Members Absent: J. Leflore, R. O' Connor, and T. Graber

The meeting was called to order at 3:14 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The Agenda was approved unanimously.

II. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp

S. Camp started off by reminding the Assembly to encourage their colleagues to return their ballots for the Search Committee for Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. She then reported that Faculty Assembly Executive Board and the registrar have been working on assuring that all approved courses are recorded in a central archive. The official place of record will be the registrar’s office. Other locations on campus will also have record of the approval.

S. Camp and Faculty Senator, L. Peterson, traveled to SUNY Maritime for the Fall Plenary. Luther will report at the General Faculty meeting today. S. Camp reported that the draft mission summary is on the web for the Assembly's review. Send feedback to the appropriate council chair or department chair.

S. Camp announced that the memo regarding the Chancellor's awards and deadlines is out. Nominations are needed for the selection committee. If you do not have a nomination form, contact Mike Ameigh at ameigh@oswego.edu.

Lastly, S. Camp announced that the Provost will report on the Division of Academic Affairs on November 22, Vice President Joe Grant will be reporting on November 8, and Vice President Kevin Mahaney will be reporting to the Assembly at the December 6th meeting.

III. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Academics Policy Council informed the Assembly that they had approved a "C-only" policy for the Philosophy major's core courses on October 15th. Also, Academic Policies Council approved changes that require a vote by Faculty Assembly: Creation of Arts Management Minor and changes to the Theater Major.

General Education Council met October 15th and elected C. LaLonde as chair and he will be representative to the Faculty Assembly Executive Board. They approved modifications to the Political Science Writing Plan and discussed the rejection of the Humanities courses. There is now a plan in place to veto the rejection. R. Mohommadi shared how CSC 101 is helping to fulfill the Information Management/ Computer Literacy requirement mandated by SUNY. The will meet again Friday, October 29th.

Information Technology Council met October 15th and elected F. Messere as Chair and B. St. Michel as reporter. They discussed the notion of using Coursespace to develop hybrid courses.

Graduate Council reported their discussion of the document to be used in the search for a Graduate Dean. They endorsed the document with modest suggestions.

Campus Concept Committee met on October 20, 2004. Discussions ensured regarding new initiatives, program studies and concepts. These include the School of Education, Center for Communication and Information Technology, future of Hewitt, Music Recital Space, The Sciences and a professional development center.

IV. Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business.

V. New Business

1. Elections- still need to fill a FA seat on the Library Council and a Humanities seat on the Undergraduate Curriculum Council.

2. Task Force Proposal was made by the Faculty Assembly Executive Board and the Hybrid Course Provost. Discussion ensued. Faculty Assembly will vote on the proposal at the November 8th meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 3:56 PM.