College of Liberal & Creative Arts named
Upon the conclusion of the University Planning Advisory Council (UPAC) process in April 2011, a new college was configured. Consisting of all departments and programs from the former colleges of Humanities and Creative Arts, as well as four departments from the former College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and the Liberal Studies Program, the college was originally designated as "Arts and Humanities,"* with the asterisk indicating that "once departmental placements are confirmed, faculty may wish to consider the college's name and suggest modifications." After a broad consultative process, faculty and staff recently elected to adopt the name College of Liberal & Creative Arts. This change has been approved by Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sue V. Rosser and President Robert A. Corrigan, and is effective immediately. Websites, forms, and other documents will be updated in due course.
Paul Sherwin, dean of the college, stated that there was a clear consensus that the new name properly reflects the college's broad scope. Although the UPAC proposal had included a separate entity within Arts and Humanities, "School of Creative Arts," the College Council voted unanimously not to single out any sub-unit as part of the larger whole.
"The success of this collaborative decision-making process signals that Liberal & Creative Arts has begun the long-term effort of forging a distinctive identity and mission," Provost Rosser stated. "There are many synergies in the new college that I expect will lead to productive collaborations among academic programs and individual faculty members. We look forward to further college-initiated changes that will strengthen its operations and its ability better to serve our students."
Ribbon cutting to mark initial library opening
The campus community is invited to a special ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the initial opening of the J. Paul Leonard Library on Tuesday, April 10. The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. at the Quad Entrance to the Library, rain or shine.
The J. Paul Leonard Library closed in 2008 for renovations to expand and seismically upgrade the building. Limited library services began operating in March 2012 and the Library will be fully operational in fall 2012.
Services now available in the Library include 12 group study rooms in the Study Commons area, which includes computers and quiet study space, the Book Pickup/Checkout Desk and some open stacks.
Academic Senate
Following is a list of action items from the April 3 Academic Senate meeting:
- Heard a report from Chair Vaughn, "recalling -- in the wake of the murder of Trayvon Martin and students at Oikos University -- 1968 and the inspired leadership and inspirational words of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, urging us all to reject the destructive power of lawlessness, revenge and hatred, and instead to conduct ourselves with love, with justice, and with wisdom, keeping our eyes ever fixed on the mountaintop"
- Heard a report on Metro Academy by CoPI Metro Health Academy and Chair of Health Education Mary Beth Love and Chair of CAD and Metro CAD leader Rene Dahl
- Elected Assistant Professor of Social Work Jocelyn Hermoso for a three-year term to the CSU Academic Council on International Programs
- Elected Music History Lecturer Paul Ellison for a four-year term to the position of Faculty Graduation Marshall
- Heard an update from the Educational Policies Council regarding the ongoing review of the Academic Program Discontinuance Policy (S93-177)
- Heard a report from CSU/Statewide Senators Andrea Boyle and Darlene Yee-Melichar
- Approved the Faculty Affairs Committee recommendation regarding proposed revisions to the Retention, Tenure and Promotion Policy (F11-241)
- Approved unanimously the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee's recommendation regarding proposed revisions to the B.A. Degree in Cinema
- Approved unanimously the Executive Committee recommendation regarding the proposed resolution Opposing Discontinuation or Suspension of State University Grants to Financially Needy Graduate Students in the CSU
Nominations open for Staff Representative to Academic Senate
The Academic Senate is accepting nominations for the Staff Representative. The nomination period will run through Friday, April 13 and is open to units 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The Staff Academic Senate Representative is elected to a term of three years and is required to attend all Academic Senate meetings and all assigned Standing Committee meetings every working Tuesday from 2 to 5 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters.
Nomination ballots must be submitted to the Academic Senate by 5 p.m. on Friday, April 13. To complete and submit the online nomination form, visit www.sfsu.edu/~senate/nominateSTAFF or learn about eligibility and procedure at www.sfsu.edu/~senate/constitution/bylaws.html
The election for the Academic Senate Staff Representative will run from Friday, April 20 through Friday, April 27. Election results will be made available by close of business Monday, April 30.
