ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, September 29, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

 

                       

 

ATTENDANCE:

Ginwala, Cyrus

Pong, Wenshen 'Chris'

 

Arnoldy, Tod

Goen-Salter, Sugie

Rehling, Lu

 

Avani, Nathan

Gomes, Ricardo

Rosegard, Erik

 

Bartscher, Patricia

Hellenga, Kate

Rosser, Sue V.

 

Boyle, Andrea

Hellman, David

Rothman, Barry

 

Burke, Adam

Holzman, Barbara

Shapiro, Jerald

 

Bugayong, Arlene

Hussain, Mahmood

Sherwin, Paul

 

Chen, Yu-Charn

Jeung, Russell

Shrivastava, Vinay

 

Cheung, Yitwah 

Jin, Leigh

Moody, Laura

 

Chou, Fang-yu

Landry, Lynette

Steier, Saul

 

Collins, Robert

LePage, Pamela

Taylor, Don 

 

Corrigan, Robert

Levy, Eileen

Trautman, Ray

 

Dariotis, Wei Ming

Li, Wen-Chao ÒChrisÓ

Vaquilar, Julie

 

Davila, Brigitte

McCarthy, Chris

Wagner, Venise

 

Flatt, Sylvia

McCracken, Bridget

Whalen, Shawn

 

Getz, Trevor

Minami, Masahiko

Yee, Darlene

 

 

Ozluk, Ozgur

Stowers, Genie

 

Absences: Girouard, Shirley (abs); Gubeladze, Joseph (leave F09); Lau, Jenny (abs); Mahan, Dianne (exc); Modirzadeh, Hafez (exc); Morishita, Leroy  (exc); Neely, Francis (abs); Salama, Mohammad (leave 09 10); Sinha, Dipendra (exc)

 

 

Guests:   Mark Ciotola, Nancy Hayes, Wanda Lee, Alex Katz, Machi Sakata

 

 

 

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD:  2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for faculty members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senate officers or to university administrators.  Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:16 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

From Chair Whalen

á       The nomination phase for entry into the Administrative Search Pool will begin this week. One can only serve on an Administrative Search Committee if one is in the pool. One remains in the pool for three years and there is no term limit. After the nomination phase is complete, an election will be held.

á       An election will also be held for replacements to the UTPC.

á       CFA, CSUEU, and allied unions will be presenting on-campus educational activities/activism around the budget issue on Oct. 14th, 2009, to be followed by related events at Civic Center on Oct. 15th, 2009.

á       The Withdrawal from Courses Policy #S09-196 has resulted in an enrollment increase of over 600 students, which is a significant increase.

á       President CorriganÕs email dated Sept. 28, 2009 mentions the Strategic Planning Process.

AGENDA ITEM#1—Approval of the Minutes for the September 15, 2009—approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for September 29, 2009—approved.

AGENDA ITEM#3—Statewide Senate Report: CSU Senators Andrea Boyle, Jerry Shapiro, and Darlene Yee.  The CSU Statewide Senate representatives presented a report on the Statewide Senate.  The report is available on the Senate website.

AGENDA ITEM#4—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Name Change to the Minor, BA, & MA in Women Studies, 1st Reading, proposal heard 2:40 p.m. On behalf of the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee, Senator Shrivastava introduced the proposal. Prof. Nan Boyd, Chair of the Department of Women and Gender Studies, presented the proposal. Discussion included a recognition that the self-declared interdisciplinary programs might want to come before the UIC for review or present as an information item to UIC. Senator Goen-Salter moved the item to second reading. The motion was approved. The item was then before the Senate in 2nd Reading and was approved.

AGENDA ITEM#5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revision to the Administrative Search Policy, #S09-180. On behalf of the Academic Policies Committee, Senator Hellman presented the proposed revision. Senator Holzman moved this item to 2nd Reading and was approved.

AGENDA ITEM#6—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposed Policy on Intellectual Property, 1st Reading. On behalf of the Strategic Issues Committee, Senator Rothman introduced the proposed policy. AVP Turkkan presented the proposed policy. Discussion included a review of the policy as proposed in Spring, 2009, as well as the scope and depth of the proposed policy.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Adjournment—The meeting was adjourned at 3:18 p.m.