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SENATORS AND MEMBERS PRESENT: M. King, K. Alwes, E. McCabe, D. Berger, I. Jubran, P. Quaglio, R. Spitzer, D. Miller, D. West, L. Anderson,
J. Governali, J. Hendrick, E. Jampole, D. Sidebotton, J. Sitterly, V. Marty, B. Tobin, D. Ritchie, T. Slack, J. Walkuski, M. Ware, B. Shcecter, P. Schroeder,
K. Boyes, S. Brown, E. Bitterbaum, E. Davis-Russell, R. Peagler, J. Cottone, G. Clarke, S. Anderson
SENATORS AND MEMBERS ABSENT: K. Lawrence, G. Zarate, J. Casciani, J. Rayle, J. Mosher, C. Schacht, R. Franco, W. Shaut, M. Connell
GUESTS: G. Levine, N. Aumann, P. Koryzno, R. Olsson, E. Caffarella
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The Minutes from
III. SENATE ACTIONS:
There was a vote to approve the resolution regarding
initiating a fundraising campaign through the Office of Institutional
Advancement to raise money for a scholarship in the memory of the beloved
Professor Emeritus Bill Griffen �{SEE Appendix 1} (Approved)
There was a vote to approve the recommendations from the Committee on Committees (Approved)
IV. CHAIR�S REPORT:
There was no Chair's Report.
V. VICE CHAIR�S REPORT:
K. Alwes - Vice Chair Alwes distributed and read a resolution regarding initiating a fundraising campaign through the Office of Institutional Advancement to raise money for a scholarship in the memory of the beloved Professor Emeritus Bill Griffen in conjunction with his family.�
VI. SECRETARY�S REPORT:
D. Berger reported that there is $983.07 in the Scholarship Fund.
VIII. PRESIDENT�S REPORT:
The President gave a brief report.
IX. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Long Range Planning Committee � D. Ritchie - No report.
Educational Policy Committee � J. Cottone - No report.
Student Affairs Committee � M. Connell, Chair � No report (absent)
Faculty Affairs Committee � G. Clarke, Chair, gave a brief report.
College Research Committee � No report.
General Education Committee � M. McGuire, Chair � No report.
Committee on Committees � E. McCabe gave a report {SEE Appendix 3}
Review of Governance Committee - E.
McCabe gave a brief report on the current status of the committee.
X. AREA SENATOR�S REPORTS:
D. Miller brought forth from the Joint Chair's Council on behalf of Arts and Sciences regarding asking the Faculty Senate to postpone deliberations on external review {SEE Appendix 4).��
M. King and E. McCabe reviewed the Senate elections which are currently taking place {SEE Appendix 3}
XI. SUNY SENATOR�S REPORT � M. Ware delivered a report regarding the Plenary at SUNY Brockport {SEE Appendix 2}
XII. STUDENT SENATOR�S REPORTS:
K. Boyes gave a brief report.
XIII. OLD BUSINESS:
There was no Old Business.
XIV. NEW BUSINESS
The Faculty Affairs Committee introduced the item of New Business, 220.06 College Policies and Procedures of the Academic Faculty for Renewal of Term Appointment, Granting of Continuing Appointment and Promotion.� The topic will be an agenda item under Old Business and discussed and voted on at the next Faculty Senate meeting. {The reports can be viewed on the Faculty Senate Website at:� http://www.cortland.edu/senate/links
Respectfully Submitted:
Barbara Kissel
Recording Secretary
The following reports are appended to the minutes in the order they are submitted:
(1) Motion from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee regarding a fundraising campaign for a scholarship in the name of Bill Griffen, submitted by K. Alwes.
(2) SUNY Senator's Report, submitted by M. Ware
(3) Committee on Committees Report, E. McCabe
(4) Memo from David Miller to Jerome O'Callaghan regarding a
request from the Joint Chair's Council on behalf of Arts and Sciences asking
the Faculty Senate to postpone development of procedures for external review
until the Joint Chair's Council could discuss it submitted by D. Miller.
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1
����������������������������������������������� Resolution from the Faculty Senate
Steering Committee regarding a fundraising campaign for a scholarship in the name of Bill Griffen, submitted by K. Alwes
WHEREAS Bill Griffen, Professor Emeritus, Foundations and Social Advocacy, was the longest serving tenured faculty member in SUNY history;
WHEREAS Bill Griffen was beloved and admired by SUNY Cortland faculty and staff and students;
WHEREAS his colleagues have discussed ways to honor his memory;
BE IT RESOLVED the Faculty Senate requests that the Office of Institutional Advancement initiate a fundraising campaign to be established by the end of December, 2007, to raise money for a scholarship in the name of Bill Griffen.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the criteria for said scholarship will be decided upon in conjunction with the Griffen family.
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����������������������� Faculty
Senators� Report � 146th Plenary � SUNY Brockport April 26-28, 2007
The 146th plenary meeting was called to order at
8:45 on Friday, Apr. 27 in the SUNY Brockport Metro Center in Rochester
NY.� Shortly after convening, we had a
moment of silence in honor of those slain at Virginia Tech.
