FACULTY SENATE MINUTES #12
April 5, 2011
The twelfth meeting of the Faculty Senate 2010-2011 was called to order by Chair David Miller on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 1:15 PM in the Hall of Fame Room, Park Center.
SENATORS AND MEMBERS PRESENT: D. Miller, T. Phillips, R.Grantham, D. West, W. Miller, R. Kendrick, J. Ouellette, J. Alemzadeh, S. Wilson, O. White, B. Buxton,
R. Borden, K. Pristash, E. McCabe, T. Slack, J. Walkuski, E. Owens, J. Campanaro,
A. M. Rossi, W. Michael, E. Bitterbaum, M. Prus, A. Fitz-Gibbon, G. Clarke, S. Anderson
SENATORS AND MEMBERS ABSENT: T. Vigars, D. Driscoll, D. Berger, I. Vincent, S. Rayl, K. Hempson, J. Peluso, M. Chandler, D. Harrington, J. Hendrick, P. Schroeder,
R. Franco, G. Sharer, W. Shaut, K. Stearns, A. Thomas, R. Spitzer, M. Connell
GUESTS PRESENT: F. Pierce
I. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The Minutes from March 22, 2011 were approved.
II. SENATE ACTIONS: There was a vote requiring a ¾ majority to approve the recommendation from J. Walkuski regarding a procedure to establish staggered terms for the Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Approved)
III. VICE CHAIR: T. Phillips – No report.
IV. TREASURER’S REPORT R. Grantham – No report.
V. SECRETARY’S REPORT: T. Vigars – No report.
VI. PRESIDENT’S REPORT: The President gave a brief report.
VII. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Student Affairs Committee - M. Connell, Chair – No report (absent)
Academic Faculty Affairs Committee – A. Fitz-Gibbon, Chair – No report.
Long-Range Planning Committee – No report
Educational Policy Committee – R. Spitzer, Chair – No report (absent)
Professional Affairs Committee – G. Clarke, Chair – No report (absent)
VIII. OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Committee on Committees – D. Miller read the report for the Committee on Committees. There being no contested positions, all nominees were elected by acclamation. Names were taken from the floor for committee vacancies: H. Steck, ASC; A. Thomas, GE Committee; G. Clarke, Professional Affairs Committee; C. Latimer, Committee on Teaching Awards. There was also a call for Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer and to fill various area seats with no names put forward {SEE Appendix 1)
College Research Committee – P. Ducey, Chair – No report.
General Education Committee – A. Thomas, Chair – No report.
IX. AREA SENATOR’S REPORTS: O. White gave a brief report regarding the filling of two positions in the Early Childhood Department.
X. SUNY SENATOR’S REPORT – J. Hendrick – No report.
XI. STUDENT SENATOR’S REPORTS:
XII. OLD BUSINESS: There was no Old Business.
XIII. NEW BUSINESS: The proposal from J. Walkuski regarding establishing a procedure for staggering the Committee on Teaching Effectiveness terms was discussed and approved by a ¾ majority as an emergency measure due to the timing of elections. The procedure for drawing the ballots is outlined below. The ballots were drawn out of a hat and were established as follows:
At Large Academic Faculty - 1 year term
Education - 1 year term
School of Arts and Sciences - 3 year term
Library - 3 year term
Professional Studies - 2 year term
At Large Academic Faculty - 2 year term
After the terms expire they will be renewed on a three year basis as per the CTE Proposal approved by Referendum in the Fall of 2010. R. Grantham withdrew her name from a four year term to facilitate this.
PROCEDURE: One hat with all of the areas represented a second hat with the terms listed staggered. Draw one by one from the first hat, that will determine the order of the draw from the second hat for the staggered terms. For example – A&S was drawn first, they would “get” the first term drawn out of the second hat, etc.
The meeting was suspended after the business was conducted and an Open Meeting was held where service on campus was discussed.
