AGENDA

Faculty Assembly

April 10, 2006

*3:00 – 5:00 PM*

*Room 305 Park Hall*

I.Approval of Agenda

II.FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp

III.Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Additional reports:

Academic Quality—J. Chambers

Employee Assistance Program—J. Fiorini

Learning Support Services Committee—R. Arroyo-Sucre

New Faculty Orientation—R. Mandel

Oswego Reading Initiative—R. Mandel

Transfer Advisory Committee—R. Mandel

Parking Committee—C. Adam

Public Ceremonies Committee—M. Flaherty

Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee—A. Stamm

IV.Unfinished business

Proposed Name Change for English Department to the Department of English and Creative Writing

Proposed Creative Writing major

Proposed Cinema and Screen Studies major

Proposed Communication minor

Proposed revision to Communication major (B.A.)

Proposed By-laws amendments (Article I, Section 2 & Article I, Section 3 a.) (distributed Feb 20, rationale distributed March 6, 2006)

General Education proposal to infuse critical thinking

Proposed By-laws amendments (Article XII, Section 5, Article XXIV, Section 1, & Appendix D, Section II. K)

Proposed academic calendars 2007-2011

V.New Business

VI.Discussion--Committee on Learning and Teaching—T.M. Morey & S. Weber

NOTE:IN THE INTEREST OF EFFICIENCY AND ECONOMY, ALL CURRENT AND SUBSEQUENT FACULTY ASSEMBLY MINUTES WILL BE POSTED WITHIN A WEEK OF APPROVAL ON THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY WEB SITE: http://www.oswego.edu/assembly (note new url)

AGENDA FOR FA MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISTRIBUTED CAMPUS-WIDE IN HARD COPY BEFORE EACH MEETING; THEY WILL ALSO BE POSTED ON THE WEB SITE.