Minutes of the Academic Senate
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 North Maple Avenue, M/S Thomas 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate FAX: 278-5745
Ext. 278-2743 (AS-3)
September 20, 2010
Members Absent: A. Alexandrou (excused), I. Basurto, O. Benavides
(excused), D. Berkey, B. DerMugrdechian, A. Dinscore,
A. Espinoza,
S. Figlioli, D. Frazier, S. Fulop, L. Hauser, D. Herring
(excused), A.
Jassim, T. Johnson, K. Kurtural, S. Lee (excused),
S. Liu, M. Lowe
( excused), K. McCoy, S. Najmi, J. Peterson (excused),
R. Rai, S. Reeves,
W. Rice, D. Sharma, P. Trueblood (excused), C. Won,
D. Zhang, M. Zoghi.
A meeting of the Academic Senate was called to order by Chair Caldwell
at 4:05 p.m. in the Library Auditorium, Room 2206.
1. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda.
2. Approval. MSC to approve the Minutes of 9/13/10.
3. Communications and Announcements.
A. Statewide Senator Jacinta Amaral gave a report on the latest
Statewide Senate Plenary meeting. Several motions were
passed including the selection of a faculty trustee and a call
for sustainable support for the CSU. Meeting discussions
included Executive Order 1440 and California legislation AB
2446. Senator Amaral encouraged senators and faculty to
visit the statewide academic senate website at http://www.calstate.edu/AcadSen/.
B. Chair Caldwell announced that the Call for Nomination for
university committees has been disseminated. He asked
senators to encourage their faculty to run for positions.
C. Senator Jan Slagter (Women’s Studies) announced the
availability of international teaching experiences and
stipends. Contact Senator Slagter for more information.
D. Pedro Ramirez (Student Member) announced ASI’s initiative
to register 2,000 students to vote. Mr. Ramirez asked for
senators’ support by encouraging students in their courses
to register to vote. Mr. Ramirez also asked senators for
support at encouraging student involvement in University
committees.
E. Chair Caldwell thanked and recognized Pedro Ramirez for
getting students involved in University governance.
4. New Business.
There was no new business.
5. Consent Calendar.
A. Proposed Department of Agricultural Economics Name
Change.
Senator Lynn Williams (Agricultural Economics) presented
the rationale for the name change.
Since no objection was voiced, the item was approved
by consent.
6. Policy On Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness (APM 322) –
Personnel Committee – Second Reading – Continued.
MSC to accept an amendment to change the first sentence of
Section VII.B.2.a to read as follows:
“The department may require that students be given the
opportunity to provide comments in conjunction with
numerical student ratings.”
MSC to accept an amendment to revise Section VII.A.4.b to read
as:
“inform students of the purpose of the questionnaire, which
is to enhance teaching effectiveness and to provide
information that will contribute to staffing decisions
including retention, tenure, and promotion (if any);”
MSC to accept an amendment to add the following statement
after the first sentence of the heading Section VII.A.4:
“All proctors will receive standardized written instructions
on administering the forms as well as a written statement
about the use and processing of the evaluations to be read
to the students.”
7. Policy on Repeating Classes (APM233) –Student Affairs Committee.
The item will be placed on the next meeting agenda.
8. Updated Policies and Procedures for Addressing Discrimination,
Harassment, and Retaliation - Janette Redd Williams, Associate
Vice President, Academic Personnel.
The item will be placed on the next meeting agenda.
MSC to adjourn at 5:30 p.m.
The next scheduled meeting of the Academic Senate will be announced.
An Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.
Submitted by: Approved by:
Dawn Lewis Michael Caldwell
Vice Chair Chair
Academic Senate Academic Senate
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