In addition, we have begun to think forward to our accreditation reaffirmation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities which occurs in Spring 2026. A steering committee has been developed and co-facilitators have been identified to work on various criteria for accreditation. In response to concerns that students raised, we developed a shared governance group to investigate CWU’s practices with preventing and reporting gender-based violence. CWU Safe has listened intently to our university community, learned about best practices, and developed a list of recommendations that they will share with the administration. President Wohlpart recognized Wildcats doing great things: • CWU won the undergraduate award for the Intentional Endowments Network Challenge. The challenge is a semester-long program that includes education, mentorship, and hands-on investment and engagement strategy development for undergraduate and graduate students. • CWU Athletics won the 2021-22 GNAC Academic All-Sport Award. This award evaluates an institution’s performance in the classroom using cumulative GPA data from each GNAC sponsored sport at an institution. • Nicolas Puentes, CWU Physics senior and McNair Scholar, became one of only four CWU students to ever receive the National Science Foundation (NSF) research award. • Anderson (Andy) Parks was the 2023 recipient of the American Council for Education (ACE) Reginald Wilson Diversity Leadership Award. Andy is the Milton Kuolt Professor of Business and a DEI Faculty Fellow who teaches in the Department of Management at CWU Lynnwood. Andy was honored with the award on April 15 at the annual ACE meetings in Washington, DC. • Samantha Bowman, Center for the CWU Women’s Basketball Team, was named First Team All- Conference, the Conference Player of the Year, and First-Team All-American. She was also named the NCAA Division II Player of the Year. She finished her career as a two-time D2CCA All- American. Presidential Evaluation Dania Cochran gave a quick summary of the presidential evaluation process, which will include a 360- evaluation. A survey will be distributed to the group that has been identified to provide feedback, and they will have two weeks to complete the survey. Dr. Cochran will summarize the data and share it with President Wohlpart. Results will be discussed at the July Board Retreat. Summer Board Retreat The July (20-21) Board Retreat will be held at Suncadia Mountain Resort. Some of the agenda topics will include values, values-based budgeting, shared governance, and an update on the comprehensive campaign. Provost’s Report Provost DenBeste gave a quick summary of this year’s promotion and tenure review. She added that files are reviewed several times along the way in the process. The process includes reviews by CWU peers, students, and peers outside the university. This year’s breadth of work was impressive. Dr. DenBeste then reported on two new programs that are included in the action agenda on May 19. The first degree is a B.A. in Art History. She explained that the Art History major will engage students in
3 Board of Trustees Minutes May 18-19, 2023
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