Topic
27 August 2013
3 September 2013
10 September 2013
24 September 2013
3 October 2013
8 October 2013
8 October 2013
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27 August 2013
Present: J. Allen, K. Becker, D. Gordon, D. Granger, W. Harrison, M. Lima, C. Long, J. Lovett, D. Mackenzie, J.
McLean, D. Repinski, D. Showers.
Chair J. McLean called this regular meeting to order at 4:03 PM. The position of secretary being vacant, D.
Showers was approved without objection as secretary pro tem. The Minutes of the Executive Committee meeting of
April 30, 2013 were accepted without objection.
Reports
C. Long gave an update on the Doty project and the impending move.
New Business
The Executive committee members discussed the issues mentioned in the following motion. Discussion also included the matter of enrollment management, in the context of the impending retirement of the Assoc. VP for
Enrollment. Provost Long suggested that the search for a new Assoc. VP, which includes faculty as defined in the Faculty Constitution, will intrinsically include looking at enrollment management ideas which the candidates might bring to campus.
An omnibus motion to commit was made by the chair and passed by unanimous consent, to send the following issues to the following committees:
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For GAAC to review how their work is accomplished, and to consider merging GAAC into UCC or some other way to balance the workload between those committees.
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For FAC to consider how to foster a campus conversation on desired attributes of a new President of the College, in advance of faculty input to the actual search process.
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For FAC to choose one strategy which can best improve the Student Opinion of Faculty Instruction survey system.
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For FAC to consider the current Faculty-L and FacTalk-L listservs, and propose a solution to the need to deliver information to faculty that is not of a strictly academic or personnel nature.
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For ExCom itself to consider the design of a periodic review system for administrative offices, including president and provost.
The meeting adjourned at 5:10pm.
Respectfully submitted,
D. Showers, University Faculty Senator
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3 September 2013
Present: B. Harrison, English (chair), K. Fredericks, Languages and Literatures; M. Kennerknecht, Financial Aid; J.
Kirkwood, Music; G. Marcus, Physics; K. J. Matthews, Languages and Literatures; M. Stolee, History; A. Urso,
Education
Guests: P. Corrigan, Dean’s Office; S. Iyer, Dean’s Office; B. Lofquist, Sociology
The chair called this regular meeting to order at 4:05 PM.
Reports
Chair: Per Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Meeting #5, April 23, 2013 minutes, we are moving forward on the revised UCC/Dean's Office submission deadline of 15 November for curriculum packages of over 25 course proposals, starting Fall 2014. Executive did not object to the new procedure. We will announce this to the full
Senate over this academic year: if there are issues upon report, we will revisit this change.
Review of Proposals
(Following committee procedure, the proposals are listed by department. When introduced to the Senate, the courses will be grouped by type of proposal.)
Department: History
• Revised course:
HIST262: S/M/American Indian Law and Public Policy
Stolee representing HIST. Proposal revises course to fulfill two core areas. As this course is cross-listed as
AMST262, contact needs a second proposal updating the AMST description as well. Proposal tabled awaiting
AMST proposal. Unanimous decision, 4:13PM .
Department: Sociology
• New Course:
SOCL245: Sociology of Sports
Lofquist representing SOCL. Proposal lists rotation/offering in rationale but not in description. Motion to append "Course offered every year" to description. Passed, unanimous decision, 4:16PM . Motion to approve course. Passed, unanimous decision, 4:17PM .
Unfinished Business
The Dean raised two issues concerning curriculum approved last semester.
Urban Studies Concentration.
Committee approved revision to Urban Studies Liberal Arts Concentration on 12
March 2013 (UCC Meeting #4, 2012-13). Revised concentration exceeds 30-31 credit hour limit for concentrations, a limit of which the committee was uninformed. The proposal also follows the bulletin format of for a minor, so it needs to be revised to lessen student confusion. The Dean will communicate with the proposal contacts and advise the committee concerning further actions.
