Academic Senate Agenda—December 13, 2011—Attachment A
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Queensborough Community College
The City University of New York
MINUTES
of the November 8, 2011
Academic Senate
Interim President Diane Call called the third regularly scheduled meeting of the Academic Senate
to order at 3:16 p.m.
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Attendance:
The complete Senate roster is available at
http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/governance/academicSenate/roster.html
As determined from the attendance taken by the i-clickers at the meeting, there were twenty four
absentees.
Cesarano, Michael
Gray, Peter
Polizzotto- Cardaci, Regina
Edlin, Margot
Luby, John
Ann Tulio
SG President Pro Tempore
SG Programming VP
SG VP for Evening Students
Bourbon, Anne Marie
Holden, Todd
Lin, Maan (Jenny)
Fabricant, Mona
Volchok, Edward
James Valentino
SG Administrative VP
SG Treasurer
SG VP for PT Students
Asser, Stuart
Chiung- Chang, JoAnne
Dunkelblau, Helene
Jue, Chong
Ward, Denise
Barbara Blake-Campbell
II. Consideration of minutes of the November 8, 2011:
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A motion was made, seconded, and approved to approve the October 11, 2011 minutes
(Attachment A of the November 8, 2011 Agenda). This vote was passed unanimously.
III. Communications from:
Interim President Call: Interim President Call referred to her written report
(Attachment B of the November 8, 2011 Agenda)
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A correction was made to the President‟s report. The College response to the CUNY 2012-16
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Master Plan was sent to the University on September 22 , not on October 28 .
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President Call discussed advisement and registration for Winter and Spring 2012. As of
November 1, 743 students have enrolled for winter session and 3,789 continuing students
have already registered for the Spring semester. Our new freshmen will begin their
advisement/registration for Spring 2011 in early January. CUNYFirst will require a week of
system „downtime‟ in November.
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President Call thanked all the faculty and staff who participated in discussions and offered
comments regarding the CUNY 2012-16 Master Plan.
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President Call reminded the Senate about the importance of responding to the report
of the CUNY Pathways Steering Committee. Our campus response to this draft
report is due to the University on Monday, November 15. The response should be
brief, responsive, and constructive.
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President Call encouraged all faculty and staff to attend OAA‟s Campus Conversation
on Wednesday, November 9, at 4 p.m. in the Oakland Dining Room for a discussion
of the report and our response to the framework. Also, all faculty and
student/instructional support staff are urged to attend the FEC Conference of the
College on Friday, November 11, at 9 a.m. in M 136 at which Dean Michelle
Anderson, chair of the CUNY Pathways Steering Committee will speak and take
questions, followed by presentations by our faculty involved with the Pathways
initiative.
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President Call reminded everyone to view the Pathways website:
http://www.cuny.edu/academics/initiatives/degreepathways.html
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President Call completed her report by reminding everyone to attend these
upcoming events:
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The dedication of our Veterans Remembrance Terrace on Thursday,
November 10 at 2:30 p.m.
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Celebration of Service on Thursday, November 10, at 5:30 p.m. in the
Student Union. This annual event celebrates faculty and staff who have
served at the College for 20, 30, and 40 years.
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The Office of Admissions will host its annual Fall Open House for CUNY
Month on Sunday, November 13th from 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Senate Steering Committee: Chair Tai referred to her written report:
( Attachment C of the November 8, 2011 Agenda) focusing on some of
the following:
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Chair Tai encouraged all members of the Academic Senate to read the
Pathways draft and share it with colleagues, and encourage everyone to
share their questions for Dean Anderson.
Chair Tai directed faculty to view the full pathways draft on the website
http://www.cuny.edu/academics/initiatives/degreepathways/planningprocess.html
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Chair Tai discussed another initiative of potentially critical importance to the
future of CUNY which is a move by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Legal
Affairs, Frederick Schaffer, to revise the Bylaws of the CUNY Board of
Trustees. These by-laws revisions have been shared both with the
Executive Committee of the University Faculty Senate, and with the
Professional Staff Congress, as well as the governance body for graduate
students of the CUNY Graduate Center. All have expressed concerns over
various modifications proposed by the CUNY Central Office.
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Chair Tai requested that everyone take a look at the bylaws changes and
send an email to her if more changes are requested. The Faculty Meeting of
October 26 incorporated some consideration of changes to the By-Laws of
the Faculty of Queensborough Community College. The “Perez Decision”
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related to the Open Meetings Law is discussed on the CUNY website
http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/vc_la/2006/01/02/requirements-of-the-openmeetings-law/
http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Perez_v._City_Univ._of_New_York
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Chair Tai thanked and expressed gratitude on behalf of the Steering
Committee to all colleagues on the Faculty Executive Committee and the
Committee on Bylaws for their support on this project.
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Chair Tai reported that the Special Budget Advisory Committee of the
Academic Senate, created by the Academic Senate at the meeting of last
February, 2011, has now met a second time to discuss the budget allotted to
Queensborough Community College.
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Chair Tai mentioned the revision of the CUNY BOT Bylaws and the
possibility of turning the Budget advisory Committee into a permanent
committee of the Academic Senate.
