Academic Senate

Service Opportunities

The Academic Senate is accepting nominations for the 2025-2027 CSU Faculty Trustee.  The position of Faculty Trustee is a 12-month, full-time position involving full release from campus responsibilities. Except in unusual circumstances, the Faculty Trustee should not be engaged in teaching, service, or other administrative or union duties during the term of office. The duties of Faculty Trustee include attending all Board of Trustee and Trustee Committee meetings, as well as the ASCSU plenary and ASCSU Executive Committee meetings (as a guest). The Faculty Trustee serves a two-year term and normally visits several campuses during the term to meet with faculty and discuss Board of Trustee actions.

According to AS-3315-18/EX PDF), the criteria for nominees is as follows:

  1. Candidates shall have demonstrated records of excellence in teaching, professional achievement and university service.
  2. Candidates shall possess experience in academic governance in the California State University.
  3. The appointed faculty trustee shall not be a member of the Academic Senate of the California State University (CSU). Should the faculty trustee be a member of the Academic Senate of the CSU at the time of appointment, senator status shall be rescinded automatically.
  4. Candidates must be citizens of the United States and faculty members who are tenured at the California State University campus at which they teach. Candidates shall not hold any administrative position other than department chair or equivalent at the time of nomination and appointment.
  5. Questions as to definitions and eligibility shall be resolved by the Academic Senate of the CSU.

Selection criteria for the CSU Faculty Trustee:

  1. The Faculty Trustee Recommending Committee shall screen the original list of nominees and develop recommendations with supporting information. The committee shall present at least two candidates for nomination to the Senate. The nominee recommendations of the committee shall be made available to the Academic Senate of the CSU at the January plenary session.
  2. Selection of nominees for the post of faculty trustee shall be made at the March meeting of the Academic Senate of the CSU immediately preceding the end of the tenure of the incumbent faculty trustee. The Academic Senate of the CSU, acting in executive session, chaired by the Chair of the Faculty Trustee Recommending Committee, shall designate the final nominees by secret ballot or secret electronic method.
  3. Prior to voting, nominees will be interviewed in Executive Session by ASCSU.  Interview procedures may be as follows:
    1. Trustee nominee finalists should be available in person at the plenary session in which interviews and voting take place (typically March).
    2. Trustee nominee finalists should be asked the same questions and provided with the same time limits.
    3. Questions of finalists should be clearly displayed on the screen for both the nominees and the senators to consult during answers.
    4. To avoid unfair advantage to any nominee finalist, the order of speaking should be rotated; at the start of the interview process, the initial order of speaking will be randomly determined.
  4. The Chair of the Academic Senate of the CSU shall forward the names of the designated nominees to the Governor.

Interested tenured faculty members shall provide the following information in a single pdf file to senate@cpp.edu by Friday, January 31, 2025:

  1. Completed Faculty Trustee Nomination Form (PDF)
  2. A current vita structured to address the eligibility criteria
  3. A statement of no more than 500 words expressing your views of the position.
  4. A narrative of no more than 250 words providing evidence of teaching excellence.
  5. A narrative of no more than 250 words providing evidence of professional achievement.
  6. A narrative of no more than 250 words providing evidence of university-level and system-wide service.
  7. Names, addresses, and telephone numbers of five references.

If you should have any questions, please contact the ASCSU office at ASCSUoffice@calstate.edu.

 

The Executive Committee of the Academic Senate is recruiting members for the 2024-2025 Academic Senate standing committees.  At this time all vacancies are “at-large” and any constituency is welcome to volunteer.  The Bylaws of the Academic Senate (PDF) provide information on the standing committees. Standing Committees meet Wednesdays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. except for Wednesday when Academic Senate meetings are scheduled. The members of the standing committees shall be appointed by the Executive Committee and serve a one-year term.   

The following committee vacancies are available:

  • Academic Affairs - 2 vacancies
  • Academic Programs - 2 vacancies
  • Elections and Procedures - 1 vacancies
  • Faculty Affairs - 2 vacancies

According to the Academic Senate Constitution, Article II, Section 3 (G), unit 3 representation on University Committees should only be assigned by the Senate. Eligible unit 3 members are probationary and tenured faculty, full-time temporary faculty (lecturers), librarians, counselor faculty, coaches, and FERP faculty with a 0.5 base for two semesters.

 If interested, please fill out the Standing Committee Preference form and please indicate more than one preference (in case your first preference cannot be accommodated).  Deadline:  Until Positions are Filled