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Board votes at a glance: honorary degrees, capital project, tuition and code changes approved
Summary
At its Jan. 24 meeting the Board of Regents approved two honorary doctorates, a Regents Distinguished Alumni Award nominee, a research hot‑cell facility project budget, tuition for a professional program and a revision to university health and safety code. Several items were informational and no further action was taken at this meeting.
The Washington State University Board of Regents acted on several items during its Jan. 24 meeting in Seattle. Below are the formal actions taken in open session and brief key details.
• Honorary doctoral degrees: The board approved two candidates for honorary doctorates after review by the honorary degree committee. The degrees recognize individuals with sustained, national contributions in aerospace and science outreach. The motion passed unanimously in the recorded roll call for that item.
• Regents Distinguished Alumni Award: The board's Strategic and Operational Excellence Committee recommended a recipient and the full board designated the selected candidate as the 2024 recipient.
• Professional/self‑sustaining tuition (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine): The board approved proposed tuition rates for professional and self‑sustaining degree programs for AY2025–26 (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine noted in committee discussion). The motion carried.
• WSU Pullman Office of Research — Dodgen hot‑cell facility: The board approved the Dodgen hot‑cell facility project with a total budget not to exceed $8,500,000 and authorized the use of design‑build procurement pursuant to RCW 39.10 and delegated authority to the president or designee to execute contracts within the authorized budget.
• WAC update (504‑36‑020 Control of Animals): The board approved proposed revisions to the Washington Administrative Code section governing control of animals on campus.
• Consent agenda (minutes): The board approved minutes from prior meetings as presented.
Votes were recorded for each action on the public agenda; where recorded tallies were not named individually in open session, the clerk recorded the motions as approved and noted any abstentions. For the delegation to the chair to negotiate a presidential contract (separate agenda item discussed earlier in the meeting), the board recorded one abstention and the motion passed.
