THE MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(AMENDED)
OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate
FAX: 278-5745
Telephone: 278-2743
(EC-19)
March 11, 2013
Members Present:
Lynn Williams (Chair), Jacinta Amaral (Statewide), Kevin Ayotte (Vice-Chair), Provost William
Covino, Magda Gilewicz (At-large), Michael
Jenkins (At-large), Melanie Ram (At-large),
President John Welty
Excused Absent:
Gena Gechter (University-wide)
Visitors:
Venita Baker, Dean Sharon Brown-Welty,
Michael Botwin, Paul Crosbie, Andrew Lawson
The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by Chair Williams in ML
3212.
1.
Agenda.
MSC to approve the Agenda.
2.
Minutes of 3/4/13.
Senator Ram (At-large) requested changes to the record of her
statement re: APM 235.
MSC to approve the minutes of 3/4/13 as amended.
3.
Communications and Announcements.
A.
2013-14 Budget.
President Welty announced that the Board of Trustees will
review proposals for the allocation of $125 million in new
dollars next week. These proposals include $48.2 million
for mandatory cost increases, 38 million for a
compensation pool (1.2%), $21.7 million for increased
enrollment, $7.2 million for student success, and $10
million for online education.
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B.
Power Outages.
President Welty called attention to the planned power
outage for several campus buildings during spring break.
These buildings will be inaccessible for several days.
C.
Travel and Expenditure Freeze to be Relaxed.
President Welty stated that Vice President Matson will soon
distribute a memo lifting some of the travel and
expenditure freezes.
D.
Dean of Graduate Studies.
Provost Covino announced that the term of the interim
Graduate Dean appointment is ending but that the
university is not yet in a position to appoint a new dean.
He plans to begin a search in fall 2013 and Dr. Sharon
Brown-Welty has agreed to stay on as Interim Dean of
Graduate Studies through the completion of the search.
E.
Faculty Representatives to Search for Associate Vice
President for University Communications.
An email dated March 7, 2013 from Gwen Burks, Executive
Assistant to the Vice President for University Advancement
to Vice Chair Ayotte requesting the Senate to nominate 2
faculty representatives to the Search Committee for
Associate Vice President for University Communications
has been received.
Vice Chair Ayotte will distribute a call for nominations to
the faculty this week.
4.
APM 235 Honor Code. Second Reading.
Discussion ensued re: grade substitution in cases of
plagiarism/cheating, as well as the need for consistency between
the pull-down menus in the electronic report form and the
examples described in the policy. Senator Botwin (Chair, AP&P)
stated that AP&P can include a memo with the policy requesting
that Student Affairs revise the pull-down menus when the policy
is finalized
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Vice Chair Ayotte stated that item #1 in Appendix C section D.1.
(preventing students found guilty of cheating/plagiarism from
participating in student ratings of instruction) may unjustly
deprive students of rights. Discussion ensued. Senator Botwin
stated that this item will be deleted.
APM 235 will return on the next agenda of the Executive
Committee for continued second reading.
5.
Professional Science Master’s Degree in Water Resources
Management. First Reading.
Dr. Sharon Brown-Welty (Dean, Graduate Studies) presented the
new program. She noted approval by the University Graduate
Committee, the Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee, and that
all courses for the online program have been approved by
Technology Services.
Chair Williams encouraged additional consultation with the
Agricultural Economics Department to consider other faculty
who may have expertise to teach in the program.
MSC to waive second reading and send the policy to the
Academic Senate. This item will appear on the next agenda of
the Academic Senate.
6.
General Education (GE) Policy, Procedures, and Program
Description Revisions. First Reading.
Dr. Paul Crosbie (Chair, GE Committee) and Dr. Andrew Lawson
presented the revisions and rationale for them.
Senator Ram (At-large) asked about the need for consultation
with various levels of review (department, Dean, etc.) for any
request for an exception to GE requirements. Discussion
ensued. Chair Williams suggested adding language to ensure
that consultation at all levels of curricular change review is
required.
Senator Amaral (State-wide) asked if course enrollment limits
are maintained in this revision. Dr. Crosbie answered yes,
stating that the GE Committee had reviewed compliance in
upper-division GE courses this year and will review lowerdivision GE enrollment compliance next year.
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Senator Gilewicz *At-large) raised a concern re: the phrasing of
Area A2 learning outcomes and asked for clarification.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for Second Reading.
7.
Articles of Governance for College of Agricultural Sciences &
Technology (CAST). First Reading.
Chair Williams summarized changes in the membership,
description, and responsibilities of the University Agricultural
Laboratory Committee.
MSC to waive second reading and recommend the CAST Articles
of Governance for approval.
Item will be sent to President Welty for final approval.
8.
Executive Session.
The Committee entered executive session at 4:32pm and
returned from executive session at 4:34.
MSC to nominate Dr. Arun Nambiar (Industrial Technology) and
Dr. R. Yazdipour (Finance) for the Information Technology
Security Committee.
9.
Faculty Development Committee. First Reading.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for First Reading.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:35 p.m.
The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be announced.
An Agenda will be distributed prior to the meeting.
Submitted by:
Kevin J. Ayotte
Vice-Chair
Academic Senate
Approved by:
Lynn Williams
Chair
Academic Senate