College-wide Governance Meeting
January 22, 2014, 12:45 PM, Gateway A&B
Agenda
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Minutes (Donaghy)
Opening Remarks/Announcements (Donaghy)
Presidential Address (Wheeler)
CoC Actions (Daley)
Promotion and Tenure Report (Malmsheimer)
• DRAFT Proposal on behalf of ESF was submitted
before the 12/30 deadline
• Due to constraints, minimal to no faculty input
was solicited
• Executive Committee is meeting with VP Rufo
tomorrow to review Draft proposal
• Our role? To make sure that whatever company
takes advantage contributes to the academic
mission of the College
• Eventually a 30-day review by campus
Mentoring Colloquium
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Scott Blair
Kelley Donaghy
Theodore Endreny
Melissa Fierke
Douglas Johnston
Neil Ringler
Scott Turner
Stephen Weiter
Theresa Kaier-May
January 8, 2014
Mentoring Colloquium Results
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Satisfied with program: 67% S and 28% VS
Length: 70% just right, 25% too short
Content: 60% agree, 34% strongly agree
Organized: 50% agree, 47% strongly agree
Achieved its goals: 57% A, 38% SA
Elections
• Nominations are being accepted by Sergeantat-Arms Bob Meyer for:
– Executive Chair (2 year term)
– SUNY Senator (3-year term)
– SU Senator (3 year term)
• If you are interested in serving on a committee
– please let your department chair and
department know. They should have an
election process to fill this positions.
Envisioning our Sustainable Future
ESF
Quentin Wheeler
First steps:
Listen
Review strategic plan
Understand curriculum/student experience
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Identify “right” questions that brand ESF
Strategic PR Plan
HOW DOES SOCIETY SHAPE ITS VALUES?
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
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Justice and social inquiry
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African-American studies
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Asian-Pacific/American studies
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Women & gender studies
SCHOOL OF HISTORY, PHILOSOPY & RELIGIOUS STUDIES
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History
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Philosophy
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Religious studies/Jewish studies
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Asia studies
HOW DO WE BUILD SUSTAINABLE CITIES?
SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCES & URBAN
PLANNING
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Geography
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Urban planning
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GIS
HOW DO WE GIVE AND USE POWER?
HOW DO WE PREDICT
NATURAL
PROCESSES?
SCHOOL OF POLITICS & GLOBAL STUDIES
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American politics
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International relations
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Cultural perspectives and place
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Violence, conflict and human rights
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL & STATISTICAL SCIENCES
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Mathematics and statistics
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Mathematical biology
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Mathematics education
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know
where you are going because you might not get
there”
—Yogi Berra, American Baseball Legend
clarity of vision
courage of purpose
bold leadership
Vision
We will educate and inspire environmental
leaders, explore the natural world, and blaze the
trail to a sustainable future
Big. Audacious. Inspiring.
Differentiate
984%
2008 = 13
2012 = 141
ESF Design Imperatives:
1. Ask the “right” questions
2. Transformative education
3. Conceptual consilience
4. Measure success
inside Wheeler
out
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5. Evolutionary entrepreneurism
6. Leverage with partnerships
7. Power of place
8. Balance fundamental discovery and problemsolving
1. Ask the “right” questions
Quentin Wheeler
“Historians of science often observe that asking the right
question is more important than producing the right answer.
The right answer to a trivial question is also trivial, but the
right question, even when insoluble in exact form, is a guide
to major discovery.”
— E. O. Wilson, 1998, Consilience
What are earth’s species?
How can we detect and adapt to climate change?
What are options for renewable energy?
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we make Wheeler
cities sustainable?
and on and on and on
2. Transformative education
Quentin Wheeler
Transformative Impact on Student Lives
Liberal Arts PLUS
Science, Sustainability, Cultural,
Global “Literacies”
PLUS Awareness: e.g., Team-work
Tolerance
Educated
Passionate
Courageous
Transformative Impact on Society:
public science education
on-ground impact
Quentin
Wheeler
reliable,
objective
knowledge
Campus without borders
Develop pipeline for diverse STEM students
Cultivate an informed, inspired public
Open access to information/knowledge for general welfare
Diversify sustainability workforce through citizen science
SECS in the City
Sustainability Education and Citizen Science in
New York City
3. Conceptual Consilience
Transdisciplinarity
Quentin Wheeler
4. Success Inside Out
ESF will measure success in the quality of students,
knowledge, and impact it produces
Wheeler
— not theQuentin
quantity of
dollars it brings in
i.e., revenue streams are a means, not an end
5. Evolutionary Entrepreneurism
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ESF will be an engine
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an adaptation economy
adaptations
descriptive
literature
innovation
ontology
biomimicry
mining
Quentin Wheeler
evolutionary
entrepreneurism
6. Leverage Partnerships
SUNY
NYS
NYC
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national
international
Collaborative competition
Sustainability Innovation and Vision (“I.V.”) League
7. Power of Place
Syracuse University
Syracuse
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Wheeler
Adirondacks
NYC
8. Balance Curiosity-Driven Discovery and
Problem-Solving Solutions
Quentin Wheeler
“The greatest obstacle to discovery is not
ignorance — it is the illusion of knowledge”
—Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of U. S. Congress
1. Biosphere Baseline
2. Adaptation Economics
Evolutionary
Entrepreneurism
Natural history,
informatics, biomimicry
3. Origins
Source: Pink Floyd “Tree of Half Life”album cover by Storm Thorgerson.
