Members Absent: D. Smart, W. Silky, S. Abraham, W. Rule, T. Delaney, I. Farrell, S. Robinson, and K. Beck

The meeting was called to order at 3:18 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved unanimously.

II. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp

S. Camp asked that the Assembly check for errors on the list serve and the attendance sheet. If any are found, please send corrections to godkin@oswego.edu.

The Chair then made a clarification of voting faculty according to the current bylaws. She reported that tenured and tenure-track faculty (who are not Management Confidential (MC)) are voting faculty regardless of time spent on campus. Faculty labeled as Visiting Assistant Professors are voting faculty if they are in their 7th consecutive semester of service and part-time or full-time temporary faculty in the 7th consecutive semester or beyond are voting faculty.

III. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Priorities and Planning Council met Friday, September 30th with the Dean of Academic Affairs and the Provost to hear their rationale for faculty searches.

Graduate Council met Friday, September 30th and elected D. Vanouse as Chair and reporter. Their meetings will be held at 8am on October 21, November 4 and 18, and December 2 in the English Department Library in Swetman Hall. On October 21 they will be reviewing TED course proposals and ADO courses.

Campus Concept Committee will met Wednesday, October 5th to discuss and vote on "Sciences" Mission statement.

IV. Elections

1. Elections for vacancies on FA Councils and Committees

The following people were elected to FA Councils and Committees:

General Education Council

School of Business: P. Cox

Admissions & Student Services Council

Non-FA: K. Davis

Campus Concept Committee

College of Arts and Sciences: K. Roe

Auxiliary Services

P. Gaines

Student Conduct Committee

School of Education: F. Maina, M. LeBlanc

V. Unfinished Business

1. Changes to the Linguistics program were approved unanimously.

2. Elections to the Conflict of Interest and Professional Task Force

Arts and Sciences: J. Chambers

School of Business: S. Abraham

School of Education: J. Fiorini

VI. New Business

There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:17 PM.