their work. They also suggested some changes to the evaluation of the president section of the policy and agreed to revisit the Board of Trustees Legal Power and Responsibilities policy later. President Wohlpart explained that the board did not need to vote on any of these policies today. They will go through the UPAC process and come to the president to approve. Unless it is decided that the Board will approve their policies. Chair Hensler stated for the record that academic freedom is very valuable, and the Board has no intention of taking that away. The Board had no suggested revisions to the Trustees Conflict of Interest Standards Policy, and the Board of Trustees Constitution. AAG Evans suggested one revision to the Board of Trustees Bylaws under the Executive Committee of the Board. She will work with Dr. Cochran on the language to use. A new policy was introduced: Board of Trustees Statement on Shared Governance. Basically, this information was removed from the Board of Trustees Statement on Academic Freedom policy and moved into its own separate policy. AAG Evans explained that if shared governance is moved into policy, it is no longer living document, so that is something to consider. Approval of Elevating the Shared Governance Document to CWU Policy Motion 26-05: Ms. Gillis moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University elevate the Shared Governance document to CWU Policy and that the Board retain approval on this policy. Mr. Nellams seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Approval of Board Policies being approved by the Board Motion 26-06: Ms. Gillis moved that the Board of Trustees of Central Washington University approve all Board policies. Mr. Nellams seconded the motion. The motion was approved. Trustee Gillis reported that the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee will continue reviewing the Faculty Code with the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, using the Shared Governance document.
The Board tabled the discussion of moving vision and mission into policy for a future meeting.
o Board Self-Evaluation Results (Dania Cochran) Dr. Cochran reported that the Board conducted a self-assessment. All trustees, other than the student trustee, completed the survey. The student trustee has not participated in this survey in the past due to the nature of the questions and the one-year term limit. The survey had 11 questions with a response scale that ranged from five being extremely engaged or extremely satisfied and one being not at all engaged or not at all satisfied. Responses showed that overall board engagement is very high and board members are satisfied with board operations and meeting preparation. Some of the comments generally regarded excitement for the new committee structure, a desire to attend more CWU functions and engagements, and showing a genuine enjoyment of working with this leadership. The same Board self-assessment will be conducted in July to reflect on the 2025-26 experience. This will then provide three years of board self-evaluations for our accreditation process. Dr. Kirstein and Dr. Cochran are working to collect other board assessment tools and information from NWCCU and other institutions to develop a best practices example. Trustees added that they would like to see year-to-year comparisons
9 Board of Trustees Minutes February 19-20, 2026
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