2007-2008
FACULTY SENATE
MINUTES
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 p.m.
Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):
Present: |
Amata, CPC Chair (Library); Anderegg, Student Services; Barrena, Biological Sciences; 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); Dammel, Civil Engineering; Biological Sciences; Ecklund, Counselor Education; Evans, Geology; Flohr, Art; Gibbs, Design; Goetze, Nursing; Goff, FPC Chair (Library); Gordon, Computer Science; Heckathorn, English; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; A. Jensen, Business Administration; Jordan, Learning Skills; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lagos, History; Datwyler, Lilly, Teacher Education; Liu, Sociology; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Lustig, Government; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; McCormick, Philosophy; McCurley, Student Services; Melzer, English; Miller, ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Peigahi, Library; Rodriguez, Teacher Education; Siegel, History; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Stiles, Humanities; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; VanGaasbeck, Economics; Wanket, Geography; Williams, Communication Studies; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science |
Absent: |
Altmann, Nursing; Baker, Chemistry; Bayne, Theatre and Dance; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Datwyler, Biological Sciences; Escamilla, Physical Therapy; Hembree, Child Development; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kelley, Foreign Languages; Legorreta, Business Administration; Pinch, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Qin, Psychology; Sharp, Business Administration; vacant, Temporary Faculty; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Environmental Studies; vacant, Women's Studies |
The agenda was amended by adding FS
07-64/Flr. “Request for Convocation - 40th Anniversary of Martin
Luther King’s Speech: Beyond
ACTION ITEMS
*FS 07-56/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY |
Student
Academic Development Committee
Candace
Gregory-Abbott, 2008
Carried unanimously.
*FS 07-57/Ex. |
UNIVERSITY ARTP POLICY – minor correction of amendment to section 6.06.d |
The Faculty
Senate recommends insertion of a comma between “unit” and “to serve”, as shown
as follows:
D. Affirmative
Action/Equal
1. ELECTION, STATUS, SERVICE: SEARCH COMMITTEE CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OR EQUIVALENT UNIT CHAIR AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVE
A. Each department or equivalent unit shall elect an AA/EOR from among its tenured faculty and its probationary faculty, if permitted by the department or equivalent unit, to serve as a voting member of the search committee. If the department or equivalent unit engages in multiple searches, each search committee may have the same elected AA/EOR or another elected AA/EOR.
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-58/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE |
Curriculum Policies Committee
Lois Boulgarides, At-large, 2010
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-59/Flr. |
PARLIAMENTARIAN |
Thomas Krabacher, Professor of Geography, shall serve as parliamentarian for the 2007-2008 Faculty Senate.
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-60/Flr. |
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 |
Carried unanimously.
FS 07-61A/Flr. |
WAIVER OF FIRST |
The Faculty
Senate waives the first reading of FS 07-61/Ex. “Report, General Education
Program Review”.
Carried.
FS 07-61/Ex. |
REPORT, GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW |
The Faculty
Senate receives the “Sacramento
State General Education Program Self-Study” and expresses appreciation to
the review team for their dedication, time and contribution.
Carried.
FS 07-64/Flr. |
REQUEST FOR
CONVOCATION - 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH: BEYOND
|
The Faculty Senate requests that
the President declare a University Convocation on October 16, 2007 from 12:15-1:45,
2:15-3:45 and from 6:30-9:00 to enable students to attend panel discussions
relating to Dr. Martin Luther King's speech titled: Beyond
Background/Rationale: October
16, 2007 has been set aside to honor and celebrate the occasion of the Reverend
Martin Luther King's visit to the
Carried.
The following items received a first
reading and will receive a second reading at the next Faculty Senate meeting:
FS 07-62/Ex. |
SENATE FLOOR PROCEDURES, AMENDMENT OF |
FS 07-63/Flr. |
PROPOSED BRITISH BOYCOTT OF |
INFORMATION
· October 11, 2007 – Senate meets · October 18, 2007 – no meeting · October 25, 2007 – Senate meets · November 1, 2007 – tentative |
· November 8, 2007 – tentative · November 15, 2007 – tentative · November 22, 2007 – Happy Thanksgiving · November 29, 2007 – tentative · December 6, 2007 – tentative · December 13, 2007 - tentative |
* Requires Presidential approval.