Annual Report

 

 

SUNY CORTLAND                              FACULTY SENATE                                                                                      1:15 PM                                                                 Fall Semester 2010
Steering Committee (405 Miller)	Faculty Senate (Brockway/Jacobus))
August 31	September 7
September 14	September 21
September 28	October 5
October 12	October 19
October 26	November 2
November 9	November 16
November 23	November 30
Spring Semester 2011
Steering Committee (405Miller)	Faculty Senate (Hall of Fame Room/                            Park Center)
January 25	February 1
February 8	February 15
February 22	March 1
March 8	March 22
March 29	April 5
April 12	April 19
April 26	May 3

 SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Roster May 3, 2011

                                                      (*indicates voting members)

 

Name                            Ext       Position                   Term                    E-Mail @cortland.edu

OFFICERS D. Miller  _____          2996        *Chair                     10-11                 David.Miller T. Phillips _____          2437        *Vice Chair             10-11                 Timothy.Phillips T. Vigars   _____         4309       *Secretary                10-11                 Terri.Vigars R. Grantham ______   5037       *Treasurer                10-11                 Regina.Grantham
	SENATORS

D. Driscoll ______        2961       *Math/Science        09-11                Dan Driscoll

D. West  _____             2019       *Fine Arts/Hum.      10-12               Donna.West 

W. Miller _____            2995      *Soc./Beh. Sci.       09-11                  Wendy.Miller             

D. Berger  _____           4217      *School of A&S      09-11                 David. Berger

R. Kendrick  ______     2481      *School of A&S     09-11                  Richard. Kendrick

J. Ouellette ______       2043       *School of A&S    10-12                   Judith.Ouellette

J. Alemzadeh ______    2967      *School of A&S    10-12                   Jalal.Alemzadeh

I. Vincent  ______        2536       *School of PS       09-11                  Irena. Vincent                

Vacant ______                             *School of PS       09-11                 

S. Rayl ______             5457        *School of PS       09-11                  Susan.Rayl

S. Wilson _____           4966        *School of PS       09-11                  Susan.Wilson

O. White  _____           2442        *School of Educ.   09-11                 Orvil.White

B. Buxton  _____         5567         *School of Educ.   09-11                 William.Buxton

Vacant  _____                               *School of Educ.   09-11              

R. Borden _____         2320          *FTL A & S         09-11                 Ross. Borden

K. Hempson _____     4209           *FTL Educ/PS     09-11                 Karen.Hempson

J. Peluso _____           5514           *Prof. Staff          09-11                 Joshua.Peluso               

M. Chandler _____      2800         *Prof. Staff          10-12                 Maryangela.Chandler

D. Harrington_____   2428           *Prof. Staff          09-11                   Diana.Harrington

K. Pristash _____      2326           *Prof. Staff          10-12                   Kevin.Pristash

E. McCabe _____      4051           *Library Sen.       10-12                  Ellen.McCabe

T. Slack  _____         2101           *Mgt. Conf..        10-12                   Tim.Slack

J. Walkuski  _____   4965            *Graduate Sen.    09-11                   Jeffrey.Walkuski

J. Hendrick  _____    5707           *SUNY Sen.       09-11                    Joy.Hendrick

E. Owens  _____      5726            *Part-time Sen.   10-12                    Elizabeth.Owens          

P. Schroeder  _____  2206           *Classified Staff    09-11                  Pam.Schroeder

J.  Campanaro   ____ 4816           *Student Senator 10-11                 Jesse.Campanarello

A. M. Rossi ______  4816            *Student Senator  10-11                  AnneMarie.Rossi           

W. Michael  ______  4816            *Student Senator   10-11                 Winta. Michael         

 

                                      Ex-Officio Members and Standing Committee Chairs

Name                       Ext                  Position                                

E. Bitterbaum _____2201               President                             

M. Prus ___            2207                Provost, V.P. Acad. Aff.     

R. Franco _____     2518                V. P. Inst. Adv.                  

G. Sharer                4721                 V. P. Student Affairs           

W. Shaut _____     2303                 V. P. Fin. & Mgt.                

B. Kissel _____     5497                  Comm. on Comm.               

Vacant _____                                  CSEA Representative

K. Stearns _____2072                     Committee on Teaching Effectiveness

A. Thomas _____  4726                  General Education Committee

R. Spitzer  _____     4106                Educational Policy Committee 

A. Fitz-Gibbon  _____  2016           Academic Faculty Affairs Committee       

Vacant  _____                                 LRPC Comm. 

G. Clarke  _____          2511           Professional Affairs Committee

S. Anderson _____                          Parliamentarian                    

M. Connell _____  2506                  Student Affairs Committee  

Vacant _____                                  Multicultural Gender Studies

                                                Guests of the Senate

Name                    Ext                          Position

G. Levine _____   2201                     Exec. Assistant to the President   

G. Avery _____    2206                     Ass. Prov. for Enr. & Curr. Mgt. 

N. Aumann _____ 5477                    Ass. Prov. For Acad. Affairs         

F. Pierce _____     2518                    Director of Public Relations           

J. Cottone  _____   2701                   Interim Dean of Prof. Studies        

B. Mattingly _____ 4312                   Dean of Arts & Sciences  

 J. Cottone  _____   2701                  Interim Dean, School of Education           

Others

W. Buxton         5567                        Chair 08-09

K. Alwes           2085                         Chair 07-08                                 

M. King            5951                         Chair 06-07                                 

 http://www.cortland.edu/senate/roster

EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE

ANNUAL REPORT: 2010-2011

Submitted by R. Spitzer, Chair

The Educational Policy Committee addressed a few education policy-related matters. The relatively spare number of agenda items this past year perhaps reflected the conclusion of a lengthy, multi-year period of vigorous education policy analysis and change, yielding the current period where fewer changes are needed. Discussions and recommendations included:

• Changes in the transfer credit limit in relation to the residency requirement (approved by Faculty Senate)
• Extended discussion of various plans to change/decrease the pass time between classes from 20 to 15 minutes, and other related changes in course scheduling. The purpose of these proposals was to realize increased efficiencies in class scheduling, given the increasing numbers of classes offered and various buildings going offline in the next several years. After extensive discussions spanning several meetings, the EPC eventually recommended no change at this time.

The EPC functioned with remarkable efficiency, cordiality, and seriousness of purpose this past academic year, and all members made meaningful contributions, including our excellent student member, Julie Gorman.

Committee members:

Robert Darling

Gretchen Douglas

Julie Gorman (student member)

Ingrid Jordak

Andrea Lachance

Donna Margine (ex officio)

David Smukler

Robert Spitzer (committee chair)

Tony Trunfio

Carol Van Der Karr (ex officio)

Irena Vincent

Donna West

5/24/11

 

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

2010-2011 ANNUAL REPORT

 

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

Annual Report 2010-11

 

 

 

Chair. Dr. Andy Fitz-Gibbon

 

Members: Librarian Ellen McCabe, Prof. Regina Grantham, Drs. Joseph Rayle, Herbert Haines, Moataz Emam

 

The Committee met regularly during the academic year with a full agenda of business.

 

Personnel Policies

 

During the year we considered personnel policies submitted by:

 

a)       The Library (passed),

 

b)      History (passed),

 

c)       Communication Studies (pending changes),

 

d)      Kinesiology (pending changes),

 

e)      Communication Disorders and Sciences (pending changes),

 

f)        Geology (passed),

 

g)       Sports Management (passed).

 

h)      We also received revised policies from Biological Sciences too late to be considered this year. Those policies will be the first business in the next academic year.

 

Other Matters

We looked at four issues at the request of the Faculty Senate Steering Committee

 

 a)       An issue with regard to the meaning of “satisfactory” in exceptional circumstances for promotion to full professor. (See Appendix A.) The Faculty Senate passed our recommendation.

 

b)      The issue of the way CTEs are to be used for personnel decisions. (See Appendix B.) The Faculty Senate passed our recommendation.

 

c)       An issue raised by the English Department regarding the use of Robert’s Rules as departmental policies and the case of abstentions. (See Appendix C)

 

d)      We met with representatives of the Academic Librarians to discuss changes in personnel (viz. the conversion of some academic faculty lines to professional lines. (See Appendix D)

 

Appendix A

 

Memo:

 

From: Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

To: Dr. David Miller, Chair faculty Senate

 

230.03 PROMOTION CRITERIA

 

Criteria for the rank of professor shall include:?a. A demonstrated and continuing ability (i) to develop areas of instruction in a manner that is intellectually excellent and significantly effective in terms of student learning, and (ii) to make a substantial contribution to the educational development of students;?b. A demonstrated and continuing ability to undertake and successfully carry out a serious and productive program of intellectual inquiry, research, or creative work and to do so in a way that makes a contribution to the intellectual, scholarly, or artistic community;?c. A demonstrated and continuing service to the department and the College or the University in a manner that makes a significant contribution to the overall excellence of the institution. …

 

A person who does not meet the criteria described above may be eligible for promotion if exceptional circumstances are judged to warrant advancement. Such circumstances could include an exceptional record of achievement in the areas of teaching and service, combined with evidence of a satisfactory record of scholarly activity. The burden of proof that such achievements are of truly exceptional quality rests with the faculty member and with the recommending department.

 

 

The question before the AFAC was what is “evidence of a satisfactory record of scholarly activity” in the exceptional circumstances of a candidate applying for promotion from associate to full professor having excellent achievement in teaching and service.

 

 Having discussed this at length and talking to an ad hoc assortment of department chairs, union officials and the Provost our conclusion is that it is the prerogative of each department to set its own level of “satisfactory.” In our experience, we have yet to see a set of department personnel policies that make this clear. Whilst some departments are quite specific about requirements expected for promotion is general circumstances, few, if any, address the “exceptional” clause. Whilst this remains unclear in personnel policies, it is likely that department PCs, chairs, sub-school PCs and administrators will continue to face disputed cases.

 

Where there is a dispute unresolved at lower levels, it is likely that the Provost will have the final decision. The Provost in her/his turn can only reach that decision on the basis of a department’s personnel policies. Where these remain unclear the Provost will make a decision on an interpretation of these unclear policies. In other words, the Provost would not apply a set of criteria other than those agreed by a department. It is each department’s prerogative to set scholarly standards for their members based on the internalized standards of their profession. When a department is unclear in its written representation of this, it makes everyone’s task more problematic. The more obscure department personnel policies are, the more power departments devolve to the administration. If faculty members are serious about faculty governance, then personnel policies ought to be as clear as possible and decided by the faculty members concerned.

 

Recommendation: That departments be asked to look at their personnel policies specifically to address this issue of the meaning of “satisfactory” in the exceptional circumstances of two areas of exceptional quality and one area of satisfactory quality for promotion from associate to full professor.

 

Appendix B

 

Memo:

 

From: Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

To: Dr. David Miller, Chair faculty Senate

 

III. CTE Component of the Teaching Evaluation System

 

I. General Recommendations

 

1.1 All faculty and administrators should be evaluated on a regular basis. Part of the evaluation of faculty should be the regular systematic collection of information from colleagues and students as the basis for judgments about their teaching effectiveness. …

 

1.2 The teaching evaluation system will consist of two components: (a) the administration of a Course Teacher Evaluation (CTE) form, and (b) materials and information submitted by the teacher. Note: If a teacher does not wish to use a CTE form, an alternate procedure of visitation is possible.

 

1.3 Teachers will be evaluated, at a minimum, at least once every third time they teach a particular course. Departments will be responsible for establishing a time schedule for evaluating teaching. (Under exceptional circumstances, the recommended time schedule may be inappropriate. In such cases the department in question should submit to the Teaching Effectiveness Committee for approval an alternative in keeping with the principle of regular, systematic, longitudinal evaluation of faculty.)

 

3.4 The detailed procedures for collection of CTE data will be determined by each department, approved by the "Committee on Teaching Effectiveness,"…

 

The AFAC was asked to look at the issue of whether CTEs should be used for evaluative purposes or are rather for the use only of the instructor.

 

We discussed this at length and talked to a variety of people on campus. Among faculty of long-standing there was no consensus or clarity about the “original intent” of CTEs. In any event, to establish “original intent” is problematic as institutional cultures evolve. Newer faculty members seem to assume that CTEs are required and that they are used for evaluative purposes.

 

Paragraph 3.4 from the Handbook suggests that it is the prerogative of each department to establish the use of CTEs. We assume that “procedures” includes both the way data is collected and the purpose and uses of the data so collected. In other words, in a department personnel policy it can say how often CTEs should be administered (in compliance with the Handbook) and whether CTEs will be used to assess faculty teaching effectiveness.

 

CTEs remain the property of the faculty member. As only the faculty member concerned may place information in a portfolio, she/he could choose to omit CTEs, though this may be problematic. A department PC, chair or sub-school PC in the event of omission of CTEs could conclude that there was insufficient data to evaluate a candidate’s teaching ability. Presumably, this would be inadvisable for someone seeking renewal of contract or promotion. However, a candidate may elect to include evidence of teaching ability other than, or in the absence of, CTEs, though this is rarely seen in personnel matters.

 

Recommendation: That each department be explicitly clear in its personnel policies how often CTEs should be administered and whether or not and in what ways they will be used evaluatively to consider personnel matters.

 

Appendix C

 

Memo:

 

From: Dr. Andy Fitz-Gibbon, Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

To: Dr. Matt Lessig, Chair English Department

 

The AFAC was asked to look at a memo by the English Department regarding Personnel Committee members retaining the right to abstain in personnel actions. Provost Mark Prus had said in an open meeting that Personnel Committee members could not abstain.

 

The issue is complex, but the AFAC makes the following observations:

 

a)      The AFAC approved English Department personnel Policies in 2004 that included the English Department’s desire to operate according to Robert’s Rules.

 

b)      Robert’s Rule’s allows for abstentions, although abstentions are not counted for determining a majority or a two-thirds majority vote (Doris P. Zimmerman, Robert’s Rules, 205, p 103).

 

c)      In the absence of any mention in the College Handbook of abstentions or of Robert’s Rules, this does not preclude the English Department from adopting Robert’s Rules, under the faculty autonomy clause 220.06. This would suggest that the English Department is correct in wishing to retain the right of abstention in personnel decisions.

