2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, March 26, 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; Cunningham, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Dillon, Government; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Fell, Civil Engineering; Gieger, English; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Hyson, Family and Consumer Sciences; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Jordan, Learning Skills; Kidd, Communication Studies; +Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Lilly, Teacher Education; Lin, Business Administration; Liu, Sociology; Lozano, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Onur, Economics; 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; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science

Absent:

Dubois, Humanities; Evans, Geology; Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Goetze, Nursing; Harvey, Art; Heckathorn, English; Henderson, Counselor Education; Kenney, Design; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; Matzek, Environmental Studies; McCormick, Philosophy; Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Reisner, Theatre and Dance; Sablynski, Business Administration; R. Sullivan, Anthropology; Wickelgren, Psychology;; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies

 

The agenda was amended as follows: FS 09-18/Ex. “Committee Appointment – University” was removed from the consent action calendar. It was added to the agenda as a first reading item.

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

FS 09-18A/Flr.

WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 09-18

 

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 09-18/Ex. “Committee Appointment – University”.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-18/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

 

Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Committee

Feng Deng, CBA

Suzanne O’Keefe, SSIS

Jennifer Ware, Library

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-19/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

 

ASI Elections Complaint Committee

Jordan Peters, 2010

 

ASI Appellate Council

John LaRocco, 2010

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-16/Ex.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2009

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-17/Flr.

2009 COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

The Faculty Senate elects college representatives to the 2009 Committee on Committees.

2009 COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

 

Committee Meeting Schedule:

#1:  Tuesday, April 7, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

#2:  Tuesday, April 21, 3:00-4:00 p.m., SAC 275

 

Committee Members:

Bruce Bikle

Chair, Faculty Senate

James Sobredo

Vice Chair, Faculty Senate

Wendy Cunningham

Member, Executive Committee (FPC Chair)

Tony Sheppard

Member, Executive Committee

David Lang

Member, Executive Committee (CPC Chair)

Sylvester Bowie

Member, Executive Committee

Michael McKeough

Member, Executive Committee

Janet Hecsh

Member, Executive Committee (GE/GRPC Chair)

Bob Buckley

Member, Executive Committee (APC Chair)

Anne Bradley

Library Senator

Christine Miller

Member, Executive Committee (GSPC Chair)

Noelle McCurley

Member, Executive Committee

Joshua Collins

Senior Student Services Senator

PLUS:

One senator elected from each College

Jason Gieger

College of Arts and Letters

Juanita Barrena

College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Mary Kirlin

College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies

Peter Choi

College of Business Administration

Juliana Raskauskas

College of Education

Ben Fell

College of Engineering and Computer Science

David Nylund

College of Health and Human Services

The following item received a first reading and will receive a second reading at the April 9, 2009 Faculty Senate meeting:

FS 09-20/Ex.

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

 

NEXT SENATE MEETING: THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 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):

·       Tu., 4/7/09 – 1st meeting of Committee on Committees (3:00-4:00); Executive Committee from 4:00-5:00

·       Th., 4/9/09 – Senate meets

·       Th., 4/16/09 – tentative

·       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)