Academic Senate
Special Academic Senate Townhall(PDF) Meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Agenda
of the Academic Senate Meeting
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Kellogg West - Auditorium (Building 77)
- Academic Senate Minutes – April 15, 2026
- Information Items
- Budget Committee ASI Report
3. Academic Senate Committee Reports
a. FA-005-256, Policy 1310 – Management Personnel Plan Appointments – Compliance Revisions – FIRST READING
b. AP-025-256, New State-Support Master of Science in Computer Engineering – FIRST READING
c. AP-018-245, MS in Materials Engineering – Support Mode Change (Self-Support to State- Support) – SECOND READING
d. AP-008-256, B.S. in Kinesiology – New Exercise Science Option – SECOND READING
e. AP-009-256, M.S. in Agriculture, Animal, Food, and Plant Sciences – Program Name, CSU Degree Code, and CIP Code Changes – SECOND READING
f. AP-013-256, Footwear Design and Merchandising Minor – Discontinuation – SECOND READING
g. AP-018-256, New Computational Linguistics Minor (Jointly proposed by EML and CS) – SECOND READING
h. AP-021-256, M.S. in Agriculture – Plant Science Option Discontinuation – SECOND READING
i. AP-022-256, M.S. in Agriculture – Agriculture Science Option Discontinuation – SECOND READING
j. AP-023-256, M.S. in Agriculture – Animal Science Option Discontinuation – SECOND READING
k. AP-024-256, New Minor in Artificial Intelligence – SECOND READING
l. AP-026-256, New Self-Support Counterpart of the Master of Science in Computer Science – SECOND READING
m. AA-007-256, University Curriculum Guide-Senate Approval – SECOND READING
n. GE-034-256, Satisfaction of the GE Area 1B (Critical Thinking) Requirement by Completion of the FYE Engineering Course EGR 1000/ 1000:L-SECOND READING
4. Emeritus Awards
Jeanne Alamaraz, Fereshteh Amin, Gregory Carlton, Eileen Cullen, Ben Dewald, Kathleen Earle, Judith Fusco, Mikhail Gershfeld, Ruth Guthrie, Kristy Hodson, David Horner, Drew Hwang, Xudong Jia, Raymond Kampf, David F. Kopplin, Carsten Lange, Gina Lawson Egan, Tim Lin, John Lloyd, Nancy Merlino, Massoud Moussavi, Michael Nasab, Brian Newman, Norali Pernalete, Ann Phong, George Proctor, Raj Singh, Laurie Starkey, Tracey Takeuchi, Robert Talmadge, Dianne Trinh, Owen Williams, Anne Wohlcke, Warren Wood, and Meng-Lai Yin
5. Honoring Retiring Senators
George Proctor - College of Environmental Design
Teresa Lloro - College of Education and Integrative Studies
Dennis Quinn - College of Education and Integrative Studies
Kang Hoon Sung - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Amiyah S. Ellsworth - ASI President/ Academic Senator
6. Seating of New Senators
a. Re-Elected Senators
Mario Guerrero - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Mohammad Husain - College of Science
Julie Shen - Library
Jonathan Puthoff - College of Engineering
Nicholas Von Glahn - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Corwin Aragon - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
b. New Senators
Eileen Wallis - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences
Rita Kumar - College of Business Administration (ASCSU Senator)
Paivi Hoikkala - College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences (ASCSU Lecturer Senator Electorate)
7. Voting on Degrees
8. Election of the Executive Committee
9. New Business
10. Old Business
a. Resolution for the University Ombuds Office(PDF)
11. Closing Comments
a. Chair-Elect Gregory Barding presents Resolution to Chair Peter Hanink
Faculty Emeritus Reception immediately following the Academic Senate Meeting...