STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Bob Buckley
Nominee for Chair of the Faculty Senate

I am a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science faculty in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. I first joined the faculty as a part-time instructor in the late 70s while still a graduate student at UCD. I taught initially in Economics and then Computer Science, joining the University on a full-time basis in 1981. I have served regularly on number of departmental committees and became a member of our College Academic Council in the mid 80s. I served as a member of the Council for over ten years, serving at least half that time as its chair. While I have served on a number of University committees, my Senate service began five years ago as a member of an ad-hoc committee charged with the task of recommending improvements in the general operation of the Senate. The committee's recommendations were adopted and have resulted in major changes in the manner in which the Senate and its committees operate. During the 1998-99 academic year I became a member of the Executive Committee and was elected Senate Chair for the 1999-00 academic year. I am currently completing my third term.

In the coming year we will again experience growth in student enrollment along with the inability of the state to adequately fund the entire CSU system will generate considerable concern and discussion. We must work with the administration to better understand the impact of these issues and the planning necessary to judiciously use our resources to provide our students with a quality education in the year's ahead. At a time when the CSU has recognized the impact of faculty retirements, the difficulties in recruiting and replacement, and the consequences of the drift towards increasing reliance on part-time instructors, remedies will be constrained by the horrendous budget crisis facing the state. The impact has been, and will be, felt in every one of our programs. With fewer full-time, tenured faculty, the workloads at the department, college and university level will continue to increase. Doing more with fewer real dollars will continue to be the source of argument and debate in the coming few years.

In addition, our faculty population is experiencing a significant turnover as retirees are replaced by increasing numbers of new faculty. As our faculty retire, we are losing our base of leadership and engagement in the faculty responsibilities for insuring the quality of the academic life of our University. We will need to encourage and engage the new faculty in roles and responsibilities that have been traditionally left to the senior faculty in colleges and universities. Our challenge will be to strengthen the commitment of the university to both the new and continuing faculty and to work hard to strengthen, and in some cases rebuild, the bonds between the faculty and the university. This challenge will be made even more difficult with the expected change in administrative leadership in the next few years.

As I have indicated in my previous statements, I continue to believe that working collaboratively and collegially with the administration is the most effective way to represent our faculty and to serve our University community. The following quote, which I found in an article on faculty leadership, still provides what I believe is a critically important guide for faculty engaged in shared governance. The quote: "Pertinacity is a critical value, and the need for change, often not self evident, becomes clear only through repeated contact. Achievement of governance objectives is won less by intensity than by integrity, less by aggressive assault than by concentration prolonged over some time." There are many opportunities for faculty participation in the critical decisions that will affect our university. I believe the faculty through its Senate representatives should be represented "at the table" and actively engaged in the decision making. As chair I will do the best I can to facilitate this engagement.

I am honored to serve as Senate Chair and will do my best to represent the Senate, and all members of the faculty, in a manner that reflects positively on all of us.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Art Jensen
Nominee for Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate

Past Experience: I am in the middle of my sixth two-year term as a faculty senator from the Management Department, college of Business Administration. During my eleven years of service on the faculty senate, I have served eight years on the Executive Committee, with three of those years as the Vice Chair of the Faculty Senate (1997-98, 1998-99 & 2001-02). I also served a two- year term as one of the three Academic Senators to the State-wide Academic Senate (1993-95).

I have a strong attachment to California State University, Sacramento and the faculty on this campus. My campus roots go back to being an entering freshman a long time ago. I received a bachelors and masters degree from this institution and joined the faculty in 1976.

I am familiar with the workings of faculty governance and the Faculty Senate, having chaired the latest revisions of the "Constitution of the Faculty" and the "By-Laws of the Faculty Senate."

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Tom Krabacher
Nominee for Chair of the Academic Policies Committee

I write this as a nominee for the position of Academic Policies Committee (APC) chair for the upcoming (2002-2003) academic year. My name was placed in nomination by this year's Academic Policy Committee (APC) at its meeting on April 19th.

