Subject to changes and
approval at May 18, 2004 meeting.
Academic Senate Meeting
Tuesday, May 4th,
2004-1:00 p.m.
Training Room-Administration
Building
Minutes
Attendance: Virgil Adams, Mary Adler, Simone Aloisio, Julia Balen, Gary Berg, A.J. Bieszczad, Bob Bleicher, Merilyn Buchanan, Lillian Castaneda, Renny Christopher, C.B. Claiborne, Bill Cordeiro, Joanne Coville, Beatrice de Oca, Amy Denton, Maria Denney, Jesse Elliott, Scott Frisch, Matt Furmanski, Jeanne Grier, Ivona Grzegorczyk, Phil Hampton, Nian-Sheng Huang, Joan Karp, Jacquelyn Kilpatrick, Liz King, Steve Lefevre, Ted Lucas, Nancy Mozingo, Paul Rivera, Don Rodriguez, President Rush, Sue Saunders, Peter Smith, Steve Stratton, Jane Sweetland, Barbara Thorpe, Amy Wallace, Ching-Hua Wang, Bill Wolfe.
1. Call to order: 1:06 p.m.
2.
Approval of the Agenda
-Report from ACIP was removed since Ashish Vaidya was unable to attend Senate.
3. Approval of the Minutes from the previous Senate meeting. Minutes posted at: http://senate.csuci.edu/AY2003/minutes/senate/minutes04-20-04.doc.
-Moved by Bleicher, seconded by Hampton. Minutes approved.
4.
Intent to raise questions
-None
5.
Report from the President
President Rush stressed three things:
-first was the importance of the Academic Master Plan being completed by the end of the term because it is used to drive plans for the rest of the campus.
-faculty hiring for the Fall semester needs to be addressed as well; Provost Lucas will be making a recommendation on an appreciable increase in faculty hires after the May revise which is expected around May 15th.
-The Broome library bids have come in and the lowest bid is still 37% over the allocated budget, which equals approximately 13 million dollars above the allotted amount. The cost of building materials (wood, drywall, and steel) has risen dramatically in the last few years and several other campuses are facing the same issues. The President discussed several different options which included waiting six months and going out for bids again, starting over from the beginning with a new design, or reworking the current design so that it is not so unique yet still maintains the look of the initial design. Currently the design calls for unique materials that have to be specially made; however, we have already attempted to contact the original design company for help with this but have been denied assistance. The most likely option will be to have new architects work to modify the current design so that it can be completed within the 35 million dollar budget that has currently been allocated. The Broome family will be consulted with the new design prior to going forward. Hampton questioned the impact the library delay would have on other construction projects on campus such as the Science Annex; Coville indicated that those will be on hold as well.
6.
Report from the Provost
Ted Lucas reported the following:
-There are plans to hire additional faculty in the fall but does not know what the appreciable number is at this time. Encourages input from faculty on how we should conduct the searches.
-The Academic Master Plan is the groundwork for all other campus plans; we need to complete that so others may begin their strategic planning. Please attend the June 1st retreat where we will begin the strategic planning process and discuss the future structure of academic programs.
-Academic Affairs also needs to create a 5-10 year strategic plan (allocation
of resources).
-Carol Holder is resigning at the end of this year; Lucas invites applications for her position from tenured faculty by Friday, May 7th. Ira Schoenwald’s position will also be posted on the web this week and has been restructured so that it deals strictly with faculty resources. A committee of 12 month faculty will be appointed over the summer to serve on the search committee for this position.
-The University Planning and Coordinating Council will be a high profile committee charged with the duty of aligning resources with the mission, goals and objectives of the university.
7.
Report from the Chair
Renny Christopher reported the following:
-The Academic Master Plan Steering committee will be meeting this week to discuss structure and ideas for the June 1st retreat; please refer suggestions to Christopher, Hampton, Lucas or Lefevre.
-Reminder that the next meeting (May 18) will be the last Senate meeting and there are several resolutions and policies on the Agenda so please be sure to attend and be prepared to vote.
8.
Nominations for Senate Officers
Per Jeanne Grier:
Chair - Renny Christopher
Vice Chair - Jeanne Grier
Secretary - Paul Rivera
Bob Bleicher
-Bill Wolfe nominated Ashish Vaidya for Senate Chair; Grier will verify with Vaidya if he is interested in running for the position.
