ASD 02-111
Approved
ACADEMIC SENATE September 19, 2002
MINUTES
Members Present: Arkenberg, Bedell, Boyum, Buck, Cox,
Erickson, Fitch, Fromson, Gannon, Gilbert, Gordon, Guerin, Hagan, Hewitt,
Jones, Junn, Kim, Meyer, Nanjundappa, Parker, Parman, Perkins, Putcha, Reisman,
Rhoten, Rimmer, Roberts, Russell, Rutemiller, Schroeder, Shapiro, Smith,
Sutphen, Szeszulski, Taulli, Tavakolian, Vargas, Wolverton and Wong
Members Absent: Abdelwahed, Emry,
Jeremiah, Klassen, Pasternack, and Sawicki
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilbert called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
M/S/P [Fromson] to set aside ten minutes to hear from members of the
Faculty Personnel Committee and have them relate to the Senate members their
views on how to expedite the approval of department personnel standards.
Faculty Personnel Committee Chair, Christina Goode, discussed the
importance of revising approved department guidelines to replace development
plans with developmental narratives. She
noted that the FPC is distressed to learn that some departments are not aware of the changes made. Other issues discussed:
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Many comments made concerning the difficulty in getting standards
approved.
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FPC should be the final standards review committee for departments
without approved standards.
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FPC is now meeting with individual departments who are having problems.
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FPC has no problem with setting up an ad hoc committee to narrowly and
specifically deal with changes to approved department standards focusing on the
developmental narrative to be in compliance with UPS 210.000.
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Important to
have FPC represented on the ad hoc committee, so that discussions and
deliberations FPC has gone through so extensively last year are brought in to
discussions of the developmental narrative for the department.
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FPC will be able
to expedite the review of department standards since the FPC no longer must
review development plans. FPC prefers not to have an ad hoc committee or
Faculty Affairs Committee involved in the review of department standards.
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The committee
has started to work on a template for department standards and hopes this would
be a guideline for departments who are considering putting department standards
forward.
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator Nanjundappa announced Governor Davis signed the $99 billion
budget. The budget package contains a Golden Handshake to be enacted by the
Governor’s executive order. The Board of Trustees would have to approve any
Golden Handshake for faculty members.
Senator Bedell extended Happy Birthday wishes to Vice President Smith.
Senator Buck announced:
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Statewide Academic Senate met last
week and he has forwarded his report to Senate members.
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Chancellor had assured the Senate
there would no be Golden Handshake approved for faculty.
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An email announcing the formation
of the University Club has been sent out by Senator Sutphen.
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Reminded members of the Third
Thursday Social Hour this afternoon at the Off-Campus Pub from
Senator Junn reported on the success of our first on-line master’s
program in Instructional Design and Technology.
The program currently has 23 students enrolled.
Senator Meyer informed the members of the pending changes in community
college transfer policies. This would
require transfer students to have 60 units instead of the current 56 units and
might penalize some students.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
Chair Gilbert reported that both Unit 3 and 4 have
decided that the proposed e-mail policy is a collective bargaining issue and is
yet to be resolved.
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
M/S [Bedell/Parker] to approve the Consent
Calendar. Senator Guerin requested
Minutes of September 5th be removed from the Consent Calendar and
placed on the agenda as the first item of New Business. Senator Fitch requested that any agenda
reordering be advised to members before the meeting. Approval was given to the following items:
A.
ASD 02-105 Revised Academic Senate
Minutes 5-9-02
B.
Nominees to Committees
Nominees to Search Committees
(Search) Director of Analytical Studies
Nominee: Patricia Szeszulski (HDCS)
Nominees to Miscellaneous Committees
University Board on Writing Proficiency Terms: Two 2-year
Nominees: Mildred Donoghue (HDCS)
Continuing: Gayle Vogt (CBE); Larry Peters (ARTS)
Titan Student Union Governing Board Terms: One 1-year term, One 2-year
Nominees: Debra Lockwood (ARTS); Ron Oliver (HDCS)
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
M/S/P [Bedell/Fromson] to reorder the
agenda moving ASD 02-72 New Degree Proposal – Master of Public Health before A
under Unfinished Business.
M/S [Junn/Boyum] to approve ASD 02-72 New Degree
Proposal – Master of Public Health.
Discussion ensued over the Master of Public Health proposal:
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Concerns about
the lack of sociology courses.
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Should have
management courses.
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Medical model
versus the administrative model.
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Concerns about
no MDs on the advisory board.
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Few scientists
participating.
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Absence of
Biology courses.
M/S/P [Parker/Rhoten] to call the question.
Motion passed to approve ASD 02-72 New Degree Proposal – Master of Public Health with 2 abstentions.
M/S/P
[Bedell/Fromson] to postpone consideration of agenda items ASD 02-69, ASD 02-70
and ASD 02-71 until the next Senate meeting.
VII. NEW BUSINESS
A.
ASD 02-102 Academic Senate Minutes of
9-5-02
Editorial
revisions were made to the minutes of 9-5-02.
M/S/P to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 12:45 p.m.