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ACADEMIC
SENATE MINUTES September 18, 2008 |
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11:30
A.M. - 1:00 P.M. ACADEMIC SENATE CHAMBERS
Members Present: Bruschke,
Buck, Bullock, Burgtorf, Carroll, Carvin, Dalley, Drezner, Fidalgo, Gradilla,
Guerin, Hagan, Hernandez, Hewitt, Hickok, Jarvis, Kanel, Klassen, Liverpool,
McConnell, McLain, McMahan, Mead, Nyaggah, Pasternack, Randall, Rhodes, Rhoten,
Shapiro, Smith, Walicki, Walk, Williams
Absent: Arnold, Au,
Bedell, Bhattacharya, Dabirian, Gass, Gordon, Green, Grewal, Shoar, Stang,
Taylor, Walicki
I.
CALL
TO ORDER
Chair
Hewitt called the meeting to order at 11:34 a.m.
II.
URGENT
BUSINESS
Senator
Klassen commented that “Concert Under the Stars” was fun, but in speaking with
some attendees (three retired faculty members), he was made aware of a number
of students who were disruptive-- smoking, and drinking alcohol, and walking
between concertgoers at the event. Similar behavior has occurred at baseball
games. He expressed concern that this behavior affects the CSUF image, and he
thinks that we should address it before it happens again. Chair Hewitt stated
that we will look into this issue.
III. ANNOUNCEMENTS
Senator
Nyaggah reported that on October 9th and 10th, the CFA
Fullerton Chapter will host a workshop on pensions and retirement benefits. Dr.
Jonathan Karpf (San Jose State), member of the CFA Health and Retirement
Benefits Committee, will be present.
Senator
Fidalgo announced that the University Club plans to see the Theatre
Department’s production of Our Town on October 18th. Dinner
will follow at a nearby restaurant in downtown Fullerton. All are welcome to
attend.
Senator Gradilla provided an update on
the statewide legal battle over AB 540. Those who have been lobbying for the
right of AB 540-qualified students to in-state tuition lost the first round in
local courts. Students are devastated, but this is not the last word. Senator
Gradilla thanked all faculty members, Dr. Roberta
Rikli and Dr. John Mcdermitt in particular, who have comforted and built a
sense of trust with our undocumented students. A student representative of
AB-540 qualified students expressed their joint desire to be given a chance to
be a part of this society and a chance to compete for financial aid. Several
AB-540 students from all over California went to Sacramento yesterday to lobby
and were told that the law would not pass. He asked the body for support and
understanding. Many of these students cannot afford higher education without
financial aid.
Chair Hewitt requested a moment of
silence in memory of Corporal Jack Dunlap, ten year veteran of the University
Police, who died after a long battle with cancer.
IV.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
4.1 M/S/P to approve ASD 08-129 Academic Senate Meeting
Minutes 4-24-08 as edited.
V.
CONSENT
CALENDAR
The Consent Calendar was approved as
edited:
·
Corrected spelling errors are reflected in
underlined blue font.
·
Senator Fidalgo requested removal of the
nominees to the Search Committees (5.2) and further consideration of nominating
a faculty member from the College of Humanities. This item became new business.
5.1 NOMINEES TO
MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES
ALCOHOL
ADVISORY BOARD
Nominees: Laura
Chandler (HHD)
ATHLETICS ADVISORY COUNCIL
Nominee: Lynda Randall (EDUC)
Continuing: Lenny Wiersma (HHD); Kristin Beals (SOC SCI)
CONFLICT OF INTEREST COMMITTEE
Nominees: Gordon Bakken (SOC SCI); Steve Walk (HHD);
Ofir Turel (MCBE); Chris Peterson (ARTS)
Continuing: Amy Beth Cohen (CNSM)
CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE
Nominee: Kristin Stang (EDUC)
Continuing: Irene Matz (COMM)
HONORS BOARD
Nominees: Gayle Brunelle (SOC SCI); Erica Bowers
(EDUC)
Continuing: Robert Istad (ARTS); David Chen (HHD); Craig
McConnell (HUM)
UNIVERSITY BOARD ON WRITING PROFICIENCY
Nominees: Willie Hagan (ADMIN); Iaokim Boutakidis
(HHD); Katherine Kantardjieff (CNSM)
Item 5.2
was removed from Consent Calendar (became item of new business):
5.2 NOMINEES TO
SEARCH COMMITTEES
SEARCH: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
– INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH/ANALYTICAL
STUDIES
Nominees: Paul DeLand (CNSM); Karen Ivers (EDUC); Zvi
Drezner (MCBE); Paul Peretz (SOC SCI); Debbie Rose (HHD)
SEARCH: ASSOCIATE VICE
PRESIDENT – UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
(Nominees: Christina
Smith (ARTS); Shari McMahan (HHD); Scott Hewitt (CNSM); Mark Drayse (SOC SCI); Forthcoming
VI.