Reused HIST course numbers. HIST 256 and HIST 280 (also approved 12 March 2013, UCC Meeting #4,
2012-13) were numbers the department had already used. (Departments are advised not to create new courses using older numbers in order to guarantee the awarding of equivalent course credit to former students.)
Proposed action: HIST 256 will be changed to 249, and 280 to 284, as an office action. UCC should report the change and reason for it. Motion for approval. Passed, unanimous decision, 4:29PM.
New Business
Introduction of Peter Corrigan, Associate Dean for Academic Advisement.
Announcements
Thanks to Megan Kennerknecht for serving as secretary during this meeting.
Full proposals can be found at https://boxes.geneseo.edu/DeanofCollege/doc/
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Our next meeting is scheduled for 4PM Tuesday, 24 September 2013, Sturges 108.
The meeting adjourned at 4:32 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Harrison
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10 September 2013
Present: J. McLean (chair), J. Aimers, J. Allen, S. Allen, K. Becker, M. Board, T. Clouthier, E. Crosby, K. Deutsch,
P. Dotterweich, K. Dreessen, J. Elmore, D. Farthing, K. Fletcher, K. Fredericks, L. Gao, B. Gaylord, C. Geiger, R.
Gifford, J. Gonder, D. Granger, C. Haddad, B. Harrison, G. Hartvigsen, T. Hartvigsen, A. Hayes, J. Haynie, S. Iyer,
B. Jones, J. Katz, M. Kennerknecht, J. Kirkwood, M. Lima, C. Long, J. Lovett, D. MacKenzie, C. Marconi, G.
Marcus, V. Markowski, K. Matthews, J. McLean, P. Michael, J. Milroy, N. Mohan, J. Morgan, J. Morse, L. O'Brien,
R. Orechwa, P. Pacheco, L. Pearsall, P. Rault, D. Repinski, S. Salmon, D. Scott, D. Showers, M. Stolee, M.
Sylvester, A. Tajima, B. Terzakos, G. Towsley, E. Vanocker, M. Volpe-McDermott, M. Walsh
Guests: P.Corrigan
Chair McLean called this regular meeting to order at 4:02 PM. The position of secretary being vacant, T.
Hartvigsen (student) was nominated to the position of secretary pro tem and elected without objection. The minutes from the meeting of May 7, 2013 were approved without objection.
Officer Reports
President’s report (C. Long): The Doty buiding is now open. Long will become interim President on Oct. 1 when
President Dahl retires. VP B. Caren has also announced retirement at the end of this year.
Provost’s report (D. Gordon): Seven new tenure-track faculty members hired last year. Some current faculty searches will be hired in “clusters” to collaborate. 10/22 to 10/23 Margaret Hilton will be visiting. Two
Geneseo teams went over the summer to Summer Institutes of the Association of American Colleges and
Universities; a report with proposals will be given shortly.
Chair’s report (J. McLean): Executive Cmte will be working on a system to review administrators or administrative offices. McLean relinquished the chair to Vice Chair Lovett in order to make the following motion:
In recognition of his six years of stalwart service as Presiding Officer of the Faculty and Senate Chair at the
SUNY College at Geneseo, the College Senate presents Dennis Showers with this ceremonial gavel as a token of our sincere appreciation.
Motion was seconded and approved unanimously and with acclaim.
Vice Chair’s report (J. Lovett): Excellence Award process is going. Nominations have closed, but late nominations may be possible.
Past Chair’s report (D. Granger): There is a new SUNY Shared Governance award, which is for campuses rather than individuals. Currently contacting people who could be on a nomination committee for Geneseo.
SA VP’s report (K. Becker): SA meetings have started, Wednesdays at 6:15 in the Hunt Room. Student Senators have been selected. 9/14 Film Festival in Newton
Committee Reports
UCC report (B. Harrison): Courses approved last spring as HIST 256: Studies in US History and HIST 280:
Advanced Studies in LACAANA History turned out to have course numbers which wer used in the past. UCC has approved that these course numbers can be changed to 249 and 284 respoectively as an office action.