Refer questions to Bridget McCracken, chair of the Academic Senate staff election committee, at StaffRep@sfsu.edu
Senate meeting dates are posted on the University Web calendar and on the Senate website at www.sfsu.edu/~senate
This week in Insiders: Technical Services Specialist Marty Masters, Librarian Ned Fielden and Professor of Marketing Bill Perttula.
Read Insiders: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/spring12/april9insiders.htm
This week in Newsmakers: Director of the Family Acceptance Project Caitlin Ryan and Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies Valerie Soe.
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Newsmakers: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/spring12/april9news.htm
We mark the passing of Professor Emeritus of Biology Claude Gordon Alexander.
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In Memoriam: www.sfsu.edu/~news/cmemo/spring12/april9memoriam.htm
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Monday
Recital: Piano students: 1 p.m.
Book-reading: Driving Down the Cost of Drugs: 3 p.m.
Tuesday
J. Paul Leonard Library and Sutro Library Ribbon Cutting: 2 p.m.
Cancer Support Group for Faculty and Staff: 4 p.m.
Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
Wednesday
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Lecture Series: Grandparents and Family Relationships: 12:30 p.m.
Recital: Piano students: 1 p.m.
Recital: Voice students: 1 p.m.
Fulbright Information Workshop: 2 p.m.
Marriott's Corporate Culture of Employee Inclusion and the Peer Workplace Issues Resolution Process: 5 p.m.
Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
Thursday
Roundtable Discussion: Incorporating Community Service Learning (CSL) in Your Courses: 10 a.m.
Colloquium: Participatory Action Research as a Science for Community-based Social Change: noon
Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
Friday
Conference: Driving Commitments - From Occupy to Occupations in Responsibility
Baseball vs. Cal State Monterey Bay: 3 p.m.
Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
Concert: SF State Gospel Choir and SF State Orchestra: 8 p.m.
Coming Up
April 14: Fishing for Words: The Pacifica Pier Poetry Walk: 1 p.m.
April 14: Concert: SF State Chamber Singers: Then and Now: 8 p.m.
April 15: Baseball vs. Cal State Monterey Bay: 11 a.m.
April 16: ORSP Post-Award Forum: noon
April 16: Recital: Piano students and Professor Roger Woodward: 1 p.m.
April 17: Academic Senate: 2 p.m.
April 17: Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
April 18: Recital: Piano students and Professor Roger Woodward: 1 p.m.
April 18: Softball Hosting Notre Dame de Namur in a Doubleheader: 1 p.m.
April 18: Talk: A negotiated landscape: The transformation of San Francisco's waterfront since 1950: 5 p.m.
April 18: Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
April 19: A Tribute to Stacy Doris on behalf of the SFSU community: 3:30 p.m.
April 19: Double Change Collective in honor of Stacy Doris featuring members of the Paris-based poetry collective: 4:30 p.m.
April 19: Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
April 19: Concert: Jazz Combos and Big Band: 7 p.m.
April 20: Softball Hosting Sonoma State in a Doubleheader: 1 p.m.
April 20: Recital: Kudrat Kamilijanov, piano: 1 p.m.
April 20: Theatre: One-Act Fringe: 7 p.m.
April 20: Theatre: CockTales: Fathers and Sons: 7 p.m.
April 20: Theatre: Hamlet: 8 p.m.
April 20: Theatre: Greenhouse 2012: 8 p.m.
April 21: Moss Landing Marine Labs Open House: 9 a.m.
April 21: Baseball vs. Cal State Stanislaus Double Header: 11 a.m.
April 21: Softball Hosting Sonoma State in a Doubleheader: noon
April 21: Theatre: Hamlet: 8 p.m.
April 21: Theatre: Greenhouse 2012: 8 p.m.
April 22: Theatre: Greenhouse 2012: 2 p.m.
April 22: Theatre: Hamlet: 2 p.m.
April 22: Pre-Concert Talk: Morrison Artists Series: Trio Valtorna: 2 p.m.
April 22: Concert: Morrison Artists Series: Trio Valtorna: 3 p.m.
April 22: Moss Landing Marine Labs Open House: 9 a.m.
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