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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES April 5,
2007 |
11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Alva, Arnold, Bedell,
Bruschke, Buck, Dabirian, Drezner, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon, Guerin, Hagan,
Hassan, Hewitt,
Absent: Altar, Burgtorf,
Fidalgo,
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the meeting to order at 11:31
a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
M/S/P [Fromson/Pasternack] to approve the following
nominees to the General Committees for 2007-2008:
Faculty Personnel
Committee
Nominees: Chandra
Putcha (ECS); Joanne Gass (HUM); Gerald Gannon (CNSM);
Forthcoming (COMM); Forthcoming (SOC SCI)
Continuing: Laurence Timm (ARTS); Mabel
Kung (CBE); Andrea Guillaume (EDUC);
Debbie Rose (HHD)
Professional Leaves
Committee
Nominees: Gus
Manoochehri (CBE); Kim Norman (EDUC); Reyes Fidalgo (HUM)
Continuing: James
Taulli (ARTS), Anthony Fellow (COMM); Bin Cong (ECS); Leslie Grier (HHD); David
Drath (CNSM); Bill Haddad (SOC SCI); Susan Tschabrun (Library)
Faculty Research
Committee
Nominees: Marc
Dickey (ARTS); David Cheng (ECS); Grace Cho (EDUC); Renae Bredin (HUM); Julie
Stokes (SOC SCI); Barbara Miller (Library)
Continuing: Irene Lange (CBE); Cynthia
King (COMM); Sharon Seidman (HHD);
Chris Meyer (CNSM)
Chair Guerin introduced and
welcomed newly elected Senator, Robert L. Sage, to the Academic Senate. She
also welcomed Senator Nanjundappa back from his time away due to illness.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Guerin encouraged
all to attend Senator Drezner’s Outstanding Professor Lecture on Monday, April
16, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Titan Student Union.
She reminded everyone to
vote in the election for the CSU Statewide Senator. The election will take
place April 9-12th.
Chair Guerin also thanked
everyone who attended the campus forum on the “Complexities of Growth” that
took place earlier that morning.
President Gordon has
approved the revised UPS 103.005 World Wide Web Policy.
Senator Walicki invited
all to attend the recital for Pianist Fureya Unal next Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. in
the Recital Hall of the Performing Arts building.
Senator Dabirian
notified all that the data center on campus will be shut down this Friday night
between 9:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. to replace a part of our emergency power source
that has failed. The entire campus network will not be functioning.
This includes the internet and email.
Senator Nanjundappa thanked
everyone for wishing him well while he was ill. He commented that CFA is very
pleased about its recent agreement with the CSU. We expect ratification will
take place before the end of April. CFA will notify Senators of the exact date.
Senator Alva invited
senators to participate in the annual trip to Fudan. Applications are still
being accepted for this trip, scheduled to depart on May 22nd. Please
direct questions to Senator Zhao.
Senator Stein announced
the launching of promotional campaign that both she and Senator Rhoten have
been coordinating under a UPI grant to promote Academic Integrity and Civility.
One of the events will include a “Making Integrity Count Rap Contest” which
will be held on April 16th from 12-1:00p.m. in the quad. She
encouraged all to stop by and watch the five contestants, and promote this
event to students.
Senator Taylor welcomed Senator
Nanjundappa and thanked him and the CFA Fullerton Chapter for their hard work,
but encouraged the body to look at Senator’s Drezner and Pasternack’s analysis
of the CFA and CSU tentative agreement. Senator Nanjundappa responded that details
from CFA are forthcoming.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
Due to lack of time, the
minutes were not discussed.
4.1 ASD 07-58 Academic
Senate Meeting Minutes 3-15-07 (Draft)
4.2 ASD 07-59 Academic
Senate Meeting Minutes 3-22-07 (Draft)
V.
TIME
CERTAIN
Time Certain
Subject: ASD 07-37 Revised UPS
210.000 (Section I: Definitions and Section II: Faculty Personnel Standards) [Source: FPC 2005-2006]
Time: 11:45 a.m.
M/S/P [Hewitt/Fromson] with one abstention to approve ASD 07-37 Revised
UPS 210.000 (Section I: Definitions and Section II: Faculty Personnel Standards) as edited, including the
following:
·
Section I.B.1: Page 2, lines
57-58: M/S/P [Hassan/Kanel]: to add “for performance” after “the President” and
delete “first or”.
Time Certain
Subject: ASD 07-08 Proposed UPS on
SRI [Source: FAC]
Time: 12:00 noon
It was M/S [Drezner/Fromson]
to approve ASD 07-08 Proposed UPS on SRI as edited:
·
Section II.F: Friendly
amendments [Pasternack]: delete “and error-free” and “shall” before “be
equitable”
·
Section II.J: Amendment not
friendly. M/S/P [Pasternack/Drezner] to change “paper or electronic format” to
“completed in class or online.”
·
Section II.K: Friendly
amendment [Pasternack]: Add “The” before “University”.
·
Section III.C: M/S/P
[Fromson/Junn] to delete “Departments shall identify one employee, not a
faculty member or student, for every class to administer the SRI forms to
students” and replace with “Departments shall determine a fair, equitable and
confidential process for administering SRI forms whether administered in class
or online.”
·
Section III.E: Amendment not
friendly. M/S/P [Pasternack/Hassan] to delete “Student assistant shall not have
access to completed forms or statistical summaries.”
·
Section IV.C: Amendment not
friendly. M/S/P [Pasternack/Fitch] to delete “at least fifteen minutes of
class” and (Friendly amendment [
·
Section II.H.: M/S/P
[Hewitt/Fromson] to change Section II.H. to: “There shall be three options for
administering SRI forms. The default option shall be to administer the forms in
the same context in which the course was delivered. However, a department or
program may decide to have all SRI forms administered in the classroom or have
all SRI forms administered on-line. Pursuant to CBA terms, students who do not
participate in the regular SRI process shall not be permitted to complete a SRI
form for that class.”
VI.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
No report, due to lack
of time.
VII.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
No report, due to lack
of time.
VIII. NEW BUSINESS
Items 8.1-8.5 were not
discussed due to lack of time.
8.1
ASD 07-09 Revised UPS 300.040 Academic Standards for
Postbaccalaureate Students [ASC]
8.2
ASD 07-17 Revised UPS 508.000 Policy on Return or
Replacement of Library Materials [Library Committee]
8.3
ASD 07-27 Resolution: One-Year Trial to Elect
Standing and General Committee Chairs in the Spring [Academic Senate Executive
Committee]
8.4
ASD 07-38 Revised UPS 210.007 Appointment of
Administrative Personnel
[Academic Senate Executive Committee]
8.5 ASD 07-61
Revised Academic Advising Policy [SALC]
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 1:02 p.m.