There will be a new policy for a submission deadline of 15 November for curriculum packages of over 25 course proposals, starting Fall 2014.
UCC moved first reading for a new course, SOCL245: Sociology of Sports . There had not been time to make details for the course available to the body.
Kurt Fletcher moved to postpone consideration until next meeting .
This motion was seconded and passed without objection.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45.
Respectfully submitted,
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T. Hartvigsen, with editing by J. McLean
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24 September 2013
Present: B. Harrison, English (chair), A. Allen, SA; J. Easterly, Library; K. Fredericks, Languages and Literatures;
M. Kennerknecht, Financial Aid; G. Marcus, Physics; K. J. Matthews, Languages and Literatures; N. Mohan, SA;
K. Pitcher, Library; M. Stolee, History; Yasmine Taha, SA; R. Vasiliev, Geography.
Guests: T. Bazzett, Psychology; S. Iyer, Dean’s Office
The chair called this regular meeting to order at 4:05 PM.
Reports
Chair: Motion to approve minutes of last meeting, 9/4. Approved.
Chair: Our next meeting is scheduled for 4PM Tuesday, 22 October 2013, Sturges 108.
Introduction of all committee members present.
Review of Proposals
(Following committee procedure, the proposals are listed by department. When introduced to the Senate, the courses will be grouped by type of proposal.)
• Reconsidered proposals
Program: American Studies
Revised course:
AMST 262: American Indian Law and Public Policy
Department: History
Revised course:
HIST 262: American Indian Law and Public Policy
Stolee, representing HIST, noted that, procedurally, it may not be necessary for UCC to formally consider the proposal before sending it to the Gen. Ed. committee since UCC will consider the courses afterward.
Motion to forward proposals to General Education committee. Approved unanimously , 4:09 PM.
• New proposals
Department: Geography
Deleted course:
GEOG 295: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
Vasiliev, representing GEOG, confirmed that the deletion follows up on the recent program overhaul.
Motion to approve course deletion. Approved unanimously , 4:10 PM.
Program: Women’s Studies
Revised minor:
Women’s Studies
Motion to approve revised minor: Approved unanimously , 4:12 PM.
Program: Neuroscience
New Major:
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Neuroscience
New courses:
NEUR 205: Neuroscience Technology Laboratory
NEUR 206: Neuroscience Practical Laboratory
NEUR 215: Applications in Neuroscience
NEUR 310: Neuroscience Seminar
NEUR 399: Directed Study
Bazzett, representing NEUR, noted that PSYC developed this program concept for years with BIOL, CHEM, and MATH. A significant concern has been about demands on heavily loaded departments; in response, this proposal intends to allow 9 students per graduating class initially. Demand may scale in the future. Given significant student success in Neuroscience graduate programs from pre-existing majors, there is no concern that the restriction on seats will hinder student outcomes.
[ Expanded minutes follow .]
Q. Vasiliev: Why not a minor instead of a major?
A. Bazzett: We are trying to attract science students who might not attend Geneseo without a neuroscience program. Currently there are no other SUNY neuroscience programs. [ Addendum: Binghamton offers an
“Integrative Neuroscince” B.S.
] We are not just trying to shift students from pre-existing programs.
Q. Vasiliev: Is there any discussion of limiting enrollments in the existing science departments in order to allow neuroscience to grow?
A. Iyer: Limiting other departments would be via enrollment cap. We would like not to start this at Geneseo because of adverse student selection issues and desire for allowing flexibility to students who change majors.
Enrollment services office is working with departments to think about approaches. Are the current shifts in student majors “bumps in the road” or “trends”? Pre-bio major is a start to addressing this issue.
Q. Marcus: Are the adjuncts requested in this proposal approved?
A. Bazzett: Yes.
Q. Marcus: Are students aware of the limited seats in the program? Will that be publicized to the students? Are there other models on campus of similar restrictions?
