Photo Courtesy of Shenandoah National Park Facebook Page
Academic Governance Meeting
Gateway A&B, 12:45 PM, April 20, 2016
Agenda
1. Opening Remarks/Minutes/Announcements
2. Endorsement of the Teaching Spaces Renovations
Priorities Report
3. Policy on Clickers
4. Curriculum Actions
5. Library Advisory Committee Report
6. Strategic Planning Committee Update
7. Admissions Report and Updates from the Athletic
Director
Old Business
New Business
Academic Governance Elections
• Open Positions
– Executive Chair
25% Administrative Workload
– SU Senator
• Nominations Accepted NOW!
– Send nominations to Bob Meyer, Melissa Fierke
and/or Kelley Donaghy
– By Noon on 4/25
• Voting will begin on 4/25/16
Teaching Spaces Renovation Priorities
Report
Joint Subcommittee of IQAS and Technology
Heidi Webb (chair)
Terry Ettinger
Melissa Fierke
Jonathon Owens
Mary Thompson
Overview presented in conjunction with IQAS
report in early March.
Clicker Policy
“Faculty shall adopt the same brand of clickers
supported by Syracuse University’s Information
and Technology Services.”
– In response to USA’s Resolution #08.2016 – A
resolution recommending that Academic
Governance develop a campus wide policy
regarding the use of clickers in ESF Courses.
Curriculum Actions
• BS in Environmental Science – Renewable
Energy Option (revision)
• BS in Biochemistry (new program)
Library Advisory Committee Report
ESF College-wide Meeting
Stew Diemont
April 20, 2016
Personnel
• Jessica Clemons began as Interim Library
Director September 2015
• 4 years at ESF
– scholarly communications, Research Times
• Interim Library Director search has not yet
begun
• Other Personnel – need to hire part time clerk
and temporary librarian position
Collection Management
• Inventory project
– Discarded items going to Better World Books
– Access to discarded materials by ESF personnel
(e.g., faculty and graduate students)
– Began notifying Library Committee, Committee
reporting to departments
• Digital Commons @ ESF
– Went live October 2014
Digital Commons @ ESF
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Knothole – 300 issues
Landscape Architecture: City Wild
Willow Project technical documents
Roosevelt Wildlife Station Bulletins and Annals
Datasets from work with DEC
http://digitalcommons.esf.edu/
Digital Commons
• Cost is $16,000
• No limit on amount of files
– Best practices on file size and type
• Open access journal capability – cost is
already paid by the library (see above)
• Could request ISSN from Library of Congress
Other Collection Management News
• EBSCO Academic Ebooks
– <$2000/year
– 140,000 e-books
• Dropping ESF Refworks
– Underutilized
– Will provide transition assistance as requested
– Many converting to Mendeley and Zotero
– Endnotes if online through Web of Science
Friends of Moon Library
• 30 year anniversary
• Fundraising:
– $1200 per study carrel. Sold 8 of 24
• Join for $25 and get a mug!
• Money will go toward proper care of college
archives
• Suggestion of student experience in archiving
Vision 2020 Update
• Special Meeting for discussion and debate
– Convincing other to vote up or down on the
document, not about making changes
– May 4, 2016 at 11AM
– Gateway A&B
• Vote of Endorsement
– May 4-9, Electronically
– Up or down Vote
Enrollment
Management
and Athletics Report
Bob French
4/20/16
First-Year Class Projection
Fall 2016
Fall 2015
Applications
1,659
1,575
Accepted
888 (53.5%)
849 (53.9%)
Deposits (4/19)
209
195
Enrolled
330 (projected) 318 (final)
Transfer Class Projection
Fall 2016
Fall 2015
Applications
(4/19)
663 (-7.9%)
720
Accepted (4/19)
236 (-12.3%)
269
Deposits (4/19)
119 (+26.6%)
94
Enrolled
215 (projected) 229 (final)
Accepted First-Year Applicants (4/19)
Fall 2016
Fall 2015
NY State
542 (61.0%)
540 (63.6%)
Out-of-State
346 (39.0%)
309 (36.4%)
Diverse
214 (24.1%)
180 (21.2%)
SAT 1200+
545 (61.4%)
548 (64.5%)
HS GPA
93%
93%
Early Decision
91
95 (= 10 R Dec)
Recent Deposit Rates
Fall 2015
Fall 2014
NY State
44.6%
48.0%
Out-of-State
25.3%
26.4%
Diverse
28.8%
34.1%
SAT 1200+
33.8%
34.8%
Overall FY
37.7%
40.7%
Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
First-Year
324
288
329
318
330
320
320
Transfer
190
223
206
229
215
230
230
Continuing
1,147 1,136 1,136
1,181
1,195 1,200
1,210
FT Undergrad
1,661 1,647 1,671
1,728
1,740 1,750
1,760
BUCT Seniors
+50
Graduate Student Enrollment (On-Campus)
2012 2013 2014 2015
201 2017 201
6
8
Full-time
323
319
285
290
300
315
330
Part-time
228
208
187
186
180
200
210
Total
551
527
472
476
480
515
540
ESF Athletics
• 192 Student-Athletes (11% of
Undergraduates)
• Basketball (M), Bass Fishing (M), Cross
Country (M&W),
Golf (M&W), Soccer (M&W), Timber Sports
(M&W),
Track & Field (M&W)
• Hudson Valley Conference and USCAA
Lafayette Road Field Proposal
• ESF rents soccer fields at SU and OCC
Costs up to $1,000 per event
ESF gets lowest priority scheduling
• Exploring potential to develop game field
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3 acres at Lafayette Road (50 acres)
Clearing and grading by Forest Properties
Natural turf and no field lighting
Potential for fund raising
Possible alternative locations in Tully
• Reaching out to faculty for input
New Business
• Conflict of Interest Policy
– It is the campus policy of SUNY ESF that the
institution, its officers and all employees shall abide
by all applicable Conflict of Interest (COI) laws,
regulations and policies promulgated by the federal
and New York State governments, as well as the
State University of New York and The Research
Foundation for The State University of New York (RF).
– Distributed 4/15/16 via email from N. Ringler
New Business
• USDA REEport System
– Applies to all grants not just USDA grants
Next Meetings
May 4th, 2016
11AM - 1PM
Endorsement of Vision 2020
Update Discussion
May 12th, 2016
2:30 PM
Meeting
Awards
Reception
(food and drink)
Lake Clark National Park
Department of the Interior Facebook Page
All in Gateway A&B