We were welcomed by the Monroe County Executive, Maggie
Brooks, the Brockport Senate chairperson, and the President of SUNY Brockport.
Carl Weizalis, the President of the SUNY Faculty Senate
presented his report (appended). Basically he talked about his meetings with
various groups and his collegial relationship with the Chancellor and
Provost.� The Senate (as well as most
other groups) feels sadness that the current Chancellor is leaving and is
concerned about faculty input into the selection process. One thing that
Weizelis mentioned which may be of interest to us is his interest in K-16
education.� He wants to put together a
symposium to assist colleges which prepare teachers. He talked to me briefly during
lunch about this effort.� He is also
asking the SUNY Deans (of Education) for assistance.�
There is an �Energy and Environment� initiative which is
having a symposium in the fall � I will have more information on that as it is
provided.
He�s very pleased to be seated with the Board of Trustees
now � and also the Board of Trustees meetings are going to be WEBCAST soon � it
is everyone�s belief that this will make them more open and accessible to all.
The Executive Committee report was brief � usually it meets
with committee chairs about upcoming resolutions. They also had discussion on
health/safety issues after the Virginia Tech shootings. They are also concerned
with costs of textbooks. The committee was also briefed by Provost Palm.
The Election of president of the Senate for the next 2 years
was held.� Carl Weizelis was re-elected.
Kim Cline from System Administration gave a budget
report.� I will append that to the
minutes.� She is very accessible and very
much an advocate for us. She reinforced with graphs how state support for campuses
is decreasing over time.� She feels that
the base budget needs more $$ per student on campus.� If enrollment could be included in the base,
she said it would be a large improvement.
Risa Palm, SUNY Provost gave her remarks then.� She spent most of her time talking about a
Governor�s commission on Higher Education which is being formed. She showed us
what information/issues she is going to pursue with them. She will make her
power point (shared with the Senate) available on the Faculty Senate website. She
also welcomed input on issues to share with this group and gave us her email (Risa.Palm@suny.edu).��� She summarized the previous reports (from
back in 1960, the Heald Report to the most recent Rethinking SUNY report).� She listed several challenges:
� Academic preparation
�� Access
�� Faculty Recruitment
and Retention
�� Academic Excellence
�� High Quality
Infrastructure
�� Workforce
Development
�� Finance (especially
tuition policies)
In her question and answer period, she mentioned concerns
with things going on at the US Dept of Education (especially a proposal to
require colleges to accept courses from the �for profit� sector) She says her
office is monitoring this, and other movements at the Federal level which she
thinks damage our ability to be diverse as higher education institutions � she
thinks �standardization� of this kind is not good.
A brief report was given by the VP for Technology Transfer,
Guven Yalcintas. This was about gaining patents and copyright protection for
work that faculty do on campus � and also a brief PowerPoint on having creative
ideas.� This speaker was very
entertaining and had some great points about creativity � he said he would
bring his presentation to campuses if desired. He was only given 15 min. of our
agenda � but from seeing him, I did find him interesting.
Ram Chugh, a retiree from Potsdam, has done some work on a
�retiree corps� for SUNY.� The idea is
for a database of retirees and their expertise to be matched with agencies
needing expertise.� The Senate is going
to ask the Chancellor for funds to make this proposal operational.
After a lunch break, we had a presentation from Tom Matthews
(some may know him from UUP) on Geneseo�s Gold Leadership Certificate
Program.� It was a very interesting
program in which students took 1 hour workshops in a variety of leadership
related topics which could result in attaining certificates of various levels
(Bronze, Silver, and Gold) based on the depth of participation.� I have a brochure if anyone is interested in
further depth on that topic.
Sharing of concerns was held next � In this part of the
agenda, campuses get together by sector (e.g., university colleges, university
Centers, Statutory colleges) to share points of concern which are then shared
with the Chancellor.� Our sector had a
number of issues.� Some are unhappy with
their presidents; some are worried about the chancellor search; many feel that
GEAR and the GE assessment have �narrowed� their GE programs; there is much
concern about the Spellings commission. There were concerns (continuing) about
library funding.� It was a rather
depressing (I thought) session � and made me happy to be at Cortland!
Each sector then has a brief period to share concerns with
the Chancellor. Since the Chancellor is leaving, this session could not hold as
much �promise� as it sometimes does.
A dinner is held in the evening, but no business is
conducted.� The Chancellor addressed the
group briefly and Peter Nickerson (a long time Senator) was given an award for
his continued participation.
The meeting was reconvened at 8:30 on Saturday, Apr.
28.� Reports by Kim Reiser from the
Faculty council of Community colleges, Amy Amyotte, Student Assembly president
were received. �It was noted that Susan
Camp was elected head of the Local Governance Leaders for next year.�
The Faculty Council president announced some items which we
hadn�t heard before � The interim chancellor will be announced May 1 at the
Board of Trustees meeting.� New Trustees
are due to be appointed (and a new chair).�
The �tone� of the Board of Trustees will change.� She also announced a lack of interest in the
CLA (the testing program talked about at the winter meeting which was piloted
at Erie CC and Buff State). They only were able to pilot with 13 students in
fall and 6 students this spring, so it may �die out�.
