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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES October 26,
2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Altar, Alva, Arnold,
Bedell, Bruschke, Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Guerin, Hassan, Hewitt, Holland,
Absent: Drezner, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the
meeting to order at 11:34 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
Senator Shapiro
announced that the report on the audit of Business and Financial Affairs
(Report 04-91) has been posted to the
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Dabirian distributed
a report on email SPAM. As a campus, we have been receiving over a million SPAM
messages a day. A new anti-SPAM device has been installed that detects both
positive and suspected SPAM and filters them out of the messages that we
receive. The product automatically adjusts itself to SPAM patterns and also
allows customization of filters for campus needs.
Senator Nanjundappa reported
that over the weekend more than 100 CFA delegates from all 23 CSU campuses met
in
Senator Nanjundappa also
announced that CFA is organizing a large demonstration at the Board of Trustees
meeting on November 15, 2006. More than 1,000 faculty members plus students are
expected to attend. His goal is to take at least 100 faculty members, so he
encouraged participation. CFA will provide transportation. A bus will pick up
participants at 8:00 a.m. in front of Langsdorf Hall. This group should return
to campus between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m.
Senator Randall invited
any faculty members who have worked on campus for 10-19 years to submit a short
paragraph to her describing any professional development activities they feel
would best meet their needs. These responses will be incorporated into an
article that will appear in the first issue of this year’s Senate Forum on issues that mid-career faculty members are facing.
Senator Randall also
asked the body to note that on February 2, 2007 at 7:00 p.m., the Gymnastics
and Wrestling teams will be hosting Faculty Night at their combined meet. All
faculty members are invited, and Senators will receive a special invitation.
This event is free with an all-athletics pass.
Senator Buck reported
that the University Club is hosting the following events:
·
Pre-election event at Reyes Fidalgo’s home on Friday,
November 3, 2006: Please RSVP to to receive the address. Political scientists, Steve
Stambaugh, Matt Jarvis, and Raph Sonenshein will be speculating on the outcome of
the November 7th election.
·
Post-election event at Chair Guerin’s home on Tuesday, November
7, 2006: Two of the political scientists will attend to discuss the outcome of
the election.
·
Mike Steiner will host a walking tour of downtown
·
Though it is not strictly a University Club event,
Senator Buck invited all to participate in the walking tour of
RSVP to Tony Rimmer or
Leticia Stotler for these events and/or contact them for University Club
membership.
Senator Rumberger
reported that Associated Students, Inc. completed one of its most successful voter
registration campaigns, having registered 1,690 students. ASI will continue
with a drive to educate students on the propositions that will be voted on.
IV.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
4.1
M/S/P [Nanjundappa/Rhoten] to approve ASD 06-172 Academic
Senate Meeting Minutes 10-12-06 (Draft) as amended. (Approved unanimously). In
addition to the correction of minor formatting errors, it will be noted that
Senator McConnell was present at the meeting on 10-12-06.
V.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P [Bedell/Nanjundappa] to approve the Consent
Calendar with the following revisions:
·
FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: Change forthcoming to Blaine Walgren
The consent calendar was approved unanimously.
5.1
Nominees
to Standing Committees
FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Nominees:
Forthcoming
Confirmed 9/21: Sharon Seidman (HHD); G. Nanjundappa (Soc Sci); Karen Ivers (EDUC);
Campus facilities and beautification
Nominees:
Gerry Grant (CBE); Curtis Williams (CNSM)
Confirmed
9/7: Maria Grant (EDUC); Kurt Kitselman
(COMM); M. Prasado Rao (ECS);
Ellen Junn (HHD); Jade Jewett (ARTS); Craig Ihara (HUM)
Graduate Education Committee
Nominee:
John Reinard (COMM)
Confirmed
8/24:
Mike Loverude (CNSM); Pat Keig (EDUC); Jochen Burgtorf (Soc Sci);
Robert Watson (ARTS); Zvi Goldstein (CBE)
5.2 Nominees to Search Committee
Director – Internal auditor
Nominees:
Stephen Stambough (SOC SCI); Michael Ray (HUM)
Confirmed
10/12: Mahamood Hassan (CBE)
VI.
CHAIR’S REPORT
On behalf of the
Chair Guerin
congratulated and bid best wishes to Senator Napper, who has accepted a
position at UC Riverside.
Faculty Trustee Craig
Smith will visit our campus on November 1, 2006 and meet with various groups,
including the Academic Senate Executive Committee.
Chair Guerin also
reported the following:
Committee Update
·
All Senate committees are underway and have leadership of
chairs or co-chairs. Chair Guerin
thanked all colleagues who are serving as chairs and all of those who are
members of the committees.
·
Chair of the
Professional Leaves Committee, Louise Adler, reports 54 sabbatical proposals
have been submitted.
·
A joint
meeting of standing committee chairs and Executive Committee was held on
October 17th. The groups shared information about the interface of
the committees and the Senate.
