ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, March 11, 2008

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Avani, Nathan	Landry, Lynette	Salama, Mohammad
	Behrooz, Maziar	Linder, Martin	Shapiro, Jerald
	Boyle, Andrea	Luna, Debra	Sheldon, James
	Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Mahan, Dianne	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Chelberg, Gene	McCracken, Bridget	Smith, Alastair
	Collins, Robert	Meredith, David	Steier, Saul
	Danner, Don	Minami, Masahiko	Stowers, Genie
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Modirzadeh, Hafez	Taylor, Don
	DuVal, Derethia	Moody, Laura	Trautman, Ray
	Fielden, Ned	Neely, Francis	Ulasewicz, Connie
	Gomes, Ricardo	Quita, Isabel	Van Dam, Mary Ann
	Gonzales, Dan	Rehling, Lu	Whalen, Shawn
	Hayes, Nancy	Robertson, Bruce	Yang, Nini
	Kohn, Jim	Rothman, Barry
Absences: Armenta, Isidro (abs); Bloom, Gilda (abs); Bollapragada, Ramesh (exc); Cheung, Yitwah (abs); Chou, Fangyu (exc); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Harvey, Davis (skip) (exc);
Fuentes, Enrique (abs); Gemello, John (exc); Hubbard, Donna (abs); Jones, Terry (abs);
Levine, Josh (exc); Morishita, Leroy (abs); Saffold, Penny (exc); Suzuki, Dean (exc); Yee, Darlene (exc).
Guests: Bob Cherny; Helen Goldsmith; Patty Bartscher; Marilyn Verhey; Linda Buckley; Caran Colvin; Janet Sim; Tom Staley; Gail Whitaker

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD:  2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

Ramon Castellblanch, President of the SF State California Faculty Association, announced an all-campus meeting in support of the SF State and CSU budget to be held 12:00-1:30 on Monday, March 17, in McKenna Hall with overflow space in Jack Adams Hall. Speakers will include Chair of the Board of Trustees Roberta Achtenberg, President Robert Corrigan, State Senator Leland Yee and others.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:15

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for March 11, 2008

Senator Shrivastava moved approval of the agenda, with a second from Senator Salama. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the February 26, 2008

Senator Dariotis noted an omission in the report from the Task Force on Social Justice and Equity. Under point 3, the minutes read: "An event hosted by Academic Affairs should be staged each (such as ...)...". The Secretary corrected this passage by adding the word "year" after "each".

With this correction, Senator Behrooz moved approval of the minutes, with a second from Senator Rothman. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Linda Buckley, AVP of Academic Planning and Educational Effectiveness—CUSP Committee Reports Internationalizing the Curriculum

Associate Vice President Linda Buckley presented a report from the task force assessing CUSP II Goal 4: Internationalization. Four recommendations from the task force have been approved by the President's Cabinet:

1. Create an international/global graduation requirement

2. Make the Office of International Programs the central, one-stop location for all things international.

3. Create an international faculty community.
a.  Reinstitute an international faculty fraternity or organization
b.  Create a database for tracking faculty research and activities abroad.

4. Increase international marketing efforts

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from Susan Shimanoff, Chair, Graduation Requirements Task Force—Educational Goals for the Baccalaureate Degree at San Francisco State University

Professor Susan Shimanoff presented a preliminary report from the Graduation Requirements Task Force that focused on the development of educational goals for the baccalaureate.  Dr. Shimanoff reviewed the history of the Task Force, which was established by Senate policy F05-237. The Educational Goals statement is the first step for the Task Force is developing its recommendations to the Senate for changes to the requirements for the Baccalaureate with a focus on all-university requirements including General Education.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Executive Committee—Proposed Resolution to Endorse the Educational Goals for the Baccalaureate Degree at San Francisco State, 1st Reading

The Resolution was put on the floor by Chair Kohn. The Senate held a vigorous debate on the Educational Goals and how the Senate should address them. Senator Avani moved the resolution to second reading, with a second from Senator Robertson. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. Senator Rothman then moved to amend line 17 by changing the phrase: "endorses the document" to: "endorses GRTF's effort toward crafting the document". The amendment was seconded by Senator Steier. It failed on a voice vote with three abstentions. Senator Fielden moved to amend the same passage to read: "endorses the spirit, principles and directions in the document". The amendment was seconded by Senator Steier. The amendment failed 19-21. The resolution then passed on a voice vote with three abstentions.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Undergraduate Management Minor, 1st Reading—proposal to be heard no later than 3:20 p.m.

The revisions were moved by Senator Linder, with no second required. Speaking for the proposal were Associate Dean Colvin from the College of Business and Professor Tom Staley, Chair of the Department of Management. Senator Chelberg moved the revisions to second reading, with a second from Senator Ulasewicz. The Senate moved the item to second reading on a unanimous voice vote. The revisions then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Bachelor of Science Degree in Hospitality Management, 1st Reading—proposal to be heard no later than 3:35p.m.

The revisions were moved by Senator Linder, with no second required. Speaking for the proposal were Associate Dean Colvin from the College of Business and Professor Janet Sims, Chair of the Department of Hospitality Management. Senator Steier moved the revisions to second reading, with a second from Senator Ulasewicz. The Senate moved the item to second reading on a unanimous voice vote. The revisions then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee—Proposed Policy on Mandatory Review of Academic Senate Policies, 1st Reading

Item #6 was delayed until the time-certain items #7 and #8 had been completed.

The proposed policy was moved by Senator Stowers, with no second required. Senator Steier asked how policies for review would be assigned to standing committees. Senator Stowers said that the Executive Committee would make the assignments. Senator Steier moved the revisions to second reading, with a second from Senator Ulasewicz. The Senate moved the item to second reading on a unanimous voice vote. The policy then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Policy on Repeat Courses, 1st Reading

This item was debated in first reading and will return in second reading at the next meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Adjournment

Senator Chelberg moved to adjourn, with a second from Senator Salama. The Senate voted unanimously to adjourn at 4:32.