A. Iyer: The application form will be where the students will be informed about the selectivity. This model already exists in the School of Business and the School of Education.
Q. Stolee: I am excited about this very cutting edge and great use of existing resources.
A. Bazzett: We wanted to go beyond simply cobbling together preexisting courses. Advising will deal with students outside of the NEUR major going to grad school for Neuroscience (as is the current model)
Q. Harrison: Are there advising or course offering consequences for Bio-Chemistry “Neurobiology” students?
A. Iyer: This program is from a PSYC perspective so advising is in fact slightly different.
Q. Allen: What if student changes major out of NEUR? Will a student who was previously rejected get the opportunity to take that place?
A. Bazzett: The director of Neuroscience will keep the program filled and will allow non-majors from other departments to take unfilled seats in the NEUR courses on a case-by case basis. But we want these classes to be full.
Q. Allen: When do students apply? As incoming freshmen?
A. Bazzett: The procedure depends on Geneseo students vs. Transfer students as indicated in the program proposal. Since the coursework for the first year parallels the first year for CHEM and BIOL, they are still on track with courses if they are to admitted to the program.
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Q. Stolee: Are any problems expected from Albany for approval?
A. Iyer: We contacted Albany and there were no issues indicated. Plan is to have it ready for Fall 2014.
Q. Kennerknecht: A question about timing. Can students apply in their first year?
A. Iyer: They apply at the end of the first year and applications are evaluated at the end of May.
Q. Kennerknecht: If a student is denied in their 3 rd semester, is it going to set them behind if they go into another major?
A. Bazzett: The first year is identical to BIOL and CHEM and ahead for PSYC. By second year, they will be advised to pick courses that match a major in case they don’t get into NEUR.
Motion to consider new major and new courses as a single package. Approved unanimously , 4:37 PM.
Motion to strike “in neuroscience” from Course Description of NEUR 310. Approved unanimously , 4:39 PM.
Motion to add course rotations to course descriptions as indicated:
NEUR 205: offered every fall
NEUR 206: offered every spring
NEUR 215: offered every semester
NEUR 310: offered every spring
Approved unanimously , 4:40 PM.
Motion to approve package. Approved unanimously , 4:40 PM.
Unfinished Business
The merger or re-organization of UCC, Undergraduate Policy, or GAA
(See Senate Bulletin v. 57, n. 13, pages 187-88 for reference.)
The committee took up the issue of the potential reconfiguring UCC and perhaps other Senate committees to address workload and policy issues as discussed at the end of last year, when this topic had been introduced by both the previous committee chair and the previous Senate Chair.
Workload issues are clear: the Chair noted that during this meeting, 10 proposals took 30 minutes of deliberation; if that were constant, some meetings might last hours. The idea of unifying, when needed, with
Undergraduate Policy has precedent in the history of Senate, but the UCC membership seemed indifferent last year, and the idea is unpopular with the present UPC chair. Instead UCC changed the proposal submission calendar to spread out the demand made on this committee. Recently, it was suggested at EXEC that UCC might join with Graduate Affairs, but that committee is not convinced that this is a good plan. Workload issues, then, seem unchanged at present.
Discussion focused on the issue of curricular policy: does UCC inadvertently set policy in approving certain proposals? Stolee offered the recent approval of ENGL’s move to four-credit courses as an example. Iyer reaffirmed the Dean’s Office’s commitment to forward proposals that may affect policy to both Undergraduate
Policy and UCC, and she expressed deep concerns about any possible merger of UCC and GAC. Vasiliev noted that the Dean’s Office traditionally has been the office that makes some these judgments—functions as a
“filter”: perhaps that office could be more attentive in the future given the expressed concerns. Iyer suggested that, according to present practice, particularly unique proposals would actually be forwarded to EXEC before
UCC. Stolee reminded the committee that policy issues are to be considered by the Senate as a whole as well as
EXEC. When UPC presents a policy matter to the Senate, that motion allows for discussion of the policy: when
UCC introduces its motions, it limits discussion to the course. Debate continued as to whether the ENGL program revision presented a de facto policy change; the Dean suggested that there had been a college process to present 4-credit proposals. If that had not been the case, the Dean’s Office would not have forwarded those proposals to UCC and Senate. Similarly, future four-credit course proposals will also be brought to the consideration of the committee.