Each committee presents its report on Saturday morning.� Each is available in hard copy, however most
are summaries of the year�s work.� Some
committees did present action items for a vote.�
The graduate committee simply presented its report.
The Governance committee had several resolutions � one was
tabled (about campus visitations) and one passed (about campus name changes and
�self designations�)
The Awards committee gave its report
The Undergraduate committee presented its internship guide
for approval.� It was accepted and will
be distributed in final form.
The Student Life committee gave its report
The Operations committee gave its report.
The retiree service corps (mentioned earlier) was endorsed.
A wide ranging discussion was held about safety on campuses
(in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings) but no action items were a result
of this discussion.�
After a brief �open� discussion period, the 146th
Plenary was adjourned at 11:30AM.
The next Plenary will be at SUNY Cortland in October, so we
should be ready to be �excellent� hosts.�
SUNY Brockport did a great job with hosting and its downtown center was
an interesting location � right in the center of the city of Rochester.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mary Ware, University Faculty Senator
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3
����������������� ����� Committee on Committees - Report to the Faculty Senate�
����������������������������������������������������������� May 1, 2007
Item # 1
The Committee on Committees has announced the election
results for Faculty Senate Officers and elected committees (see attached).� Those elected are:
����������� Vice Chair
� Bill Buxton
����������� Secretary �
Ellen McCabe
����������� Treasurer �
David Berger
����������� General
Education Committee � Mark Worrell, academic at large
����������� Faculty Rep
to the Student Senate � Brian Tobin, at large
����������� Committee
on Committees � Ron Conklin, Library
The following individuals were elected to serve on
committees in accordance with The College Handbook (Chapter 150, Article X, 6e)
which states:
�
In elections by
the Committee on Committees, except for the offices of vice chair, secretary,
and treasurer, when the number of candidates is equal to the number of openings
for a given position, the secretary of the Faculty Senate will cast a single
ballot on behalf of the faculty to elect those candidates.
����������� Committee
on Committees � Chris Gascon, Fine Arts & Humanities
����������� Committee
on Committees � Joanne Barry, M/C
����������� General
Education Committee � Ron Conklin, Library
����������� General
Education Committee � Linda Simmons, Professional Staff
Individuals who received write-in votes for elected
committees will be contacted for the following remaining vacancies:
����������� Faculty Rep
to the Student Senate (2nd seat)
����������� Committee
on Committees, Social/Behavioral Sciences
����������� Auxiliary
Services Corporation (2 seats)
Item #2
The Committee on Committees recommends the following
committee appointments (needs confirmation of the Senate):
A.
Arts & Sciences
At Large
1.��� Educational Policy Committee - appointed, 2-year term � Richard Kendrick
B. Fine Arts & Humanities
1.��� Faculty
Affairs Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Ed Moore
2.��� Long
Range Planning Committee �appointed, 2-year term � Cynthia Sarver
C.
Social/Behavioral
Sciences
1.��� College Curriculum Review Committee - appointed, 2-year term � Judy Ouellette
2.��� College Research Committee - appointed, 3-year term � Kim Kraebel
3.��� Faculty Affairs Committee - appointed, 2-year term � Raymond Collings
4.��� Long Range Planning Committee - appointed, complete unexpired term 05-08
� William Skipper
D.� School of Education
1.��� College Curriculum Review Committee - appointed, 2-year term � Michelle Kelly
2.��� College Research Committee � appointed, 3-year term � Susan Stratton
3.��� Educational Policy Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Michelle Kelly
4.��� Long Range Planning Committee � appointed, 3-year term - Kimberly Rombach
5.��� Student Affairs Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Pamela
Summers
E. School of Professional Studies
1. College
Curriculum Review - appointed, 2-year term � Susan Rayl
2.��� Educational Policy Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Janet Ford
3.��� Faculty Affairs Committee � appointed, 2-year term� - Jeff Walkuski
F. Library
1.�� College
Curriculum Review Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Marc Wildman
2.�� Faculty
Affairs Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Lorraine Melita
3.�� Long
Range Planning Committee � appointed, 2-year term � David Ritchie
4.�� Student
Affairs Committee � appointed, 2-year term � Mark Connell
G.� Professional Staff
1.�� College
Research Committee � appointed, 3-year term � Laurie Klotz
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4
Memo from David Miller to Jerome O'Callaghan regarding a
request from the Joint Chair's Council on behalf of Arts and Sciences asking
the Faculty Senate to �������������������������������������� postpone
development of procedures for external review until the Joint Chair's Council
could discuss it.
����������������������� � MEMO
TO:����������������� David
Miller, Chair
Geography
Department
FROM:����������� Jerome
O�Callaghan, Associate Dean
School
of Arts and Sciences
DATE:� ���������� April 30, 2007
On behalf of Arts and Sciences Chairs� Council, I am asking
you to bring the following statement to the attention of the Faculty Senate at
your earliest convenience.
Thank you for your help in this matter.
Statement (4/30/07)
The Arts and Sciences Chairs�
Council asks the Faculty Senate to postpone developing procedures for external
review until the Joint Chairs� Council can discuss it.
In Favor: 14
No: 1
Abstention: 0
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