Senate Packet for November 1, 2011

Academic Senate packets are sent via campus mail to all members of the Senate and others by request, the Friday prior to the next scheduled meeting. If you would like to request a printed copy of the Senate packet, please contact the Senate Office at x3657.

Agenda (.pdf) for printing

  • Approval of Minutes from the Meeting of October 18, 2011
  • Reports, Announcements, and Communications of the Chair
  • Reports of Standing Committees, Statewide Senators, and Ex-officio Members (written reports, if provided, may be found in the packet immediately following the agenda)
  • Consent Calendar from the Integrated Curriculum Committee (ICC) – (see page 2-3 of the Agenda for the list of items)
  • TIME CERTAIN: 4:15-4:30 – Open forum for the campus community (Procedures for Humboldt Academic Senate Open Forum are available at: http://www.humboldt.edu/senate/)

SUMMARY OF ACTION TAKEN AT THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 18, 2011:

  • Resolution Regarding Appendix J, Section VIII: Procedures for Peer Review Committees (#02-11/12-FA) (Second Reading) – Passed Unanimously ; to be forwarded to the General Faculty for vote.
  • Resolution to Establish a Task Force to Address Issues with Department/Unit RTP Criteria and Standards (#03-11/12-EX) (Second Reading) – Passed.
  • M/S (Yarnall/Van Duzer) that the Academic Senate of Cal Poly Humboldt establish a task force to investigate the faculty views of Appendix J changes made in 2007/08, including removal of the ‘equal and compensatory’ language, and recommend changes to Appendix J if the investigation warrants changes by April 1, 2012. – Passed without dissent.

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