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Chair: Susan Camp
Reporter: Anthony Procopio
The meeting was called to order at 4:09PM.
I. Approval of Agenda
The agenda was approved unanimously.
II. Approval of Minutes of General Faculty
Meeting of May 8th, 2006
The minutes were approved unanimously.
III. President's Report – D.
Stanley
President Stanley gave reports on her trip to the different resident halls,
the Chairs Meeting in which they talked about moving towards a retention task
force. At this meeting they discussed how working takes away from studies. Then
they discussed how some students don't come back to Oswego based on sex,
ethnicity, or parents. They focused on how these factors blend together.
Students, who worked on campus, part-time, usually come back. There is an 87%
retention rate. Then she discussed about work-study students and how they have
a retention rate of 80.6%. Lastly she concluded with a talk about the new
campus center.
IV.
UUP Report – C. Spector
Professor Spector discussed the Union legislative efforts including that the
Bill on Optional Retirement Program passed both houses and was vetoed,
and that the Early Retirement Bill passed both houses and was vetoed
as well. The union will work to pass these bills again because the legislature
never reconvened and is unlikely to override.
He then discussed our Contract Status, which expires July
1st, 2007. Some things he mentioned were:
- $22,000 in Individual Development Awards
- DSI
- Salary Increases of $800 (prorated for part-time) Par. 20.11
- Employees granted permanent or continued appt. on or before April
1st, 2007 shall receive a “one time advance” to basic annual salary
of $500. Par 20.11 (Also applies to members on a 5-year contract)
He then
discussed Negotiations Process on New Contract including:
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Negotiations Team – negotiates the contract
- Negotiations Committee - Votes to submit proposed contract to
membership
- Ad Hoc Committee (gather information)
Jerry
Oberst for professionals
Steve
Abraham for faculty
- Questionnaire to be distributed to MEMBERS ONLY
Lastly he discussed a Timeframe including that our goal is to be
ready to negotiate by Feb. 1st, 2007 but we do not know the
governor’s agenda and that 2 other major state unions expire before ours.
Finally he encouraged others to attend the meeting on October 11th
in the FORUM REST @ 3 pm.
V.
FA Senate - M. Ryniker –
Report from Faculty Senate Planning Meeting, September 14-16, 2006
Introductory remarks were made by Senate President Carl Wiezalis. A
theme running through the planning sessions was the need for more people to
become involved with the standing committees. The Faculty Senate is
looking to elevate the value of service to the college and community to
SUNY.
There was discussion about preparation of students K-12 for college and our
joint responsibility to prepare our students for gainful employment.
The Faculty Senate will have the opportunity to meet the new SUNY provost at
our October plenary session.
There appeared to be some excitement that the Faculty Senate president will,
for the first time in SUNY history, be given a seat with the Board of
Trustees. The president will not have a vote but s/he will have a voice
at the table.
The following are the standing committees and their agendas for
2006-2007:
Undergraduate Committee: They will schedule a minimum of 3 meetings
this year. They plan to complete a handbook on internships. They
will consider a follow-up to their highly successful academic integrity
conference. The follow-up activities may occur on every campus.
They will investigate other learning opportunities, such as first year
experiences, affordability and access, specific majors, assessments,
international education, service learning. Our own Jim Nichols has
recently joined this committee. If you are interested you might confer
with Jim.
Student Life: This committee listed three goals for the academic
year. They would like to track the positive traditions found in SUNY life
as the SUNY system celebrates its 50th year. They would like
to identify what is working and what is lacking. The committee would like
to help international students cope with the culture shock they experience on
our campuses, from their roommates to the residence halls. The committee
might hold a symposium to address the problems of our international students
and of our SUNY students when they go abroad.
Operations: This committee examines campus trends, libraries,
planning, and affirmative action. This committee plans to finish up 5
projects from last year. A study on the proportion of associate faculty
versus part-timers and adjuncts will be completed. The study should show
what impact on and contribution to the campus is made by the
less-than-full-time staff. Studies on cultural diversity, on library
resources, and on strategic energy study will be completed this year. Finally,
the Big D follow-up study that will examine the increase in non-teaching
employees will be completed. (In answer to your question, I do not know
why it is referred to as the Big D.)
Graduate Committee: The committee is organizing a conference on
integrating the SUNY System in interdisciplinary projects. Other timely
topics under consideration are enhanced security, establishing best practices
for teaching people in graduate programs, examining SUNY website’s recruiting
of graduate students, internationalization.
Governance: This committee has four goals for the year:
1.
complete a governance handbook, which will codify visitation
procedure
in light of the Alfred University experience;
2. in
conjunction with Cornell University run some programs on
labor
relations;
3. examine
self-proclamation regulations, for example, “Our college
is the
best of....;”
4.
consider procedures for early intervention when dealing with
difficult
college presidents, prepare a bibliography of resource
material.
Awards Committee: This committee is the caretaker of guidelines for
degrees and distinguished professor awards. The committee will maintain
award guidelines and develop certificates recognizing good service to the
Faculty Senate. The committee will establish guidelines for the Provost’s
grants with in the disciplines.
VI.
Chair Report - S.
Camp
First Susan welcomed everyone back and then discussed that the faculty own
and are responsible for the curriculum of SUNY Oswego. Academic Policies
Council and Graduate Council are fully staffed. The seat for a social and
behavioral sciences representative is empty. Therefore we have no voice
from that sector regarding undergraduate courses. Your assistance in
filling this seat is needed.
Then she discussed that there needs to be a Review of Dean Varhus. A
review committee will be elected that mirrors a Dean of Arts and Sciences
Search Committee. (“The search committee for the Dean of the College of Arts
and Sciences shall consist of one member from each of the following
subdivisions:* (1) Humanities; (2) Fine Arts and Library; (3) Social and
Behavioral Sciences; (4) Natural Sciences; (5) Professional Staff (NTP); (6)
School of Business or School of Education voting faculty; and (7) one student
member. The voting faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences shall elect
these individuals, and the Student Association shall select the student
member.”). A request for nominations will go out soon.
SPAB—be prepared to be a part of at least one focus group for the SPAB
process. Look for a call from Nancy Bellow to become involved.
Camp will be working with PPC to develop the criteria for an Award for
Service-modeled after the President’s award for Scholarly and Creative Activity
and the award for Teaching Excellence.
College Hour begins soon. A call will be coming for programs, ideas,
collaborations etc. Spring 2007, Wednesday, 12:40-1:35 p.m. will be
college hour, with M&F being a time for meetings or other activities.
She also announced that “SUNY Oswego has been invited by the Center for
Academic Integrity, which has its home in the Kenan Institute for Ethics at
Duke University, and by Professor Donald McCabe of Rutgers University to take
part in a survey to get the views of faculty about the current state of
academic integrity at the colleges and universities in our nation.” Dr.
David Bozak is responsible for coordinating the survey on our campus. The
survey can be found at http://integrity.rutgers.edu/oswegofac.asp
and is self-explanatory.
VII.
Unfinished
Business
There was no unfinished business.
VIII.
New Business
There was no
new business.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:58 PM.
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