Academic Senate

February 6th, 2024

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:53:53 +0000

February 6th, 2024

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 6 February 2024

Hybrid – Seven Hills & Zoom

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:05 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Vice Chair Harvey offered a few celebratory words for Mina Hernandez and Karen Boyce of the Health Promotion & Wellness Shout for their work on the Three-Year Impact Report. The report can be found here: https://wellness.sfsu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/Impact%20Report…

HPW Director Karen Boyce: provided information about HPW and the context for the report. In short, “HPW’s programs are funded by the Student Health Service Feel the report serves as documentation of how these funds have been leveraged to support students’ overall health and academic potential.” Director Boyce then announced the National College Health Assessment Survey, inviting senators and guests to help promote the survey.

Sen. Erickson gave notice that he will be co-hosting a townhall with Dr. Stephen Filling, the Political Action Chair of the CFA board of directors. This is scheduled for this Thursday and will cover the recent Tentative Agreement. There will be time for discussion and Q&A.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM Called to order at 2:08PM

Approval of the Agenda for 2 February 2024

Chair Goldman gave notice that today’s agenda will have a speaker whose speaking time will be approximate. He then gave notice that Provost Sueyoshi will not attend today’s meeting. Furthermore, the day’s last scheduled speaker, Carleen Mandolfo, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, will need to reschedule due to travel. Chair Goldman then noted that the day’s agenda is quite full (and the meeting will run long).

Agenda approved as read.

Approval of the Minutes for 7 November 2023

Minutes approved as read.

Announcements from the Floor

No announcements from the floor were made.

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman welcomed everyone to the first plenary meeting of the spring semester and wished all a happy Lunar New Year. Chair Goldman then opened the floor to Grace Yoo, Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies.

Dean Yoo: introduced herself and announced that Catrióna Esquibel, Associate Dean of the College of Ethnic Studies, was quite ill. Dean Yoo then asked for a moment of silence.

Silence was observed.

Chair Goldman offered his appreciation to collogues on the academic senate. He said a few words about the difficult times the campus faces and offered remarks about the good that the senate does as a locus for cooperation and the exchange of information, furthering social justice, equity, and diversity.

1. President’s Report

President Mahoney offered words of support for Associate Dean Esquibel and her family. President Mahoney wished everyone a happy new year and then gave notice that she attended the Board of Trustees in Long Beach last week. She compared the present moment to the 2008 recession, stating that the current budget downturn is more challenging (as the present problems are structural). President Mahoney recommended that everyone watch the recording of the Board of Trustees meeting here: https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/board-of-trustees/past-meetings/Pages/January-29-31-2024.aspx

President Mahoney then summarized the depth of the CSU budget deficit. This included an update on the Governor’s 2024-25 CSU compact funding commitment of approximately $240 million: this will be deferred by one year—until fiscal year 2025-26. However, the legislative analyst is not optimistic that the funds will exist to pay the deferred compact (i.e. No new funding for the system). This will make the CSU budget situation worse. Much of this depends upon the tax revenues the state collects. We won’t know anything for sure until May. She then moved to summarize the discussion around changes to CSU general education requirements. The central question concerns the reduction of undergrad GE requirements from 39 units to 34 units. If passed, this reduction will become state law. Other comments were made about the 5% re-allocation being reduced to 3%, and that the best case scenario may be a $37 mill reduction over 3 years for SFSU. Changes must be made without diminishing student confidence. The floor was then opened for questions.

Discussion was had about the effectiveness of preserving student confidence as well as whether or not there are reserve funds that the campus can access. Comments were also made about finding ways to support students in greatest need during his time.

Chair Goldman noted that Provost Sueyoshi will not be joining today and that we have a long agenda. He then prompted a move to committee reports.

1. Provost’s Report
2. Standing Committee Reports
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that APC will present 3 items. These will include a Revision to S02-217 Academic Program Assessment (in second reading), a Revision to S02-217 Academic Program Assessment (in second reading); and a Revision to S99-206 Policy on the Academic Program Assessment Committee (in second reading).

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois gave notice that CCC has several items in first reading today. These will be program change requests and will include a BA in Biology, a BMus Conc. in Composition, a BMus Conc. in Vocal Performance, a BMus Conc. in Music Education, a BMus Conc. in Jazz/Ethnomusicology, a BMus Conc. in Instrumental Performance, a BA in Music Production, and a Graduate Certificate in Teaching (GCT) English to Speakers of Other Languages. Each item will be introduced by their respective sponsors.

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh: gave notice that FAC has one item in first reading, a Revision to F22-241 Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Policy.

Note that this item was postponed for lack of time.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Sen. Trousdale gave notice that SIC brings one item in second reading: a Resolution Affirming Shared Governance, Curricular Integrity and Budget Transparency.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher gave notice that SAC has one item on the agenda, an Anti-Doxxing Resolution (in first reading).

Note that this item was postponed for lack of time.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

Report 3 (written) from Faculty Trustee Darlene Yee-Melichar.
Academic Calendar for Summer 2024 and AY 2024-2025.
SF State Academic Senate Executive Committee Support of ASCSU Resolutions Supporting Strike and Bargaining.

CONSENT ITEMS

A consent item is one deemed by the Chair to be non-controversial, requiring no debate. Any Senator may call the item to the floor, in which case it is considered as new business in first reading. If no Senator calls it to the floor, it is considered approved. It may be read into the record, or we may move directly to the next agenda items.

No Consent Items

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Continuing (once called Old) Business involves items returning to the Senate, usually in Second Reading, but occasionally still in First Reading. Items in Second Reading belong to the Senate as a whole rather than to an individual or committee. Comments on Second Reading items should be confined to those for or against or proposing specific amendments. We ordinarily limit each speaker to three minutes. Senators may yield their time to non-Senators if needed. Amendments and the final document are passed or not passed by majority vote.

Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Resolution Affirming Shared Governance, Curricular Integrity and Budget Transparency, returning in second reading.

Sen. Trousdale moved the resolution to the floor. He offered a reminder that the item was meant to be brought in December, but collective bargaining strikes preempted that day’s plenary meeting.

Chair Goldman offered guidelines for speaking on the item (i.e. confine comments to statements either for or against the item). He then opened the floor statements and recommendations for change?

Sen. Collins offered that the transparency exhibited by the SF State University Committee is a model for the rest of the system. He encouraged everyone to vote in favor of the resolution.

Sen. Grutzik offered overall support for the resolution but noted edits. These include changes to language on lines 93, 95, and 105. She explained that the work of the senate and that of collective bargaining units are two distinct types of work. In an effort to clarify this distinction, she prosed removing references to CFA and CSUEU from the resolution.

Chair Goldman moved to open discussion on this point. Sen. Collins seconded the motion.

Discussion was had about whether to keep or remove references to CFA, CSUEU or other references to collective bargaining units. Differing opinions included removal of the language so that the work and speaking position of representatives from senate or unions is made clear. Comments supporting inclusion of the language included recognition of the value of the bargaining unit’s perspective and necessity in preserving this as a venue for hearing that perspective. It was noted that robust conversation was had about this topic during committee deliberations.

Sen. Collins offered his support of the amended language. He explained that unions have no purview over curriculum (the Academic Senate does) and that included references to unions may lend an incorrect assumption about that purview.

Vice Chair Harveyoffered his support of the amendment citing other policy structures within senatorial procedures that already preserve the right of unions to speak.

Sen. Hellman offered disagreement with the proposed amendment, citing the resolution’s opening statement (including the language, “Solicit and consider information and perspectives.”). This suggests that references to bargaining units is merely to serve the purpose of considering information and perspectives.

Jackson: also offered disagreement with the proposed amendment, citing the need to preserve the ability for different units to inform one another (via shared discussion, etc.).

The amendment was then put to a vote. Shall we delete the language referring to collective bargaining and unions?

17 yes

21 no

9 abstain

The amendment did not carry. We will keep the language as it is.

John Kim: offered edits to lines 96-100. The specific edit would be to remove language after the clause, “in advance of implementation […]” (“to allow for a full process of information-sharing and discussion in Senate, subsequent information-sharing and consultation with campus stakeholders, and follow-up discussion in Senate; and be it further”) John Kim cited the need for quick movement on large or complicated budget problems, and so the timetable suggested by the language would limit that quick movement.

Chair Goldman moved to open discussion on this point. Sen. Collins seconded the motion.

Discussion was then had about whether to keep or remove this language. Various viewpoints were expressed. Disagreements with the amendment included preserving the need for stakeholder consultation in advance of large budgetary decisions (particularly those that impact many people). Others agreed that there indeed may be times where action must be taken before consultation can be made, but there must be language that stipulates what factors must exist for that unilateral action to be made. It was also observed that this is a resolution, not a policy (and thus open for later discussion and flexibility).

The amendment was then put to a vote. Shall we delete the language following “in advance of implementation […]”

17 yes

25 no

4 abstain

The amendment did not carry. We will keep the language as it is.

Chair Goldman moved to then bring the resolution itself to a vote.

25 yes

10 no

9 abstain

The motion carried and the resolution was passed.

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Revision to S02-217 Academic Program Assessment, in second reading.

Sen. Chou provided an explanation of the revisions in the document made to lines 98-99. The floor was then opened for questions.

Discussion was then had about how any changes here might impact the By Laws template being worked on by FAC.

The revision was then held to a vote.

29 yes

0 no

7 abstain

The motion carried and the revision was passed.

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Revision to S99-206 Policy on the Academic Program Assessment Committee, in second reading.

Sen. Chou offered context for the revision and gave notice that it was approved during first reading. There have been no subsequent changes.

The revision was then held to a vote.

32 yes

0 no

4 abstain

The motion carried and the revision was passed.

NEW BUSINESS

New Business items are brought by a committee or individual to the Senate in First Reading, during which open discussion and debate may occur. We ordinarily limit each speaker to three minutes. Senators may yield their time to non-Senators if needed. The item is then returned to the Committee for further revision, to be brought back as Continuing Business in Second Reading.

Recommendations from the Campus Curriculum Committee: program change requests, in first reading (Time approximate 2:55 PM):

BA in Biology

Sen. D’Alois brought the item to the floor. She then deferred her time to Associate Professor Sally Pasion to provide a brief introduction.

Sen. Pasion: gave notice that this is a revision to the BA in Biology. It increases the program from 57 to 58 units. This is to align the program with changes made to the BS in Biology in 2021.

Sen. Collins spoke in favor of this proposal.

Sen. D’Alois gave notice that the consultations that were done were amazing and choices of electives are outstanding. She offered her support.

Chair Goldman gave notice that this will then return to us in second reading next time.

BMus Conc. in Composition
BMus Conc. in Vocal Performance
BMus Conc. in Music Education
BMus Conc. in Jazz/Ethnomusicology
BMus Conc. in Instrumental Performance
BA in Music Production

Chair Goldman gave notice that items 12-17 will be discussed together.

Sen. D’Alois explained that these are changes to the music department that have been happening de facto. This is to codify what has already been happening in the department. These are all performance-related. Sen. D’Alois then introduced Cyrus Ginwala, Director of the School of Music.

Dir. Ginwala: first confirmed that they are not offering a BA in music education. He then explained that the School of Music is looking to offer a BM in a manner more reflective of modern educational and sociocultural trends in a cost-effective manner. They want to open the degree to a larger cohort of students with varied musical backgrounds.

Discussion was then had about the items, including whether BECA and the Graduate College of Education were consulted about some of the courses included in the curriculum as well as the overall changes. Dir. Ginwala will reach out to BECA and the Graduate College of Education later about these points. Other discussion was had about other mechanisms in the other programs ensure equity, diversity, and inclusion. Classical music is no longer the assumed discipline for incoming students as they enter this degree. Thus, other genres and media of music are written into the curricula (reflective of the students’ educational background and tool usage). There was widespread support for these revisions and the sentiment that motivates them.

Chair Goldman gave notice that this will come back to us in second reading. He then announced that we will move on to our first presentation (item 22).

Graduate Certificate in Teaching (GCT) English to Speakers of Other Languages https://nextbulletin.sfsu.edu/courseleaf/courseleaf.cgi?page=/programadmin/487/index.html&step=showfullrecord

Sen. D’Alois brought the item to the floor and then deferred her time to Associate Professor David Olsher and TESOL Program and CMS Coordinator Priyanvada Abeywickrama.

Dr. Abeywickrama: explained the context around this certificate. In short, matriculated graduate students have expressed a desire for such a certificate. This certificate would both serve the professional outcomes for grad students as well as the learning outcomes of their own students. This certificate will not require additional resources. The floor was opened for questions.

Discussion was had about the positive qualities and support for this certificate.

Chair Goldman gave notice that this item will return next time in second reading. He offered his thanks to Sen. D’Alois for her work on these items. Chair Goldman then announced that we have dropped below quorum and only have a few minutes left, so he will not push anything further into first reading. He directed everyone to look at everything in first reading for next time.

Chair Goldman moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:55pm. The remaining items (19-22)will be resumed next plenary.

Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Supporting Academic Senate of the California State University Resolution on AB 928, and Campus Autonomy in General Education Requirements, in first reading.
Recommendation from the Student Affairs Committee: Anti-Doxxing Resolution, in first reading.
Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Revision to S14-236 Academic Program Review Policy, in first reading.
Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee: Revision to F22-241 Retention, Tenure, and Promotion Policy, in first reading.

PRESENTATION(s)

Jeff Jackanicz, Vice President of University Advancement, “Report on University Advancement.” Time approximate 3:10 PM.

Vice President Jackanicz: explained that he will cover who University Advancement is, how advancement is structured, what they focus on, their progress, how they compare to their peers on other campuses, and what they plan to do in the future. He then presented slides that outlined the mentioned topics, including that Advancement’s base budget FY 23-24 is $6.4 million or 1.4% of SF State’s Budget; they have a new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database; the SF State The Foundation’s board increased its subsidy for FY 2023 – 2024; its endowment size as of June 30, 2023 was $165.7 million; financial markets are doing well (i.e. future fund-raising prospects seem positive); Advancement’s goal is to be able to raise $22.5m annually (they raised over $16.5m in 2021 and just over $21m in 2022); there are 6 million dollars in pending commitments this year; he then outlined where donated funds are spent as well as the demographics of where the donations come from; lastly they will announce a partnership with the San Francisco Foundation, a national nonprofit organization that works with Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs), Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Hispanic Serving Institutions. SF State will begin to offer scholarship funds for Black students. This is to combat prop 209 (see HERE for context).

The floor was then opened for questions.

Discussion was then had about Advancement’s fund raising. This included questions about the funds raised in collaboration with SF State Athletics and athletic events. Other questions were raised about how SF State faculty can be better partners in fund raising and advancement. Further questions included the new Gator costume and branding (this has become more visible recently) and greater support for alumni mentorship in SF State classrooms.

Noriko Lim-Tepper, Chief of Staff, and Elise Green, Tribal Government Relations Lead, “Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Update.” Time approximate 3:30 PM.

Chief of Staff Lim-Tepper: offers thanks to IVP John Kim and Rob for their participation in Native communities. She moved to define what NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) is and explained the difference between it and Cal NGAPRA (California Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act). Both were created by law. She began by explaining the history of NARGPRA and what it stands for. She then outlined outcomes of object relocation, and some facts about the program. For example the SF State NAGPRA program is responsible for approximately 500 cultural site collections from 36 counties in California; the primary goal of the SF State NAGPRA program is to return ancestors and cultural items to indigenous communities; In 2021, the President elevated the NAGPRA Program to be part of the Office of the President; They have collaborated with Tribal groups to develop policy, enhance facilities for cultural items; hired a new full-time position titled Tribal Government Relations Lead; due to the above, SF State has more than tripled its repatriation efforts and developed trusting relationship with Tribes.

Tribal Government Relations Lead Elise Green: offered further information about repatriation efforts on campus. These efforts emphasize Tribal engagement, proactive approaches on SF State’s part, meaningful collaboration and consultation. Overall, the estimated Number of Items to be repatriated is 15,076+. SF State has established itself as a model for how repatriation is done.

Discussion was then had about where these items have been held (the Annex and the Creative Arts building), how SF State has received the items (various reasons), and what the senate can do to support (encourage department chairs to respond to survey sent to them a few months ago).

Chair Goldman offered to put info about NAGPRA in the Friday report to bring it attention. He then moved back to our items in second reading (listed above and while we still have a full quorum).

Carleen Mandolfo, Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, “Faculty Affairs Update.”

Chair Goldman gave notice that AVP Mandolfo’s presentation would be postponed to the next plenary meeting.

Return to main agenda after time approximate presentations.

