|
ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES August 24,
2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Altar, Arnold, Bedell,
Bruschke, Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon,
Guerin, Jones,
Absent: Alva, Hassan, Hewitt,
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the
meeting to order at 11:32 a.m. She, along with President Gordon, welcomed the
Senate to its first meeting of the 2006-2007 academic year.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
Chair Guerin received consent of the body to
proceed to Announcements before items of urgent business were taken up.
On behalf of the Senate Executive Committee, Senator
Drezner moved for approval of a resolution regarding Intersession 2007. The
resolution encouraged faculty and departments to consider instructional
strategies given the new three-week intersession and alternative schedules such
as starting classes immediately after fall semester final exams; stated that
departments shall not be prohibited from offering classes during Intersession
on the basis of impact on enrollments during state-supported semesters; and
suggested limits on student course loads. Senator Taylor objected to taking up
discussion of the resolution as an item of urgent business and the resolution
became the first item of new business.
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Dr. Claire Cavallaro, the newly appointed Dean for
the
Senator Nanjundappa reported that a special
meeting will take place to discuss the CFA Salary Proposal. He can be contacted
via email or phone for more information on this meeting. Senator Nanjundappa
also invited all faculty members to the CFA Welcome Reception to be held at
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 29, 2006 in the Academic Senate
Chambers. The guest speaker will be Professor George Diehr, CalPERS Board
Member. Campus members should RSVP with Senator Nanjundappa by Monday, August
28, 2006.
Senator Rumberger announced that ASI has
kicked-off its voter registration campaign. He asked the body to contact him if
any would like to participate.
Senator Bruschke invited all to attend the Town
Hall discussion on the social, political and legal issues of the death penalty.
This dialogue will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 in
the TSU Portola Pavilion.
Chair Guerin announced that the Academic Senate Orientation
will be held next Thursday, August 31st, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the
Academic Senate Chambers. Please RSVP to the Academic Senate office. She also
reminded the body that Concert Under the Stars will be held on Friday,
September 15th.
IV.
CHAIR’S REPORT
The Executive Committee met six times over the
summer. In addition to the members of the Executive Committee, Chair Guerin thanked
Senator Fitch for serving as an alternate at two meetings. The Executive
Committee and the Academic Senate office accomplished several the following tasks
over the summer:
·
Approved the
ad hoc committee on the Second Language Graduation Requirement on behalf of the
Academic Senate.
·
Notified the campus community of the Constitutional
amendment adding the new standing committee on Internships and Service Learning,
as required by the Constitution.
·
Provided
input on issues related to Commencement, the Academic Calendar, the Academic
Affairs/Academic Senate Retreat, and the Senate Executive Committee Retreat
with the President’s Advisory Board.
·
Appointed
nominees to the standing committees, miscellaneous committees and boards.
·
Discussed the
possibility of developing an electronic wait list when classes are full.
·
Developed the
proposed calendar for the Academic Senate.
·
Approved
spending from the faculty fund in support our colleagues.
·
Designed the
program for the Senate Orientation.
·
Identified
priority items for Senate business.
·
Held a retreat,
to focus on strategies to strengthen collegial governance.
V.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Chair Guerin introduced the three CSU Statewide
Academic Senators, Vince Buck, Barry Pasternack, and herself. She asked Senator
Pasternack, newly elected Vice Chair to the Statewide Academic Senate Executive
Committee, to provide a quick reprise of the business that committee has in
progress. Senator Pasternack reported that the Statewide Academic Senate Executive
Committee took an oppose position on a bill that would mandate CSU campuses to
pay for some of the improvements made by local utility companies associated
with campus construction and also lobbied hard against a bill that would
mandate the same lower division GE pattern for the CSU and UC systems. He spoke
briefly about the committee’s work on staffing committees and on the
possibility having a Cornerstones II dialogue.
VI.
TIMES CERTAIN
Time Certain
11:45 a.m.
