THE MINUTES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO
Fresno, California 93740-8023
Office of the Academic Senate
FAX: 278-5745
Telephone: 278-2743
(EC-14)
January 28, 2013
Members Present:
Lynn Williams (Chair), Kevin Ayotte (Vice-Chair),
Provost William Covino, Magda Gilewicz (Atlarge), Melanie Ram (At-large), Shawn Clark
(ASI)
Excused Absent:
Jacinta Amaral (State-wide), Gena Gechter
(University-wide), Michael Jenkins (At-large),
President John Welty
Visitors:
Venita Baker, Michael Botwin, Michael Caldwell,
Bruce Whitworth, Eugene Zumwalt
The meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m. by Chair Williams in ML
2108.
1.
Agenda.
MSC to approve the Agenda.
2.
Minutes of 12/3/12 and 12/10/12.
MSC to approve the minutes of 12/3/12.
Typos will be corrected in the minutes of 12/10/12. MSC to
approve the minutes of 12/10/12 as amended.
3.
Communications and Announcements.
A.
Online Self-Paced Writing Tutorial.
Provost Covino summarized a pilot online self-paced
writing tutorial developed by Dr. Asao Inoue, Technology
Innovations for Learning & Teaching (TILT), and the
Division of Continuing and Global Education (CGE). The
tutorial is intended to help address the bottleneck of
students who have not passed the Upper-Division Writing
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Skills (UDWS) exam and cannot enroll in a “W” course
because of insufficient seats available.
B.
Supplemental Writing Instruction.
Provost Covino described a collaborative effort involving Dr.
Asao Inoue (English) and Senator Gilewicz (English) to
survey the various supplemental writing programs
currently on campus and explore options for greater
coordination of services and information provided to
students. Two consultants from the national Writing
Across the Curriculum organization will be brought to
campus to assist with this project.
C.
Public Safety.
Provost Covino announced that he will be holding a forum
to address concerns from the campus community
regarding public safety.
D.
120 Unit Degree Cap.
Provost Covino stated that the Board of Trustees has
approved a 120 unit maximum for Bachelor’s degrees. Few
programs at Fresno State exceed the cap, and the provost
will work directly with those programs to address the new
requirement.
E.
Spring 2013 Enrollment.
Provost Covino stated that Fresno State is currently at
106% of its spring enrollment target. Part of that figure
reflects 507 students retained from fall to spring, reflecting
the effect of student success efforts.
F.
Memo dated December 14, 2012, from Alma Major, Chair Faculty
Executive Committee to R. Lynn Williams, Chair of the Academic
Senate re: Articles of Governance for CAST.
This item will be placed on the next Agenda of the Executive
Committee.
G.
Email dated December 12, 2012, from Diana Guerin, CSU Senate
Chair to Campus Senators re: ASCSU Constitutional Amendment.
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A ballot re: this item will be distributed to the faculty.
H.
Memo dated December 13, 2012, from Dr. John V.H. Constable,
Chair of the University Budget Committee re: Information
Technology Strategic Plan.
This memo will be forwarded to the Academic Information
Technology Committee of the Senate for consideration with
the draft IT Strategic Plan.
I.
Memo dated January 7, 2013, from John D. Welty, President re:
Information Technology Security Committee. Memo has been
received.
A call for service on this committee will be distributed to the
faculty.
J.
Email dated January 3, 2012, from Peter Smits, Vice President for
University Advancement re: Welty Celebration Committee. Email
has been received.
This item will be announced during the Communications
and Announcements at the 1/28/12 Senate meeting.
K.
Memo dated August 9, 2012, from John D. Welty, President re:
Interim Revised Policy and Procedures for Fingerprinting and
Conducting Background Checks (APM 315). Memo has been
received.
Vice Chair Ayotte will confirm the history of this item to
determine if the Senate Personnel Committee has reviewed
this latest draft.
4.
Draft Web Policy. Second Reading.
Bruce Whitworth presented revisions made to the proposed
policy since the first reading.
MSC to place this item on the next Agenda of the Academic
Senate.
5.
APM 243 Student Academic Petitions. Second Reading.
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Senator Botwin (Psychology) reviewed proposed revisions and
rationale for them.
Friendly amendments were offered and accepted to delete
reference to “teaching” faculty, to restrict membership on the
Student Academic Petitions Committee to tenured/tenure-track
faculty, to change “a representative of the Office of the
Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs” to “the Dean of
Undergraduate Studies,” and to change “Graduate Council” to
“Graduate Committee of the Academic Senate.”
MSC to refer the policy to the Student Academic Petitions
Committee for review.
6.
Graduating with Honors. Second Reading.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for Second Reading.
7.
APM 360 – Policy on Sabbatical and Difference in Pay.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for First Reading.
8.
APM 206 – Technology-Mediated Instruction.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for First Reading.
9.
APM 235 – Honor Code.
Item will return on the next agenda of the Executive Committee
for First Reading.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:55 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