Steve Bollens, a WSU Vancouver professor and director of the Meyer’s Point Environmental Field Station, will continue to serve as the university’s faculty legislative representative following his re-election to the post for a term that runs through 2
The role serves as an institutional and statewide faculty advocate as a member of the Council of Faculty and acts as a liaison between the university, legislators, state officials and other constituent groups.
WSU students, faculty and administrators focused on anti-hazing, access to broadband internet, faculty pay and more during the 2022 legislative session, which started Jan. 10 and ended March 10. WSU students are represented every year by a group of fellow students that choose to go to the Washington State Capitol in Olympia to advocate for certain.
Faculty senators have until March 22 to elect their next chair. The two candidates running for Faculty Senate Chair are anthropology professor Jeannette Mageo and molecular biosciences professor Eric Shelden, according to the Faculty Senate website. Mageo has worked at WSU since 1993. She served on the Graduate Studies Committee from 1995-1999, the College of Liberal.