Members Absent: T. Ramalho, S. Roby, and W. Silky

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

I. Approval of Agenda

The Agenda was approved unanimously with the removal of the Vice-president report.

II. FA Chair’s Report – S. Camp

S. Camp reported that Provost Coultrap-McQuin has asked that a search committee for the Dean of Graduate Studies be formed. A call for nominations should be in all faculty and staff mailboxes by Tuesday October 12, 2004. All nominations should be made to Joan Carroll, Chair Personnel Policies Council. Please publicize this widely and encourage nominations from your constituencies.

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.

The chair reported that a memo regarding the Chancellor's Awards and deadlines will be coming out within a few days. Generally one elected committee will be handling the entire process. Also, S. Camp announced that the Provost will report on the Division of Academic Affairs on November 22^nd, Joe Grant will be reporting on November 8^th, and Kevin Mahaney will be reporting to on December 6^th. The chair reminded everyone that the General Faculty Meeting has been changed to October 25^th, 2004.

III. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Personnel Policies Council met Wednesday, October 6 and discussed the Graduate Dean search. They will meet again on October 20th to create ballots.

Academics Policy Council met October 1st and worked on the Agenda for the academic year. Joyce Smith was elected chair. It was reported to the Assembly that for any course or program changes, both new and old copies of the course or program need to be submitted. Also, a representative needs to be present to answer questions for any proposal changes brought to Faculty Assembly. APC will meet again on October 15, 2004.

Priorities and Planning Council met on October 8 and elected R. Bush as recorder. They discussed the faculty lines needed in the College of Arts and Sciences and in the Schools of Education and Business along with other hiring needs throughout the campus. Dr. Coltrap-McQuin passed out her Provost goals for the year and is looking for input on goals 6 and 7 from the Priorities and Planning Council. Also, Dean Crawford made the motion to allow the Chair of Priorities and Planning Council to continue the fast track authority approval system for program changes that have no additional funding requirements.

General Education Council met October 4 and approved Art 316 and Art 415 as advanced-level additions to the Art Writing Plan. Also, representatives from the Library spoke to the Council to help them explore possible infusion models for the Information management/Computer Literacy competency requirement. The council will meet again on Friday, October 15, 2004.

Graduate Council met October 1st and elected D. Vanouse as chair. They are meeting with the Provost concerning the ad for a Graduate Dean on Friday October 15th. Their next meetings are scheduled for November 5th and December 3rd, 2004.

Library Council met and discussed updates and goals for the library along with budget issues. They also discussed the lack of a Library Council representative at the Faculty Assembly Executive Board. Patrick Murphy will now attend FAEB. They will meet again October 28.

Admissions and Student Services Council met October 11 and elected S. Abraham as chair. They discussed Mission Review, the role of ASSC at Faculty Assembly Executive Board and the College Hour.

Campus Concept Committee met Wednesday, October 6 and looked over floor plans for Swetman, Poucher and Sheldon and will now begin discussion of new initiatives.

UUP is sponsoring the New Contract Benefits presentation on October 14 at 4 p.m. in the Forum Restaurant. NYSUT is looking for volunteers to staff its phonebanks during the last days of the presidential campaign. Anyone interested in spending a few hours devoted to polling and reminding NYSUT and UUP members about the upcoming election should contact Greg Auleta (x-2109; auleta@oswego.edu).

IV. Unfinished Business

There was no unfinished business.

V. New Business

1. Elections for vacancies on FA Councils and Committees

The following people were elected to FA Councils and Committees:

Undergraduate Curriculum Council

E. Wenderholm

The meeting was adjourned at 3:48 PM.