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Academic Governance Meeting
Gateway A&B, 12:45 PM, March 30, 2016
Agenda
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Opening Remarks/Minutes/Announcements
Friends of Moon Library/Archives
Committee on Curriculum Actions
Research Committee Research
Strategic Planning Committee Update
Title IX Presentation
Thanks to the Friends of Moon Library for
providing today’s refreshments!
USA “clicker” Resolution
• Resolved clauses ask for:
– Unified policy compatible with SU
• Stay current with SU clicker policy
• Not to force students to purchase a more expensive
clicker when a cheaper model is capable of the same inclass activities
• Compensation through clicker buy back ask the ESF
bookstore to sell clickers
– Ask to be included in SU’s IT services regarding
conversations about modification to the SU clicker
policy
USA “clicker” Resolution
• Syracuse University’s Policy
– SU’s Senate Committee on Instruction wrote a
report in 2010
– They adopted TurningPoint Clickers
– FAQ:
https://answers.syr.edu/display/clicker/Clicker+De
vices
• IQAS
– Asks that you consider TurningPoint Clickers as
you order course materials this semester…..
– Will draft a recommendation with a best practices
website
Provost Search Committee
Emanuel Carter (Chair)
Russell Briggs
Jessica Clemons
Michael Jones
Karin Limburg
Christopher Nomura
Mark Poupore
Joseph Rufo
Gary Scott
Ben Taylor
John Turbeville
Elizabeth Vidon
College Diversity Committee
Anne Lombard
Annette Hightower
Heather Engelman
Kelley Donaghy
Matthew Potteger
Michael Klaczko
Robin Kimmerer
Sarita Bassil
Scott Blair
Susan Sanford
Timothy Volk
Timothy Blehar
NOTE: College-wide Committee members have three year terms.
College Capital Planning Committee
Gary Peden (Chair)
Brian Boothroyd
Christopher Maroney
Brian Houseal
Tim Toland
John Stella
Kimberly Schulz
Ray Appleby
Mark Storrings
Heidi Webb
Lisa Campagna
Justin Heavey
Chris Ludlam
GSA Rep.
NOTE: College-wide Committee members have three year terms.
“Strengthening the Community”
Engagement Task Force
Douglas Johnston (Co Chair)
Brenda Greenfield
Mark Lichtenstein
Neal Abrams
Margaret Bryant
John Castello
Jack Manno
Benette Whitmore (co Chair)
Helene Rainville
Andrew Criss
Thomas LeRoy
Laura Crandall
Dave Kiemle
Teri Frese
Erika Sykes
Academic Governance Elections
• Open Positions
– Executive Chair
25% Administrative Workload
– SU Senator
• Nominations Accepted NOW!
• Voting will begin on 4/25/16
The State of the SUNY ESF
Archives and Special
Collections
Jane Verostek - Associate Librarian
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Moon Library
email: jmveros@esf.edu
Online on You tube @ http://tinyurl.com/Library411
Archives and Special Collections - History and Staffing
*From 1942 to 1975 Alfred Bishop, ESF Professor Emeritus took on caring for ESF archives.
*It wasn’t until 1978 that the ESF archives was formally created.
*In 1978 The F. Franklin Moon Library was the recipient of an award from the NYS College
of Forestry Foundation for the express purpose of organizing existing archival materials and
making them accessible to the college community and other interested individuals and to
create an ongoing repository for records generated by SUNY ESF.
*From 1978 to 1979 Lisa Waters served as archivist for SUNY ESF.
*From 1979 to 1982 Nancy Osborne served as the archivist for SUNY ESF.
Archives and Special Collections - History and Staffing
*The longest serving archivist was Flora Nyland who served as the archivist for SUNY ESF
from 1982 to 2011.
*I had the benefit of working with Flora while I was an ESF student in the 1990’s.
When I returned to work at ESF as a librarian in 1998 I continued to assist Flora with
digitization projects and research for projects and I brought with me over 6 years of
experience from working with the local history, genealogy and special collections of the
main OCPL Onondaga County Public Library.
*When Flora Nyland retired in 2011 - I informally assisted with archives – working with
alumni and faculty - but the archives was not fully open.
*In 2014 I was appointed to spend 30% of my time in the archives/special collections and
the archives re-opened. In reality I spend much more time physically and mentally on the
archives as I work on something related to the archives and special everyday.
