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At its meeting of November 21, 2005, the Academic Senate passed the following Sense of the Senate Resolution presented by Senator Thames for the Instruction and Student Affairs Committee.

Sense of the Senate Resolution

SJSU Shared Value for 2006-2007

Whereas: SS-S05-7, “SJSU Shared Values” was approved by the Academic Senate in Spring 2005 as a guiding document along with the SJSU Mission Statement and the SJSU Vision Statement; and

Whereas: SS-S05-7 stipulates that SJSU choose one of the shared values as the campus “theme” each academic year with each of the six shared values serving as the university’s annual theme on a rotational basis; and

Whereas: No procedure for choosing the rotation order was established, and the Instruction and Student Affairs Committee was asked to consider the choice for 2006-2007, and elected to ask the Executive Committee to endorse the choice of ISA; and

Whereas: The Instruction and Student Affairs Committee and Executive Committee after discussion in their respective meetings and after listening most carefully to the student members of those committees, have made a choice; and

Whereas: Values are better institutionalized with deliberate promotion across the whole campus with endorsement and support from campus leadership; and

Whereas: SS-S05-7 describes the diversity value as, "We value and respect diversity, inclusion, civility and individual uniqueness and recognize the strength these factors bring to our community and learning environment. All of our interaction should reflect trust, caring and mutual respect;" and

Whereas: Simply having demographic or statistical diversity is meaningless without the acknowledgement and encouragement of our diversity; therefore be it

Resolved: That for the academic year 2006-2007, the university value theme be “Diversity,” and be it further

Resolved: That all campus divisions, colleges, departments, units and organizations be encouraged to consider the value theme of Diversity for the year when planning existing activities and that the value theme be considered in any campus-wide activities, such as Commencement, Honors Convocation, Campus Reading Program, Educated Person Dialogue, Orientation, etc. and be it further

Resolved: That the Office of the President and the Academic Senate be encouraged to reinforce and promote all the values and particularly the value of Diversity (e.g. values recognition program, campus banners, posters for offices and buildings, etc.)

Approved: By both the Instruction and Student Affairs Committee and the Executive Committee of the Academic Senate

Key People to Implement the Sense of the Senate Resolution and to inform if it is Passed: Administrative leaders in all divisions, Deans, Chairs and Directors, and the campus at large