ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Allen, Arkenberg,
Bedell, Boyum, Buck, Byrnes, Cox, Emry, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gass, Gilbert,
Gordon, Guerin, Hagan, Hall, Hewitt, Jewett, Jones, Junn, Kelly, Klassen, Kreiner,
Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Members Absent: Erickson, Shapiro, and Taulli
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilbert
called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator
Nanjundappa extended an invitation to the Senators for the CFA Fullerton
Chapter Year-End Barbecue, May 24, 2004 in the Arboretum from 11:00 a.m. to
Senator
Randall stated that she has heard inaccurate information about the proposed
Chair Gilbert
informed the members there were sufficient numbers of valid signatures on the
petition to justify the referendum. The
petition was received in a timely fashion in the Senate office, and signatures
on the petition were verified by the Senate Elections Committee.
Senators Jones
and Randall expressed concerns about the collection of the signatures and
information provided to those who signed the petition.
Nanjundappa
stated that Senate bylaws were followed.
Senator Byrnes
thanked faculty for supporting the student protest against fee increases on
April 29.
Senator Fitch
stated she supports the Referendum petition because some senators who had
legitimate questions to ask about this issue did not have a chance to speak at
the last Senate meeting.
Chair Gilbert announced
Senate elections are currently taking place, but that computer problems had
been experienced and so the voting period would be extended. He described the timeline and process to be
used for the Referendum voting. According
to the Senate Bylaws, there will be a brief summary of the pro/con statements
from the discussion from last Senate meeting that will go out as a separate
Chair Gilbert
also announced that 24 CSUF students participating in the Model United Nations
received an “Outstanding Delegation Award” at the National United Nations
Conference held April 5-11 in
Senator
Sutphen announced the upgrading of Blackboard will take place over the July 4th
weekend. She encouraged everyone to come
to the
Senator Parker
stated that a mass attack on the campus computer system started about 11:00 pm
last night. Information Technology has
been working on it; he does not know how soon they will be able to isolate the
problem which has definitely slowed down the system.
Senator
Pasternack requested to have a web link on the election page to the pro/con
statement for the Referendum. Chair
Gilbert noted that with the consent of the body this will be done.
It was m/s [Michalopoulos/Fitch] to the have the
all university election extended one day due to the computer system going up
and down.
It was moved and accepted as a friendly amendment
[Pasternack] to extend the all university Senate election to 12:00 noon on
Friday versus ending Thursday at 10:00 p.m. The Referendum election would begin
at 1:00 p.m., on Friday. Motion carried.
Senator Fitch
inquired as to when Plus/Minus Grading was to be implemented, and Vice
President Smith responded that it would not be implemented until spring 2005.
IV.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator
Pasternack reported on activities of the statewide Senate including a
recommendation for a graduate fee differential, a resolution urging students
who take more than 20% more courses than needed to graduate to pay a higher
fee, and standardization and Inter-segmental General Education Transfer
Curriculum.
V.
CHAIRS REPORT
No report.
VI.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s/p to approve the following Consent
Calendar with the exception of approving Counseling 350 which was removed at
the request of the Counseling Department.
A.
B.
C.
VII.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. ASD 04-40 Revised UPS
300.000 Student Rights and Responsibilities
It was m/s
[Wong/Rhoten] to approve document
It was m/s
[Buck/Fitch] to amend line 17 on page 2 by placing a period after the word
“persons” and eliminating the list of particulars after that. Motion
on Buck amendment failed.
It was m and
accepted as a friendly amendment [Boyum] on page 5, line 37 after the word
file to delete the word “is” and insert “shall be” to read “the file
shall be kept permanently.”
It was m/s and
accepted as a friendly amendment [Boyum/Bedell] on page 9, line 38, a.
“Students’ free expression is bound by common sense and good judgment.” Change to “Students are expected to
exercise free expression in a context of common sense and good judgment.”
It was m/s and
accepted as a friendly amendment [Randall/Sutphen] on page 9, line 5 insert
language “the student is urged to consult first with the faculty/staff
member, if appropriate.” If necessary,
the student should then consult with the appropriate supervisors or
administrators at higher levels of responsibility.”
It was m/s
as a friendly amendment [Russell] to
insert the word “generally.” Motion failed.
It was m/s
[Buck/Nanjundappa] on page 9, line 7 to place a period after the word
“responsibility” and delete “at least to the Dean or Director level.”
It was m/s
[Sutphen/Fitch] on page 9, line 7 after the word responsibility, delete “at
least” and insert “as high as.” Motion failed.
Buck motion
carried.
Motion passed
to approve ASD 04-40 Revised
VIII.
A.
It
was m/s [Gannon/Nanjundappa] to
approve document
Senator Pasternack noted that on page 1, lines 21, 24
and 30, the term “full-time temporary faculty” should be consistently used. Since the document deals with full-time
temporary faculty perhaps there should be some clarification at the beginning
of the document that this policy only relates to full-time temporary faculty so
references elsewhere in the document could be deleted. On a more substantive issue on page 1, in the
first paragraph under Duties one can interpret that they get to vote in chair’s
elections. There needs to be some clarifying language, such as “except as noted
in
Senator Boyum suggested that the issue reverts again
to conversation about to whom this document applies. On page 1, under Definition, B line 19 states
it applies only to “full-time temporary appointments” and wonder if full-time
temporaries are excluded from chair elections and other such things anywhere in
the university.
It was m/s
[Rutemiller/Emry] to refer the document back to the committee.
Senator Pasternack noted that on page 2, line 2
“Exceptions shall be made only when the need is urgent…” and does not refer as
to what exceptions? Committee should
clarify language as to exceptions and references. On page 3 line 19 “For teaching, this shall
include copies of course syllabi, assignments, examinations,” it should be
clarified whether these are to be representative sample syllabi or all
syllabi. Under Scholarly/Creative
Activity, “supporting materials that cover the period since the last review”
should be revised to state specifically to include copies of supporting
materials.
Motion
passed to refer ASD 04-57 Revised
B. ASD 04-58 Revised
It was m/s
[Gannon/Nanjundappa] to approve document
Senator Emry noted that the document misses the chance to make a
pro-active statement about the role of departments in determining curriculum
and to service students.
It was moved by Senator Meyer on page 1 line 30 and line 27 on page 2, to
substitute the word “Assumptions” to “Expectations”. Motion
failed.
It was m/s [Reisman/ Michalopoulos]
to refer document back to committee with suggested comments by the members.
Additional comments for the committee:
on page 2, line 27 change the word “basis” to “basic,” line 45
change “int” to “into”, page 3 line 20 clarify “the chair shall be
informed…” This document should be very
proactive in dealing with quality, with students, with curriculum and will
require a great deal of additional and creative thoughts for the various
sections of this document.
On page 3, line 21 “the chair shall be informed of those policies and
proposed policies that affect the department” should be clarified so that
Chairs have access to the information needed to meet their responsibilities.
Motion passed to refer
It m/s/p
[Bedell/Byrnes] to adjourn. The meeting
adjourned at