April 25, 2013
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Members of the Academic Senate
FROM:
Kevin Ayotte, Vice Chair
Academic Senate
RE:
Academic Senate Agenda – April 29, 2013
There is a meeting of the Academic Senate scheduled for Monday,
April 29, 2013 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 4/22/13.
3.
Communications and Announcements.
4.
Installation of Senators
5.
Elections – Nominations – Nominating/Elections Committee
Executive Committee – Member-at-Large(2), Statewide,
University-wide. (Nominations from the floor)
6.
Consent Calendar.
A.
Proposed new MS options and Certificates of Advanced
Study in the Nursing Department of the College of
Health and Human Services – Graduate Committee.
7.
New Business.
8.
Interim Policies
 APM 332 – Personnel Committee. Second Reading.
 Blended/Accelerated Undergraduate and Graduate
Programs – Academic Policy and Planning Committee.
Second Reading.
9.
General Education Policies, Procedures and Program –
General Education Committee. Second Reading.
10. Department request to officially Discontinue Programs.
11. APM 302, 306, 307 – Personnel Committee.
12.
APM 357 – Personnel Committee.
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
April 29, 2013
4.
Installation of New Senators
The next page contains the list of newly elected Department Senators,
Re-elected Department Senators, and Department Vacancies.
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.
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NEW SENATORS
Kevin Lee
Department of Finance & Business Law
Lisa Herzig
Department of Food Science & Nutrition
Thomas Holyoke
Department of Political Science
Alex Alexandrou
Plant Science
DEPARTMENT VACANCIES
Aerospace
Athletics (1 Senator)
Communication – Ex Officio
Viticulture & Enology
Civil & Geomatics Engineering
Recreation Administration & Leisure Studies (in process)
Animal Science & Ag Education
English (1 Senator) (in process)
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Academic Senate Agenda
April 29, 2012
5.
Note:
Nominations for Executive Committee Member-at-Large will be as
follows:
Member-at-Large:
Two Vacancies
(One three-year term to 2016)
(One two-year term to 2015)
Statewide Member:
One Vacancy
(Three-year term to 2016)
University-wide Member:
One Vacancy
(Three-year term to 2016)
For Executive Committee elections only Academic
Senators are eligible to be nominated for Member-at-Large
positions; only Statewide Senators are eligible for
Statewide position; only University-wide Senators are
eligible for University-wide position.
Eligible Statewide Members: Otto Benavides and Loretta Kensinger.
Eligible University-wide Members: Diane Blair
Nominations for the Executive Committee Member-at-Large position
requires a nomination and second from the floor of the Senate. After the
nomination has been placed and seconded, the Chair of the
Nominating/Elections Committee, shall call upon the nominee, if present,
to state their intention to fill the position if elected. If in the affirmative,
they shall be declared a candidate. If the nominee is not present, the
nomination shall be noted. A written declaration of intent to fill the
position will be required of the nominee by Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in
the A.M. The nominee “...shall forward a Statement of Qualifications to
accompany the ballot...” Upon receipt of the Declaration, the nominee shall
then be certified as a candidate. A list of candidates will be forwarded to
the Senators prior to the April 29th meeting.
Note:
If one person is nominated, then that individual listed
above will be declared elected.
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