October 22, 2015 MEMORANDUM TO: Members of the Academic Senate FROM: Thomas Holyoke, Vice Chair Academic Senate RE: Academic Senate Agenda – October 26, 2015 There is a meeting of the Academic Senate scheduled for Monday, October 26, 2015 at 4:00 p.m., in Library Auditorium, Room #2206. ~(APM) Attachments are on the Academic Senate Website~ http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/senate/senate-documents AGENDA 1. Approval of the Agenda. 2. Approval of the Minutes of 10/19/15. 3. Communications and Announcements. 4. Installation of New Senator. 5. New Business 6. APM 114 Policy on Faculty Consultation and Voting. Personnel Committee. Second Reading. 7. APM 125 Policy on Department Chairs. Personnel Committee. 8. APM 311 Policy on Teaching Associates. Personnel Committee. (Time Certain 4:45pm) 9. APM’s 367 – Fresno State Affirmative Action Policy, 370 – Discrimination Complaints (EO 419), 393 – Employee Assistance Program Guidelines. Personnel Committee. Second Reading. 10. APM 321 (Report of the Faculty Scholar Blue Ribbon Committee). Personnel Committee. Second Reading. 11. APM 132 Policy on Consultation Regarding the Implementation of California State University Executive Orders. Thomas Holyoke. 12. APM 253 Policy on Instructional Television Fixed Service – Academic Policy and Planning/APM 206 Interim Policies and Procedures on Technology Mediated Courses and Programs. Academic Policy and Planning. 13. Name Change – M.S. Animal Science to M.S. Agricultural Science. Graduate Committee. Academic Senate Agenda October 26, 2015 Page 2 14. Faculty Senate consideration of support for U.S. House Bill H.R. 275 – a bill to create a Presidential Commission to look into issues facing Intercollegiate Athletics. Michael G. Bowen, Chair Coalition on Intercollegiate Athletics (COIA). SENATORS WHO WISH TO MAKE AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, OR DELETIONS TO DOCUMENTS BEING DISCUSSED ON THE ACADEMIC SENATE AGENDA SHOULD PLEASE MAKE CHANGES IN WRITING. Academic Senate Agenda October 26, 2015 Page 3 4. Installation of New Senators This page contains the list of elected Department Senators. The installation of Senators is the official beginning of their terms in office. Upon installation of new Senators, outgoing Senators will no longer be able to vote. NEW SENATOR Carlos Perez Department of Chicano and Latin American Studies Department Vacancies Athletics (1 senator)