ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
Members Present: Arkenberg,
Bedell, Boyum, Buck, Emry, Erickson, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gilbert, Guerin, Hagan,
Hewitt, Jeremiah, Jones, Junn, Klassen, Meyer, Parker, Parman, Pasternack,
Putcha, Randall, Rhoten, Rimmer, Russell, Rutemiller, Sawicki, Schroeder, Smith, Sutphen, Szeszulski, Taulli, Tavakolian, Vargas and Wong
Members Absent: Abdelwahed,
Cox, Gordon, Kim, Nanjundappa, Perkins, Reisman, Roberts, Shapiro and Wolverton
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilbert
called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
It was m/p [Bedell] for the Senate to consider
moving item VII. D. as the first item of business after the Consent Calendar.
Senator Fitch
expressed her concerns about the new Library Policy and believes that we are
creating a situation where we basically are telling faculty and students not to
use the library. Senator Fitch had
referenced four specific issues: 1) this policy severely restricts the research
faculty in certain disciplines; 2) this policy severely affects the way we
teach our graduate courses in history; 3) this policy should be run by the
Research, Curriculum and Grad Ed Committees; and 4) appalled at the limitations
of the number of books the part-time faculty will be allowed to have checked
out at one time.
Senator Bedell
suggested the Senate set aside a time certain at the marathon meeting next week
allowing time for everyone to review this policy for a discussion of these
issues.
Chair Gilbert
introduced Ingrid Moses, Vice Chancellor and President of the University of New
England, Australia. Vice Chancellor
Moses gave a brief description of UNE, described their distance learning
program and a brief overview of a proposed Ph.D. Counseling Education degree to
be offered jointly with CSUF Counseling department.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Gilbert asked
for a moment of silence to remember Glenn Nagel, Dean of Natural Science at
CSULB and former Chair of the Chemistry Department at Cal State Fullerton. The memorial service will be held on June 2,
at
Senator
Guerin, on behalf of Senator Nanjundappa, reminded the members of the CFA Year-End
Barbecue taking place today in the Arboretum.
Chair Gilbert
reminded the members that President Gordon will be hosting his annual barbecue
for Senators on Wednesday, June 4 at the Ranch.
Senator Boyum
announced the new catalog will be distributed next Tuesday.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
Chair Gilbert
reported he and others went to Sacramento on Tuesday to discuss the budget with
the legislators and urging them to accept the May revise as proposed by the
Governor.
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s/p
[Bedell/Fitch] to approve the Consent Calendar:
ASD 03-57
Spring 2003 400 & 500 Level New Course Proposals
Chair Gilbert declared
ASD 03-63 Proposal for the Women’s Health Care Concentration in the Nursing
Master’s of Science Degree would be considered as the first item of business.
It was m/s/p [Bedell/Junn] to unanimously
approve ASD 03-63 Proposal for the Women’s Health Care Concentration in the
Nursing Master’s of Science Degree.
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. ASD 02-121 Revised
UPS 210.001 Recruitment of Faculty
It was m/s [Sutphen/Pasternack] to approve
document ASD 02-121. Changes in this
policy implement changes to the CBA, which permit untenured faculty to
participate in the recruitment of new faculty, with the permission of the
President.
It was m/s [Pasternack/Fromson] to propose an
amendment inserted at the end of page 4, end of line 21 to clarify what is
meant by majority of department. “In
voting on the recommendations of the Department/Recruitment/Search Committees,
the department shall set the method of voting.
Tenure-track faculty members in the department shall each have one
vote. They may enfranchise any other
category of full- or part-time faculty, or other persons who are part of the
department. Absent any decision of this
sort, only tenure-track faculty shall participate in voting on the committee’s
recommendations.”
It was m/s [Pasternack/Gannon] to propose a
substitute amendment to Senator Pasternack’s original amendment “In voting on the recommendations of the
Department/Recruitment/ Search Committees, tenured and tenure-track faculty members
in the department shall each have one vote.” Deleting the remainder of the original
amendment.
It was m/s/p [Guerin/Jones] to call the
question.
Motion passed on the substitute amendment “In voting on the recommendations of the
Department/Recruitment/Search Committees, only tenured and tenure-track faculty
members in the department shall vote.”
It was m/s/p [Buck/Sutphen] to call the
question on the amendment.
It was m and accepted as a friendly amendment
[Guerin] line 37 on page 2, after the word Committee, insert “the Department Chair is responsible for.”
It was m and accepted as a friendly amendment [Sutphen]
line 18 on page 3, after the word tenured insert “and tenure-track” and delete the word probationary. On line 19 change the word all to “These” and line 24 after the word entire insert “tenured and tenure-track.”
It was m and accepted as a friendly amendment
[Hewitt] line 5 on page 3, change Recruitment/Search Committee to read “Faculty and Recruitment/Search Committee.”
It was m [Hewitt] line 43 on page 2, after Department Chair insert “or designee.” The motion died for lack of a second.
It was m and accepted as a friendly amendment
[Guerin] line 22 on page 3 capitalize the words “Recruitment/Search Committee.”
It was m/s/p [Fitch/Bedell] to call the
question. Motion passed to approve document ASD 02-121 as amended with 3
abstentions.
VII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD 03-60 BA European Studies Major
It
was m/s [Fitch/Bedell] to approve
document ASD 03-60.
It
was m/s/p [Bedell/Fromson] to end
debate. Motion to approve document ASD 03-60 passed unanimously.
B. ASD 03-61 BA European Studies Minor
It was m/s/p
unanimously [Fitch/Bedell] to approve document ASD 03-61.
It was m/s/p [Wong/Fitch] to call the
question. Motion to approve document ASD 03-61 passed unanimously.
C. ASD 03-64 BS in Computer Engineering
It was m/s [Bedell/Putcha] to approve document
ASD 03-64. Having reached time of
adjournment, Chair Gilbert declared this item will be first item of Unfinished
Business at our next Senate meeting on May 29.
The meeting adjourned at