reports • Executive Committee and Governance o Committee Report
Trustee Gillis reported that the executive committee has received an update on Foundation work and the Comprehensive Campaign, which will launch the public phase in the fall. They have received updates on Capital Projects. The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony of the Multicultural Center was April 10. Trustee Jenkins spoke at the event and was recognized for the naming of the Zabrina Jenkins Family Welcome Lounge inside the Multicultural Center. The North Academic Complex Grand opening is October 2. We continue to look for funding at the state and federal levels for geothermal. The executive committee has also received updates on Strategic Enrollment Management, Shared Equity and Belonging, and Adaptive University. In addition, they receive regular updates on budget, enrollment and recruitment, strategic plan initiatives, and litigation. The executive committee has participated in several individual meetings with departments and groups and hosted three listening sessions. An email was sent to the campus yesterday regarding updates on the Board Action Plan and next steps. Trustee Black has suggested that the board may want to think about hosting listening sessions on a more regular basis in the future. Trustees Hensler and Gillis attended the Association of Governing Boards Conference in March with President Wohlpart and Chief of Staff Cochran. It was very educational and time well spent. Trustee Charbonneau reported that the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee (BOT AAC) was asked to work with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) on aligning the Faculty Code with the Shared Governance document, so they have been doing a lot of work on that and building trust within the group. The BOT AAC and the FSEC have been meeting every two weeks to try and unpack definitions of what shared governance looks like and what it looks like moving forward. Understanding that we could use some help with definitions of shared governance, the board reached out to Steve Bahls from the Association of Governing Boards. He will be helping us with this. He is very experienced in this area. Dr. Bahls has been a faculty member, served as a university president, and has been a consultant to other universities that have gone through similar processes. Dr. Bahls joined the last BOT AAC and FSEC meeting to start the process of helping us understand shared governance. Trustee Charbonneau added that Dr. Bahls is not coming in to fix the problem. He will be helping us walk through the process together and help us understand what shared governance can look like for CWU. All the work that the group is doing is available to review on the SharePoint site as well. Trustee Gillis clarified that that Dr. Bahls was not selected through the usual RFP process. We collected names of vendors that could potentially deliver the service and Faculty Senate assisted in identifying these vendors as well. Then Dr. Cochran reached out to the agencies and asked for proposals. We received three responses. o Provost’s Report Provost Pease gave an update on where we are with class scheduling. The goals of structured scheduling were identified to improve processes to increase retention and persistence rates, support balanced course enrollments across the schedule, improve in-person opportunities for residential students, enhance orientation and increase enrollment, and clarify academic pathways and planning for students. The consultation process included three working sessions with associate deans and the Office of the Registrar to develop the first draft. The chairs were also consulted during this time. A two-hour • Academic Affairs Committee o Committee Report
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