ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING
MINUTES
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER
NOB HILL ROOM
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 p.m.
The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for University community members to raise questions or make comments directed to SF State Academic Senate. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 p.m.
ATTENDANCE:
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Alvarenga, Gabriela Anderson, David Avani, Nathan Azadpur, Mohammad Baines, Annmarie Barranco, Joseph Bartscher, Patricia Bettinger, Chris Buckley, Linda Boyle, Andrea Carleton, Troi Chen, Lily Cholette Susan Clavier, Sophie Collins, Robert Cortez, Ronald
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Davila, Brigette Doan, Therese Gamboa, Yolanda Ginwala, Cyrus Hackenberg, Sara Hammer, Mike Hanley, Lawrence Harris, Shimina Hellman, David Holzman, Barbara Howard, Pamela Keith-Collins, Robert Kilday-Hicks, Russel Levy, Eileen Li, Wen-Chao Mendolla, Paul
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Pasion, Sally Pelaud, Isabelle Robertson, Bruce Rosser, Sue Sigmon, Mark Soltani, Sonya Stowers, Genie Strong, Robert Stowers, Genie Trogu, Pino Usowicz, Thaddeus Wanek, Linda Wilckzak, Cynthia Williams, Robert Yee-Melichar Darlene
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Absences: Alamilla Boyd, Nan (exc); Buckley, Linda (exc); Chang, Sandy (abs); Donohue, Patricia (exc); Ganji, Ahmad (exc); Getz, Trevor (exc); Hill, Lorna (exc); Lau, Jenny (exc); Lewis, Julia (exc); Monteiro, Ken (exc); McDougal, Serie (abs); Tumbat, Gulnur (LS14); Vasche, Jason(abs); Wong, Les (exc); Yoo, Grace( abs)
Guests: Brian Beatty, Ann Hallum, Shawn Whalen
CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Call for applications for Faculty Excellence Awards, located on Faculty Affairs website. Deadline 3/14/14 at 4PM. Rob Collins encouraged us to apply and inform lecturer faculty.
New SAC Chair- Sen. Paul Mendolla
Sen. Ginwala- first Vice Chair meeting
New Senate staff- Linda Chau- welcome
AGENDA ITEM #1—Approval of the Minutes for February 4, 2014
Approved
AGENDA ITEM #2—Approval of the Agenda for February 18, 2014
Approved as submitted
AGENDA ITEM #3—Chair’s Report
1. Audio recording of SCI bldg. available on Academic Senate homepage.
2. Real Estate shopping- looking at townhouses on Tapia and Holloway for Faculty/Staff Club on Thursday morning.
3. Searches- updates on the many searches. VP Student Affairs and HR candidates concluded. Athletic Director search will be scheduled. Halfway through LCA Dean visit; College of Education Dean campus visits during first week of March.. Please actively participate.
4. Social Justice represents common value tightly braided into our campus. How does Economic Justice relate to Social Justice? US House Committee of Education and Workforce- summarizes contingent faculty situation. Dismal and Dickensian portrayal of our colleagues. Don’t provide stability, pay or benefits to provide long term stability. Classified as “working poor.” Move beyond guilt and indifference so we can alter this shameful regime of academic labor. Applause!
AGENDA ITEM #4—Report: Standing Committee Chairs
Sen. Bettinger- meeting of EPC with CRAC to discuss 7th Cycle Review; calendar issue- Deans want planning days at beginning of fall semester, and we will look at calendar. Legacy documents will come to Senate for review.
Sen. Barranco- CRAC- will review draft of 7th cycle; have Brian Beatty come talk about CMS conversion
Sen. Baines- FAC- discussed Online Course Evaluation Data- what data faculty are most interested in? Purpose of teaching evaluations and discussion of this on campus.
Sen. Clavier (for Sen. Carleton)- SIC- currently revising questionnaire of Informal Complaint Resolution; will collect departmental level data on Service.
Sen. Mendola- SAC- more next meeting, regrouping since Sen. Lopez left.
AGENDA ITEM #5—Report: CSU/Statewide Academic Senators
Sens. Yee-Melichar, Collins, Pelaud- Will bring information back to Academic Senate for discussion. Posted items on iLearn and asked Senators to review them in preparation for their committee meetings.
Sen. Yee-Melichar asked to report for ASCSU senators, and gave a Power Point presentation. Approved three resolutions during last meeting (can find these documents on Senate iLearn site).
Our campus senators take positions independently, not just following chancellor’s office. Hope is that first reading resolutions are discussed by Senate committee chairs; committee as a whole can discuss as committee and provide input to ASCSU reps. Can take it to committee meetings statewide.
No further discussion of the report- thanks to ASCSU senators!
AGENDA ITEM #6—Report: Update on Strategic Issues Planning Process—Senator Alvarenga
Strategic Planning Committee had working retreat, updates on key items from different constituents. Targeting June 2014 as completion date for Strategic Planning report. Provide final thoughts, ideas and comments to committee; will begin rough draft in March. Different ways of communicating ideas, via Neighborland, Tweet, text. Partnered with Neighborland to get collection of comments.
AGENDA ITEM #7—Proposed Academic Senate Meeting Schedule for AY 2014-2015, 1st Reading
First reading, submitted by Ex Comm, Sen. Collins- move agenda item #7, no second required. Adopt proposed AS meeting schedule 2014-2015. Two important additions, holidays observed are listed; calendar structured so we don’t come back from a holiday directly to a Senate meeting. TYPO- November 28th should read November 25th. Spring 2015 instead of 2014- duly noted and changed. No meetings over Thanksgiving break. Collins- move to second reading, discussion? No discussion, vote on motion to move to second reading. Now in second reading. NO discussion. Motion carries, calendar for next year passes.
AGENDA ITEM #8—Adjournment—no later than 5:00p.m.
Adjourned 2:51PM
Respectfully submitted by Eileen Levy, Secretary