College-wide Governance Meeting
February 20, 2013, 12:45PM, Baker 146
Agenda
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Announcements
Tech Committee Report (Murphy)
Presidential Search (Donaghy)
IQAS Grievance Policy (Crovella)
COC Actions (Hassett)
Bylaws (Donaghy)
Accessory Instruction (Bongarten)
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Committee on Research (COR) Update
• McIntire-Stennis Research Program
– 22 pre-proposals (8 departments plus forest properties)
– 10 full proposals (5 departments)
• Awards:
– Bujanovic, B., and Amidon, T., “Enhancing Production of Uniform High
Purity Lignin”
– Ryan, S., and Fierke, M., “Modeling Super Spreading in an Emerging
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus Planipennis) Infestation”
– Whipps, C., Fierke, M., and Parry, D., “Development of Molecular
Techniques to Inform Management of Sirex Nottilio, an Introduced
Woodwasp”
Committee on Research (COR) Update
• Boosting the Power of SUNY: A Celebration of Graduate
Research
– 5 entries; 2 selected to represent SUNY-ESF in Albany
• Selected Posters:
– Stewart Ibarra, A.M., Ryan, S.J., Beltran, E., Mejía, R., and Silva, M.,
“Climate & Social Drivers of the Dengue Vector in Ecuador”
– Mills, J., Tiss, K., Carter, E., Woods, L., “Restructuring the Static
Constraints of a Dwelling: A Proposal for Responsive Housing”
Committee on Research (COR) Update
• Seed Grants
– Proposals due March 20th
• Exemplary Researcher
– Recent celebration for 2012 recipient, Dr. Kim Schulz
– Look for the 2013 Request for Nominations
Spotlight on Research and Outreach
• Gateway Center
• Wednesday, April 10th
• Schedule to follow
• NEEDED:
– Faculty judges
– Financial support for student awards
• Great opportunity for students to highlight their work!
Technology Committee Report
Brandon Murphy, Tech. Comm. Chair
Ad-Hoc Technology Committee
Report to Faculty Governance
Neal M. Abrams
Christopher P. Baycura
Eddie Bevilacqua
David R. Dzwonkowski
James Halligan
Robert W. Meyer
Brandon Murphy
Paul E. Otteson
Dayton Reuter
James M. Sahm
Deborah A. Storrings
Mark A. Storrings
Yuming Tung
J. Scott Turner
Heidi Webb
Stephen P. Weiter
Charged with:
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Advising and consulting about major issues of policy and
procedure for the use of College Computing facilities.
Identifying opportunities where information technology could
assist the College in achieving its goals; evaluating the readiness of
the College to leverage such technologies for more effective
teaching and scholarship.
Reviewing and recommending the College’s technology direction.
Serving as a conduit of information about campus technology
matters and their effective implementation to all members of the
College community.
Exploring how campus technology can more effectively
disseminate the College’s activities in teaching, scholarship and
research.
During 2012-2013
• Met 5 times
• Changes in the committee
• Deliverables in progress
– Reviewed 1st draft of a policy on the process and
communication of significant technology changes
– Technology utilization survey
– Drafting technology vision
Other areas of discussion
• Upcoming changes to the student information
system
• Ensemble Video- Managing video resources
and distribution
• Digital Archiving
• Mentoring colloquium survey results
Presidential Search Update
Kelley Donaghy, Executive Chair
Presidential Search
• Full Committee
16 voting members
– Board of Trustees (McGarry, DeMarchi, Fitts, Marko)
– Faculty (Anagnost, Boyer, Luzadis, Quackenbush,
Schulz, Toland)
– Staff (Fellows)
– Dean (Leopold)
– Student (Brackman)
– Alumni Foundation (Gilbert)
– College Foundation (Leatherman)
– Chancellor’s Senior Staff (Killeen)
Presidential Search
• Listening Sessions
– Tomorrow – Thursday, 2/21 at 3:30PM in Nifkin
– Wednesday, 2/27, at 12:45PM in Moon 110
“The Executive Committee sees these as an opportunity for the
College Community to come together to reaffirm who we are and
who we want to be and the results would serve to help the
committee define their ideas about ESF and the kind of leader
they/ we should be seeking.”
