ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM
2:00 Ð 5:00 p.m.
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ATTENDANCE: |
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Avani, Nathan |
Holzman, Barbara |
Rosegard, Erik |
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Bartscher, Patricia |
Hussain, Mahmood |
Rothman, Barry |
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Behrooz, Maziar |
Jin, Leigh |
Salama, Mohammad |
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Boyle, Andrea |
Kohn, Jim |
Shapiro, Jerald |
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Bugayong, Arlene |
Landry, Lynette |
Sheldon, James |
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Burke, Adam |
Levy, Eileen |
Sherwin, Paul |
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Chen, Yu-Charn |
Li, Wen-Chao |
Shrivastava, Vinay |
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Cheung, Yitwah |
Luna, Debra |
Sinha, Dipendra |
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Chou, Fang-yu |
Mahan, Dianne |
Sveinsdottir, Asta |
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Corrigan, Robert |
McCarthy, Chris |
Taylor, Don |
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Dariotis, Wei Ming |
McCracken, Bridget |
Trautman, Ray |
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DuVal, Derethia |
Minami, Masahiko |
Ulasewicz, Connie |
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Flatt, Sylvia |
Modirzadeh, Hafez |
van Dam, Mary Ann |
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Fuentes, Enrique |
Moody, Laura |
Whalen, Shawn |
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Gomes, Ricardo |
Morishita, Leroy |
Wingard, Leah |
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Gubeladze, Joseph |
Neely, Francis |
Yee-Melichar, Darlene |
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Hellenga, Kate |
Noble, Nancy |
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Hellman, David |
Rehling, Lu |
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Absences: Chelberg, Gene (exc); Danner, Don (exc); Robertson, Bruce (on leave Fall 08); LePage, Pamela (abs); Gemello, John (exc); Hom, Marlon (exc); Lau, Jenny (abs); Franklin, Natalie (abs) |
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Guests: Gail Evans, Gail Whitaker, Nancy Hayes, Wanda Lee, Ann Hallum,
Adam Calmenson, Erciyes Husam, Johnson Wendy, Suzanne Dmytrenko |
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CALL TO ORDER: 2:12 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1. More than 250 nominations were submitted for the Administrative Search Committee Pool, as described by policy #S08-180. Approval voting is in progress. All nominees receiving at least 50% plus one of the votes cast will be elected to the Pool.
2. Calls for proposals for the 2009 SF State Faculty and Staff Development Retreat, to be held on Thursday, January 22, 2009, at the Downtown Center, will be going out soon.
3. Nominations for the CSU Faculty Trustee position are due December 15, 2008. Craig Smith, the current faculty trustee, has announced his intention to FERP at the end of the 2008-2009 academic year; that action would make him ineligible to serve as trustee next year.
4. An All-University Committee on Sustainability has been created. Carlos Davidson and Leroy Morishita have been asked to report on the Committee to the Senate on November 4, 2008.
5. The Senate Parliamentarian, Eugene Chelberg, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of the Disability Programs & Resource Center, is excused from todayÕs meeting to celebrate his recent nuptials.
AGENDA ITEM #1ÑApproval of the Agenda for September 23, 2008
The agenda was approved by acclamation.
AGENDA ITEM #2ÑApproval of the Minutes for the September
9, 2008, meeting of the 2008-2009 Senate.
The minutes were approved by acclamation.
AGENDA ITEM #3ÑReport: Rob Strong, Manager, SF State
Bookstore: Timely Textbook Adoptions per Executive Order 926 and Academic
Senate Policy # S08-249
Rob Strong, Manager, SF State Bookstore, reported to the Senate on the Timely Textbook Adoptions per CSU Executive Order 926 and Academic Senate Policy # S08-249. Textbook adoptions for Spring 2009 are due October 1, 2008; adoptions for Summer 2009 are due March 1, 2009.
Comments and questions from Senators included the observation that a procedure must be established so that the Disability Programs and Resource Center (DPRC) will be provided with textbook information in cases where faculty place textbook orders with suppliers other than the SF State Bookstore. Currently, the DPRC is provided textbook information only from the SF State Bookstore.
AGENDA ITEM #4ÑReport, CSU Senators: Darlene
Yee-Melichar, Andrea Boyle, and Jerry Shapiro
Darlene Yee-Melichar, Andrea Boyle, and Jerald Shapiro, SF State members of the Academic Senate CSU, reported to the Senate on recent Academic Senate CSU activities and its upcoming agenda.
AGENDA ITEM #5ÑRecommendation from the Academic Policies
Committee: Proposed Resolution on Suspension of General Education Curriculum
Revisions, Second Reading
Senator Dariotis, on behalf of the Academic Policies Committee, moved that the Senate adopt the Resolution on Suspension of General Education Curriculum Revisions.
The motion passed unanimously.
AGENDA ITEM #6ÑRecommendation from the Academic Policies
Committee: Proposed Revision to the Repeat of Courses Policy, Second Reading
Senator Dariotis, on behalf of the Academic Policies Committee, moved that the Senate adopt the Revision to the Repeat of Courses Policy.
Senator Levy moved to amend the policy by adding the word ÒundergraduateÓ on lines 8 and 25 before the word ÒstudentÓ and by changing the word ÒaÓ to ÒanÓ on lines 8 and 25.
The amendment passed by voice vote.
The main motion, as amended, passed by voice vote.
AGENDA ITEM #7ÑRecommendation from the Student Affairs
Committee: Proposed Resolution in Support of SF State Voter Registration
Campaign, First Reading
Senator McCracken, on behalf of the Student Affairs Committee, moved that the Senate approve the Resolution in Support of SF State Voter Registration Campaign.
Senator Levy moved that the motion be moved to second reading. This motion was approved by voice vote.
The main motion, now in second reading, passed by unanimous voice vote.
Chair Whalen declared the meeting adjourned at 3:30 p.m.