Members Absent: J. LeFlore, J. Brunson, P. Cox, A. Hurley, W. Silky, M. Pan, S. Preston, D. Baer, T. Darvill, T. Barnhart, B. Randolph, L. Bonanno, K. Macey

The meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

There were a few changes made to the agenda before it was approved. Item III on the agenda, the Faculty Senators Report, was deleted. Also, the item under New Business, proposed changes for the BFA program in Graphic Design, was moved to Unfinished Business before the Bylaw consideration. The agenda was approved unanimously as altered.

II. Approval of FA minutes for March 18, 2002.

The minutes from March 18th were approved unanimously.

J. DeSantis began by giving a brief history of the past 5 years regarding renovations and building projects. The Campus Concept Committee was established to coordinate discussion, planning and organization about various projects with input from the campus. There have been certain themes consistent throughout the entire process. For example, creating multi-use venues, and focusing on access, beautification, flexibility, and performance. J. Grant and J. Scharfenburger then showed designs for the future Campus Center and Swetman-Poucher, while describing what we may be able to expect. They mentioned briefly a few projects that are now or will soon be underway; for example, Johnson/Lakeside renovation, completion of the School of Business, etc. There were then some questions and comments from the Assembly.

IV. FA Chair's Report - D. King

D. King began by briefly mentioning the visit by the Middle States review team. A written report will be made to the President by the team. Their general evaluation was positive.

There is a General Faculty meeting scheduled for May 6th, please encourage people to attend. We will be voting on graduates and the Faculty Bylaw amendments.

The SUNY Faculty Senate meeting was held last weekend. Provost Peter Salins' report was mainly about updating information regarding the MOU, Mission review, Transfer initiative, Teacher Education initiative, Student Teaching placement problems, and the Assessment review process with the GEAR group. He also mentioned SUNY Connect and the SUNY Learning Network which has now 26, 000 students enrolled.

Faculty senators and campus governance leaders continued to express strong opposition to any centralized assessment test; Provost Salins will not rule out that possibility.

Chancellor King discussed the state's flat budget, the re-organization of the SUNY Construction Fund and problems at Old Westbury, and put a lot of emphasis on initiatives in International Education. The SUNY Strategic Planning Process was discussed which includes ten initiatives attempting to define and prioritize the University's priorities for the next five years. More faculty, students and campus administrators are being added to the SUNY Central Strategic Planning Committee.

V. Reports of Councils, Committees, and Task Forces

1. Graduate Council met Friday, April 12th and passed the "In Progress" (IP) grade proposal. It was distributed and will be discussed at the next meeting. They also approved the following courses:

ART 507 - Graduate Graphic Design

ART 508 - Graduate Graphic Design - Print Media

ART 509 - Graduate Multimedia

ART 513 - Graduate Digital Illustration

ART 514 - Graduate Graphic Design - Individual Problems

ART 517 - Graduate Web Design

Also, the new Counseling and Psychological services program in Student Affairs was passed and distributed.

2. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee met on April 3rd and approved the following courses:

HIS 348 - Women in Twentieth Century United States

MAT 208 - Mathematical Applications for Business and Management

3. Personnel Policies Council announced that the election of the FA Chair will be at the next FA meeting. There was only one nominee - David King.

VI. Unfinished Business

1. Proposed changes in BFA program in Art - Graphic Design

2. Proposed changes in the BA program in English (see attached)

3. Consideration and voting on Faculty Bylaw Amendments