CHAIR’S
REPORT
Chair
Hewitt reported the following:
·
The
Academic Senate Executive Committee met seven times over the summer. Most of
the time was spent filling committees and discussing priorities. He invited
Senators to share any issues with him or any member of the Executive Committee
that they feel should be discussed by the Senate as a priority.
·
The
Academic Affairs/Academic Senate Retreat was held the week before the semester
began. Faculty mentoring, research, the Faculty Development Center, global
competency, sustainability, and WASC were discussed as priority issues. We are
working on processing the feedback that was received from retreat attendees.
·
The
Academic Senate Executive Committee will meet with the President’s Advisory
Board next Monday, September 22nd. Some of the issues discussed at
the retreat will be brought to this meeting as well.
·
New
bicycle paths have been established on campus. He pointed out that, currently,
the signs along the path are temporary, as this is a work in progress. Chair
Hewitt thanked Senator Carroll, Senator Buck, President Gordon, and everyone
who worked on creating them and acknowledged that the campus is becoming more bicycle
friendly and sustainable.
·
A
special election to fill the vacancy for the Library seat on the Professional
Leaves Committee will take place September 29th -October 2nd.
This committee was inadvertently left off the ballot for the spring 2008
All-University Election.
·
The
Academic Senate will meet on October 23rd. President Gordon will
give his State of the University address to the Senate on that day. We will
consider cancelling one of the other October meetings if there is not enough
Senate business to justify meeting.
·
Chair
Hewitt reminded the body of the statement on civility found in UPS 100.006. He
asked that everyone remember that disagreements are common, but we are all
working towards the same goal, to make Cal State Fullerton as best as possible.
VII.
STATEWIDE
ACADEMIC SENATE REPORT
Senator
Pasternack reported the following:
·
An
abbreviated first meeting was held last week.
·
Four
resolutions, two of which were waived, were discussed:
1.
CSU
Budget Priorities for 2009-2010: Urged the Chancellor to request fully funding
the enrollment from 2006 to 2008, full-funding for the compact for this year
and next year, and for additional budget challenges that have been called
“above-the-line requests”. [First reading waived; Passed unanimously]
2.
First
Reading: Resolution on Advocacy for the California State University.
3.
First
Reading: Support for Policy Change on Sub-Programs: Minors, Options,
Concentrations, Special Emphases
4.
Efforts to Encourage
California Community College (CCC) Participation and Collaboration in the Lower
Division Transfer Patterns (LDTP) Project. [First reading waived; Passed unanimously]
·
The ASCSU heard reports from Chancellor Charles
Reed, Vice Chancellor Gary Reichard, ASCSU Chair John Travis, and Faculty Trustee Craig Smith.
·
Chancellor Reed’s
discussion speculated on the budget.
·
Vice Chancellor Reichard raised the Access to Excellence accountability measures.
The ASCSU Executive Committee, on behalf of the ASCSU, and different groups worked
on accountability measures over the summer. It was requested that the faculty
perspective be included. Ultimately, the draft ended up being fifty pages, but
has been reduced and distributed to ASCSU Senators and Campus Senate Chairs.
There is an early October deadline for forwarding comments to the ASCSU. Dr.
Pasternack noted that this is not an implementation plan. It is a way to
examine if the goals in the Access to
Excellence plan have been met. Members of the ASCSU Executive Committee were
not a part of the writing team of the Access
to Excellence document; the group made comments on the document after it
had been developed. Some of the comments were accepted, others were not.
Regarding Access to Excellence, Senator Buck added that the role of faculty
in the document has been minimal, even less than in Cornerstones, in which it was also minimal..
Senator Buck also reported that the
Chancellor commented on the budget; essentially, he is not satisfied with the fact
that it will be less than the compact.The CSU is starting the search process to
replace Keith Boyum, who is retiring and returning to the CSUF campus. He also reminded the body that the CSU is
looking for candidate for Faculty Trustee; a new committee has been elected to
select a candidate.
Senator Guerin thanked Senator Randall
for attending the ASCSU meeting on her behalf. Senator Randall reported that
she attended the Fiscal and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting that took
place on Thursday. That committee heard a report from John Travis, CFA, on the
budget and the possibility of reopening negotiations for a 3.0% salary
increase, and reports from various campuses about how they are handling the
budgetary crisis. Assistant Vice Chancellor Robert Turnage reported on upcoming
legislation from both the federal and state level.
