THE MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate FAX: 278-5745
Telephone: 278-2743 (EC-2)
September 13, 2010
Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, Jacinta Amaral, William Covino, Gena Gechter, Thomas Holyoke, Pedro Ramirez (student), O.Harald Schweizer, President John Welty, Lynn Williams, Michael Botwin.
Member Absent: None.
Visitors: C. Edmondson, S. Hayes,
The meeting was called to order at 3:06 p.m.by Chair Caldwell in the Library Conference Room 2108.
1. Approval. MSC to approve the Minutes of 8/30/10.
2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda.
3. Communications and Announcements. (Anyone wishing a copy of the items distributed or discussed, may contact the Academic Senate Office).
Information Item
A. Provost Covino announced that the Databook will be produced on line.
B. President Welty announced the University Resources Planning and Advisory Committee’s purpose, charge and membership.
C. O. Harald Schweizer expressed concern for student email usernames and their reflection on the university. The issue will return to the Executive Committee on the next agenda.
Action Item
D. An email (8/31/10) from Thomas McClanahan, Associate Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs to Michael Caldwell, Chair, Academic Senate, re: Interim Policy – Intellectual Property, was received.
Forward to the Academic Policy & Planning Committee.
E. An email (7/9/10) from Dennis Nef, Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, to Michael Caldwell, Chair, Academic Senate, re: Teacher Education Policy (APM 225), was received.
Forward to the Academic Policy & Planning Committee.
F. Michael Caldwell, Chair, Academic Senate forwarded to the executive Committee re: Honor Code and Policy and Procedures on Cheating and Plagiarism, has been received.
Forward memorandum to the Student Affairs Committee.
G. A request from Dennis Nef, Associate Vice President and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, to Michael Caldwell, Chair, Academic Senate, re: Q DOGS has been received.
Today’s Agenda Item #6.
4. Proposed Department of Agriculture Economics Name Change.
MSC to add similar items to the Executive Committee agenda as a Communications and Announcement Action Item with a recommendation to move the item to the meeting’s Consent Calendar.
Lynn Williams, Faculty, Department of Agriculture Economics discussed the Proposed Department of Agriculture Economics name change to Department of Agriculture Business.
MSC to move the Proposed Department of Agriculture Economics name change to the Academic Senate consent calendar.
5. Policy on Repeating Classes (APM 233)-Second Reading-Continued – Student Affairs.
Christine Edmondson, Chair of the Student Affairs Committee, gave an overview of the committee’s changes to the policy and revisions suggested by the Executive Committee.
MSC: to move the Policy on Repeating Classes (APM 233) with the memorandum (4/30/10) from Christine Edmondson, Chair of the Student Affairs Committee to Michael Caldwell, Chair of the Academic Senate re: APM 233 – Policy Repeating Courses attached to the Academic Senate agenda.
6. Qualities Desired of Graduating Seniors (Q Dogs) – Executive Committee.
Michael Caldwell recommended the Q Dogs Task Force. The Task Force would consist of five (5) full-time faculty members; two from the General Education Committee, two from the Student Affairs Committee, and one from the Executive Committee.
The Committee will discuss this recommendation at the next Executive Committee meeting after reviewing the document.
7. Executive Session.
MSC to move into Executive Session to discuss personnel matters. (3:40 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.)
8. Returned to Open Session. 3:50 p.m.)
MSC to forward the following recommendations for committee vacancies:
Grants and Research Advisory Board (GRAB)
Tamas Forgacs (Mathematics) three-year term
President’s Committee on Disabilities
Cheryl Hickey (Physical Therapy) one-year term
David Smith (Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies) two-year term
FACEL Committee
Return to the next Executive Committee Executive Session agenda.
MSC to adjourn at 4:02 p.m.
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be September 20, 2010. 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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