SUNY Oswego - Faculty Assembly: Minutes 11/04/02

November 4, 2002

Members Absent: P. Rosenbaum, P. Weber (see minutes of 2/24/03) P. Cox, W. Silky, J. LaLande II, D. Baer, C. Echelbarger, W. Ihlow, K. Kurst-Swanger, J. Pufky, E. Kilker

The meeting was called to order at 3:10 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved unanimously.

II. Approval of minutes for September 23rd and October 7th FA meetings

Both sets of minutes were approved unanimously.

III. Report on Potassium Iodide Distribution - Jean Grant

Jean Grant spoke about the Potassium Iodide Distribution (see FA minutes of Oct. 21st for attachment). The Mary Walker Health Center will be distributing these pills next week and the following week on campus, and from now on they will be available at the Walker Health center. Research shows that taking this pill within hours of exposure to radiation will help reduce the risk of thyroid cancer. Hopefully the distribution on campus will be complete by Thanksgiving. The health center wants to educate the campus on why and when you would take these pills, so an informed decision can be made. There will be a question and answer session about distribution in Hewitt Union this week. The pill is to be taken only when and if the campus is notified by authorities that there has been a release of radiation. The best response to a radiation release is still evacuation.

IV. FA Chair's Report - D. King

D. King began by congratulating the School of Business for the AACSB team's very positive preliminary report. The School of Business self-study is on reserve in the library.

The Capital Campaign is in the "quiet phase" at this time. Each faculty member should have received a letter in the mail about the Annual Fund for Oswego and the ability to opt for a payroll deduction to support scholarships and other programs.

There is a possibility of a General Faculty meeting at the beginning of next semester; the faculty will be notified.

There will be no FA meeting on November 18th; both D. King and W. Opello will be out of town at meetings.

V. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

Academic Policies Council met on November 1st to review submissions for the minor change required for the finance program, but the paperwork is not ready at this time. Their next meeting is on November 15th.

Faculty Senator Ed O'Shea made an announcement stating that the report he gave at the last FA meeting will be attached to these FA minutes.

Campus Concept Committee met on November 4th and reviewed the status of construction on several projects. Rich and Johnson Halls are on schedule and will be basically completed by April. The Campus Center and Swetman concept plans were discussed and the design plans will be available soon. Their next meeting will be in December. In the meantime, the CCC plans to tour the Rich and Johnson Hall projects.

VI. Unfinished Business

1. Election for vacancy on UCC

The vacancy for a Social Sciences representative is still available.

VII. New Business

1. Proposed Bylaw amendments from Personnel Policies Council

A. Proposed Article XIII - Student Participation

There were many motions to this proposed article:

1. Motion to strike Undergraduate Curriculum Committee from list in section 2A was passed.

2. Motion to strike General Education Council from list in section 2A was not passed.

3. Motion to strike section 2B was approved and referred back to Personnel Policies Council.

4. Motion to strike section 3 was approved.

5. Motion to change section1B to as follows was approved: "The student body of this College shall be entitled to four representatives on the Faculty Assembly who shall serve with full rights and responsibilities. These representatives shall be selected by Student Association from currently enrolled students who have attended this College for at least one year. The Student Association shall be responsible for the selection of these representatives and alternates for each representative."

6. Motion to change section1C to as follows was approved: "There shall be three Faculty and/or Professional Staff representatives on the Student Association Senate who shall serve with full voting rights. These representatives shall be elected by the Faculty Assembly from the voting Faculty of this College."

7. The entire motion on Article XIII - Student Participation was passed with a vote of 30 approved, 4 opposed, and 0 abstentions.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:55PM.