College-wide Governance Meeting
February 19, 2014, 12:45 PM Gateway A&B
Agenda
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Minutes (Donaghy)
Opening Remarks (Donaghy)
Spotlight on Research (Clemons)
IQAS Report (Donaghy)
UFS Meeting Report (Doelle)
CoC Actions (Daley)
Elections
Nominations being accepted for:
• Executive Chair
• University Faculty Senator
• SU Senator
Send nominations to Bob Meyer at
rwmeyer@esf.edu by March 20, 2014.
Non-elected – Committee Chairs
Spotlight on Research
• Subcommittee of COR
• Jessica Clemons, Chair
Spotlight on Student Research
• 2 day event this year
• Judging for grads on Tuesday April 15th
• Judging for undergrads during common hour on
the 16th
• Kick-off pizza party on the 15th at 3pm
• Keynote, awards, reception beginning on the 16th
at 3pm (location TBA)
• Info sent out to campus earlier this week
Spotlight cont’d
• Soliciting faculty judges for graduate posters &
sponsors for prizes and supplies
• Proceedings will be available as PDF
• Voluntary poster design session on March 26th
• Only one to two posters per class project may
be selected
• Abstracts should be reviewed/approved by a
faculty advisor
Spotlight Info
• All of the information, including submission
guidelines, dates, and times can be found
here:
• http://www.esf.edu/spotlight/
Instructional Quality and Academic
Standards (IQAS)
Nasri Abdel-Aziz
Lindi Quackenbush
Shannon Farrell
Paul Caluwe
Susan Dieterlen
Jo Anne Ellis
Allison Oakes
Mary Chandler
Scott Shannon
Bruce Bongarten
Kelley Donaghy
Quentin Wheeler
IQAS Charge
• Standards for evaluating student academic
performance
• Quality of academic advisement
• Policies regarding recruitment and admission
of graduate and undergraduate students
• The methods, quality and evaluation of
instruction
• The evaluation of student probation
IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014
• Review and Revise the Grading Policy
– Brought the policy into alignment with SUNY
requirements
– Requirement of a syllabus for all courses
(including independent studies)
• Syllabus Template
– Available at
http://www.esf.edu/facgov/bylaws.htm
– Statements for academic integrity and academic
accommodations
IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014
(Con’t)
• Resolution on Withdrawal Date
– Aligned the opening default date for course
evaluations with withdrawal date
• Academic Standards Convener
– 125 Students on probation Spring 2014 based on
Fall 2013 grades
– 20 Students were suspended
– 7 Students appealed – 3 were successful
IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014
(Con’t)
Still on the 2013-24 Agenda:
– Course Evaluations
• Delivery
– Better student participation
– Easier to use data for faculty
• Instrument
– How to personalize?
– What questions are missing?
• Looking to partner with an area school
– Teaching Academy
• Distinguished Professor Academy
• Education Schools at Oswego/Syracuse/Cortland
IQAS New Chair!
Nasri Abdel-Aziz
Thank you Nasri!
Faculty Governance Meeting
Jan-24&25-2014
SUNY Senator Report
Winter Plenary Meeting
Albany, NY
Connecting Students to Careers
Faculty Senate
January 25, 2014
William (Bill) Ziegler
Provost Fellow –SUNY Works
Statewide Co-op Curriculum Coordinator
Associate Professor – Binghamton University
Executive Director – Binghamton University Scholars
“This initiative will help bring our best ideas to market right
here in New York State.” – Governor Andrew Cuomo
Arts
Humanities
Bridging the gap between research in
the Arts and Sciences.
From the SUNY Provost Office
Elizabeth L. Bringsjord
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Resolutions
Resolution on Seamless Transfer Path
Resolution requesting participation of Alfred University
and Cornell University in the process of recognizing
SUNY faculty fordistinguished achievement
Resolution on the Status of the New York State
College of Ceramics
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https://www.suny.edu/facultysenate/
University Faculty Senate
• Campus Governance Leaders Meeting
– Thursday evening/Friday morning
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Seamless Transfer
START-UP NY
Open SUNY
Communication
Curriculum Committee
Report to Faculty Governance
2/19/2014
Report Items
• Prior Meeting 1/29/2014 Actions
• Courses are approved
– FOR 540 Watershed Hydrology (revised)
• Committee recommends
– accept revisions of BS Environmental Science (reduce from 127 to 126
credit hours)
• Proposal reviews:
– Many courses, programs, options, minors, policies
– See the CoC website
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Availability of Special Topics course proposals in all program areas
ESF XXX International Education
Use of Foreign Language to meet GER
Requests for status as General Education course?