2018-2019 Agendas


May 2, 2017 | March 21, 2017 | February 21, 2017  |  December 6, 2016 |  November 15, 2016  |  September 20, 2016

May 2, 2017

DATE: April 27, 2017
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – May 2, 2017

The sixth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2016-2017 academic year will be held Tuesday, May 2, 2017 beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union. 

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of March 21, 2017 meeting (556K)
  2. Tobacco Free Campus Initiative, History related to Tobacco-Free SUNY legislation (556K)
  3. Approval of degree candidates: Undergraduate (10mb), Graduate (2.1mb)
  4. 2017-2018 Faculty Senate Procedures Committee
  5. Reports
    1. Prof. Pamela Smart, University Faculty Senator
    2. Prof. John Starks, Faculty Senate Executive Committee chair
  6. New Business
    1. TAE Evaluation update
    2. Faculty ByLaws -- Changes in Article I and VII (221K)

March 21, 2017

DATE: March 16, 2017
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – March 21

President Harvey G. Stenger’s semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 21, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the fifth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2016- 2017 academic year will be held. The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of February 21, 2017 meeting (48.0K)
  2. New business
    1. Faculty ByLaws -- Change in Budget Review Committee charge (48.0K)
    2. Resolution on Applied Learning  (1.3M)
      1. Applied Learning Inventory (790K)
    3. Student Academic Honesty Code change (1.3M)
  3. Open conversations
    1. Teach NY policy (145K)
    2. SOOT restructuring

February 21, 2017

DATE: February 16, 2017
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – FEBRUARY 21

The fourth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2016-2017 academic year will be held on Tuesday, February 21, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of December 6, 2016 meeting (485kb)
  2. Annual reports of 2015-2016 Faculty Senate committees (1.6mb)
    1. University Undergraduate Curriculum
    2. Academic Computing and Educational Technology (ACET)
    3. Committee for the University Environment (CUE)
    4. Evaluation Coordinating Committee
    5. Faculty Athletics Representative
    6. Intercollegiate Athletics Board
    7. Committee on Committees
  3. New business
    1. Merge plan for Graduate School of Education with CCPA (570kb)
    2. Resolution on post-election concerns (7kb)

December 1, 2016

DATE: December 6, 2016
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – DECEMBER 6, 2016

The second Faculty Senate meeting of the 206-2017 academic year will be held Tuesday, December 6, 2016 beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Mandela Room, University Union

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of November 15, 2016 meeting
  2. Reports
    1. Prof. John Starks, Chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  3. Curriculum Items
    1. Public Health masters
  4. New Business
    1. Motion from Diversity Committee
    2. Joint University Calendar Committee charge and composition
    3. Open conversation on post-election concerns

November 15, 2016

DATE: November 10, 2016
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – November 15, 2016

The second Faculty Senate meeting of the 206-2017 academic year will be held Tuesday, November 15, 2016 beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Mandela Room, University Union

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of September 20, 2016 meeting
  2. Obituary Notices
    1. Prof. Jonathan Biggers, Music
  3. Approval of degree candidates
  4. Reports
    1. Prof. Barry Jones, University Faculty Senator
  5. Curriculum Items
    1. Literacy Education B-12 MSED
    2. Health Systems Engineering MS
    3. Social Work BSW
    4. SSIE degree at SUNY Korea
  6. Annual reports of 2015-2016 Faculty Senate standing committees
    1. Budget Review
    2. Bylaws Review
    3. Convocations
    4. EOP Advisory (no report)
    5. Educational Policy and Priorities
    6. Intercollegiate Athletics
    7. Library
    8. Professional Standards
    9. University Undergraduate Curriculum
  7. New Business
    1. Open conversation on a University Calendar Committee

September 20, 2016

DATE: September 14, 2016
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Fernando Guzman, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – September 20, 2016

President Harvey G. Stenger’s semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 20, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the first Faculty Senate meeting of the 2016- 2017 academic year will be held. The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of May 17, 2016 meeting (324kb)
  2. Obituary Notices
    1. Prof. George Klir, Systems Science
    2. Prof. Isidore Okpewho, Africana Studies
  3. New business
    1. Agenda items for the Senate for 2016-2017