Trustee Charbonneau expressed appreciation for the meetings that happened quickly. This is a signature that folks care deeply about CWU, our students, faculty, staff, and administration. There is no lack of care going on here. Trustee Charbonneau added that he looks forward to working with the Faculty Senate in these meetings. The group will need to make sure they up the cadence of these meetings and discussions so the rest of the board can be updated more frequently. Trustee Charbonneau also mentioned that through all this process, he has been asking himself several questions including how we got to this point and what could have been done differently. He encouraged everyone, no matter what their role within the university is, to do the same, knowing that every single one of us has the ability and the skill set to cause great differences and great improvements. We are going to move forward from this point, and we’re going to move forward together. Chair Hensler reiterated one more time that we all have a real passion for Central Washington University, and we want the best for CWU and our students. Moving forward, the entire university community needs to think about the future of CWU and what is most important and work together to ensure there is more collaboration, better efficiency, and to be a more adaptive university. Having a more streamlined code, processes, procedures documents, and guiding principles that fit a more modern time and that we can all get behind is important. This cannot be done in a vacuum. It needs to be the entire institution in a collaborative process using the shared governance document. Trustee Jenkins also expressed appreciation for the group coming together to discuss concerns. She looks forward to everyone working together to find better solutions, keeping students first in mind. Trustee Nellams stated in his world this shows a healthy organization. One that understands there is an issue and needs to be talked through, and we are meeting it head on. Chair Hensler made one final comment prior to the action agenda. He applauded the passion on all sides of the discussion. We all have great intentions, and we all could have been doing better in this process. The board is going to be more engaged in this process as a fundamental part of what CWU is becoming. Approval of Creating Alignment between the Shared Governance document and Faculty Code Motion 26-01: Ms. Jenkins moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University hereby directs the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee to work with the Faculty Senate leadership to provide clarity around aligning the Faculty Code with the Shared Governance document and to include a broader institutional stakeholder involvement in this process. Mr. Nellams seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Approval of Meeting Adjournment Motion 26-02: Mr. Nellams moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University adjourn the January 30, 2026, special meeting. Ms. Jenkins seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Vice Chair Gillis made a final comment. She made a personal call to all faculty to remember that Jim Wohlpart did an outstanding job on Mission, Vision, and Values. She added that the Jim Wohlpart you see today is doing a very difficult job representing CWU to legislators and donors in an incredibly difficult financial time. He must utilize his team. We, as a Board of Trustees, are committed to helping to fill that gap. Vice Chair Gillis added that the BOT Academic Affairs Committee will develop a way to allow comments to flow into them, so they can hear from anybody on campus that needs to communicate issues.
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