ACADEMIC SENATE
MINUTES
Members Present: Allen,
Arkenberg, Bedell, Buck, Cox, Emry, Erickson, Fitch, Fromson, Gass, Gilbert,
Gordon, Guerin, Hall, Hewitt, Jones, Junn, Kelly, Klassen, Kreiner, Meyer,
Members Absent: Boyum, Byrnes,
Gannon, Hagan, Michalopoulos, Parker, Randall, Taulli, Tavakolian, and Vargas
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilbert
called the meeting to order at
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
None.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator
Nanjundappa announced both bargaining teams have agreed to meet again on
October 27 and November 6, at which time they will reassess where they would
like to go from there and will keep campuses informed. There is no new progress to-date.
Senator
Sutphen announced that the Academic Senate/University Club theatre-dinner event
is planned for December 13th; the event includes the 2:00 p.m.,
matinee of “Dames at Sea,” followed by dinner with Director Jim Taulli at Table
Ten in Fullerton.
Senator Buck
announced that the University Club is hosting “Art Night” in
Senator Wong
announced and encouraged donations to the Faculty Fund. The fund is used to send flowers on behalf of
the Senate to members of the campus community when they are ill, etc.
IV.
CHAIRS REPORT
Chair Gilbert
announced the Senate office received an RFP from the CSU Commission on the
V.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m
[Shapiro] to remove ASD 03-110, Division Name Change for the Division of
Kinesiology and Health Promotion, from the Consent Calendar. ASD 03-110 will be considered as the first
item of New Business.
It was m/s/p [Buck/Sutphen] to approve the
following Consent Calendar:
B. NOMINEES TO MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD Terms: One 2-year
Nominee: Richard Wiseman (COMM)
Continuing: Cynthia King (COMM)
NOMINEES TO SEARCH COMMITTEES
Director of
Center for Internships and Service Learning
Nominees: Norman Page (COMM), Kari Knutson-Miller
(HDCS), Betty Chavis (CBE), Robert Voeks (H&SS); one nominee pending
VI.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
VII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD 03-110 Division Name Change for the
Division of Kinesiology and Health Promotion
It was m/s
[Bedell/Fromson] to approve document ASD 03-110. Senator Bedell deferred to Kathy Koser, Chair
of KHP. She explained that eight CSU’s
currently use “Health Science;” seven use one of a kind titles because they do
not offer Health Science; and only one other uses “Health Promotion.”
Senator Fromson spoke as an individual rather than as
representative of Curriculum Committee. He said he, along with his colleagues,
had several concerns about the name change and mostly revolving around what is
perhaps misleading information it might give to students. We are especially concerned about students
who are interested in careers in the Health Professions and argued that this
major does not prepare students for pre-med studies, pre-dental studies,
pre-optometry studies, pre-pharmacy studies, and so on. He noted that the name of the building and
the program are independent, and the program name should remain as it is
now.
Senator Fitch stated she is concerned that the new
building has already been named “health science” before the Senate has approved
the name change of the program.
Senator Jones spoke in favor of the name change,
noting that other universities in the Cal State system use “health science” if
they offer science degrees. She noted
that students in the major take numerous science courses as prerequisites—biology,
physiology, anatomy—and also that courses in the health science program are interdisciplinary;
all of the courses have sciences in them.
Senator Shapiro expressed his concern about the name
change because the science requirements mentioned by Senator Jones are GE and that
he does not consider those courses sufficient for the health professions.
Kathy Koser rebutted and countered that students from
many different majors do go (successfully) to medical school.
Senator Fromson stated none of the courses that are
in that major are included in the list of courses that are required by the
medical schools or dental schools. The
courses that are required for medical school are one year of general chemistry,
one year of organic chemistry, one year of physics (all with lab), and a minimum
of one year of biology.
Senator
Meyer stated that he was of the belief that if our colleagues in Health Science
have a degree in health science and believe they should call themselves Health Science
because that is what they do and that is what they call themselves, we should
support them.
It
was m/s/p [Reisman/Rhoten] to call
the question.
The motion passed to approve the Division
Name Change of Kinesiology and Health Promotion to Division of Kinesiology and
Health Science with 5 abstentions.
Chair
Gilbert noted that prior to moving to the next item under New Business, there
was a matter of very urgent business and asked for the Senate’s consent to
handle.