I will bring to the position considerable experience in faculty governance and policy development at CSUS. From 1997-1999, I served as CSUS Faculty Senate chair. More recently, I have been a member of the Academic Policy Committee for the last three years and during the past two years (2000-2001, 2001-2002) I have served as its chair. During my time on the APC, the Committee has dealt with a number of major issues, among them revision of university grade appeal procedures (which has occupied the committee for close to two years), development of academic readmission procedures, clarification of the university syllabus policy, review of the academic calendar, a consideration of the units students may take while on probation, and a preliminary review of policies on academic dishonesty. This background means that I already have experience in those areas that are the primary responsibilities of the Committee chair: committee management, service on the Senate Executive Committee, and serving as a member of CUP (Council for University Planning).

If re-elected Committee chair, I will bring continuity to APC leadership. My goal for the upcoming year will be to ensure that the Committee works as an efficient component of the overall faculty governance structure. This means ensuring that business is dealt with promptly and that recommendations are reported out in a timely fashion. Some of the major topics that I see the Committee dealing with during the 2002-2003 academic year are: further consideration of the university's academic dishonesty polices, a comprehensive review of those policies that govern enrollment, retention, and academic quality (e.g., enrollment policies, policies in the "academic action" category, etc.), and an assessment of the academic impact of the large number of assessment programs currently in place on campus.

It is a privilege to have been again nominated for the position and I will attempt to carry out its responsibilities as diligently as possible. Thank you for your support.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Ben Amata
Nominee for Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee

I have submitted my name for election to the Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee.

I have been a library faculty member at CSUS for sixteen years.

During that time, I have had considerable experience being the chair of and serving on Library committees, so I have experience in setting agendas, facilitating discussions, and performing the follow up work associated with committee recommendations. Twice I have chaired the Library Faculty, the group of professional librarians who meet once a month to discuss Library problems, budgets and planning issues in order to participate in the shared governance of operating the Library. I have also served on and chaired numerous search committees.

I have served on Curriculum Policies Committee (CPC) for the last 5 years. Simultaneously, I was the CPC liaison to the Curriculum Subcommittee. Serving on these committees has provided me with substantial experience in dealing with the issues that commonly come before them for consideration. During the Spring semester of 2000, I volunteered to serve as the CPC chair while Tom Kando was on sabbatical. At that time, CPC reviewed and updated the Distance Education Policy which was approved by the Senate and the President. We also developed program review questions concerning the issue of diversity that were eventually accepted and incorporated into the program review process.

I have the support of the Curriculum Policies Committee to become the chair, and, if elected, I expect to do an excellent job of running the CPC for the Senate.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Amy Liu
Nominee for Chair of the Faculty Policies Committee

I am a full-time tenure track faculty in the Department of Sociology, California State University, Sacramento. I am willing to participate in faculty governance by serving as Chair on the Senate Faculty Policies Committee.

I am well qualified for this position. I have been an active member of this committee for the last four years. I have known many members in the committee, its missions, and its operations. I am also very familiar with the issues that this committee has been dealing with. Since I just went through tenure and promotion process this year, I really understand the needs of faculty, especially the newer faculty in this regard.

The challenges faced by this committee and the Faculty Senate to promote faculty development on this campus are enormous. This is especially true given the current State budget situation. With the support of the committee members, I hope to continue the excellent work that the past and current Chairs have done and to enhance this committee's involvement in and influence on the overall Faculty Senate activities. I have expertise in conducting surveys, program evaluations, and needs assessment. I intend to develop comprehensive plans to assess current faculty development programs and faculty development needs at CSUS. I intend to work closely with the members of the Faculty Policies Committee, the Faculty Senate, and the University Administration to identify where the faculty needs are and to explore more development opportunities for faculty on this campus.

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS AND INTENTIONS
Jackie Donath
Nominee for Chair of the General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Committee

My qualifications: I served as Chair of GEP/GRC in fall 1995. I have been either an at-large member or ex-officio member of the committee since that date. I was the Faculty Coordinator for General Education from 1996-1999. I co-wrote the GE self study with Mary Ann Reihmann.

My intentions: I intend to facilitate a discussion about and implementation of the appropriate GE program review recommendations. GEP/GRC should continue to play a central role in any revisioning/reorganization of our GE program and graduation requirements (and any assessment activities that follow).