2002-2003 FACULTY SENATE
OF
California State University, Sacramento

Minutes
February 27, 2003

ROLL CALL [+ indicates alternate]

Present: Alexander, Amata, Andersen, Banta, Barrick, Bayard, Boles, Brock, Brodd, Buckley, Capron, Comstock, Cote, Curiel, Davis-O'Hara, M. Dillon, W. Dillon, Dundon, +Escamilla, Estioko, Gieger, Gelus, Green, Guerra, +Hill, A. Jensen, C. Jensen, Klyse, Kochis, Krabacher, Lagunas-Carvacho, E. Lee, M. Lee, Liu, Llamas-Green, McKinney, +Mejorado, Meyer, Miller, Perez, Reihman, Rodriguez, Roland, Santana-Howard, Timmer, Utz, Williams, Zeanah
Absent: Behrman, Brentwood, Clarke, Donath, Eggman, Ettinger, Evans, German, Hecsh, Hreljac, Kennedy, Kostyrko, Leezer, Mahajan, Mattice, Pantalone, Peters, Raingruber, Riolli, Scanlan, Sheppard, Smith, Wassmer

 

ACTION ITEMS

*FS 03-02/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Search Committee for Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
Art Jensen
Cristy Jensen
Tom Krabacher
Amy Liu

Search Committee for Associate Vice President, Student Affairs
Tom Krabacher

Carried unanimously.

FS 03-03/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - SENATE

Academic Policies Committee
Kimberly Gordon-Rouse, 2004

Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Board
Ana Garcia-Nevarez, 2005

Carried unanimously.

*FS 03-04/Ex.

UNIVERSITY ARTP DOCUMENT, AMEND SECTION 2.00

The Faculty Senate recommends amending Section 2.0 of the University ARTP document as follows:

Section 2.00    Application

Unless otherwise expressly excepted, faculty unit employees and administrators shall be governed by the University ARTP policy and the primary and secondary unit policies consistent with it.

See February 27, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment A for background information. (You must have version 5.0 to successfully access this file.  Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html to download the latest version.)

Carried unanimously.

*FS 03-05/CPC ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (February 27, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment B) of the Curriculum Policies Committee on the program review of the Department of Child Development and recommends that the Child Development Program be approved for six years or until the next program review.

Carried unanimously.

*FS 03-06/CPC ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (February 27, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C) of the Curriculum Policies Committee on the program review of the Department of Chemistry and recommends that the Chemistry Program be approved for six years or until the next program review.

Carried unanimously.

FS 03-01/Flr.

Approval of the Minutes of DECEMBER 12, 2002.

 

Carried.

FS 03-07A/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 03-07

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 03-07, Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004, Resolution in Support of.

Carried unanimously.

FS 03-07/Ex. KINDERGARTEN-UNIVERSITY PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES BOND ACT OF 2004, RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF

The Faculty Senate recommends passage of the following resolution:

Whereas, the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004 (2004 Statewide School Bond) provides $12.3 billion in bonds to relieve overcrowding, reduce class size and repair and upgrade California's elementary, middle and high schools, community colleges and universities; and
 
Whereas, the 2004 Statewide School Bond measure is the second half of a two-part statewide education bond package to repair, upgrade and build new school facilities, and the first half of the package (Proposition 47) was approved by California's voters in 2002, and passage of the second half of the package is equally as important to continue the work we've started; and
 
Whereas, within 6 weeks of voter approval of Prop. 47 more than 300 school districts had their school construction and repair projects funded, and the remainder of the 2002 bond funds will soon be exhausted as new classrooms are built and old schools are repaired; and
 
Whereas, California has the second most overcrowded classrooms in the country; 22% of all K-12 public school students are on year-round class schedules because there isn't enough space in overcrowded school districts; and one-third of all K-12 classrooms in the state are portable trailers; and
 
Whereas, the 2004 Statewide School Bond provides matching funds to school districts that have already or will soon pass local school construction bond measures; and
 
Whereas, more than 710,000 new students are expected to seek enrollment at a California college or university by 2010; and
 
Whereas, the 2004 Statewide School Bond provides a much needed boost to our state's economy and putting Californians back to work building a better learning environment for our children is a wise investment in these difficult economic times; and
 
Whereas, the 2004 Statewide School Bond funds must be spent on school construction, not on overhead, and projects must comply with strict accountability requirements, including mandatory audits, to safeguard against waste and mismanagement; therefore be it
 
Resolved, That the Faculty Senate, acting on behalf of the faculty of California Sate University, Sacramento, supports the Kindergarten- University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004.

Carried unanimously.

FS 03-08A/Flr. WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 03-08

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 03-08, University ARTP Document, amend Section 5.05F.

Carried.

FS 03-08/Ex.

UNIVERSITY ARTP DOCUMENT, AMEND SECTION 5.05F

The Faculty Senate recommends amending Section 5.05F of the University ARTP document as follows:

  1. Evidence of scholarship or creative activity in the development or application of technology or both in ways that contribute to the advancement of teaching, research or performance.  The University intends to be understood as requiring some demonstration of inventiveness to qualify an activity under this item within the category of "scholarly or creative activity."  Mere use, however much labor may be required to accomplish it, is not enough to make the activity "creative".

See February 27, 2003 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment D for background information.  (You must have version 5.0 to successfully access this file.  Go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html to download the latest version.)

FS 03-08B/Flr. Motion to postpone

The Faculty Senate postponed further debate and action on FS 03-08, University ARTP Document, amend Section 5.05F until the next regularly scheduled Senate meeting.

Carried.


 

The business meeting was adjourned at 3:58 p.m. in order to introduce and honor the 2002-2003 recipients of Merit Scholarships.  Each of the 5 students have received a scholarship equivalent to registration fees for the spring semester from the Faculty Endowment Fund which is entirely supported by the contributions of CSUS faculty members.  In addition, the faculty members who served on the Faculty Endowment Fund were acknowledged.

2002-2003 Merit Scholars

Undergraduate Award Winners:

April Fabionar, Communication Studies & Government

Karina Vargas, Liberal Studies

Julio Valezquez, International Business

 

Postbaccalaureate Award Winners:

Sarah Lauridson, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Sherry Skillwoman, Social Work

 

Faculty Endowment Fund Committee
Craig Gallet, Economics
Sue Heredia, Chair, Bilingual/Multicultural Education
Charles Varano, Sociology
Alan Wade, Social Work, Emeritus
Joe Zhou, Library

INFORMATION

  1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Administration and Policy, then Administration, then Faculty Senate.
  2. Status on actions taken by the Senate:  http://www.csus.edu/acse/02-03_actions.htm   
  3. Upcoming Senate meetings: 

Cheryl Johnson, Secretary

*Presidential approval requested.