 

d)     However, section 220.06 A of the handbook suggests “The success of any system of evaluation depends upon the willingness of both faculty and administrators to be candid, objective, and fair in the performance of their responsibilities. Only if this occurs can the best interest of the University be served.” The AFAC found it difficult to find a situation where a faculty member who had not recused her/himself before discussion would later abstain in a vote.

 

Note: the English Department memo says that it is the purview of the AFAC to change personnel policies and procedures. The AFAC acts only in an advisory capacity.

Appendix D

 

Memo:

 

From: Dr. Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, Chair, Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

To: Dr. David Miller, Chair faculty Senate

 

Librarian Personnel Issue

 

Members of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee have met with representatives of the academic librarians with regard to an issue raised by recent personnel changes in the library.

 

Issue: Two academic librarians have had their positions changed to become professional librarians (at their request). The loss of two academic lines is a cause for concern in itself.

 

However, the immediate cause of concern, of the majority of the academic librarians, is the representation of librarians on college committees (see below extract from the College handbook).

 

The academic librarians think that “member representing the library” has been understood to mean “academic librarian.” However, now that there are academic and professional librarians the language of the handbook would now also include professional librarians. On some committees a position formerly held by an academic faculty member may be now held by a professional. In other words, there will be less academic faculty representation on committees.

 

150.03 SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY BYLAWS

 

ARTICLE VI: FACULTY SENATE

 

Section A.

 

The Faculty Senate of the SUNY Cortland faculty shall be composed of:

 

7. One elected representative from the library, elected by and from the voting members in this area.

 

ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES

 

Section B. Committee on Committees

 

1. Membership: One member from each of the areas below shall be elected by the voting members in each area.

 

     7. library

 

Section C. Policy Committees

 

There shall be five standing Policy Committees:

 

            a. The Educational Policy Committee

 

                        one member representing library

 

            b. The Academic Faculty Affairs Committee

 

                        one member representing library

 

            c. The Student Affairs Committee

 

                        one member representing library

 

            d. The Long-Range Planning Committee

 

                        one member representing library

 

            No librarian is on the fifth committee Professional Affairs

 

 Section F. College Curriculum Review Committee

 

            one member representing the library

 

 Section G. General Education Committee

 

            one member representing the library

 

Section H: Committee on Teaching Effectiveness

 

            One member representing the Library

 

Recommendation: That the faculty senate clarify the intent of the College Handbook and amend the language of the handbook accordingly.

 

                                   

                    

                                   STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE                            

                                ANNUAL REPORT 2010-2011 

                            Submitted by M. Connell, Chair

 The Student Affairs Committee met once during the school year. Present at the meeting were Tim Phillips, Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman and myself. We chose a winner for the Faculty Senate Memorial Scholarship.

                                       

                                        FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEES

            http://www.cortland.edu/www/senate/

                                                                                   May 19, 2011

 TO:                  David Miller

Chair, Faculty Senate (2010-11)

 FROM:            Joanne Barry

Chair, Committee on Committees

 RE:                    ANNUAL REPORT – 2010-11

 Members:        Joanne Barry, Chair

                        Jesse Camanaro

                        Kathryn Coffey

                        Theresa Curtis

                        John Hartsock

                        Emilie Kudela

                        Lorraine Melita

                        Hailey Ruoff

Barbara Kissel, ex-officio

Activities:

Faculty Senate Committees

1. 1. September 2010 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill academic year vacancies that were not filled through the yearend process the previous spring.
   2. February 2011 – Nominations sought, recommendations made, and appointments confirmed to fill remaining vacancies.
   3. March 2011 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill Fall 2011 vacancies.

Search Committees – issued campus-wide calls for nominations to form the following search committees:

1. 1. Director of Multicultural Affairs (August 2010)
   2. Director of Public Relations (September 2010)
   3. Director of Advisement and Transition (September 2010)
   4. Dean, School of Education (September 2010)
   5. Dean, School of Professional Studies (September 2010)
   6. Director of International Programs (September 2010)
   7. Director of Educational Opportunity Program (October 2010)
   8. Director of Field Placement and School Partnerships (March 2011)

Referendums conducted as follows:

1. 1. Incorporate Committee on Teaching Effectiveness under Faculty Senate (November 2010)

Faculty Senate Seats

1. 1. Nominations sought and elections conducted for vacant Faculty Senate seats (September 2010)
   2. Nominations sought and elections conducted for vacant Senate seats (February 2011)
   3. Nominations sought and elections conducted for upcoming vacant Faculty Senators (March 2011)

Consultation - The committee continued to serve as a resource to a variety of campus constituents with regard to nomination and election policies and procedures.

Recommendations:

1. Faculty Senate should charge committees with developing summary information about the works of specific committees for inclusion on the Senate’s website.

 Attachment:    List of committees for 2011-12

 Faculty Senate Officers (Elected:  1 yr. Term)

• Phillips, Tim                Chair

Hendrick, Joy              Vice-Chair

            Wilson, Susan             Secretary (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)

            Grantham, Regina       Treasurer (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)

                                                                 

Faculty Senate Steering Committee (pending chair elections in fall)

Phillips, Tim	Faculty Senate Chair
Hendrick, Joy	Faculty Senate Vice-Chair
Wilson, Susan	Secretary
Grantham, Regina	Treasurer
Anderson, Steve	Parliamentarian (appointed)
	Educational Policy Committee Chair
	General Education Committee Chair
	Long Range Planning Committee Chair
	Academic Faculty Affairs Committee Chair
	Professional Affairs Committee Chair
	Students Affairs Committee Chair

                                             

SUNY Senator  (Elected: 3 yr. term)

Vacant

2009-12

At large

       

SUNY Senator – Alternate (Elected: 3 yr. term)

Vacant

2009-12

At large

 Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (appointed: 2 yr. term) 

Rayle, Joseph	2010-12	Education
Emam, Moataz	2012-12	Math/Science
Vittoria, Anne	2011-13	Social/Behavioral Sciences
Vacant	2011-13	Library
Grantham, Regina	2011-13	Professional Studies
Alwes, Karla	2011-13	Fine Arts/Humanities

 Auxiliary Services Corporation (Elected:  3 yr. term) – (C. on C. does NOT run election for MC reps)

Curtis, Jenna	2009-12	Academic/Professional Faculty
Boland, Mary Kate	2010-13	Academic/Professional Faculty
Ritchie, David	2010-13	Academic/Professional Faculty
Lenhart, Julie	2011-14	Academic/Professional Faculty
Steck, Henry	2011-14	Academic/Professional Faculty
Barry, Joanne	2011-12	Management/Confidential
Shaut, William	2011-12	Management/Confidential
Sharer, Greg	2011-12	Management/Confidential

 College Curriculum Review Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)   (no more than 2 successive terms) 

Pittman, Damien	2010-12	Math/Science (2nd term)
Sayers-Walker, Katina	2010-12	Education
Costell Corbin, Carol	2010-12	Prof. Staff from Acad. Affairs
Zimmerman, Karen	2010-12	Fine Arts/Humanities (2nd term)
Grantham, Regina	2010-12	Professional Studies
Wilson, Brent	2011-13	Professional Studies
Vacant	2011-13	Library
Davidenko, Susana	2011-13	Education
Vacant	2011-13	Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Aumann, Nancy	Ex Officio	Assoc. Dean designee for Education
O’Callaghan, Jerry	Ex Officio	Assoc. Dean designee for Arts & Sciences
Gravani, Eileen	Ex Officio	Assoc. Dean designee for Professional Studies
Margine, Donna	Ex Officio	Registrar [non voting]
VanDerKarr, Carol	Ex Officio	Assoc. Provost for Academic Affairs [non voting]

                                                                                               

College Research Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term) [Qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency.]

Kraebel, Kim	2010-13	Social/Behavioral Sciences
Vacant	2010-13	Professional Staff
Benton, Cindy	2010-13	Education
Ducey, Peter	2009-12	Math/Science
Hodges, Bonni	2009-12	Professional Studies
Herrmann, Gretchen	2011-14	Library
Vacant	2011-14	Fine Arts/Humanities
Henderson-Harr, Amy	Ex Officio	Sponsored Programs
Clarke, Glen	Ex Officio	Sponsored Programs

      

Committee on Committees (Elected: 2 yr. term)

Curtis, Theresa	2010-12	Math/Science
Coffey, Katey	2010-12	Professional Studies
Ruoff, Hailey	2010-12	Professional Staff
Kudela, Emilie	2010-12	Education
Melita, Lorraine	2011-13	Library
Hartsock, John	2011-13	Fine Arts/Humanities
Vacant	2011-13	Social/Behavioral Sciences
Barry, Joanne	2011-13	Management/Confidential
	Current	Student

           

Committee on Teaching Awards (Appointed: 3 yr. term/ term runs January through December) (minimum 5 yrs. teaching at SUNY Cortland)

Shedd, John	2009-11	Arts & Sciences
Grantham, Regina	2009-11	Professional Studies
West, Donna	2010-12	Arts & Sciences
Kudela, Emilie	2010-12	Education
Phillips, Tim	current	Faculty Senate Chair
Levine, Virginia	Ex Officio	President’s Office
	Current	Student

 

Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Appointed: 4 yr. term) (no consecutive terms)

McGuire, Mary	2011-12	Academic Faculty at large
Shi, Shufang	2011-12	School of Education
Grantham, Regina	2011-13	School of Professional Studies
Downey, Karen	2011-14	School of Arts & Sciences
Melita, Lorraine	2011-14	Library
Walkuski, Jeffrey	2011-13	Academic Faculty at large

Educational Policy Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Spitzer, Bob	2010-12	Arts & Sciences
Douglas, Gretchen	2010-12	Library
Trunfio, Tony	2010-12	Professional Studies
Jordak, Ingrid	2010-12	Professional Staff
West, Donna	2010-12	Academic Faculty at large
Darling, Bob	2011-13	Arts & Sciences
Widdall, Chris	2011-13	Professional Studies
Vacant	2011-13	Education
Vacant	2011-13	Education
Prus, Mark	Ex Officio	Provost
Margine, Donna	Ex Officio	Registrar
	Ex Officio	Graduate Faculty Executive Committee designee
	Current	Student
	Current	Student

                                        

Facilities and Master Plan Oversight Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Sternfeld, John

2010-13

At large

Faculty Representative to the Student Senate (Elected: 1 yr. term) (no more than 2 successive terms)

Babjack, Gary	2011-12	At large
Tobin, Brian	2011-12	At large

General Education Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Trunfio, Tony	2010-12	Professional Studies
White, Orvil	2010-12	Education
Kelley,Sam	2010-12	Fine Arts/Humanities
Schutt, Amy	2010-12	Social/Behavioral Sciences
Hokanson, Jim	2010-12	Academic At Large
Klotz, Larry	2010-12	Math/Science
Vacant	2011-13	Library
Vacant	2011-13	Academic At Large
Vacant	2011-13	Professional Staff
	Current	Student
VanDerKarr,Carol	Ex Officio	Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
Mattingly, Bruce	Ex Officio	Dean of Arts & Sciences
Canfield, Merle	Ex Officio	Institutional Research & Assessment

Long Range Planning Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Harms, Daniel	2009-12	Library
Neal, David	2009-12	Fine Arts/Humanities
Shi, Shufang	2010-13	Education
Gfeller, Mary	2010-13	Math/Science
Wilson, Brent	2011-14	Professional Studies
Vacant	2011-14	Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Vacant	2011-14	Professional Staff
	Current	Student
	Current	Student

     

Professional Affairs Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Pristash, Kevin	2010-13	Student Affairs
Babjack, Gary	2010-13	Academic Affairs
Harrington, Diana	2010-13	Finance & Management
Janes, Jennifer	2009-12	Institutional Advancement & President’s Office
Zhe-Heimerman, Jeremy	2009-12	Student Affairs
Maroney,Jody	2009-12	At Large
Lindh, Howard	2009-12	At Large
Vacant	2011-14	Academic Affairs
Vacant	2011-14	Enrollment Management
Vacant	2011-14	Information Resources
Driscoll, John	Ex Officio	UUP VP for Professionals or designee [non voting]

                                                                 

Student Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Zhe-Heimerman, Jeremy	2010-12	Professional Staff
Walkuski, Jeff	2010-12	Professional Studies
Vacant	2010-12	Math/Sci
Barnaby, Martine	2010-12	Fine Arts/Humanities
Vacant	2011-13	Library
Vacant	2011-13	Education
Vacant	2011-13	Soc/Beh Sci
	Current	Student
	Current	Student

 

 

• · Chair of Committee

_____________ - nomination(s) in process - pending confirmation

Vacant – seats filled via Committee on Committee process

________________ - seats filled by other committees/organizations

                                                                      FACULTY SENATE

                                                               MOTIONS 2010 – 2011

 

September 7, 2010

There was a vote to approve the Standing Rules of the Faculty Senate. (Approved)

There was a vote to approve the nominations for vacant seats on the Committee on Committees (Approved)

September 21, 2010

The nominations for the vacancies on Committee on Committees were approved. (Approved)

October 5, 2010

There was a vote to approved the nominations for vacancies on the Committee on Committees (Approved)

October 19, 2010

There was a vote to approve the amendment “Proposed Addition/Modification to the 2008-2010 SUNY Cortland College Handbook, (With a proposed amendment to Section H,1.b. in regards to the membership of the committee indicated by italicized text, Chapter 150.03 SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY BYLAWS, ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES (Approved; 15/1/3)

There was a vote to approve the amendment to the “Proposed Addition/Modification to the 2008-2010 SUNY Cortland College Handbook, (With a proposed amendment to Section H,1.b. in regards to the membership of the committee indicated by italicized text, Chapter 150.03 SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY BYLAWS, ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES

to add “teaching faculty” to the phrase in Section H, 1.c. “One member representing the Library (Not Approved; 4/11)

There was a vote to approve the amendment to “Proposed Addition/Modification to the 2008-2010 SUNY Cortland College Handbook, (With a proposed amendment to Section H,1.b. in regards to the membership of the committee indicated by italicized text, Chapter 150.03 SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY BYLAWS, ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES to add the phrase to Section H.,1.c. “terms of office shall be three years and shall be staggered, except for student terms, which shall be one year” (Approved)

There was a vote to approve the “Proposed Addition/Modification to the 2008-2010 SUNY Cortland College Handbook, (With a proposed amendment to Section H,1.b. in regards to the membership of the committee indicated by italicized text, Chapter 150.03 SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY BYLAWS, ARTICLE VII: COMMITTEES as amended (Approved)

November 2, 2010

There were no Senate actions.