Adjournment: Time Definite 4:55 PM

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

Attendance

Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA
John	Brewer	COES
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS
Ellen	Christensen	LCA
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB
Marie	Drennan	LCA
Burcu	Ellis	LCA
Paul	Ellison	LCA
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE
Brad	Erickson	LCA
Chris	Finley	LCA
Michael	Goldman	CoSE
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE
Rick	Harvey	HSS
David	Hellman	LIB
Carrie	Holschuh	HSS
Arezoo	Islami	LCA
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA
John	Kim	AR
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB
Christy	Lao	GCOE
Yeon-Shim	Lee	HSS
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB
Anne	Linton	LCA
Katie	Lynch	SAEM
Lynn	Mahoney	President
Elaine	Musselman	HSS
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)
David	Olsher	LCA
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB
Sally	Pasion	COSE
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE
Linda M	Platas	HSS
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)
Rae	Shaw	LCA
Emiko	Takagi	HSS
Pino	Trogu	LCA
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM
Wesley	Ueunten	COES
Samantha	Ward	HHS (Staff)
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP
Jackson	Wilson	HSS
Jeannie	Woo	COES

Absent

Fatima	Alaoui	LCA
Michael	Anderson	LCA
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE
Amy	Dorie	HSS
Romel	Harmon	GCOE
Eric	Koehn	COSE
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA
Minh	Pham	LFCOB
Abul	Pitre	COES
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE
Michael	Scott	ORSP
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI
Isabel	Song	COSE
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost
Andrea	Swei	COSE
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI
Ersa	Rao	ASI
Carleen	Manfolfo	FA

Guests

Karen Boyce	Health Promotion and Wellness
Ingrid Williams	HR
Noah Price	GS
Claude Bartholomew	DUEAP
Grace Yoo	COES
Mei Chin	LFCOB
Yim_Yu Wong	LFCOB
Alyscia Richards	LCA
Jeff Wilson	A & F
Margo Landy	EM
Nancy Ganner	HR
Jay Ward	OIP
Teddy Albiniak	President's Office
Tara Lockhart	LCA
Ifeoma Nwankwo	LCA
Jack Mao	COES
Jamillah Moore	SAEM
Jane Dewitt	DUEAP
Larry Low	LFCOB
Laura Chelliah	COES
Marlene Jung	COES
Resha Cardone	LCA
Anoshua Chaudhuri	CEETL
Jeff Jackanicz	University Development
Dylan Mooney	Staff Council/AT
Luis De La Paz	President's Office
Noriko Lim-Tepper	President's Office
Elise Green	President's Office
David Landy	LCA
Cyrus Ginwala	LCA
Sophie Clavier	GS
Kim Altura	DUEAP
Todd Roehrman	FA
Eugene Sivadas	LFCOB
Irving Santana	LCA
Marc Stein	LCA

POST-PLENARY FLOOR PERIOD

This is ordinarily an informal opportunity for senators and guests to meet, exchange information, or follow up on items or questions emerging from the meeting. It will ordinarily run for thirty minutes from the end of formal business, but not beyond 5:00 PM, if people remain online or in the room.

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Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 - 12:00

November 7th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:51:56 +0000

November 7th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Agenda

Tuesday 7 November 2023

Hybrid – Seven Hills and Zoom

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total, but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Chair Goldman explained how the Open Floor Period works and gave notice that the meeting will begin at 2:10pm.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

Chair Goldman called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.

Approval of the Agenda for 7 November 2023

Sen. Segovia-McGahan moved to approve the agenda. Sen. Brewer seconded the motion. The motion was carried, and the agenda was approved as read at 2:11pm.

Approval of the Minutes for 24 October 2023

Sen. Collins moved to approve the minutes. Sen. Hellman seconded the motion. The minutes for 24 October were approved as read at 2:12pm.

Announcements from the Floor –

No announcements were made.

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman gave notice of the present meeting’s long agenda as well as that of the next Plenary Meeting. He acknowledged the difficult conversations being had on campus, including around the topic of the campus’s budget. He provided context to the campus’s budget problems: an approximate 20% drop in student enrollments over the last few years, a 20% drop in tuition revenue, an adjustment of 5% to the state contribution over the next 3 to 4 years, and thus the campus budget will be 20% smaller going forward. Chair Goldman then gave notice that he is working with President Mahoney and Provost Sueyoshi to schedule a townhall within which to discuss this and other topics with the campus community.

1. President’s Report

President Mahoney gave notice that Provost Sueyoshi is presently attending the CSU Board of Trustees meeting at CSU Long Beach. Lynn offered additional context to the present budgetary difficulties the campus is facing, including an observation that this issue is not confined to our campus alone, but many others (indicating a larger systemic and demographic misalignment as well as a funding differential between CSU and UC systems). She then offered appreciation to the Strategic Issues Committee for their work on the Resolution Affirming Shared Governance, Curricular Integrity and Budget Transparency, as well as to the Student Affairs Committee for their work on an anti-doxing resolution. She then offered thanks to Katie Lynch for her leadership of the Discover SF State event in October (where over 300 family members attended and roughly 75% of prospective students indicated their intention to attend the campus). She then offered remarks about this year’s Alumni Hall of Fame induction event, where SF State alum and current SF State assistant professor Dr. Vincent Matthews was included as an inductee.

The floor was opened for questions and comments.

Sen. Drennan emphasized the importance and urgency of holding a townhall with President Mahoney and the campus community. She then commented on the implementation of measures intended to respond to ongoing budget difficulties. She then sought clarification about when the townhall will be scheduled.

President Mahoney asserted that a townhall will be scheduled soon (in collaboration with Chair Goldman) and suggested that structural changes are called for.

Discussion was had about the funding disparity between CSU and UC systems. It was observed that our system has some venues in place to vocalize disagreement with this disparity: The Cal State Student Association (CSSA), the Academic Senate of the California State University (ASCSU), and the California Faculty Association (CFA).

Sen. Woo offered his agreement with Sen. Drennan’s points and underscored the urgency of holding a townhall sooner rather than later (where current budgetary problems continue to impact faculty, staff, students, and educational programming).

Discussion was had about the planning, format, and goals of the townhall. It was proposed that it would be ideal to identify the issues to be covered at the townhall, where Directive Memo on Academic Affairs Budget Realignment of January 28th, 2021 and MLL’s response, Open Letter in Response to the Provost’s “Directive Memo on Academic Affairs Budget Realignment” of January 28th, 2021 may offer an instructive model. It was also proposed that ExComm take a leadership role in identifying questions.

Chair Goldman gave notice that ExComm is currently planning the townhall.

1. Standing Committee Reports
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that APC has 3 items today: a Resolution in Support of Deepening and Re-Imagining the Senior Capstone (in second reading), a Revision to S02-217 Academic Program Assessment (in first reading), and a Revision to S99-206 Policy on the Academic Program Assessment Committee (in first reading). She summarized each.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois gave notice that CCC will have many proposals to present at the Nov. 28 and Dec. 5 Plenary meetings. These will include a minor in empowerment self-defense, a graduate certificate in TESOL, and 5 different concentrations proposed by the music department.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh gave notice that FAC has one item to bring to the floor: a Resolution in Support of the Implementation of the CSU Course Equity Portal by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL) (first reading). She offered a summary.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Sen. Trousdale gave notice that SIC had two items to bring to the floor: a Resolution in Support of International Education Month (a consent item) and a Resolution Affirming Shared Governance, Curricular Integrity and Budget Transparency (returning in first reading). He offered summaries of both.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher gave notice that SAC has no new items to bring to the floor. However, SAC is working on an anti-doxing resolution condemning cyber-harassment and a resolution reaffirming SF State’s support of multi-lingual students.

No questions were raised.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

Report (written) from Faculty Trustee Darlene Yee-Melichar.

Chair Goldman explained that the Faculty Trustee’s report is provided as a written document and thus a permanent part of senate record. The report was provided to senators via Box and iLearn.

CONSENT ITEMS

Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Resolution in Support of International Education Month, consent item.

Chair Goldman summarized this item and noted that, as a Consent Item, it does not need to be voted on or discussed, unless requested.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Resolution Affirming Shared Governance, Curricular Integrity and Budget Transparency, returning in first reading.

Chair Goldman summarized the item, explained that it returns in first reading (as opposed to second) because it has been heavily modified since its last reading. He invited Sen. Trousdale to bring the item to the floor.

Sen. Trousdale summarized the history of the item and indicated that the feedback received during prior readings has been integrated into the present document (with particular emphasis placed on transparency, budget literacy, as well as clarification on some phrasing).

Ex Chair Albiniak emphasized that one often sees the end-product of a resolution brought to the senate floor, but this item has allowed the senate to observe its development and the labor behind that development. He then recommended the addition of a resolve clause proposing the creation of an academic affairs budget committee on par with the University Budget Committee (UBC).

Chair Goldman reminded the senate that this item is in first reading and will not be voted upon.

Sen. Trogu offered his support of this resolution and offered examples of budgetary hardship experienced by the School of Design (citing the canceling of classes but the increase of class sizes). He placed a document containing his remarks in the meeting chat.

Interim Vice Provost Kim offered remarks about the increased classes sizes, including context around a document referenced in Pino’s remarks, EP&R 76-36 Faculty Workload: Policies and Procedures. He then offered recommendations for specific edits to the present resolution draft. These include clarification about the ninth resolve clause on line 88, the addition of language to line 94 (add “when possible” given the time constraints for changes outlined in the resolution). He then offered appreciated for the resolve clauses 10 and 11 (lines 94 and 100, respectively).

Sen. Wilson offered his agreement with Ex Chair Albiniak’s remarks and commended SIC for their work on the resolution. Echoes Ex Chair Albiniak’s comments about the hard work of drafting a resolution. He commends this body and committee for taking this on. He noted the reference to communication in lines 79-81 and wondered how communication is handled by other units on campus. He offered Sen. Pasion’s communication to CoSE as an instructive model.

Chair Goldman Notes Sen. Linton’s comment in the chat. Would she like to speak to this?

Sen. Linton offered that, in reference to Pino’s remarks, the 3/3 teaching load assigned 3 WTUs to research, it didn’t increase class size. She placedthe open letter from MLL in the meeting chat: Open Letter in Response to the Provost’s “Directive Memo on Academic Affairs Budget Realignment” of January 28th, 2021

Interim Vice Provost Kim offered context about the period in which the move to increase class sizes was made. He noted that awareness of this context is important.

Chair Goldman moved to conclude discussion of the item and pause for a 5-minute break.

Chair Goldman resumed the meetings and moved to item 8.

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Resolution in Support of Deepening and Re-Imagining the Senior Capstone, in second reading.

Chair Goldman gave notice that there is time for comments both for and against this item, and that we can then move to a vote on the item. He then opened the floor to Sen. Chou.

Sen. Chou Summarized the item. She gave notice that APC updated and revised the language. She explained that Lines 69-77 were revised for clarity. She invited other APC members to make comments.

Sen. Hellman offered his support for the resolution and thanks to the committee for including remarks about the library.

Sen. Collins offered thanks to the committee for language indicating maximum flexibility.

Ex Chair Albiniak spoke in favor of the resolution and thanked the groups that APC consulted with. He noted that the division of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning (DUEAP), the Chairs Council and CEETL offered important feedback.

Sen. Drennan offered thanks for the item and for including language about the library (in particular noting the positive impact on grad students whose master’s theses are cited in other academic works, about which they receive notification – a thrilling experience indeed).

Without any recommendations for amendments, Chair Goldman moved to vote on the item. The motion was seconded, and the item put to a vote.

The motion was carried, a vote held, and the resolution approved.

Chair Goldman offered his thanks to all.

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Revision to S02-217 Academic Program Assessment, in first reading.

Chair Goldman summarized the item and opened the floor to Sen. Chou.

Sen. Chou brought the item to the floor and outlined its revisions. She then offered thanks to the Department of Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning for their contribution.

Sen. Collins offered his thanks to APC and then inquired about the extent to which The Undergraduate Advising Center (UAC) was consulted about the changes.

Vice Chair Harvey offered his thanks to APC and wondered how the responsibilities for assessment procedures (lines 90 and 98-99) will be determined.

Sen. Grutzik: agreed with the recommendations made about lines 90 and 98-99 (i.e. to ensure the equitable distribution of workloads in a department in an equivalent unit).

Sen. Way responded to Sen. Collins’s question about UAC, indicating that The Undergraduate Advising Center brought the changes to APC. She then offered procedural information about Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation (following WASC’s recent review, SF State has 8 years to implement changes, but that they will check in with the campus at the 4-year halfway point).

Sen. Collins offered thanks for the clarification.

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Revision to S99-206 Policy on the Academic Program Assessment Committee, in first reading.

Chair Goldman summarized the item and opened the floor to Sen. Chou.

Sen. Chou brought the item to the floor and indicated that it is related to the prior item. She gave notice that the revision has been made in consultation with the University Academic Assessment Advisory Committee (UAAAC), now changing to the Academic Program Assessment Committee (APAC).

Sen. Collins questioned whether lines 29-30 are necessary.

Sen. Way clarified that they did speak to the needed units (Baccalaureate Requirements Committee, BRC) about the line. The edit was to clarify under whose purview these obligations are.

Chair Goldman offered thanks to all and gave notice that the item will return for second reading at a later plenary.

Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee: Resolution in Support of the Implementation of the CSU Course Equity Portal by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CEETL), in first reading.

Chair Goldman summarized the item and invited Sen. Holschuh to bring it to the floor.

Sen. Holschuh offered FAC’s gratitude for putting this up for first reading. She provided context for the resolution (including the original ASCSU resolution calling for the portal’s assessment, AS-3577-22/JEDI/FA), citing recent presentations of the portal as well as its intended use by CEETL (initial pilot period in Sp `24).

Chair Goldman opened the floor for comments and questions.

Vice Chair Harvey agreed that CEETL is a relevant unit to pilot the portal. He then recommended caution against the use the word ‘gap.’ He proposed ‘differential’ as a possible replacement word and one without the same negative connotations.

Sen. Collins Thanks to the committee. He then offered procedural recommendations for SF State’s adoption of this resolution. This includes language in the present document that assumes ownership of the resolution from ASCSU, as well as a statement of SF State’s values.

Sen. Erickson offered his thanks to the committee and appreciation for the limitation of the portal’s use in RTP decisions.

Discussion was had about the application of the word ‘gap’ in the document.

No other comments were made about the resolution.

Chair Goldman proposed that the resolution now be moved to second reading. Sen. Collins moved to approve the resolution’s advancement to second reading. Sen. Hellman seconded.

Chair Goldman explained the procedure for moving this resolution to second reading. He then indicated CEETL’s preliminary piloting of the portal with an aim to adopt permanent policies around its use following the pilot period.

The resolution’s move to second reading was put to a vote. The vote to approve was adopted and the item moved to second reading.

Sen. Holschuh offered gratitude for the affirmative vote and indicated that this is a preliminary decision and that needed changes can be made. She then addressed the concern over the use of the word ‘gap.’ Sen. Holschuh proposed adding another resolve clause to put the word into clearer context.

Vice Chair Harvey offered his agreement with the recommendation.

Chair Goldman noted that any editorial changes made here must then be put to another vote for adoption into the document.

Sen. Collins offered language for adoption into the document (“Amendment: That the Academic Senate of SF State University Adopt AS-3577- 22/JEDI/FA; and be it further…”), and moved to vote on the editorial change’s adoption. Ex Chair Albiniak seconded the motion.

The inclusion of additional language was put to a vote. The vote to approve was adopted.

Chair Goldman gave notice that the amendment will be read into the record.

Sen. Collins additionally proposed an amendment to line 40 of the resolution: “Amendment: …that the Academic Senate of SF State University urge CEETL to coordinate…”

Chair Goldman moved to put This put to a vote. Sen. Hellman seconded the motion.

The inclusion of additional language was put to a vote. The vote to approve was adopted.

Discussion was had about additional language being written into the resolution (e.g. “SF State consider positive framings when discussing analysis…”). But it was decided that CEETL can grapple with this when they begin to work with the portal.

Chair Goldman moved to then put the adoption of the resolution to a vote.

The motion was carried. The resolution was adopted.

Chair Goldman offered thanks and congratulations to the committee and senators. He then noted that the next plenary will be on Dec 5 and this will be our last one of the semester (note that as of November 17, the Plenary scheduled for 5 December will not be held if the planned strike on our campus takes place on that day). Thus, Sept 28 standing committee meetings will be used for one or two presentations. We must do this because we don’t have enough time for these in the remainder of the semester. The Nov 28 standing committee meeting we might intersect with two presentations as though it were a plenary. This marks the last Plenary before thanksgiving. Wishing all a great holiday.