Amir Dabirian, Chief Information
Technology Officer
Subject: New Student Email
Senator Dabirian highlighted various features of
the new student email system which include personalized email address and
passwords at log-in, 50 times more disk space, auto-population of class
schedule to the student’s online calendar, better security, and accessibility
through mobile devices. The new system will provide the official university
email communication with students. It seems to have been received well, as in
the last three days, 28,000 students have accessed their email accounts, and
22,000 students have personalized them.
Time Certain
12:00 p.m.
Cheryl Perreira, Director, Business
Planning and Improvement
Bill Barrett, Associate Vice
President for Administration
John Beisner, Director, University
Risk Management
Tom Whitfield, Director,
Environmental Health and Safety
Subject: Avian Influenza Pandemic
Plan Implementation
John Beisner led discussion on our plan of action
in response to an Avian Influenza pandemic. The goals of the campus include:
·
Preventing
the spread of infection.
·
Maintaining
the ability to communicate
·
Maintaining
security and preserving University facilities and property.
·
Assisting in
local, state and federal response efforts.
·
Maintaining
health and safety and the viability of research.
·
Increasing
the capacity of health and counseling services to care for those who become ill
or symptomatic while on campus.
·
Continuing
campus operations as long as it is safe and/or effective to do so.
In the fall 2006, the University will:
·
Develop and implement a communication plan.
·
Conduct mock
exercises.
·
Identify,
develop and recommend alternative methods of continuing instruction and
delivering course materials.
·
Identify a
process to track research and develop a means to prioritize and preserve research.
All members of the campus community are
called to:
·
Communicate support
for any required planning activities
·
Encourage
faculty members to engage in meaningful course and research planning.
·
Identify
faculty members to develop recommendations concerning delivery of course
materials and criteria to prioritize research.
·
Complete
continuity planning objectives.
·
Participate
in pandemic training exercises.
Time Certain
12:15 p.m.
Bill Dickerson, Executive Director
of the CSUF Housing Authority/Auxiliary Services Corporation
Subject: CSUF Faculty/Staff Housing
Assistance Program
Bill Dickerson provided an overview of the current
CSUF Housing Development projects and future prospects. He provided a handout
that summarized the statuses and pricing information on University Gables and
VII.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Chair Guerin noted that the following nominees have agreed
to serve on the following committees:
Elections
Committee Nominee: Robert Mead (CBE)
Graduate
Education Committee Nominee: Michael
Loverude (CNSM)
Faculty Personnel Committee Nominee: Mabel
Kung (CBE)
M/S/P
[Drezner/Bedell] to approve the consent calendar as amended. (Approved
unanimously)
NOMINEES TO STANDING COMMITTEES:
Academic Standards Committee
Nominees: Kristi Kanel (HHD); Eve
Himmelheber (ARTS); Tom Johnson (CBE)
Continuing Fred Zandpour (COMM);
Paul Deland (CNSM); Gordon Bakken (SOC SCI)
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
Nominee: Katherine Kantardjieff (CNSM)
Confirmed 5/25: Betty
Chavis (CBE); Susana Flores (EDUC John Koegel (ARTS);
Tony Fellow (COMM); Susamma Barua (ECS); Pat Szeszulski
(HHD);
Irena Praitis (HUM); Hilla Israely (SOC SCI)
ELECTIONS
Committee
Nominee: Scott
