2011-2012 FACULTY SENATE
California State University, Sacramento

MINUTES
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Foothill Suite, Union

Present:

Altmann, Nursing; +Anker, Design; Barrena, Biological Sciences; Bellon, Philosophy; Bogazianos, Criminal Justice; Boulgarides, Temporary Faculty (Kinesiology and Health Science); Bowie, Social Work; Buchanan, English; Buckley, ASCSU Senator (Computer Science); Buckman, Humanities; Carroll, Student Services; Chanda, Nursing; Cortez, Associated Students, Inc.; Dickson, Counselor Education; M. Dillon, Geography; W. Dillon, Government; Fanetti, English; Fell, Civil Engineering; Flohr, Art; Gherman, Chemistry; Hadley, Sociology; +Hall, Library; Hamilton, Mathematics and Statistics; Hammersley, Geology; +Ingram, Mathematics and Statistics; Kaplan, Economics; Koegel, Communication Studies; Kirlin, Public Policy and Administration; Kornweibel, Emeritus Faculty (History); Mayberry, Foreign Languages; McKeough, Physical Therapy; Mejorado, Bilingual/Multicultural Education; Metz, Music; Michael, Business Administration; Mikhailitchenko, Business Administration; Miller, GSPC Chair and ASCSU Senator (Communication Studies); Mosupyoe, Ethnic Studies; Moylan, Family and Consumer Sciences; Noel, FPC Chair (Teacher Education); Penrod, Psychology; Pinch, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Reddick, Library; Russell, Social Work; Sheppard, Recreation, Parks and Tourism Administration; Singer, Criminal Justice; V. Smith, Communication Studies; Strasser, Anthropology; Theodorides, Kinesiology and Health Science; Van Gaasbeck, APC Chair (Economics)

Absent:

Bersamin, Child Development; Blanton, Speech Pathology and Audiology; Choi, Business Administration; Deegan, Temporary Faculty (Family and Consumer Science); Dixon, Temporary Faculty (Music); Echandia, Temporary Faculty (Bilingual/Multicultural Education); Goodrich, Theatre and Dance; Hecsh, Teacher Education; Liu, Business Administration; Marbach, Mechanical Engineering; Matthews, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Moni, Women's Studies; Numark, History; Reveles, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies; Stevens, Environmental Studies; Taylor, Physics and Astronomy; vacant, Athletics; vacant, Special Education, Rehabilitation, School Psychology, and Deaf Studies; vacant, Student Services

 

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

 

The agenda was amended by adding the following as the first item of business: FS 11/12-40/Flr. “Commendation for Cheryl Johnson”. The agenda was approved as amended.

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

FS 11/12-34/Ex.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – UNIVERSITY

 

Committee on Diversity Awards

Yvette Farmer, 2014

Michele Foss Snowden, 2014

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 11/12-35/EX.

COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT – SENATE

 

Pedagogy Enhancement Awards Subcommittee

Claudia Lucero, NSM, 2014

 

Curriculum Policies Committee

Dian Baker, At-large, 2012

 

Carried unanimously.

 

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

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 11/12-37/Flr.

MINUTES OF OCTOBER 6, 2011

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 11/12-40A/Flr.

WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 11/12-40

 

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 11/12-40 “Commendation for Cheryl Johnson”.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

FS 11/12-40/Flr.

COMMENDATION FOR CHERYL JOHNSON

 

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has provided over ten years of extraordinary service to the CSUS Faculty Senate as she facilitated the smooth running of Senate office; and

WHEREAS:   During her tenure with the Faculty Senate, Cheryl Johnson has orchestrated her work in concert with Carolyn Duran, Bonnie Smith and Lana Sysa, who are quick to sing, in harmony, the praises of Cheryl’s organizational skills, her inclusive approach to teamwork, and her kindness and support as the Senate office has hummed merrily along, distinguishing it as a model of efficiency and smooth operations; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has long kept an enormous blue exercise ball in the Faculty Senate office, which may help explain her unflappable demeanor; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has supported faculty governance activities at CSUS by facilitating Senate meetings that most assuredly could not have run without her, by coordinating Executive Committee and Faculty Senate agendas, by preparing and distributing written materials, and by managing the Senate budget; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has had to sit through meetings of the Faculty Senate and its Executive Committee not just once, but twice, as she listens to recordings and constructs the official minutes of these groups; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has exhibited the unique skills and requisite sense of humor needed to interpret and document Executive Committee discussions bearing no resemblance to any listed agenda item; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has used her prodigious institutional memory to provide continuity for Executive Committee discussions that had little inherent continuity; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson survived the tenure of five Faculty Senate Chairs with no documented psychiatric counseling; and

WHEREAS:   Past and current Chairs of the Senate readily acknowledge that they could not have functioned without Cheryl Johnson’s mentoring, support, and intimate knowledge of the Senate and Academic Affairs ; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has ably assisted Senate leadership as the "power" behind the "power", in handling all matters dealing with protocol and procedures, and in helping keep Senate Chairs from making grievous errors; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson has called the roll for 289 different and unique Senators, some with quite challenging surnames to pronounce; and

WHEREAS:   Faculty Senators and countless other faculty serving on Senate and university committees over the years are deeply grateful to Cheryl Johnson for her always gracious camaraderie and helpful assistance in learning about Senate and committee meeting schedules, mysterious acronyms, and so much more; and

WHEREAS:   Cheryl Johnson will be sorely missed by the Faculty Senate Chair, her colleagues in the Senate Office, and each Faculty Senator; be it therefore

RESOLVED:  That the California State University, Sacramento Faculty Senate warmly thanks and expresses its deep gratitude to Cheryl Johnson for her many years of extraordinary service to the Senate; and be it further

RESOLVED:  That Faculty Senate wishes Cheryl Johnson all the best as she takes her exercise ball and bounces toward new adventures in the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and extends to her an open invitation to return and visit us whenever those adventures allow.

Carried unanimously.

 

KEN O’DONNELL, STATE UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND POLICY – report on the CSU Graduation Initiative

 

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.

 

FS 11/12-39A/Flr.

WAIVER OF FIRST READING OF FS 11/12-39

 

The Faculty Senate waives the first reading of FS 11/12-39 “Outstanding Scholarly and Creative Activity Awards, Amendment of”.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

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.

 

Carried unanimously.

 

The following item will receive a second reading at the Faculty Senate meeting on November 3, 2011:

FS 11/12-31/FPC/EX.

FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES TO STUDENTS IN THE INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT

 

SENATE FALL SCHEDULE:

 

(1st and 3rd 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