SUNY Oswego - Faculty Assembly: Minutes 04/02/01

April 2, 2001

Members Absent: Z. Bedy, S. Atri, L. Tinelli Sheive, S. Moore, J. Shallit, C. Seekamp, M. Stuck, K. Macey, J. Presley, J. Desantis, J. Scharfenberger, G. Auleta

Meeting called to order at 3:12 PM.

I. Approval of Agenda

Some changes were made and approved to the agenda. Under Unfinished Business the proposed Meteorology Majors BA and BS programs were distributed, they will be discussed at the FA meeting on the 16th. Also planned for the next FA meeting will be discussion of the MAT in Art, the revised Environmental Geology program, and the revised African American Studies minor program.

II. Approval of FA minutes for March 5, 2001

The minutes were approved unanimously.

III. FA Chair's Report — D. King

D. King began by reminding everyone that the last two FA meetings for the semester will be on April 16th and 30th. The meeting on April 30th will run until only 4:30 PM. There is a General Faculty meeting at 4:30 PM on April 30th where we will vote on graduates, and vote on any bylaws that FA has approved by April 16th. Copies of any bylaw changes have to be distributed to the whole campus before the General Faculty meeting. Bylaws approved by FA need to be approved by a majority of faculty attending the General Faculty meeting.

The SUNY Faculty Senate spring plenary meeting at Cobleskill is scheduled for April 20th-21st. E. O'Shea plans to attend as the faculty senator and D. King also plans to attend as the campus governance leader.

There is a need for a college catalog coordinator. With the forth coming retirement of Paul Liebenaur, Rhonda Mandel had asked D. King to announce the need to fill that position preferably with someone who is or has been a member of FA and familiar with issues related to academic policies, procedures, and degree programs. D. King asked that if anyone is interested to please contact him or Rhonda Mandel.

D. King announced that the Oswego History Department is having a Holocaust and Genocide lecture series. It will be held in the formal lounge in Hewitt Union on Thursday, April 5th at 7:15 PM. (See file copy)

He also announced that the Campus Center Steering Committee has handed out a mission statement, and would like some input from faculty and staff. It will be put on the agenda for the next meeting. (See file copy)

IV. Reports of Councils, Committees and Task Forces

A. Academic Policies Council met and approved the revisions of the Meteorology BA and BS programs and the Environmental Geology track. They also approved the changes in the African American studies minor. There was also a request for action on the proposal from the task force on common reading program; APC approved the recommendation.

B. Graduate Council met on March 30th and approved the MAT in Art education and the MSED in Literacy (Reading) Education.

C. Undergraduate Curriculum Committee met on March 29th and approved the following courses:

IST 190 and 390 — Global Issues and Awareness

OCE 375 — Chemical Oceanography

D. Personnel Policies Council announced that nominations for Faculty Assembly Chair are due between April 1st and 10th.

V. Unfinished Business

1. There was a motion to waive the two-week rule on the proposed revision of the MSED in Literacy (Reading) Education. This was approved with only two abstentions. The graduate certification program in Reading Education was passed with a vote of 31 approved, 0 opposed, and 3 abstentions. (See file copy)

2. The proposed UCC procedures for reviewing revised and updated course proposals was discussed. This proposal was passed with a vote of 27 approved, 0 opposed, and 3 abstentions. (See file copy)

3. The 2001-2002 SCAP budget request proposal was presented and discussed. This proposal was passed with a vote of 32 approved, 0 opposed, and 1 abstention. (See file copy)

4. There was further discussion regarding the bylaws. The changes to Article 25 was approved unanimously. (See file copy) There was also discussion regarding D. Hill's proposal, many changes were made through "friendly amendments", but it will be voted on at the next FA meeting. The D.Hill proposal would organize the academic affairs councils to have representatives meet regularly to promote better communication and coordination among those councils.

VI. New Business

There was no new business.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM.