A campus of The California
State University
Office of the Academic
Senate •
SS-S08-2
At its
meeting of March 10, 2008, the Academic Senate passed the following Sense of
the Senate Resolution presented by Senator Sivertsen for the Instruction and
Student Affairs Committee.
SENSE OF THE
SENATE RESOLUTION
2008-2009 Shared Value “Integrity”
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:
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: The Instruction and Student Affairs Committee was asked to
consider the choice for 2008-2009; and
Whereas: The Instruction and Student Affairs Committee after
discussion in its meetings and after listening most carefully to the student
members of the committee, 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 community value as “…collaborative
relationships within and beyond the campus in order to best serve our mission,”
and
Whereas: The selection of the new community value will continue to
build on the development of the SJSU community
Resolved: That the core value for 2008-2009 will be “Integrity”; be
it further
Resolved: That
there be a coordinated ongoing program of activities and events highlighting the educational importance of this core value.
Approved: March 3, 2009
Present: Hansen, Wiley, Reyes, David, Hilliard, Fee,
Absent: Kelley, Sofish, Campsey,
Brown, Han
Vote: 10/0/0
Financial Impact: Unknown
Workload: Unknown