PRESENTATION

There are no presentations scheduled for today.

Adjournment: Time definite 4:30 PM

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

Attendance

Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA
Michael	Anderson	LCA
John	Brewer	COES
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS
Ellen	Christensen	LCA
Christopher	Clemens	LCA
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB
Marie	Drennan	LCA
Burcu	Ellis	LCA
Paul	Ellison	LCA
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE
Brad	Erickson	LCA
Chris	Finley	LCA
Michael	Goldman	CoSE
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE
Rick	Harvey	HSS
David	Hellman	LIB
Carrie	Holschuh	HSS
Arezoo	Islami	LCA
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA
John	Kim	AR
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB
Yeon-Shim	Lee	HSS
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB
Anne	Linton	LCA
Katie	Lynch	SAEM
Lynn	Mahoney	President
Elaine	Musselman	HSS
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)
David	Olsher	LCA
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB
Sally	Pasion	COSE
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE
Michael	Scott	ORSP
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)
Rae	Shaw	LCA
Andrea	Swei	COSE
Emiko	Takagi	HSS
Pino	Trogu	LCA
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM
Wesley	Ueunten	COES
Samantha	Ward	HHS (Staff)
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP
Jackson	Wilson	HSS
Jeannie	Woo	COES

Absent

Gilda	Bloom	GCOE
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)
Amy	Dorie	HSS
Romel	Harmon	GCOE
Eric	Koehn	COSE
Minh	Pham	LFCOB
Abul	Pitre	COES
Linda M	Platas	HSS
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI
Isabel	Song	COSE
Jenny	Tu	UE
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI
Crystal	Wong	GCOE
Ersa	Rao	ASI

Guests

Noah Price	GS
Alyscia Richards	LCA
Anoshua Chaudhuri	CEETL
Carleen Mandolfo	FA
Ifeoma Nwankwo	LCA
Ingrid Williams	HR
Jane DeWitt	DUEAP
Jeff Wilson	A&F
Jenny Lederer	LCA
Margo Landy	EM
Nancy Ganner	HR
Sophie Clavier	GS
Nancy Gerber	COSE
Claude Bartholomew	DUEAP
Jay Ward	OIP
Maricel Santos	LCA
Resha Cardone	LCA
Mary Hulick	LCA
Frederick Green	LCA
Grace Yoo	COES
Yim-Yu Wong	LFCOB
Gitanjali Shahani	LCA
Tara Lockhart	LCA
Jamillah Moore	SAEM
Dylan Mooney	AT

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Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 - 12:00

October 24th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:46:27 +0000

October 24th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 24 October 2023

Hybrid – Seven Hills and Zoom

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total, but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Chair Goldman announced the open floor period at 2:00pm

Sen. Linton: announced an upcoming event, “Around the World in Non-Binary Terms: How Gender Diversity is Expressed in Languages other than English.” This will be held Wednesday, October 25, 2023.

Sen. Brewer: announced an upcoming event, “Noche de Estrellas.” This will feature SFSU Assistant Professor Oscar Macias and will be held on Thursday, October 26, 2023.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

Chair Goldman brought the meeting to order at 2:11pm

Approval of the Agenda for 24 October 2023

Sen. Hellman brought attention to a typo on the day’s Plenary agenda: an item brought by the Campus Curriculum Committee (CCC) is listed as being in first reading. The agenda should indicate that this item is in second reading.

Sen. Wilson moved to accept the correction. Sen. Platas seconded the motion. The motion was carried and the agenda was approved as corrected at 2:12pm.

Approval of the Minutes for 10 October 2023

Sen. Holschuh moved to approve the minutes. Rob seconded the motion. The minutes for 10 October were approved as read at 2:14pm.

Announcements from the Floor –

Chair Goldman summarized the procedure for bringing announcements to the floor.

Sen. Erickson gave notice that this week sees a strike authorization vote and that an announcement about this was emailed Saturday. The vote closes on Friday.

Chair Goldman announced an invitation to vote for University Tenure and Promotion Committee (UTPC) members. This information was sent out to all via email.

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman offered thanks to all for joining today amidst numerous concerning events.

1. President’s Report

President Mahoney gave notice that she attended CSU Chancellor Mildred García’s first CSU Graduation Initiative Symposium. She also attended a business community event. President Mahoney emphasized the importance of going and communicating SF State’s mission and highlighted academic attainment as part of that mission. She then outlined remarks she made at San Francisco Structures, an event hosted by San Francisco Business Times. More information about those remarks can be found HERE. She then opened for questions.

Chair Goldman observed that there were no questions then announced that Provost Sueyoshi would not be joining the day’s meeting.

1. Provost’s Report
2. Standing Committee Reports
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that APC has no items to bring to the senate floor. APC has been working on a handful of projects that include an Academic Program Assessment Policy and the Academic Program Assessment Committee Policy, evaluation of the Academic Calendar, and minor revisions to the course syllabi policies for DPRC process and reporting. Other items include a resolution to Reimagine the Capstone Experience. This is in its final round of revision. They also continue to work on the graduate student grade forgiveness policy. APC received feedback about this from Graduate Council, including Sophie Clavier, Dean of Graduate Studies & Career Development.

No questions.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois gave notice that Professor Arezoo Islami has joined the senate as well as CCC. She then indicated that CCC has an item in second reading that will be brought to the floor: a recommendation for a Certificate in Data Science for Psychology. There will be other items brought to future meetings.

No questions

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh gave notice that FAC has no new items to bring. Sen. Holschuh offered updates about their current projects. The bylaws template has been circulated to department chairs and they continue to receive feedback about revisions to the RTP policy. FAC continues to welcome further comments on these items.

No questions.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Sen. Trousdale announced the addition of two new members to SIC: Michael Anderson, Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics, and Marie Drennan, Associate Professor in the Department of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts (BECA). Sen. Trousdale gave notice that SIC brings an item to the floor, a Resolution Affirming Academic Senate Input and Oversight in Budget Related Practices and Policies, in first reading.

No questions.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher gave notice that SAC has no items to bring to the floor. He then listed projects the committee is presently working on. These include ongoing discussions with the Academic Freedom Committee and Associated Students on policies around anti-doxxing. They are also working on a resolution to reaffirm campus support for multilingual students and students from immigrant families.

No questions.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

There are no informational items today. We will be using parts of today’s meeting to instruct Senators in processes and procedures.

CONSENT ITEMS

There are no consent items for today.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: Certificate in Data Science for Psychology, in first reading. https://nextbulletin.sfsu.edu/courseleaf/courseleaf.cgi?page=/programadmin/483/index.html&step=showfullrecord

Sen. D’Alois brought this item to the senate floor. She remarked on the helpful discussion held about the item during its first reading. She emphasized the importance of this item and reaffirmed her support for its passage.

Sen. Collins offered his full endorsement.

Chair Goldman moved to bring the item to a vote.

The motion was carried and the recommendation approved.

Chair Goldman offered congratulations.

Sen. D’Alois offered her thanks to all senators who offered comments.

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Strategic Issues Committee: Resolution Affirming Academic Senate Input and Oversight in Budget Related Practices and Policies, in first reading.

Chair Goldman announced that the item is in first reading. He explained how this process works.

Sen. Trousdale brought the item to the floor. He offered to yield his time and invited Sen. Drennan to introduce and explain the item.

Sen. Drennan summarized the original resolution that prompted the current item, The Academic Senate Resolution on Affirming Shared Governance and Budget Transparency in Times of Crisis (#RS21-417). This original item, brought during a time of similar budgetary stress and uncertainty, emblematizes the negative impact of resolutions that are accepted without meaningful senate debate. The present item is an effort to bring debate and senate input to the present budgetary issue.

Chair Goldman opened the floor for comments and questions.

Sen. Kim gave notice that this item was discussed during a recent meeting of SIC. He indicated his uncertainty about the present item’s necessity. He then recommended specific edits to the document, including revisions to the second paragraph.

The document, Addressing some questions from Fall 2023 UBC Office Hours (Sept. 1, 22), HERE was shared in the meeting chat.

Sen. Erickson offered thanks to Sen. Drennan for drafting the resolution. He recommended that the passage reaffirming “input and robust oversight regarding budget matters” (line 41) be revised to include the principle of “equal time,” thus providing space for the vocalization of numerous yet moderated perspectives.

Sen. Collins offered thanks to the committee. He emphasized the importance of budget transparency and observed that modern digitization of administrative records furthers the mission of transparency.

Ex Chair Albiniak offered reflections on the period in which #RS21-417 was adopted. He called for greater emphasis on the building of budget and system literacy. He commended UBC for its efforts to increase budget transparency and communication.

Discussion was had about the use of specific language in the present resolution. This included questions about the phrase, “robust Senate oversight and meaningful input,” whether this fits in with what UBC currently does, and if it would be instructive to compare this resolution with the original.

Chair Goldman proposed an 8-minute break.

Chair Goldman moved to resume the meeting at 3:27

Sen. Linton offered her support on this item as well as her assistance in its revisions. She is happy to work with other sto improve the language.

Further conversation was had about this item and some topics from the prior plenary. Regarding the use of the phrase “meaningful input,” it was offered that one approach is to hold regular townhalls (these have proven meaningful in the past). Another idea is to have regular updates on the budget at every plenary meeting. It would also be important to call on the CFA to offer responses during townhalls and/or senate meeting budget updates. It would be good to codify the above in the resolution. As to the prior plenary, disagreement was raised about the manner in which the “Low Degrees Awarded” list was compiled(i.e. without senate input).

Chair Goldman clarified that SAC is the senate’s way of monitoring and discussing budgets. This committee is composed of staff, faculty, and includes John Kim, AVP of Academic Resources John Kim and Jeff Wilson, Vice President of Administration and Finance . Chair Goldman then reminded senators and guests about John Kim’s Academic Affairs Budget Restructuring Canvas page. He then announced that the SIC item will come back to us in second reading. Questions about this item can be directed to Sen. Trousdale.

PRESENTATION

Jeff Wilson, Vice President, Administration & Finance, and Chief Financial Officer, “SF State Budget Update.”

Sen. Jeff Wilson offered thanks for the invitation to speak. He presented a series of slides outlining the history and state of the 2023-2024 budget, and then some notes about preparation for 2024-2025. He began by offering the annual timeline. This information is presented during UBC. He outlined at what point the state government weighs in on the CSU budget. He gave notice that there was a 5% increase to the base budget in June. The FY 2022-23 Budget contained a deficit of $10 million. He then moved to present the budget that was proposed in August. He then outlined things that have changed since August that were not included in the earlier budget: Fall 2023 tuition and fee revenue falling 21% below funded target (rather than 16.3% below target), additional compensation expenses assuming 5% increase for all employees (salaries + benefits). He explained that SF State was allocated an additional $12.5 million in base budget resources. He offered two budget recommendations. One “best case” scenario where compensation is fully funded by the state and CSU with a deficit of about $16.6 million. A “worst case” scenario where compensation is partially funded by the state and CSU with a deficit of about $24.5 million. It was indicated that this scenario was the likely case. He then displayed a bar graph visually describing the above scenarios. He explained that as tuition has gone down, revenue has gone down. He explained the campus’s expenditures. He offered a summary of outstanding items needing to be resolved. He then provided a list of initial planning assumptions. He then gave notice that UBC holds office hours. He then concluded his presentation and opened the floor questions and comments.

Discussion was had about the presentation. Thanks were offered for the information. Questions were raised about the visual communication of the budget data. As to when the planned compensation increases take effect, this will happen quickly. It was observed that since a June presentation of the budget situation was made, there has been talk of a cash infusion to save lecturer jobs. It was clarified that $1.5 million was returned to the budget after that presentation. It was explained that the university has been drawing on its reserves to cover its deficits. The severity of this situation was repeatedly underscored.

Adjournment: Time definite 4:13 PM

Attendance:

First Name	Last Name	College	24-Oct
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	x
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	-
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA	x
Michael	Anderson	LCA	x
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	x
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS	x
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS	x
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	x
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	x
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	x
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	x
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	x
Amy	Dorie	CHSS	0
Marie	Drennan	LCA	x
Burcu	Ellis	LCA	0
Paul	Ellison	LCA	x
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE	x
Brad	Erickson	LCA	x
Chris	Finley	LCA	x
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	x
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	x
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)	x
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	x
Romel	Harmon	GCOE	0
Rick	Harvey	CHSS	x
David	Hellman	LIB	x
Carrie	Holschuh	CHSS	x
Arezoo	Islami	LCA	x
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB	x
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS	x
Santhi	Kavuri0Bauer	LCA	x
John	Kim	AR	x
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	x
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	x
Eric	Koehn	COES	0
Yeon-Shim	Lee	CHSS	-
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB	x
Anne	Linton	LCA	x
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	x
Lynn	Mahoney	President	x
Elaine	Musselman	CHSS	x
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)	x
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	x
David	Olsher	LCA	x
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA	x
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	x
Sally	Pasion	COSE	x
Minh	Pham	LFCOB	-
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	x
Abul	Pitre	COES	-
Linda M	Platas	CHSS	x
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	Excused
Ersa	Rao	ASI	-
Michael	Scott	ORSP	x
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	x
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI	-
Rae	Shaw	LCA	x
Isabel	Song	COSE	-
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	Excused
Andrea	Swei	COSE	x
Emiko	Takagi	CHSS	x
Pino	Trogu	LCA	x
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	x
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	-
Wesley	Ueunten	COES	x
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI	-
Samantha	Ward	CHHS (Staff)	x
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	x
Jackson	Wilson	CHSS	x
Jeannie	Woo	COES	x

Guests:

Michael	Anderson
Claude	Bartholomew
Resha	Cardone
Anoshua	Chaudhuri
Sophie	Clavier
Anfreana	Clay
Jane	DeWitt
Nancy	Ganner
Nancy	Gerber
Nwankwo	Ifeoma
Hosain	Johani
David	Landy
Margo	Landy
Dylan	Mooney
Jamillah	Moore
Ifeoma	Nwankwo
Noah	Price
Alyscia	Richards
Maricel	Santos
Gitanjali	Shahani
Eugene	Sivadas
Elena	Stoian
Jay	Ward
Jeff	Wilson
Yim-Yu	Wong

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Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 - 12:00

October 10th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:43:36 +0000

October 10th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 10 October 2023

Zoom ONLY

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total, but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Chair Goldman opened the floor for the open floor period. He indicated that people may make announcements as needed.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

Chair Goldman called the meeting to order at 2:08pm

Approval of the Agenda for 10 October 2023

Sen. Trousdale moved to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded. The agenda approved as read at 2:10pm.

Approval of the Minutes for 29 September 2023

Sen. Hellman moved to approve the agenda. Sen. Collins seconded the motion. The meeting minutes were approved as read at 2:10pm

Announcements from the Floor –

No Announcements.

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman provided general remarks on the state of geopolitics and its impact on the SF State campus community. This puts educational institutions like ours in a position to prepare students to face such challenges with grace and to right them. He then foreshadowed the presentations the senate will receive today.

1. President’s Report

President Mahoney observed that there is a confluence of some big issues facing the CSU system and our campus. These include the budget shortfall, tuition increases, and underpaid campus employees. Furthermore, negotiations with two unions are at an impasse, that of teamsters and faculty. She encouraged everyone to attend budget committee meetings. She then summarized the depth of the budget and enrollment shortfalls. She then reiterated that what we are seeing is, in part, due to a demographic shift in California, and Northern California, specifically. President Mahoney shared that Provost Sueyoshi is working on initiatives to around budgetary transparency. In observation of global events, the President’s Office is preparing messaging for our Jewish and Palestinian communities.

Discussion was had about the issues raised above and the nature of the messaging about those issues. There was a request to decouple the issues of faculty and staff pay from the tuition increase as this pits students against faculty. Additionally, it was wondered if there talking points about how best to convey faculty and staff needs, as well as about the raising of tuition to save costs.

1. Provost’s Report

Provost Sueyoshi provided two updates. The first is that she invited to an event called “Food for Thought,” where she heard from students. Student members of MELA (Movimiento Estudiantil para la Liberación de las Americas) and GUPS (General Union of Palestinian Students) shared their recent experiences when Turning Point USA came to campus: students were doxxed. Provost Sueyoshi summarized what doxxing is and then explained that there is interest about making a statement against this practice. The second update concerned the issues of program reductions, tuition raises, and the many emails she has been fielding about these. She gave notice that Interim Vice Provost for Academic Resources, John Kim has created a Canvas site intended to answer questions about these issues. Dr. Kim will provide his own report on this.

Ex Chair Albiniak offered thanks for the report and agreed that doxxing is a concern. He then inquired about updates about the Academic Freedom Committee.

