This page is only a beginning. In the future we plan to have a searchable database of Senate resolutions. For now, they will be posted in chronological order beginning with the most recent resolution passed by the Senate.

10/29/09 - Resolution on a Diversity Coordinator for Academic Affairs

10/15/09 - Resolution Recognizing the Work of the Senate's Ad-Hoc Diversity Committee

9/17/09 - Faculty Response to Four Day Schedule

5/21/09 - Resolution Praising the Remarkable Service of Dr. Scott Miller Chair of the Faculty, 2008 – 2009

5/21/09 - Resolution continuing the Senate's Ad-Hoc Diversity Committee until October 1, 2009

5/21/09 - Resolution congratulating Dr. Jeffery Reeder for being named as Sonoma County Bike Commuter of the Year for 2009

5/7/09 - Senate endorsement of Ad-Hoc Diversity Committee recommendations regarding the Center for Culture, Gender and Sexuality

3/5/09- Resolution Affirming the Standing of Sonoma State University Professors Emeritus

10/30/08 - Resolution Condemning Hate Crimes Against Members of the Campus Community

10/2/08 - Resolution Opposing Proposition 8

5/22/08 - Resolution Praising the Exemplary Service of Dr. Timothy Wandling

5/22/08 - Senate Resolution On Ad-Hoc Diversity Committee

4/24/08 - Resolution in Support of 05/02/08 Workshop Addressing Equity, Diversity, and Affirmative Action

4/24/08 - Reaffirmation Of University Policy On Non-Discrimination and Recommended Action Regarding Blood Banks On Campus

4/24/08 - Resolution Commemorating the Anthropological Studies Center on its 35th Anniversary

4/24/08 - Combating Hate Crimes At Sonoma State University

4/24/08 - Resolution From the Student Affairs Committee Concerning Clinical Staffing Ratios At SSU’S Counseling and Psychological Services

3/20/08 - Resolution to Approve UNIV 150 as a Catalog Course

3/6/08 - Resolution Regarding Independent Audit of Sonoma State University

3/6/08 - Resolution Regarding Sonoma State Academic Senate Response to the Spring 2007 No Confidence Vote & Response from President Arminana (pdf download).

2/21/08 - Sustainability at Sonoma State University

10/25/07 - Reaffirmation of University Policy on Non-Discrimination (military advertising, etc.)

5/24/07 - Honoring the Estimable Service and Leadership of Dr. Elaine McDonald-Newman

5/10/07 - Resolution to hold referendum of no confidence in President Arminana

4/5/07- Calling for the Preeminent Role and Support of Academics and Faculty in the New CSU Strategic Plan

4/5/07 - Faculty Workload Resolution

3/22/07 - SSU Senate Resolution on Second Pilot Year of FYE

2/8/07 - Motion from the Senate floor supporting student anti-war activities

2/8/07 - Resolution in Support of the California Faculty Association in Bargaining with the California State University

12/14/06 - Resolution Endorsing Statewide Academic Senate Resolution AS-2771-06/AA/FGA  “Fulfilling the Principles of Cornerstones in the New Strategic Plan

9/14/06 - Senate resolution regarding Revenue Bonds for the Green Music Center

7/5/06 - Executive Committee Resolution on Commission to Study the Leasing of the Bookstore

5/25/06 - Honoring Elizabeth Stanny

5/25/06 - Regarding Contracting Bookstore Services to Barnes and Noble

5/11/06 - Resolution Regarding New "Gender and Cultures Center"

4/27/06 - Resolution from the Art History Faculty Concerning Faculty Workload

4/27/06 - Resolution Endorsing Core Academic Priorities

3/23/06 - Resolution on Email Censorship at Dominguez Hills

3/23/06 - Resolution on the Green Music Center

10/13/05 - Resolution Regarding Resources for Program Review

9/29/05 - Resolution Opposing Proposition 76

5/26/05 - the Senate endorsed the Statewide Senate's commendation of Susan McKillop

5/26/05 - Resolution Honoring Melanie Dreisbach

5/26/05 - Resolution on Faculty Compensation and the Crisis in Recruiting and Retaining Faculty of High Quality in the California State University and at Sonoma State University

4/14/05 - RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SANTA ROSA JUNIOR COLLEGE FACULTY