VIII.
TIMES
CERTAIN
Time Certain
11:45 a.m.
Recognition of Katherine Kantardjieff, Named One of Fourteen
Innovators from Campus Technology, 2008
Dr.
Kantardjieff, a former Senator, is a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry
and Biochemistry and the current Academic Technology Coordinator for the
Faculty Development Center. An article
featured in Campus Technology highlighted
Dr. Kantardjieff’s work and stated, “In an outstanding
example of blended learning, web conferencing, and remote-enabled
instrumentation, chemistry faculty and students are trained in the hands-on use
of a diverse array of sophisticated instruments.” This activity is taking place
in the CSUF W.M. Keck Foundation
Center for Molecular Structure. Chair Hewitt congratulated Dr. Kantardjieff on
this prestigious recognition and presented her with the traditional Senate
keychain. She commented that high performance computing has been an integral
part of her research and her science for almost 30 years; none of these
achievements would have been possible without the support of this campus and
its infrastructure. She thanked Amir Dabirian, CITO, for his work in
negotiating “an enterprise license for a very robust piece of cyber
infrastructure, without which the majority of the components of the project
that Campus Technology magazine recognized
wouldn’t be possible,” she stated. Dr. Kantardjieff added that she is deeply
honored by Campus Technology and the
CSUF campus for the recognition.
Time Certain
12:00 noon
Subject: Campus Wide Earthquake Drill/ “Great Southern
California Shakeout”: November 13, 2008
David Bowman, Chair, Geological Sciences
Dr. Bowman explained that the “Great
Southern California Shakeout” is a statewide event that will take place in mid
November. A campus-wide drill and evacuation is scheduled for November 13th,
and other related events, including a “Get Ready Rally” on November 10th,
are scheduled to take place throughout that week. CSUF is being recognized nationally as
being a leader in this “Duck and Cover”/Evacuation drill.
The
“ShakeOut” is a scenario for a large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault that
has been worked on by the Southern California Earthquake Center, of which CSUF
is a member, and the U.S. Geological Survey as part of the USGS Multi-Hazards
Demonstration Project. We are overdue for a large earthquake on this fault. It
is not a question of “if”, but “when” it will occur. A magnitude of at least 7.8
is expected.
Dr.
Bowman showed a real-time demonstration of a 100-second rupture of the San
Andreas Fault. Widespread ground-shaking would last for approximately two
minutes. An earthquake of this size will be catastrophic, destroying freeways,
gas lines, and aqueducts. It is expected that residents will be without power
from Palm Springs to Los Angeles and estimated that some places will be without
water for as long as six months. Many commuters will be displaced and stranded.
We should expect that many stranded people will be directed to CSUF, since this
is a public university and we should prepare for this.
The
scenario presentation will be posted on the Geology Department web site for
viewing. Additional questions from the body were addressed following Dr.
Bowman’s presentation.
IX. NEW BUSINESS
Item 9.1 was removed from the Consent Calendar
(item 5.2):
9.1
M/S/P [Drezner/Jarvis] to approve the following search committees as amended:
(Approved unanimously)
Friendly
amendment [Fidalgo]: The forthcoming faculty member should come from the
Humanities.
SEARCH: ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT
– INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH/ANALYTICAL
STUDIES
Nominees: Paul DeLand (CNSM); Karen Ivers (EDUC); Zvi
Drezner (MCBE); Paul Peretz (SOC SCI); Debbie Rose (HHD)
SEARCH: ASSOCIATE VICE
PRESIDENT – UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS
Nominees: Christina Smith (ARTS);
Shari McMahan (HHD); Scott Hewitt (CNSM); Mark Drayse (SOC SCI); Forthcoming (HUM)
9.1 M/S/P
[Drezner/Hickok] to approve ASD 08-130 Resolution: Ad Hoc Global Competency
Committee Composition [AS Executive Committee] (Approved unanimously)
9.2 M/S/P
[Carvin/Randall] to approve ASD 08-131 Resolution: Ad Hoc Textbook
Affordability Committee [AS Executive Committee] as amended. (Approved
unanimously):
M/S/P
[Nyaggah/Jarvis] to expand the committee to four members, including a
representative of the Library.
Friendly amendment [Williams]: Library representative is forthcoming.
NOMINEES TO AD HOC COMMITTEE:
AD HOC COM:
TEXTBOOK AFFORDABILITY
Nominees: Scott Hewitt (CNSM); Barry
Pasternack (MCBE); Lynda Randall (EDUC); Forthcoming (LIBRARY)
X. ADJOURNMENT
Meeting
adjourned at 12:57 p.m.