Chair Goldman summarized the issues faced by the Academic Freedom Committee: an update to the policy around academic freedom and a survey they would like to distribute intended to capture desired policy changes on campus. Chair Goldman proposed that members of the Academic Freedom Committee be invited to address the senate.

Provost Sueyoshi addressed the student component of this issue. Doxxing is meant to inhibit academic freedom and free speech. The Academic Freedom Committee is a great place to generate some kind of statement. Students are excited to be a part of this as well as the drafting of an anti-discrimination policy.

Sen. Collins followed that once a statement is made, this can be directed to our ASCSU senators to take to the state.

1. Standing Committee Reports
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that APC does not have an item to bring to the floor. The committee will continue to review policies and revisions.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois reported that CCC has two items on today’s agenda. The first is a Distance Education Authorization for an MA in International Relations, in its second reading. The second is a Certificate in Data Science for Psychology, in its first reading. They have invited a guest to speak in support of the resolution, Gaurav Suri, Associate Professor and director of the Readiness, Activation and Decision-making Laboratory (RADLab).

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh offered that FAC has no new items to bring to the floor. She reported that FAC does have a completed draft of the bylaws policy. This will be presented to the University Chairs Council on Thursday. It will then be available to individual departments and units. FAC is still collecting feedback regarding proposed changes to the RTP process. Sen. Holschuh invited interested parties to message her with feedback.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Sen. Trousdale reported that SIC received a budget update from Academic Affairs. They also discussed the trustees revival of AP 71-32 (see more about that HERE). They also discussed the voluntary separation program.

Sen Drennan raised a question about the Resolution on Affirming Shared Governance and Budget Transparency in Times of Crisis, #RS21-417. She shared this link: https://sfsu.policystat.com/policy/11298434/latest

Discussion was had over whether language in the resolution effectively prompts unit input on budget matters for the purpose of financial transparency.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher reported that SAC has no new items to bring to the floor. He further reported that SAC held a fruitful discussion about student support with Jeremy Khuth and Shannon Deloso, Director and Student Success Coordinator, respectively, of Asian American & Pacific Islander Student Services. SAC also continues to explore the structure of student fees and its transparency.

Questions were withheld for sake of time.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

There are no informational items today. We will be using parts of today’s meeting to instruct Senators in processes and procedures.

CONSENT ITEMS

There are no consent items for today.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: Distance Education Authorization for MA in International Relations, in second reading. https://nextbulletin.sfsu.edu/courseleaf/courseleaf.cgi?page=/programadmin/135/index.html&step=tcadiff

Sen. D’Alois brought this item to the floor. Sen. D’Alois indicated that CCC enjoyed working on this recommendation and that this MA will serve people already working in this field (as well as other with an interest in international relations).

Chair Goldman moved to bring this recommendation to a vote.

The motion was carried. The vote was passed.

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: Certificate in Data Science for Psychology, in first reading. https://nextbulletin.sfsu.edu/courseleaf/courseleaf.cgi?page=/programadmin/483/index.html&step=showfullrecord Time approximate 2:35 PM.

Sen. D’Alois brought the item to the floor. She summarized the item and then introduced Dr. Gaurav Suri to speak in support of the recommendation.

Dr. Suri summarized his professional background. He then explained that in a world flush with data from various sources, these data can be skillfully applied within the study of human behavior. Students with this sort of data handling in their background do well in the marketplace.

Chair Goldman moved to open the floor for questions.

Sen. Elahe wondered what the difference is between a master’s degree and a certificate.

Dr. Suri offered that the certificate and the masters degree are complementary. The certificate is a great first step for people who might go on to a masters. Furthermore, experience in the marketplace suggests that a certificate of this sort sends strong signals to potential employers.

Discussion was had about the certificate’s pedagogical particulars. There is not math prerequisite as the certificate leans heavily on application. It does however require computer science and statistics prerequisites. Regarding students’ exposure to ethics when undertaking this certificate, Dr. Suri teaches an introduction to data science for psychology students course that explicitly covers questions of ethics. As AI becomes a bigger part of our lives, ethics and law will be the challenge of our time. As to what differentiates this certificate from others on campus, such as the Graduate Certificate in Ethical Artificial Intelligence, the certificate under review is focused on psychology.

Anoshua Chaudhuri, Senior Director of CEETL : shared that AI and Ethics will be the focus next week for CEETL Discussion Circles. She invited people join them on Oct 19th (rescheduled from Oct 12th): https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/ceetl-discussion-circles-0

Chair Goldman moved to close discussion and proceed to presentations.

PRESENTATIONS

Darlene Yee-Melichar, Faculty Trustee, CSU Board of Trustees, “CSU Faculty Trustee Report." Time approximate 2:45 PM.

Darlene: gave thanks for the resolution that allows her to be here and to senators. Darlene summarized the CSU Board of Trustees, her role within it, and how she came to occupy that role. She gave notice that meetings are open to the public and are next scheduled for November 7 & 8. She also clarified that she is not permitted to participate in any board subcommittees responsible for collective bargaining negotiations. In fact, when these issues arise during board meetings, she is invited to leave. She synthesizes faculty trustee reports and makes these available to anyone who wants them. She then outlined her experience of her first 100 days, including listening sessions, meetings with other campuses’ ExComms and Plenaries, her involvement with the selection of the new CSU Chancellor, etc. She then displayed data related to budget, tuition, financial aid policy, AP 71-32, Title IX, and enrollment.

The floor was then opened for questions. None were raised.

Lori Beth Way, Vice Provost of Academic Planning and Dean of Undergraduate Education, “Board of Trustees Resolution on Low Graduating Programs.” Time approximate 3:15PM.

Lori Beth: elaborated on some topics mentioned by Faculty Trustee Yee-Melichar, including the list of low graduating programs. She offered a Box link containing information intended to answer questions people have about AP 71-32 and its reaffirmation: https://sfsu.box.com/s/eih8koeynfar9d8e8nom7cvju5q87uue

Lori Beth explained that her team must submit a master plan to the Board of Trustees by January 5, 2024. This report must outline programs, the qualitative and quantitative metrics used, and any accreditation that must be reported. They must then return with an Action Plan for Programs by May. She referenced the inclusion of the 7^th Cycle of Review policy. She indicated that she will be working with deans who will then work with their faculty.

Discussion was had about where data used in generating the list was pulled from. Caution was raised that the list is not intended to identify programs that will be discontinued.

Chair Goldman moved to proceed to the next agenda item for the sake of time.

Desdemona Cardoza, Special Consultant to the Chancellor, Heidi Riggio, Professor of Psychology, CSU LA, "A Course Equity Portal for the CSU." Time approximate 3:30 PM.

Chair Goldman Summarized our need to eliminate the equity gap in our programs. He then introduced Desdemona Cardoza and Heidi Riggio.

Heidi Riggio introduced herself and provided context for her assumption of this role. She summarized the purpose of this tool: to help faculty look at equity gaps in their pedagogy. She then provided additional context about the life of the project and a bit of the tool’s functionality. She asked the senate’s help in evaluating the tool.

Desdemona Cardoza explained that more information will be shared with our campus in the next week. She summarized her professional background and the conditions that prompted this project. She then goes on to summarize her background with the CSU. She and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success Jeff Gold received repeated questions from faculty about getting data for their specific classes. This prompted their exploration into creating a dashboard to serve this purpose. She has been working with Jeff Gold over the last 10 years about the Faculty Dashboard. Desdemona Cardoza moved to present example cases (via a PowerPoint presentation and video). She emphasized that this demonstration leans heavily into gaps. She noted that not everyone will have equity gaps. She noted that data only captures information going back to 2011. She emphasized the importance of protecting data within the portal (both faculty anonymity and the sensitivity of students’ data). She narrated how the data is presented. Information about the portal can be found here: https://cep-info.dashboards.calstate.edu/

Discussion was then had about the portal, the way we frame what it does, and what kinds of things the data yield. There was concern about the use of the word ‘gaps’ as this may be read as pejorative. Sutee Sujitparapitaya, Associate Provost of Institutional Research will take the concern over the use of the word back to the developers in the Chancellor’s Office. Questions were raised about how faculty will be incentivized to use the portal. The presenters shared that resulting faculty data will be put into informational videos that will then be shared with faculty. This is being dertaken by Roy Stripling, Director of Student Success Dashboard Research Initiatives.

Anoshua Chaudhuri, Senior Director of CEETL agreed that this tool will be helpful to faculty and shared that CEETL received a CSU grant to help faculty to use data to make small changes in meaningful ways. She agreed to have faculty engage with the data in spring. Desdemona Cardoza expressed interest in reaching out to Dr. Chaudhuri separately to continue the discussion.

Chair Goldman moved to adjourn the meeting at 4:29 PM

The 24 October Plenary will be hybrid, on Zoom and at Seven Hills.

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

First Name	Last Name	College	10-Oct
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	1
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	1
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA	1
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	-
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS	1
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS	1
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	-
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	1
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	1
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	1
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	1
Amy	Dorie	CHSS	-
Marie	Drennan	LCA	1
Burcu	Ellis	LCA	1
Paul	Ellison	LCA	1
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE	1
Brad	Erickson	LCA	1
Chris	Finley	LCA	1
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	1
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	1
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)	1
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	1
Romel	Harmon	GCOE	-
Rick	Harvey	CHSS	1
David	Hellman	LIB	1
Carrie	Holschuh	CHSS	1
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB	1
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS	1
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA	1
John	Kim	AR	1
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	-
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	1
Eric	Koehn	COES	-
Yeon-Shim	Lee	CHSS	1
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB	1
Anne	Linton	LCA	1
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	1
Lynn	Mahoney	President	1
Elaine	Musselman	CHSS	1
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)	1
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	1
David	Olsher	LCA	1
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA	-
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	1
Sally	Pasion	COSE	1
Minh	Pham	LFCOB	-
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	1
Abul	Pitre	COES	1
Linda M	Platas	CHSS	1
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	1
Ersa	Rao	ASI	-
Michael	Scott	ORSP	1
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	-
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI	1
Rae	Shaw	LCA	1
Isabel	Song	COSE	-
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	1
Andrea	Swei	COSE	1
Emiko	Takagi	CHSS	1
Pino	Trogu	LCA	1
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	1
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	1
Wesley	Ueunten	COES	1
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI	-
Samantha	Ward	CHHS (Staff)	1
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	1
Jackson	Wilson	CHSS	-
Jeannie	Woo	COES	1

Guests

Jay Ward	OIP
David Landy	LCA
Mari Hulick	LCA
Yim-Yu Wong	LFCOB
Michael Anderson	LCA
Claude Bartholomew	DUEAP
Jane DeWitt	DUEAP
Darlene Yee-Melichar	Faculty Trustee
Carlene Mandolfo	FA
Eric Hsu	COSE
Gitanjali Shahani	LCA
Nancy Gerber	COSE
Anochua Chaudhuri	CEETL
Ifeoma Nwankwo	LCA
Margo Landy	EM
Sophie Clavier	GS
Noah Price	GS
Jeff Wilson	A&F
Resha Cardone	LCA
Kim Altura	DUEAP
Briget Gelms	LCA
Eugene Sivadas	LFCOB
Gaurav Suri	COSE
Jenny Leder	LCA
Cynthia Losinky	LCA
Ana Luengo	LCA
Maricel Santos	LCA
Frederick Green	LCA
Heidi Riggio	CALState
Desdemona Cardoza	CALState
Sutee Sujitparapitaya	AA
Blanca Misse	LCA
Teresa Pratt	LCA

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September 26th, 2023

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September 26th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 26 September 2023

Hybrid – Zoom & Seven Hills

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total, but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Chair Goldman announced the start of the open floor session at 2:01pm.

Sen. Brewer made an announcement about “Noche de Estrellas”

a bi-lingual astronomy event hosted by the Department of Physics & Astronomy. This was held on Thursday, September 28. See more information here: https://physics.sfsu.edu/event/noche-de-estrellas-4

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

Chair Goldman called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.

Approval of the Agenda for 26 September 2023

Sen. Drennan moved to approve the minutes as read. Ex Chair Albiniak seconded the motion. The agenda was approved as read at 2:13pm.

Approval of the Minutes for 12 September 2023

Sen. Musselman moved to approve the minutes as read. Sen. Holschuh seconded the motion. The minutes were approved as read at 2:14pm.

Announcements from the Floor

Sen. Pasion shared that SF State Transforms and CEETL have partnered to host a series of faculty write-ups, held on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 1pm. They are also held on the second and fourth Fridays of the month at 3pm. More information below:

1st and 3rd Tuesdays 1-3pm hybrid (Lib 242, refreshments available)

2nd and 4th Fridays 1-3pm virtual

Interested parties may find more information here: https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/fall-2023-transforms-ceetl-faculty-writing-meet-ups

People may then RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/TransformsWriting

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman gave notice that there are two presentations on today’s agenda. Chair Goldman expressed optimism that senate plenary meetings be two-way communication platforms: meeting attendees are invited to take information back to their home units and home units are, in turn, invited to bring issues of concern to the senate floor. Everyone has a role in the academic and fiscal issues we presently face. Chair Goldman also gave notice that the next Plenary meeting will be held on Oct 10 on Zoom only (7 Hills was not available to reserve that day).

No questions at this time.

1. President’s Report

President Mahoney expressed hopefulness that everyone read her email explaining the tuition increase. She moved to dispel assumptions she has heard about this issue. The state is subsidizing the New West Campus Green construction, not students. The Cozen O'Connor study has brought important issues to light. The President noted that examples of problematic behavior not covered by Title IX still require our attention and care. She has formed an implementation team to explore the issue. Results of this team’s findings will be presented in a meeting in early 2024. She then moved to celebrate the work done by an exploratory group seeking to elevate black excellence in the CSU. SF State’s own Frederick Smith, Associate Vice President of Equity & Community Inclusion, is a part of this team. More information about the exploratory group can be found here: https://www.calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/diversity/Documents/CSU-Blac…

Sen. D’Alois offered news of an organization that connects older people with rooms to rent with students in need of housing. Who can she send this information to for students looking for housing?

President Mahoney advised Sen. D’Alois to send this information to Christopher Lujan, the Director of Food+Shelter+Success (christopherlujan@sfsu.edu).

No further questions

1. Provost’s Report

Provost: offered a few quick updates. Faculty searches are underway, including in the College of Health & Social Sciences (HSS), The College of Business (CoB), and the College of Science & Engineering (CoSE). 26 total faculty searches will be completed. She also gave notice that over the past year, there have been 174 Retention, Tenure and Promotion (RTP) reviews. In other news, a study of the impact of tutoring on student retention found that 95% of student who tooak advantage of tutoring services returned for the following semester.

No questions.

1. Standing Committee Reports

1. 1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that APC met last week to discuss policies surrounding grade forgiveness for graduate students. They bring an item to the floor: agenda item 7, Resolution in Support of Deepening and Re-Imagining the Senior Capstone, in first reading.

No questions.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois gave notice that CCC brings an item to the floor for second reading, the proposed Minor in Disability Studies. Guest Martha Kenney, Department Chair and Associate Professor in the department of Women and Gender Studies, will speak in support of the resolution. CCC gave additional notice that they bring an item for first reading, a Distance Education Authorization for the MA in International Relations.

No questions

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh gave notice that FAC has no items to bring to the senate. However, Sen. Holschuh provided a few updates. FAC continues to work on an optional template to accompany the new bylaws policy. FAC is also exploring the role of chairs who are simultaneously Associate Professors in the RTP process. She invited comments and recommendations about this last topic.

No questions.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Alaric: gave notice that SIC does not bring new items to the floor. They continue to discuss the state of the budget and the campus instructional continuity policy.

No questions

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher gave notice that SAC does not bring new items to the floor. However, SAC held a discussion with Dr. Dai To, Associate Vice President for Disability Access and Student Well-Being. There has also been growing clarity around student fees (with help from the student fee advisory committee). This is good. They are also looking into the impact of low enrollment on instructionally related activity funding.

No questions.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

There are no informational items today. We will be using parts of today’s meeting to instruct Senators in processes and procedures.

CONSENT ITEMS

There are no consent items for today.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: A new Minor in Disability Studies, in second reading. You may find documentation at this link: Minor in Disability Studies (sfsu.edu). There are also documents in our iLearn and Box folders, including notes on responses to questions that arose during first reading.

Chair Goldman reminded senators and guests that this comes to the senate in second reading. Senators may speak for or against the item. Senators may also propose a specific amendment to the item. He summarizes the process.

