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-9)
December 6, 2010
Members Present: Michael Caldwell (Chair), Dawn Lewis, William Covino Gena Gechter, Thomas Holyoke, O. Harald Schweizer.
Members Absent: Jacinta Amaral (excused), Michael Botwin (excused)(excused), President John Welty (excused), Lynn Williams (excused), Pedro Ramirez (student)(excused).
Visitors: S. Brown-Welty, S. Hayes, P. Popma.
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 11/15/10.
3. Communications and Announcements. (Anyone wishing a copy of the items distributed or discussed, may contact the Academic Senate Office).
Information Item
A. An email (11/23/10) from Karen T. Carey, Dean Division of Graduate Studies, to Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Taking Zero Units off the agenda, was received.
Action Item
B. A memorandum (11/22/10) from John D. Welty, President to Dr. Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Search Committee for the Commission to Plan for the Future of University Development, was received.
Today’s Executive Session.
C. A memorandum (11/19/10) from Marilyn Wilson, Chair Graduate Committee to Dr. Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Option in Computer Engineering (CompE) for the Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) Degree Program, was received.
Executive Committee Agenda January 24, 2011.
D. A memorandum (11/30/10) from Marilyn Wilson, Chair Graduate Committee to Dr. Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Master’s Degree in Education with an Option in Reading Online, was received.
Executive Committee Agenda January 24, 2011.
E. A memorandum (11/29/10) from J. Constable, Chair University Budget Committee to Dr. Michael Caldwell, Chair Academic Senate re: Multiple Off-Campus Degree Program, Master of Arts in Education, Educational Leadership and Administration (Focus on pre K – 12 Administration) and the Preliminary Administrative Services Credential, was received.
Executive Committee Agenda January 24, 2011.
4. Doctorate in Educational Leadership Program – Bakersfield Campus – Graduate Committee - Second Reading.
Dr. Sharon Brown-Welty was present and informed the committee about the change in
the timeline for implementing the program.
Additional faculty at the Bakersfield campus have applied to act as program mentors
since the previous Executive Committee meeting.
MSC to approve the proposed Doctorate in Educational Leadership Program – Bakersfield Campus and forward to the Academic Senate for consideration.
5. Interim Policy and Procedures for Fingerprinting and Conducting Background Checks (APM315)–Personnel Committee.
Dr. Paula Popma, Chair of Academic Personnel Committee was present to discuss Personnel Committee’s recommendations. She discussed rationale for the background checks on faculty who work with minors. A lengthy discussion was held by the Committee members that included the potential for background checks on supervisors of student teachers, checking with Kremen College of Education’s policy regarding background checks on supervisors of student teachers, and cost and budgetary issues. Otto Schweizer recommended inviting Dr. Arthur Wint, Department of Criminology, to attend the next Committee meeting with this item on its agenda. The item will return for a second reading.
6. Executive Session.
MSC to move into Executive Session. (4:10 p.m. – 4:22 p.m.)
7. Returned to Open Session. (4:22 p.m.)
MSC to forward the following recommendations for committee vacancies:
Search Committee for the Chief Information Technology Officer
Ojoung Kwon, Ph.D. (Computer Information Systems)
Commission to Plan for the Future of University Develpment
Honora Howell Chapman, Ph.D. (Modern & Classical Languages and Literatures)
Cassandra L. Joubert, Sc.D. (Central California Children’s Institute, College of Health
and Human Services)
MSC to adjourn at 4:23 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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