2007-2008 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 P.M.

Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):

Present:

Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bayne, Theatre and Dance; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bishop, Anthropology; Blumberg, Music; +Boulgarides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Bowie, Social Work; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Dammel, Civil Engineering; Downs, Counselor Education; Evans, Geology; Flohr, Art; Gibbs, Design; Goff, FPC Chair (Library); +Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Heckathorn, English; Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Holl, Mechanical Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kellen-Yuen, Chemistry; +Kelly, Nursing; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lagos, History; Lilly, Teacher Education; Liu, Sociology; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Lustig, Government; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Matzek, Environmental Studies; McCormick, Philosophy; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Melzer, English; Miller, ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; +O’Neill, Library; Peigahi, Library; Pinch, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Rodriguez, Teacher Education; Russell, Foreign Languages; Sharp, Business Administration; Siegel, History; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Sullivan, Biological Sciences; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; VanGaasbeck, Economics; Wanket, Geography; Williams, Communication Studies

Absent:

Anderegg, Student Services; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Goetze, Nursing; Gordon, Computer Science; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Hembree, Child Development; A. Jensen, Business Administration; Jordan, Learning Skills; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Legorreta, Business Administration; Maguire, Criminal Justice; McCurley, Student Services; Qin, Psychology; Stiles, Humanities; vacant, Temporary Faculty; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Business Administration; vacant, Women's Studies

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

FS 08-08/Flr.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 14, 2008

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 08-09/Flr.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 6, 2008

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 08-10/Flr.

2007-2008 COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

The Faculty Senate elects college representatives to the 2007-2008 Committee on Committees as follows:

Committee Meeting Schedule:

#1:  Tuesday, March 25, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

#2:  Tuesday, April 15, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

 

Committee Members:

Bruce Bikle

Chair, Faculty Senate

James Sobredo

Vice Chair, Faculty Senate

Linda Goff

Member, Executive Committee (FPC Chair)

Amy Heckathorn

Member, Executive Committee

David Lang

Member, Executive Committee (CPC Chair)

Sylvester Bowie

Member, Executive Committee

Perry Heedley

Member, Executive Committee

Janet Hecsh

Member, Executive Committee (GE/GRPC Chair)

Bob Buckley

Member, Executive Committee (APC Chair)

Reza Peigahi

Senior Library Senator

Noelle McCurley

Senior Student Services Senator

PLUS:

One senator elected from each College

Beatrice Russell

College of Arts and Letters

Juanita Barrena

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Kristin VanGaasbeck

College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Peter Sharp

College of Business Administration

Frank Lilly

College of Education

V. Scott Gordon

College of Engineering and Computer Science

Kath Pinch

College of Health and Human Services

 

Matthew Altier, Executive Director & Vice President, University Enterprises, Inc., provided a briefing to the Faculty Senate.

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.     The Structure of Senate Meetings

3.     Actions of the 2007-2008 Senate

4.     Top Ten List of Things New Senators Should Know

5.     Senate schedule of meetings:

·       March 20, 2008 – Senate meets; Faculty Endowment for Student Scholarships awards reception-Hinde Auditorium

·       March 27, 2008 – no meeting

·       April 3, 2008 – no meeting – Spring Break

·       April 10, 2008 – Senate meets

·       April 17, 2008 – first organizational meeting of the 2008-09 Senate meets, 3:00-3:30; 2007-2008 Senate meets, 3:30-5:00

·        Tuesday, April 22, 2008 – Outstanding Faculty Awards: Teaching, University and Community Service, and Lifetime Achievement for Community Service; 3:00-5:00, Ballroom I

·        April 24, 2008 – no meeting

·        May 1, 2008 – second organizational meeting of the 2008-09 Senate meets, 3:00-3:30; 2007-2008 Senate meets, 3:30-5:00

·        May 8, 2008 – Senate meets

·        May 15, 2008 – Senate meets