Ongoing searches include:
·
Director of
Freshman Programs (Campus)
·
Director of
Assessment and Educational Effectiveness (National)
·
Internal
Auditor (National)
·
Director of
Media Relations (National)
·
Director of
FAR: We are in the process of putting together the search committee.
CSU
Campus Practices for Student Success Conference on October 19, 20th:
·
A CSUF
delegation attended the conference last week.
·
Campuses
shared practices such as freshman programs, mentor programs, CSU Accessible
Technology Initiative, advising programs, student orientation programs.
·
VPAA and Senate
chairs gave input on the Cornerstones II (Access and Excellence) discussion
topics. We will have a campus meeting on this next semester.
·
VPAA and Senate
chairs also briefed on various standardized assessments of college-level
learning. There is national pressure for
higher education to adopt accountability measures.
The
Student Fee-Advisory Committee:
This
committee approved a request to adjust fees for Transfer Student Orientation
sessions. For full-day sessions, the fee would be raised from $45 to $55. For half-day sessions, a new fee of $35 would
be charged. Transfer students could also opt for an online orientation overview
that is free of cost.
Pronunciation
of Student Names at Commencement:
Amir
Dabirian, CITO, was asked about the possibility of creating an audio library of
students pronouncing their names so that faculty can hear how the students
pronounce their names. This is being
implemented at
VII.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
No
report.
VIII.
NEW BUSINESS
8.1 Continued Discussion on
Senate Action Items per Bylaw 83-9. Chair Guerin asked the body to suggest
items for Senate action. The following were made:
·
Develop
programs that are designed to lessen the gender gap. (Senator Shapiro)
·
When
examining gender gaps on campus, take into consideration students, staff,
administration, and faculty (Senator Bruschke)
·
Have a
conversation on campus growth as it relates to FTES, size, academic quality,
and WASC. “How big is too big?” (Senator Bedell, Senator Hewitt & Senator
Nanjundappa)
·
The situation
with the
·
Develop ways
to improve our graduation rate. (Senator Nanjundappa)
·
Address the
need for substantially more resources, intramural research grants, and
sabbaticals for faculty members. (Senator Nanjundappa & Senator Hewitt)
·
In UPS
210.000, decrease emphasis on student ratings of instruction in the RTP
process. (Senator Nanjundappa)---Discussion on SRI issues is needed. (Senator Pasternack)
·
Develop
programs that improve and extended the practice of mentoring junior faculty
members. (Senator Hewitt)
·
The Senate
Executive Committee, Professional Leaves Committee, and the Academic Senate
should take up the issue of sabbaticals. (Senator Burgtorf)
·
The Executive
Committee should first examine the issue of dysfunctional departments and
chairs and then discussion should move to the Senate level for action. This
affects the RTP process directly.(Senator Taylor)
·
Address the
need for more resources for larger classes. (Senator Hassan)
·
Formalize the
FERP status in UPS documents, particularly in relation to voting in
departmental elections during the non-teaching semester. (Senator Hassan).
·
Encourage
everyone to read the Executive Order on the Accessible Technology Initiative. (Senator
Stang)
·
Encourage
students to increase study outside of the classroom. Work with Freshman
Programs to help transition students from high school to college. (Senator Shapiro)
·
Carefully
assess the efficiency of online courses before encouraging faculty to pursue
online instruction. (Senator Nanjundappa & Senator Pasternack) --- With
regards to online instruction, the faculty development component is important.
(Senator Alva)
·
Look at
faculty housing issues. (Senator Pasternack)
·
Address ACR
73. (Senator Pasternack)
·
Make clear to
students, our current status on the implementation of the Second Language
Graduation Requirement. (Senator McConnell)
·
The UPS on
televised courses seems to be outdated. The Academic Senate should look at this
UPS on televised courses from a broader context and relate it to technology of the
current day. (Senator Alva)
·
Students
should be asked how they feel about the increase in class sizes. (Senator Hassan)
·
We have
robust models of online instruction that are probably not visible to the
campus. They need to be made more accessible so that faculty members can have a
vision of what an engaging and interactive online course should look like. (Senator
Randall)
·
In response
to the suggestion to review the effectiveness of online instruction, Senator
Taylor cautioned against engaging too heavily in bureaucratic review of
curriculum. He feels that faculty/department should be capable of coming up
with online versions of the course they teach. (Senator Taylor)
·
The Academic
Senate needs to look at the chargeback system of the Physical Plant to
determine if an audit is needed. Prices seem to be three times higher than
outside service providers. (Senator Meyer)
8.2 ASD 06-174 Pending Items (UPS Documents
Awaiting Approval) was distributed to all
Senators as an informational document. Senator Hassan requested
that the documents from the previous list of pending documents that was given
to Senators last fall be included on ASD 06-174 along with the dates that they
received the President’s approval. He
also mentioned that per the discussion on this topic at a Senate meeting in fall
2005, the Executive Committee was to meet with the President to work out a
formal procedure for approval of documents that are passed on the Senate floor.
Further discussion on the time frame for the approval of Senate documents took
place until Senator Hassan suggested deferring conversation on this issue until
President Gordon can respond.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at
12:47 p.m.