Sen. D’Alois brought item 5 to the floor. Sen. D’Alois noted the helpful feedback offered during the item’s first reading. The senator explained that the minor anticipates 15 to 20 students per year, growing to a possible 100 after 5 or 6 years. The item proposes one internship with an option to add another as programmatically needed (as approved via a review process). Many courses meet GE requirements. Adding EXCO courses (Experimental College) would take away from the goal of the minor.

Dr. Kenney spoke in support of the resolution and explained that the Department of Women and Gender Studies (her department) will be housing the minor in Disability studies. She stated that SF State has been a leader in the disability right movements. Many faculty and students use the resources offered by the DPRC. Students interested in this topic have made their own ad hoc list of campus courses that apply a disability perspective in some way or another. Her group’s response was to formalize this. This impetus comes from the students themselves.

Sen. Hellman Offered his support for this. This minor reflects well on the campus and our social justice mission. Paul Longmoore (professor of History at San Francisco State University since 1992 who became director of the Institute on Disability in 1996) would be proud.

Sen. Erickson offered his support. Given the stated cuts, will there be challenges when launching this?

Dr. Kenney shared that there are no challenges. The planning group anticipated the budget cuts and factored this into their planning. She explained that enough classes have been planned (many of which satisfy GE reqs) to prevent bottlenecks for students.

No other questions. Chair Goldman moved to put the resolution up for a vote. Chair Goldman explained that voters may vote for, against, or abstain. Rick launched the ballot.

The motion was passed.

Chair Goldman offers thanks to the committee and departments.

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Resolution on Faculty Trustee Attendance at Academic Senate Meetings, in first reading. Notifies the CSU Board of Trustees that Faculty Trustee Yee-Melichar has been formally invited to Academic Senate meetings, including the Plenary.

Vice Chair Harvey brought the item to the senate floor. He then explained the value of the institutional memory held by people who have been in the senate.

No other comments were raised.

Sen. Olsher seconded the movement of the item to its second reading. The motion was put to a vote.

The motion was adopted. The item was brought to second reading.

Sen. Hellman offered his full support for the resolution.

Vice Chair Harvey offered that a resolution is a statement of principle that benefits the shared governance body as a whole. Faculty Trustee Yee-Melichar’s wisdom benefits this body. This is a statement of the senate’s principles.

Vice Chair Harvey moved to raise the resolution to a vote. David H seconded the motion. The resolution was put to a vote.

The motion was adopted, and the resolution passed.

Chair Goldman moved to break for 5 minutes.

Chair Goldman moved to reconvene the meeting at 3:16pm.

Recommendation from Academic Policies Committee: Resolution in Support of Deepening and Re-Imagining the Senior Capstone, in first reading. (Title links to draft in box.com.) Reminds us that all programs are required to have a capstone experience and makes recommendations to align this with experiential learning in the University Strategic Plan.

Sen. Chou brought the resolution to the floor.

Discussion was had about the history and drafting particulars of the resolution. The first whereas clause lists a date of 2015. Concerns were raised about the hidden costs of cap stone projects. The APC was excited by the resolution because it situates CEETL (an interdisciplinary resource) as a space to discuss ideas and best practices that are also cost effective. Many departments were consulted about best practices.

Chair Goldman observed that there is now an opportunity to bring this back next time for second reading. He recommended that the resolution be distributed to the Chairs Council.

Chair Goldman offered his thanks to the APC.

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: Distance Education Authorization for MA in International Relations, in first reading. https://nextbulletin.sfsu.edu/courseleaf/courseleaf.cgi?page=/programadmin/135/index.html&step=tcadiff

Sen. D’Alois brought the item to the senate floor. Sen. D’Alois offered a summary of the DEA, emphasizing its positive impact on adult learners. However, a question was raised during CCC discussions: If passed, will this resolution allow students to take these classes while they study abroad?

Discussion was had about this question. Students may take one online class per semester during their study abroad.

PRESENTATIONS

Dylan Mooney, Chair of Staff Council, “Staff Council Update.”

Chair Mooney: explained the makeup and activities of the Staff Council. He gave notice that there will be Staff Welcome event on October 4 on the Administration Building patio. He gave further notice of project the council is working (e.g. awards for faculty, feedback surveys, and the filling of vacant seats). A proposal of a staff garage sale was floated. People were invited to reach out to the Staff Council for more information: AskStaffCouncil@sfsu.edu

Dr. Anoshua Chaudhuri, Senior Director, Center for Equity & Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CEETL), "A CEETL Update."

CEETL Senior Director Chaudhuri described her professional background and enthusiasm for this new role. She then described 8 opportunities for faculty to engage, via workshops and events. See all the events here: https://ceetl.sfsu.edu/courses

Sen. Erickson offered his support and thanks to CEETL.

Adjournment: Time definite 3:38 PM

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

Attendance

	Fall 2023		-
First Name	Last Name	College	26-Sep
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	Excused
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	Excused
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA	1
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	1
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS	1
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS	1
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	1
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	1
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	1
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	1
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	1
Amy	Dorie	CHSS	-
Marie	Drennan	LCA	1
Burcu	Ellis	LCA	1
Paul	Ellison	LCA	1
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE	1
Brad	Erickson	LCA	1
Chris	Finley	LCA	1
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	1
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	1
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)	1
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	1
Romel	Harmon	GCOE	-
Rick	Harvey	CHSS	1
David	Hellman	LIB	1
Carrie	Holschuh	CHSS	1
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB	1
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS	1
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA	1
John	Kim	AR	1
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	1
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	1
Eric	Koehn	COES	-
Yeon-Shim	Lee	CHSS	1
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB	1
Anne	Linton	LCA	1
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	1
Lynn	Mahoney	President	1
Elaine	Musselman	CHSS	1
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)	1
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	1
David	Olsher	LCA	1
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA	1
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	1
Sally	Pasion	COSE	1
Minh	Pham	LFCOB	-
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	1
Abul	Pitre	COES	-
Linda M	Platas	CHSS	1
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	1
Ersa	Rao	ASI	-
Michael	Scott	ORSP	1
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	1
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI	-
Rae	Shaw	LCA	1
Isabel	Song	COSE	-
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	1
Andrea	Swei	COSE	1
Emiko	Takagi	CHSS	1
Pino	Trogu	LCA	1
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	1
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	1
Wesley	Ueunten	COES	1
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI	-
Samantha	Ward	CHHS (Staff)	1
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	1
Jackson	Wilson	CHSS	1
Jeannie	Woo	COES	1

Guests

Jay Ward	IOP
Andreana Clay	CHSS
Emily Beitiks	LCA
Ifeona Nwankwo	LCA
Jane DeWitt	DUEAP
Jeff Wilson	A & F
Margo Landy	EM
Nancy Ganner	HR
Claude Bartholomew	DUEAP
Noah Price	GS
Sophie Clavier	GS
Ingrid Williams	HR
Resha Cardone	LCA
Dylan Mooney	AT/Staff Council
Tamara Spencer	GCOE
Anoshua Chaudhuri	CEETL
Jamillah Moore	SAEM
Martha Kenney	LCA

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Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 - 12:00

September 12th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:33:53 +0000

September 12th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 12 September 2023

Hybrid – Zoom & Seven Hills

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total, but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

Meeting and Open floor period started at 2:02pm

Chair Goldman gave notice that formal comments can be made later in the meeting’s agenda.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

Chair Goldman called the meeting to order at 2:10pm.

Approval of the Agenda for 12 September 2023

Sen. Collins moved to approve the agenda as read. Sen. Wilson seconded the motion. The agenda was approved as read.

Approval of the Minutes for 29 August 2023

Sen. Collins moved to approve the agenda as read. Sen. Wilson seconded the motion. The meeting minutes wre approved as read.

Announcements from the Floor

Chair Goldman gave notice that he will address a few topics, but first opened the floor for general announcements.

Sen. Pasion: gave notice that an event called SF State Transforms will be held Thursday, September 28 from 1:00-2:30 PM in Library 121. More information here: https://transforms.sfsu.edu/

Sen. Segovia-McGahan gave notice of The College of Ethnic Studies DJ Series titled “Liberation Vibes” will take place in the Malcolm X Plaza from 12:00-2:00 p.m. on September 19, September 21, October 3, October 17, and October 19. This DJ Series will be hosted by Assistant Professors Carolina Prado and Michael De Anda Muñiz. She asked that faculty encourage their students to attend. We will have snacks.

Sen. Brewer: gave notice of an event, “Noche de Estrellas,” held on Thursday, September 28 @ 7pm in Thornton Hall TH432 (and planetarium and roof). The events include a science talk, planetarium show, and telescope viewing (all in Spanish and English). This is a regularly occurring event on the last Thursday of each month.

Sen. Erickson invited people to gather in the quad from 11am-3pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during collective bargaining. Invites people to come by.

Chair Goldman gave notice about a two-day conference, “Rights and Wrongs,” held Sep 18 and 19. There will be a few presentations. 3 presentations on academic freedom, this will be hosted by our own Ac Freedom senate subcommittee. There will be in Lib 121. This information will be in the Friday report. There will also be a an event about reducing sexual violence. Notes that there will also be senate sub-committee elections.

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman offered a reminder about open senate subcommittee positions that need to be filled, then adding a further comment that the campus community is invited to attend all our Plenary meetings. Chair Goldman then introduced a few items on the day’s agenda, including a discussion of the Academic Affairs budget with Interim Vice Provost for Academic Resources, John Kim, and then a report by Senator Katie Lynch on new additions to the Student Affairs and Enrollment management Team. Note that Sen. Lynch made this report in President Mahoney’s stead.

1. President’s Report (tentative)

Sen. Lynch announced the addition of two Associate Vice Presidents to the Student Affairs and Enrollment management Team: Dr. Miguel Á. Hernández, AVP for Student Life and Dean of Students and Dr. Dai To, AVP for Disability Access and Student Wellbeing.

1. Provost’s Report

Provost Sueyoshi reported on recent meetings with VPs about education campaigns to limit smoking on campus as well as unsafe biking and skateboarding on campus. She shared that they are also working on getting a university wide calendar to centralize events. Provost Sueyoshi then moved to address the announcement from the Chancellors office about the proposed 6% tuition increase. The increase will stretch across 5 years, from academic year 24/25 to 28/29. This will begin Fall 2024. She then outlined the reasons for this 5-year window and its relationship to the tuition increase.

Provost Sueyoshi then shared reflections about a webinar about the “HEERF Hangover.” This “hangover” refers to the passage of the Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) that provided campuses with needed funding (via the CARES Act) to see them through the pandemic, and now the now exhaustion of those funds. She underscored the importance of creating financial sustainability for the campus.

Chair Goldman opened the floor for questions.

Discussion was had about the extent to which financial aid may absorb the proposed tuition increase. Systemwide, 82% of students receive Financial Aid, on our campus 56% of students get Financial Aid. Furthermore 51% of SF State Students get some kind of gift grant. 62% of SF State students graduate without debt. Sen. Lynch anticipated that the proposed tuition raises amount to a $384 per year increase.

1. Standing Committee Reports
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou gave notice that her committee is developing a resolution about student senior capstone project practices. She invited people to send their experiences with these projects and their best practices.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Sen. D’Alois indicated that her committee is bringing to the floor a proposal for a Minor in Disability Studies. Sen. D’Alois emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of this minor.

No questions were raised.

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Sen. Holschuh gave notice that her committee is working on bylaws template to accompany policy 2306. They are also discussing Retention, Tenure and Promotion (RTP) policy 22.

Chair Goldman Are we asking department to wait until these bylaws are approved?

Sen. Holschuh indicated this is just a template (an ancillary document) and so departments can start to move forward as they wish.

No questions at this time.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Sen. Trousdale gave notice that his committee is continuing to look at the university budget. They also looking instructional continuity policy.

No questions at this time.

Chair Goldman gave notice that people can use this section in the agenda to raise issues of interest to these committees.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher gave notice that his committee is in an info gathering phase to see where they can best focus attention to support students. They are exploring bottlenecks in student hiring. They received a report from Senator Katie Lynch about changes to FAFSA; these changes will roll out this fall. SAC has also invited Dr. Dai To to speak to the committee next week.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

No items today.

CONSENT ITEMS

No items today.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Continuing (once called Old) Business involves items returning to the Senate, usually in Second Reading, but occasionally still in First Reading. Items in Second Reading belong to the Senate as a whole rather than to an individual or committee. Comments on Second Reading items should be confined to those for or against or proposing specific amendments. Amendments and the final document are passed or not passed by majority vote.

There are no items of continuing business today. Continuing Business is usually from a recent Plenary, and we try to close out business by the end of the academic year.

No items today.

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Campus Curriculum Committee: A new Minor in Disability Studies, in first reading. You may find documentation at this link: Minor in Disability Studies (sfsu.edu).

Chair Goldman explained the procedure for the New Business. Section of the agenda. He then asked Sen. D’Alois to bring the item to the senate floor.

Sen. D’Alois shared a screen describing the minor in disability studies. Sen. D’Alois emphasized the interdisciplinary nature of the minor as well as its social justice mission. Classes will also be face-to-face.

Chair Goldman opened the floor for questions.

Vice Chair Harvey raised a question about the frequency with which the classes can be offered. Was this topic discussed when the recommendation was drafted?

Sen. D’Alois and Sen. Burku: indicated that this was not specifically addressed in their meetings but is covered in the proposal. There is a list of approved substitutes used for any missing courses.

Sen. Hellman Offered his support for the proposal.

Interim Vice Provost Kim offered support for the motivation and background of the proposed minor. He then asked if the courses are required by the university and if there is space to support the potential demand.

Discussion was had about these and other points. They do anticipate demand, but don’t know exactly how much, but sense there would be sufficient space. Yes, many of the courses are required by other programs. In cases where it’s needed, course substitutions may be made based on course availability or due to the specifics of a student’s disability. EXCO 401 was suggested as a possible course to include. Further questions were raised about how advising would work for students in this minor. Widespread support was articulated.

The proposal will be taken back to the committee and then brought back for second reading at a future plenary.

Chair Goldman moved that the meeting break until 3:16pm.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation by ASCSU Senators Robert Keith Collins, Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, and Jackson Wilson, “Academic Senate of the CSU (ASCSU) Report.” Time approximate 2:50 PM.

Chair Goldman moved to resume the meeting at 3:18pm.

Sen. Collins noted that SF State is abundantly represented in the body of the ASCSU. He further indicated that many topics were discussed across the 3 days of ASCU meetings. Among those topics were the The California General Education Transfer Curriculum (Cal-GETC) and the items now raised by Senators Wilson and Kavuri-Bauer.

Sen. Wilson explained that the CSU Emeritus and Retired Faculty Association (CSU-ERFSA) had report about a CalPERS identity breach. For those who suspect their information was leaked, they are instructed to reach out to CSU-ERFSA by the end of September to request identity protection. Sen. Wilson gave notice that retired persons did have a breach of data. Non-retired persons did not experience a breach. Discussion was then held confirming that CalPERS members may continue to pay into their retirement and pensions beyond 40 years of active employment (at a rate of 2.5% per year).

Sen. Collins indicated that the California State Student Association raised numerous concerns. These included their position against the tuition hikes as 40% of students will have to bear this out of pocket. There is concern that students will drop out. Students would like to be held in equal voice to faculty as this issue continues to be discussed. Students are also concerned with the total cost of attendance (e.g. food, housing, etc.).

Sen. Wilson gave notice that one resolution was passed and one was not passed. The tuition increase was passed. The next resolution did not pass. SB 640 concerns food service contacts and was not passed.

Sen. Kavuri-Bauer offered info on the Cozen O'Connor Report. Compared to other campuses, SF State has a more organized implementation team. Sen. Kavuri-Bauer then gave notice that there were two resolutions brought to the floor. The first resolution was passed and concerned administrative communication to faculty employees about union bargaining. The second resolution was pushed to a second reading and concerned protective measures against banking books on CSU campus. This will go back to the senate floor in November.

Presentation by John Kim, Interim Vice Provost, Academic Resources, “Academic Affairs Budget Update.” Time approximate 3:10 PM.

Interim Vice Provost Kim provided an explanation of his new role as Interim Vice Provost as well as his extensive background on the SF State campus. He explained his efforts to explore the budget situation and communicate the severity of the issue (Glide Path) to campus colleges. The Glide Path means reducing the campus budget by $36 to $38 million over a period of about 4 to 5 years. John Kim stressed that this is not a problem that can be fixed once but presents the campus with an opportunity to make long-term changes. Find this information here: https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/university-budget-committee-0

He opens the floor for questions.

Provost Sueyoshi asked to John Kim remind us why we are going through reductions.

Interim Vice Provost Kim explained that the campus is not meeting its Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) targets. Campus enrollments have been declining due to a combination of health, demographic, and economic factors (an overall enrollment decline of 20%).

