Minutes: November 16th, 2010

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY, November
16, 2010

SEVEN HILLS
CONFERENCE CENTER, NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 - 5:00 p.m.

ATTENDANCE:

Alameida,
Marshall

Girouard, Shirley

Moody, Laura

Arnoldy, Tod

Goen-Salter,
Sugie

Morishita, Leroy

Avani, Nathan

Gubeladze, Joseph

Runquist, Beth

Azadpur, Mohammad

Hanley, Lawrence

Rothman, Barry

Bartscher,
Patricia

Hellman, David

Rourke, David

Boyle, Andrea

Holzman, Barbara

Rosser, Sue V.

Burke, Adam

Hood, Pamela

Runquist, Beth

Chen, Yu-Charn

Hussain, Mahmood

Sherwin, Paul

Collins, Robert

Hyun, Helen

Sinha, Dipendra

Corrigan, Robert

Jin, Leigh

Stowers, Genie

Danner, Don

Lau, Jenny

Taylor, Don

Dariotis, Wei
Ming

Levy, Eileen

Trautman, Ray

Davis, Harvey “Skip”

Li, Wen-Chao “Chris”

Vaughn, Pamela

Flatt, Sylvia

Linder, Martin

Wagner, Venise

Flores, Oscar

Lopez, Eurania

Whalen, Shawn

Getz, Trevor

Lopez, Thania

Yee, Darlene

Ginwala, Cyrus

McCracken,
Bridget

Absences: Beatty, Brian (exc); Bugayong, Arlene
(abs) Cheung, Yitwah (on leave); Henderson, Barbara (exc); Jeung, Russell
(exc); Nguyen, Flora (abs); Ozluk, Ozgur (abs); Rosegard, Erik (abs); Salama,
Mohammad (exc); Steier, Saul
(abs)

Guests: Gail Evans, Helen Goldsmith, Wanda Lee, Ann Hallum, Linda Buckley,
Maggie Beers, Sacha Bunge

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.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Minutes for November 2, 2010

With a quorum being present,
the meeting was called to order. The Minutes were approved.

AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for November 16, 2010

The Agenda was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #3—Academic Senate Agenda for CSU Representative
to the Academic Council on International Programs

Nominees:

Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso,
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Anabel Pelham, Professor
Gerontology

Wesley Ueunten, Assistant
Professor, Asian American Studies

The election was
conducted. Jocelyn Clare R. Hermoso, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
was elected to the position of CSU Representative to the Academic Council on
International Programs.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Report from CSU Senators: Andrea Boyle; Martin
Linder; Darlene Yee-Melichar

The senators gave
comprehensive reports on the State-Wide Academic Senate meeting proceedings.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic Policies
Committee—Proposed Revisions to the Committee Structure for Baccalaureate
Degree Requirements, 2nd Reading

Senator Getz moved and
explained the Recommendation and revisions made. The vote was called. The
motion carried.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and
Approval Committee: Proposal to
Rescind Academic Senate Policy #S82-89, Entry Level Skills & Remedial Courses, 2nd Reading

Senator Stowers moved and
explained the Recommendation and revisions made. The item was discussed. The
vote was called. The motion carried and the policy was rescinded.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation
from the Academic Senate Executive Committee— Proposed Agenda for
All-University Faculty Meeting, 1st Reading

Senator Goen-Salter moved
and explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed. Vice Chair Dariotis
motioned to move the item into Second Reading. The motion carried. The vote was
called to approve the item. The Agenda for All-University Faculty Meeting was
approved.

AGENDA ITEM #8—
Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Meteorology Certificate Name change, 1st
Reading

Senator Stowers moved and
explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed. Senator Goen-Salter motioned
to move the item into Second Reading. The motion carried. The vote was called.
The motion carried.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Recommendation
from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Title Change to the Special Majors MA and MS
Programs, 1st Reading

Senator Stowers moved and
explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed. With the speaker’s list
exhausted, the item will return to the Academic Senate in Second Reading.

AGENDA ITEM #10— Recommendation
from the Strategic Issues Committee: Proposed Online Education Policy, 1st Reading

Senator Rothman moved and
explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed. With the speaker’s list
exhausted, the item will return to the Academic Senate in Second Reading.

AGENDA ITEM #11—Recommendation
from the Student Affairs Committee—Proposal to Rescind Academic Senate
Policy #S93-188, Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Campus Safety, 1st
Reading

Senator McCracken moved and explained the
Recommendation. Senator Linder motioned to move the item to Second Reading. The
vote was called. The motion carried and the policy was rescinded.

AGENDA ITEM #12—Adjourned—3:55p.m.

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