SACReport to the Academic Senate

January 18, 2006

Members:Andre Kundgen (Chair), Manuel Arriaga, Ben Cherry, Melanie Chu, Moses Ochanji, Jorge Riquelme

Ex-officio:Ryan Iverson (ASI), Jonathan Poullard (AVP-SA), Aamara Ysrael (ASI)

  1. Student Honesty Policy (Due process and sanctions):After thorough deliberations SAC decided that at this time the policy appropriately addresses due process rights of students and faculty with regards to appeals of academic sanctions in cases of academic dishonesty. SAC thanks Brooks Reid for raising this issue and for taking the time to attend SAC meetings. SAC is still considering guidelines on disciplinary sanctions to improve their transparency.Faculty need to be educated better about academic misconduct issues, since that would encourage them to report more cases, and thus discourage repeat offenders.SAC will startvisiting department/college meetings to discuss issues of Academic Honesty.
  1. Student Research Competition:February 17, 2006is the deadline forstudents to submit theirentries to the Office of Graduate Studies & Research, Craven Hall 5210. The campus wide competition is on March 3, 2006. The system wide competition is on May 5-6, 2006 at CSU Channel Islands. Facultyshould actively recruit/encourage/sponsor students that have done well on projects/presentations/performances.
  1. Lottery proposals:Lottery Fund proposalsare due Tuesday January 31stto the Library/College/Unit for prioritization. SAC will submit list of approved proposals to Associate VP of Research in March. Approval letters will be sent out after funding for next fiscal year is finalized (June/July). SAC is developing guidelines for ranking university-wide proposals.
  1. Representation on related committees:
  2. Melanie Chu represented SAC on the Task force on Facilitating Graduation
  3. Jorge Riquelme represents SAC on Disability Access and Compliance Committee
  4. Andre Kundgen represents Academic Senate on Student Fee Advisory Committee
  1. Other agenda items:
  2. Encouraging faculty participation at commencement
  3. Encouraging student participation on Senate committees
  4. Composition of Grade Appeals Committee