-Voting will take place at the last Senate meeting scheduled for May 18th.
9.
Reports from the Senate Standing & Advisory
Committees:
Senate Executive
-No Report
Committee on Centers
-Will be bringing a proposal for the next meeting
Committee on Committees
-ballots are in your mailboxes, please vote by May 10th.
-ballots for part-timers are located at the ballot boxes.
Curriculum Committee
-No Report
Faculty Affairs
-Is bringing the RTP document forward for a first reading.
Fiscal Policies
-No Report
General Education
-No Report
Strategic and Tactical Planning
-No Report
Student Academic Policies and Procedures
-No Report
10.
Old Business
SP 03-26 Policy on Responsible
Use (Senate Exec) (Second Reading)
-The current IT management did not have any input in creating this document so they have asked that it be withdrawn so that they can create a new, more concise document. The Policy was withdrawn.
SP 03-27 Language and Multicultural Requirement (Curriculum) (Second Reading)
-This would replace the existing language.
Vote results: unanimously approved
11.
New Business
SR 03-11 Resolution on Academic Freedom (Senate Exec) (First Reading)
-The Statewide Senate has called on all campuses to pass similar resolutions regarding Academic Freedom. Hampton moved, Bleicher seconded.
SR 03-12 Senate Bylaws (revised) (Senate Exec) (First Reading)
-Changes are items that have come up throughout the year and need to be changed such as the Senate meeting times for next year. Cordeiro moves, Karp seconds. Christopher reviewed some of the proposed changes. There was discussion regarding individual programs being allowed to nominate and vote for their candidates as opposed to everyone being allowed to vote for representatives from every program.
-Buchanan spoke in favor of the proposal on behalf of the Committee on Centers. Grzegorczyk moved, Adler seconded.
-Brought forward by the OSRP advisory group. Grzegorczyk moved, Bleicher seconded. Grzegorczyk moved to move it to a second reading, Cordeiro seconded, approved to move to a second reading. Cordeiro moved to waive paper ballots, Grzegorczyk seconded, all approved.
Vote results: unanimously approved.
-C.B. Claiborne presented the amended document with the incorporation of suggested changes. Hampton moved, Rivera seconded.
-Proposed by OSRP, de Oca introduced the policy, specifying that it followed federal law. Grzegorczyk moved, Rodriguez seconded. Grzegorczyk moved to move it to a second reading, Cordeiro seconded; approved with one abstention. Mozingo proposed a friendly amendment to remove the word “scientific” throughout the document, except when in quotation. Grzegorczyk moved to waive the paper ballots; unanimously approved.
Vote results: Policy approved unanimously as amended.
-Grier moved, Balen seconded. De Oca introduced the policy indicating that it was a result of the Chancellor’s office request to limit the amount of units a student has when they graduate. The policy would limit the amount of times a student could repeat a course, the limit is 18 units of undergraduate classes. There were requests to limit the number of times you could repeat a course instead of limiting the amount of total units, Christopher reminded everyone that it could only be amended during a second reading.
- Grzegorczyk moved, Cordeiro seconded. De Oca spoke to the policy which limits the amount of times a graduate student can take a class. Karp would like to add sections 4 and 5 from the policy related to undergraduates to the graduate policy as well.
SP 03-34 Policy on Changing the Basis
for Grading
-de Oca introduced the policy. Cordeiro moved to waive the first reading, Grzegorczyk seconded, all approved. Grzegorczyk moved to waive paper ballots, all approved.
Vote results: Policy approved unanimously.
12. Announcements
-Amy Wallace encouraged everyone
to respond to the survey which will be sent out shortly by the University Web
sub-committee regarding the
University website.
-Bob Bleicher announced the summer orientation dates which are July 15, 29 and August 9. Faculty advising will be needed on those days; please contact him if you will be able to participate.
-Grier invited everyone to a pre-honors convocation gathering at her house.
-Lucas reminds everyone about the Honors Convocation and congratulates Maximus award nominees and winner Phil Hampton.
Adjournment: 2:46 p.m.