The Faculty of Sonoma State University welcomes
the University community to the Spring
UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Person Theater
(School Meetings January 23rd and Green Music Center Tour below)
8:30 a.m. Refreshments
Lobby of Person Theater
9:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks,
Dr. Tim Wandling,
Chair of the Faculty
Panel Discussion with Faculty Chair Tim Wandling, President Ruben Arminana, Provost Eduardo Ochoa,
Associated Students President Whitney Diver, CFA Chapter President Andy Merrifield, Staff Representative Lane Olson
speaking to the question:
What would you like to ask the campus community to do in the next six months to bring the campus to where you would like to see the campus in five years?
Microphones will be set up in the aisles for audience comments and questions.
Convocation will adjourn by
11:30 a.m.
Annual Faculty Retreat
January 24, 2007
1:00 - 6:00, Commons
Threats to Scholarly Independence: a call to engaged intellectual debate
Initial introduction by Faculty Chair Tim Wandling
Short and Pithy information presentations on:
No College Student Left Behind?
Avoiding Preemptive Capitulation & Academic Freedom
Corporatization and Privatization of Public Higher Education
Breakout Groups will then respond to the plenary and discuss what our next steps are for our campus
Drinks and appetizers follow
Readings:
U. S. Department of Education Report - "Spellings' Report"
AAUP response to "Spelling's Report"
MLA Grades Spellings Commission
Reactions to the Spellings Commission Report - pdf (Chancellor Reed in this one)
Academic Bill of Rights
Controversy in the Classroom - AAUP
Conservative ‘Academic Bill of Rights’ Limits “Controversial Matter” in Classroom
David Horowitz and Jesse Walker discuss the "Academic Bill of Rights"
Debate Video from U of Pittsburg on Academic Bill of Rights
Free Exchange on Campus blog and resources
How We Can Resist Corporatization
Higher Education is more than a Corporate Logo
Applying Corporate Knowledge Management Practices
in Higher Education (pdf)
School Meetings will be held on January 23rd!
School of Arts and Humanities
10:00am in Warren Hall, Ives 101
School of Business and Economics
9:30, Stevenson 3072
School of Education
10:00 - 11:00, Schulz 3001
School of Science and Technology
2:00 in Darwin 102
School of Social Sciences
2:00 - 3:30 in Stevenson 1002