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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES March 1,
2007 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Altar, Alva, Arnold,
Bedell, Bruschke, Buck, Dabirian, Drezner, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon, Guerin,
Hagan, Hassan, Hewitt,
Absent: Burgtorf,
Fidalgo,
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the
meeting to order at 11:33 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
Senator Hassan asked President Gordon to address the
following questions:
·
When will the President
formally respond to the request in ASD 06-193 Resolution Regarding the BFA Audit which encourages the President
“to provide the university community and the public with a full description of
the steps that are being taken to address the issues raised by the audit and to
ensure that similar problems will not arise in the future.”?
President Gordon responded that there will be a
response to the campus community by the end of March.
VP Hagan added that his division has been
providing a report that updates Senators on the progress that is taking place
in response to the issues raised by the audit. The President’s response to the
campus community will address new policies and procedures that have been put
into place and key positions that have been filled.
·
Has the University responded to all 55 items the audit
report recommended a response to?
VP
Hagan stated that the Trustees will meet by mid March. By this meeting, we
expect to have 55 items cleared by them. We may have one or two that will
require additional research. However, when these items are complete, we will
draft a report to the community which indicates the steps the University is
taking to address the audit report and ensure that the incidents highlighted in
the audit report will not occur again.
·
Has
the request for a full explanation of the $12.88 million surplus been followed
up on?
VP
Hagan explained that the audit report showed a large carry-forward, but this
represented an over-budgeting of the general fund. The report stated that if
the campus would have spent all of these dollars, it would have spent more than
it had. Lottery funds (non-state funds) were being held in reserve to back up
the general fund. The University as a whole was not over-budgeted, the general
fund was, which required the lottery fund to be brought into the picture. However,
the general fund should be kept “pure”. The audit report indicated that if
carry-forward is reported, those dollars should represent the general fund, and
not be confounded with other non-state funds.
The
top priorities of our Finance Division include decoupling lottery fund from the
general fund and putting into place a budget process that only budgets what we
have.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Nanjundappa
reported that the CSU and CFA met with the fact-finder on February 28, 2007. It
was to be the last meeting; unless we hear otherwise, the fact-finder has
thirty days to submit a report. Once the report is received, both parties will
have ten days to accept or reject the recommendations. He will keep the body
informed of the progress. VP Atwell added that the Unit 3 contract has been
extended again until after the report from Fact-Finder is received and
reviewed.
Senator Meyer announced
the opening of Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by Senator Arnold,
tomorrow, March 2, 2007, in the Young Theatre.
Senator Meyer also
reported on other activities of the Theatre Department, which included student
participation in the Kennedy Center America College Festival gathering two
weeks ago. Several CSUF Theatre students were invited to move on as finalists
to present their productions at the
Senator Junn encouraged
all to attend the open forums hosted by the
Senator Bruschke
announced that the CSUF Speech and Debate Team will be featured in an article
in the Chronicle of Higher Education this week. He added that for the
first time in ten years, the team qualified for the National Debate Tournament
as part of the top 16 teams that are automatically invited to the tournament.
Senator Alva reported
on the outcome of the Peer Review Visit that took place last week, sharing that
CSUF received widespread praise and commendation for a number of efforts on
campus doing great work in facilitating graduation. The peer review team was
very pleased with the technological infrastructure that CSUF has in place and
felt that our campus showed a strong commitment to academic advising. However,
some of the issues raised included how to provide good academic advisement when
our campus has high numbers of part-time faculty members, concerns about space,
and the disconnect that sometimes occurs between advising for general education
and majors. Senator Alva thanked everyone publicly for all of their work in
facilitating student success.
Senator Hassan congratulated
President Gordon on his recent receipt of a prestigious award for leadership
and noted that an article about this appeared on the front page of today’s
Daily Titan.
Senator Walicki
announced that the 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival will begin
tonight and take place through Sunday. The highlight event will include
Meredith Monk at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 3rd in the Meng
Concert Hall.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
4.1 M/S/P
[Pasternack/Fromson] to approve ASD 07-23 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes
2-15-07 as submitted.
V.
TIME
CERTAIN
Time Certain
Subject: ASD 07-25 Revised UPS
210.000 (Section IV: Procedures for
Personnel Evaluations, Recommendations, and Decisions and Section V: Department Responsibilities for the
Personnel Process Outside the Review) [Source: FPC 2005-2006]
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Chair Guerin reminded the body that Section III.C. of ASD 07-19 Revised
UPS 210.000 (Section III) was not approved last week. It was M/S
[Nanjundappa/Drezner] to approve. However, this portion of the document was not
distributed to the body for review prior to meeting. Senator Pasternack moved
that consideration of Section III.C. be carried over to the next Senate meeting
so that Senators can make a more informed decision on its approval. The body
consented.