Sen. Drennan commented on the critical classes lost amid cuts (especially in the Broadcast and Electronic Communications Arts department).

Interim Vice Provost Kim explained that this situation is faced by many departments and encouraged people to take their concerns to their department chairs and college deans.

Sen. Trogu asked if these cuts these cuts will be applied bluntly across departments. His department has grown over the last few years (in the past 5 years by about 50%); will this be taken into consideration? Many classes are being taught by lecturer faculty.

Interim Vice Provost Kim indicated that the only college systematically getting ahead of FTES targets is Science and Engineering. But they are still being asked to make cuts.

Further discussion was had about the areas that will experience cuts and those that will not. For example, programs and projects funded by means other than the campus budget (e.g. grants) will not experience cuts. Lecturer faculty feel disposable. $16 million in salaries will need to be reduced (translating to a total of $24 million when associated benefits are factored in). Such cuts based on curricular need.

Interim Vice Provost Kim expressed that hopefully conversations at the department and college levels include more than just benefits as places to cut costs. It is best look at what the curricular need is. Shared governance is important. It is important for everyone here to communicate with their peers in departments and colleges.

The meeting adjourned at 4:25pm.

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

	Fall 2023		-
First Name	Last Name	College	12-Sep
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	X
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	X
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA	X
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	1
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS	1
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS	1
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	1
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	1
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	1
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	1
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	1
Amy	Dorie	CHSS	0
Marie	Drennan	LCA	1
Burcu	Ellis	LCA	1
Paul	Ellison	LCA	1
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE	1
Brad	Erickson	LCA	1
Chris	Finley	LCA	1
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	1
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	1
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)	1
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	1
Romel	Harmon	GCOE	0
Rick	Harvey	CHSS	1
David	Hellman	LIB	1
Carrie	Holschuh	CHSS	1
Zuzana	Janko	LFCOB	1
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS	1
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA	1
John	Kim	AR	1
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	1
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	1
Eric	Koehn	COES	0
Mai-Nhung	Le	COES	0
Yeon-Shim	Lee	CHSS	1
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB	1
Anne	Linton	LCA	1
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	1
Lynn	Mahoney	President	0
Elaine	Musselman	CHSS	1
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)	1
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	1
David	Olsher	LCA	1
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA	1
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	1
Sally	Pasion	COSE	1
Minh	Pham	LFCOB	0
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	1
Abul	Pitre	COES	0
Linda M	Platas	CHSS	1
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	1
Ersa	Rao	ASI	0
Michael	Scott	ORSP	0
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	1
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI	0
Isabel	Song	COSE	0
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	1
Andrea	Swei	COSE	1
Emiko	Takagi	CHSS	1
Pino	Trogu	LCA	1
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	1
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	1
Wesley	Ueunten	COES	0
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI	0
Samantha	Ward	CHHS (Staff)	1
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	1
Jackson	Wilson	CHSS	1
Jeannie	Woo	COES	1

Guests

Claude	Bartholomew
Anoshua	Chaudhuri
Sophie	Clavier
Jane	DeWitt
Nancy	Ganner
Nancy	Gerber
Ikumi	Hatta
Miguel	Hernandez
Hossain	Jahani
Margo	Landy
Tara	Lockhart
Jamillah	Moore
Ifeoma	Nwankwo
Noah	Price
Rae	Shaw
Tammy	Spencer
Dai	To
jay	ward
Jeff	Wilson
Yim-Yu	Wong

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Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 12:00

August 29th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:30:32 +0000

August 29th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 29 August 2023

Hybrid – Zoom & Seven Hills

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:10 PM

The Open Floor Period provides an informal opportunity for campus community members to raise questions or make comments directed to Senators, Senate officers or to university administrators. Please arrive promptly at 2:00 PM. Please limit comments to not more than three minutes per topic. We usually allow 5 minutes total but extend this time today. Senators may make announcements under Item 3 below.

CALL TO ORDER: 2:10 PM

A Land Acknowledgement is offered by Chair Goldman

Approval of the Agenda for 29 August 2023

Agenda is accepted as Read. Seconded by Sen Olsher. No Objections and the motion is approved.

Approval of the Minutes for 9 May 2023

Sen. Holschuh moved to approve the minutes as read. Sen. Wilson seconds. Minutes are approved as read.

Announcements from the Floor

Chair Goldman gave notice that there will be a special election that will be held for a tenure track professor to join the Tenure and Promotions Committee. Nominees may be from the Graduate College of Education, the College of Business, the College of Ethnic Studies, the College of Liberal & Creative Arts, or the J. Paul Leonard library. Other colleges are already represented. People who serve on the University Tenure and Promotion Committee (UTPC) cannot serve on the Senate.

Katie Lynch moved to offer event announcements for the events Discover SF State, held on October 21, 2023, and Explore Sf State on April 20, 2024.

Reports

Chair Goldman Asserted that these will be delivered every two weeks. He offers a thank you to everyone for being with us this semester and for the academic year.

1. Chair’s Report

Chair Goldman Noted that this is a time of transition and shared governance is vital amidst budget cuts and enrollment drops. Student enrollment has immediate and long-term effects. Chair Goldman noted that we must meet institutional and personal goals. The campus climate and its moral is also very important. He noted that we must also meet our own lofty expectation on a campus committed to equity, academic freedom, and other important issues. We must also be mindful of the threat of the pandemic. All these challenges will be dealt with in time and the senate is part of the solution. What awaits on the other side will not look like things before the pandemic. Some of the pandemic effects may stay with us. We will experience a new stable equilibrium.

1. President’s Report

President Mahony: Offered gratitude to people who were on campus all summer and others who worked while off campus (such as faculty). President Mahony also offered thoughts on the decline in university enrollments, noting that this is the result of various economic, educational, and demographic trends outside the campus’s control. The CSU Mercer Study made clear the gaps in CSU funding. However, there are things our campus can do. President Mahony offered her thanks to those in the room who have stepped up to contribute to shared governance.

No questions were raised at this time.

1. Provost’s Report

Provost Sueyoshi: moved to consider the joy of seeing more students on campus than in recent memory. Provost Sueyoshi offered comments on the reduction of course sections but noted that critical sections will not being eliminated. Provost Sueyoshi offered appreciation to Lory Beth Way and Jane Dewitt for their work on the WASC review. She also noted that streamlining curriculum, seeking ways to raise enrollments from 2% to 5%, and working with departments to reduce DFW rates will be helpful. Some progress has been made in some areas, bit more progress is needed.

No questions were raised at this time.

1. Standing Committee Reports

Chair Goldman Offered a summary to new members about the structure and procedure of the Academic Senate. For example, there are 28 sub committees and 5 standing committees. Chair Goldman reminded new and continuing senators that we hear reports from the standing committees at each Plenary meeting.

1. 1. Academic Policies Committee

Sen. Chou Noted that she is honored to be the chair of the APC and explains the function of the committee. She noted that the next meeting will be on Sept 5, 2023 and extended an invite for guests to attend.

No questions were raised at this time.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Chair Goldman Gave notice that the Academic Policies Committee and the Campus Curriculum Committee often work together.

Roberta: Noted that they had successful first meeting. Roberta gave notice that she will have news to share at the next plenary meeting.

No questions at this time.

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Carries: Met first time last week. Offers hello to new senators. She then summarizes their agenda, this includes implementation of new policies, as well as formalizing support for international faculty, as well as simplifying language for degree granting programs.

No questions were raised at this time.

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Alaric: Noted that the SIC committee studied proposed cooperative policies around the campus and campus partners, as well as the campus budget. Sen. Trousdale also gave notice that he is on the University Budget Committee (UBC) and will be attending a meeting on Thursday 10am-12pm.

Chair Goldman Clarified that information about how issues are proposed by UBC and related topics are listed in the Friday Senate Report. If people want to attend, they must email UBC for the Zoom link.

No questions were raised at this time.

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Sen. Olsher Offered remarks about the scope and mission for the SAC committee (i.e. they look out for the interests of the students (housing, FinAid, etc.). Notes prior successes of the committee, such as the resolution to improve student fee payment and the change of language such as change of Academic Probation to Academic Notice.

Chair Goldman Noted that Sen. Collins joins as member of the ASCSU, as do Sen. Kavuri-Bauer and Sen. Wilson. Chair Goldman Offered comments about Brad’s position on the CFA. Chair Goldman made further remarks about Ryan as Senate Secretary and Rick as Vice Chair. There are also regularly invited guests, who include Ex Chair Albiniak and Trustee Yee-Melichar.

SPECIAL SENATE ELECTION

During the summer, Academic Senate of the CSU (ASCSU) Senator Darlene Yee-Melichar was appointed Faculty Trustee for the California State University System. The Executive Committee (ExComm) subsequently appointed Sen. Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, who was then At-Large Senate Representative to ExComm, to replace Trustee Yee-Melichar as ASCSU Senator. This opened a position on ExComm for a new At-Large Representative, to be a member of the Senate elected by Senate peers.

Nominations & Elections for one new At-Large Representative to the Executive Committee

Chair Goldman moved to explain the role of the At-Large Representative. He then explained the voting procedure.

The nomination form was shared with the senate at 2:53pm.

Vice Chair Harvey Further explained how the voting process works.

Vice Provost Way: Can we identify the colleges to which each nominee belongs?

Note that the colleges were added to each nominee.

Election Results 8/29/2023

David Hellman, At-Large Representative (58% of the vote)

Note that voters will use this form: https://forms.gle/nctwQnvZbGEQJ9hMA

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

An informational item is a statement announcing the completion of a process, carried out in accordance with Senate policy, and requiring formal notification of the Senate at its conclusion.

There are no informational items today. We will be using parts of today’s meeting to instruct Senators in processes and procedures.

Chair Goldman Explained what an informational item is. These are items that need no action by the senate.

No questions were raised.

CONSENT ITEMS

Recommendation from the Executive Committee: Error Correction on S22-301 Sabbatical and Leaves with Pay Policy, consent item. Several revisions of the Leaves with Pay Policy have retained obsolete language based on a 1998 collective bargaining agreement. The language is in Section VI. A., Principles of Distribution Within the University, in which “In no case shall the campus grant fewer sabbatical leaves than the number of leaves budgeted in the 1991-1992 CSU budget” is to be deleted. This is the only change to S22-301 Sabbatical and Leaves with Pay Policy under consideration here.

Chair Goldman Explained that a Consent Item is a non-controversial item. However, if someone wants, they can request than a Consent Item be moved to discussion. Today’s Consent Item is recommendation from the EXComm to correct a prior item: S22-301 – Sabbatical with Leaves Policy. Chair Goldman gave notice that this is to update language originally drafted in 1998. The consent item is to delete the outdated line. It was noted that policy items like this are lifted from Collective Bargaining agreements, in this case an agreement drafted in 1998 (thus quite outdated).

Sen. Wilson Offered a point of Information – it makes sense to remove this because it refers to a specific date, but is there value to that specific date?

Sen. Holschuh: This phrase was included to align policies from 1998. The language mirrors the current CBA and is further clarified there, making this line redundant and obsolete.

Chair Goldman Explained that there is a baseline for the number of sabbaticals set by the CBA. This recommendation is meant to clear up confusion.

Sen. Trogu Offered a point of clarification - what is the reference to 12% in the policy?

note: this is in reference to the following passage found on page 3 of Academic Senate Policy#S22-301:

If there are a sufficient number of faculty unit employees eligible for sabbaticals who meet the conditions in the CBA, then a campus shall grant no fewer sabbaticals than twelve percent (12%) of the total number of campus faculty unit employees eligible to apply for such sabbaticals in that year in addition to those faculty approved for a sabbatical at one-half (1/2) of full salary.

If a sabbatical leave is denied based on factors other than the merit of the proposal as identified in 27.6 or 27.7 of the CBA, upon request of the faculty unit employee, the sabbatical leave shall be deferred until the following academic year. If, as a result of deferrals under 27.6 or 27.7 of the CBA, the number of sabbaticals initially awarded falls below 12%, then the most highly ranked applicants not initially granted sabbaticals will be awarded sabbaticals, up to the 12% requirement.

Chair Goldman offered that there is a list that goes out each year containing faculty eligible for a full semester sabbatical at full pay and benefits. The percentage refers to 12% of the length of that list. Chair Goldman gave notice that FAC can explore this further later.

CONTINUING BUSINESS

Continuing (once called Old) Business involves items returning to the Senate, usually in Second Reading, but occasionally still in First Reading. Items in Second Reading belong to the Senate as a whole rather than to an individual or committee. Comments on Second Reading items should be confined to those for or against or proposing specific amendments. Amendments and the final document are passed or not passed by majority vote.

There are no items of continuing business today. Continuing Business is usually from a recent Plenary, and we try to close out business by the end of the academic year.

Chair Goldman Explained that these items are from previous meetings but will need further discussion. These are often resolutions in second reading.

No questions were raised.

NEW BUSINESS

There are no New Business items scheduled for today. These items generally come from one of our five standing committees or the Executive Committee.

Chair Goldman Explained that this topic is clear and opens the floor to general questions or comments before moving to scheduled presentations.

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation by Teddy Albiniak, Special Assistant to the President and Provost, Strategic Plan Short Report. See Strategic Planning | Strategic Planning (sfsu.edu) Estimated time 3:15 PM.

Ex Chair Albiniak: Offered thanks to the Academic Senate for the initiation to make the first presentation of the new senate session. He offered remarks about what the Strategic Plan is and its context. Ex Chair Albiniak presented slides that defined the strategic plan’s process and outcome. The outcome is a document that outlines goals. He then presented those. This was followed by summary of the 4 Phases and then the 6 Strategic Priorities.

Ex Chair Albiniak explained what the next steps are. One is to maintain communities built around communication and dialog. He explained the timeline for these actions.

The floor was opened for questions. There are no questions.

Presentation by Jane DeWitt, Associate Dean of Academic Planning, WASC Accreditation Report. See WSCUC Institutional Accreditation | Undergraduate Education and Academic Planning (sfsu.edu) Estimated time 3:30 PM.

Vice Provost Way presented WSCUC Reaffirmation and Accreditation. She Noted the importance of this review to the campus. Vice Provost Way offered a summary of the outcomes and the timeline. Vice Provost Way then offered thanks to Associate Dean DeWitt. Vice Provost Way presented a slide listing the commendations made by the WSCUC Reaffirmation and Accreditation review committee. These included things such as promoting student well-being, demonstrating the campus’s orientation to social justice, Developing strategic plans, broadening communication about the campus budget, and others.

Associate Dean DeWitt shared a slide listing recommendations made by the WSCUC Reaffirmation and Accreditation review committee. These included developing a financial sustainability plan, Establishing a consistent approach to assessing student learning and defining students success, incorporating expectations about how evidence of learning is used for program improvement, disaggregating direct assessments of student learning, and completing a campus climate survey of students.

Vice Provost Way moved to outline the stakes of the points made above, and the timeline they envision for next steps. For more information, see documents at wasc.sfsu.edu.

Chair Goldman Offered thanks to Associate Dean DeWitt, Vice Provost Way and their team. Chair Goldman moved to then the floor for questions or comments.

No questions were raised.

Chair Goldman Noted that assessment was cited as a major area for improvement but wondered where the budget figure into this.

Vice Provost Way: responded that President Mahony’s remarks to the review committee about how we are facing these budget challenges – she offered detailed evidence about how this is being addressed by the campus. This seemed to have shifted any focus away from budget and onto assessment.

Provost Sueyoshi moved to raise a follow up question: what does assessment look like? For one, to look at student artifacts, such as student papers, looking at reading and writing, and as faculty talk about how students are doing with these, documenting those conversations and then documenting what can be done to improve those points. Are there ways to create infrastructure and training to help faculty to do this work?

Discussion is had on this point.

Chair Goldman Reminded everyone that there will now be a reception and that this is sponsored by the Office of the Provost.