Announcements
Thanks to George Marcus for serving as meeting secretary.
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Full proposals can be found at https://boxes.geneseo.edu/DeanofCollege/doc/
The meeting adjourned at 5:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Harrison
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3 October 2013
The nominations for Faculty Personnel Committee have been received from the Departments. The Slate of
Candidates will be (as determined by the procedure in the Constitution of the Faculty, Article III.3.b.4)
Three seats will be opening on the Committee on Nominations and Elections, for which the Constitution calls for six nominees. Currently, there are two nominees. Nominations are still open.
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8 October 2013
Call to Order
Adoption of the Agenda
Reports
President
Presiding Officer of the Faculty
4:00, Newton 204
CSB v. 58 no. 2; p. 18
C. Long
J. McLean
Committee on Nominations and Elections
J. Rogalski, Chair
Presentation of the slate of nominees for open seats on the Faculty Personnel Committee
Report on nominees and call for nominations for open seats on the Committee on Nominations and
Elections
Adjournment
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8 October 2013
Call to Order
Adoption of the Agenda
Immediately following All College meeting, Newton 204
CSB v. 58 no. 2; p. 19
Adoption of the Minutes
Minutes of the Senate Meeting of 10 Sept, 2013 (CSB v. 58 no. 2; p. 11)
Guest Reports
Director Of Student Life C. Matthews
Officer Reports
President
Provost
Chair
Vice Chair
Past-Chair
Secretary
Treasurer
University Faculty Senator
C. Long
D. Gordon
J. McLean
J. Lovett
D. Granger
…
G. Hartvigsen
D. Showers
Vice President, Student Assoc.
K. Becker
Reports of the Standing Committees of the Senate
Undergraduate Curricula B. Harrison, chair
(full proposals can be found at https://boxes.geneseo.edu/DeanofCollege/doc/UCC/Senate 2013-2014/Group A First Reading
10_08_2013/ )
Unfinished Business
UCC Proposes for First Reading:
New Courses
SOCL 245: Sociology of Sports
New Business
UCC Proposes for First Reading:
New Courses
NEUR 205: Neuroscience Technology Laboratory
NEUR 206: Neuroscience Practical Laboratory
NEUR 215: Applications in Neuroscience
NEUR 310: Neuroscience Seminar
NEUR 399: Directed Study
Delete Courses
GEOG 295: Introduction to Geographic Information Systems
New Programs
B.S. in Neuroscience
Revised Programs
Minor in Women's Studies
Undergraduate Policies
Graduate Academic Affairs
Student Affairs
Faculty Affairs
M. Lima, chair
D. MacKenzie, chair
D. Repinski, chair
J. Allen, chair
Prepared Statement:
The required two-day unpaid furlough in 2013-2014 under the new UUP contract will impact faculty morale.
We realize that the Geneseo Administration is not responsible for this policy, and cannot refuse its implementation. However, the administration can help to mitigate the negative impact of the furlough on faculty morale and demonstrate the Administration’s sensitivity to the faculty’s willingness to accept the salary reductions by carefully considering the way this policy is implemented. We
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recommend that the Administration consult closely with faculty to find ways to implement the furlough
New Business
Adjournment with the following goals in mind:
1.
The unpaid (i.e., non-reimbursed) furlough days should, to the greatest extent possible, be real
“days off” so that faculty are not asked to essentially provide unpaid labor to the State.
2.
Students and the general public should be educated about the nature of faculty work life so that they more fully understand why unpaid furloughs are unfair and unreasonable.
5:00 or earlier
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