2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento
MINUTES
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Foothill Suite, University Union
3:00 P.M.
Voting Members Present (+ indicates alternate):
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Present: |
Altmann, Nursing; Baker, Chemistry; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Bradley, Library; Brodd, Humanities; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Burke, History; Chang, Computer Science; Cunningham, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Dillon, Government; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Downs, Counselor Education; Evans, Geology; Gardner, Business Administration; Gieger, English; Goetze, Nursing; +Gonsier-Gerdin, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Harvey, Art; Heckathorn, English; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kidd, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Lin, Business Administration; Liu, Sociology; Lozano, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Miller, ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; +Pinch, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Raskauskas, Child Development; Reisner, Theatre and Dance; Rodriguez, Teacher Education; Russell, Foreign Languages; +Sheehan, Student Services; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; C. Sullivan, Biological Sciences; R. Sullivan, Anthropology; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Van Gaasbeck, Economics; Wanket, Geography; Wickelgren, Psychology; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science |
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Absent: |
Choi, Business Administration; Fell, Civil Engineering; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Jordan, Learning Skills; Kenney, Design; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lilly, Teacher Education; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; Matzek, Environmental Studies; McCormick, Philosophy; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies |
ACTION ITEMS
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FS 08-41/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE |
Faculty Policies Committee
Jose Chavez, At-large, 2011
Academic Information Technology
Committee
Bob Buckley, Executive Committee, 2009
Carried unanimously.
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*FS 08-42/Ex. |
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY |
Bookstore Advisory Group
Xin Ren, 2011
Jennifer Ware, 2010
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-43/Ex. |
SENATE FLOOR PROCEDURES |
The Faculty Senate approves of the “Senate Floor Procedures” outlined in Attachment A.
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-44/Flr. |
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2008 |
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-46A/Flr. |
WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 08-46 |
The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 08-46 “Graduate Advisory Council, Endorsement of”.
Carried unanimously.
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FS 08-46/Ex. |
GRADUATE ADVISORY COUNCIL, ENDORSEMENT OF |
The Faculty
Senate endorses the creation of the “Graduate Advisory Council” as revised.
Be it further resolved that the Faculty Senate directs the Executive Committee to bring forward a proposal to establish a standing committee of the Senate on graduate policies.
The Graduate Advisory Council document can be found at Attachment C.
Carried unanimously.
By unanimous consent, the Senate approved substituting the following language for FS 08-45:
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FS 08-45/Ex. |
FACULTY – ADMINISTRATION TEAM ON CONSULTATION, SHARED GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP |
A. The Faculty Senate approves the designation of 8 faculty members as their representatives to the Faculty – Administration Team on Consultation, Shared Governance and Leadership. The 8 faculty representatives will work collaboratively 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 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 8 faculty members to represent the Faculty Senate on the Faculty – Administration Team on Consultation, Shared Governance And Leadership. There shall be at least one faculty representative from each of the following ranks: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Full Professor.
C. The Senate Executive Committee nominees for election to the Faculty – Administration Team on Consultation, Shared Governance and Leadership 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)
The following item received a first reading and will receive a second reading on October 16, 2008:
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FS 08-45/Ex. |
FACULTY – ADMINISTRATION TEAM ON CONSULTATION, SHARED GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP |
Susan Sherry and David Booher, Center for Collaborative Policy, provided a presentation on the process for the work of the Faculty-Administration Team on Consultation, Shared Governance and Leadership.
Kimo Ah Yun, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Jean-Pierre Bayard, Director, Academic Technology and Creative Services, provided a presentation and demonstration on “Clickers”.
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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 |