November 16, 2010

The Draft Proposal for Transfer Credit Limits from the Educational Policy Committee was approved (Approved)

November 30, 2010

There were no Senate actions.

February 1, 2011

The eighth meeting of the Faculty Senate was cancelled (weather)

February 15, 2011

There was a vote to approve the recommendations for committee vacancies on the Committee on Committees (Approved)

There was a vote to approve the recommendation from the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee regarding the College Handbook 230.03 Promotion Criteria (Approved; 9 for; 7 against; 4 abstentions)

March 1, 2011

There was a vote to approve the Faculty Senate to be included in the search committee for the Director of Field Placement and the search for Director for the Clark Center for International Education (Approved)

March 22, 2011

There was a vote for a roll call vote on the “Resolution in Support of a Rational Fiscal Plan for SUNY Executive Committee of the University Faculty Senate” (Not Approved)

There was a vote to endorse the “Resolution in Support of a Rational Fiscal Plan for SUNY Executive Committee of the University Faculty Senate.”  (Approved)

April 5, 2011

There was a vote requiring a ¾ majority to approve the recommendation from J. Walkuski regarding a procedure to establish staggered terms for the Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Approved)

April 19, 2011

Due to a lack of quorum there were no official Senate actions.

May 3, 2011

The nominations from the Committee on Committees were approved (Approved)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     

 

 

 

                                          

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                                             State University of New York

                                    College at Cortland

                                        Faculty Senate

                                         Annual Report

                                           2009-2010

 

SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY ROSTER Fall Semester 2009  Tuesday 1:15 PM
Steering Committee (405 Miller)	Faculty Senate (Brockway/Jacobus))
September 1	September 8
September 15	September 22
September 29	October 6
October 13	October 20
October 27	November 3
November 10	November 17
November 24	December 1
Spring Semester 2010
Steering Committee (405Miller)	Faculty Senate (Hall of Fame Room/                            Park Center)
January 26	February 2
February 9	February 16
February 23	March 2
March 9	March 23
March 30	April 6
April 13	April 20
April 27	May 4

                                

    SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Roster May 4, 2010

                                                              (*indicates voting members)

 

Name                            Ext       Position                   Term                    E-Mail @cortland.edu

OFFICERS K. Lawrence  _____     4113       *Chair                     09-10                 Kathleen.Lawrence D. Miller _____           2996        *Vice Chair             09-10                 David.Miller T. Vigars   _____         4309       *Secretary               09-10                  Teri.Vigars D. Videto  _____          4205       *Treasurer                09-10                Donna.Videto
	SENATORS

D. Driscoll ______        2961       *Math/Science        09-11                Dan Driscoll

Vacant  _____                             *Fine Arts/Hum.      08-10  

W. Miller _____            2995      *Soc./Beh. Sci.       09-11                  Wendy.Miller             

D. Berger  _____           4217      *School of A&S      09-11                  David. Berger

R. Kendrick  ______     2481      *School of A&S     09-11                  Richard. Kendrick

M. McGuire  ______     4806       *School of A&S    08-10                   Mary.McGuire

Vacant ______                             *School of A&S   08-10

J. Reese ______           4118         *School of PS      09-11                   James.Reese

R. Grantham ______    5037         *School of PS       09-11                 Regina.Grantham

S. Rayl ______             5457        *School of PS       09-11                  Susan.Rayl

S. Wilson _____                           *School of PS       09-11                  Susan.Wilson

O. White  _____           2442        *School of Educ.   09-11                  Orvil.White

B. Buxton  _____         5567         *School of Educ.   09-11

J. Kim  _____              4632          *School of Educ.   09-11                 J-Ryun.Kim

R. Borden _____         2320          *FTL A & S          09-11                 Ross. Borden

K. Hempson _____     4209           *FTL Educ/PS      09-11                 Karen.Hempson

L. Klotz ____              5737           *Prof. Staff            09-11                Laurie.Klotz                

Vacant  _____                               *Prof. Staff            09-11                

D. Harrington_____   2428           *Prof. Staff          09-11                   Diana.Harrington

K. Pristash _____                         *Prof. Staff          09-11                   Kevin.Pristash

E. McCabe _____      4051           *Library Sen.       08-10                   Ellen.McCabe

T. Slack  _____         2101           *Mgt. Conf..        08-10                    Tim.Slack

J. Walkuski  _____   4965            *Graduate Sen.    09-11                    Jeffrey.Walkuski

M. Ware _____         2437            *SUNY Sen.       09-11                   Mary.Ware   

B. Schecter _____      4225           *Part-time Sen.    08-10                    Barry.Schecter

P. Schroeder  _____  2511           *Classified Staff   09-11                     Pam.Schroeder

G. Magnanti              4816            *Student Senator 09-10                      Gabrielle. Magnanti   

A. Batchelder            4816            *Student Senator 09-10                     Aaron. Batchelder

J. Campanaro            4816             *Student Sen.     09-10                     Jesse.Campanaro

 

                                      Ex-Officio Members and Standing Committee Chairs

Name                       Ext                  Position                                

E. Bitterbaum _____2201               President                             

M. Prus ___            2207                Provost, V.P. Acad. Aff.     

R. Franco _____     2518                V. P. Inst. Adv.                  

G. Sharer                4721                 V. P. Student Affairs           

W. Shaut _____     2303                  V. P. Fin. & Mgt.                

B. Kissel _____     5497                   Comm. on Comm.               

Vacant _____                                   CSEA Representative

R. Spitzer _____     4106                  Educ. Pol. Comm.   

J. Hendrick _____  5707                  General Education Committee           

R. Collings _____  2046                   Academic Faculty Affairs Committee       

 Vacant  _____                                 LRPC Comm. 

G. Clarke _____      2511                 Professional Affairs Committee

S. Anderson _____                           Parliamentarian                    

T. Phillips _____                                Student Affairs Committee  

Vacant _____                                    Multicultural Gender Studies

                                                Guests of the Senate

Name                    Ext                          Position

G. Levine _____   2201                     Exec. Assistant to the President   

G. Avery _____    2206                     Ass. Prov. for Enr. & Curr. Mgt. 

N. Aumann _____ 5477                    Ass. Prov. For Acad. Affairs         

P. Koryzno _____ 2518                    Director of Public Relations           

J. Cottone  _____   2701                   Interim Dean of Prof. Studies        

B. Mattingly _____ 4312                   Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences  

 J. Cottone  _____   2701                  Interim Dean, School of Education           

Others

W. Buxton         5567                          Chair 08-09

K. Alwes           2085                         Chair 07-08                                 

M. King            5951                         Chair 06-07                                

 

 http://www.cortland.edu/senate/roster

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

        Secretary's Report

    2009-2010

   Teri Vigars

 

• Worked with Joanne Barry and Josh Peluso to set up electronic voting for Senate matters
• Updated Senate website including a list of Approved Motions and pictures of the Senators

 

 

 

Annual Report

2009-2010

Faculty Senate Treasurer

 

After being elected to this position in the fall of 2009, Donna M. Videto (professor of Health) remained the Faculty Senate treasurer throughout the academic year and as a result also served on the Faculty Steering Committee.    In spring of 2010 Dr. Videto ran successfully for a second term for treasurer for the 2010-2011 academic year.  In the fall the First Niagara account for the Memorial Scholarship Fund was transferred over to Dr. Videto for management (and the funds for the 2010 award were removed from the account).  At present the account available balance is $971.69. 

As the treasurer, Dr. Videto has pursed the prospects of putting a pay-pal driven system up on the Faculty Senate website for direct deposit into the Scholarship Fund.  For fall 2010 that system should be in place and we should be able to move to an almost paperless system for paying dues into the Niagara account. 

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE

ANNUAL REPORT: 2009-2010

The Educational Policy Committee had a busy and productive year. It considered, debated, and approved a variety of policy matters. All of the recommendations submitted to the Faculty Senate were approved by the Senate. Discussions and recommendations included:

Fall 2009 Actions:

• Significant revisions to the college’s Curriculum Change Guide
• Definition of Capstone Courses and Experiences
• Discussion of the role of the Teacher Education Council (no action)

Spring 2010 Actions:

• Policy changes to revise college policy on Withdrawals, Leaves, and Readmission
• New Policy to provide for the Awarding of Multiple Degrees (e.g. both a B.A. and a B.S.)
• New policy on the Awarding of Posthumous Degrees
• Based on a charge from the Faculty Senate, the committee considered a resolution regarding reduction by four credit hours of total credit hours needed for students to graduate (e.g. from 124 credit hours to 120 credit hours); reported back to Faculty Senate that no policy change recommended, as such a reduction is already allowed under college policy. Several departments have since sought and received approval of such a credit reduction.

The EPC functioned with remarkable efficiency, cordiality, and seriousness of purpose this past academic year, and all members made meaningful contributions, including our excellent student member, Danielle Kamisky.

Committee members:

Lynn Anderson

David Barclay

Robert Darling

Gretchen Douglas

Danielle Kaminsky (student member)

Andrea Lachance

Donna Margine (ex officio)

David Smukler

Robert Spitzer (committee chair)

Carol Van Der Karr (ex officio)

Irena Vincent

Mark Yacavone

 

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (AFAC)

2009-2010

Prepared and Submitted by Raymond D. Collings, Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee, May 19, 2010

Members: Regina Grantham; Andrew Fitz-Gibbon; Moataz Emam; Joseph Rayle; Amanda Hollister replaced by Ellen McCabe*, and Raymond Collings

Amanda Hollister was elected to the AFAC during the spring 2009. However, when she left the University, she was replaced by Ellen McCabe during the spring 2010.

Attendance:

During the 2009-2010 year, the committee enjoyed active participation by the majority of the committee members. Although the replacement of one member did leave a period of time when the committee was down to five active members, the other members were diligent with their attendance. This only became a problem during the early portion of the spring semester when one member went on sabbatical, leaving us with only four active members, until E. McCabe was appointed to the committee. During this period, the committee relied on electronic correspondence, to make sure that our work was not interrupted. During the fall semester, the AFAC held regular meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. Because of increased workload, the committee agreed to meet every other Tuesday during the spring semester*. The chair would like to take this time to thank the committee members for going beyond the call of duty to fulfill their responsibilities.

* The chair did cancel two meetings during the spring semester, when there was no business.

Meetings:

The AFAC held ten regular meetings during the 2009-2010 academic year. These meeting dates were as follows: 9/1/09, 10/13/09, 11/10/09, 12/08/09, 1/26/10, 2/9/10, 2/23/10, 3/23/10, 4/9/10, and 5/4/10. In addition to these, three member subcommittees met three times as part of personnel reviews*.

Given the sensitive nature of these personnel reviews, limited information about them will be contained in this report (see section B).

Business Conducted:

A. Departmental Policy Reviews:

1.     Health Department – Reviewed and not approved (12/08/2009).

2.     Physical Education Department – reviewed and approved (3/23/2010).

3.     Psychology Department – Reviewed and approved revisions (2/23/2010).

B. Personnel Reviews: The AFAC was asked to conduct reviews of personnel actions by two faculty members. In both cases, three-member subcommittees were formed to conduct the reviews, in an effort to limit the number of individuals given access to any confidential materials pertaining to the reviews. The committee limited their reviews to an evaluation of the degree to which college procedures were followed during an earlier the review of each candidate’s materials. In both cases, the committee’s evaluations were detailed in a report submitted to the individual faculty members and the administration (President Bitterbaum in one case and Joanne Barry in the other).

C. Recommended changes to College Handbook

1.     Proposed Change to College Handbook 210.05 (approved)

Old wording	Proposed New wording
October Fourth week — Faculty member recommends him/herself for promotion. (Note: In the case of promotion from the rank of associate professor to full professor, external reviews are required.)	October Fourth week — Faculty member recommends him/herself for promotion. (Note: In the case of promotion from the rank of associate professor to full professor, external reviews are required for individuals who have begun their tenure-track academic appointment at SUNY Cortland after Aug. 15, 2009.)

2. Proposed Policy Chapter 150, Article VII, Section C (approved by Senate and sent out for referendum)

Current Policy 150 Article VII Section C

Proposed Policy 150 Article VII Section C

The Student Senate shall be entitled to select voting members of the Faculty Senate committees as follows: one member of the Educational Policy, Faculty Affairs, Long-Range Planning and Student Affairs Committees. The provost and vice president for academic affairs shall serve on the Educational Policy Committee with a vote. The president may appoint consultants as non-voting members of the Faculty Affairs and Long-Range Planning Committees. These members are in addition to student members.

The Student Senate shall be entitled to select voting members of the Faculty Senate committees as follows: one member of the Educational Policy, Faculty Affairs, Long-Range Planning and Student Affairs Committees. The provost and vice president for academic affairs shall serve on the Educational Policy Committee with a vote. The president may appoint consultants as non-voting members of the Academic Faculty Affairs and Long-Range Planning Committees. These members are in addition to student members.

