FACULTY SENATE MINUTES #13
April 22, 2008
1. CALL TO ORDER: The thirteenth meeting of the Faculty Senate for 2007-2008 was called
to order at 1:10 PM on April 22, 2008 in the Park Center Hall of Fame Room by Chair Karla
Alwes.
SENATORS
AND MEMBERS PRESENT:
K. Alwes, B. Buxton, D. Berger,
K.
Lawrence, N. Helsper, H. Botwinick, D. West, J. Walkuski, J. Governali, J.
Hendrick, O. White,
B.
Langhans, A. Dahlman, D. Harrington, T. Vigars, D. Ritchie, T. Slack, S. Snell,
J. Clark, C. Hahl,
J.
Riddoch, E. Bitterbaum. P. Peagler, D. West, J. Ford,
SENATORS AND MEMBERS ABSENT: E. McCabe, J. Shedd,
D. Miller, J. Reese, J. Rayle,
J. Duncan, D. Videto, M. Ware, B. Schecter, E. Davis-Russell, R. Franco,
W. Shaut, M. Connell
GUESTS PRESENT: P. Koryzno
II. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:
The minutes from April 08, 2008 were approved.
III. SENATE ACTIONS:
There were no Senate actions.
IV. CHAIR�S REPORT:
Chair
Alwes had no report.
V. VICE CHAIR'S REPORT
B. Buxton � No report.
VI. SECRETARY�S REPORT:
E. McCabe - no report� (absent)
VII. TREASURER�S REPORT:
D. Berger � The Treasurer reported that there was approximately $1121.00 in the Senate Treasury.
VIII. PRESIDENT�S REPORT:
President
Bitterbaum gave a brief report.
The
President responded to an issue brought up by Chair Alwes regarding a faculty
member who had
brought to
the attention of the Steering Committee that CTEs are assessable online. There
was a discussion
regarding
issues such as ownership, who and how one can access these documents, the
history of the
CTEs, �procedures and usage.� After a discussion President Bitterbaum
indicated that he would follow-up with
P. Warnken
.
IX. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Educational Policy Committee � R. Kendrick, Chair � D. West � No report.
Student Affairs Committee � M. Connell, Chair � No report (absent)
Faculty
Affairs Committee �
J. Walkuski, Chair � The Chair reported that the Faculty Affairs Committee has
reviewed
the policies for the departments of Chemistry, Mathematics and Philosophy.� He further reported
that there
are presently 17 departments whose policies need to be reviewed, indicating that
the Faculty Affairs
Committee will be contacting these departments in the next academic semester in the Fall to accomplish this task..
College Research Committee � No report.
General
Education Committee �
M. McGuire, Chair (absent) � K. Lawrence reported that the GE Committee
is waiting
for finalized changes regarding assessment from M. Canfield.
X. OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Committee on Committees -� J. Barry, Chair � No report.
XI. AREA SENATOR�S REPORTS:
T. Slack
reported that the first three months of 2008 were about 2% warmer than last
year
with
energy usage being down more than 4% for the same time period, indicating the
campus
is moving
in the right direction in energy reduction.
XII. SUNY SENATOR�S REPORT � M. Ware � No report (absent).
XIII. STUDENT SENATOR�S REPORTS:
The students gave a brief report.
XIV. OLD BUSINESS
There
was no Old Business. The Review of Governance Committee Report, Part I, was
proposed for discussion
regarding
the possibility of talking about strategies for the new implementation of Part
I involving committee
structure.� After a brief discussion it was decided to
put the matter on the agenda for New Business at the next,
and
final, meeting on May 6.
XV.
NEW BUSINESS
There was a report from K. Lawrence representing the Ad Hoc Committee on
External Review, since Chair
T. Pasquarello had a class conflict and was unable to not attend. �A rather thorough discussion was
undertaken
including questions and answers. {SEE
APPENDIX 1}
Respectfully Submitted:
Barbara Kissel
Recording Secretary
The following reports are appended to the minutes in the order they are submitted:
(1) Report from the Ad Hoc Committee on External Review, T. Pasquarello, Chair.
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Report from the
Ad Hoc Committee on
External Review, T. Pasquarello, Chair
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2008
Here is the
update on the progress of the Ad Hoc Committee on External Review you requested
for the 4/22
Steering
Committee meeting:
After
extensive on-line discussion we met on 4/11/08 and a majority of the committee
agreed that the following
principles
will be embodied in procedures for external review:
���� 1. The principles will include a rationale
section that spells out faculty concerns with external review and the
��� process by which it became a mandate at
SUNY Cortland.
���� 2.�
The procedures will provide departments with autonomy in implementing
external review while
��� protecting individual faculty members from
arbitrary and improper use of external review
��� (Chris McRoberts will develop a minority
position on the issue of departmental autonomy).
3. We will make it clear that
these procedures apply only to promotion to full professor.
Points 1-3 above are based
on my recollection of the meeting, not an official minutes as those have not
been disseminated to, nor
approved by, the committee. As a result I have copied everyone on the committee
and invite those who
attended on 4/11 to send you their recollections of the meeting if they do not
agree with
mine.
I do not think that we will
make any further progress this semester. I was unable to find a meeting time
when
we would have a quorum
between 4/11 and the end of the semester.
Tom Pasquarello