Chair Goldman adjourned the meeting at 3:47 PM

Ryan Gurney

Secretary

Attendance

	Fall 2023		-
First Name	Last Name	College	29-Aug
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	1
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	1
Teddy	Albiniak	LCA	1
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	1
Elizabeth	Brown	CHSS	0
Fang-yu	Chou	CHSS	1
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	1
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	1
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	1
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	1
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	1
Amy	Dorie	CHSS	0
Marie	Drennan	LCA	1
Burcu	Ellis	LCA	1
Paul	Ellison	LCA	1
Brad	Erickson	LCA	1
Chris	Finley	LCA	1
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	1
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	1
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	1
Romel	Harmon	GCOE	0
Rick	Harvey	CHSS	1
David	Hellman	LIB	1
Carrie	Holschuh	CHSS	1
M. Ernita	Joaquin	CHSS	1
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA	1
John	Kim	AR	1
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	1
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	1
Eric	Koehn	COES	0
Mai-Nhung	Le	COES	1
Yeon-Shim	Lee	CHSS	1
Alexandria	Leyton	LFCOB	1
Anne	Linton	LCA	1
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	1
Lynn	Mahoney	President	1
Elaine	Musselman	CHSS	1
Taylor	Myers	LCA (Staff)	1
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	1
David	Olsher	LCA	1
Anthony	Pahnke	LCA	0
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	1
Sally	Pasion	COSE	1
Minh	Pham	LFCOB	0
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	1
Linda M	Platas	CHSS	1
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	1
Michael	Scott	ORSP	1
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	1
Fayeeza	Shaikh	ASI	0
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	11
Andrea	Swei	COSE	1
Emiko	Takagi	CHSS	1
Pino	Trogu	LCA	1
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	1
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	1
Vatsal	Vadali	ASI	0
Samantha	Ward	CHHS (Staff)	1
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	1
Sen. Wilson	Wilson	CHSS	1
Jeannie	Woo	COES	1
Ersa		ASI	0

Guests
Kim	Altura
Claude	Bartholomew
Resha	Cardone
Anoshua	Chaudhuri
Jane	DeWitt
Elahe	Ensanni
Alex	Hwu
Hossain	Jahani
Catherine	Kim
Margo	Landy
Carleen	Mandolfo
Michelle	Montoya
Ifeoma Kiddoe	Nwankwo
Noah	Price
Eugene	Sividas
Amy	Spencer
Isabel Hyo Jung	Song
Jay	Ward
Ingrid	Williams
Jeff	Wilson
Yim-Yu	Wong

The meeting will be followed, from about 4:00 PM-5:30 PM, with a welcome reception sponsored by the Office of the Provost, welcoming new Senators, Deans Nwankwo and Yoo, Interim Dean Clay, and Interim Vice Provost Kim. The event will be at Seven Hills, and the campus community is welcome.

POST-PLENARY FLOOR PERIOD

Not planned today because of the reception, this is ordinarily an informal opportunity for senators and guests to meet, exchange information, or follow up on items or questions emerging from the meeting. It will ordinarily run for thirty minutes from the end of formal business, but not beyond 5:00 PM, if people remain online or in the room.

Mirna Guadalup… Wed, 02/21/2024 - 09:30

Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 12:00

May 16th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:07:23 +0000

May 16th, 2023

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING

MINUTES

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

HYBRID MEETING

2:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Special Joint Meeting:

2022-2023 & 2023-2024 Academic Senates

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:05 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 2022-23 SENATE TO ORDER: 2:05 p.m.

Approval of the Agenda for May 16, 2023: Approved
Approval of the Minutes for 9 May 2023: Approved
Announcements from the Floor – Time sensitive announcements only. None
Reports – There will be no reports unless urgent issues arise.

Consent Agenda

Recommendation from the Executive Committee (Ex Comm): Commendation for Dr. Nancy Gerber, CSU Academic Senator (2020-2023)—consent item. Read into the record by ASCSU Senators Darlene Yee-Melichar and Rob Collins.

Recommendation from the Executive Committee (Ex Comm): Commending and Honoring Alvin Alvarez, Dean, College of Health and Social Sciences--consent item. Read into the record by ASCSU Senator Darlene Yee-Melichar, Associate Dean John P. Elia, and Senator Rick Harvey.

Recommendation from the Executive Committee (Ex Comm): Commendation in Honor and Recognition of Outgoing Members of the Academic Senate—consent item. Read into the record by Senate Chair Michael A. Goldman.

Presentation

Presentation from the Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, “Presentation of 2023 Distinguished Faculty and Staff Awards,” (time approximate 2:15)
Adjournment of 2022-23 Senate: Adjourned at 3:00PM

CALL 2023-24 SENATE TO ORDER: 3:00PM

Land Acknowledgement by Dr. David Olsher

Approval of the Agenda for May 16, 2023: approved
Informational Item: Tentative 2023-2024 Academic Senate Calendar
Welcome and Short Senate orientation from the 2022-23 Chair
Review Election Procedures
Election of Chair of the Academic Senate
Election of Vice Chair of the Academic Senate
Election of the Secretary of the Academic Senate
Election of 2 At-Large Members of the Executive Committee
Election of Chairs of the Academic Senate Standing Committees. Held in breakout rooms; even in-person participants use breakout rooms. Committee members may adjourn to the Reception after the election; election supervisors and elected committee chairs return to the main Zoom room.

Election Results 5/16/2023

Mike Goldman, Chair

Rick Harvey, Vice Chair

Ryan Gurney, Secretary

Brad Erickson, At-Large

Santhi Kavuri-Bauer, At-Large

APC - Fang-Yu Chou

CCC - Roberta D'Alois

FAC - Carrie Holschuh

SAC - David Olsher

SIC - Alaric Trousdale

Past Chair - Teddy Albiniak

ASCSU - Rob Collins, Jackson Wilson, Darlene Yee-Melichar

Adjournment

ATTENDANCE 22-23 Senate

	Spring 2023		-
First Name	Last Name	College	16-May
Priya	Abeywickrama	LCA	1
Fatima	Alaoui	LCA	1
Dwayne	Banks	AR	1
Brian	Beatty	GCOE	1
Gilda	Bloom	GCOE	On Leave
John	Brewer	COSE	1
Karla	Castillo	SAEM	1
Christopher	Clemens	LCA	On Leave
Robert Keith	Collins	ASCSU	1
Raul	Contreras	COSE (Staff)	1
Ellen	Christensen	LCA	1
Roberta	D'Alois	LFCOB	1
Morty	Diamond	HSS	-
Amy	Dorie	HSS	1
Marie	Drennan	LCA	Off Spring 23
Elahe	Ensanni	COSE	1
Brad	Erickson	LCA	1
Nancy	Gerber	ASCSU	1
Michael	Goldman	CoSE	1
Aditi	Grossman	COSE	-
Cynthia	Grutzik	GCOE	1
Andrea	Guidara	LIB (Staff)	1
Ryan	Gurney	CPaGE staff	1
Jason	Harris-Boundy	LFCOB	1
Rick	Harvey	HSS	1
David	Hellman	LIB	1
Logan	Hennesy	LCA	1
Ellen	Hines	CoSE	1
Ryan	Howell	CoSE	1
Carrie	Holschuh	HSS	1
Santhi	Kavuri-Bauer	LCA	1
Christopher	Kingston	LFCOB (Staff)	1
Denise	Kleinrichert	LFCOB	1
Mai-Nhung	Le	COES	1
Yeon-Shim	Lee	HSS	On Leave
Anne	Linton	LCA
Katie	Lynch	SAEM	1
Lynn	Mahoney	President	1
Mohit	Malik	ASI	-
Hafez	Modirzadeh	LCA	-
Elaine	Musselman	HSS	1
Victoria	Narkewicz	GCOE (Staff)	1
David	Olsher	LCA	1
Veronika	Papyrina	LFCOB	1
Sally	Pasion	COSE	1
Alexandra	Piryatinska	COSE	1
Linda M	Platas	HSS	1
Stanley	Pogrow	GCOE	1
Belinda	Reyes	COES	-
Alyscia	Richards	LCA (Staff)	1
Jasper	Rubin	HSS	1
Michael	Scott	ORSP	1
Gabriela	Segovia-McGahan	COES (Staff)	1
Isabel	Song	COSE	-
Marc	Stein	LCA	1
Paul	Steward	GCOE	-
Amy	Sueyoshi	Provost	-
Andrea	Swei	COSE	1
Emiko	Takagi	HSS	1
Pino	Trogu	LCA	1
Alaric	Trousdale	SAEM	1
Jenny	Tu	UE (staff)	1
Samantha	Ward	HHS (Staff)	1
Lori Beth	Way	DUEAP	1
Jackson	Wilson	HSS	1
Jeannie	Woo	COES	1
Darlene	Yee-Melichar	ASCSU	1
Karina	Zamora	ASI	-
Weimin	Zhang	LCA	-
Yi	Zhou	LFCOB	1




Guests
Catriona Rueda Esquibel	COES
Aiko Yoshino	CHSS
Alvin Alverez	CHSS
John Elia	CHSS
Claude Bartholomew	DUEAP
Kendra Harris	LCA/Staff Council
Noah Price	GD
Paul Ellison	LCA
Margo Landy	SAEM
Mihn Pham	LFCOB
Romel Harmon	GCOE
Rose Carmona	Metro
Sandee Noda	CSUE
Taylor Myers	LCA
Alex Leyton	LFCOB
Carleen Mandolfo	FA
Ernie Joaquin	CHSS
Jeff Wilson	A & F
Nancy Ganner	HR
Mary Beth Love	Metro
Yumi-Yu Wong	LFCOB
Zhaoshuo Jiang	COSE
Sophie Clavier	LCA
Teddy Albiniak	LCA/President's Office
Anoshua Chaudhuri	LFCOB
Leia Bagesteiro	CHSS
Todd Roehrman	FA
Dee Soencer	LCA
Paul Beckman	LFCOB
Eugene Sivadas	LFCOB
Anarose Schelstrate	GCOE

Mirna Guadalup… Wed, 02/21/2024 - 09:07

Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, May 16, 2023 - 12:00

May 9th, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:04:32 +0000

May 9th, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Minutes

Tuesday 9 May 2023

Hybrid – Zoom & Seven Hills

2:00 PM

OPEN FLOOR PERIOD: 2:00 - 2:05 PM

CALL TO ORDER: 2:06 PM

Approval of the Agenda for 9 May 2023
Approval of the Minutes for 2 May 2023
Announcements from the Floor

none

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

May 16 meeting hybrid and will include outgoing commendations and incoming Senate elections; Everyone is encouraged to stay for the meeting with a President’s office sponsored reception to follow. Assigning Senators to committee now – please respond to the survey to match with top committee choices. Poll released to see about in-person attendance May 16 (29 yes/21 no)

1. President’s Report

Small sample of remarkable events (too many to count): LCA faculty showcase; COSE annex filled with student research; CHSS event. Awe inspiring. Big project next year: improvement to Title IX – last week in May Cozen will present finding for BOT – aggregate and campus reports. CSU will get in mid-July the state audit of Title IX and DHR. Cozen is like a program review with recommendations; state audit is a legal finding and we are obligated to enact. Implementation committee formed with influence by CO and includes shared governance partner recommendations; we added three faculty reps, student rep and staff reps. Jamillah Moore as interim title IX coordinator will chair and will welcome a new interim as co-chair. Will view as a year-long process to improve processes and change institutional culture; we also want to enhance academic freedom. Teddy Albiniak staff. Year long process to start in fall. Wish you a restful and productive summer.

Goldman: When is report released to campus? Mahoney: Around June 1; Audit mid-July

Stein: How far does Title IX/DHR extend to? LM: Title IX is broader/federal; DHR is HR and we need Ingrid Williams to answer more clearly. DHR does not go to hearing if there are findings. But this is the kind of question we hope the committee clarifies

Castillo: Really important for SAFE space coordinators and we have been missing the crucial role – wondering about that position and how soon we can hire into? LM: Search underway now and can find out from Moore the status. Will be filled before next semester.

1. Standing Committees
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Beatty: New grading policy in second reading

Goldman: Thank Beatty and the entire committee for your work.

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Harvey; Second reading of proposals

Goldman; Thanks to the committee

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Rubin: Second reading bylaws

Goldman: Thanks the Committee; Beatty and Rubin rotating off and thanking them for service

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Trousdale: 2^nd reading Administrative Search policy

Goldman Thanks the committee

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Olsher: none

Goldman: Thanks the committee

CONTINUING (OLD) BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee on Grading Policy (new), in second reading.

Beatty moves and speaks to changes (eg 65-66, 154-55 – added language about incomplete grades when instructor is not available – department chair can resolve.

Wilson speaks in support, new wording addresses the need and strikes the right balance

Goldman call vote: Item passes (41/1/3) (yes/no/abstain)

Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee Policy on Department and Equivalent Unit By-Laws, in second reading.

Rubin moves and speaks; slightly revised including “equivalent and faculty units” and focus on shared governance. This is a template so allow flexibility.

Hellman: Propose amendment at line 191: “Non-teaching faculty units (e.g. Library, Counselors) should adapt this list to reflect their specific essential work” Harvey seconds. No discussion. Passes: 34/0/8

Goldman calls vote: Item passed (35/2/5)

Recommendation from Strategic Issues Committee on Revision to S19-180 Search Committees for San Francisco State University Administrators Policy, in second reading.

Trousdale moves and speaks. Effects whole campus, needed update. Changes data collection process for search pool; improvements and clarity behind ExCom population of search committees; changes to percentage of faculty on the committee and simplifies language; biggest changes to interim appointments

Stein: Not sure how I vote but will express concerns 98% support but one element of concern Look at 164-66 and deals with retreat rights. I have trouble what this will entail since university policy references department policy. If I take this section literally, this is a huge departure from recent practice. Not sure its intended or administered this way.

Trogu: Question – can Stein describe the current process?

Stein: I would like to respond but I am not sure I am allowed to respond; can someone else explain general rather than specific.

Way: Broadly – we don’t have student evaluations because we haven’t taught. In my case, criminal justice studies looked at material, faculty reviewed and made decision. Also happened at Emerson. Sometimes it is a CV because of quickness of the process. They did have a quick turn around, there were only so many faculty work days and didn’t want to work beyond that. Not sure what the normal process is, but that was my process

Mahoney: Deeply appreciate his concern about the integrity of the process and it will be unsatisfying. I’ve done this four times and it is different at each campus. At CSULB I met with history department and they wanted to know about GE but they had admin questions for me. At CSULA, they asked for syllabi. For Presidential search, they had about 7 seconds. Mandolfo is not here because of search but I think we have improved because they meet with candidates. Not easy to recruit administrators and we are competing with people who have multiple offers because they have a. time and b. because a lot of bureaucracy will be different than other places. All of these folks have gone through the tenure process. I have respect for our colleagues form places we recruit and respect other institutions.

Stein: I agree with most of what President Mahoeny said. The only part I don’t is deferring to other institutions. We should go through our process and we should talk about what’s right for SF State. I was hired with tenure and I don’t remember what was asked for. Its given me great concern that someone deny tenure in the future and asked in a court of law whether they were applying consistent rules. Leads me to conclude that our policies are adhoc. We are adopting a policy with the wink and we arent going to abide by it and that concerns me. I’m hesitant to approve a policy I know we arent going to follow.

Harvey: proposes amendment to 181-186:

A majority of faculty members (e.g. 6 faculty on a 10 member committee), selected from the Faculty Search Committee Pool in the manner described in A.6. This faculty majority should consist of faculty across academic affairs units such as at least one member from each college and the Library.

Stein: Would vote no and let sit to next year and capture language that says we need to do this.

Goldman: No second – amendment withdrawn

Stein: Amendment on line 166: modified when necessary with the approval of the University Tenure Promotion Committee. Trogu seconds.

Grutizik: For your next year idea, I would be interested in seeing it improved there and not here. Way: I wanted to know the department was okay and it sounds like the University is making the decision and not the department. Stein: I’ve asked if when can have the CV etc and I’ve been told no and that’s what concerns me. Trogu: Since the process can or should not be reveal Stein’s amendment would safeguard against claims of unfairness. Passes with Vote 28/5/9

Harvey: proposes the following amendment

lines 181, 194, 206, • A majority of faculty members (e.g. 6 faculty on a 10 member committee), selected from the Faculty Search Committee Pool in the manner described in A,6.

Hellman seconds. Vote: passes (25/7/7)

Pasion: I’ve been searching the RTP and It says “tenure at time of appointment” there is no use of the word retreat. Reads into the record. Trogu: line refers to faculty teaching appointments, don’t believe it refers to admin appointments which may come with tenure. Stein: I think it applies to all appointments after all one gets appointed to a position after the department. It bypasses and makes me like my amendment even more because it gives the university committee a role in an expedited process.

Goldman calls vote on the item, as amended. Item passes (31/1/10)

Goldman calls a 5 minute break to return at 3:32pm

Recommendation from Executive Committee: Resolution to Reinstate and Recast the Teaching Effectiveness Assessment Task Force, in second reading.

Erickson: moves and says that the changes were made that were not included Goldman: these are part of the proposed resolution. Grutzik: Is there a timeline on this deliverable? ExCom recommended the committee itself determines calendar and timeline.

Stein: I wanted to delete the last two lines. Goldman: It was deleted already. Can you put the latest version in the chat?

