2008-2009 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Foothill Suite

Present:

Altmann, Nursing; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bikle, Criminal Justice; Blumberg, Music; Bowie, Social Work; Bradley, Library; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Burke, History; Choi, Business Administration; Cunningham, FPC Chair (Family and Consumer Sciences); Dillon, Government; Dubois, Humanities; Gieger, English; Gonzales, 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; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Jordan, Learning Skills; Kidd, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Krabacher, ASCSU Senator (Geography); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Lilly, Teacher Education; Lozano, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Lu, Mathematics and Statistics; McCormick, Philosophy; McCurley, Student Services; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Nylund, Social Work; O'Hanlon, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Onur, Economics; Reisner, Theatre and Dance; +Sheehan, Student Services; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; C. Sullivan, Biological Sciences; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Wanket, Geography; +Wehr, Sociology; Woodward, Kinesiology and Health Science; +Yu, Anthropology

Absent:

Baker, Chemistry; Chang, Computer Science; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Evans, Geology; Fell, Civil Engineering; Goetze, Nursing; Henderson, Counselor Education; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kenney, Design; Legorreta, Business Administration; Lin, Business Administration; Maguire, Criminal Justice; Mahone, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; Matzek, Environmental Studies; Raskauskas, Child Development; Russell, Foreign Languages; Sablynski, Business Administration; Wickelgren, Psychology; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies

 

The agenda was amended by adding FS 09-48 “Resolution of Commendation and Leadership for Senate Chair Bruce Bikle”. The agenda was approved as amended.

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

FS 09-46A/CPC/Ex.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW – DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES: RECOMMENDATIONS 1 AND 2 TO THE FACULTY SENATE

 

The Faculty Senate recommends referring recommendations 1 and 2 of the Humanities and Religious Studies Program Review to the appropriate Senate Committees for consideration.

 

1)    Working closely with the faculty and the administration, the Faculty Senate needs to revisit and clarify the purpose of program reviews on this campus and explore the best ways to achieve the desired goal. These efforts will significantly facilitate program review and assessment in the Department, the College and the University.

2)    The Faculty Senate should encourage the University to move toward a GE program review and assessment that is simple, meaningful, and sustainable.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-44/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY

 

Grade Appeal Procedural Appeals Board

Susan Crawford, At-large, 2012

 

Transportation Advisory Committee

Martha Wilson, faculty, 2012

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-44/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS – UNIVERSITY

 

Grade Appeal Procedural Appeals Board

Susan Crawford, At-large, 2012

 

Transportation Advisory Committee

Martha Wilson, faculty, 2012

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-45/CPC/Ex.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW – DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES

 

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations (Attachment A) of the Program Review Oversight Committee on the program review of the Department of Communication Studies and recommends that: 1) the Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) programs in Communication Studies and Journalism be approved for a period of six years from the time of the Senate adoption of this recommendation and 2) the Master’s degree (M.A.) in communication Studies be approved until 2013.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

*FS 09-46/CPC/Ex.

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW – DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES

 

The Faculty Senate receives the recommendations of the (Attachment B) Program Review Oversight Committee on the program review of the Department of Humanities and Religious Studies and recommends all the degree programs and minors in the Department and the Liberal Arts Master’s Program be approved for six years or until the next scheduled program review.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-47/Ex.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MAY 7, 2009

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-39A/Flr.

MOTION TO RECOMMIT

 

The Faculty Senate recommends recommit FS 09-39/CPC/Ex. back to the Executive Committee.

 

Carried.

 

FS 09-41/GE/GRPC/Ex.

GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS – REDUCTION OF COURSES ACCEPTED AS SATISFYING GE REQUIREMENTS

 

3.     The Faculty Senate should consider restructuring the General Education Program by reducing the number of courses that are accepted as satisfying GE requirements.

A new configuration of GE that reduces the number of courses that are accepted as satisfying GE requirements be undertaken.

 

Response - Action: After considerable discussion the GE/GRPC committee did not reach consensus on whether or not to endorse this recommendation. However, the committee proposes the following policy to assure currency of course listings.

The following policy regarding the declassification of GE classes shall be adopted:

1.     All currently listed GE classes that have not been taught during 2005-2009 will be declassified as a GE class, unless a department successfully appeals directly to the GE/GRPC Committee.

2.     Beginning in fall 2010, classes that are classified in GE must be offered, at a minimum, once every two years or be declassified. At the end of every school year, the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies will undertake a review of courses, and departments will be notified, and classes that have not been taught in the two preceding years will be declassified unless a department successfully appeals directly to the GE/GRPC Committee.

3.     The responsibility for scheduling and teaching the course rests with the department, as does the responsibility for appeal to the GE/GRPC.

 

Defeated (hand vote: ayes – 11; nays – 16).

 

FS 09-48A/Flr.

WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 09-48

 

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 09-48 “Resolution of Commendation and Leadership for Senate Chair Bruce Bikle”.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 09-48/Flr.

RESOLUTION OF COMMENDATION AND LEADERSHIP FOR SENATE CHAIR BRUCE BIKLE

 

 

Whereas:

One might think that an individual, such as our current Senate Chair, with experience in corrections and prison management would be particularly well-suited to lead a body such as the Faculty Senate of the California State University, Sacramento; and

Whereas:

We are truly grateful that our current Senate Chair did not find it necessary to employ prison management techniques in actually leading the Faculty Senate; and

Whereas:

The Faculty Senate Chair is a highly visible position, in this case made even more so by his frequent excursions around campus on his bicycle; and

Whereas:

The current Faculty Senate Chair assumed office during a period of campus discord and has been instrumental in guiding us back to a state of harmony and collegiality; and

Whereas:

This individual, while Senate Chair, has skillfully steered the Faculty Senate as it has addressed a wide range of complex issues including:  the undertaking of the Campus Climate initiative, the establishment of the University Budget Advisory Committee (UBAC), the quest for WASC re-accreditation; and

Whereas:

For the past two years the name of this individual has been Bruce Bikle; therefore be it:

Resolved:

That the Faculty Senate of the California State University, Sacramento gratefully acknowledges Bruce Bikle’s hard-working contributions as Chair of the Senate for the past two years and his efforts in helping re-establish harmony to the campus community; and be it further:

Resolved:

That if the history of recent past senate chairs is to serve as a guide, we can expect to see Bruce either (a) drop out of sight completely, preferably by spending his time on a boat in Mexico, or (b) become a permanent resident of the Foothill Suite on Thursday afternoons where he will continue to “bark at the moon” with other relics of Senate Chairs past. In either case, we wish Bruce the very best in his future career.

Carried unanimously.

*Requires Presidential approval.

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