3. Proposed Policy Chapter 150, Article VII, Section C3b (approved by Senate and sent out for referendum)

Current (150 Article VII Section C 3 b)

Proposed (150 Article VII Section C 3 b)

b. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee: 1.     To reglarly review the policies and procedures of academic departments and of the library that affect faculty with academic rank for renewal of term appointment, for granting of continuing appointment, and for promotion as fully described in Section 220.06 and Chapter 230 of the College Handbook. 2.     To conduct a review of Section 220.06 and Chapter 230 of the College handbook at least once every three years, and upon completing any such review to recommend needed changes to the Faculty Senate (or to certify that no changes are currently recommended to the Faculty Senate). 3.     To provide assistance to any individual faculty member with academic rank having unresolved problems regarding the departmental, school or sub-school personnel review process or problems deriving from it. (See paragraph 220.06, B.3.e of the College Handbook. 4.     Except for the three duties specified above, all other faculty matters to be considered by the committee will be designated to it in writing by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee. This includes recommendations by departmental,school or sub-school personnel committees, administrators or individuals.

b. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee: 1.     To reglarly regularly review the policies and procedures of academic departments and of the library that affect faculty with academic rank for renewal of term appointment, for granting of continuing appointment, and for promotion as fully described in Section 220.06 and Chapter 230 of the College Handbook. 2.     To conduct a review of Section 220.06 and Chapter 230 of the College handbook at least once every three years, and upon completing any such review to recommend needed changes to the Faculty Senate (or to certify that no changes are currently recommended to the Faculty Senate). 3.     To provide assistance to any individual faculty member with academic rank having unresolved problems regarding the departmental, school or sub-school personnel review process or problems deriving from it. (See paragraph 220.06, B.3.e of the College Handbook) 4.     To conduct an investigation of the review process used during a personnel action of an individual faculty member if formally requested by that individual. a.     The faculty member requesting the review should submit all pertinent materials related to the review to the Chair of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee. The individual need not submit his or her portfolio of supporting documents to the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee, since this material typically would not be reviewed, unless there appeared to have been violations directly involving the evaluation of these materials. It is important to note that disagreements between the candidate and reviewers regarding the weighting of materials do not in and of themselves represent procedural violations. The Academic Faculty Affairs Committee should avoid making judgments regarding subjective evaluations by the reviewers. b.     The Academic Faculty Affairs Committee may request additional materials from the individual requesting assistance. If appropriate, the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee also may interview members of personnel committees involved in the process, as well as the Department Chair and Dean, or for Librarians, the Supervisor, Director of Libraries and the Associate Provost for Information Resources. However, cooperation by these individuals is strictly voluntary. c.     The investigation may be conducted by the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee as a whole, or by a review sub-committee consisting of at least three members of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee appointed by the Chair of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee. If a sub-committee is appointed, the chair of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee should serve on the sub-committee, and all members of the sub-committee should have tenure whenever possible. d.     A letter reporting the committee’s conclusions will be issued to the individual and to the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources. This letter should include a description of the process used during the investigation and detailed descriptions of any violations of policies described in the Departmental Personnel Policies, the College Handbook, the SUNY Board of Trustees policies, or the UUP agreement that may have occurred. 5.     Except for the four duties specified above, all other faculty matters to be considered by the committee will be designated to it in writing by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee. This includes recommendations by departmental,school departmental, school or sub-school personnel committees, administrators or individuals.

4. Recommendation to create an ad hoc College Handbook Review Committee (sent back to steering committee for fall 2010)

The AFAC recommends that an Ad Hoc Committee be appointed to review the College Handbook, to review for inconsistencies and redundancies. Specifically, the committee should seek to make recommendations that would lead to a clearer, better organized, and more concise statement of college policies. Given the scope of the task, we would recommend that the membership of the ad hoc committee consist of former chairs or members of the Educational Policy, Academic Faculty Affairs, Student Affairs, and Long-Range Planning Committees, as well as the current chair or members of the Professional Affairs Committee. Furthermore, we would recommend that the Assistant Vice President for Human Resources, be appointed to the committee.

D. Committee Policies – The AFAC developed and approved a set of informal procedures. These procedures are intended to provide guidance, and are not intended to be binding. It is understood that the AFAC may change these policies at will and as needed. (See attached)

E. Election of New Chair (2010-2011) – Andrew Fitz Gibbon (approved 5/4/2010).

General Education Committee

Annual Report 2009-2010

Submitted by Joy Hendrick, Chair

Committee Membership (as per the College Handbook)

one member representing mathematics/science                      [Claus Schubert 2008-2010]

one member representing social/behavioral sciences               [David Miller* 2008-2010]

one member representing fine arts/humanities                       [John Hartsock 2008-2010]

one member representing education                                      [Joseph Rayle* 2008-2010]

one member representing professional studies                       [Joy Hendrick 2008-2010]

one member representing the library                                     [Anita Kuiken 2009-2011]

two at-large members from the academic faculty                     [DonnaWest 2008-2010]

                                                                                          [Chris Latimer 2009-2011]

one member representing the professional staff                      [Abby Thomas 2009-2011]

one student member                                                            [Kelsey Baylinson**]

dean of arts and sciences or designee, ex officio, non-voting     [Bruce Mattingly]

director of Institutional Research and Assessment Office or designee,

ex officio, nonvoting                                                              [Merle Canfield]

provost or designee, ex officio, non-voting                               [Carol Van der Karr]

            * on sabbatical leave Spring 2010, replacements were solicited, but none received

            ** student was never present for meetings, although she was included in all communication

The General Education (GE) Committee had a very busy year.  It was a wonderfully committed, active and dedicated group of faculty and professionals to be working together. Minutes from all meetings are posted on the GE Curriculum web site at:

http://www2.cortland.edu/academics/curriculum/committees/gen_edu.dot

The committee met regularly on a fairly biweekly schedule for a total of twelve times:

Fall 2009

October 2

October 19

October 30

November 13

December 4

      
Spring 2010

February 12

February 26, postponed until March 5 due to snow

March 12

March 26

April 2

April 23

May 7

 

Our work this year can be divided into three major areas, GE Assessment, GE Course Approvals and GE policies.  A summary of our activities and actions in each are described below.

GE Assessment

Following the GE Action Calendar developed in Spring 2009, we were engaged in three simultaneous cycles of GE Assessment. 

• For Results, Review and Recommendations (RRR), we distributed GE assessment results from last year to all department chairs and program coordinators involved with courses in GE categories 2 (Natural Sciences), 3 (Social Sciences), 5 (Western Civilization) and 6 (Contrasting Cultures).  They were asked to review the results, discuss them with their department and to suggest or make recommendations, if any to courses in the category.  This committee also discussed several issues for enhancing the assessment process next round.  Based on this discussion, we sent a letter to the Provost asking for his involvement in the assessment process. This information was compiled by the Director of Institutional Research and Assessment (DIRA) and used for the campuses SUNY GE Closing-the-Loop Report. 
• Along with the OIRA and following the procedures outlined in our GE Assessment Plan, we coordinated GE assessment in categories 7 (Humanities), 10 (writing), Critical Thinking, and GE 11.  
  • For the competency of Critical Thinking, the committee discussed at length whether we were interested in using the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA).  After reviewing information on-line and considering the expense, the committee unanimously voted NOT to recommend using the CLA to assess critical thinking.  Therefore, we proceeded with the procedures outlined in the assessment plan.  Instructors were contacted and given the freedom to select their own articles for students to read, which were each read and approved by the committee.  One faculty member chose to use an imbedded course assignment.
  • Mary Kennedy oversaw the assessment of student writing. 
  • GE 4 (United States History and Society) assessment will be moved to next year.
  • While GE 11 (Prejudice and Discrimination) was not on the original schedule for assessment this year, it was brought to our attention that this category meets a learning standard for teacher certification students and information regarding assessing the student learning outcomes would be useful for the upcoming NCATE accreditation review. It will also be valuable in assessing our new mission statement which states that students will “grow as engaged citizens with a strong social conscience…”.  Even though faculty in GE 11 were contacted late, several did participate.  We are recommending that assessment in this area continue in fall 2010 in order to achieve a larger, more representative sample.
  • Scorers for conducting the assessments on the essays in these areas are currently being solicited so this can take place by the end of June.  The results will be shared with the next years GE committee who will then conduct the RRR on these GE categories.
• We divided into subcommittees to conduct Syllabi Reviews for categories that will be assessed next year.  These included GE 8, 9 and Presentation Skills. (Even though GE 1 will be assessed next year due to a SUNY-approved delay from this year, the syllabi were reviewed fairly recently and were deemed not necessary for review again at this time.)  This is a very time-consuming process, especially for the subcommittee chairs that needed to continually communication with departments to either acquire the necessary syllabi and/or to obtain the revised syllabi.  The Arts and Sciences Deans Office (including Rhonda Moulton) was very helpful in the acquisition of many missing course materials.  The campus needs to have a central location to serve as a repository for all approved GE syllabi.  For our purposes this semester, they were uploaded onto a MyRedDragon group folder.  At the conclusion of the review (hopefully by June 1), all syllabi will be sent to Gail Cutler in the Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs for future reference.
  • GE 8 – The Arts (Subcommittee chaired by John Hartsock): 26 courses were reviewed.  No courses were recommended for removal from the category.
  • GE 9 – Foreign Language (Subcommittee chaired by Clause Schubert): Syllabi finally received on May 17 which was too late for review this spring.  We are recommending that a subcommittee be created immediately in the Fall 2010 semester to conduct a review of the 28 courses so that the courses are all in place by the time that assessment process begins.
  • Presentation Skills (Subcommittee chaired Anita Kuiken): 56 courses reviewed.  Several departments indicated that they would like to course(s) removed from the GE category – THT 162.  These department chairs were contacted to send a letter to that fact to their Dean who would then forward his approval to the Provost.  The Provost Office would then make the necessary communications to the Registrar’s Office and to SUNY to remove the course from the list.  (Two Biology courses, BIO 422 and BIO 516, along with EDU 478 were also removed as these courses were retired or deleted). 
  • Information Management – Gail Wood, working with the DIRA is coordinating the assessment process of this competency area which will take place next year.

 

GE Course Approval/Deletion

• New courses approved (all have since been approved by the Provost):
  • ANT 103 (GE 12)
  • CIN 101 (GE 8)
  • CIN 102 (GE 8)
  • POL 404/AAS 404 (GE 11)
  • POL 405 (GE 11)
  • Removed course (approved by the Provost):
    • MAT 224 (GE 1)
    • Pending removal (paperwork still being processed by departments)
      • THT 162
      • Course returned to department for revision and future resubmission
        • MUS 105 (GE 8) – (refer to 3/5/10 minutes for details)

 GE Policies and Procedures

• Recommended to Faculty Senate (and was approved 5/4/10) to allow 400-level courses as GE (although they will not normally be considered). The specific rationale appear in Appendix 10 of the 4/20/10 Faculty Senate Minutes.
• Revised the General Education Course Approval Form.  C. Van Der Karr will make the revisions and post on the Curriculum Web Site.

Other

• Reviewed several draft proposals from SUNY on changes to SUNY GE.  The committee decided that no action was needed in Cortland’s General Education Program at the present time to be compliant with the changes.  Since our program exceeds the SUNY requirements, students graduating from Cortland with our GE program will still meet the SUNY GE requirements.
• A 2006 draft of a General Education Handbook surfaced this year.  C. Van Der Karr volunteered to update it with the new Cortland GE program and will circulate to the committee next year.

Recommendations for 2010-2011 (above and beyond GE Action Calendar items)

 

• Review syllabi for GE 9 in early fall (syllabi received too late in May for spring review)
• Begin Syllabi Review sooner as it takes longer than expected to receive all syllabi – suggest have a syllabi due by Spring Break (rather than the end of March).
• Incorporate assessment of GE 12 (Science, Technology, Values and Society) into the GE Assessment Action Schedule.
• Categories to be assessed: continuation of GE 11 (suggested for fall), GE 4, GE 8, GE 9, PRES and Information Management.
• Review the GE Handbook
• Continue to seek involvement from the Provost in the GE assessment process.
• May wish to consider renaming GE 11 Prejudice and Discrimination to something more positive (e.g. Social Consciousness and Awareness).
• Continue to organize and seek input from GE Category Subgroups
  • In 2009-2010, the Quantitative Skills Subcommittee was very active in developing and piloting rubrics for assessment GE 1.   Continued piloting and training with using the rubrics in the fall will better prepare them for assessment in Spring 2011.
  • The DIRA and the GE committee will need to work with the Presentation Skills committee in the early fall to finalize their assessment procedures by mid-October in order for them to be read for assessment in Spring 2011.
• Schedule minute-takers for the meetings alphabetically so committee members can plan when it is their turn to take minutes.

Committee members whose appointments have ended at the conclusion of Spring 2010 semester:      C. Schubert, D. Miller, J. Hartsock, J. Rayle, D. West and J. Hendrick

Respectfully submitted,

Joy L. Hendrick, GE Committee Chair

May 28, 2010

Addendum – as of 5/7/10, GE Committee members appointed for 2010-2012 include: J. Hokanson (at-large), S. Kelley (Fine Arts & Humanities), O. White (Education).         

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate

Professional Affairs Committee

2009-2010 ANNUAL REPORT

Prepared and Submitted by Glen C. Clarke, Chair, Professional Affairs Committee

June 29, 2010

MEMBERS:

• Gary Babjack (Academic Affairs);
• Glen Clarke (Academic Affairs);
• John Driscoll (Ex Officio UUP Vice President for Professionals);
• Diana Harrington (Finance and Management);
• Jennifer Janes (Institutional Advancement and the President’s Office);
• Doug Langhans (Enrollment Management);
• Howard Lindh (At-Large)
• Jody Maroney (At-Large);
• Kevin Pristash (Student Affairs and the VP of Student Affairs Office);
• Dawn Van Hall (Information Resources);
• Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman (Student Affairs and the VP of Student Affairs Office).

BUSINESS CONDUCTED:

The committee met five times during its initial year of existence.

June 16, 2009:  This organizational meeting was primarily for the purpose of setting member term lengths so all members’ terms would not expire at the same time.  The committee agreed to the following term lengths:  One year:  Babjack, Harrington, Pristash;  Two years:  Clarke, Langhans, Van Hall;  Three years:  Janes, Lindh, Maroney, Zhe-Heimerman.

September 25, 2009:  See attached agenda.  The committee discussed its purpose, issues of concern for committee action, and the meeting schedule for the academic year.  The committee agreed that the purpose is to represent professional faculty regarding issues that are beyond the scope of United University Professions representation in conjunction with UUP’s labor agreement with New York State.  The committee also agreed that it should have a role in assisting professional faculty through referral to UUP for issues covered under the agreement.  Other functions include assisting professional faculty with Discretionary Salary Increase issues, insuring professionals inclusion in curriculum development, and educating the campus community about professionals’ role in advancing the campus mission.

November 3, 2009:  See attached agenda.  The committee discussed the problem of the lack of clear career ladders for professional faculty.  The committee determined that the best next action would be to invite United University Professions Chapter President Jamie Dangler to meet with the committee to determine UUP’s position concerning this issue.  The committee also expressed interest in determining how the Salary Level (SL) of each professional faculty position is determined.

