2009-2010 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Foothill Suite

Present:

Altmann, Nursing; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Berta-Avila, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Blanton, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Blumberg, Music; Boulgarides, Temporary Faculty (Kinesiology and Health Science); Chavez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Collins, Student Services; Croisdale, Criminal Justice; Cuevas, ASI; Cunningham, Family and Consumer Sciences; Deegan, Temporary Faculty (Family and Consumer Science); W. Dillon, Government; Elstob, Foreign Languages; Fanetti, English; Gardner, Business Administration; Gherman, Chemistry; Gibbs, Design; Gieger, English Hammersley, Geology; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Harvey, Art; Hecsh, GEP/GRPC Chair (Teacher Education); Heedley, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Henderson, Counselor Education; Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kaplan, Economics; Katz, Learning Skills; Kelly, Social Work; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Koegel, Communication Studies; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Lang, CPC Chair (Economics); Li, Business Administration; Liu, Business Administration; Loeza, Teacher Education; McCormick, Philosophy; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Parker, Kinesiology and Health Science; Parsh, Nursing; Peigahi, Library; Pinch, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Siegler, FPC Chair (Economics); Sobredo, Ethnic Studies; Smith, Communication Studies; Stevens, Environmental Studies; Sullivan, Anthropology; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Wanket, Geography

Absent:

Berg, Sociology; Buckley, APC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Burke, History; [F] Chang, Computer Science; Choi, Business Administration; Cohen, History; Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Dubois, Humanities; Fell, Civil Engineering; Gonzales, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; Ishiura, Temporary Faculty (Child Development); Lin, Business Administration; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; McCurley, Student Services; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Panneton, Criminal Justice; Penrod, Psychology; [F] Raskauskas, Child Development; Russell, Social Work; vacant, Theatre and Dance; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Women's Studies

The agenda was amended by adding the following as a first reading item: Faculty Senate Budget, Discussion and Consultation. The agenda was approved as amended.

ACTION ITEMS

FS 10-21/AITC/Ex.

RESPONSE TO THE NURSING PROGRAM'S NEED FOR SCHEDULING COMPUTER LAB USE

The Faculty Senate recommends that Academic Affairs facilitate the following:

The meeting of appropriate representatives from Space Management, IRT and AITC with Nursing to ensure that the process for responding to their program need for lab use is met in a timely manner.

Resolution of this problem needs to occur in time to ensure that whatever mid-term testing is required can be accommodated

Carried unanimously.

FS 10-22/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

Institutional Scholarship Committee

Molly Dugan, At-large, 2011

Jude Antonyappan, At-large, 2011

Rachael Gonzales, At-large, 2010

Carried unanimously.

FS 10-23/Flr.

MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Carried unanimously.

FS 10-10/Ex.

BY-LAWS: STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIR TERM LIMITS

Proposed Language: (To be added to II.B.2 of the By-Laws)

A faculty member may be elected to serve up to three (3) consecutive terms of one year each as the Chair of a Standing Committee. After an interval of a year following the end of the third consecutive term, the faculty member shall become eligible for election to the Chair of a Standing Committee.

Reason: This was the sentiment that emerged in the Senate’s earlier discussions of the subject. It eliminates that possibility that Standing Committee Chairs could end up serving longer than senators representing electing units and provides opportunity for new people to move into positions of senate leadership.

Note: If approved, then for current Standing Committee Chairs, the current year (2009-2010) would count as ‘year one’ of their three potential consecutive terms.

Carried unanimously.

FS 10-19A/Flr.

MOTION TO POSTPONE FS 10-19

The Faculty Senate recommends postponing the second reading of FS 10-19 “Academic Values Statement” to the March 18, 2010 Faculty Senate meeting.

Carried unanimously.

The following items will receive a second reading on March 18, 2010:

FS 10-18/APC/Ex.	STUDENT GRADE APPEAL PROCESS, AMENDMENT OF
FS 10-19/Ex.	ACADEMIC VALUES STATEMENT
FS 10-24A/Ex.	ACADEMIC AFFAIRS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIC PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP, ENDORSEMENT OF
FS 10-24B/Ex.	COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT, UNIVERSITY
FS 10-27/AITC/Ex.	CONSULTATION TO INFORM THE DECISIONS REGARDING ANY PROPOSED ACADEMIC IT CHANGES INCLUDING CENTRALIZATION OF IT RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE OR SUPPORT SERVICES
FS 10-25A/Ex.	LEARNING SPACE ADVISORY WORKGROUP, ENDORSEMENT OF
FS 10-25B/Ex.	COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT, UNIVERSITY
FS 10-26/AITC/Ex.	SCHEDULING OF OPEN COMPUTER LABS FOR ACADEMIC USE
FS 10-28/Flr.	FACULTY SENATE BUDGET, DISCUSSION AND CONSULTATION

SENATE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS FOR SPRING:

· March 18, 2010

· March 25, 2010 (nomination meeting for officers of the 2010-11 Faculty Senate, 3:00-3:30; 2009-10 Senate meets from 3:30-5:00)

· April 8, 2010 (election meeting for officers of the 2010-11 Faculty Senate, 3:00-3:30; 2009-10 Senate meets from 3:30-5:00)

· April 22, 2010

· Tuesday, April 27, 2010 (Outstanding Faculty Awards)

· April 29, 2010

· May 6, 2010

· May 13, 2010

· May 20, 2010