ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:
Avani, Nathan	Garfield, Diane	Rothman, Bary
Behrooz, Maziar	Hayes, Nancy	Salama, Mohammad
Bloom, Gilda	Hood, Pamela	Shapiro, Jerald
Bollapragada, Ramesh	Jaimes-Guerrero, A.J.	Sheldon, James
Boyle, Andrea	Jones, Terry	Shrivastava, Vinay
Chattopadhyay, Sudip	Kohn, Jim	Smith, Alastair
Chelberg, Gene	Landry, Lynette	Steier, Saul
Cheung, Yitwah	Linder, Martin	Stowers, Genie
Collins, Robert	Luna, Debra	Suzuki, Dean
Danner, Don	Mahan, Dianne	Taylor, Don
Dariotis, Wei Ming	McCracken, Bridget	Trautman, Ray
Davis, Harvey (Skip)	Meredith, David	Ulasewicz, Connie
DuVal, Derethia	Minami, Masahiko	Whalen, Shawn
Fielden, Ned	Moody, Laura	Williams, Robert
Fuentes, Enrique	Neely, Francis	Yang, Nini
Gemello, John	Rehling, Lu	Yee, Darlene
Gomes, Ricardo	Robertson, Bruce

Absences: Armenta, Isidro(abs); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Chou, Fangyu (exc);

Gonzales, Dan (exc); Hubbard, Donna (abs); Levine, Josh (exc); Morishita, Leroy (exc);

Modirzadeh, Hafez (abs); Saffold, Penny (exc); Van Dam, Mary Ann (exc)

Guests: Patricia Bartscher; Gail Whitaker; Marilyn Verhey; Helen Goldsmith; Bob Cherny; Linda Buckley; Wanda Lee; Rene Dahl

The meeting was opened with a short concert by three students from the Chamber Music Program in the School of Music and Dance: Vu tu Nguyen (piano), Sabina Nakajuma (violin) and Patrice Young (cello). They will appear in the recital in Knuth Hall on Wednesday, November 11, at 7:30.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:14 p.m.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Agenda for October 23, 2007

Senator Chelberg moved, with a second by Senator Moody, to amend the agenda by moving item #10, the CLA resolution, to position #4 following the Committee on Committees report. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote.

Senators Stowers moved, with a second by Senator Chelberg, to remove item #9, the rescission of Senate Policy S74-176, Academic Mission and Goals, from the agenda. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote.

With these amendments the agenda was accepted by unanimous voice vote.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. All-campus elections for four administrative search committees are taking place. Senators should encourage their colleagues to vote.

2. SF State nominations are open for the CSU Wang Family Excellence Award for outstanding faculty and administrators. Anyone wishing to make a nomination should contact Vice-Chair Whalen.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Minutes for the Academic Senate meeting on October 9, 2007

The minutes for October 9 were approved by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from David Meredith, Chair, Committee on Committees (CoC)

Senate Secretary David Meredith presented the annual Committee on Committees report to the Senate. A suggestion that a table of contents be added was accepted.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposed Resolution on the Collegiate Learning Assessment—1st Reading

Senator Robertson moved this item for the Strategic Issues Committee, no second required. The item is expected to return in second reading at the November 6 meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Academic Calendar for Summer 2008, 1st Reading

Senator Trautman moved adoption of the calendar for the Academic Policies Committee, no second required. Senator Meredith moved, with a second by Senator Chelberg, that the item go to second reading. The motion passed by unanimous voice vote. Senator Rothman moved, with a second by Senator Shapiro, that a fourth option be added to the calendar, to be called R4 and to extend over the 10 weeks covered by R2 and R3. The motion failed 16-25. The calendar was then adopted by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Child and Adolescent Development (CAD) Core Curriculum for BA Degree— Proposal to be heard no later than 3:00p.m., 1st Reading

Senator Linder moved the item, no second required. Professor Arlene Dahl from CAD was present to answer questions about the proposal. Senator Steier moved, with a second by Senator Shrivastava, to go to second reading. The motion passed on unanimous voice vote. The proposal was then adopted by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Child and Adolescent Development (CAD) Concentration in Young Child and Family— Proposal to be heard no later than 3:15 p.m., 1st Reading

Senator Linder moved the item, no second required. Professor Arlene Dahl from CAD was present to answer questions about the proposal. Senator Danner moved, with a second by Senator Ulasewicz, to go to second reading. The motion passed on unanimous voice vote. The proposal was then adopted by voice vote with one abstention. Senator Chelberg then expressed concern about the manner in which the proposal to vote had been presented to the house, and the Chair asked for another vote. Again the proposal passed on a voice vote with a single abstention.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposal to Rescind Academic Senate Policy #F73-009, Long-Range Planning Commission, 1st Reading

The item was moved by Senator Stowers for the Strategic Issues Committee, no second required. Senator Williams moved, with a second by Senator Chelberg, to go to second reading. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The item then passed by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposal to Rescind Academic Senate Policy #S78-34, Outstanding Professor Awards Program, 1st Reading

The item was moved by Senator Stowers for the Strategic Issues Committee, no second required. Senator Williams moved, with a second by Senator Shapiro, to go to second reading. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. The item then passed by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #12—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution in Support of International Education Week, 11/13—1st Reading

The resolution was moved by Senator Chelberg for the Executive Committee, no second required. Senator Ulasewicz moved, with a second by Senator Steier, to go to second reading. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote. Senator Trautman, with a second by Senator Whalen, moved to amend the resolution by adding "and" to the end of the penultimate whereas clause on line 34. The amendment passed by unanimous voice vote. The resolution then passed by unanimous voice vote.

AGENDA ITEM #13—Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Proposed Statement on Professional Ethics—1st Reading

Senator Ulasewicz moved the item for the Faculty Affairs Committee, no second required. The item is expected to return in second reading at the November 6 meeting.

AGENDA ITEM #14—Adjournment—4:05 p.m.