2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
MINUTES
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Library 11
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Present: |
Altmann, Nursing; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Bowie, Social Work; Bradley, Library; Brodd, Humanities; Burke, History; Chang, Computer Science; Choi, Business Administration; Collins, Student Services; Dillon, Government; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Downs, Counselor Education; Fell, Civil Engineering; Gardner, Business Administration; Gieger, English; Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Harvey, Art; Heckathorn, English; Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; Jordan, Learning Skills; Kay, ASI; Kidd, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Lin, Business Administration; Lozano, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; McCormick, Philosophy; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Raskauskas, Child Development; Russell, Foreign Languages; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; C. Sullivan, Biological Sciences; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Van Gaasbeck, Economics; Wanket, Geography; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science |
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Absent: |
Baker, Chemistry; Blumberg, Music; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Cunningham, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Evans, Geology; Goetze, Nursing; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Kenney, Design; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lilly, Teacher Education; Liu, Sociology; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Matzek, Environmental Studies; McCurley, Student Services; Miller, ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Reisner, Theatre and Dance; R. Sullivan, Anthropology; Wickelgren, Psychology; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies |
The agenda was amended to add FS 08-59/Flr. “By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, Revised – Executive Committee Membership” as a first reading item. The agenda was approved as amended.
ACTION ITEMS
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FS 08-55/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT - SENATE |
Center for Teaching and Learning
Advisory Board
Elaine Gale, At-large, 2010
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-56/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT - UNIVERSITY |
Search Committee, Dean, College
of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies
Dana Kivel, H&HS
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-58/Flr. |
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF OCTOBER 30, 2008 |
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-54A/Flr. |
MOTION TO DIVIDE – FS 08-54 |
The Faculty Senate recommends dividing FS 08-54/Ex. “Committee on Graduate Studies, Establishment of Committee on Graduate Studies” so that each clause is considered separately
Carried.
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FS 08-54/Ex. |
COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE STUDIES, ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE ON GRADUATE STUDIES |
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall be established as a Standing Committee of the Faculty Senate.
CHARGE
A.
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall be the
consultative deliberative body of the faculty on matters relating to graduate
education, graduate curriculum, planning and research including
post-baccalaureate course offerings, degree programs, extension, admission and
matriculation requirements, assistantships, fellowships, graduate student
awards, grading, library services, and other matters related to
post-baccalaureate and graduate instructional development and delivery.
Carried.
B.
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall develop, periodically
review, revise as appropriate and recommend such university-wide graduate
policies, standards, and procedures as are conducive to the maintenance of
quality in advanced degree programs throughout the University. Pursuant to this, it shall coordinate
policies, standards, and procedures of the departments and schools and the
University as a whole, insofar as they relate to degrees and/or programs beyond
the bachelor’s degree. As appropriate, the Committee on Graduate Studies shall
also collaborate with other Faculty Senate standing committees to co-sponsor
policy recommendations.
Carried.
OPERATIONS
A.
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall be a committee
of the Faculty Senate, reporting to the Executive Committee.
Carried.
B.
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall work in close
coordination with other Faculty Senate standing committees in the disposition
of its duties.
Carried.
C.
Issues considered by the Committee on Graduate Studies
may be referred by the Executive Committee to any of the other standing
committees of the Faculty Senate as well.
Any standing committee may similarly refer issues to the Committee on
Graduate Studies through the Executive Committee.
Carried.
D. The Committee on Graduate Studies shall nominate and the Senate shall elect a Chair at the end of each academic year to serve during the coming academic year.
1) The Chair is responsible for establishing the agenda for each meeting, and for producing an end-of-year report.
2) A quorum of the Committee shall require the presence of at least five voting members.
Carried.
MEMBERSHIP
The Committee on Graduate Studies shall be composed of 9 voting members: one faculty representative from each of the seven Colleges and the Library, and one faculty representative of the Dean’s Graduate Advisory Council elected by that Council. Elected members shall serve three year staggered terms. The Dean of Graduate Education and a representative from the College of Continuing Education shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members, as shall one post-baccalaureate student selected according to procedures determined by Associated Students Incorporated.
Carried.
The following items received a first
reading and will receive a second reading at the Faculty Senate meeting on
November 20, 2008:
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FS 08-59/Flr. |
BY-LAWS OF THE FACULTY SENATE, REVISED – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP |
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FS 08-57/FPC/Ex. |
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS TRANSPARENCY ACT (CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE SECTION 66406.71 (RECOMMENDATIONS ON) |
INFORMATION
NEXT SENATE MEETING: THURSDAY,
NOVEMBER 20, 2008
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 2008-2009 Senate