Chair
Gilbert stated that from time to time, members of the university family who
have touched this institution in very special ways decide to retire, and we
have such a person with us in the chambers today, Mary Watkins. Mary was asked to come forward to the
podium. Chair Gilbert asked Senator
Bedell to present the following Resolution to the Senate for consideration and proceeded
to read the Resolution:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS Mary Grace Watkins has done an outstanding job on behalf of the University in the President’s Office, in the Office of the Academic Senate and in the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs; and
WHEREAS Mary Grace Watkins is well known for her attention to detail and the vagaries of academic policy; and
WHEREAS Mary Grace Watkins is well known as one of the most efficient members of the Cal State Fullerton “family”; and
WHEREAS Mary Grace Watkins is well known for her ability to calm the panicked and reduce the less than civil to their proper place; and
WHEREAS Mary Grace Watkins is well known for her aversion to things culinary and equally well known for her proclivity for family life, especially being with her three grandchildren; and
WHEREAS It is well known that Mary Grace Watkins’s pending departure from the campus has precipitated justified panic in many offices throughout the university, let it therefore nonetheless be
RESOLVED That the Academic Senate of California State University,
RESOLVED That the Academic Senate of California
State University,
Chair Gilbert on behalf of the faculty, staff and
administration presented Mary Watkins with a bouquet of flowers, resolution and
small gift in appreciation for her dedication and working so effectively in her
years at the university. Senators gave
Mary Watkins a standing ovation. She extended
her thanks and gratitude to all.
B. ASD 03-122 Proposed Revisions to UPS 210.000
It was m/s
[Hall/Kreiner[ to approve document ASD 03-122.
Senator Hall deferred to Pat Brill, Chair of Faculty Affairs
Committee. She explained the proposed changes
were simple cleaning up language changes to conform more to the Collective
Bargaining Agreement.
It was m/s [Nanjundappa/Guerin]
to propose changes to document ASD 03-122, section I.E. Service Salary
Increases (SSI) in lines 6, 8, 10 and 11 change the word “adequate performance”
in the original document to “satisfactory
performance” to conform to the language in Article 31 in the Collective
Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Motion
accepted as a friendly amendment.
In line 9, after the word probationary add the word “tenure track” to make the wording consistent with line 7. Motion
accepted as a friendly amendment.
In line 12, after the word performance, add the word “as” to make the sentence complete and would read “as specified in UPS 210.000.” Motion
accepted as a friendly amendment.
It was m/s [Nanjundappa/Pasternack]
line 17, after the word “department chair” insert
“during those fiscal years in which CFA and CSU have specifically agreed to
award SSIs.”
It was m/s [Pasternack/Fitch]
a substitute motion for Nanjundappa motion to read “during those fiscal years in which the Collective Bargaining Agreement
and CSU have specifically agreed to award SSIs.” Motion failed to substitute the Pasternack
language for the Nanjundappa language.
It was m/s [Meyer/Fitch] to
substitute language that would replace “CFA and CSU” and replace the word have
with “has” to read “during those fiscal
years in which the Collective Bargaining Agreement has specifically provided for
the awarding of SSIs.” Motion accepted as a friendly amendment.
It was m/s [Nanjundappa/Guerin]
in line 19 after the word made, add “to
award or.” Motion failed on the proposed amendment to add “to award or.”
It was m [Pasternack] under G. Tenure, #4, after the word “dean” add “[AVPSA for counselor faculty].” Motion accepted as a friendly amendment.
Motion carried to approve document ASD
03-122 UPS 210.000 as amended.
C. ASD 03-124 Proposed Changes/Additions to
Academic Senate Bylaws
It was m/s [Guerin/Pasternack] to approve the
document ASD 03-124. Senator Guerin recognized
Irene Matz, Chair of Elections Committee.
Ms. Matz noted that the rationale for each bylaw change had been
distributed to Senate members earlier and was self-explanatory.
It was moved and accepted as a friendly amendment [Buck] in BL 62-4, #3,
b. line 34 after the word “votes,” delete the words “the total.”
It was moved and accepted as a friendly amendment in BL 62-4, #2 and #3 to
replace the wording “at least 50% plus one” to “a majority.”
Motion carried to approve ASD 03-124
Proposed Changes/Additions to Academic Senate Bylaws as amended.
The meeting adjourned at