Think ecologically,
act evolutionarily
Recognize open niches
Develop interconnected networks
Maximize options and adapt
“Department” of shameless
self-promotion
Popularize vision, discoveries, and achievements,
packaged in ways to capture public imagination
Top 10 New Species 2013
Curriculum Committee
Report to Faculty Governance
1/22/2014
Report Items
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Communications
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Committee reports the following courses are approved
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Forest Ecosystem Science
Forest Resources Management
Natural Resources Management
Sustainable Energy Management
Committee announces proposal reviews:
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FCH 232 Career Skills for Chemists (new)
FCH 511 Atmospheric Chemistry (revised)
FOR 340 Watershed Hydrology (revised)
Committee moves to accept revisions of FNRM curricula to bring them in line with SUNY General Education policy
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Website http://www.esf.edu/coc/
Email: curriculum@esf.edu
FCH 110 (new General Education)
FOR 232 Natural Resources Ecology (new General Education)
B.S. Environmental Science (revision, reduce credit hours by reducing senior synthesis project)
B.S. Environmental Chemistry (new)
Next CoC Meeting:
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1/29/2014
Availability of Special Topics course proposals in all program areas
Program reviews: 30 credit hour requirements of General Education
Use of Foreign Language to meet GER
P&T Committee
Report
Bob Malmsheimer
Chair
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Members of the ESF P&T Committee
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Bob Malmsheimer, Chair (FNRM)
Robin Kimmerer (EFB)
Chuck Kroll (ERE)
Matthew Potteiger (LA)
Bandaru Ramarao (PBE)
David Sonnenfeld (ES)
William Smith (SCME)
Arthur Stipanovic (CHEM).
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Review of ESF P&T Standards
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P&T Standards require the CRC (a.k.a. the P&T
Committee) to review the standards every three
years.
Review Process:
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6 two hour meetings of P&T Committee.
6 two hour meetings of P&T Committee with Provost.
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Reached consensus on how to improve the Standards.
Memo summarizing changes and revised Standards
will be sent out to faculty members after this meeting.
Three meetings for faculty member’s comments.
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Overarching Guidelines for Review
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Use lessons learned from the CRC’s experience
with the standards and process during the past 2
years.
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Goals:
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Make standards clearer for candidates.
Make standards clearer for reviewers.
Make process clearer for candidates and reviewers.
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Results of Review: Issues
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Readability, consistency, and concision issues.
Logical flow and placement of ideas issues.
Inconsistencies and conflicts.
Need for updating.
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Major changes, minor changes, and additions.
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Results of Review: Major Changes
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Specifies productivity, impact/effectiveness, and/or
continuous growth standards.
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Specifies a CRC member from the candidate’s
department can participate in the discussion of the
candidate’s application, but may not vote.
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Requires reviews of Associate Professors every 3 years.
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Removes peer-evaluation of teaching requirement.
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Departments can still require these.
Specifies materials included in Dossier and Evaluative
File and their organization.
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Results of Review: Minor Changes
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18 minor changes.
Examples:
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Clarifies that professional collegiality is a criteria for
Continuing Appointment.
Coordinates the dates for Associate Professors’ 3rd
Year Review with Promotion and Continuing
Appointment review process.
Changes the minimum number of external reviews
required for professorial ranks to 4 (previously was 5).
Clarifies appeals process.
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Results of Review: Additions
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11 additions
Examples:
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Table of Contents
Definition section (e.g. conflict of interest)
Flowcharts
Clarifies that SUNY and ESF non-discrimination
principles apply to the P&T process.
Sets out a procedure for solicitation and inclusion of
evaluations from the director of non-departmental
units (e.g., GPES, Research Centers) that a candidate
participates in.
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Next Steps
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Three meetings for comments.
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Wednesday, February 5: College Hour
Wednesday, February 19: 10:00 to 11:30
Wednesday, March 5: College Hour
Provost and P&T Committee will review input.
Provost’s and President’s approval.
Bottom Line: P&T Committee and Provost believe
revised standards will significantly improve the
ESF P&T process.
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