2006-2007
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 p.m.

Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):

Present: Amata, CPC Chair (Library); Anderegg, Student Services; Baird, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bishop, Anthropology; Blumberg, Music; Bradley, Library; Brock, Special Education, Rehabilitation and School Psychology; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); +Chambers, History; +Ching, Learning Skills; +Cohen, History; Cornwell, Geology; Davis O'Hara, FPC Chair (Child Development); Downs, Counselor Education; Fitzgerald, Senate Chair, Communication Studies; Flohr, Art; Gieger, English; Goff, Design; Gordon, Computer Science; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Huang, Teacher Education; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; C. Jensen, ASCSU Senator (MPPA); Jones, Criminal Justice; Kellen-Yuen, Chemistry; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Liu, Sociology; Lustig, Government; Masuyama, Foreign Languages; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Peigahi, Library; Pinch, Recreation and Leisure Studies; +Rechs, Biological Sciences; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; VanGaasbeck, Economics; Wall, Nursing; Wanket, Geography; Wie, Family and Consumer Sciences; Williams, Communication Studies
Absent: Altmann, Nursing; Bowie, Social Work; Brazo, Theatre and Dance; Brentwood, Environmental Studies; Corless, Business Administration; Dammel, Civil Engineering; Datwyler, Biological Sciences; Halgas, Business Administration; Imamura, Kinesiology and Health Science; A. Jensen, Business Administration; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Legorreta, Business Administration; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Matisons, Women's Studies; McCormick, Philosophy; Melzer, English; Phillips, Temporary Faculty (English); Qin, Psychology; Sharp, Business Administration; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Humanities

 

ACTION ITEMS

*FS 07-07/Ex. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - UNIVERSITY

Committee on Diversity Awards
Hong Wang, LIB, 2008

Search Committee, Dean, Library
Margarita Berta-Avila, EDUC
Marlyn Jones, HHS

Grade Appeal Procedural Appeals Board
Miles Roberts, NSM, 2010

Carried unanimously.

FS 07-08/Flr. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22, 2007

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 07-09/Flr. NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GRADUATE EDUCATION WORKing GROUP

Background: A Working Group on Graduate Education is being convened by the Acting Dean for Graduate Studies, Chevelle Newsome. The Working Group's task is to frame the issues related to graduate education and to draft a report to be discussed at a campus "Summit on Graduate Education" towards the end of the Spring 2007 semester. Two representatives from the Faculty Senate shall serve on the Working Group.

Nomination of two representatives to the Working Group. The following faculty were nominated:

Sylvester Bowie, Social Work
Cristy Jensen, MPPA
Katherine Pinch, Recreation and Leisure Studies
Scott Gordon, Computer Science

Cristy Jensen and Katherine Pinch were elected to serve on the Graduate Education Working Group.

The following item received a first reading and will receive a second reading at a future Faculty Senate meeting:

FS 07-10/FPC/Ex. RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS, AMENDMENT OF

INFORMATION ITEMS:

Bob Buckley provided the Senate an overview of the CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) - Coded Memo: AA-2007-04.

"Statement on Civility and Respect" from the Executive Committee.

INFORMATION

  1. Faculty Senate's home page:  www.csus.edu/acse, or, from the CSUS home page, click on Faculty and Staff, then Faculty Senate.
  2. For new Senators:  "TOP TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW AS A FACULTY SENATOR".
  3. Meeting procedures
  4. Schedule of Faculty Senate meetings:
  • March 8, 2007 - tentative
  • March 15, 2007 - tentative
  • March 20, 2007 (Tuesday) - "Access to Excellence" meeting, Ballroom III, 1:00-4:00
  • March 22, 2007 - tentative
  • March 29, 2007 - no Senate meeting: spring recess
  • April 5, 2007 - 1st organizational meeting of the 2007-08 Senate, 3:00-3:30; 2006-07 Senate meets, 3:30-5:00
  • April 12, 2007- tentative
  • April 19, 2007 - 2nd organizational meeting of the 2007-08 Senate, 3:00-3:30; 2006-07 Senate meets, 3:30-5:00
  • May 1, 2007 (Tuesday) - Outstanding Teaching, University and Community Service, and Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service reception
  • April 26, 2007 - tentative
  • May 3, 2007 - tentative
  • May 10, 2007 - tentative

*    Requires Presidential approval.