2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Foothill Suite, University Union

OPEN FORUM

 

CONSENT ACTION

 

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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE

 

Faculty Policies Committee

Jose Chavez, At-large, 2011

 

Academic Information Technology Committee

Bob Buckley, Executive Committee, 2009

 

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COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

 

Bookstore Advisory Group

Xin Ren, 2011

Jennifer Ware, 2010

 

 

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SENATE FLOOR PROCEDURES

 

The Faculty Senate approves of the “Senate Floor Procedures” outlined in Attachment A.

 

REGULAR AGENDA

 

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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

FIRST READING

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GRADUATE ADVISORY COUNCIL, ENDORSEMENT OF

The Faculty Senate endorses the creation of the “Graduate Advisory Council” as revised.

The Graduate Advisory Council document can be found at Attachment C.

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FACULTY LEADERSHIP CONSULTATION TEAM

 

A. The Faculty Senate Approves the Creation of the Faculty Leadership Consultation Team of 8 members that will negotiate with the Administration on the “inter-related issues of how decisions are made, consultation, shared governance and leadership” as described in the Collaborative Assessment Report on Campus Governance, Culture and Climate-Goals and Recommendations. www.csus.edu/ccp/assessment

 

Background material on the process is included as Attachment B.

 

B. The Faculty Senate approves the a process for nomination and election which shall include consideration of 5 nominees from the Executive Committee and additional nominations from the floor of the Senate to provide for the election of the Faculty Leadership Consultation Team of 8 members.  There shall be at least one member of the Faculty Leadership Consultation team from each of the following ranks:  Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor.

 

C. The Senate Executive Committee nominees for election to the Faculty Leadership Consultation Team are:

 

Carolyn Gibbs, Arts and Letters (Associate Professor)

Janet Hecsh, Education (Associate Professor)

Reza Pegahi, Library (Senior Assistant Librarian)

Dan Melzer, Arts and Letters (Assistant Professor)

David Evans, Natural Sciences and Mathematics (Full Professor)

INFORMATION

1.     Textbooks and UEI Bookstore

The Faculty Senate Executive Committee has referred the UEI Bookstore textbook ordering problems and other issue related to the UEI Bookstore discussed at the September 18, 2008 Faculty Senate meeting to the Faculty Policies Committee (FPC) for further investigation with the assistance of the Bookstore Advisory Representatives. The immediate action will be to provide intervention intended to avoid or mitigate the problems with adequate numbers of textbooks being ordered for the Spring 2009 term. The FPC will also work with the UEI Bookstore on longer-term issues concerning faculty and the Bookstore. The longer-term issues will be reported back to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee in Spring 2009 for further action as necessary.

The California State Auditor’s report on textbook costs can be found at: http://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2007-116.pdf

2.     “Clickers”

3.     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.

4.     Livingston Annual Faculty Lecture: Professor Jackie Donath, Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 3:00 p.m., University Union Ballroom

5.     The Structure of Senate Meetings

6.     Actions of the 2008-2009 Senate

7.     Top Ten List of Things New Senators Should Know