M/S/P [Fromson/Nanjundappa] to
approve ASD 07-25 as edited. [Approved with one abstention]:
Section IV.D.
·
Page 2, lines 5-6 (Section
IV.D.3): M/S/P [Pasternack/Fitch]: Delete “To consult with each newly appointed
probationary faculty member and designate one or more tenured faculty members
as mentors(s).”
·
Page 2, line 6 (Section IV.D.3):
[Stang – Friendly amendments]: Add “To consult with the probationary faculty
member” before “Before the end of the first two weeks of the fall semester…”
(lines 6-7) Delete “the department chair shall consult with the probationary
faculty member”
·
Page 2, lines 6-7 (Section
IV.D3): [Alva – Friendly amendment]: Change sentence to read: “To consult with
the probationary faculty member before the end of the faculty member’s first
two weeks of their first semester on campus.”
·
Page 2, line 7 (Section IV.
D.3): [Kantardjieff – Friendly amendment]: Change “shall” to “to”
·
Page 2, lines 31-33 (Section
IV.D.9): M/S/P [Nanjundappa/Hassan] to reinstate bullet #9: ‘To add to the Portfolio
a signed evaluation by the previous chair when the current department chair is
newly appointed in the fall semester, and if the previous chair so desires.
However, the new chair shall make the final recommendation.” [Approved with one
abstention]
·
Page 2, line 32 (Section
IV.D.9): [McConnell – Friendly amendment]: Delete “in the fall semester”
Section IV.K.
·
Page 5, line 28 (Section
IV.K.2): [McConnell – Friendly amendment]: Change “A” to “An”
·
Page 5, lines 28-30 (Section
IV.K.2): [Unattributed - Friendly amendments]: Place a period after “shall not
serve in the personnel evaluation process”. Delete “nor during any period in
which the faculty member is the subject of a personnel review involving
promotion.”
·
Page 5, line 32 (Section
IV.K.3): [Stang – Friendly amendment]: Add “tenured” before “faculty members”
·
Page 5, line 32 (Section
IV.K.3): [Fitch – Friendly amendment]: Delete “under UPS 210.020 Review of
Tenured Faculty”
Entire UPS 210.000 document: Spell out VPSA and VPAA in their first occurrences in the document, when
they are in included in a title or heading, or when they are juxtaposed.
VI.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
M/S/P [Bedell/Drezner]
approve as amended. Senator Alva moved to remove Item 6.2 ASD 07-28 Amendments to UPS 100.001 Academic Senate Bylaws in
Response to the Special Investigation (Audit) Report 04-91 from the consent
calendar. It became the first item of new business.
6.1
Nominees to Search Committee
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Nominees: Andrea
Guillaume (EDUC); Sora Tanjasiri (HHD); Alexandro Gradilla (SOC SCI);
Paul DeLand (CNSM);
Shelly Arsneault (SOC SCI)
VII.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
Chair Guerin has been
attending meetings for the planning of the campus Access to Excellence campus
conversation which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, March 21, 2007. She
invited all to attend and take advantage of the opportunity to provide input
into the Board of Trustees’ “Strategic Planning” process, the successor to
“Cornerstones”. She also noted that the University Planning Committee is
coordinating a campus conversation on growth to be held on Thursday morning,
April 5, 2007, and encouraged Senators to attend that event, as well.
The Academic Senate
Executive Committee met in retreat with the President’s Advisory Board last
Monday. The committees discussed the issue of growth.
Committee interest forms
will soon be submitted electronically. Early next week, the Academic Senate
office will send a notice to all senators, inviting them to participate in the
pilot test of the electronic forms.
VIII. STATEWIDE ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
No
report.
IX.
NEW
BUSINESS
(Due to lack of time,
items 9.1 – 9.5 were not discussed.)
9.1 ASD 07-28 Amendments to UPS 100.001 Academic Senate Bylaws
in Response to the Special Investigation
(Audit) Report 04-91
9.2 ASD 07-08 Proposed UPS
on SRI [FAC]
9.3
ASD 07-09 Revised UPS 300.040 Academic Standards for
Postbaccalaureate Students [ASC]
9.4
ASD 07-17 Revised UPS 508.000 Policy on Return or
Replacement of Library Materials [Library Committee]
9.5
ASD 07-27 Resolution: One-Year Trial to Elect
Standing and General Committee Chairs in the Spring [Academic Senate Executive
Committee]
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at
12:53 p.m.