2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Foothill Suite

Present:

Altmann, Nursing; Baker, Chemistry; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Bradley, Library; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Burke, History; Chang, Computer Science; Choi, Business Administration; Collins, Student Services; +Cook, Family and Consumer Sciences; Dillon, Government; Dubois, Humanities; Evans, Geology; Fell, Civil Engineering; Gieger, English; Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Goetze, Nursing; Harvey, Art; Heckathorn, English; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Kidd, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; +Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Lilly, Teacher Education; Lin, Business Administration; Lozano, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; McCormick, Philosophy; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; 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; Wanket, Geography; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science; +Yu, Anthropology;

Absent:

Cunningham, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Henderson, Counselor Education; Jordan, Learning Skills; Kenney, Design; Legorreta, Business Administration; Liu, Sociology; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Matzek, Environmental Studies; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Onur, Economics; Raskauskas, Child Development; Reisner, Theatre and Dance; Sablynski, Business Administration; Wickelgren, Psychology; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

FS 09-16/Ex.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 26, 2009

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-20/Ex.

OUTSTANDING TEACHING, UNIVERSITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS, AMENDMENT OF

 

Background: The following motion is brought by the Executive Committee to facilitate debate and decision-making with regards to the Faculty Senate's awards program. There seems to be a clear consensus in the Senate that the current Senate awards, administered at the college level, should be retained and so that specific point is not up for debate or vote at this time. That leaves the question of whether or not to create an additional set of awards at the campus level (with the exact process to be determined by FPC*) drawn from the recipients of the college level awards. The following motion has been crafted specifically to address that remaining question and is subject to amendment if Senators feel they would like such an award structure in one or two, but not all three of the specific categories. Rejection of the motion simply results in retaining the current awards structure at the college level. Please note that the motion is not endorsed by the Executive Committee other than as a means for reaching a decision.

 

Regardless of the outcome, FPC will further examine the process to facilitate ease of submission (as they were originally charged). If campus level awards are adopted in one or more categories, the goal will be to have the same submission package used at both levels (college and campus) to avoid re-submission or re-formatting of materials.

 

Resolved: The Faculty Senate affirms its support of the current Faculty Awards model, which provides for University-wide recognition of faculty from each of the colleges or equivalent units in the categories of Teaching, Service to the Institution and Service to the Community.

 

Resolved: The Faculty Senate refers to Faculty Policies Committee the task of reviewing policies and procedures pertaining to the awards, including the composition of selection committees, with the goal of preparing a single integrated policy document that addresses all three awards, selection committees, award criteria, procedural matters, and manner(s) of recognition of award recipients.

Carried.

The following items received a first reading and will receive a second reading at the April 16, 2009 Faculty Senate meeting:

FS 09-22/CPC/Ex.

CLASS SIZE, QUALITY, AND RESOURCE UTILIZATION TASK FORCE, ESTABLISHMENT OF

FS 09-23/Ex.

BY-LAWS, REVISION OF

 

NEXT SENATE MEETING: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2009 – FOOTHILL SUITE

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

4.     Top Ten List of Things New Senators Should Know

Spring 2009 Senate schedule (subject to change):

·       Th., 4/16/09 – Senate meets

·       Tu., 4/21/09 – 2nd meeting of Committee on Committees (3:00-4:00); Executive Committee from 4:00-5:00

·       Th., 4/23/09 – 1st organizational meeting (nominations for Executive Committee positions) of 09-10 Senate (3:00-3:30); 08-09 Senate meets (3:30-5:00)

·       Tu., 4/28/09 - Outstanding faculty awards

·       Th., 4/30/09 – Senate meets

·       Th., 5/7/09 – 2nd organizational meeting (elections for Executive Committee positions) of 09-10 Senate (3:00-3:30); 08-09 Senate meets (3:30-5:00)

·       Th., 5/14/09 – Senate meets

·       Th., 5/21/09 – tentative (finals week)