SUNY Oswego - Faculty Assembly: 11/19/01

November 19, 2001

Members Absent: J. Brunson, P. Cox, W. Silky, M. Pan, T. Lewis, D. Baer, M. Kanick, T. Barnhart, B. Randolph, K. Reed

Meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

The proposed policy to create "in progress" grade was moved to #2 under unfinished business. The agenda was approved unanimously.

II. Approval of FA minutes for October 22, 2001

The minutes were approved unanimously.

III. FA Chair's Report - D. King

D. King began by mentioning that the schedule of meetings for the Faculty Assembly and the Faculty Assembly Advisory Council for the Spring 2002 semester is finished and has been distributed. He asked the assembly to review it and let him know of any errors or oversights. He also asked the assembly to notice the extra meeting scheduled for February; when FA will have to discuss and vote on the Gen. Ed. Assessment plan and comment on the draft Middle States Report. He will be scheduling two general faculty assembly meetings to vote on bylaws and a number of other items.

The FA website has been updated with minutes from the last few semesters, the membership list, and the council list. There is also a copy of the bylaws and draft amendments on the website.

There is no word yet from the chancellor's office regarding the date for the campus visit by the review team for the Presidential Review process.

D. King mentioned that he is a member of the Faculty Senate/Campus Governance Leaders Task Force. The task force intends to improve communication and coordination between the University Faculty Senate and local campus governance. The first meeting was held in Albany on Friday, November 23rd. The next meeting will be held on December 14th.

A budget letter to the campus presidents and the fiscal officers mentioned the tentative plans for a 5% allocation reduction in the 2001-2002 academic year. The 5% reduction should not assume layoffs or a tuition increase.

Mary Schoeler has been hired to fill the position of the Chief Technology officer following a national search. She will begin on November 28th.

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

A. - The Counseling Center gave a report regarding sexual harassment

(see attached report).

B. - The Presidential Review Committee gave a report regarding the web based and paper based surveys with detailed explanations regarding their procedures, assuring confidentiality, controlling data and auditing the results. Questions should be directed to the committee chair, Tom Judd.

C. - The Task Force on Academic Quality met on November 9th. The sub-committees that were formed gave written and oral reports. They will meet again on December 7th.

D. - Academic Policies Council withdrew Part 2 of the revised policy regarding incompletes, but Part 3 is still before Faculty Assembly. They decided to endorse a new routing form for new and revised academic programs. They approved changes in the English Major and the Anthropology Major and Minor.

E. - Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (see attached report).

F. - Student Services (see attached report).

G. - Graduate Council met on November 16th. S. Atri was elected chair, J. Gibson was elected recorder, and S. Abraham was elected reporter. They approved CAS 544 and MBA 580; the proposals were distributed.

H. -Library Council met on November 15th and reviewed a new project with the Campus Concept Committee; there will be more information regarding this next semester. They also discussed some issues about inter-library loan.

V. Unfinished Business

1. Vacancies on F.A. Councils and Committees

Pat Russo has filled the School of Education representative space on the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

2. Proposed policy to create "in progress" grade

The proposal was unanimously approved (see attached proposal).

3. Consideration and voting on Faculty Bylaw Amendments

Article 18 was discussed and approved unanimously. This makes a small procedural change in the function of the Graduate Council which would consult with other academic councils on issues as necessary (see bylaw amendments on FA web page or in distributed copies).

The meeting was adjourned at 5 PM.