March 11, 2010:  See attached agenda.  The committee discussed professional faculty matters with United University Professions Chapter President Jamie Dangler and with Faculty Senate Senator Laurie Klotz  (Professionals), Academic Computing Services.  Senator Klotz described the problem of the lack of career ladders for professional faculty.  She said the primary problem relates to the practice of only granting promotion if the employee assumes supervisory duties or assumes greater supervisory duties.  This despite statements to the contrary that supervision is not a requirement for promotion.  In effect, this means SUNY Cortland does not reward longevity.  Chapter President Dangler said that promotion is not a term of employment and therefore not subject to union challenge.  She said that anyone denied promotion for lack of supervision should officially challenge such a decision.  Nonetheless, a promotion must involve a substantive increase in duties.  She said that the committee was ideally situated to pursue this issue.  She also said that UUP is participating in a campus initiative to train supervisors in how to best fulfill their roles.  Driscoll described the management differences between academic faculty and professional faculty, noting that consistency in supervisory responsibilities are more challenging for professional faculty because they work across all college divisions (not only in Academic Affairs).  Maroney indicated that many professional faculty do not see promotion as a worthwhile pursuit given that those promoted always receive merely a three percent pay increase.

March 30, 2010:  See attached agenda.  The committee discussed issues raised at its March 11^th meeting.  The committee also reviewed a spreadsheet prepared by Gary Evans, Human Resources, listing all professional faculty and management-confidential faculty on the SUNY Cortland campus.  The spreadsheet lists state position titles, campus titles, salary grade, department, and supervisor for each faculty member.  The major concern among committee members was how the campus might best improve career advancement opportunities for professional faculty and how the committee might best promote action.  One suggestion was that salary levels might be divided such that, for example, SL-5 might be altered to consist of SL-3a, SL-3b, and SL-3c and SL-3 employees might be initially appointed at SL-3a and a system would be implemented defining how they might progress to SL-3b (and SL-3c) without needing to satisfy the “substantive increase in duties” requirement for securing a promotion to SL-4.  The committee acknowledged that more study would be needed to determine if SUNY Cortland could institute such a system or if that would need to be instituted across all campuses.  It was also asserted that no promotion is available at all in the athletics department and among residence hall directors.

CONCLUSION:

The committee discussed over the year how best to define its role but has not yet clearly answered that question.

Respectfully submitted,

Glen C. Clarke

Chair

Professional Affairs Committee

 

                                      STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

                                         ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009  

                                             Submitted by T. Phillips, Chair

 

               Memorandum

To:  Kathleen Lawrence, Chair, Cortland Faculty Senate

From:  Tim Phillips, Economics, Chair – Student Affairs Committee

RE:  Annual Report

Date:  June 23, 2010

I am pleased to report that the Student Affairs Committee was a little more active than previous years.  We were engaged in two activities this past academic year and I have summarized them below.

1)     We were charged by the Senate to investigate the issues surrounding student behavior and alcohol consumption.  This is a very complex issue and there are a variety of units that are involved with this problem in different ways.  We held a fairly major meeting with many of the parties involved and we were surprised to learn of the great number of strategies and actions that are being employed to deal with this wide-ranging concern.  I reported the results of the meeting to the Senate and a discussion ensued.  Greg Sharer, Vice President for Student Affairs, responded to many of the questions from the floor of the Senate at that meeting as he is much more informed regarding the issue than I. Overall, the College is engaged in a multitude of actions regarding student behavior and alcohol consumption and will continue to attempt to mitigate the problem going forward.

2)     The Student Affairs Committee met to determine the recipient of the Faculty Senate Memorial Scholarship.  After reviewing a number of applications and engaging in a lengthy discussion, it was determined that Aaron M. Batchelder would be the winner of this year’s scholarship.  The Committee is also recommending that the criteria used to determine the recipient of the Faculty Memorial Scholarship be changed so that it is clear what the minimum qualifications are to be eligible to win.

I would like to thank some of the members of the Committee that took the time to actively participate as a member of the Student Affairs Committee:  Mark Connell, Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman and Ji-Ryun Kim.

 

 

 

                                   FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEES

            http://www.cortland.edu/www/senate/

                        Updated May 18, 2010

May 18, 2010

TO:  Kathy Lawrence

Chair, Faculty Senate (2009-10)

FROM:  Joanne Barry

Chair, Committee on Committees

RE:  ANNUAL REPORT – 2009-10

Members: Joanne Barry, Chair

Kelsey Baylinson

Kate Coffey

Gayle Gleason

John Hartsock

Jennifer Janes 

Emilie Kudela

Lorraine Melita

Barbara Kissel, ex-officio

Activities:

1.     Faculty Senate Committees

a.     September 2000 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill academic year vacancies that were not filled through the yearend process the previous spring.

b.     February 2010 – Nominations sought, recommendations made, and appointments confirmed to fill remaining vacancies.

c.     April 2010 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill Fall 2010 vacancies.

2.     Search Committees – issued campus-wide calls for nominations to form the following search committees:

a.     Executive Director of Alumni Affairs ((June 2009)

b.     Dean, School of Arts & Sciences (September 2009)

c.     Assistant Provost for Teacher Education (September 2009)

d.     Director of Marketing (September 2009 – search was subsequently canceled)

e.     Director of Financial Advisement (September 2009)

f.     Associate Provost for Academic Affairs (November 2009)

g.     Director of Environmental and Outdoor Education (November 2009)

h.     Director of Athletics (December 2009)

i.     Director of Networking and Telecommunications (January 2010)

j.     Director of Counseling and Student Development (March 2010)

3.     Referendums conducted as follows:

a.     Faculty By-Laws (Elections, Conduct of Business, Review of Governance Structure, Amendments) (February 2010)

b.     Duties of the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (May 2010)

c.     Student Membership on Faculty Senate Committees (May 2010)

4.     Faculty Senate Seats

a.     Conducted election for vacant Faculty Senate seats (September 2009)

b.     Conducted election for upcoming vacant Faculty Senators (May 2010)

5.     Consultation - The committee continued to serve as a resource to a variety of campus constituents with regard to nomination and election policies and procedures.

6. Electronic Voting – Implemented May 2010

Recommendations:

1.     Faculty Senate should charge committees with developing summary information about the works of specific committees for inclusion on the Senate’s website.

Attachment: List of committees for 2010-11

Faculty Senate Officers (Elected:  1 yr. Term) 2010-11

• Miller, David                            Chair

Phillips, Tim                              Vice-Chair

            Vigars, Teri                              Secretary (no more than 2 successive terms in same office – 2^nd term)

            Videto, Donna                          Treasurer (no more than 2 successive terms in same office – 2^nd term)

 

Faculty Senate Steering Committee

• Miller, David                            2010-11           Chair

Phillips, Tim                              2010-11           Vice-Chair

            Vigars, Teri                              2010-11           Secretary

            Videto, Donna                          2010-11           Treasurer

            Anderson, Steve                       2010-11           Parliamentarian (appointed)

                                                            2010-11           Educational Policy Committee Chair

                                                            2010-11           General Education Committee Chair

                                                            2010-11           Long Range Planning Committee Chair

                                                            2010-11           Academic Faculty Affairs Committee Chair

                                                            2010-11           Professional Affairs Committee Chair

                                                            2010-11           Student Affairs Committee Chair

                                     

SUNY Senator  (Elected: 3 yr. term)

            Ware, Mary                             2009-12           At large

 

SUNY Senator – Alternate (Elected: 3 yr. term)

            Phillips, Tim                              2009-12           At large

 

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (appointed: 2 yr. term) 

• Collings, Raymond                    2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci.

McCabe, Ellen                        2009-11           Library

Grantham, Regina                     2009-11           Professional Studies

            FitzGibbon, Andrew                 2009-11           Fine Arts/Humanities

vacant                                      2010-12           Education

Emam, Moataz             2010-12           Math/Sci

 

Auxiliary Services Corporation (Elected:  3 yr. term) – (C. on C. does NOT run election for MC reps)

Steck, Henry                            2008-11           Academic/Professional Faculty

McCarthy, Matthew                 2008-11           Academic/Professional Faculty

Curtis, Jenna                             2009-12           Academic/Professional Faculty

Boland, Mary Kate                   2010-13           Academic/Professional Faculty

Ritchie, David                           2010-13           Academic/Professional Faculty

Barry, Joanne                           2009-10           Management/Confidential

Sharer, Greg                             2009-10           Management/Confidential

            Shaut, Bill                                 2009-10           Management/Confidential

 

College Curriculum Review Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)   (no more than 2 successive terms) 

            Hokanson, Jim              2009-11           Professional Studies

            Kronenbitter, Jennifer               2009-11           Library

            Halebsky, Stephen                    2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci

            Kelly, Michelle             2009-11           Education

Pittman, Damien                       2010-12           Math/Sci (2^nd term)      

Vacant                                     2010-12           Education

Costell Corbin, Carol                2010-12           Professional Staff from Academic Affairs

            Zimmerman, Karen                   2010-12           Fine Arts/Humanities (2^nd term)

Grantham, Regina                     2010-12           Professional Studies

            Aumann, Nancy                        Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Education

            O’Callaghan, Jerry                    Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Arts & Sciences

            Gravani, Eileen             Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Professional Studies 

            Margine, Donna                        Ex Officio         Registrar [non voting]

            VanDerKarr, Carol                  Ex Officio         Associate Provost for Academic Affairs [non voting]                                                                                         

College Research Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term) [Qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency.]

Herrmann, Gretchen                 2008-11           Library

Wisch, Bobbi                           2008-11           Fine Arts/Humanities (B. Wisch sabbatical sp ‘10)

• Ducey, Peter                            2009-12           Math/Sci

Hodges, Bonni              2009-12           Professional Studies

Kraebel, Kim                           2010-13           Soc/Beh Sci

            Klotz, Laurie                            2010-13           Professional Staff

Benton, Cindy              2010-13           Education

Henderson-Harr, Amy              Ex Officio         Sponsored Programs

            Clarke, Glen                             Ex Officio         Sponsored Programs

 

Committee on Committees (Elected: 2 yr. term)

Melita, Lorraine                        2009-11           Library

• Barry, Joanne                           2009-11           M/C

Hartsock, John                         2009-11           Fine Arts/Humanities

            Vacant                                     2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci

Vacant                                     2010-12           Math/Sci

            Coffey, Kate                            2010-12           Professional Studies

            Ruoff, Hailey                            2010-12           Professional Staff

Kudela, Emilie              2010-12           Education

            Kissel, Barbara             Ex Officio         Faculty Senate designee

                                                            current              Student

 

Committee on Teaching Awards (Appointed: 3 yr. term/ term runs January through December) (minimum 5 yrs. teaching at SUNY Cortland)

Shedd, John                             2009-11           Arts & Sciences

Grantham, Regina                     2009-11           Professional Studies

West, Donna                            2010-12           Arts & Sciences  (term begins 1/1/10)         

Kudela, Emilie              2010-12           Education (term begins 1/1/10)

 

Miller, David                            current              Faculty Senate Vice Chair

            Levine, Virginia             Ex Officio         President’s Office        

                                                            current              Student  

 

Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Appointed: 4 yr. term) (no consecutive terms)

Polasek, Katherine                   2007-11           Professional Studies

Sayers-Walker, Katina 2008-12           Education

Smith, Brice                              2009-13           Math/Sci

Worrell, Mark                          2009-13           Soc/Beh Sci

Harbin, Andrea             2010-14           Fine Arts/Humanities

                                                current              Student            

                                                current              Student

                                                            current              Student

 

Educational Policy Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Smukler, David             2009-11           Education 

            Lachance, Andrea                    2009-11           Education

      Darling, Robert             2009-11           Arts & Sciences

Vincent, Irena                           2009-11           Professional Studies

• Spitzer, Bob                             2010-12           Arts & Sciences

            Douglas, Gretchen                    2010-12           Library

Trunfio, Tony                            2010-12           Professional Studies

            Jordak, Ingrid                           2010-12           Professional Staff

West, Donna                            2010-12           Academic Faculty at large

Prus, Mark                               Ex Officio         Provost

Margine, Donna                        Ex Officio         Registrar

                                                Ex Officio         Graduate Faculty Executive Committee designee

                                                            current              Student

                                                            current              Student

 

Facilities and Master Plan Oversight Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

            Sternfeld, John              2010-13           At Large

 

Faculty Representative to the Student Senate (Elected: 1 yr. term) (no more than 2 successive terms)

            Vacant                                     2010-11           At Large

            Vacant                                     2010-11           At Large

 

General Education Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Kuiken, Anita                           2009-11           Library

Latimer, Chris                           2009-11           Academic At Large

Thomas, Abby                          2009-11           Professional Staff

Vacant                                     2010-12           Professional Studies

White, Orvil                              2010-12           Education

Kelley, Sam                              2010-12           Fine Arts/Humanities

Vacant                                     2010-12           Soc/Beh Sci    

Hokanson, Jim              2010-12           Academic At Large

Vacant                                     2010-12           Math/Sci

            Baylinson, Kelsey                     current              Student

            Aumann, Nancy                        ex officio          Associate Provost for Academic Affairs

            Mattingly, Bruce                       ex officio          Dean of Arts & Sciences

            Canfield, Merle             ex officio          Institutional Research & Assessment

 

Long Range Planning Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Craft, Diane                              2008-11           Professional Studies

King, Mel                                 2008-11           Soc/Beh Sci

            Peluso, Josh                             2008-11           Professional Staff

            Harms, Daniel                           2009-12           Library

            Neal, David                              2009-12           Fine Arts/Humanities

Vacant                                     2010-13           Education

            Vacant                                     2010-13           Math/Sci

                                                            current              Student

                                                            current              Student

 

Professional Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

• Glen Clarke                              2009-11           Academic Affairs

Jennifer Janes                           2009-11           Institutional Advancement & President’s Office

            Diana Harrington                      2009-11           Finance and Management

            Jeremy Zhe-Heimerman            2009-11           Student Affairs

            Doug Langhans             2009-11           Enrollment Management

            Jody Maroney                          2009-11           At large

            Kevin Pristash                          2009-12           Student Affairs

            Gary Babjack                           2009-12           Academic Affairs

            Howard Lindh                          2009-12           At large

Driscoll, John                            Ex Officio         UUP VP for Professionals or designee [non voting]      

            ***initial 3-year to achieve staggered terms       (committee will decide when convened)                                                       

Student Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

• Connell, Mark                          2009-11           Library

            Kim, Ji-Ryun                            2009-11           Education

      Phillips, Tim                              2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci

Zhe-Heimerman, Jeremy           2010-12           Professional Staff

            Vacant                                     2010-12           Professional Studies

            Vacant                                     2010-12           Math/Sci

     Vacant                                     2010-12           Fine Arts/Humanities

