Minutes of the Student Affairs Committee
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
5241 N. Maple Avenue, M/S TA 43
Fresno, California 93740-8027
Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743
March 16, 2011
Members Present: C. Edmonson (Chair), L. Burgos, C. Coon, A. Fiala, N. Nisbett, D. Pavlovich, W. Skuban, A. Stratemeyer, L. Weiser
Visitors: None
Members Absent: K. Fugelsang (Excused)
The meeting was called to order by Chair Edmonson at 10:00 a.m. in Thomas Administration, room #117.
1. Minutes. MSC to approve the Minutes of 2/9/2011
2. Agenda. MSC to approve the Agenda with amendment: to add a discussion of Executive Committee response to Changing Majors Policy.
3. Communication and Announcements
a. Several memos from the committee have gone to the Executive Committee.
b. Need a representative for the FACEL committee (Wednesday afternoons).
c. Update on Student Success Task Force.
- Symposium on Remediation in English will be held on April 15.
d. College Anxiety Screening day was a success, with approximately 230 students being
screened.
e. A proposal was presented to the Council of Chairs to change Faculty Consultation
Days in order to create an Advising Day(s) during the semester
4. New Business
a. Executive Committee response to Class Size Memo
- Christine Edmonson has revised the memo.
- The Student Affairs Committee will invite representatives from the Academic Policy
and Planning Committee and Budget Committee to discuss this at a future meeting.
- Members of the Student Affairs committee will consult with our respective Deans.
b. Discussion of Changing Majors policy
- Dennis Nef will re-write the policy based upon some of the committee’s concerns
and resubmit to the Executive Committee.
c. Discussion of Graduation Initiative Memo
MSC to adjourn at 10:50 a.m.
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