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-8)

November 15, 2010

Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, Gena
                                 Gechter, Thomas Holyoke, O. Harald Schweize
                                 Michael Botwin (ex-officio).

Members Absent: Jacinta Amaral (excused), William Covino
                                (excused), President John Welty (excused),
                                 Pedro Ramirez (student)(excused).

Visitors:                   M. Barakzai, S. Brown-Welty, S. Hayes, D. Nef,
                                M. Wilson.

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 11/8/10.
3. Communications and Announcements. (Anyone wishing a copy of
   the items distributed or discussed, may contact the Academic
   Senate Office).
   There were no communications and announcements.
4. Q-DOGS Task Force.
   Dr. Dennis Nef, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, gave an overview
   of QDOGS’ purpose and progress, and answered questions from
   the Executive Committee.
   MSC to move forward with the Q-DOGS Task Force
   recommendation to begin the pilot phase and to send to the
   Student Affairs, General Education and Strategic Planning
   committees for more thorough examination during the pilot
   phase.
5. Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN, Off-Campus Degree
   Program.
   Dr. Mary Barakzai was present to answer questions from the
   Executive Committee.
   MSC to approve the Bachelor of Science in Nursing RN-to-BSN,
   Off-Campus Degree Program and forward to the Academic
   Senate for approval.
6. Doctorate in Educational Leadership Program – Bakersfield
   Campus.
   Dr. Sharon Brown-Welty discussed the project including its
   budget, building a doctoral culture at CSU Bakersfield and faculty
   involvement at both campuses. The item will return for a second
   reading.
7. Zero Units – Graduate Committee.
   Dr. Marilyn Wilson, Chair of the Graduate Committee, explained
   the rationale for graduate students enrolling in “zero units”
   through Global and Continuing Education to maintain continued
   enrollment. Issues regarding “zero units” enrollment include 1) the
   units cannot be easily tracked and the policy enforced, 2) students
   not showing up as registered to their degree program, and 3)
   faculty do not receive FTE assignment for thesis and project
   supervision. The item will return for a second reading.
8. Interim Policy and Procedures for Fingerprinting and Conducting
   Background Checks (APM315) – Personnel Committee. The item
   will return to the next Executive Committee agenda.
9. Executive Session - There was no Executive Session.

MSC to adjourn at 4:00 p.m.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be December 6, 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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