Graduate and Professional Students
January 17, 2006
Below is a summary of the discussion held on January 17, 2006 by graduate and professional students, who focused on two of the five strategic directions contained in the current plan. The group examined ways to upgrade the plan as it relates to the learning experience and improving the quality of campus life.
1. Learning Experience: Establish and sustain a superlative learning experience that builds upon the unique values and attributes of WSU.
- Retain quality faculty.
- Improve buildings and infrastructure.
- Promote services that maximize student achievement such as the Academic Success Center.
- Improve accessibility of faculty and advising staff.
- Ensure that all faculty use Pipeline.
- Enforce quiet rules in the library.
- Streamline the registration process.
- Offer more class options and flexible scheduling.
- Improve accountability of faculty.
- Create more experiential learning opportunities.
3. Quality of campus life: Enhance the quality of life on campus by nurturing a culture of success and excellence.
- Expand the campus shuttle.
- Promote student organizations and sponsor more on-campus activities.
- Let students know about fitness opportunities on campus.
- Create more parking, but reduce fees.