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Chair Tai thanked Dr. Belle Birchfield for her helpful work on the Guide for
the Chairs of the Committee on Committees, part of the larger project to
reconfigure the Committee Guides more generally. Her work on Faculty and
Academic Senate Elections and the Academic Senate‟s Clicker system has
been "a candle in the darkness."
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Chair Tai discussed an event taking place on Wednesday, November 30th,
from 1-3 PM in the Queensborough Quadrangle. The "Community College
Completion Challenge" is a national initiative, supported by Phi Theta Kappa,
the international honor society for two-year college students; the American
Association of Community Colleges; the League for Innovation, and some
other organizations, that is stressing the utility of earning an associate's
degree. Queensborough is organizing a "Queensborough Community
College Completion campaign," which will have the support of
Administration, Student Government, and the faculty advisors of Phi Theta
Kappa's Queensborough chapter, Lambda Sigma. Students sign a
"completion contract" and get an "I'm committed" button. Queensborough
alumni will be invited to talk about what earning an Associate's degree had
meant to them. http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/news/2011/11/Campaign.html and
http://www.cccompletionchallenge.org/
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Chair Tai also thanked Professor Galatia Iakovou, Chair of the Committee on
Committees, for revisions to the Committee Guide for her Committee.
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President Call mentioned that the rational tuition policy will be discussed at
the CUNY Public Hearing on Monday, November 21 at 5:00 PM at Baruch
College, and formally considered by the CUNY Board of Trustees at its
meeting on Monday, November 28 at 4:30 at Baruch College.
Please visit www.cuny.edu/value for more details.
IV. Monthly Reports of Standing Committees of the Academic Senate
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Committee on Bylaws (Attachment E)—RESOLUTION
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A motion was made, seconded, and approved unanimously to recommend the proposed amendment to
the Bylaws of the Academic Senate regarding Article II, Section 4.2 which relates to Meetings and
Proposed Agenda (Attachment E of the October 11, 2011 Agenda).
FROM:
Academic Senate Bylaws
Article II. Meetings
Section 4. Proposed Agenda
1. The Steering Committee shall prepare the agenda after discussions with the President.
2. The proposed agenda of a regular meeting shall be sent to all members of the Academic
Senate and faculty and students serving on standing committees of the Academic Senate at least
one week prior to the meeting. The agenda for a special meeting shall be communicated with the
notice of the meeting. All original motions and amendments should be visually presented. Items
requested by a majority of the chairpersons of the academic departments may be considered as an
item for the agenda of a regular meeting after those from Senate Standing Committees.
3. The order of business at any meeting, except where otherwise specially provided for, shall be
as follows:
1. Attendance.
2. Consideration of the minutes of the previous meeting.
3. Communications from the Board of Trustees or any of its committees.
4. Communications from the President of the College or his designee on matters concerning the
College or University.
5. Communication and/or Report from the Steering Committee.
6. Elections.
7. Degrees.
8. Reports of Standing Committees.
9. Reports of Special Committees.
10. Unfinished Business.
11. New Business.
Rationale: At various points over the past several years, Chairs have needed to bring a matter of
common concern, such as the scheduling of final examinations in the fifteenth week of class, to the
attention of the Academic Senate. A provision that allows for matters of concern to a “majority of
Chairs” to be placed before the Academic Senate will provide a clear mode of procedure for
addressing such issues. The Steering Committee has also made it a practice to communicate with
members of the Senate—through written reports and/or oral communication—following the report of
the President. The second proposed addition would standardize the Steering Committee‟s
contribution for the reference of future committee leadership.
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Committee on Curriculum (Attachment F)—RESOLUTION
A motion was made, seconded, and approved unanimously for the new course title changes from
Department of Foreign Languages and Literature ( Attachment F of the October 11, 2011 Agenda).
Course Title Changes
DEPARTMENT of FOREIGN LANGUAGES and LITERATURE
From: LC-121 Mandarin for Students of Chinese Heritage I
To:
LC-121 Elementary Mandarin I for Students of Chinese Heritage
Rationale:
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The proposed title will more precisely describe this course. Many students of Chinese heritage
have mistakenly registered for “LC111 Elementary Mandarin” believing that LC111 is an
elementary course and that LC121 is not. In fact, they are both elementary courses. The
difference is that LC111 is designed for students of non-Chinese heritage and LC121 is designed
to meet the specific needs of students of Chinese heritage. Adding “elementary” to the course title
will clarify that LC121 is also an elementary language course.
From: LC-122 Mandarin for Students of Chinese Heritage II
To:
LC-122 Elementary Mandarin II for Students of Chinese Heritage
Rationale:
The proposed title will more precisely describe this course and render it consistent with the title
for LC121.
The committee report listed below was accepted as presented:
V.
Annual Reports of Academic Senate Standing and Special Committees
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VI.
Committee on Library, Corrected (Attachment G)
New Business
 Senator Tarasko encouraged all faculty and staff to attend the dialogue about Pathways to
Degree Completion on November 11, 2011 with Michelle J. Anderson Dean and
Professor of Law CUNY School of Law.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:43 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Lana Zinger EdD, CHES, R.D. (Secretary)
Steering Committee of the Academic Senate.
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