12/16/04 - Resolution Renominating Professor Kathleen E. Kaiser as Faculty Trustee

12/16/04 - Resolution in Support of Boycotting Holt, Rinehart and Winston and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Publishers

9/2/04 - Resolution in Support of Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. Voter Registration, Education and Mobilization Drive

5/20/04 - Resolution Honoring Catherine Nelson

5/20/04 - Endorsement of Campus Climate Statement on Same Sex Marriage

2/5/04 - Compensation for Lecturer's elected to the Senate

2/5/04 - RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PROPOSTION 55 – THE KINDERGARTEN-UNIVERSITY PUBLIC EDUCATION FACILITIES BOND ACT OF 2004

9/18/03 - Resolution Opposing Proposition 54 (Connerly “Racial Privacy Initiative”):
Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color, or National Origin, Initiative Constitutional Amendment

5/22/03 - Resolution on the Sonoma State University Community Solidarity Fund

5/22/03 - Resolution Commending Noel Byrne

3/20/03 - RESOLUTION AGAINST UNILATERAL U.S. MILITARY ACTION IN IRAQ

3/6/03 - STATEMENT OF THE MISSION, GOALS & 0BJECTIVES OF GENERAL EDUCATION AT SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

3/6/03 - Lecturer Seat Term Length

2/20/03 - Lecturers' Resolution on Tenure Track Hirings

2/6/03 - On the Selection of the Provost Search Committee Chair

5/23/02 - Resolution Commending Rick Luttmann

5/9/02 - On the Occasion of Katie Dunn's Graduation

5/9/02 - Resolution Urging Members of The California Legislature to Oppose The Legislative Aanlyst's Recommendation to Take Money From Institutional Aid Programs and Redrict it to The CAL GRANT Program

5/9/02 - Resolution Regarding Recruitment of an Underrepresented Group

3/21/02 - Resolution Regarding Preservation of Access, Affordability, and Quality

10/17/02 - Resolution in support of conducting an audit of greenhouse gas emissions at Sonoma State University in conjunction with Sonoma County Climate Protection Campaign

10/3/02 - Resolution on the Search for Provost

11/8/01 - Resolution for Lecturer's Compensation for Senate Service

10/25/01 - Resolution Approving Principles of the Living Wage Movement

9/27/01 - Resolution in Support of Human Rights

9/13/01 - Resolution endorsing CFA's Teach-In

8/30/01 - Resolution for Phil McGough

5/10/01 - Resolution of the Sonoma State University Academic Senate On The Occasion of the Retirement of Robert Karlsrud Professor of History and Dean of the School of Social Sciences

4/5/01 - Resolution on Year-Round Operations (YRO)

3/22/01 - Resolution of Concern Regarding Chancellor Reed's Leadership of the California State University System

4/15/99 - Resolution Declining Participation in the Establishment and Implementation of Criteria, Standards, and Procedures for Merit Pay Under Imposed Employment Conditions

3/12/98 - Resolution Regarding Military Recruiters on Campus

5/1/94 - RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON CAMPUS PRIORITIES, DATED 24 MAY 1994, AND CALLING FOR UNIVERSITY REENGINEERING

2/22/90 - Resolution of the Academic Senate on Enrollment at the University

Spring '88 - Use of Assigned Time to Enhance Faculty Governance

5/24/82 - Resolution On The Matter of Chairman Robert F. Brown

2/18/82 - RESOLUTION ON ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOCATIONS

2/4/82 - Resolution on Emeriti Faculty (deceased faculty)

1/25/82 - RESOLUTION ON ALLOCATIONS FOR THE 1982-83 ACADEMIC YEAR

12/10/81 - Resolution Increasing Student Charges

11/19/81 - Resolution on 1982-83 Allocation for Department Chairmanship

5/21/81 - Mildred Dickemann Resolution

3/19/81 - Resolution on Presidential Presence at Senate Meetings

11/13/80 - Resolution To Clarify the Intent of Layoff Procedures With Respect To Reassignment or Transfer of Faculty

2/9/78 -Three-Day Minimun on Campus Scheduling for Full Time Faculty (This resolution appears to still be valid. Further research is being conducted to either affirm or negate its status. If anyone has memory about this particular resolution please contact the Senate office.)

updated 7/20/09 LEH