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The Kansas State Capitol building. (File photo)

Kansas tenure bill stuck in committee, without enough votes to reach House floor

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor
April 2, 2025
Sen. Cynthia Pizzini voices her opinion on the Accommodations and Professor Accountability Resolution during a Senate meeting on Wednesday, March 12. Pizzini spoke in favor, saying it would help students.

Student Senate unanimously calls for ‘professor accountability’ in honoring accommodations

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor
March 14, 2025
Chase Billingham, an at-large faculty senator at Wichita State, speaks at a Faculty Senate meeting on Feb. 10. Senators expressed their concern regarding the recently proposed Kansas House Bill No. 2348.

A Kansas House bill would transform tenure. Many in higher education worry about its potential implications.

Sophia Best and Ainsley Smyth
February 12, 2025
At-large Sen. Chase Billingham discusses the proposed inclement weather policy at the Faculty Senate meeting on Jan. 13. The faculty forum later sent the proposed policy to a sub-committee for further review.

Faculty and administration struggle to agree on inclement weather policy

Ainsley Smyth, News Editor
January 23, 2025
Faculty Senate President Mathew Muether opens up the 2024 Fall Address on Aug. 13 by discussing the 10th anniversary of the Innovation Campus.

Group of WSU faculty examine policy surrounding inquiry into Muma plagiarism allegations

Allison Campbell, Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2024
Photo courtesy of Wichita State

‘This isn’t appropriate free speech’: Antisemitic notes found on campus condemned by Faculty Senate senator

Jacinda Hall, Reporter
May 17, 2024
Chase Billingham, an at-large senator, speaks to the Faculty Senate at the meeting on Nov. 14, 2023.

Faculty Senate addresses employee pay plan cut and thoughts of unionizing

Jacinda Hall, Reporter
May 17, 2024
Ashlie Jack, associate vice president for institutional effectiveness at Wichita State, talks to the Faculty Senate on Aug. 28, 2023. Jack told senators about the much talked about program review process and framework.

Women’s, ethnicity and intersectional studies recommended for merger with another program, four other programs put on action plans

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor
April 26, 2024
Faculty Senate meeting on March 27, 2023.

Few university updates make for brief Faculty Senate meeting

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor
April 12, 2024
Susan Sterrett, a senator from philosophy, shares concerns on Wichita State's relationships with Anthology, Blackboard's parent company, and Microsoft during a Faculty Senate meeting on March 25.

Faculty Senate senator raises concerns about Blackboard, artificial intelligence

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor
March 30, 2024
Neal Allen, social sciences senator, asks a question during a Faculty Senate meeting on March 25.

Procedural infighting erupts during Faculty Senate meeting

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor
March 30, 2024
Chase Billingham, an at-large senator, speaks to the Faculty Senate at the meeting on Nov. 14, 2023.

Faculty member discusses shared governance

Trinity Ramm, Managing Editor
March 1, 2024
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