ACADEMIC SENATE
MEETING
MINUTES
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
ATTENDANCE:
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Avani, Nathan |
Gemello, John |
Robertson, Bruce |
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Axler, Sheldon |
Jaimes-Guerrero, A.J. |
Rothman, Barry |
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Bartscher, Patricia |
Kohn, Jim |
Shapiro, Jerald |
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Behrooz, Maziar |
Kysh, Judith |
Smith, Alastair |
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Bollapragada, Ramesh |
Morishita, Leroy |
Steier, Saul |
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Boyle, Andrea |
Levine, Josh |
Suzuki, Dean |
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Chattopadhyay, Sudip |
Levy, Eileen |
Trautman, Ray |
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Daley, Yvonne |
Li, Wen-Chao |
Ulasewicz, Connie |
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Danner, Don |
Linder, Martin |
Van Cleave, Kendra |
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Dariotis, Wei Ming |
Luna, Debra |
Van Dam, Mary Ann |
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DuVal, Derethia |
McCracken, Bridget |
Velez, Pauline |
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Fehrman, Kenneth |
Meredith, David |
Whalen, Shawn |
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Gallagher, Brian |
Minami, Masahiko |
Williams, Robert |
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Fung, Robert |
Moody, Laura |
Yee, Darlene |
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Absences: Chao, David (abs); Chelberg, Gene (exc); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Davis, Harvey (Skip) |
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(exc); Gaglio, Connie Marie (abs); Gonzales, Dan (abs); Gonzalez, Marty (exc); Howard, Pamela |
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(abs);Jolivette, Andrew (abs); Jones, Terry (abs); Klingenberg, Larry (abs); Mercado, Claudia |
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(abs); Saffold, Penny (exc); Saiyed, Zohra (abs); Stowers, Genie (exc); Todorov, Jassen (exc); Yang, Nini (abs); Zwillinger, Lesley (abs). Guests: Nancy Hayes; Caran Colvin; Robert Cherny; Gail Whitaker; Rob Strong; Ann Hallum; Marilyn Verhey; Kathleen Mosier; Don Scoble; Sung Hu; Wenshen Pong; Jacob Perea; Pamela Wolfberg; Nicholas Certo; V. V. Krishnan |
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CALLED TO ORDER: 2:16 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chair Meredith:
Announced that he has no updates about the current labor
situation. He recommended that
members check the fact finderÕs report.
Reported that the Access to Excellence report will be
ready and a note will be sent notifying members of its availability.
AGENDA ITEM #1ÑApproval of the Agenda for March 27,
2007
Motion to add senate elections to agenda after Item #6. Motion passed without dissent.
m/ Senator Ulasewicz
s/ Senator Fehrman
The agenda, as amended, was approved by unanimous consent.
AGENDA ITEM #2ÑApproval of the Minutes from March 13,
2007
The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
AGENDA ITEM #3ÑReport from Don Scoble, Executive
Director, SFSU Foundation Inc., and Leroy Morishita, Vice President,
Administration and Finance: Update on SFSU Foundation Inc.
Chair Meredith introduced Executive Director Scoble
and Vice President Morishita who provided an update on impending changes to the
foundation. A question and answer period followed.
AGENDA ITEM #4ÑRecommendation from the Academic
Policies Committee: Proposed Policy on Graduate Honors at Graduation, 2nd
Reading.
APC Chair Whalen reintroduced the item in 2nd reading and provided an overview of changes in the proposal. Discussion followed.
The motion passed without dissent.
AGENDA ITEM #5ÑReport from Vice President Leroy
Morishita: Update on SF State University Master Plan
Chair Meredith introduced Vice President Morishita who provided a report on the proposed revisions to the UniversityÕs master plan. Discussion followed.
AGENDA ITEM #6ÑRecommendation from the Executive
Committee: Proposed Resolution in Support of the San Francisco State University
Master Plan, 1st Reading
Motion proposed to the floor from the Executive Committee to accompany the SF State administrators as they present the Master Plan to the Board of Trustees.
m/ Danner
s/ Fehrman
This item will return for second reading during the next senate meeting.
AGENDA ITEM #7ÑElection of Board of Appeals and Review members
Lisa Hines was unanimously elected to the BOAR.
Alex Schuster was unanimously elected to the BOAR.
AGENDA ITEM #8ÑRecommendation from the Academic
Policies Committee: Proposed Academic Calendar Policy, 1st Reading.
Item was skipped due to time certain, then returned to after the completion of Agenda Item #10.
m/ Whalen
s/ Levine
APC Chair Whalen introduced the item.
m/ senator Levine to second reading.
s/ senator Daley.
Motion to second reading passed.
m/ senator Levine to call the question.
s/ senator Linder.
Motion to call the question passed.
Motion passed with dissent on voice vote.
AGENDA ITEM #9ÑRecommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee and Graduate Council: Proposed New Concentration in MS in Engineering: Structural/Earthquake Engineering (SEE).
m/ Levy
s/ Steier
CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Wenshen Pong (Graduate Coordinator) and Sung Hu (Associate Dean) to speak to the proposal.
Unanimously moved to second reading.
The motion passed without dissent.
AGENDA ITEM #10ÑRecommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee and Graduate Council: Proposed New Concentration in MS in Engineering: Embedded Electrical and Computer Systems (EEC)
m/ Levy
s/ Steier
CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Wenshen Pong (Graduate Coordinator) and Sung Hu (Associate Dean) to speak to the proposal.
Unanimously moved to second reading.
The motion passed without dissent.
AGENDA ITEM #11Ñ Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee and Graduate Council: Proposed New Autism Spectrum Graduate Certificate
m/ Levy
s/ Fehrman
CRAC Chair Levy introduced the item along with Assistant Professor Pamela Wolfberg, Chair Nicolas Certo, and Dean Jake Perea to speak to the proposal.
Unanimously moved to second reading.
The motion passed unanimously.
Motion to extend time by 15 minutes to accommodate
Agenda Item #8.
m/ Whalen
s/ Robertson
Motion passed unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #12Ñ ADJOURNEDÑ4:18 p.m.