These Minutes are subejct to changes and approval by the Senate at the September 30, 2003 meeting.
AGENDA
ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003
- Call to order
- Approval of the Agenda
- Approval of the Minutes from the previous Senate meeting
- Intent to raise questions
- Report from the President
- Report from the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
- Report from the Chair
- Reports from Senate Standing Committees:
- Senate Executive:
- Committee on Committees
- Announcements
- Adjournment
- Call to order
Chair Renny Christopher called the meeting to order at 1:08 p.m.
Attendance: Virgil Adams, Mary Adler, Simone Aloisio, Frank Barajas, Gary Berg, Renny Christopher, Joanne Coville, Beatrice de Oca, Maria Denny, Scott Frisch, Jorge Garcia, Sarah Toner, Jeanne Grier, Ivona Grzegorczyk, Phillip Hampton, Nian-Sheng Huang, Antonio Jimenez-Jimenez, Joan Karp, Jacquelyn Kilpatrick, Liz King, Jill Leafstedt, Steve Lefevre, Ted Lucas, Nancy Mozingo, Dennis Muraoka, Joan Peters, Paul Rivera, Greg Sawyer, Ira Schoenwald, Peter Smith, Steve Stratton, Barbara Thorpe, Ashish Vaidya, Dan Wakelee, Amy Wallace, Ching-Hua Wang, Mark Zacharias.
- Approval of the Agenda: It was moved by Karp and seconded by Hampton to approve the agenda.
- Approval of the Minutes from the previous Senate meeting: It was moved by Hampton and seconded by Karp to approve the minutes of the previous meeting.
- Intent to raise questions: None.
- Report from the President: Ted Lucas reported the following:
President Rush is currently attending a Board of Trustees meeting in which he
hopes to receive information regarding the amount of funds the campus can
expect to receive for the Academic Affairs area. The funds received will be
spent on priorities previously designated by the faculty. He will also inquire
as to whether the campus enrollment will be allowed to grow next year.
- Report from the Vice-President for Academic Affairs:Ted Lucas reported the following:
- The Articulation Officer position currently located under Student Affairs will now report to Academic Affairs. Academic Affairs will also be coordinating the Transfer Orientation this year, Sue Saunders will take the lead in coordinating the project.
- "Rumor Busting" continues this Thursday, noon, in the Science Building.
- Report from the Chair: Renny Christopher reported the following:
- Christopher reported on the current membership of University-wide committees and indicated a need to update membership lists.
- Christopher will be putting together a task force, headed by Dean Lefevre, to create a schedule template, and it's charge will be:
The Task Force on the Schedule Template will propose to the Academic Senate a template of available course timeblocks which may confirm or update SP 4-01; one issue the Task Force will consider is the creation of a “university hour” during which no classes meet. The Task Force will make the needs of students primary in its considerations.
The Task Force will consist of Dean Steve LeFevre, (plus another to be designated by him) and three faculty members.
- Reports from Senate Standing Committees:
- Senate Executive:
- Second Reading Item; Revision of By-laws
[ amended ] &
Constitution : The articles will be voted on one at a time, and become effective when passed with a 2/3 majority vote. The provisions will not be retroactive.
- Constitution changes
- Article 1 (section 6): Institutional Support. Motion passed unanimously.
- Article 2 (section 6): The Executive Committee. Muraoka offered a friendly amendment, re-wording the proposed changes. The amendment was accepted and incorporated. Motion passed.
- By-Laws
- Article 2: Faculty Membership. Motion failed - Senate will remain a Senate of the whole.
- Article 3: Senate Officers. Hampton made a motion to replace the revised parts 2 and 3 with the original 2 and 3, keeping the wording the same and deleting the term "Chair-elect" everywhere in the article. Muraoka seconded the amendment. Amendment passed unanimously. Motion passed.
Quorum was lost, and the meeting was adjourned at 1:24 p.m.