Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate FAX: 278-5745
Telephone: 278-2743 (EC-15)
March 21, 2011
Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, Jacinta Amaral, William Covino, Gena Gechter, Thomas Holyoke, Pedro Ramirez (studend member), O. Harald Schweizer, President John Welty, Lynn Williams, Michael Botwin (ex-officio)
Visitors: V. Baker, C. Edmondson, D. Nef, F. Schreiber
The meeting was called to order at 3:02 p.m. by Chair Caldwell in the Library Conference Room 2108.
1. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda.
2. Approval. MSC to approve the Minutes of 3/14/11.
3. Communications and Announcements.
Communication Item
A. President Welty gave an update on the 2011-2012 budget. Ideas and suggestions for how Fresno State could reduce costs, improve efficiency, or progress towards excellence submitted from the community are available on the Budget Central website. A framework of the university’s budget plan is expected in April.
B. President Welty announced the Department of Athletics is expected to have a budget shortfall and discussed potential solutions.
C. President Welty fielded questions regarding changes in the men’s basketball’s coaching staff. Chair Caldwell announced that Dean Karen Carey, Division of Graduate Studies and Faculty Athletic Representative, will serve on the search committee for the new Head Coach of the men’s basketball program.
D. Provost Covino announced the Academic Affairs Budget Advisory Task Force will be
formed. Dr. Covino described the committee’s composition, charge, and timeline for
completion and submitting its final report. The Executive Committee will send a call
for the names of four (4) tenured/tenure-track faculty to serve on the task force.
Action Item
E. Memorandum (3/14/11) from Christine Edmondson, Chair, Student Affairs Committee,
to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Policies and Procedures Student Academic
Petitions Committee APM 243. Memo has been received.
Next Executive Committee Agenda.
F. Memorandum (3/16/11) from Dennis Nef, Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Discontinuation of the Environmental Sciences Joint Program with University of California Riverside. Memo has been received.
Next Executive Committee Agenda.
4. Proposed Policy for Undergraduate Majors and Minors – Second Reading.
Dean Dennis Nef, Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and Dr. Christine Edmondson, Chair, Student Affairs Committee, were present to discuss the revisions to the proposed policy and to answer Executive Committee members’ questions.
The Proposed Policy for Undergraduate Majors and Minors will return to the next Executive Committee agenda.
5. Policy on Office and Consultation Hours (APM 338)-Revised – Second Reading.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
6. Library Opposition to Inclusion in Active Directory.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
7. Policy on the Procedures and Guidelines for the Periodic Review of Academic Programs–APM 220.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
The minutes of the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate for March 21, 2011 continue on the next page.
8. Faculty Development Committee–APM 357.
Item will return to the next Executive Committee Agenda
9. Executive Session.
There was no Executive Session.
MSC to adjourn at 4:02 p.m.
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be announced.
An Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.
Submitted by: Approved by:
Dawn Lewis Michael Caldwell
Recording Secretary Chair
Academic Senate Academic Senate
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