* Since the Spring of 2015 I’ve had 3 volunteers, 1 SUNY ESF intern, 2 SUNY ESF work study
students and 5 interns from S.U. Jessica Clemons - our interim library director has also had
since the Spring of 2015 - a number of SUNY ESF student workers and graduate students
dedicated to working in our archives on digitization projects for our Digital Commons @ ESF.
Archives and Special Collections - Location - Rooms
The Archives and Special Collections are located in 3 rooms on the lower level of Moon
Library. Over the past year + many of the collections have been re-packaged, properly
stored and physically re-organized.
Archives and Special Collections – Progress
*Along with physically organizing the archives much work has been done on creating
online catalogs, finding aids and digital collections of what is in our archives.
*In the fall of 2015 I received a grant to purchase software and camera equipment to
help document archival items. From this grant we will have a searchable online
database for the public to use to search and see what we have in our archives.
Archives and Special Collections – Progress
* Since the archives has officially re-opened we have made great strides in helping
members of the ESF community – students, staff and faculty and outside researchers.
Every week we have phone calls and emails and “walk ins” – people wishing to use our
archives for a variety of reasons and we are able to give assistance immediately. We are
able to also schedule research times for patrons who wish to use the archives hands-on
themselves. These appointments have lasted as long as a few hours to full day
appointments.
Examples from the month of March An ESF faculty member researching historical photographs for the 100th anniversary of Cranberry Lake.
A writer for the Knothole researching Earth Day and the history of ESF for Knothole articles.
A dozen researchers asking to use our Fletcher Steele landscape architecture collection for use for
conference presentations, articles, displays, restoring gardens, etc.
A gentleman who had been mentored by ESF professor William Harlow on time lapse photography
who wished to look at Harlow’s archives.
The SUNY ESF Alumni Office researching the ESF – S.U. lacrosse connection.
Why are people coming to use
the archives and special?
What gems do we have?
Archival GEM –
The archives of Professor William Harlow
Dr. Harlow received his bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees from SUNY ESF
and then went on to be a member of the ESF faculty from 1928 until 1965 and then
was an active emeriti. When Harlow passed away in 1986 we received his archive of
over 100 films, thousands of photographs and negatives and personal diaries.
Dr. Harlow was not only a professor in wood technology but was also an
accomplished nature photographer and film maker. Some of his nature films – many
of which are time lapse films have been digitized by the SUNY ESF Archives and
Special Collections - and they can be viewed by visiting Digital Commons @ ESF
http://digitalcommons.esf.edu/harlow/
Archival GEM –
Memorial Service for William Harlow
Over our recent spring break I was re-packaging items in the archives and moved a
considerable number of boxes. At the bottom of a pile of boxes was a lone audio reel
box – inside was the recording of the 1986 memorial service for William Harlow.
I immediately had this digitized by a local company and the hour long service will be
available soon on our Digital Commons @ ESF site.
Archival GEM –
Portraits of ESF students
that died in action in WWII
Again while moving boxes and re-arranging items in the archives – at the very
bottom of a pile of boxes were two small black boxes – inside a very moving
collection of 32 portraits of SUNY ESF students killed in action in WWII.
Upon finding these we immediately digitized and recorded the biographies for
each student. And since it was close to Veterans day we put the portraits on
display in Moon Library.
Archival GEM –
The Archives of the Marshall family
The Marshall family name is well known on campus and it is fitting that we
have a number of personal items from the Marshall family.
Last fall I was invited to give a presentation on The Marshall Family of NY Their Legacy and History at the Researching NY Conference in Albany.
While reviewing our archives I came across some gems – in particular –
Bob Marshall’s diary of his weekend trips to Cranberry Lake, letters he
wrote home and his 400 page manuscript for his book – Arctic Village –
originally published in 1933 and reprinted as recently as 2000.
Archival GEM –
The Archives of the Marshall family
Archival GEM –
The Archives of the Marshall family
Significant Collections
Fletcher Steele
Fletcher Steele (June 7, 1885 - July 1971) was an American landscape
architect credited with designing and creating over 700 gardens from 1915 to
the time of his death. His most famous work by far is Naumkeag.
Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph
Hodges Choate located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Steele and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naumkeag and http://www.esf.edu/moonlib/steele/
Fletcher Steele – well known landscape architect
When he passed away in 1971 Fletcher Steele left all his
professional items to the American Society of
Landscape Architects. They then in turn donated the
items to only several locations – one being SUNY ESF.
Our collection of Steele’s archives include:
*Original nursey orders from 1923-1963.
*Steele’s appointment Books 1960-1965
* Photographs by Steele, including glass negatives &
slides of the gardens he designed.
*300+ drawings and plans for client gardens.