                                                            current              Student

                                                            current              Student

 

• · Chair of Committee

_____________ - nomination(s) in process - pending confirmation

Vacant – seats filled via Committee on Committee process

________________ - seats filled by other committees/organizations

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACULTY SENATE MOTIONS 2009-2010

 

September 22, 2009

 

• There was a vote to approve the proposed amendment from R. Spitzer to the

“Proposal to amend the College Curriculum Guide” from the EPC Committee

 (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to approve the proposed amendment from R. Spitzer to

the “Proposal to amend the College Curriculum Guide” from the EPC

Committee (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to approve the “Proposal to Amend the College Curriculum

Guide” from the EPC Committee (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to approve the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee Proposal

regarding Review of  Handbook Policies (Approved)

 

October 20, 2009

 

• There was a vote to approve the proposal from the Educational Policy Committee

“Definition of Capstone Courses and Capstone Experiences” (Approved)

 

December 1, 2009

 

• There was a vote to adopt the changes to Article X: Elections in the College

Handbook (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to adopt the changes to Article XI; Conduct of Business in the

College Handbook (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to adopt the changes to Article XIII; Review of Governance

Structure in the College Handbook (Approved)

 

• There was a vote to adopt the changes to Article XIV: Amendments in the 

College Handbook (Approved)

 

April 20, 2010

 

• There was a vote approve a change to the College Handbook 210.5 from the 

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee regarding External Review  

 

• There was a vote approve the recommendation from the Educational Policy Committee “Proposed addition in the College Handbook (Chapter 415, Posthumous Degrees)

 

• There as a vote on the “Proposal from the Educational Policy Committee Regarding Withdrawals, Leaves, Readmission*”

 

• There was a vote to approve the recommendation from the Educational Policy Committee Regarding New Text for College Catalog: Awarding

of Dual Degrees”

 

May 4, 2010

 

• There was a vote from the General Education Committee regarding 400 level courses  

 

• Recommended changes to the College Handbook regarding personnel reviews 

by the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee, Chapter 150, Article VII, Section C

 

• Recommended changes to the College Handbook regarding personnel reviews by the Academic Faculty Affairs Committee, Chapter 150, Article VII, Section 3Cb 

 

State University of New York
 College at Cortland

Faculty Senate Annual Report 2008-2009
     ________________________
 
 
 
Table of Contents 
 
Faculty Senate Annual Report
  Chair's Report
 
Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule
 
Faculty Senate Roster
 
Faculty Senate Vice Chair's Report
 
Faculty Senate Treasurer's Report
 
College Curric. Review Comm. Report
 
Educational Policy Committee Report
 
Faculty Affairs Committee Report
 
General Education Comm. Report
 
Student Affairs Committee Report
 
Committee on Committees
   Faculty  Senate Committees 2008-2009
 
Faculty Senate Motions 2008-2009
 
 

 

   
 
     Chair's Report

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate
2008-2009

 
 
            The 2008-2009 academic year was one of significant accomplishments for the SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate. Actions approved by the Senate this year will impact the working lives and governance structure of the college for years to come. It is significant that in a time of budgetary constraints, the Senate expanded participation in Faculty governance by adding representation for Full Time Lecturers and creating a standing Professional Affairs Committee composed of Academic Professionals and dedicated to reviewing and bringing to the full Senate issues relating to Academic Professionals. The creation of the Professional Affairs Committee should fill an existing gap in governance for professionals that was filled for faculty by the Faculty Affairs Committee. Also, as a standing committee, the Chair of Professional Affairs Committee will also have a seat on the Steering Committee, which will also give greater voice to Academic Professionals. Taken together, Senate actions, with the subsequent approval of two thirds of the voting members of the faculty, will have a significant impact on governance structure and actions in the coming year.
 
            Highlights of Senate actions in the 2008-2009 year include the following:
 
·         The addition of two full time lecturers as voting members of the Senate.

·         Changes in the structure of the Faculty Affairs Committee.

·         The creation of a Professional Affairs Committee.

·         Changes in membership of the college curriculum Review Committee.

·         A pilot policy setting guidelines for External Review of Faculty seeking promotion to Full Professor.

·         A study of alternative meeting times for the Faculty Senate which found no evidence for changing the current time.

·         Approval of academic calendars for the coming three years.

 
Votes by the Faculty Senate are usually just the tip of the iceberg, representing the results of months and even years of labor by Senate Committees-both standing and ad hoc. Action items of the Senate are presented to it through its committee structure. Crafting items for action that will go into the Handbook and serve as policy for the college is no easy matter. Not only is it necessary to consider the impact of policy, it is also necessary to write such policy carefully so that it means what is intended. This was particularly true this year, and much of the credit for the passage of Senate items this year must be credited to the hard work of Senate Committees.
 
The reports from the standing committees make clear the extent of the accomplishments of those committees, and I will not repeat those here. However, two ad hoc committees deserve recognition for the work they accomplished this year. The ad hoc Committee on External Review, which was originally created in the 2007-2008 academic year, completed its work and presented the Senate with a balanced and comprehensive report on external review for promotion to full professor. That report served as the basis for the handbook changes that were subsequently approved the Senate and ratified by a vote of the academic faculty. Issues of promotion are always difficult and controversial. It is to the credit of that committee that a pilot policy was approved. 
 
            A second ad hoc committee was formed to examine times for the Faculty Senate to meet. A long standing complaint has been the meeting on Tuesday's from 1:10 to 2:30 conflicts with a popular teaching time and restricts involvement in the Faculty Senate. After examining data from a survey, the ad hoc committee concluded there was no evidence a different time would increase participation in the Senate. However, the start of Senate meeting time was delayed by 5 minutes to correspond with regularly scheduled class times. The meeting time has been another contentious issue for several years, and the ad hoc committee provided the first data relating to the meeting time and the desirability of other meeting times. Hopefully this issue will lie at rest for several years.
 
            I also want to acknowledge the work done by Senate committees that never sees action on the floor of the Faculty Senate. For example, the work of the Faculty Affairs Committee and College Curriculum Review Committee is essential for the ongoing work of the college. These two committees constantly review curriculum and department personnel policies respectively. While these reviews do not come to the floor of the Senate, their reviews have significant impact on both immediate and long term operations of the college. Additionally, the whole idea of shared governance would be hollow were there not a place for faculty input into curriculum proposals and personnel policies.
 
These are just two examples of the ongoing work of the Senate that is seldom recognized. I want to acknowledge the work of all of the Faculty Senate Committees and thank the many people who served on these committees. Serving on these committees adds an increased work load and increased responsibility for all of their members. Everyone on campus is indebted to those who took this on and seldom receive the thanks or recognition they deserve.
 
It has been an honor and privilege to represent you as Chair of Faculty Senate this year.  I particularly want to thank the members of the Faculty Senate for the spirit of cooperation and collegiality that characterized the Senate this year. While there was not always agreement about every issue this year, there was always respect for differing views and recognition that everyone was interested in making SUNY Cortland an outstanding college in every sense of the word. I am proud of the actions and conduct of the Senate this year and hope the entire campus recognizes both the work accomplished as well as the level of integrity that accompanied the work.
 
Respectfully submitted
Bill Buxton
Chair, SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate 2008-2009

 

 
SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY SENATE
               MEETING SCHEDULE
   

                                                         1:10 PM                  
                                                 Fall  Semester 2008  
Steering Committee Faculty Senate
(meets in 405 Miller) (meets in Brockway Hall
   Jacobus Lounge)
August 26 September 2
September 9 September 16
September 23 September 30
October 7 October 14
October 21 October 28 * Meets   Corey Union                          Exhibition Lounge
November 4 November 11
November 18 November 25
   
                                            Spring   Semester 2009  
Steering Committee Faculty Senate
  (meets in Park Center, Hall of Fame Room
   
January 27 February 3
February 10 February 17
February 24 March 3
March 17 March 24
March 31 April 7
April 14 April 21
April 28 May 5
 
 
                        SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Roster May 5,  2009
                                                (*indicates voting members)
Name                            Ext       Position                   Term                    E-Mail @cortland.edu
B. Buxton _____          5567    *Chair                     08-09                  William.Buxton K. Lawrence ____       4113     *Vice Chair             08-09                  Kathleen.Lawrence J. Duncan _____          2356      *Secretary              08-09                  Janet. Duncan J. Shedd _____           2035     *Treasurer                08-09                  John.Shedd

 

   




I. Jubran ______         2968       *Math/Science          07-09                Isa.Jubran
Vacant  _____                            *Fine Arts/Hum.       08-10  
N. Helsper ______      2023        *Fine Arts/Hum.     07-09                  Norma.Helsper
H. Botwinick _____     2435       *School of A&S    07-09       Howard.Botwinick
D. West ______           2019        *School of A&S    07-09                 Westsimon
D. Miller ______          2996         *School of A&S    08-10                 David.Miller
T. Phillips ______        2437         *School of A&S   08-10                  Tomithy.Phillips
J. Reese ______          4118          *School of PS      07-09                  James.Reese
J. Walkuski ______     4965         *School of PS      07-09                   Jeffrey.Walkuski
J. Governali ______    2988          *School of PS      07-09                   Joseph.Governali
J. Hendrick _____      5707           *School of PS      07-09                   Joy.Hendrick
O. White _____          2442          *School of Educ.  07-09                   Orvil.White
J. Rayle _____           5951           *School of Educ.   07-09                  Joseph.Rayle
Vacant  _____                              *School of Educ.   07-09     
B. Langhans ____      4717           *Prof. Staff           07-09                   Beth.Langhans
A. Dahlman _____    4808            *Prof. Staff          07-09                    Amy.Dahlman
D. Harrington_____   2428           *Prof. Staff          07-09                    Diana.Harrington
T. Vigars _____        4309            *Prof. Staff          07-09                    Teri.Vigars <mailto:Teri.Vigars@cortland.edu>
E. McCabe _____     4051           *Library Sen.       08-10                    Ellen.McCabe
T. Slack  _____         2101           *Mgt. Conf..        08-10                    Tim.Slack
D. Videto _____        4205           *Graduate Sen.    06-09                    Donna.Videto
M. Ware _____         2437           *SUNY Sen.       06-09                    Mary.Ware   
Vacant _____                               *Part-time Sen.    08-10      
S. Snell _____            5577           *Classified Staff  07-09                     Sherry.Snell
 M. Dwyer                 4816            *Student Senator 08-09                   Melissa.Dwyer
 M. Rainsford             4816            *Student Senator 08-09                   Margaret.Rainsford
A. M. Rossi _____     4816             *Student Sen.      08-09                Rossi02@cortland.edu
 
                                      
Ex-Officio Members and Standing Committee Chairs
 
Name                       Ext                  Position                               
E. Bitterbaum _____2201               President                             
M. Prus ___            2207                 Provost, V.P. Acad. Aff.     
R. Franco _____     2518                 V. P. Inst. Adv.                  
G. Sharer                4721                  V. P. Student Affairs           
W. Shaut _____     2303                  V. P. Fin. & Mgt.                
B. Kissel _____     5497                   Comm. on Comm.               
Vacant _____                                   CSEA Representative
R. Kendrick            2481                  Educ. Pol. Comm.              
R. Collings ____    2046                  Faculty Affairs Comm.         
C. Cirmo  _____    2924                   LRPC Comm. 
S. Anderson _____                           Parliamentarian                    
T. Phillips _____ 2437                      Student Affairs Committee  
Vacant _____                                    Multicultural Gender Studies
                                                Guests of the Senate
Name                    Ext                          Position
G. Levine _____   2201                     Exec. Assistant to the President   
G. Avery _____    2206                    Ass. Prov. for Enr. & Curr. Mgt. 
N. Aumann _____ 5477                   Ass. Prov. For Acad. Affairs        
P. Koryzno _____ 2518                   Director of Public Relations           
J. Cottone  _____ 2701                    Interim Dean of Prof. Studies        
B. Mattingly _____ 4312                  Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences  
G. Porter _____    2701                   Dean, School of Education           
 
http://www.cortland.edu/senate/roster
Others
K. Alwes           2085                        Chair 07-08                                 
M. King            5951                         Chair 06-07                                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Annual Report for Faculty Senate
Academic Year 2008-2009
Submitted by Kathleen A. Lawrence, Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Member of Steering Committee
 

      Worked on External Review Committee-charged by FS Chair Alwes originally in Spring 2008. Committee continued work through Fall 2008. Made reports to Steering Committee. In January 2009 met with Provost Prus for insights into administration's perspectives on external review. ERC finally began presenting proposal for External Review at meeting in March 2009.  Continued to discuss until called for a vote on May  5, 2009. Motion was approved. President Erik Bitterbaum signed approving the External Review Proposal for Promotion from Associate to Professor on June 3, 2009.

 

      Led Ad-hoc on New Meeting Time for Faculty Senate Committee-charged by FS Chair Buxton in August 2008. Made reports to Steering Committee. Committee created and conducted survey via e-mail with assistance of Merle Canfield. New Meeting Time began presenting the survey results and the committee's proposal to keep the time and day for Faculty Senate the same.  Some consideration and discussion was given to finding a college Common Hour. After considering survey results and after a discussion with Registrar Donna Margine to determine room vacancies.  Continued to discuss until call for vote on April 21, 2009. Motion was approved.  President Erik Bitterbaum signed proposal approving the External Review Proposal for Promotion from Associate to Professor on June 3, 2009.

 

      Offered background explanation of 2006 Proposal that resurfaced from College Curriculum Review Committee regarding committee membership. Proposed membership changes had been reviewed and approved by EPC in Fall 2006. Re-introduced at Faculty Senate in April 2009. Proposal to change composition of committee membership was approved. President Bitterbaum signed proposal approving decided on June 3, 2009.

 

MEETINGS

      Steering Committee Meetings-attended-see minutes for particular actions.

      Faculty Senate Meetings-all Senators-attended-see minutes for particular actions.

PARTICIPATION

      Call for participation in Fall 2009

      Began working on Getting Participants as Senators,  Spring 2009.

      Memo issued: Call to colleagues to consider service, June 2009.

UPCOMING

      Will Attend upcoming President's Administrative Retreat in June 2009.

