2011-2012 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

AGENDA
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union
3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

GILBERT HAMILTON Emeritus faculty Division of Social Work TIM HODSON Emeritus faculty Public Policy and Administration ALEJANDRO MEDINA Civil Engineering Major

WANDA COLLINS Emeritus faculty Division of Social Work KURT VON MEIER Emeritus faculty Department of Art

OPEN FORUM

CONSENT INFORMATION

FS 11/12-34/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

Committee on Diversity Awards

Yvette Farmer, 2014

Michele Foss Snowden, 2014

CONSENT ACTION

FS 11/12-35/EX.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee

Claudia Lucero, NSM, 2014

Curriculum Policies Committee

Dian Baker, At-large, 2012

FS 11/12-36/AITC/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

IRT Academic Advisory Committee

Elizabeth Liles, 2012

Todd Migliaccio, 2012

Bruce Ostertag, 2012

IRT Administrative Advisory Committee

Ron Coleman, 2012

REGULAR AGENDA

FS 11/12-37/Flr.

MINUTES OF OCTOBER 6, 2011

KEN O’DONNELL, STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND POLICY (3:30 p.m.)

FS 11/12-38/Flr.

NOMINATION OF CHAIR, CURRICULUM POLICIES COMMITTEE

Background: Article II, Section F of the By-laws of the Faculty Senate state, in part, “ . . . A vacancy in the voting membership of the Executive Committee shall be filled by nomination and election at the first meeting of the Faculty Senate after the vacancy occurs. The nominee elected shall have received more votes than any candidate not elected. . . If the office of Chair of a Standing Committee becomes vacant, the office shall be executed by the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee until the Faculty Senate shall elect a successor as provided in Article II, Sections D.3 and E.3 of these By-laws (http://www.csus.edu/acse/bylaws.htm). The Vice Chair executing the office of Chair under this provision shall not serve as a voting member of the Executive Committee.” Kath Pinch will resign as Chair of the Curriculum Policies Committee, as she will be on sabbatical in Spring 2012.

Nominations of candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees may be made by a senator from the floor; by the current membership of the Standing Committee; or by a petition signed by ten (10) or more full-time faculty members and filed with the Faculty Senate office before the first meeting of the new Faculty Senate.

The candidates for Chair of each Standing Committees shall submit a one page description of qualifications and intentions to the Faculty Senate office for inclusion with the agenda for the election meeting.

Nominations will remain open until the Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday, November 3, 2011.

FIRST READING

FS 11/12-31/FPC/EX.

FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES TO STUDENTS IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT

The Faculty Senate recommends adoption of the “Faculty Responsibilities to Students in the Instructional Environment” policy as shown in the October 6, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C.

Note: The appendix can be found in the October 6, 2011 Faculty Senate Agenda Attachment C-1.

BACKGROUND

April 27, 2011 - President Gonzalez requested the formation of an ad hoc committee, to be drawn from the Faculty Senate Executive Committee and led by the Provost. The committee’s purpose was to develop draft policy language on faculty rights and responsibilities regarding the delivery of instruction to our students, to be “grounded in our current University Policy documents”

An Ad Hoc Committee was formed and met three times over the summer. The Committee incorporated material from three currently existing documents into the proposed policy.

- “Statement on Faculty Responsibilities and Professional Ethics” (effective 1994, updated 2011) http://www.csus.edu/umanual/hr/HRS-0117.html

- “Student Rights and Responsibilities” (effective 1999) http://www.csus.edu/umanual/student/UMS16500.htm

- AAUP Statement on “Freedom and Responsibility” (published 2006)

August 30, 2011 - Executive Committee referred the document to FPC.

FPC discussed the Ad Hoc Committee’s document throughout September. Notes from the table top discussions at the August 24 Faculty Senate meeting were incorporated into the discussion.

September 27, 2011 – FPC referred the proposed policy to Executive Committee, which unanimously voted to place the proposed policy on the Senate agenda and then voted unanimously to endorse the policy.

FS 11/12-39/FPC/EX.

OUTSTANDING SCHOLARLY AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY AWARDS, AMENDMENT OF

Amends FS 09-70

The Faculty Senate amends the Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards by including the following criteria:

In addition to the CV and the nomination letter, applications should highlight the nominee’s most significant scholarship or creative activities, including

· impact of the scholarly and creative activities on nominee’s field(s) of study, including key citations or unique contributions;

· impact of the scholarly and creative activities on the university and students;

· additional criteria may be established by each college.

Background information and the transmittal from the Faculty Policies Committee can be found at Attachment A.

SENATE FALL SCHEDULE:

(1^st and 3^rd Thursdays, 3:00-5:00, Foothill Suite, Union, unless notified otherwise)

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 – Livingston Lecture November 3, 2011 – Senate meets November 10, 2011 – tentative November 17, 2011 – Senate meets

November 24, 2011 – Thanksgiving break December 1, 2011 – Senate meets December 8, 2011 – tentative December 15, 2011 – Senate meets