Minutes: December 7th, 2010




ACADEMIC SENATE

MEETING

MINUTES

TUESDAY,

December 7, 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

Gubeladze, Joseph

Runquist, Beth

Azadpur, Mohammad

Hanley, Lawrence

Rothman, Barry

Bartscher, Patricia

Hellman, David

Rourke, David

Beatty, Brian

Henderson,

Barbara

Rosser, Sue V.

Boyle, Andrea

Holzman, Barbara

Runquist, Beth

Bugayong, Arlene

Hood, Pamela

Salama, Mohammad

Burke, Adam

Hyun, Helen

Sherwin, Paul

Chen, Yu-Charn

Jeung, Russell

Sinha, Dipendra

Collins, Robert

Jin, Leigh

Steier, Saul

Danner, Don

Levy, Eileen

Stowers, Genie

Dariotis, Wei Ming

Li, Wen-Chao

“Chris”

Taylor, Don

Davis, Harvey

“Skip”

Linder, Martin

Trautman, Ray

Flatt, Sylvia

Lopez, Eurania

Vaughn, Pamela

Flores, Oscar

Lopez, Thania

Wagner, Venise

Getz, Trevor

McCracken,

Bridget

Whalen, Shawn

Ginwala, Cyrus

Moody, Laura

Yee, Darlene


Absences: Cheung, Yitwah

(leave F10); Corrigan, Robert (exc); Hussain, Mahmood (exc); Lau, Jenny (abs); Nguyen, Flora (abs); Rosegard, Erik (abs);


Guests: Maggie Beers, Bonnie Homan, Helen Goldsmith,

Meg Gorzychi, Gail Evans, Ann Hallum,

Ricardo Gomes, Mary Soliday, Michael Garry, Gabriela

Segovia-McGohen, Lisa Wielunski


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


AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Minutes for

November 16, 2010

The Minutes were

approved.


AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for

December 7, 2010

The Agenda was

approved.


AGENDA ITEM #3—Report from the Chair of the

Academic Senate

Chair Whalen gave a comprehensive report to the Academic

Senate and reviewed the accomplishments made during the fall semester 2010.

AGENDA ITEM #4—Presentation from the Student

Affairs Committee—Pilot Study for Online Teaching Evaluations

The Academic Senate heard a presentation by Senator

McCracken and Dr. Maggie Beers on the Pilot Study for Online Teaching

Evaluations.

AGENDA ITEM #5—Recommendation from the Academic

Senate Executive Committee: Proposed Resolution in Support of Darlene

Yee-Melichar as SF State’s Nominee for Faculty

Trustee, 1st Reading

Senator Boyle moved and presented the Resolution. Senator

Getz motioned to move the item to Second Reading. The motion carried. The vote

was called. The Resolution was unanimously approved.

AGENDA ITEM #6—Recommendation from the

Curriculum Review and Approval Committee: Proposed Title Change to the

Special Majors MA and MS Programs, 2nd

Reading

Senator Stowers moved and

explained the revisions to the Recommendation. The vote was called. The motion

was approved.

AGENDA ITEM #7—Recommendation from the Academic

Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Reasonable Accommodations

Policies for Employees with Disabilities, 1st Reading

Senator Getz moved and explained the Recommendation. The

item was discussed and senators offered suggestions for revision.

AGENDA ITEM #8—Recommendation from the Academic

Policies Committee: Proposed Revisions to the Requirements for

Baccalaureate Degrees Policy: Addition of Culminating Experience and

Capstone Course Requirements, 1st Reading

Senator Getz moved

and explained the Recommendation. The item was discussed and senators offered

suggestions for revision.

AGENDA ITEM #9—Adjourned—4:13p.m.

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