Minutes: November 2nd, 2010










ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, November 2,

2010

SEVEN HILLS

CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:



Alameida,

Marshall

Girouard, Shirley

Morishita, Leroy

Arnoldy, Tod

Goen-Salter,

Sugie

Ozluk, Ozgur

Avani, Nathan

Hanley, Lawrence

Runquist, Beth

Azadpur, Mohammad

Hellman, David

Rosegard, Erik

Bartscher,

Patricia

Henderson,

Barbara

Rothman, Barry

Beatty, Brian

Holzman, Barbara

Rourke, David

Bugayong, Arlene

Hood, Pamela

Runquist, Beth

Burke, Adam

Hussain, Mahmood

Salama, Mohammad

Chen, Yu-Charn

Hyun, Helen

Sherwin, Paul

Collins, Robert

Jin, Leigh

Sinha, Dipendra

Danner, Don

Lau, Jenny

Steier, Saul

Dariotis, Wei

Ming

Levy, Eileen

Stowers, Genie

Davis, Harvey “Skip”

Li, Wen-Chao

“Chris”

Taylor, Don

Flatt, Sylvia

Linder, Martin

Trautman, Ray

Flores, Oscar

Lopez, Eurania

Vaughn, Pamela

Getz, Trevor

McCracken,

Bridget

Wagner, Venise

Ginwala, Cyrus

Moody, Laura

Whalen, Shawn


Absences: Boyle, Andrea (exc); Cheung, Yitwah (on

leave); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Gubeladze, Joseph (exc); Jeung, Russell

(exc); Nguyen, Flora (abs); Rosser, Sue V. (exc); Yee, Darlene (exc)


Guests: Jeannie Cheng, Helen Goldsmith, Gail Evans,

Wanda Lee, Gene Chelberg, Lori Gentles, Derek Aitken, Jo Volkert, Elise

Wormuth, Sandra Frojelin, Lynette Landry,

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: 2:10 p.m.

With a quorum

being present, the meeting was called to order.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Senators made announcements.

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the

Minutes for October 19, 2010

The Minutes

were approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for November 2, 2010

Senator Vaughn motioned to

include a Resolution in Honor of the World Champion San Francisco Giants on the

agenda. The motion carried. The Agenda was approved as amended.

AGENDA ITEM #3—

California Budget Projections and the Fiscal Implications

on San Francisco State University, Executive VP of Finance and Administration,

Leroy Morishita and Associate Director of Government Relations, Derek Aitken

The Academic Senate heard

a presentation by VP Morishita and Associate Director Derek Aitken on the California Budget Projections

and the Fiscal Implications on San Francisco State University.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Recommendation from the Academic Policy Committee: Proposed Course Syllabus Policy, 2nd

Reading

Senator Getz moved and explained

the Recommendation and revisions made. Senator Stowers motioned to amend the

item. The motion carried. The vote was called. The Recommendation was

approved.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Policy

Committee: Proposed Revisions to

the Written English Proficiency Policy, 2nd Reading

Senator Getz moved and explained

the Recommendation and revisions made. Senator Trautman motioned to amend the

item. The motion failed due to lack of a Second. Senator Sherwin motioned to

amend the item. The motion carried. The vote was called. The Recommendation was

approved.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and

Approval Committee: Proposal to

Revise the Advanced Placement Option in Nursing Program, 1st Reading

Senator Stowers moved and

explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed. Senator Salama motioned

to move the item to Second Reading. The motion carried. The vote was called.

The Recommendation was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and

Approval Committee: Proposal to

Rescind Academic Senate Policy #S82-89, Entry Level Skills & Remedial

Courses, 1st Reading

The item was entered as a

Consent Item. The vote was called. Senator Stowers entered an objection. The

item entered in First Reading and was discussed. The item will return before

the Academic Senate in Second Reading.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Committee

Structure for Baccalaureate Degree Requirements, 1st Reading

Senator Getz moved and

explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed and will return before the

Academic Senate in Second Reading.

ACTION ITEM #9—The

Academic Senate Adopted the Resolution in Honor of the World Champion San

Francisco Giants

The Resolution was moved

by Senator Vaughn. The senator deferred to Chair Whalen for an explanation and

reading of the Resolution. The item was discussed. The Resolution was approved

by acclamation.

AGENDA ITEM #10—Adjourned at 3:40p.m.

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