*Steele was a world traveler and we have his
scrapbooks of photographs of places, gardens, etc. in
various countries, including Russia, China, France,
Norway, etc.
*Steele also sketched and painted during his travels and
we have some of his sketch books and paintings.
*Steele’s personal collection of landscape architecture
books.
Significant Collections
Roosevelt Wild Life Station
Roosevelt Wild Life Station
The Moon Library archives has an extensive
collection of photographs relating to the RWLS.
• 12,000 photographs and corresponding negatives.
These were produced by RWLS staff and
researchers and many of the photographs were
published in the RWLS Bulletins and Annals. The
topics of these photographs vary and include: the
Adirondack Beaver, bird studies, Yellowstone
National Park, Forest Zoology and many
photographs of the actual RWLS staff and
researchers.
• Efforts were started in the summer of 2015 to
begin to digitize and catalog these photographs.
• Currently 1,000 photos have been scanned and
250 of these have been cataloged and are
available for viewing on the NY Heritage website
http://www.nyheritage.org
Significant Collections
Dard Hunter
Handmade Papers
William Joseph "Dard" Hunter (November 29, 1883 – February 20, 1966) was an American authority
on printing, paper, and papermaking.
Of special note - Hunter produced two hundred copies of his book Old Papermaking, preparing every
aspect of the book himself: he wrote the text, designed and cast the type, did the typesetting,
handmade the paper, and printed and bound the book. He worked with Roycroft in East Aurora, NY and
was part of the arts and crafts movement and did designs for books, leatherwork and stained glass.
Separately one his own Dard Hunter built his own paper mill and printing press in New York.
He authored 20 books on the subject of papermaking (eight of which were printed by hand).
These works were the result of over one million miles of travel to remote regions of the world in search
of information on the craft.
His works have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution.
Other than here at Moon Library Dard Hunter’s items can be found at the
Robert C. Williams Paper Museum at Georgia Tech.
I’d like to also note that Dard Hunter’s “Mountain House” in Ohio was preserved as a living museum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dard_Hunter - http://www.dardhunter.com/About2.htm
Work with SUNY ESF Classes
Bill Burry’s Papermaking class comes for a formal lecture using items from our archives/special. The items we
have in archives/special are a resource to all interested in papermaking on campus and to the community/public.
Dard Hunter is a prominent figure in the world of papermaking and is known for his worldwide paper collections.
We house some of the finest examples of his collections.
Recent Donations – “gems”
Henry Breed - Grandson of Dean Ilick
Recently donated his grandfather’s graduation regalia, hoods, lecture
notes, hand written personal notes/letters and photos.
• He asked that we digitize the paper items and email them to him and
preserve the photos.
• Below is a sampling of what some of the donated paper items look like
and the three photos that were donated.
The photos that once belonged to Illick have been
professionally preserved and reframed and hung
in the Moon Library Quiet Study Room.
Dean Illick’s robes on display in Moon Library.
Archives and Special Collections – The Future
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I’d like to be positive and say that the future is bright for our archives and special
collections. What we currently house in archives and special makes our library
and campus very unique - but many items do need special attention and
preservation.
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Some collections are being re-housed, re-organized, documented and cataloged
and will soon be available to search and see online. And many collections are
being digitized and preserved but there is still much more to do and it takes
time, staffing and funding. We have received some grants and continue to
apply for more that are applicable to our needs - this semester I submitted a
grant to fund the digitization of all of the ESF Empire Forester yearbooks.
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We continue to receive donations from departments, emeriti and alumni and
from a collecting and records management perspective we need to pay
close attention to the SUNY Retention Guidelines to determine what
archival and historical records of the college should be retained. (SUNY
University Wide Policies and Procedures http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/documents.cfm?doc_id=650)
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The work continues - - - This summer I will once again spend the majority of my
time in the archives and will continue to make great strides with our collections,
with helping researchers and uncovering gems.
