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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES September 7,
2006 |
11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC
SENATE CHAMBERS
Members
Present: Altar, Alva, Arnold, Bruschke,
Buck, Burgtorf, Dabirian, Drezner, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gordon, Guerin, Hassan,
Hewitt, Holland, Jones, Junn, Kanel, Kantardjieff, Kirtman, Klassen, Liverpool,
McConnell, Mead, Meyer, Nanjundappa, Palmer, Randall, Rhoten, Rumberger,
Shapiro, Spitzer, Stang, Stein, Vogt, Walicki, Williams, Zhao
Absent: Bedell, Klein, Michalopoulos, Napper, Pasternack, Smith,
Taylor
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Guerin called the
meeting to order at 11:30 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCMENTS
Senator Fromson invited all to attend the dedication
and renaming of the
Senator Nanjundappa reported that on Tuesday,
September 26, 2006, CFA Statewide President John Travis will be discussing the
difference between the CFA and CSU proposals. Lunch will be provided. He asked
Senators to invite their colleagues.
Senator Alva announced the appointment of Bridget
Driscoll to Director of the
Chair Guerin noted that Convocation will take
place next Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at 11:30 a.m. and Concert Under the
Stars will be held on Friday, September 15th.
IV.
APPROVAL OF
MINUTES
4.1 It was M/S/P [Nanjundappa/Fidalgo] to approve
ASD 06-150 Academic Senate Meeting Minutes Draft 8-24-06 as submitted.
V.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair Guerin thanked those who participated in and
helped to facilitate the Academic Senate Orientation on August 31, 2006.
The Academic Senate Executive Committee met with
the President’s Advisory Board last Tuesday. Discussion took place on a wide
range of topics.
She also announced that CSU International Programs
is looking for Resident Directors to serve in
VI.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator Buck reported that the Statewide Academic Senate will meet
next week.
VII.
TIME CERTAIN
Time Certain
12:00 p.m.
G. Nanjundappa, President, CFA
Subject: Faculty Survey on Workplace
Satisfaction
Senator Nanjundappa discussed the results of the
Faculty Survey on Workplace Satisfaction that was administered to all faculty
members during the Spring 2006 semester. The 421 respondents (21% of faculty)
shared their feelings on overall satisfaction, salary and benefits, workload,
working conditions, quality of student preparation, faculty evaluation
requirements, office and instructional space, the campus physical environment,
collegiality and civility, administrative leadership, and campus services.
VIII.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
Item 8.1 Nominees to Search Committees was pulled
from the Consent Calendar by Senator Shapiro and became an item of New
Business.
ATHLETICS:
GENDER EQUITY COMMITTEE and ATHLETICS:
NCAA COMPLIANCE
COMMITTEE were removed from the Consent Calendar by
Chair Guerin. The Academic Senate office will continue its work on staffing
these committees.
Items
8.2 through 8.8 of the consent calendar were approved unanimously with the
following revisions:
·
INTERNSHIPS
AND SERVICE LEARNING: Change forthcoming to Irene Lange (CBE)
·
ATHLETICS: ATHLETICS ACADEMIC STANDARDS: Delete “Forthcoming”
·
TSU: FOOD
ADVISORY BOARD: Change forthcoming to Jon Bruschke (COMM)
·
UNIVERSITY
8.2 Nominees to Standing Committees
ELECTIONS
Committee
Nominee: Robert Mead (CBE)
Confirmed 8/24: Irene Matz (COMM);
Scott Spitzer (SOC SCI)
Campus facilities and
beautification
Nominees: Tom Boyd (CBE); Maria Grant (EDUC); Bill Hoese (CNSM); Kurt
Kitselman (COMM); M. Prasado Rao (ECS); Ellen Junn (HHD); Jade Jewett (ARTS);
Craig Ihara (HUM)
INTERNSHIPS
and SERVICE LEARNING
Nominees: Craig McConnell (HUM); Chandra Srinivasan (CNSM); Craig McConnell
(HUM); Diane Witmer (COMM); Irene Lange (CBE)
8.3 Nominees to Other
Committees
ATHLETICS
ADVISORY COUNCIL 3
(1 yr)
Nominees: Scott Hewitt (CNSM); Kristin Beals (SOC SCI);
Lenny Wiersma (HHD)
ATHLETICS: ATHLETICS ACADEMIC STANDARDS 2 (1 yr)
Nominee: Maijian Qian (CNSM); Forthcoming
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD
Nominee: Laura Triplett (COMM)
Continuing: Christina Goode (CNSM)
TSU: FOOD ADVISORY BOARD
Nominees: Dana
Loewy (CBE); Jon Bruschke (COMM)
UNIVERSITY
BOARD ON WRITING PROFICIENCY
Nominees: Mildred Donoghue (EDUC); Gayle Vogt (CBE)
Continuing: Pat Bril (Library)
IX.
NEW BUSINESS
9.1 It was M/S/P [Drezner/Fromson] to approve ASD 06-152 Resolution on Intersession 2007
as submitted.
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ACADEMIC SENATE
Resolution on Intersession 2007
Whereas, Facilitating student graduation is a high priority of
the
Whereas, Offering courses during intersession primarily serves
resident CSUF students; and
Whereas, Intersession is self-funded by student
fees, so access can be increased at no cost to the state or the campus;
and
Whereas, There is an additional week in December after final
examinations and before Winter Recess that can be used to augment the
three-week period in January; and
Whereas, There is no significant evidence that offering courses
during intersession substantively impacts enrollments during the state
supported terms; therefore be it
Resolved: That the CSUF adopt the following principles for
intersession 2007 and distribute them to faculty and campus administrators
immediately:
1) Faculty and Departments are encouraged to
investigate course designs and delivery modes that facilitate learning in a three
week term.
2)
Faculty and departments are encouraged to explore alternative schedules such as
beginning classes immediately following the end of the fall semester in order
to increase contact time with students.
3) Departments shall not be prohibited from
offering classes during Intersession on the basis that this will impact
enrollments during the state-supported semester.
4) Students should normally take no more than
three units during intersession and in no case shall a student be permitted to
enroll in more than six units.
Source:
Academic Senate Executive Committee 8-29-06
Items 9.2 and 9.3 were not discussed due to lack
of time.
X.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 12:58 p.m.