ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, December 15, 2009

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 Ð 3:30 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:

Arnoldy, Tod

Goen-Salter, Sugie

Rosegard, Erik

Avani, Nathan

Gomes, Ricardo

Rosser, Sue V.

Bartscher, Patricia

Hellenga, Kate

Rothman, Barry

Boyle, Andrea

Hellman, David

Shapiro, Jerald

Bugayong, Arlene

Holzman, Barbara

Sherwin, Paul

Burke, Adam

Jeung, Russell

Sinha, Dipendra

Chen, Yu-Charn

LePage, Pamela

Shrivastava, Vinay

Cheung, Yitwah

Levy, Eileen

Stowers, Genie

Chou, Fang-yu

Lopez, Eurania

Steier, Saul

Collins, Robert

McCarthy, Chris

Taylor, Don

Corrigan, Robert

McCracken, Bridget

Trautman, Ray

Dariotis, Wei Ming

Minami, Masahiko

Vaquilar, Julie

Flatt, Sylvia

Modirzadeh, Hafez

Wagner, Venise

Getz, Trevor

Moody, Laura (exc);

Whalen, Shawn

Ginwala, Cyrus

Neely, Francis

Yee, Darlene

Girouard, Shirley

Rehling, Lu

Absences: Danner, Don (leave); Davila, Brigitte (exc); Gubeladze, Joseph (leave F09); Jin, Leigh (leave F09); Lau, Jenny (leave F09); Li, Wen-Chao ÒChrisÓ (abs)Mahan, Dianne (exc); Morishita, Leroy Nancy Noble (leave); Ozluk, Ozgur (abs); Pong, Wenshen ÒChrisÓ (leave Dec 09); Salama, Mohammad (leave 09 10); Landry, Lynette (exc) Hussain, Mahmood (exc)

Guests: Arek Goetz, Tendai Chitewere, Patricia Irvine, Wanda Lee, Richard LeGates, Ayse Pamuk, Ann Hallum, Linda Buckley

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: 2:14 p.m.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chair Whalen

  1. Lack of a Faculty Trustee on the CSU Board of Trustees
  2. CA Assemblywoman Fiona MaÕs December Open House may be a significant venue to raise issues relevant to higher education to the State legislature.
  3. Budget letter urging Governor to fund higher education will be forthcoming.
  4. Questions regarding the student occupation of the Business Building were addressed by President Corrigan.
  5. Recommendations from the Graduation Requirements Task Force have been adapted into a draft policy document that will be available for Senate review over the Winter break.

AGENDA ITEM#1ÑApproval of the Minutes for the December 1, 2009. The minutes were approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2ÑApproval of the Agenda for December 15, 2009. Senator Holzman moved to restructure the agenda to move Agenda Item # 5 to Agenda Item # 3, and therefore relocate Agenda Items # 3 and # 4 to Items # 4 and # 5, respectively. The motion was approved. The agenda was approved as amended.

AGENDA ITEM#3Ñ Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Name Change to the BA and Minor in Urban Studies, consent item. The item was approved.

AGENDA ITEM#4Ñ Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposed Intellectual Property Policy, 2nd Reading. SIC Chair Rothman re-presented the proposed policy into 2nd Reading with no alterations from the 1st Reading. Discussion included the role of Senators to represent issues and concerns regardless of possible administrative actions. The role of the University Research Council was also addressed. Senator Trautman made a motion to amend the policy to strike line # 183, which stipulates that, ÒAll income received by SF State from the commercialization of University-owned intellectual property will be used to support research infrastructure at the University.Ó The motion was seconded. The motion was passed. The proposed Intellectual Property Policy was passed.

AGENDA ITEM#5Ñ Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revision to the Academic Program Discontinuance Policy, 1st Reading. CRAC Chair Shrivastava brought forward the recommendation from CRAC on the proposed revision to the Academic Program Discontinuance Policy. Senator Holzman moved to move the item to 2nd reading. Discussion included the Bulletin rights of students. The motion to move the item to 2nd reading passed. The motion to approve the proposed revision to the Academic Program Discontinuance Policy was passed.

AGENDA ITEM #6ÑAdjournmentÑ3:06 p.m.

Action Items:

The Academic Senate

á Approved the proposed changes to the titles in the BA and minor in Urban Studies to the BA and minor in Urban Studies and Planning;

á Approved the proposed policy in Intellectual Property; and

á Approved the proposed revisions to the Academic Program Discontinuance Policy.