2006-2007
FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

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

Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):

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

 

The agenda was amended to add FS 07-34/Flr. "Faculty Senate Requests to the University Budget Advisory Committee and Directions to the Faculty Representatives" and FS 07-35/Flr. "Faculty Senate Goals for Resolving Referendum Issues". The agenda was approved as amended.

ACTION ITEMS

FS 07-32/ConC. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS - SENATE

Academic Policies Committee
Candace Gregory-Abbott, At-large, 2010
Anne Bradley, LIB/SS, 2010
Kristin VanGaasbeck, At-large, 2010
Kristen Anderegg, Senator, 2008

Curriculum Policies Committee
Dan Melzer, At-large, 2010
Brett Holland, At-large, 2010

Faculty Policies Committee
Mark Siegler, At-large, 2010
Tom Peavy, At-large, 2010
Wendy Cunningham, At-large, 2010
Ernest Uwazie, At-large, 2009

General Education Policies/Graduation Requirements Policies Committee
Reza Peigahi, LIB/SS, 2010
Jessica Howell, At-large, 2010
Noelle McCurley, Senator, 2009

Elections Committee
Molly Dugan
Jonathan Kaplan
Maureen Smith
Hong Wang
Anne Bradley

Committee on Diversity and Equity
Margarita Berta-Avila, At-large, 2010

Livingston Annual Faculty Lecture
Susan Holl, At-large, 2010
Maureen Smith, At-large, 2010

Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships
Christi Cervantes, At-large, 2010
Hellen Lee-Keller, At-large, 2010

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee
Molly Dugan, A&L, 2010

Carried unanimously.

FS 07-33/Flr. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 19, 2007

Carried unanimously.

FS 07-23A/Flr. MOTION TO POSTPONE FS 07-23/FLR. "Resolution for Protecting Academic Programs at CSUS"

The Faculty Senate postpones further discussion and action on FS 07-23/Flr. "Resolution for Protecting Academic Programs at CSUS" until the Faculty Senate meeting on May 10, 2007.

Carried unanimously.

FS 07-24A/Flr. MOTION TO POSTPONE FS 07-24/FLR. "Resolution Requiring the President to Report on Budgets and MPP’s"

The Faculty Senate postpones further discussion and action on FS 07-24/Flr. "Resolution Requiring the President to Report on Budgets and MPP's" until the Faculty Senate meeting on May 10, 2007.

Carried unanimously.

The following motions received a first reading and will receive a second reading on May 10, 2007:

FS 07-34/Flr. FACULTY SENATE REQUESTS TO THE UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DIRECTIONS TO THE FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES
FS 07-35/Flr. FACULTY SENATE GOALS FOR RESOLVING REFERENDUM ISSUES

INFORMATION

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*    Requires Presidential approval.