Spitzer (SOC SCI); Robert Mead (CBE)
Confirmed 5/25: Irene Matz (COMM);
Extended
Education Committee
Nominees: Mary Joyce (CBE); Shelly Arsneault (SOC SCI)
Continuing: Sandra Perez-Linggi
(HUM); Fred Ramirez (EDUC); Amir Dabirian (Admin)
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
CENTER BOARD
Nominees: Ken Walicki (ARTS); Natalie
Fousekis (SOC SCI); Barbara Glaeser (EDUC);
Confirmed 5/25: Gail Love (COMM);
Rebecca Dolhinow (HUM); Mallela Prasada
(ECS);
Linda Fraser
(CBE); Dana Rutledge (HHD); Majian Qian (CNSM);
Rachael
Clemens (Library)
GENERAL EDUCATION
COMMITTE
Nominee: Jan Weiner (EDUC)
Confirmed 5/25: Katherine Powers (ARTS); Jerry Lege
(CNSM); Pilar Valero-Costa; (HUM);
Irene Lange (CBE); Tony Rimmer (COMM); David Falconer (ECS);
Carl Renold
(HHD); Nancy Fitch (SOC SCI)
Graduate
Education Committee
Nominees: Pat Keig (EDUC); Jochen Burgtorf (Soc Sci); Michael Loverude (CNSM)
Cynthia King (COMM);
Jeff Kuo (ECS); Robert Watson (ARTS); Zvi
Goldstein (CBE)
Information
Technology Committee
Nominees: Kristin Stang (EDUC); Sean Walker (CNSM); John Carroll (SOC SCI);
Teeana Rizkallah (CBE); Collette Davis (Library); Shu-Chen (Jenny) Yen (HHD);
Shahin Ghazanshahi (ECS)
Continuing: Charles Grieb (ARTS);
Thomas Clanin (COMM)
International
Education Committee
Nominees: Andi Stein (COMM); Jannet Chang
(CBE); Larry Peters (ARTS)
Continuing: Mary Kay Crouch (HUM); Mikyong Kim-Goh (HHD)
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Nominees: Jorge Fondevila (SOC SCI);
Dennis Siebenaler (ARTS)
Confirmed 5/25: David Cheng (ECS);
Brenda Spencer (EDUC); Jinghui Liu (HUM);
Vijay Karan (CBE);
Kenneth Tom (COMM); Jessie Jones (HHD);
Nashat
Saweris (CNSM)
PLANNING, RESOURCES
& BUDGET COMMITTEE
Nominees: Mike McGee (ARTS); David Wong (CBE); Mikyong Kim-Goh (HHD);
Jeanine Congalton (COMM); Robert Koch (CNSM);
Heather Battaly (HUM)
Continuing: Louise Adler (EDUC); Demitrios Michalopoulos (ECS);
Bill Haddad (SOC SCI);
Suellen Cox (Library)
STUDENT ACADEMIC LIFE
COMMITTEE
Nominees: Beth Evans (COMM); Terri Patchen (EDUC); Gerald Semanitore (ARTS)
Continuing: Angeles Sancho-Velazquez (HUM); Laura
Chandler (HHD)
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
COMMITTEE
Nominees: Ash Bishop (EDUC); Maqsood Chaudhry (ECS); Elizabeth Housewright
(Library); Renae Bredin (HUM); Christine Latham (HHD)
Continuing: John Erickson (CBE); Vuryl Klassen (CNSM);
Jon Bruschke (COMM);
Bill
Meyer (ARTS)
NOMINEE TO
GENERAL COMMITTEE
FACULTY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE Term: One 3-year
Nominee: Mabel Kung (CBE)
Elected 5-11-06: Laurence Timm (ARTS), Ed Trotter (COMM),
Debbie Rose, (HHD); Andrea Guillaume (EDUC); Ning Chen (ECS); Hélène Domon
(HUM);
Keith Wanser (CNSM); Richard Lippa (SOC SCI)
NOMINEES TO
MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES
ACADEMIC APPEALS BOARD
Nominee: Jill Rosenbaum (SOC SCI)
Continuing: Vic Brajer (CBE)
CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE
Nominees: David Wong (CBE)
Continuing: Alan Emry (SOC SCI)
HONORS BOARD
Nominees: David Chen (HHD); Mark Redhead
(SOC SCI)
Continuing: Jonathan S. Taylor (SOC SCI); Heather
Battaly (HUM); Edward Fink (COMM)
CSUF FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nominee: Barry Pasternack (CBE);
Continuing: William Meyer (ARTS); Maria
Linder (CNSM)
TITAN STUDENT UNION
GOVERNING BOARD
Nominee: Mark Ellis (EDUC)
Continuing: Debra Lockwood (ARTS)
VIII.
NEW BUSINESS
Due to lack to time,
item 8.1 Resolution on Intersession 2007 was not discussed.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 12:59 p.m.