ACADEMIC SENATE December 16, 2004
MINUTES
Members Present: Allen, Alva, Arkenberg, Bedell, Burgtorf,
Cox, Emry, Erickson, Fidalgo, Fitch, Fromson, Gass, Guerin, Jewett, Jones,
Junn, Kanel, Kantardjieff, Kelly, Klassen, Kreiner, Matz, Meyer, Michalopoulos,
Nanjundappa, Parker, Pasternack, Randall, Reisman, Rhodes, Rhoten, Schroeder,
Shapiro, Smith Vasquez, Vogt and Walicki
Absent: Azima, Buck, Gilbert, Gordon, Hagan, Hall, Rahmatian
and Tavakolian
I.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair
Bedell called the meeting to order at 11:34 a.m. Chair Bedell asked the members of the Senate
to join him in observing a moment of silence in memory of Dorothy (
II.
URGENT BUSINESS
Senator
Alva requested Senate approval to place ASD 04-184 Fall 2004 New Graduate
Course Proposals on the Senate agenda as a Consent Calendar item. Members approved placing this document on the
Consent Calendar.
III.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator
Meyer announced the Department of Theatre and Dance’s production of
Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, which
was entered in the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has been
selected to move on to the Regional Festival in Phoenix. What makes this so special is that all the
directors and designers are students and faculty were there only to
supervise.
Senator
Allen reminded the Senators the Academic Affairs Forum will be held on January
26 beginning at 8:15 in TSU Pavilion. Dr.
Vincent Tinto from
IV.
CHAIR’S REPORT
Chair
Bedell reported Extended Education UPS 450.000 and UPS 450.100 have been
approved by President Gordon. He noted
Senators should have received two emails from him pertaining to Plus/Minus
Grading implemented in spring 2005. A hard
copy of the memo will also be distributed to full-time and part-time faculty
beginning of January. He also asked the Senators to discuss this with
their department chairs to make sure their colleagues are aware of this new
policy.
V.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
No
report.
VI.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was m/s [Burgtorf/Pasternack] to approve the Consent Calendar. Senator Pasternack requested removal of ASD
04-184 from the Consent Calendar. This will
be considered as the first item of New Business. Motion
passed to approve the Consent Calendar.
A. ASD 04-180 Proposed Name Change for the
B. ASD 04-182 Fall 2004 Undergraduate New Course Proposals
C. Rescission of UPS Document:
ASD
04-171 UPS 260.103 Guidelines for Granting Research Leaves [Faculty Affairs
Committee]
VII.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
None.
VIII.
NEW BUSINESS
A. ASD 04-184 Fall 2004
Graduate New Course Proposals
Senator Pasternack has some
questions regarding the prerequisites for ART 483H, MGMT 427, HCOM 435, RTVF
427, ANTH 415 and BIOL 409.
Ms. McMahan explained in that the
new catalog edition, “consent by instructor” will be removed, it will be
implied in all curricula.
It was m/s/p [Fromson/Reisman] to approve ASD 04-184.
Chair Bedell, on behalf of the
Senate, thanked Senator Reisman for his service to the Senate and presented him
a key chain. Senator Reisman is taking
an extended leave from Cal State Fullerton and will be working at the
Chancellor’s office.
B. ASD 04-178 Proposed UPS Barnes Excellence in Teaching Award
It was
m/s/p [Emry/Jones] to approve the
document ASD 04-178. Motion passed unanimously.
C. ASD 04-177 Revised Proposed UPS 500.150
Library Circulation Policy
It was m/s [Gass/Arkenberg] to approve document ASD 04-177. Senator Gass stated the committee has removed
all limits to interlibrary loans and changed the number of concurrent checkouts
for students equal to that of faculty.
Senator
Arkenberg noted the Library provided the Library Committee with all of the
proper figures and the Library Committee unanimously passed this proposal.
It was
m/s [Guerin/Nanjundappa] to propose an
amendment to section III. Policy Review, III.1 becomes III.2 “The University
Librarian may share with the Academic Senate Library Committee instances of utilization
of library resources that are considerably beyond average or norms for various
services, e.g., interlibrary loan, reserves.
The Library Committee shall review such cases and recommend appropriate action.”
Motion passed on the Guerin amendment.
It was
m/s/p [Meyer/Kreiner] to end
debate. Motion passed to approve ASD 04-177 as amended.
D. ASD 04-179 Revised UPS 300.030 Academic
Appeals
It was
m/s [Kanel/Nanjundappa] to approve
document ASD 04-179. Senator Kanel
deferred to Mr. Rutemiller. Mr.
Rutemiller stated the document was prepared by himself and three faculty
members currently on the Appeals Board and unanimously approved by the Academic
Standards Committee.
Senator
Nanjundappa suggested an editorial correction on page 3, line 45 changing the
word “school” to “college” and accepted as a friendly amendment.
Senator
Rhoten suggested the following changes:
1. On page
1, line 21 and on page 3, line 32 change “clear and convincing evidence” to “a preponderance
of the evidence” and accepted as a friendly amendment.
2. On page
1, line 29, 39, 40 and on page 4, line 15 change the word “dispute” to “allegation”
and accepted as a friendly amendment.
3. Page 4,
line 17, the coordinator has been mandated to respond within a period of time
and states “The Coordinator shall within two calendar weeks provide…..” In an academic dishonesty process there are
no time limits stated for the Coordinator.
Request that the language be parallel between the two processes. Accepted as a friendly amendment.
4. Page 2,
line 7 the use of the phrase “render a summary judgment” is not consistent with
the language used in another part of the document, which states “dismiss or
uphold the appeal.” Move to
eliminate “render a summary judgment” and replace with “dismiss or uphold
the appeal” and accepted as a friendly amendment.
It was
m/s [Rhoten/Vasquez] to reinstate
the language that was deleted on page 2, line 38, “If the Board finds that
academic dishonesty occurred, then the Board will determine whether the penalty
was appropriate under the circumstances.”
It as m/s/p [Junn/Randall ] to end debate.
Motion on Rhoten amendment failed.
Senator
Fromson suggested on page 3, line 1 changing the word “calendar” to “working”
and accepted as a friendly amendment.
Senator
Rhodes suggested that on page 2, line 45 after the word “Board’s” insert the
word “all” and accepted as a friendly amendment.
It was
m/s [Rhodes/Nanjundappa] on page 3,
line 2 delete “Department chair has ten additional days to adopt the
remedy. If the Chair refuses to do so”
insert “the Board chair shall implement the change.”
Due to
time limitations, the Senate was unable to complete approval of UPS 300.030
Academic Appeals and will be placed on the Senate agenda as Old Business. ASD 04-181 will be the first item of New
Business on February 3, 2005.
It was
m/s/p [Shapiro/Erickson] to
adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 1:00
p.m.