Proposal for Modifying the
Academic Grievance Policy
IQAS Committee
2/20/13
Reasons for the Proposal
1. Existing procedure was not compatible with
current Governance committee structure
2. The level of review of the existing procedure did
not align with other college procedures with
similar impacts (e.g. Academic Review of Appeals
for Dismissal, Judicial Review in Student Life)
3. Existing procedure moved quickly to increasing
levels of faculty review, as opposed to trying to
resolve at less formal levels
Existing Procedure
Proposed Procedure
Academic Grievance
Academic Grievance
End of semester following
semester of occurrence
End of semester
following semester of
occurrence
Informal
Review
Request for
10 days
Formal
Review Formal
10 days
Appeal
10 days
Appeal
10 days
Review
Subcom of
IQAS
10 days
Appeal of
Formal
Review
IQAS
Satisfactory and mutually
agreeable resolution
Recommendation
Accepted
Written grievance
listing policy violated
is replied to
Dept Chair
Disputant
requests Formal
Review
Recommendation
Accepted
Appeal for procedural
errors or new and
extraordinary
evidence
10 days
Final
Decision
President
StudentInstructor
meeting
copies all on
proposed
resolution
Formal
Review
Subcom of
IQAS
Appeal of
Formal
Review
IQAS
Resolved
Satisfactory and
mutually
agreeable
resolution
Resolution
Resolution
Resolution
Resolved
One semester from
filing of grievance
• Preamble Students at ESF have a right to be evaluated
fairly. While grading is ultimately the prerogative of the
instructor, and is implicit in the student enrolling in ESF,
it is possible that a student may believe that an
instructor has not followed a defined academic policy
or procedure. In such instances, it is an important
responsibility of the ESF faculty to impartially and
quickly resolve academic grievances brought forth by
students or faculty and to provide recourse to orderly
procedures for the satisfactory adjudication of
complaints. These procedures are designed to remove
the disturbing pressures of personal involvement or
conflict of interest by the relevant parties and recognize
that each grievance may be unique and insure the
equal, dispassionate, responsible, and equitable
treatment in all cases, while maintaining our college
standards.
• Definition - An academic grievance shall include but
is not restricted to a complaint by a student or
faculty member that there has been a violation,
misrepresentation or inequitable application of any
academic practices or regulations of the University,
College or Department, or that there has been an
unfair or inequitable treatment by reason of any act
or condition that is contrary to established
academic policy or practice governing or affecting
students or faculty. Academic grievances are not to
be brought forward in the case of an undesirable
grade being earned in the absence of a breach in
academic policy by the instructor.
Step One - Meeting
• Disputant meeting. Most disputes originate at
the lowest levels and should, if feasible, be
resolved informally between the disputants.
These parties must meet to discuss the
dispute.
Step Two -Department level review
• If the meeting is unsuccessful in resolving the
dispute, the aggrieved must then prepare a written
statement describing the academic policy or
practice that they believe has been violated. This
statement should be sent to a representative in the
department, identified by the Associate Provost for
Instruction (the chair, assuming they are not
involved). The chair or department representative
will then present this statement to the other party,
and they will respond in writing to the chair. Upon
receipt of the statement and response, the chair
will propose a resolution in writing to both
disputants.
Step Three - Formal Review
• The IQAS Hearing Committee shall convene as
necessary to review written statements. They may
request more information. Such review shall be
conducted in confidence. A record of each
grievance meeting of the Hearing Committee shall
be kept and transmitted to the disputants.
• All decisions of the IQAS hearing committee are
final and may not be appealed, unless there is
substantial and documentable evidence of a
procedural error denying either party of due
process, or if new and extraordinary evidence
contradicting the findings of the IQAS hearing
committee can be provided.
Committee on Curriculum
John Hassett, Chair
Committee on Curriculum (CoC)
proposals reviewed January 9, 2013 and recommended for approval:
Curriculum proposals:
LSA: Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) (modification)
PBE: Advanced Certificate in Radiation Curing (new)
Committee on Curriculum (CoC)
On the horizon:
Deadlines:
March 1, 2013: proposals for new and revised* academic programs
majors
minors
certificates
April 1, 2013: proposals for new and revised* courses
*revised = anything requiring a change in the catalog
Next meetings:
March 4, 2013 - 3:30 PM
March 18, 2013 - 3:30 PM
April - TBD
Advanced Certificate in Radiation Curing – summary:
3 new courses:
BPE 510 - Introduction to Polymer Coatings
BPE 536 - Radiation Curing of Polymer Technologies
BPE 511 - Radiation Curing Equipment, Instrumentation and Safety
Academic home in PBE
Offered on-line via Outreach
Accessory Instruction
Bruce Bongarten, Provost