April 30, 2015
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Members of the Academic Senate
FROM:
Thomas Holyoke, Vice Chair
Academic Senate
RE:
Academic Senate Agenda – May 4, 2015
There is a meeting of the Academic Senate scheduled for Monday,
May 4, 2015 at 4:00 p.m., in the 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 4/27/15.
3.
Communications and Announcements.
a. Budget Presentation - Clint Moffitt and Debbie
Astone (4:15p.m.)
4.
Installation of New Senator.
5.
Consent Calendar.
A.
Nomination/Reappointments to the
Nominating/Election Committee.
B.
Nomination/Reappointment to the Committee for
Faculty Equity and Diversity (CFED).
C.
Nomination/Reappointment to the Student Affairs
Committee.
D.
Construction Management – Change Status from
Program to Department.
6.
New Business
7.
Resolution – Policy on Academic Freedom.
8.
APM 114 Policy on Faculty Consultation and Voting.
Personnel Committee. Second Reading.
9.
APM 125 Policy on Department Chairs. Personnel Committee.
10. APM’s 367 – Fresno State Affirmative Action Policy, 370 –
Discrimination Complaints (EO 419), 393 – Employee
Assistance Program Guidelines. Personnel Committee.
Second Reading.
11. APM 321 (Report of the Faculty Scholar Blue Ribbon
Committee). Personnel Committee. Second Reading.
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
May 4, 2015
4.
Installation of New Senator
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
Tarek Elarabi
Electrical and Computer Engineering
RE-ELECTED SENATOR
Ray Hall
Department of Physics
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Academic Senate Agenda
May 4, 2015
Consent Calendar
5.A. Nomination/Reappointment to Nominating/Elections
Committee(N/E) - Nominating/Elections Committee.
NOMINATION/ELECTIONS COMMITTEE
The Nominating/Elections Committee shall be composed of nine
faculty members nominations shall be made by the Executive
Committee and appointed by the Academic Senate. No more than one
faculty member will be from any one school or service area. Members
shall serve three year staggered terms.
.
Continuing Members
Bernadette Muscat (Chair) (SS)
Michael Tillman (L)
Tony Mowrer (A&H)
Patricia LaRosa (CSB)
Don Austin (JCAST)
Nomination for Appointment and Reappointment
Janine Spencer (H&HS) – Reappointed for a three-year term (2018)
Alicia Brown (E&HD) – Appointed for a three-year term (2018)
Maziar Ghazinejad (LCOE) - Appointed for a three-year term (2018)
Carmen Caprau (S&M) – Appointed for a three-year term (2018)
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Aademic Senate Agenda
May 4, 2015
Consent Calendar
5.B. Nomination/Reappointment to the Committee for Faculty
Equity and Diversity (CFED) - Nominating/Elections Committee.
COMMITTEE FOR FACULTY EQUITY AND DIVERSITY (CFED)
The Committee for Faculty Equity and Diversity shall be composed of
thirteen members, ten of whom shall be faculty members appointed
by the Academic Senate. There shall be one faculty member from
each school or service area. The Committee shall include
representation form protected groups. Members shall serve three
year staggered terms. A representative of the Administration shall be
the eleventh member. There shall be two student members
appointed by the Associated Students.
Continuing Members
Andrew Jones (Chair) (SS)
Suzanne Kotkin-Jaszi (H&HS)
Kathryn Biacindo (E&HD)
Nomination for Reappointment
Laurie Taylor (CSB) – Reappointed for a three-year term (2018)
Deify Law (LCOE) – Appointed for a three-year term (2018)
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Academic Senate Agenda
April 27, 2015
Consent Calendar
5.C. Nomination/Reappointment to the Student Affairs Committee Nominating/Elections Committee.
STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
The Student Affairs Committee shall be composed of eleven members,
seven of who shall be faculty members appointed by the Academic
Senate. No more than one faculty member shall be from any one
school or service area. Members shall serve three year staggered
terms. A representative of the administration shall be the eighth
member. Three student appointed by the associated students shall
complete the committee membership.
Continuing Members
David Drexler (Library)
Marianne Jackson (College of Science and Mathematics)
Balaji Sethuramasamyraja (Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences
and Technology)
Richard Wanjema (College of Arts & Humanities)
Leslie Weiser (SSP-AR)
Nomination for Appointment/Reappointment
Gil Kim (CSB) – Reappointment for a three-year term (2018)
Nancy Nisbett (H&HS) – Reappointment for a three-year term (2018)
Alicia Iriberri – (E&HD) – Appointment for a three-year term(2018)
Fariborz M. Tehrani (LCOE) – Appointment for a three-year term (2018)
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