SUNY Cortland Faculty  Senate Treasurer's Report
 
For Academic year 2008-2009
 
Balance - Checking Account as of May 6, 2009 -- $1291.69
 
        Dues deposits for year $600.00
 
The Faculty Senate Treasury was able to complete the year with a positive bank balance. 
In addition, we were able to pay the spring scholarship amount out of the current checking account, without resorting to use of the investment account to do so, as had occurred in previous years.
 
Expenses for refreshments were eliminated with the decision to discontinue them at Faculty Senate meetings due to economical conditions, thus preserving funds for necessities.
 
The dues campaign had two of its most successful years ever allowing for successful continuation of the Faculty Senate Memorial Scholarship. Due to the successful campaign the balance will allow for continuance of the Scholarship and updating the Memorial Plaques in the Library.
 
The Treasurer thanks everyone who paid their dues and encourages everyone to continue their support in the future.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                       COLLEGE CURRICULUM REVIEW COMMITTEE
 
To:       Bill Buxton, Chair, Faculty Senate
 
From:              Cynthia Benton, Chair, College Curriculum Review Committee
 
Date:   May 4, 2009
 
Re:      Annual Report and Recommendations Regarding CCRC
 
This report summarizes the College Curriculum Review Committee's annual activity, and includes comments and recommendations based on my three years as chair of CCRC (2006-2009).  
The following are the number of reviews conducted by CCRC (including course proposals, alterations, and program changes):
·         2008-2009: approximately 87 proposals were reviewed, including some major program changes in Kinesiology; Geography, and Political Science.

·         2007-2008: 112 proposals were reviewed, including a major program change in Sport Management.

·         2006-2007: approximately 75 proposals were reviewed, including a major program change for Childhood/Early Childhood Education. 

Four items were tabled at the end of this year's deliberations, and have been returned for revisions.  James Reese, sport management, has been elected to serve as chair of CCRC next year.  A meeting schedule will be posted on the Curriculum website.
The following are my comments and recommendations for consideration (these are not necessarily the views of the entire CCRC):
v      In the past three years, a website for Curriculum was developed to disseminate information about the curriculum process.  In addition, a sandwich seminar workshop was conducted to attempt to make the review process transparent.  CCRC meetings were set for 3:00-4:30 PM on Wednesday afternoons, with fewer meetings at the beginning of the semester and weekly meetings the final month of the semester.  We adopted this schedule because the typical submission and approval rate is heavier at the end of the semester.

 

v      In 2006-2007, I asked the Childhood/Early Childhood Education department secretary to provide clerical support for recording minutes.  This action was an important precedent, as the chair had previously done the minutes, or committee members volunteered.  The outcomes of this committee are too complicated and important to be trusted to volunteer help in processing the paperwork.  Beginning in the 2007-2008 academic year, the Secretary to the Associate Provost has been recording minutes.  The efforts of Cindy Compagni have been appreciated and have made the load easier for the chair and helped with communication about proposals.  I recommend continued dedication of this resource to CCRC.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                    

v      While the committee is elected to represent each school/division, the actual committee seems somewhat non-representative in its ability to address specific content, and therefore rests on the rule-based concepts reflected in the Curriculum Change Guide.  Often these guidelines are not entirely clear.  School-level committees often approve proposals that at the college level have numerous gaps, especially those needing approvals from departments where curriculum overlap occurs.  Some joint training of faculty serving on curriculum committees is recommended, and assiduous attention should be paid to the accuracy of the Curriculum Change Guide.                                                                           

 

v       Too many courses are proposed which seem to have no real connection to programs or necessary graduation requirements for students.  The juxtaposition of necessary versus desirable coursework creates difficult and sometimes contentious decision-making for the CCRC.  Clearer parameters for its decision-making on elective courses would make this committee more efficient.

 

v      To communicate committee decisions, I have contacted chairs or program directors directly, detailing the reasons for action of the CCRC, within days of each meeting.  This is a labor-intensive process.  In the past two years, we have emphasized the contingent pass status, rather than tabled, so departments can quickly work to make small yet necessary revisions.  Those corrections were handled directly by the CCRC chair, so additional time did not need to be devoted in meetings to minor corrections.

 

v      One of the concerns I have felt in this position is that CCRC, while technically a subcommittee of Faculty Senate, is not a part of Faculty Senate functionally.  CCRC should have representation at senate meetings, and convey concerns and recommendations on a regular basis.  Minutes, while provided to chairs, need to be more widely reviewed.   Some regular forum and opportunity for curriculum process should be part of Faculty Senate concerns.  Service as chair of this committee is arguably far more than any other committee chair responsibilities, and should continue to have clerical and administrative support.                                                                                             

 

v      The referendum to change the committee membership, proposed in Fall 2006, passed this week.  Two years to accomplish a rather basic committee change is a sign our curriculum process isn't central to our goals and mission. 

 

v      Finally, and most urgently, to improve and streamline curriculum review, SUNY Cortland should make a commitment to create an electronic review process.  Continued reliance on multiple copying wastes valuable resources better applied to other tasks.  Other campuses have electronic curriculum review systems; our campus should make this leap.  I request the Faculty Senate consider ways in which an electronic process for curriculum review can be designed and implemented in the next year. 

Copy:   President Erik Bitterbaum                                                                                                                  
Provost Mark Prus                                                                                                                                                               
Associate Provost Nancy Aumann
 
 
 
                                                         
 
                                               
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
                                                             
                                                            Educational Policy Committee
                                                             Annual Report
                                                                2008-2009
 
 
The Educational Policy Committee Annual Report for 2008-2009:
Members:  Richard Kendrick, Chair; Lynn Anderson, Nancy Aumann (ex-officio), David Barclay, Jessica Cabrera, Gretchen Douglas, Melissa Dwyer, Michelle Kelley, Andrea Lachance, Donna Margine (ex-officio), Robert Spitzer, Mark Yacavone.
The EPC had an interesting and productive year. We met every two weeks throughout the academic year, and we enjoyed consistent attendance and participation by all committee members as we considered a number of complex issues.
·         Reviewed a proposal for revising the summer session schedule.  Our recommendations were sent to the Faculty Senate and the senate passed a policy on revising the summer session schedule.
·         Reviewed a proposal for establishing a policy regarding the number of credit hours that a major and a minor may have in common. The EPC recommended that no additional policies regulating major/minor overlap be established.
·         Made recommendations for revisions to various aspects of the college's curriculum guide for the purpose of clarifying provisions of the guide. Following a review period, these changes were approved by the committee and sent forward to the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for consideration in the 2009-2010 academic year.
·         Made recommendations for a policy on capstone courses. The policy was sent out for comment via the Faculty Senate e-mail distribution list. Comments received will be considered by the EPC when it resumes meeting in the fall of 2009.
·         The EPC discussed making policy recommendations to clarify the relationship between the Teacher Education Council and other policy-making committees of the Faculty Senate, and these discussions will continue into 2009-2010.
Respectfully submitted,

 Richard Kendrick, Chair
EPC
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNY Cortland Faculty  Senate
Faculty Affairs Committee
 
2008-2009 ANNUAL REPORT

 

 
Prepared and Submitted by Raymond D. Collings, Chair, Faculty Affairs Committee

Members: Jeffrey Walkuski*; Brian Tobin; Joseph Rayle; Edward Moore; Moataz Emam; Raymond Collings; Lorraine Melita; Casey Hahl (student).
Jeffrey Walkuski served as chair during the fall 2008 semester, until he stepped down as chair on 2/2/2009. On 2/11/2009, Raymond Collings was elected to serve as Chair.
Attendance:
During the fall 2008 semester, attendance presented a significant problem. Despite considerable effort on the part of the Chair (Walkuski), the committee was never able to find a mutually agreeable time for the majority of members. The committee did meet October 24, 2008. However, the committee did not have a quorum present, so no business was conducted. During the spring semester, the committee was able to find a workable meeting time, and during all of the remaining meetings, a quorum was present. Due to scheduling conflicts, one faculty member was unable to attend meetings. However, this member did provide feedback via e-mail. The student member was unable to participate, also due to scheduling conflicts.
Meetings:
The committee met nine times during the 2008-2009 academic year. These dates were (10/24/2008, as well as 2/11/2009; 2/25/2009,  3/4/2009, 3/18/2009, 3/25/2009, 4/1/2009, 4/8/2009, and 4/15/2009). Minutes for all these meetings are available in the committee's files.
Business Conducted:
A: Departmental Policy Reviews: Two departments submitted personnel policies for review, (i.e. Psychology and Speech Pathology & Audiology). However, the Speech Pathology and Audiology Department subsequently asked us to delay the review of their policies, giving them time to make additional modifications (Regina Grantham, 4/2009).
The Department of Psychology policies had initially been submitted during the later spring of 2008, but were not reviewed then due to the late date. Because of the committee's inability to meet during the fall 2008 semester, the review of these policies did not begin until 2/25/2009. This review took several meetings and was completed on 3/25/2009. The committee noted several areas in which the proposed departmental policies were confusing, or conflicted with the College Handbook, the Policies of the Board of Trustees, and/or the UUP agreement. Consequently, the committee was unable to approve these policies. A letter documenting these problems was sent to the Chair of the Department of Psychology (King, 3/25/2009).
B. Faculty Senate Charge to "Review College Handbook for areas of vagueness, ambiguity, or contradictions that might impact personnel processes or decisions for college faculty." The Faculty Senate recommended that "... we begin with the review conducted by the Faculty Affairs Committee in 2006-2007 that was not acted on by the Faculty Senate." Attached to the Faculty Senate's charge were several specific issues raised by Provost Prus, primarily related to whether Department Chairs may or may not serve on department, school or sub-school personnel committees. We were also asked to consider a list of concerns sent to the Faculty Affairs committee in 2005.
The committee completed its review of the areas of the College handbook related to personnel procedures and forwarded its response to the Faculty Senate, along with a set of recommendations on 4/23/2009. During the meeting of Faculty Senate Steering Committee on 4/28/2009, it was decided that these recommendations would best be deferred until fall 2009, and that the Faculty Affairs Committee would ask the faculty Senate to consider our report and recommendations at that time. This was reported to the Faculty Senate on 5/5/2009 by the Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                     
 
 
                                                GENERAL EDUCATION 
                                             COMMITTEE REPORT
                                                   submitted by D. Miller, Chair
 
 
Members of the 2008-2009 General Education Committee included David Miller, Chair; Mark Worrell; Joy Hendrick; John Hartsock; Donna West; Nancy Aumann; Merle Canfield; Rhonda Moulton; Bruce Mattingly; Joseph Rayle; Valerie Jones and Anita Chiodo.  The full committee met 8 times.  Minutes for all meetings have been submitted for publication on the website:
 
New GE course proposals were evaluated and approved.  Categories scheduled for review
were reviewed (GE categories 4, 7, 10); and results from last year's GE assessment (4, 8, 9 and 10b outcome reports) were distributed to departments and feedback solicited.
 
We have built a 5-year plan for review and assessment to facilitate effective future functioning of the committee. Joy Hendrick has agreed to chair the committee for 2009-2010. All members of the committee provided exceptional service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                      STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                         ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009  
                                             Submitted by T. Phillips, Chair
 
                    
                    The Student Affairs Committee met during the 2008-2009 year and
the only item of business was selecting the recipient of the Faculty
Senate Memorial Scholarship, which was awarded to Katie McIntosh,
Childhood, Early Childhood/Social Sciences major.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                          COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES, 2008-2009
                                          http://www.cortland.edu/www.senate/
                                                                               
   May 20,  2009
 
 
TO:                  William Buxton
Chair, Faculty Senate (2008-09)
 
FROM:            Joanne Barry
Chair, Committee on  Committees
 
RE:                   ANNUAL REPORT - 2008-09
 
Members:         Joanne Barry, Chair
                        Kelsey Baylinson
Kate Coffey
Gayle Gleason
                        Christopher Gascon
Amanda Hollister
Jennifer Janes  
Emilie Kudela
                        Barbara Kissel, ex-officio
 
Activities:
 
1.                  Faculty  Senate Committees
a.                   September 2008 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill academic year vacancies that were not filled through the yearend process the previous spring.
b.                  January 2009 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and appointments confirmed to fill remaining vacancies.
c.                   April 2009 - Nominations sought, recommendations made, and elections conducted to fill Fall 2009 vacancies.
d.                  May 2009 - Nominations sought, recommendations made for confirmation to fill newly created Professional Affairs Committee.
 
2.                  Search Committees - issued campus-wide calls for nominations to form the following search committees:
a.                   Dean, School of Arts & Sciences (search subsequently suspended) (September 2008)
b.                  Dean, School of Professional Studies (search subsequently suspended) (September 2008)
c.                   Associate Provost for Information Resources (February 2009)
 
3.                  Referendums conducted as follows:
a.                     Faculty Affairs Committee name and membership (December 2008)
b.                    Full-time lecturers added as voting members to Faculty Senate (December 2008)
c.                     College Curriculum Review Committee membership (April 2009)
d.                    Professional Affairs Committee creation (April 2009)
e.                     External Review Promotion Process (May 2009)
 
4.                  Miscellaneous
a.         Conducted election for full-time lecturer Faculty Senate seats
 
5.                  Consultation - The committee continued to serve as a resource to a variety of campus constituents with regard to nomination and election policies and procedures.
 
Recommendations/Issues:
 
1.                  Faculty Senate should explore electronic voting.
2.                  Faculty Senate should charge committees with developing summary information about the works of specific committees for inclusion on the Senate's website.
 
 
 
Attachment:      List of committees for 2009-2010
 
                                               FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEES
            http://www.cortland.edu/www/senate/
                        Updated May 20, 2009
 
 
Faculty Senate Officers (Elected:  1 yr. Term) 2009-2010

• Lawrence, Kathy                      Chair

Vacant                                     Vice-Chair
            Vacant                                     Secretary (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)
            Vacant                                     Treasurer (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)
                                                                       
Faculty Senate Steering Committee

• Lawrence, Kathy                      2009-10           Chair

Vacant                                     2009-10           Vice-Chair
            Vacant                                     2009-10           Secretary
            Vacant                                     2009-10           Treasurer
            Anderson, Steve                       2009-10           Parliamentarian (appointed)
                                                            2009-10           Educational Policy Committee Chair
                                                            2009-10           General Education Committee Chair
                                                            2009-10           Long Range Planning Committee Chair
                                                            2009-10           Academic Faculty Affairs Committee Chair
                                                            2009-10           Professional Affairs Committee Chair
                                                            2009-10           Student Affairs Committee Chair
                                   
SUNY Senator  (Elected: 3 yr. term)
            Cirmo, Chris                             2009-12           At large
 
SUNY Senator - Alternate (Elected: 3 yr. term)
            Ware, Mary                             2009-12           At large
 
Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (appointed: 2 yr. term) 
Tobin, Brian                             2008-10           Professional Staff
            Rayle, Joseph                           2008-10           Education
Emam, Moataz             2008-10           Math/Sci
Holliste,r Amanda                     2009-11           Library
Grantham, Regina                     2009-11           Professional Studies
            FitzGibbon, Andrew                 2009-11           Fine Arts/Humanities
Collings, Raymond                    2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci.
 
