Minutes: February 13th, 2007

 

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, February 13,

2007

ATTENDANCE:

 

 

Avani, Nathan

Gonzales, Dan

Moody, Laura

Axler, Sheldon

Gonzalez, Marty

Morishita, Leroy

Bartscher, Patricia

Gemello, John

Robertson, Bruce

Behrooz, Maziar

Howard, Pamela

Rothman, Barry

Bollapragada, Ramesh

Jaimes-Guerrero, A.J.

Saffold, Penny

Boyle, Andrea

Jolivette, Andrew

Stowers, Genie

Chelberg, Gene

Jones, Terry

Suzuki, Dean

Corrigan, Robert

Kohn, Jim

Todorov, Jassen

Chao, David

Kysh, Judith

Trautman, Ray

Daley, Yvonne

Levine, Josh

Ulasewicz, Connie

Danner, Don

Levy, Eileen

Van Cleave, Kendra

Dariotis, Wei Ming

Li, Wen-Chao

Van Dam, Mary Ann

Davis, Harvey (Skip)

Linder, Martin

Velez, Pauline

Donovan-Blood, Asella

Luna, Debra

Whalen, Shawn

DuVal, Derethia

McCracken, Bridget

Williams, Robert

Fehrman, Kenneth

Meredith, David

Yee, Darlene

Fung, Robert

Minami, Masahiko

Zwillinger, Lesley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Absences: Angelo, Albert (abs); Chattopadhyay, Sudip (abs);

Gaglio, Connie Marie (abs);

Klingenberg, Larry (abs); Mercado, Claudia (abs);

Gallagher, Brian (abs); Shapiro, Jerald (abs);

Steier, Saul

(abs); Smith, Alastair (abs); Saiyed, Zohra (abs); Yang, Nini (abs)

 

 

Guests: John Kim;

Nancy Hayes; Kevin Kelly; Helen Goldsmith; Caran Colvin; Gail Whitaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALLED TO ORDER: 2:11 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

 

Chair Meredith…

 

 

  • Thanked Vice Chair Velez and the rest of the

    planning committee for their leadership of the recently completed, hugely

    successful faculty staff retreat.

     

  • Announced that Yenbo Wu has been promoted to

    the position of Associate Vice President of International Education.

     

  • Introduced APC Chair Whalen who reminded

    Senators about the campus continuous calendar policy survey. For more information and to

    complete the survey see the Academic Senate Web site.

     

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval

of the Agenda for February 13, 2007

The agenda was approved by

general consent.

 

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval

of the Minutes for December 12, 2006

The minutes were

approved by general consent.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Report

from Enrique Riveros-Schafer, AVP of Academic Affairs: Update on the Office of

Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP)

Chair Meredith

introduced AVP Riveros-Schafer who provided an update on the activities of the

ORSP. The report will be posted on

the ORSP Web site.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report

from John Kim, AVP of Academic Resources, and Kevin Kelley, Academic

Technology: Update on iLearn and Blackboard

Chair Meredith

introduced AVP Kim and Kevin Kelly, Coordinator of On-line Teaching and

Learning, who gave an update on campus learning management systems. The campus will be converting from

Blackboard to iLearn over the

current semester and summer.

AGENDA ITEM

#5—Discussion Item from the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC): Access to

Excellence

 

https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/doing-business-with-the-csu/capital-planning-design-construction/project-center/Self-Support/Pages/Strategic-Planning.aspx

 

FAC Chair Kohn

facilitated a conversation on the Access to Excellence initiative. He directed Senators to the Academic

Senate Web site to find a link to the on-line forum on the initiative. Chair Kohn also reminded Senators that

the Academic Senate meeting on February 27 will be a town hall style meeting

designed to further discuss the campus response to the system initiative. Finally, he directed the body’s attention

to the topic sign-up sheet being circulated and encouraged Senators to indicate

which topic they would want to participate in.

 

Williams, Ulasewicz

m/s/p

 

Senator Williams moved the following resolution:

Whereas: Access

to Excellence is a critically important endeavor to change the strategic plan

of the California State University system, and by association, San Francisco

State University; and

Whereas: The

Academic Senate of SF State is sponsoring a Town Hall meeting on February 27th

from 2 to 5 p.m., which will facilitate a dialogue between members of the SF

State academic community; and

Whereas: SF

State senators may be tempted to use February 27th as a

holiday. Be it

Resolved: That

the Academic Senate at SF State strongly implores its membership to attend the

Access to Excellence Town Hall meeting in lieu of a regularly scheduled

senate meeting.

The motion was seconded

by Senator Ulasewicz.

The resolution was

approved with dissent.

 

AGENDA ITEM

#6—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution on Contract

Negotiations

 

Yee, Davis m/s/p

Statewide Senator Yee

introduced the item. The motion

was seconded by Senator Davis.

The item was moved to

second reading.

 

The resolution was

approved unanimously.

 

AGENDA ITEM #7 Recommendation from the

Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Certificate

in Music Recording Industry, College of Extended Learning.

 

Levy,Daley m/s/p

 

 

CRAC Chair Levy

introduced the item along with Dean Gail Whitaker and Associate Dean Jim Bryan

to speak to the item.

 

The item was moved to

second reading.

The revisions were

approved unanimously.

 

AGENDA ITEM

#8—Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Proposed Revisions to the

Academic Senate Bylaws.

 

Whalen, Velez m/s/p

 

APC Chair Whalen introduced

the item.

 

Chair Meredith clarified that

the revisions would be considered in two parts.

 

The first item was moved to

second reading.

The revision was approved

unanimously.

 

Whalen, Velez m/s/p

APC Chair Whalen introduced

the second revision.

 

The item was moved to second

reading.

 

The revision was approved

unanimously.

 

AGENDA

ITEM #9— ADJOURNED—3:32 p.m.

 

 

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