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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES October 12,
2006 |
11:30 A.M.
- 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Bedell, Bruschke, Buck,
Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon, Guerin, Hassan, Hewitt,
Jones,
Absent: Altar, Alva,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the
meeting to order at 11:32 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Javier Gamboa, Executive Vice President, Associated
Students, Inc., distributed a resolution entitled “Faculty Role in Mitigating
the Cost of Textbooks” which was passed by the CSU Academic Senate May 4-5,
2006. He encouraged all faculty members to submit textbook requisitions to
Titan Shops in a timely manner, as doing so will benefit students by allowing
them to receiving the highest possible buyback price, enabling bookstores to
obtain a greater selection of used textbooks for sale at a savings to students,
and creating more scholarship opportunities. Departments who participate could
earn up to $500 worth of Titan Shops credits.
Senator Nanjundappa reported that George Diehr was
reelected to the CalPERS Board of Administration. He stated that a mediator has
been assigned to assist in the process of hearings between CFA and CSU. Senator
Nanjundappa will continue to keep us abreast of the developments from these
hearings.
Senator Randall commended and thanked Associated
Students, Inc. for its Anti-Hate initiatives and rally. Senator Rumberger
thanked Senator Randall for her comments and acknowledged all of the clubs and
organizations that planned the event and the Dean of Students for its support.
Lee Gilbert, Interim Director, Freshman Programs
announced the position opening for Director of Freshman Programs. He asked that
Senators help in the recruiting process by encouraging good candidates who are
interested to apply. The position will need to be filled by spring 2007.
Chair Guerin thanked Chuck Kissel, Interim
Director, Titan Shops, for the new chairs in the Academic Senate Chambers.
IV.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
4.1 It was M/S/P [Pasternack/Bedell] to approve
ASD 06-170 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes Draft 9-21-06 as submitted.
(Approved unanimously)
V.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P [Drezner/Pasternack] to approve the consent
calendar. (Approved unanimously)
VI.
TIMES CERTAIN
Time Certain
12:00 p.m.
President Milton Gordon
Subject: State of the University
Address
President Gordon highlighted the following:
·
He thanked
everyone for their support of Proposition 1D. About $15 million will go to campuses
if passes.
·
Last year,
the student population of CSUF was comprised of 50.8% minority students. In
less than a year, this has increased to 52.5%. (0.5% American Indian, 3.4%
Black/African American, 21.9% Asian/Pacific Islander, about 33% (12,000
students) White, and almost 9,600 Hispanic students (more than any 4-year
university in California)
·
Female
population is 59%, has reached as high as 60-61% in previous years.
·
With over 1,500
international students, we are third in the nation for Masters Level
institutions. Our international student population increased after September 11th.
We admitted 465 new international students this year.
·
We received
47,000 applications for this year. We continue to be number one in the system for
transfer students.
·
We had a
great meeting with the accreditation team for our new generic Master’s in
Nursing Program. We have been funded for 60 entry level students. The Nursing
program has also introduced plans for a program in Nurse Practitioner in
partnership with UCI. Other programs in development include Midwife Nursing and
School Nurse. Our online Nursing Program has over 250 students.
·
The Ed.D. progam
is going well. We have funding for 20 students a year for this program.
·
We continue with
our goal to hire 100 tenure/tenure-track faculty members.
·
We have been
trying to strengthen the new faculty hires with the creation of several new
programs to support them. It is also important to bring in a diverse group of
faculty and staff for our diverse student base.
·
We have to
continue to work on providing affordable housing
·
The
·
Regarding the
CSUF
·
The cost of
the construction of the (new Business building) Steven G. Mihaylo building is
increasing. The current cost is over $81.5 million.
·
The cost of
the Student Recreation center will be $40 million.
·
Student
Housing: There are plans to construct a 1,000 bed facility with a dining area.
An additional parking structure will probably be needed.
·
The proposed
Faculty/Staff Center would require an 8,000 square foot area on the first floor
of Library South and provide seating for 125 in the main dining room. Two other
rooms will be needed for catering/kitchen area and lobby/lounge. The cost would
be slightly over $2 million. For this project to be viable, it will need to catch
over 3-4% of the daily population of faculty and staff on a given week day.
Additionally, 180-200 faculty and staff will need to pay membership fees of $9
per month for at least the 10 months. Under these conditions, the University
will still need to contribute $200,000 per year. VP Hagan distributed a handout
that detailed the size and cost of the center.
·
Laptop
rollout is going well.
·
We have
completed the human resources portion of the CMS project in August 2005. The
financial module should be completed in June 2007. Student administration will
be completed 2007-2008.
·
More places
on campus have been made accessible for wireless internet.
·
We rolled out
our campus Blackboard.
·
50th
Anniversary: $400,000 will be used to fund the “Golden Ideas” proposals that
will be submitted in commemoration of the campus’ 50th Anniversary.
·
CSU Strategic
Language Initiative: The
·
CSUF signed
an agreement with KCET. Over the next twelve months, KCET will bring in a fully
digital channel into
·
President
Gordon and Amir Dabirian stated that the new student email portal has to be
used by the faculty in order for it to work as the campus’ primary means of
direct communication. Currently, 31,789 students are using the portal. Over
26,000 log-ins are recorded per day. Use of the portal has increased dramatically.
