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 |