Below is a letter that Sandra Haynes sent to all faculty at WSU Vancouver following the Faculty Assembly meeting on Friday, September 26, 2025. Dear CFR, I truly appreciate your dedication and engagement during these challenging times. WSU Vancouver is a very special place, and I am continually impressed by the resourcefulness, innovative teaching, and […]
From your CFR Chair, Dene Grigar: On Friday, August 29, 2025, CFR held a half-day retreat. A copy of our agenda can be found here. I thought it would be useful to post some of the outcomes from the meeting relating to leadership and other news. We elected Wendy Olson as our Vice-Chair. This means […]
VCAA Christine Portfors met with the College of Arts and Sciences Program Leaders on Monday, August 25, and reported that she had spoken with the rpk Group about some of the concerns posted on the CFR Blog that faculty had about the survey. She is meeting with the group on Tuesday, August 26, to talk […]
On Wednesday, August 20, the Interim Chancellor Sandra Haynes sent the WSU Vancouver community that is part of the Administrative Services Review aimed at preparing us for the work the rpk GROUP to “strengthen WSU Vancouver for today and the future.” I am not sure if you have started the survey, but I just finished […]
Our ByLaws require us to meet at least 13 times during the academic year. All meetings, except the first one, will be help as hybrid, both in the Faculty Office (VCLS 14) and online via Zoom from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2025: NO HYBRID. Half-Day retreat that includes lunch. Interim Chancellor Sandra […]
A question was raised to CFR late this week about why the cut to our campus amounted to 9.8% when the state cut to WSU was only a little over 1%. One clue, as one CFR member suggests, may lie in the comments made at the recent Board of Regents meeting. As the CFR member […]
Interim Chancellor Sandra Haynes responded to my questions this week concerning the process for the forthcoming budget cuts on our campus. She told me that she plans to send out a letter about the plan, possibly today, but said that I could post comments she made in our email exchange in the CFR Blog. Please, […]
We learned today that the budget cut for the Vancouver campus will amount to 9.8%. That is about as close to the 0-10% without hitting it right on the nose (a left nostril, perhaps?). I had written earlier that it is not clear is how the President’s announcement from yesterday (that there are six units […]
This afternoon, following the Board of Regents meeting, President Cantwell sent out an email message to the WSU Community that contained information WSU Vancouver faculty need to be aware of. First, she announced a budget cut of $17M in this coming fiscal year. She has asked that departments across the System to “accommodate cuts 0-10%.” […]
WSU Vancouver faculty are invited to meet and talk directly with the Interim Chancellor Sandra Haynes at a lunch hosted by CFR on June 5, from 12-1:00 p.m. in the Faculty Office in VCLS 14. Please RSVP to Dene Grigar at dgrigar@wsu.edu so that she can plan enough food for the event.