Auxiliary Services Corporation (Elected:  3 yr. term) - (C. on C. does NOT run election for MC reps)
Patrick, Ben                             2007-10           Academic/Professional Faculty
Ritchie, David                           2007-10           Academic/Professional Faculty
Steck, Henry                            2008-11           Academic/Professional Faculty
McCarthy, Matthew                 2008-11           Academic/Professional Faculty
                                                2009-12           Academic/Professional Faculty
 Pending ASC election  2009-10           m/c
 Pending ASC election  2009-10           m/c
             Pending ASC election  2009-10           m/c
 
College Curriculum Review Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)   (no more than 2 successive terms) 
            Hokanson, Jim              2009-11           Professional Studies
            Kronenbitter, Jennifer               2009-11           Library
            Vacant                                     2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci
            Kelly, Michelle             2009-11           Education
Pittman, Damien                       2008-10           Math/Sci         

• Benton, Cindy                          2008-10           Education

Costell Corbin, Carol                2008-10           Professional Staff from Academic Affairs
            Lawrence, Kathy                      2008-10           Fine Arts/Humanities
            Reese, Jim                                2008-10           Professional Studies
            Barduhn, Marley                       Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Education
            O'Callaghan, Jerry                    Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Arts & Sciences
            Gravani, Eileen             Ex Officio         Assoc. Dean designee for Professional Studies 
            Margine, Donna                        Ex Officio         Registrar [non voting]
            Aumann, Nancy                        Ex Officio         Associate Provost for Academic Affairs [non voting]                                                                                        
College Research Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term) [Qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency.]
Wisch, Barbara                        2008-11           Fine Arts/Humanities
Kraebel, Kim                           2007-10           Soc/Beh Sci
            Klotz, Laurie                            2007-10           Professional Staff
Stratton, Susan             2007-10           Education
Herrmann, Gretchen                 2008-11           Library

• Ducey, Peter                            2009-12           Math/Sci

Hodges, Bonni              2009-12           Professional Studies
Henderson-Harr, Amy                                      Sponsored Programs [Ex Officio]
            Clarke, Glen                                                     Sponsored Programs [Ex Officio]
           
Committee on Committees (Elected: 2 yr. term)
Gleason, Gayle             2008-10           Math/Sci
            Coffey, Kate                            2008-10           Professional Studies
            Janes, Jennifer                          2008-10           Professional Staff
Kudela, Emilie              2008-10           Education
Hollister, Amanda                     2009-11           Library

• Barry, Joanne                           2009-11           M/C

Vacant                                     2009-11           Fine Arts/Humanities
            Vacant                                     2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci
            Kissel, Barbara             Ex Officio         Faculty Senate designee
                                                            current              Student
           
Committee on Teaching Awards (Appointed: 3 yr. term/ term runs January through December)  (minimum 5 yrs. teaching at SUNY Cortland)
Shedd, John                             2009-11           Arts & Sciences
Grantham, Regina                     2009-11           Professional Studies
West, Donna                            2010-12           Arts & Sciences           
Vacant                                     2010-09           Education
Lawrence, Kathy                      current              Faculty Senate Vice Chair
            Levine,  Virginia             Ex Officio         President's Office        
            Baylinson, Kelsey                     current              Student
 
Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Appointed: 4 yr. term) (no consecutive terms)

• Stearns, Karen                         2006-10           Fine Arts/Humanities

Polasek, Katherine                   2007-11           Professional Studies
Sayers-Walker, Katina 2008-12           Education
Vacant                                     2009-13           Math/Sci
Vacant                                     2009-13           Soc/Beh Sci
                                                current              Student            
                                                current              Student
                                                            current              Student
 
Educational Policy Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)
Spitzer, Bob                             2008-10           Arts & Sciences
            Douglas, Gretchen                    2008-10           Library
Anderson, Lynn                        2008-10           Professional Studies
            Yacavone, Mark                      2008-10           Professional Staff
            Barclay, David              2008-10           Academic Faculty at large
Smukler, David             2009-11           Education 
            Lachance, Andrea                    2009-11           Education
      Darling, Robert             2009-11           Arts & Sciences
Vincent, Irena                           2009-11           Professional Studies
Prus, Mark                               Ex Officio         Provost
Margine, Donna                        Ex Officio         Registrar
________________                Ex Officio         Graduate Faculty Executive Committee designee
            Dwyer, Melissa                        current              Student
            Cabrera, Jessica                       current              Student
                       
Facilities and Master Plan Oversight Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)
            Cirmo, Chris                             2008-11           At Large
            Sternfeld, John              2007-10           At Large (this seat will not exist after this term)*
                        *two committees were collapsed into one; creating confusion about seats - will revert back
                        to one seat at the end of 2010
 
Faculty Representative to the Student Senate (Elected: 1 yr. term) (no more than 2 successive terms)
            Boland, Mary Kate                   2009-10           At Large
            Shi, Shufang                             2009-10           At Large
 
General Education Committee (Elected: 2 yr. term)
Rayle, Joseph                           2008-10           Education
Hartsock, John                         2008-10           Fine Arts/Humanities

• Miller, David                            2008-10           Soc/Beh Sci

            Hendrick, Joy                           2008-10           Professional Studies     
West, Donna                            2008-10           Academic At Large
Schubert, Claus                        2008-10           Math/Sci
Kuiken, Anita                           2009-11           Library
Vacant                                     2009-11           Academic At Large
Jones, Valerie                           2009-11           Professional Staff
                                                            current              Student
            Aumann, Nancy                        ex officio          Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
            Mattingly, Bruce                       ex officio          Dean of Arts & Sciences
            Canfield, Merle             ex officio          Institutional Research & Assessment
 
Long Range Planning Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)
Rombach, Kim             2007-10           Education

• Cirmo, Chris                             2007-10           Math/Sci

Craft, Diane                              2008-11           Professional Studies
King, Mel                                 2008-11           Soc/Beh Sci
            Peluso, Josh                             2008-11           Professional Staff
            Harms, Daniel                           2009-12           Library
            Neal, David                              2009-12           Fine Arts/Humanities
                                                            current              Student
                                                            current              Student
 
Professional Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)
            Pending appointments               2009-11           Institutional Advancement & President's Office
            Pending appointments               2009-11           Finance and Management
            Pending appointments               2009-11           Student Affairs
            Pending appointments               2009-11           Academic Affairs
            Pending appointments               2009-11           Enrollment Management
            Pending appointments               2009-11           At large
            Pending appointments               2009-12           Student Affairs
            Pending appointments               2009-12           Academic Affairs
            Pending appointments               2009-12           At large
Ex Officio         UUP VP for Professionals or designee [non voting]      
            ***initial 3-year to achieve staggered terms       (committee will decide when convened)                                                       
Student Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)
Zhe-Heimerman, Jeremy           2008-10           Professional Staff
            Davis, Tim                                2008-10           Professional Studies
            Ahmadi, Aphrodite                   2008-10           Math/Sci
            _____________                      2008-10           Fine Arts/Humanities
Connell, Mark                          2009-11           Library
            Kim, Ji-Ryun                            2009-11           Education
      Vacant                                     2009-11           Soc/Beh Sci
                                                            current              Student
                                                            current              Student
 
 
· Chair of Committee
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                    Faculty Senate Motions                   2008-2009_     ___ 
 
Motions - September 2, 2008
 
The was a vote to approve the Standing Rules of the Faculty Senate (Passed)
 
There was a charge from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for the formation of an
Ad Hoc Committee to review and make recommendations on a new Faculty Senate
meeting time with a deadline of November 11, 2008 (Passed)
 
Motions - September 16, 2008
 
The nominations from the Committee on Committees were approved (Passed)
 
Motions - September 30, 2008
 
There was a vote to approve the committee recommendation from the Committee on Committees
 
There was a vote to approve the proposal to create an ad hoc committee to review and make recommendations on the Professional Affairs Committee (Approved)
 
Motions - October 14, 2008
 
The nomination from the Committee on Committees was approved (Passed)
 
There was a vote to amend the proposal regarding the addition of two full-time lecturers with voting rights to the Senate elected at large (Approved)
 
There was a vote as follows: Article VI of the Senate bylaws should be amended to include the following additional voting members:  "Two elected representatives for full-time lecturers.  One to be elected at-large from full-time lecturers in Arts and Sciences. One to be elected at-large from full-time lecturers in Professional Studies and Education, combined." (Postponed; October 28, 2008 Faculty Senate meeting)
 
There was a vote to send the Summer Scheduling Proposal to the Educational Policy Committee (Approved)
 
There was an amendment to the motion to send the Summer Scheduling Proposal to the Educational Policy Committee with the provision that it be reviewed by the EPC and sent back to the Senate by the next meeting on October 28, if possible (Approved)
 
Motions - October 28, 2008
There was a vote by acclamation to approve the nominations from the School of Professional   Studies and Education for the Academic Grievance Tribunal (Passed)
 
There was a vote to approve the nominations from Arts and Sciences for the Academic Grievance Tribunal (Passed)
 
There was a vote to approve the proposal of two full-time lecturers as voting members of the Senate; one to be elected at large from the School of Arts and Sciences; one to be elected at large from Education and Professional Studies combined (Passed; 16/2)
 
There was a vote to approve the amendment to the Faculty Affairs Proposal, from H. Botwinick, as follows:  "I recommend that the Senate adopt all changes to the Faculty Affairs Committee which are recommended in Part Two of the Review of Governance Report except for the stipulation that the chair of the FAC shall become a voting member of the Senate (See pages three and four of the detailed grid for Senate Standing Committees).  On page three of the Review of Governance report, the third explanatory bullet under "Re Chair" should therefore be removed." (Passed)
 
Motions - November 11, 2008
 
There was a paper ballot vote to nominate six members for the University Police Advisory Board. The following individuals were elected: L. Rogers, J. Driscoll, C. Hines, E. Lund, J. Wright, M. Holland (Approved)
 
There was a vote on University Faculty Senate Resolution 150-01-01 Effect of New York State's Budget on SUNY (Approved)
 
There was a vote on University Faculty Senate Resolution 150-02-01 New York State Commission on Higher Education (Approved)
 
There was a vote on the amendment from J. Governali "to exclude any reference to the chair being tenured from the primary amendment to the Faculty Affairs Committee proposal (Approved; 7/5)
 
There was a vote on the amendment to the Faculty Affairs Committee proposal "to exclude any reference to election of the chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee." (Approved; 15/1)
 
There was a vote on the amendment regarding the Faculty Affairs Committee proposal "that the chair be tenured wherever possible." (Approved;13/0)
 
There was a vote on the Faculty Affairs Committee Proposal from H. Botwinick as amended: "I recommend that the Senate adopt all changes to the Faculty Affairs Committee which are recommended in Part Two of the Review of Governance Report as amended to exclude any reference to election of the chair and that the chair be tenured wherever possible.  (See pages three and four of the detailed grid for Senate Standing Committees). (Approved; 14/0)
Motions - November 25, 2008
 
There were no Senate actions.

 

Motions - February 3, 2009
 
The Faculty Senate voted on the committee nominations from the Committee on Committees (Approved)
 
 The Faculty Senate voted on the Summer Scheduling Proposal as recommended by the EPC Committee (Approved)
 
Motions - February 17, 2009
 
The Faculty Senate voted on the LRPC Proposal amendment to item "III Proposed Procedures to be Used by the LRPC (for approval by Faculty       Senate): item a, line 4, "This will be accomplished through a web-based survey and will be reflective of the new SUNY Cortland Mission Statement,
if possible. (Approved). 
          
The Faculty Senate voted on the LRPC Proposal, item"III, Proposed Procedures to be Used by the LRPC (for approval by Faculty Senate) as amended  (Approved)
 
Motions - March 3, 2009
 
There were no Senate actions.
 
Motions - March 24, 2009
 
There was a vote to approve the Academic Calendars for 2011-2012; 2012-2013;
2013-2014; from the Calendar Committee, G. Levine, Chair {as revised editorially}
(Approved)
 
Motions - April 7, 2009
 
There was a vote to approve the Proposed Changes to the Handbook - Chapter 150.05 -
Article VII. Section F, regarding membership on the College Curriculum
Review Committee (Approved; 13/3)
 
There was a vote to approve the amendment to the Proposal for the Creation of a Professional
Affairs Committee of the Faculty Senate at SUNY Cortland (Approved)
 
There was a vote to approve the Proposal for the Creation of a Professional Affairs Committee
of the Faculty Senate at SUNY Cortland, as amended, including specific handbook wording
changes (Approved)
 
Motions - April 21, 2009
 
There was a vote to approve the new Senate meeting time of 1:15 PM
(Approved)
 
There was a vote to postpone discussion and vote on the External Review
Committee Report, including the amendment regarding handbook changes,
to the last Faculty Senate meeting of the 2008-2009 year on May 5, 2009
(Approved)
 
Motions - May 5, 2009
 
There was a vote to approve the nominations for vacancies from the
Committee on Committees (Approved) {SEE Appendix 1}
 
There was a vote to approve the amendment to the External Review
Proposal regarding handbook changes, Chapter 230.05, item 1: "Professor
or Librarian..."; Associate Professor or Associate Librarian; full Professor
or full Librarian; Associate Professor or Associate Librarian,
Chairs of the Departments, the Director of the Libraries;
2.a: associate professor or associate librarian; to professor
or librarian {SEE Appendix 2) (Passed)
 
There was a vote to approve the amendment to the External Review
Proposal regarding handbook changes, Chapter 230.05, item 2b:
"The candidate will have the responsibility for selecting the reviewers
and soliciting and receiving the external letter(s) of review,..."
(Passed)
 
There was a vote to approve the External Review Proposal,
as amended (Passed)