April 9, 2019

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

SEVEN HILLS CONFERENCE CENTER

NOB HILL ROOM

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

 

Attendance:

 

Absences:

 

Guests:

 

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD:  2:00 - 2:10 p.m.

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community 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.

1. Approval of the Agenda for April 9, 2019

• Motion to take from the table the policy recommendation regarding religious holidays
  • Second: Wilson
  • Passed unanimously at 2:14pm
• Motion to place item as #14 – Sen. Wilson
  • Second: Collins
  • Motion passed unanimously @ 2:13pm
• Agenda approved with above changes at 2:13pm

1. Approval of the Minutes for March 19, 2019

• Approved as submitted @ 2:14pm

1. Announcements from the Floor

• Cameron Casey, Bookstore Manager – Invitation for Faculty Appreciation Event, April 10^th
• Ellen Hines – Discovery Day on April 28^th , 1-5pm at the Estuary and Ocean Science Center
• Ellen Hines – World Oceans Day – BLUE (a movie about turtles) – June 8^th
• Karen Boyce Director of Health Promotion and Wellness – April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Sexual Violence Prevention Collaborative has been formed – please share and encourage others to get involved.
  • Website and events upcoming
• Sen. Wilson – CEETL Events
  • Open classrooms
  • First hybrid hybrid teaching workshop – first session is sold out, there will be future sessions.
  • After work board games with colleagues

• Sen. Goldman – Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar visiting today
• Sen. Scott – new program Provost’s Arts and Lecture Series, April 24th

• Representatives from each of the 7 colleges will speak about their scholarly work

• Sen. Schwartz – School of Theatre & Dance musical
• Sen. Luengo – Exhibition of Crafts on April 19^th at the Library 3-7:30pm
• Alcademics – next meeting is April 30^th Vista Room tasting Talisman wines

1. Reports
   1. President Wong

• Thank you for all who are participating in the capital campaign which is at 92% of the goal of $150 million

1. Chair

• Only two more plenary meetings
• Senate election process hit a hiccup and has been restarted ends April 22^nd
• Anti-abortion installation will be on campus April 15^th and 16^th, counter programming will be on campus by Health Promotion and Wellness

1. Standing Committees
   1. Strategic Issues Committee

• See following items

1. Academic Policies Committee

• See following items
• Syllabus, BAC policies are being considered in committee

1. Curriculum Review and Approval Committee

• See following items
• Next meeting has five, then four more after

1. Faculty Affairs Committee

• See following items

1. Student Affairs Committee

• See following items

OLD BUSINESS

1. Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee – Proposed Graduate Certificate in History Education; second reading

• Sen. Stowers moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Collins – in favor, gives SF State a leg up on teacher education and enabling our students in building cultural literacy
• Approved unanimously @ 2:33pm

1. Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee – Proposed Graduate Certificate in Ethical Artificial Intelligence; second reading

• Sen. Stowers moved item to the floor

• Discussion
  • Sen. Yee-Melichar – supports and encourages senators to vote in favors
  • Sen. Sinha – opposed
• Approved @ 2:36pm (one NAY vote - Sinha)

1. Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee – Proposed Graduate Certificate in Marketing in the Digital Economy; second reading

• Sen. Stowers moved item to the floor
• No discussion
• Approved unanimously @ 2:38pm

1. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee -- Proposed Revision of #S03-158, Hiring Policy for Tenure Track Faculty; first reading

• Sen. Rubin moved item to the floor
• No discussion
• Sen. Wilson motion to move item to second reading
• Moved unanimously to second reading @ 2:40pm
• No discussion
• Approved unanimously @ 2:41pm

1. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee -- Proposed Revision of #F16-241, Retention, Tenure, and Promotion; first reading

• Sen. Rubin moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Wilcazk – after hearing all of the guests in FAC, urges support for the changes
• Sen. Wilzack- motion to move item to second
• Moved unanimously to second reading @ 2:44pm
• No discussion
• Approved @ 2:44 (one abstention)

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee – Proposed Revision of #F13-267, Academic Freedom Principles, first reading

• Sen. Albiniak moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Hulik – concerning lines 59-68
  • Sen. Dariotis – there are limits on teaching such as policies on number of pages and other aspects of instruction.
  • Sen. Stowers – language may need strengthened and narrowed to suggest that exceptions are rare.
  • Sen. Dariotis – regarding lines 77-83, could candidates use work not related to their field for RTP process?
  • Sen. Wilczak – RTP criteria should be separate, perhaps language could be more specific

• Returned to committee @ 2:53pm

1. Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee – Proposed Revision of #F11-258, Fellowship Committee Policy; second reading

• Sen. Thomas moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Mooney – in the history of the document – should rectify the information
  • Chair Gerber – what is defined as a quorum?
    • Sen. Thomas – was using the it as a general term, no specifics are necessary
• Approved unanimously @ 2:56pm

1. Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee – Proposed Resolution In Support of Increased Participation of Staff in Shared Governance and Service; first reading

