ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2008

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

	ATTENDANCE:
	Avani, Nathan	Kohn, Jim	Rehling, Lu
	Behrooz, Maziar	Landry, Lynette	Robertson, Bruce
	Bloom, Gilda	Levine, Josh	Rothman, Barry
	Bollapragada, Ramesh	Linder, Martin	Saffold, Penny
	Boyle, Andrea	Luna, Debra	Salama, Mohammad
	Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Mahan, Dianne	Shapiro, Jerald
	Collins, Robert	McCracken, Bridget	Shrivastava, Vinay
	Chelberg, Gene	Meredith, David	Steier, Saul
	Danner, Don	Minami, Masahiko	Taylor, Don
	Dariotis, Wei Ming	Modirzadeh, Hafez	Trautman, Ray
	DuVal, Derethia	Moody, Laura	Ulasewicz, Connie
	Fielden, Ned	Morishita, Leroy	Van Dam, Mary Ann
	Gemello, John	Neely, Francis	Whalen, Shawn
	Gomes, Ricardo	Prive, Alice	Yee, Darlene
	Gonzales, Dan	Quita, Isabel
Absences: Cheung, Yitwah (exc); Suzuki, Dean (exc); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Hayes, Nancy (exc); Harvey, Davis (skip)(exc); Kothari, Krupa (abs); Sheldon, James (exc); Smith, Alastair (exc); Stowers, Genie (exc); Van Dam, Mary Ann (exc); Yang, Nini (exc)
Guests: Marilyn Verhey, Ronald Caltabiano, Patricia Bartscher, Zelinda Zingaro, Helen Goldsmith, Gail Evans, Patricia Irvine, Mitch Turitz, Janet Sim, Ann Hallum, Nancy Rabolt, Gail Whitaker, Rob Strong, Robert Cherny, Geoff Brown, Chris Read, Wanda Siu-Chan, Russell Kilday-Hicks.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:09 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Associate Vice President Linda Buckley will report to the Senate about preparations for the WASC accreditation visit on April 29.

Members of the campus community will continue to meet with local legislators to encourage support for CSU until a budget is passed.

The last Senate meeting of the year will be May 13. Continuing Senators should begin to consider serving as Senate officers and committee chairs for 2008-09.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for April 15, 2008

The agenda was approved by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the April 1, 2008

The minutes were approved by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from Deborah Masters, University Librarian: Update on Library Renovation—report to be heard no later than 2:10 p.m.

Dr. Masters presented an extensive report on the plans and schedule for construction of the new library. The new library is expected to open in Fall 2011. Information about the library project can be found at http://www.library.sfsu.edu/about/building/index.php.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Clerical Updates, 2nd Reading

The proposal passed with little discussion on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Certificate in Dietetics: Focus on Older Adults, 1st Reading

Senator Linder moved this item for CRAC. Present to explain the proposal for a revised Certificate were Professor Nancy Reybold, Chair of Consumer and Family Studies, Dietetics, and Professor Wanda Siu-Chan, Director of the Certificate program. Senator Ulasewicz moved to move the the proposal to second reading, with a second from Senator Steier. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The proposal then passed with two abstentions.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the joint Ed D in Special Education, 1st Reading

Senator Trautman moved this item for EPC. Senator Avani moved to move the proposal to second reading, with a second from Senator Steier. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The discontinuance then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM#7—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the Interdisciplinary Digital Arts Certificate, 1st Reading:

Senator Trautman moved this item for EPC. Chair Kohn received unanimous consent to move the item to second reading. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The discontinuance then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Educational Policies Council: Proposed Discontinuance of the BS in Business Administration: Concentration in Human Resource Management, Concentrations in: Hotel Management; Restaurant & Institutional Foodservice Management; Commercial Recreation & Resort Management, 1st Reading

Senator Trautman moved this item for EPC. Senator DuVal moved to move the proposal to second reading, with a second from Senator Ulasewicz. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The discontinuance then passed on a unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Policy on Timely Textbook Adoptions, 1st Reading

Senator Ulasewicz moved the proposal for FAC. The Senate engaged in a long and lively discussion. At the end, Chair Kohn said that the first reading speakers list had been exhausted and that the item would return in second reading at the next Senate meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee—Proposed Course Criteria per the Graduate Writing Assessment Requirements (GWAR), 1st Reading

Senator Trautman moved the proposal for APC. The Senate undertook a far-ranging discussion of all aspects of the proposal, which ended when attendance fell below quorum at 4:50. The item will return in first reading at the next meeting. Remaining on the speakers list are Senators Levine and Avani.