ACADEMIC SENATE

AGENDA

April 16, 2009

11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC SENATE CHAMBERS

I. CALL TO ORDER

II. URGENT BUSINESS

III. ANNOUNCEMENTS

IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

4.1 ASD 09-41 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 1-29-09

4.2 ASD 09-42 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes 2-12-09

V. CONSENT CALENDAR

5.1 Nominees to General Committees 2009-10

FACULTY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

Nominee: Forthcoming (ARTS)

Confirmed 3/26: Irena Praitis (HUM) Vic Brajer (MCBE); Ruth Yopp-Edwards (EDUC); Diana Guerin (HHD)

Continuing: Robert Gass (COMM); Chandra Putcha (ECS); John Foster (CNSM); Ron Hughes (SOC SCI)

PROFESSIONAL LEAVES COMMITTEE

Nominee: Shari McMahan (HHD)

Confirmed 3/26: John Koegel (ARTS); Cheryl Zimmerman (HUM); Kuen-Hee Ju-Pak (COMM)

Continuing: Gus Manoochehri (MCBE); Kim Norman (EDUC); Xiong Wang (ECS); Alfonso Agnew (CNSM); Nancy Fitch (SOC SCI); Sharon Perry (LIBRARY)

FACULTY RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Nominees: Dawn Person (EDUC); Barbara Miller (LIBRARY)

Confirmed 3/26: Prasado Rao (ECS); Heather Battaly (HUM); John Bock (SOC SCI)

Continuing: Robin Johnson (ARTS); Adrian Fleissig (MCBE); Phil Armstrong (CNSM);Jason Teven (COMM); David Cherin (HHD)

5.3 Nominees to PPI Appeals Committee - Forthcoming

5.3 ASD 09-59 Instructional Materials Accessibility Plan (IMAP) Draft

VI. TIME CERTAIN

12:15 p.m.

Subject: Report from Sustainability Task Force

Dr. Scott Hewitt

VII. CHAIR’S REPORT

VIII. STATEWIDE ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT

IX. FIRST READING ITEM

9.1 ASD 09-57 Rescission of UPS 320.001 Cooperative Education and Planned Education Leaves [7-24-74]

ASD 09-54

AS Agenda 4-16-09

X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

10.1 Second Reading: ASD 09-61 Statements of Opinion 2009 (Note: This is a revision of ASD 09-48)

XI. NEW BUSINESS

11.1 ASD 09-60 Revised UPS 100.001 Academic Senate Bylaw 77-2 [Source: Academic Senate Executive Committee]

11.2 ASD 09-17 Revised UPS 290.000 Outstanding Professor Award [Source: OPA Committee]

11.3 Area Code Changes

11.4 ASD 09-22 Resolution Regarding the CLA [Source: Academic Senate Executive Committee]

11.5 ASD 09-47 Proposed New UPS on Office Hours [Source: FAC]

11.6 ASD 09-58 Revised UPS 100.600 Procedures for the Establishment of University Departments [Source: PRBC]

11.7 ASD 09-59 Revised UPS 300.004 Policy on Course Outlines [Source: FAC]

XII. ADJOURNMENT