Erickson: this is the latest version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/105BnrBB3p1mztt9I1d9XzpUjnG8PGYBB/edit

Goldman calls vote. Item passes (31/1/7)

Revision of the charge to the All-University Committee on Disability (AUCD), S06-24 policy, submitted by that Senate Subcommittee, in second reading.

Olsher moves and speaks to the item. Goldman calls vote; item passed (29/0/9)

Recommendations from the Campus Curriculum Committee, in second reading

BA in Child Development Pre-K to 3rd Grade, new program
BA in Women and Gender Studies, Reducing units > 20% from 39 to 30 units
Minor in California Studies Reducing units >20% from 21 to 15 units
Minor in Pacific Asian Studies, Transfer Administrative Housing within the College of Liberal & Creative Arts
BA in Business, Concentration in Business Analytics

Harvey calls to batch 10-14. No objection; Grutzik wants to speak in favor of new BA in Child Development Pre-K – 3^rd Grade; Goldman calls vote: items pass (35/0/2)

Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading, Distance Education Authorization
BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Distance Education Authorization
Certificate in Teaching of Composition, Distance Education Authorization
MA in Composition, Distance Education Authorization
BA in Creative Writing, Distance Education Authorization

Harvey calls to batch 15-19. No objections. Vote passes (34/0/2)

Gerber: Where is batching in Roberts Rules?

Goldman: It’s not; we sort of made it up.

Goldman thanks executive committee members and senators

Adjournment: 3:55 PM

POST-PLENARY FLOOR PERIOD

This is an informal opportunity for senators and guests to meet, exchange information, or follow up on items or questions emerging from the meeting. It will ordinarily run for thirty minutes from the end of formal business, but not beyond 5:00 PM, if people remain online or in the room.

Mirna Guadalup… Wed, 02/21/2024 - 09:04

Meeting Date (Archive)

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 12:00

May 2nd, 2023

Mirna Guadalupe Vasquez — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:01:51 +0000

May 2nd, 2023

Academic Senate

Plenary Meeting Agenda

Tuesday 5 May 2023

Hybrid – Zoom & Seven Hills

2:00 PM

CALL TO ORDER: 2:05 PM

Approval of the Agenda for 5 May 2023

Agenda approve – 2:06

Approval of the Minutes for 18 April 2023

Minutes approved 2:08; Past Chair Albiniak will be acting secretary.

Announcements from the Floor

None

Reports
1. Chair’s Report

Goldman: Schedule review: May 9 hybrid plenary; May 16: special items from Senate and turn to incoming Senators who will elect officers for next year and break into standing committees to elect chairs followed by a gala reception; what does shared governance mean during this change?; need to examine role of shared governance and thanks for joining him in this effort

1. President’s Report

Mahoney: Address student organization affiliated with Turning Point; we demonstrated how university can express its values without infringing on speaking; standing room only in teach in , 400 folks in Africana Studies event; we left fox news in need to using old images and then it disappeared. Thank every faculty, staff, student, and administrator who in some way participated to support SF State and communities; We are lean and mean, but at the moment, we are less lean than our other CSU colleagues but letting us keep our funding while someone else doesn’t get it isn’t fair either but being a campus fo 21k+ is large; the issue is comparable funding and we will use shared governance; want to remind everyone we are not a confederation of departments, we have to think about this as an institution, as colleges, as departments. We are struggling with a crisis of engagement on how to return. We must find ways to come back together in person like the LCA research showcase

Goldman: We appreciate transparency and openness in discussion; perfect set up to sponsor the end of semester reception

Mahoney: Happy to; talk with Luis.

1. Provost’s Report

Goldman: Absent because of deans search but thanks to everyone for helping during the events of previous weeks.

1. Standing Committees
  1. Academic Policies Committee

Beatty: Two items

1. 1. Campus Curriculum Committee

Harvey Many items, will be batched

1. 1. Faculty Affairs Committee

Rubin: One item – bylaws

1. 1. Strategic Issues Committee

Trousdale: One item; Admin Search Committee

1. 1. Student Affairs Committee

Olsher: no items

CONSENT ITEMS

Revision of Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Academic Calendar to account for change in first working day from 8/16/2023 to 8/17/2023 to accommodate CSU payroll requirements. Class session days are not affected by this change.
Revision of the charge to the First Year Experience (FYE) Committee, S20-279 policy, submitted by that Senate Subcommittee.
~~Revision of the charge to the All-University Committee on Disability (AUCD), S06-24 policy, submitted by that Senate Subcommittee.~~

Goldman moved to new business as request of Senate

CONTINUING (OLD) BUSINESS

Continuing (Old) Business involves items returning to the Senate, usually in Second Reading. Items in Second Reading belong to the Senate as a whole rather than to an individual or committee. Comments should be confined to those for or against or proposing specific amendments. Amendments and the final document are passed or not passed by majority vote.

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee: Administrative Graduation Policy (new), in second reading.

Beaty: Moved item

Olsher: Speak in support – equips registrar with tools to help students; thanks to Margo Landy, University Registrar

Goldman: calls vote; passes 41/0/2

Recommendations from the Campus Curriculum Committee, in second reading

BS in Computer Science, more than 70 units.
BS in Electrical Engineering, more than 70 units.
BS in Computer Engineering, more than 70 units.

Harvey batches 9-11 together and moves to floor; Shared the following types of questions in the chat CC uses to evaluate proposals

- How do we raise questions for guests, prior to as well as during meetings? Examples of common questions relate to fiscal, material and workload resource needs:
- Fiscal resources: How are bottleneck courses addressed, considering that some courses may become unsustainable (e.g. cancelled when low-enrolled, or when people who currently teach are not retained or, replaced after retirement or promotion)?
- Material resources: What resources are needed from the Library, Academic or Information Technology or other services on campus (e.g. new audio, video or print materials; more support for technologies)?
- Workload resources: Who will feel the burden of increased workload related to the proposed changes (e.g. program advising personnel, counseling personnel)?
- Other?

Goldman calls vote: passed 30/0/6

BA in Music, more than 45 units.

Harvey: Thanks to committee

Modizadeh: Read statement from Shimanoff re: 45 units; music has made incredible strides in equity including collaboration with CoES in required diasporic courses;

Goldman calls vote: passed 42/0/2

BA in Journalism, Concentration in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography, Title change.
BA in Journalism, Concentration in Print and Online Journalism, Title Change.

Harvey request to batch, no objection

Goldman calls vote on the batch, passes 41/0/3

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Concentration in General Business, new program.

Harvey moves to the floor and shares the following criteria questions into the chat:

How do we address emerging issues when reviewing Distance Education Authorization proposals? Examples of ad hoc questions raised during plenary discussions relate to:
‘Student Experience’: How will offering more online and distance education modalities improve versus impede student progress, access to campus support services and having the best ‘Gator’ experience including working with ‘purpose and passion’ and ‘fostering fellowship’ among peers outside and inside of class?
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI): How will the proposed changes support campus strategic priorities of educational equity such as reducing DFWI rates in online modes (e.g. easier to be anonymous and therefore unnoticed), or increasing peer-to-peer ‘learning by doing’ interactions (e.g. improve a sense of belonging working together)?
Self-Support (e.g. CPaGE 8-week, asynchronous): How will a State-Support program compete or complement a Self-Support program in terms of faculty resources?

Goldman calls vote, passes 39/0/5

MA in Chinese, Distance Education Authorization.
BA in Chinese, (Language concentration), Distance Education Authorization.
BA in Chinese, (Literature concentration), Distance Education Authorization.
BA in Chinese, (Flagship concentration) Distance Education Authorization.
Bachelor of Arts in Labor and Employment Studies, Distance Education Authorization.

Harvey batches 16-20 and moves to floor

Goldman calls the vote, passes 40/0/3

NEW BUSINESS

Recommendation from the Academic Policies Committee Grading Policy (new), in first reading.

Beatty moves and speaks; rewrites current bulletin and defacto practices/policies; we’ve indicated slight changes to current practice as well

Way: EO1037 is also source for policy as well

Stein: Question – why no A+s? Concern- handling of incompletes given the university primary and increasing reliance on lecturer faculty doesn’t deal with the fact that students applying for an incomplete that instructors may not work at the university at the time of completion.

Goldman: committees will not meet formally, they will have a chance to discuss these by email and address any concerns

Way: EO1037 also describes grading and withdrawal policy that is system wide

Recommendation from Faculty Affairs Committee Policy on Department and Equivalent Unit By-Laws, in first reading.

Rubin moves and speaks. Clarify that we will be consistent with terms – when we refer to department it will be faculty unit and that will be edited. The origin of this policy comes from the Faculty Workload Equity Task Force and made several recommendations that could be addressed by this policy. Our policy is not to write bylaws for units, but to require that units have them and then establish what they should address and not how to with a goal of creating a more equitable landscape and then checked by faculty affairs committee of the senate.

Pogrow: support this but I have sent a list of edits including eliminate the term equivalent units and that bylaws need to adhere to shared governance to avoid a small group from manipulating them

Trogu: Lecturer question on line 80 it isn’t clear.

Stein: Support adoption of this policy with a qualification; this is one of those issues that people know what they are voting for and not fly under the radar and one of the issues concern voting rights for faculty in areas not already mandated by senate policy (eg RTP, hiring, chair etc); pro-rated or full and while I had a hand in this we left it up to the department to decide. In the history department we confronted the painful realty, pro-rated essential means a 3/5 clause which I perhaps should not be analogizing. But if we are going to vote for this, we should know that we are doing this consciously.

Harvey in chat Does proportional voting also consider ‘Weighted Teaching Units’ (WTUs) rather than simply the number of classes taught?
Stein: es, I assume the language means pro-rated based on WTUs, but perhaps that should be clarified.

Trogu: I have not read the full copy of the draft, but maybe it should say that bylaws are secondary laws

Wilson: AOC voting discussed?

Rubin: Policy does not preclude but not explicit. Wants to affirm Stein – took some time to wring out the difference between dictation and equity.

Erickson: Regarding lecturer voting rights, find it difficult that the decision is being made by a place not represented by lecturers – we are 59% of campus, we don’t have representative power. So for the senate to be deciding that without is having a meaningful voice is painful.

Pasion: around 209-210: the faculty affairs committee is going to review all the bylaws from all areas? How many? And when will this be done? Is this realistic?

Rubin: Quite a lot of work and will take the bulk of the attention when they come through; hope there will be a natural trickling, Very open to ways to manage the workload.

Pashion: Create a Rubric

Goldman: Rubin’s term out creates an opportunity for others to join!

Wilson: Clarification, faculty unit. CBA include non degree granting – does this policy apply to all?

Rubin: yes

Trogu: Make sure the vote is secret and its transparent who can see the votes they need to put in their ID number

Pogrow: everyone should be included

- - - Senate went into a break at 3:16
    - Call to order: 3:22 pm

Recommendation from Strategic Issues Committee: Revision to S19-180 Search Committees for San Francisco State University Administrators Policy, in first reading.

Trousdale moves to floor changes data collection processes, revisions to ExCom population, and simplified some of the positions policy covers. Most extensive revisions which governs interim and proposed revisions provide greater clarity and structure to process.

Stein: Number of concerns – maybe four or five times with retreat rights in administrations, full professors are advised of position and given 24/48 hours to advise on tenure and promotion on how we have handled in past and this proposal in front of us. Key issues: line 74: there are non-faculty on Senate and should not be involved; 134: need more than an abbreviated CV from the RTP committee, its disrespectful- we understand what is going on, but why not a full CV? Lines 157-159: leaves unclear whether university level committee is included but the implication here is department level review and ask for strength in language about that review process, in my experiences its not honored in the spirit or letter or policies not just at this institution but commonly; line 214 how would this work because it presumes the chair has been picked? There is something off here; finally, policy does not address the greatest public concern about whether these are open or closed and I am surprised to see there is no clarifying language; lost of universitas are moving for interests of administrators in seeking interest but limits the democratic process

Wilson: question is 60% majority?

Harvey: Some times searches require students or staff and in those times we might expand appropriately; Line 113: in line with CBA some are an enormous workload so the duties are commensurately compensated for participation rather than an extra burden

Goldman: The distinction between the search important to faculty versus those not important to faculty are hard to make; its contentious with a dean or provost

Collins: line 77 can the same training be offered to the committee?

Recommendation from Executive Committee: Resolution to Reinstate and Recast the Teaching Effectiveness Assessment Task Force, in first reading.

Erickson moves to the floor. Develop policy and recommendation to replace SETE and to involve stakeholders including steering committee and consultations more broadly.

Stein: Concerned that this needs to work then Senate needs to adopt that we did last year especially if we envision a public health emergency or disaster.

Wilson: supports removing the final resolved clause

Goldman: We were thinking in terms of delay and work toward major change

Yee-Melichar: Include other CSU campus activity and best practices

Recommendations from the Campus Curriculum Committee in first reading:

BA in Child Development Pre-K to 3rd Grade, new program

Harvey moves – new program and discussed faculty, resources, scale and they can draw. Concerns addressed with the committee, one abstention.

BA in Women and Gender Studies, Reducing units > 20% from 39 to 30 units

Harvey moves – reduce number of units. Carefully considered each of the unit reductions. See the questions earlier

Minor in California Studies Reducing units >20% from 21 to 15 units

Harvey moves.

Minor in Pacific Asian Studies, Transfer Administrative Housing

Harvey moves and clarifies administrative housing. Discussed whether this was a re-organization and determined it did not reach that threshold.

Goldman: where was it and where will it be and rationale?

Harvey: MLL was old house, IR becomes new home; both in LCA.

Goldman: for future reorganizations like this. We would follow this and not the process for a major change using the restricting policy

Harvey: intra vs inter college is key to consider

From chat, guest Jane DeWitt said “This is not a reorganization - faculty aren’t moving around, just the program”

BS in Business, Concentration in Business Analytics

Harvey: concentrations must share calculus requirements and allows students to chose a path

Certificate in Teaching Post-Secondary Reading, Distance Education Authorization

BS in Hospitality and Tourism Management, Distance Education Authorization
Certificate in Teaching of Composition, Distance Education Authorization
MA in Composition, Distance Education Authorization
BA in Creative Writing, Distance Education Authorization

Harvey batches and discusses the elements of each program that were examined

Revision of the charge to the All-University Committee on Disability (AUCD), S06-24 policy, submitted by that Senate Subcommittee.

Brought out of consent and moved to new business.

Stein: Clean up language to best reflect naming by tenure track or lecturer faculty.

Goldman: we will make that change and bring back in second reading next time

PRESENTATIONS

Dylan Mooney, Chair, Staff Council, member of Cost Recovery Governance Committee, “Brief review of Cost Recovery Policy.” Time approximate 3:30 PM. The Committee has drafted a Cost Recovery [aka “chargeback”] Policy, which can be viewed at Draft University Executive Directives and Policies Under Review website until Tuesday 23 May. Comments and feedback can be submitted using the Feedback: University Executive Directives and Policies online tool. For assistance, contact policies@sfsu.edu.

Link to policy under discussion: https://adminfin.sfsu.edu/draft-under-review

Mooney: looking for feedback. Historically confusion around cost recovery and issue raised on UBC and committee charged by J Wilson, 25 members from all cabinet areas, staff, faculty, admin and 10 member steering committee and mandates that orgs who participate have a cost recovery policy. Sets minimum requirements and key definitions for common operation. Charge back is short hand but its not a term-of-art so cost recovery is preferred term. Gives units 6 months to create or update and then submit to oversight committee for approval and made publicly available and added to this policy. Current group becomes oversight group.

Goldman: if you think this might not be relevant to you, it is. Sensational we have a mechanism in place thanks to this committee.

Feedback portal: https://sfsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WyRvvMGyqGp2No

Guisselle Nunez, AVP Strategic Marketing & Communications, “Planned redesign of all SF State web sites.” Time approximate 3:40 PM.

Nunez: 3 year web content redesign focus on updating content strategy, search optimization, and retention and engagement with website as a whole. Project includes website architecture governance structure to help cohesion and systematic management. High level results from survey from as may stakeholders as possible. Chris Clark new director of college communications. Takeaways: untenable user journey, unmanageable content, need culture shift.

Goal: highly structured and organizational environment of 220+ subdomains in managed in governance structure for: web ownership, digital leadership, internal relationship, editorial process, and measurement.

Hellman: Importance of communicating clearly with stakeholders through this. The last redesign effort was a nightmare

Castillo: Is there money or personnel available to develop for different units?

Nunez: not sure but hopefully the process will be easier and its forefront of our mind!

Adjournment: Goldman adjourned at 4:23pm

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