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Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee

The Purpose of the Curriculum Committee

The Curriculum Committee shall be concerned with the study, development, and improvement of the curriculum, educational programs, and academic policy at the university, shall cooperate with other individuals, groups, or committees at the university in carrying out its duties. The committee shall review and recommend changes to academic policy (section five of the CWU Policies manual, Curriculum Policy and Procedure). It shall perform other duties as may be requested by or approved by the Senate Executive Committee.

Committee Members

2026-2027 Academic Year

Name Committee Position Department Term End - Representation
Erika Pazian Chair Art & Design 6/14/2028 - CAH
Paul Ballard Past-Chair Sports & Movement Studies 6/14/2028 - CEPS
Lacy Ferrell Chair-Elect History 6/14/2029 - CAH
Tim Sorey Past-Chair, Voting Member Chemistry 6/14/2028 - COTS
Elizabeth Brown Voting Member Library 6/14/2027 - LIB
Dia Gary Voting Member Education, Development, T 6/14/2027 - CEPS
Steven Zhu Voting Member Accounting 6/14/2029 - CB
Sayantani Mukherjee Voting Member Management 6/14/2027 - CB
vacant Voting Member - 6/14/2028 - COTS
Mike Gimlin Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Office of the Registrar Registrar
Gayle Young-Dohrman Non-Voting Member Enterprise Application Su EAS
Kurt Kirstein Non-Voting Member Office of the Provost Provost Designee
vacant Ex-Officio Member - Executive Committee
Selena Castro Non-Voting Member Education & Professional CEPS
Patti Miles Non-Voting Member College of Business CB Dean
Mike Pease Non-Voting Member Faculty Development COTS
Rachel Kirk Non-Voting Member Arts & Humanities CAH
Arturo Torres Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Office of the Registrar Registrar

Meetings & Minutes

Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee Meetings 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 3:10 – 5:00 p.m.
*To obtain meeting minutes from previous years, send your request to senate@cwu.edu.

Committee Governance & Responsibilities

Committee Procedure Manual

Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee Review Flow Chart

Curriculum Proposal Deadlines for 2027-2028 Catalog

Committee Charges

FSCC25-26.01 - Research current best practices for High-flex classes. Develop and recommend policy language that defines and outlines high-flex modality based on this research.

FSCC25-26.02 - Continue developing a standard procedure for conducting FSCC orientation workshop and for on-boarding new members who join the committee mid-year.

FSCC25-26.03 - Review and approve curriculum proposals.

FSCC25-26.04 - Brainstorm/suggest ways that the curriculum approval process could be refined and streamlined.

FSCC25-26.05 - Continue rearranging CWUP 5-50 and CWUR 2-50 (now CWU 501) from alphabetical to progressive order of importance and hierarchy as policy and procedure is revised.

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