As part of Women’s History Month, CWU hosted two Women in Leadership panels. The first panel was held March 6 and featured Erin Black, CWU Board Chair, Gladys Gillis, CWU Trustee, Heidi Behrends Cerniwey, Ellensburg City Manager, Lucinda Carnell, VP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Christy Gilchrist, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs, and Ginny Tomlinson, AVP Information Services. The second panel was held March 27 and featured Margaret Ortega, VP Student Engagement and Success, Faiza Khoja, Dean College of Business, and Andrea Eklund, Professor Family and Consumer Sciences and Faculty Senate Chair. The group was commended for leading this initiative. CWU’s Day of Giving was successful. We raised $109,616 with 545 gifts and the annual Athletics Hall of Fame Gala raised $121,000. President Wohlpart then reported on some additional wonderful things happening at CWU: • Taylor Steele came to CWU to study opera and now she is a global leader in renewable energy. • Corie Williamson won the undergraduate solo division at the National Trumpet Competition. This award is the first in CWU history. • Charlie Tadlock won Photographic Education’s Award for Innovative Imaging. This is an annual award given to only six recipients across the U.S. • Erin Craig, Chair, Department of Physics, is building a partnership with Northwest Medical Physics Center. A new laboratory at CWU is expected to make an alternate career path more attainable for physics students, giving them hands-on experience with industry-grade radiation equipment. • Madi McAuliffe and Nick Bates, two students in Physical Education and School Health, received SHAPE America awards at the national conference in March. SHAPE stands for Society of Health and Physical Educators. They were nominated for this award due to their work in the community and local school districts. • CWU Men’s Basketball won the GNAC conference tournament for the first time since 2011. In addition, CWU Athletes received the All-Academic Award for the third year in a row. President Wohlpart announced that Melissa Nelson, Assistant Attorney General, is retiring. This will be her last board meeting. He thanked her for her service to CWU. Work Session President’s Evaluation Dr. Cochran reminded the group that state law (RCW 28B.35.120) charges the boards of trustees of public comprehensive universities with employing the president of the university. The CWU board holds this responsibility as their paramount duty. Section IV of the president’s employment contract requires the Board of Trustees to conduct an annual assessment of the president’s performance.
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