• Sen. Thomas moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Albiniak – thank you to SIC. Important to expand shared governance and include more involvement from all aspects of our campus community
  • Sen. Dariotis – served previously when senate was expanded and those same reasons apply to why this is important now.
  • Sen. Mooney – move to second
    • Second Sen. Collins
    • No discussion
  • Moved to second reading unanimously @ 3:02pm
• Discussion
  • Sen. Albiniak – strongly urges support

• Approved unanimously @ 3:02pm

 

1. Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee – Proposed Revision of #S16-014, University Policy on Written English Proficiency; second reading

• Sen. Wilson moved item to the floor
• Sen. Way spoke to the item
• No discussion
• Approved @ 3:04pm

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee - Proposed Revision of #S09-212 Observance of Religious Holidays

• Sen. Albiniak moved item to the floor
• Discussion - Proposed amendment to include cultural in all language in which religion is mentioned.
  • Sen. Hines – we cannot sloe down our voyage toward including our diverse student body even though there are concerns about students who may take advantage
  • Sen. Luengo – in support. Should be noted that Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday
• Approved @ 3:08pm
• Sen. Albiniak – it is important and urges supports
• Approved unanimously @ 3:08pm

 

NEW BUSINESS

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee – Proposed Resolution in memoriam Dr. Gail Whitaker; first reading

• Sen. Stowers moved item to the floor
• No discussion
• Sen. Albiniak moved to second
  • Second: Collins
• Sen. Weinberger proposed change of “surrounded by” to “accompanied by”
• Change approved @ 3:14pm
• Resolution approved unanimously @ 3:15pm

1. Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee – Proposed Minor in Recreation; consent item

• Sen. Collins – what was the nature of faculty input
  • Sen. Stowers – full input and agreement from al faculty members
• Approved unanimously @ 3:18pm

1. Recommendation from the Curriculum Review and Approval Committee – Proposed Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology; first reading

• Sen. Stowers moved item to the floor

• Discussion
  • Sen. Collins – particularly important to give our students exposure to diversity in the workplace
• Returned to committee @ 3:21pm

1. Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee – Proposed Policy on a Student Grievance Code; first reading

• Sen. Hines moved item to the floor

• Discussion
  • Sen. Wilczak – there seems to be overlap between documents and there may be clarity issues when revising in the future. Lines 19-22 was a little unclear because it seems that there are two different ways in which the committee act. Appointments are also unclear (lines 44-45) in terms of whether they are students or faculty.
  • Sen. Yee-Melichar – lines 8-end of page under purpose. Purposes are spelled out clearly, but what happens when a student grieves another student?
  • Sen. Wong – lines 130-132 are perhaps a bit confusing. The procedures
  • Chair Gerber – split in policy, perhaps the statement about the separation of the Title IX grievances need to be added.
    • Procedural document has a list of grievances which are not addressed
  • Sen. Wilczak – it is a bit confusing because it was not clear what each document is covering
• Returned to committee @ 3:29pm

1. Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee – Proposed Policy on Student Grievance Procedures; first reading

• Sen. Hines moved item to the floor
  • This document is for the students
• Discussion
  • Sen. Wong lines 45-55 are grade appeals supposed to be on the list or not?
• Returned to committee @ 3:35pm

1. Recommendation from the Academic Policy Committee – Proposed Revision of S18-230, Grade Appeals Practices and Procedures; first reading

• Sen. Wilson moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Hines sent this to SAC and will forward their input
• Returned to committee @ 3:40pm

1. Recommendation from the Academic Policy Committee – Proposed Revision of S08-246, Graduate Continuous Enrollment; first reading

• Sen. Wilson moved item to the floor
• No discussion
• Returned to committee @ 3:42pm

1. Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee – Proposed Resolution in Support of Increased International Student Enrollment and Retention; first reading

• Sen. Thomas moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Sinha – has seen some international students return home unhappy
  • Sen. Kuchins – we have been declining in international enrollment. We used to be at the top and now we are not in the top 5. Widespread support is needed for this initiative.
  • Sen. Stowers ceded time to Dean Clavier – completely support the goal, but have some recommendations that are difficult and have written a response to the document and are looking forward to working together.
  • Sen. Collins – can we beef-up whereas clause #2 – domestic students also feeds the retention numbers
• Returned to committee @ 3:52pm

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee – Proposed Revisions to the By-Laws of the SF State Academic Senate; first reading

• Sen. Albiniak moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Scott – collecting money would go against many other policies
  • Sen. Wilczak – line 620 concern about deleting
    • Chair Gerber - that language is repeated
  • Sen. Mooney – regarding elections (lines 184-211) needs to be reviewed
  • Sen. Stowers – lines 296-298 reflects current practice
  • Sen. Scott – may be an opportunity to change Academic Senate to University Senate
    • Chair Gerber – we anticipate that next year with our new President and wider faculty involvement
• Returned to committee @ 3:59pm

INFORMATION ITEMS

1. Recommendation from the Executive Committee – Proposed Movement of the Holistic Health Studies Program into the Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism; information item – 3:30 p.m. time approximate

• Sen. Wilson moved item to the floor
• Discussion
  • Sen. Wilson ceded time to Dean Alvarez
  • Dean Alvarez – remerged from a faculty led process. The org fit with Health Ed and Holistic Health was not as tenable as it was previously. Vote to move was unanimous in both departments

1. Adjournment @ 4:00pm

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