The State of the SUNY ESF
Archives and Special
Collections
Jane Verostek - Associate Librarian
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Moon Library
email: jmveros@esf.edu
Online on You tube @ http://tinyurl.com/Library411
Committee on Curriculum Actions
• MPS in Chemistry (revision)
• BS in Sustainable Energy Management
(revision)
• Renewable Energy Minor (revision)
Committee on
Research
2015-2016
Members
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Margaret Bryant
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John Wasiel
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Lee Newman
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Jessica Clemons
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Stephen Shaw
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Theresa Selfa
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Philippe Vidon
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Robert Meyer
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Chris Nomura
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Denali Trimble
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Alexandre Poisson
Responsibilities
We assist the Office of Research Programs in:
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McIntire-Stennis proposal reviews
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Seed Grant reviews
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Exemplary Researcher Program
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Spotlight on Student Research
McIntire-Stennis
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USDA McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry
Research Program (provides knowledge essential to the efficient
and effective use of the nation's forest resources)
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20 Pre-proposals submitted (mid-Sept)
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11 Full proposals submitted (Nov)
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4 Proposals funded
McIntire-Stennis Awards
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Bevilacqua and Quackenbush: Evaluation of
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) for Vegetation
Monitoring
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Gitsov, Amidon, Bujanovic, Driscoll, Stipanovic, and
Smith: Multifunctional Cellulose “Nanomers” Derived
From Biorefinery Waste
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Hassett and Mao: Contribution of Biomass Burning
to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon and Aerosol
Concentrations in Air and Wet Deposition
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Horton: Increasing Success of Pitch Pine
Restoration Through Soil Microbe Management
Seed Grants
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2016 Seed Grant request for proposals (Feb 29)
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Open to new faculty (untenured) serving as P.I.
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Proposals due on April 15
Exemplary Researcher
This college-level award recognizes a successful, currently
active researcher (faculty or professional staff) demonstrating
exemplary research productivity through procurement of
grants, publication record, and a graduate and undergraduate
student research program.
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Dr. Georgios Mountrakis, 2015 Exemplary
Researcher (seminar and reception in February)
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Nominations for 2016 Exemplary Researcher due on
April 18th
Spotlight on
Student Research
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Coordinated by Jessica Clemons
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Submissions due by April 12th
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Please encourage students to submit their work for
the poster session this year.
Sexual Harassment,
Assault, and Violence
Prevention Policy
OVERVIEW
Joseph Rufo
Vice President for Administration
and Title IX Coordinator
College Officials Responsible for
Addressing Incidents
Title IX Coordinator:
 Joseph Rufo
Vice President for Administration and Title IX Coordinator
Student-to-student violations of the Code of Student Conduct, and complaints from an
employee against a student:
 Anne E. Lombard
Dean for Student Affairs
For discrimination-related complaints, including sexual harassment, involving College
employees (complaints from an employee against another employee
and complaints from a student against an employee):
 Marcia Barber
Director of Human Resources
For law enforcement and criminal complaints:
 Thomas LeRoy
Chief of University Police
For athletics equity complaints:
 Robert French
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Institutional Research
REPORTING INCIDENTS
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CONFIDENTIALITY VS. PRIVACY
Individuals who are confidential resources will not report
crimes to law enforcement or College officials without your
permission, except for extreme circumstances such as health
and/or safety emergency.
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Counseling Professionals
Medical Professionals
Clergy
Advocacy Centers
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These categories are determined by law.
REPORTING INCIDENTS
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PRIVACY
◦ Even SUNY-ESF offices and employees who cannot
guarantee confidentiality will maintain your privacy to
the greatest extent possible. The information you
provide to a non-confidential resource will be relayed
only as necessary to investigate and/or seek a resolution
and to notify the College's Title IX Coordinator (or
designee)- who is responsible under the law for tracking
patterns and spotting systemic issues. SUNY-ESF will
limit the disclosure as much as possible, even if the Title
IX Coordinator (or designee) determines that the request
for confidentiality cannot be honored.
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR
REPORTING / REFERRING
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Responsible Employees who become aware of an incident of
sexual assault, sexual violence and/or sexual harassment, have a
legal responsibility to report it to those at ESF who are
responsible for handling such incidents (as identified earlier).
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Responsible Employees at ESF include all Faculty and Staff who
should therefore:
 ADVISE the individual in advance that while you will make
every effort to maintain privacy to the greatest extent possible,
that you cannot keep the incident confidential.
 REFER individual to those resources designated as responsible
for handling incidents(including those resources that are
confidential).
 REPORT the incident to one of the individuals at ESF
designated as responsible for handling incidents.
HOW
INCIDENTS
ARE
HANDLED?
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Immediate Safety
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Protections and
Accommodations
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Counseling
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Medical
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Criminal
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Conduct/Disciplinary
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Other Resources
ROLE OF
UNIVERSITY POLICE
Moving Forward
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Additional Awareness
Additional Training/Education
Next Meetings
April 20, 2016
Gateway A&B
12:45 PM
May 12, 2016
Gateway A&B
2:00 PM
Awards Reception
Yellowstone National Park
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