President Gordon advised the Academic Senate to pursue the following:
·
“Golden
Ideas” for the 50th Anniversary: Submit proposals to the President.
$400,000 is available for funding this project.
·
Assist in
facilitating graduation: Currently, we have 10,362 seniors. Look at policies
and procedures that will help students declare a major by the time they
complete 60 units.
·
Assist in
development of online orientation for transfer students to facilitate their
transition to CSUF.
·
Assist Amir Dabirian, his designee to lead
the CSUF campus accessible technology planning and monitoring effort. Senators
received a copy of Coded Memo 2006-AA-41, Access to Electronics and Information
Technology for Persons with Disabilities. Senator Dabirian suggested that the Academic
Senate approve UPS 103.005 World Wide Web policy (which is currently under
review) before January 29, 2007 and include in it a policy on accessibility
standards.
Time Certain
12:45 p.m.
Thomas Whitfield, Director,
Environmental Health and Safety
Judy King, Chief of Police,
University Police Department
Subject: Fire Alarm System
Mr. Whitfield discussed various upgrades/changes
that have been made to our buildings which include a new Emergency Notification
System that allows Police Dispatch to make announcements to different zones on
campus, the addition of door hold devises to comply with Fire Marshall
standards (door wedges are not permitted), and the posting of classroom
evacuation signs that illustrate two exits from each classroom and the assigned
assembly points. Mr. Whitfield notified the Senate that a test of the Emergency
Notification System will occur on Friday, October 27 at 11:00 a.m. and an
all-University drill at 3:00 p.m. will occur the same day. Chief King stated
that CSUF has completed a
$7 million upgrade project that was started in
June 2005. The Cobb Resident Hall will be upgraded soon.
VII.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Guerin reported the following:
·
University Club: External reviewers are scheduled to visit campus on October 24th
and 25th. Among others, they
are scheduled to hold focus groups with Executive Committee, the Campus
Facilities and Beautification Committee, and six to eight junior and six to
eight senior faculty members. The junior and senior faculty groups are nearly
complete. The purpose of the external reviewers is to conduct a market analysis
of campus constituencies.
·
Search Committees
o Search committees for the Director of Assessment
and Internal Auditor are on the Consent Calendar. These are both national
searches.
o The Freshman Programs Advisory Board met yesterday
to recommend the search committee for the Director of Freshman Programs This is
a campus search.
o President Gordon asked the Executive Committee for
nominees to serve as Acting Executive Assistant to the President until a
national search can be completed to fill the position.
·
President’s Enrollment Management Advisory Group met on October 10th.
o The total headcount of enrolled students this fall
is 35,921 (up from 35,040 last year). We
are likely to be the largest CSU in headcount for the second straight
year.
o Our fall-to-fall [unrebenched] FTES was 27,025, up
2.2% from last year.
o Outreach has developed new programs to increase the
yield of admitted students. For example, either local or on-campus welcome
receptions will be given for high-achieving students. They will be given targeted information about
University Honors and Scholars, President’s Scholar, faculty researchers, the
library, and IT, etc.
·
WASC Planning Group met Monday. In January, members will be attending a two-day
workshop on preparing the campus proposal for the campus-wide accreditation
review. There are three steps in the
WASC review. The campus proposal is due October 2007; the Capacity and
Preparatory Review is due in Spring 2010; and Educational Effectiveness Review
is scheduled for Fall 2011. The proposal will be organized around three themes
representing needs and priorities of the campus. Faculty input to identify the themes is being
requested through departments. A call will be going out shortly.
·
UPS 210.000. Chair Guerin asked the body to consider adopting special rules as it
revises UPS 210.000 later this semester, such as submitting amendments in
writing one week prior to debate to reduce debate on amendments that violate
the collective bargaining agreement or other mandates.
·
Facilitating Student Success Conference. A campus delegation and the statewide senators will attend a CSU conference next week.
VIII.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Pasternack reported that the Statewide Senate has not met since
he last reported. The steering committee that will oversee Cornerstones II (CSU
strategic planning process) will meet on Monday in
IX.
NEW BUSINESS
9.1 It was M/S/P
[Pasternack/Hewitt] to approve ASD 06-153 Resolution in Support of Proposition
1D (Approved Unanimously). Senator Bedell added that the Orange County Board of
Education supports this Proposition. Senator Rumberger stated that Associated
Students, Inc. also passed a resolution in support of Proposition 1D.
9.2 VPAA Smith reported
that 93 tenure track faculty, including 3 librarians, were hired out of 100
searches last year. Ninety-seven searches have been authorized for November
2006 this year. He also provided the following status report:
·
Currently, we
have 247 assistant professors, 150 associate professors, and 257 full professors
for a total of 654 tenure and tenure-track faculty.
·
Of the 654
tenure and tenure-track, 360 are tenured and 294 are tenure-track.
·
32 faculty
are on sabbatical, 88 are in the FERP program, and 130 are full-time lecturers
·
Currently,
there 35,921 students and FTES is 26,544
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 12:58p.m.