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Chair: S. Camp
Recorder: J. Godkin
Members Absent: D. Smart, W. Silky, S. Abraham, T. Graber, W. Rule, C. Warkentin, K. Rosenberg, S. Robinson, K. Beck, and A. Chadaev
The meeting was called to order at 3:06 PM.
I. Approval of Agenda
The agenda was approved unanimously.
II. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp
The Chair asked Rhonda Mandel to reconvene the College Hour Task Force to recommend a model for the College Hour coordinating committee, College Hour communication and evaluation plan. S. Camp asked the Assembly's opinion regarding inviting non-FA college-wide committees to report to Faculty Assembly.
The Chair reported out the following questions that FAEB wanted to ask VP Grant:
1. Have we made any changes in our recruitment or recruitment strategies over the last few years?
2. What criteria are we addressing at Oswego to raise our standing in the “rankings"? Statistics please.
3. Do we still have impacted programs? What are we doing to manage
admission into impacted programs?
4. How do we manage enrollments in general and specifically? Describe our enrollment management model.
5. Can you explain and summarize the "retention study" up to this point?
6. Do triples and late admits have any identified impact on retention?
7. Have we defined "programs of excellence" and are we promoting them within the admissions literature?
8. What are our strategies to recruit a diverse student body?
9. Are we capitalizing on initiatives such as Sheldon Leaders to recruit and retain minority students at Oswego? Are there any minorities in Sheldon Leaders, Presidential Scholars, etc.?
10. What are our retention statistics for minorities?
III. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces
Information Technology Council met Monday, November 21st and M. Schoeler reported on a number of Campus Technology Services issues. The Council then discussed the User Satisfaction Survey which was completed in 2002. A few other items discussed were a computer roll-over policy, software upgrade costs and keyserver technology.
Graduate Council met Friday, November 18th and approved the following course outlines:
MBA 590 Special Topics
HCI 531 Seminar in Contemporary Topics
EWA 500 The Writing Institute
Undergraduate Curriculum Council met and approved courses (see attachment).
Library Visioning Committee met on November 16th and heard reports from those members who toured the new SUNY IT Library and from those who attended a recent conference on academic libraries. Plans were developed to get more ideas from faculty, staff, and students about the library's future. The tour of Penfield Library was concluded with a walk through the basement and 3rd floor stacks. A committee retreat is being planned for January.
IV. Vice President-J. Grant
J. Grant discussed enrollment management, undergraduate recruitment and retention. He then answered questions from the Assembly.
V. Elections for Search Committee
Director of Research Administration and Development
School of Business: A. Attia
School of Education: B. Peng
School of Arts & Sciences: T. Darvill
VI. Unfinished Business
1. Proposed changes to the Art B.A. were approved unanimously.
2. Proposed Biology department name change to Biological Sciences was approved unanimously.
3. SUNY OSWEGO Faculty Assembly ARBOR Resolution
"Whereas the Oswego Faculty Assembly believes there is an anti-intellectual climate current in American society, and
Whereas the Oswego Faculty Assembly abhors the current spate of attacks on academic freedom and civil liberties so essential to the mission of the university,
Therefore Be It Resolved that the Oswego Faculty Assembly supports and endorses the October 29, 2005 Resolution of the SUNY University Faculty Senate entitled "Proposed Resolution on the Academic Bill of Rights;
Further Be It Resolved that the Oswego Faculty Assembly directs the Executive Committee of the Faculty Assembly to communicate our endorsement to the President of the SUNY Faculty Senate and to the Chancellor of SUNY."
Passed without dissention October 28, 2005: Oswego, New York.
VII. New Business
1. The SUNY Alfred Ceramics Resolution passed unanimously.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:13 PM.
Attachment
New Courses Approved by UCC 11/18/05
ADO 333 Field Experience II: Discipline Specific Mathematics Grades 7-12
ADO 350 Discipline Specific Methods: Social Studies Grades 7-12
ADO 394 Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12
ADO 421 Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12
ART 243 Introduction to Digital Photography
BIO 310 Microbiology
BIO 316 Laboratory in Genetics
CED 393 Field Experience III: Planning and Teaching Practicum
CED 394 Integrated Childhood Methods
CED 420 Childhood Student Teaching
CED 421 Cross-Cultural Student Teaching
CPS 392 Introduction to Play Therapy
CPS 393 Introduction to Expressive Arts Therapy
CPS 394 Expressive Arts Therapy: Theory in Process
EDU 380 Culturally Relevant Teaching
EDU 381 Schools and Urban Society
HSC 415 Nutrition Controversies
JLM 101 History of American Journalism
JLM 220 Copy Editing
JLM 310 Investigative Reporting
LIT 311: Language and Literacy Development for All Learners
LIT 313: Adolescence Literacy: Assessment and Intervention
LIT 314: Childhood Literacy: Assessment and Intervention
LIT 396: Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 7-12
MAT 301: Mathematics in Culture: Ancient Greece and China
MGT 494: Seminar in Career Planning and Job Searching
MUS 220: Convocation
MUS 496: Senior Seminar/Capstone Experience
PBJ 330: Crime and the Media
PSY 460: Vision and Design
SOC 302: Teaching Sociology I
SOC 353: Sociology of Tourism
SPE 303: Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms
SPE 304: Educational Planning for Students with Disabilities
SPE 363: Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in Inclusive Classrooms
SPE 393: Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in 7-12 Inclusive Classrooms
THT 359: Costume and Culture
ZOO 378: Aquatic Entomology
Existing Course Updates/changes Approved
ACC 440: Advanced Accounting
ART 410: Drawing III
ART 411: Drawing IV
ART 415: Painting IV
ART 430: Ceramics III
ART 431: Ceramics IV
BIO 289: Computer Applications in Biology
EDU 301: Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice
JLM 419 Journalism Senior Capstone
PBJ 366: Organized Crime
PHY 303: The Beginnings of Science: A World View
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