TO: Members of the Academic Senate s1

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

Academic Senate Agenda May 4, 2015

2 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)

Aademic Senate Agenda May 4, 2015

3 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)

Academic Senate Agenda April 27, 2015

Consent Calendar

4 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)