o Committee Report Trustee Black reported that since the last meeting, one of the main things that the executive committee has talked about is strategic enrollment. They received information about enrollment and recruitment numbers for Fall of 2026. In addition, they have been updated on work that is happening around the shared equity and belonging leadership committee, including information about the Supervisor Summit. Other updates they received included information on three-year degrees, general education, the grand opening of the North Academic Commons, and the public launch of the campaign. They also spent time talking about the budget, the agenda for this meeting, and agendas for upcoming meetings. Trustee Charbonneau reported that the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee (BOT AAC) has hosted joint meetings with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) and the provost, about every two weeks. Meeting cadence is a little slower in the summer. In the beginning, those meetings focused on common understandings and trust building. One of the major advances since then is that the group has been able to clearly articulate some of the concerns that the board had regarding faculty code and that process. The focus of late has been more on the onboarding of the consultant, Dr. Steve Bahls, who is coming in to help us gain an understanding of shared governance. There have been some other discussions of late trying to understand the Faculty Senate Executive Committee’s concerns about Cat Teams and Adaptive University. Trustee Charbonneau reminded the group that the BOT AAC and the FSEC have a SharePoint site where meeting details and high-level overviews of their work are captured. There has also been a little bit of discussion about AI within the university and what that may mean for us moving forward. As we go into fall, the work of the BOT AAC and the FSEC is building towards the transition into the work Dr. Bahls will be doing with the campus. A survey will be conducted during the first part of fall quarter to garner baseline information for Dr. Bahls to develop a workshop or retreat around shared governance that fits with CWU and where collectively we are at in our understanding of shared governance. • Academic Affairs Committee o Committee Report Chair Hensler noted that he wants to make sure the conversation about a pilot program for three-year degrees continues. o Provost’s Report Adaptive University Update Provost Pease began by giving a shout out to the Department of Anthropology. He had the opportunity to hang out with students from a forensic anthropology class during a planned excavation of a staged crime scene. This is the kind of high impact practice that is a great hands-on experience for our students. He also shared that all the shared governance groups have been contacted about participating in a pre- planning conversation about the quarter to semester research. A 17-person steering committee has been formed to assist with this research. The first meeting of the group is next week. This is a research/investigation process to surface the areas we will need to investigate if we are going to make a change to semesters, a decision that will need to be approved at the board level. Provost Pease then updated the group on completed Cat-Team projects. Advising was the first CAT team out of the gate, so it is furthest along and currently in various stages of implementation. The work is focused on two primary areas. One is around advising leadership, training, and professional development. The second area is launching the first-year intake advising model, which began with this summer’s orientation. For this summer’s orientation, the model provides proactive developmental
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