Subject to changes and approval at March 9, 2004 meeting

Academic Senate

Tuesday, February 24th, 2004

Banquet Room- Administration Building

Minutes

 

1.                  Call to order

 

2.                  Approval of Agenda

 

3.                  Approval of Minutes from the previous Senate meeting

 

4.                  Intent to raise questions

 

5.                  Report from the Vice-President for Academic Affairs

 

6.                  Report from the Chair

 

7.                  Report from the Academic Senate CSU

 

8.                  See email

 

9.                  Announcements

 

10.              Adjournment

Attendance:  Mary Adler, Harley Baker, Terry Ballman, Julia Balen, Gary Berg, A.J. Bieszczad, Bob Bleicher, Damon Blue, Rainer Buschmann, Lillian Castaneda, Renny Christopher, C.B. Clairborne, Bill Cordeiro, Joanne Coville, Mary Ann Dase, Beatrice de Oca, Maria Denney, Amy Denton, Jesse Elliott, Nathanial Emerson, Scott Frisch, Matthew Furmanski, Jeanne Grier, Jorge Garcia, Ivona Grzegorczyk, Phil Hampton, Carol Holder, Joan Karp, Liz King, Jill Leafstedt, Steve Lefevre, Ted Lucas, Nancy Mozingo, Dennis Muraoka, Paul Rivera, Don Rodriguez, Sue Saunders, Greg Sawyer, Ira Schoenwald, Peter Smith, Jane Sweetland, Sarah Toner, Barbara Thorpe, Ashish Vaidya, Dan Wakelee, Amy Wallace, Ching-Hua Wang, Bill Wolfe.

 

Call to order

 

Approval of Agenda

Minutes were approved. Minutes from previous meeting were approved.

 

Intent to raise questions

Hampton raised concern regarding the communication being sent to part time lecturers.  He would like to know if temporary faculty are receiving information from the Senate meetings.

Buschmann would like to know if the $1200 available for travel funds can be used for international travel.

 

Report from the Vice-President for Academic Affairs

Ted Lucas reported the following:

      The Academic Master Plan sub-committees are working diligently as is the Enrollment Management Committee.

      Developing a Strategic plan for Academic Affairs has temporarily been replaced with developing a division website.  The library will be responsible for developing and maintaining this website.

      An Academic Resources Committee will be formed to advise the VPAA on the cost of developing new programs.

      The schedule template process is moving along slowly; the President would like a student friendly schedule in place by the end of the Spring semester.

 

Report from the Chair

Renny Christopher reported the following:

      The Agenda will be distributed in a new format from now on to allow the resolution of old business before new business is introduced.

      Per Simone Aloisio, Kristen Moss will be compiling a student event calendar, please send any notices to her. Event announcements will be posted in public areas such as classrooms and hallways.

      Rivera reported on a new policy template format being created to be used university wide for the submission of policies. The template will require that every area submit the same information; the President’s Council is scheduled to vote on the template at their March 8th meeting.

      Christopher attended the Statewide Senate Chairs meeting at which she was informed of the dire budget situations on most CSU campuses.  Some are facing layoffs of lecturers and possibly FERP professors as well.  Others have de-funded programs and are looking to cut their enrollment numbers by approximately 1500 students.

      The 45/15 transfer plan also generated much discussion. This transfer agreement will require every campus to have a common lower division core for every major, across all the CSUs.

 

Responses to previous intent to raise questions:

      The question regarding childcare is a university wide concern, Art Flores has indicated he will create a task force made up of students, staff, and faculty to address this issue.

      In response to the question regarding the paintings in Kitchen #2, Joanne Coville has indicated that nothing has been destroyed and that the money collected from renting the facilities goes into a reserve to be used for capital expenses.

 

 

 

Reports from Senate Standing and Advisory Committees

 

Senate Executive

      None

Committee on Centers

      None

Committee on Committees

      None

Curriculum

      None

Faculty Affairs

      None

General Education

      None

Fiscal Policies

      None

Strategic and Tactical Planning

      None

Faculty Development

      -An email will be sent out requesting proposals for mission related travel.

 

Report from WASC Committee

Muraoka reports that the committee has been busy developing materials from which they will write the educational effectiveness report. Approximately 50 task forces have been created to assist in the development of this report. Additional participation from students is still being sought; the final report is due on July 22nd.

 

Old Business
Senate Resolutions

      SR 03-08 Characteristics of CSUCI Graduates (second reading)

            Vote Results:      Resolution passed, 26 yes, 2 no.

SR 03-09 Criteria for placing programs on the Master Plan (second reading)

Cordeiro offered a friendly amendment indicating the term “criteria” should be changed to “guidelines”, the amendment was accepted.

                                    ote Results:            Resolution passed.

                        SP 03-04 Policy on Undergraduate Unit Load (second reading)

                                    Vote Results:  Passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-05 Policy on Adds (second reading)

                                    Vote Results: Passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-06 Policy on Student Leaves (second reading)

                                    Vote Results: Passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-07 Policy on Withdrawals (second reading)

                                    Vote Results: Policy passed with 23 yes, 2 abstentions

and 3 opposed.

                                    There was discussion regarding the 3 week allowance

for students to drop.

                        SP 03-08 Librarian-Related Activities

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed with one abstention

                                    Amendments were proposed and accepted.

                        SP 03-15 MS Biotechnology and Bioinformatics

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed with 26 yes and 3 no.

                                    Amendments to text were proposed and accepted.

                        SP 03-16 Policy on Internships

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-17 Incomplete Grade Policy

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-18 Policy on Semester Honors

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed unanimously.

                        SP 03-19 Wait List Policy

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed unanimously.

                        Toner questioned what happened after a student was added to a waitlist;

Damon Blue answered that they were automatically added to the class upon availability and it was up to the student to check their own schedule periodically.

                        SP 03-20 GE Multicultural criteria

                                    Vote Results:  Policy passed with one abstention.

 

New Business

Schedule Template (first reading)

            Moved by Hampton, seconded by Rivera. De Oca concerned with the amount of time the University Hour seems to take away from teaching each week.

 

Announcements

Liz King, on behalf of Irina Costache, invites everyone to attend the Symposium on Chinese Art and Culture at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, scheduled to take place on Saturday, March 6th.

                                    Ashish Vaidya reminds everyone that the campus will celebrate

                        International week beginning March 8th, thru the 11th.

                                    Joan Peters invites everyone to the “Santitos” movie screening and

                        author presentation, Maria Amparo Escandon, 2/24, at 7:00 p.m.

                                    Ching Wang informed everyone that Amgen had donated $200,000

                        in equipment to the University.

 

Adjournment: 3: 07 p.m.