Respectfully Submitted,
Barbara Kissel
Recording Secretary
The following reports are appended to the minutes in the order they were submitted:
(1) Committee on Committee’s report submitted by J. Barry, Chair
APPENDIX 1
Submitted by J.Barry, Chair
Committee on Committees – Report to the Faculty Senate
April 5, 2011
Item #1
A call for nominations was issued for Senators. Nominations received are noted below. Additional nominations should be accepted from the floor:
|
Area of Representation |
Term |
Outgoing member |
Nominations |
|
School of Arts & Sciences (2 seats) |
2011-13 |
D. Berger R. Kendrick |
D. Miller R. Kendrick |
|
Math/Science |
2011-13 |
D. Driscoll |
|
|
Social/Beh. Sciences |
2011-13 |
W. Miller |
W. Miller |
|
School of Education (3 seats) |
2011-13 |
W. Buxton O. White Vacant |
J. Rayle O. White |
|
School of Professional Studies (4 seats) |
2011-13 |
S. Rayl I. Vincent S. Wilson Vacant |
B. Wodi |
|
Full-time Lecturer – School of Arts & Sciences |
2011-13 |
R. Borden |
R. Borden |
|
Full-time Lecturer – Schools of Education and Professional Studies |
2011-13 |
K. Hempson |
|
|
Professional Staff (2 seats) |
2011-13 |
D. Harrington J. Peluso |
|
Item #2
A call for nominations will be issued this week for Faculty Senate officers and committee vacancies. Outgoing members are listed in parentheses. Nominations received are noted below. Additional nominations should be accepted from the floor.
I. At Large (8 vacancies):
1. Senate Steering Committee - elected, 1-year term (no more than two successive terms in office)
Vice-Chair (Phillips)
Secretary (Vigars)
Treasurer (Grantham) - Grantham
2. Auxiliary Services Corporation – elected, 3-year term – 2 seats (McCarthy, Steck) – Lenhart; H. Steck
(NOTE: ASC holds a NYS Liquor License. If elected to the Board of Directors, the State Liquor Authority requires the completion of a Personnel Questionnaire and finger-printing. For more details, click on the following link: http://www.abc.state.ny.us/system/files/SLA_personal-question-011310.pdf)
3. Faculty Representatives to the Student Senate - 2 seats - elected, 1-year terms (vacant)
4. General Education Committee (Academic At-Large) - appointed, 2-year term (Latimer)
II. School of Arts & Sciences (11 vacancies):
A. Arts & Sciences At Large (2)
1. Educational Policy Committee - appointed, 2-year term (Darling)
2. Committee on Teaching Awards – appointed, 3-year term (Shedd) (term runs January through December; must have minimum of 5 years teaching at SUNY Cortland) C. Latimer
B. Fine Arts & Humanities (3)
1. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Fitz-gibbon)
2. College Research Committee – appointed, 3-year term (Wisch) (qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency) – van der Veur
3. Committee on Committees – elected, 2-year term (Hartsock) - Hartsock
C. Math/Science (1)
1. Student Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Vacant)
D. Social/Behavioral Sciences (5)
1. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Haines)
2. College Curriculum Review Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Halebsky)
(no more than two consecutive terms)
3. Committee on Committees – elected, 2-year term (vacant)
4. Long Range Planning Committee – appointed, 3-year term (King)
5. Student Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Phillips)
III. School of Education (5 vacancies):
1. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee - appointed, 2-year term (Rayle)
2. College Curriculum Review Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Kelly)
(no more than two consecutive terms)
3. Educational Policy Committee - appointed, 2-year term, 2 seats (Lachance, Smukler)
4. Student Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Kim)
IV. School of Professional Studies (6 vacancies):
1. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Grantham)
2. College Curriculum Review Committee - appointed, 2-year term (Hokanson)
(no more than two consecutive terms)
3. Committee on Teaching Awards – appointed, 3-year term (Grantham) (term runs January through December; must have minimum of 5 years teaching at SUNY Cortland)
4. Committee on Teaching Effectiveness – appointed, 4-year term (Polasek) -
5. Educational Policy Committee - appointed, 2-year term (Vincent)
6. Long Range Planning Committee – appointed, 3-year term (Craft)
V. Library (6 vacancies)
1. Academic Faculty Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (McCabe) - McCabe
2. College Curriculum Review Committee - appointed, 2-year term (Kronenbitter)
(no more than two consecutive terms)
3. College Research Committee – appointed, 3-year term (Herrmann) (qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency)
4. Committee on Committees – elected, 2-year term (Melita) - Melita
5. General Education Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Kuiken)
6. Student Affairs Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Connell) - Connell
VI. Professional Staff (6 vacancies)
1. College Research Committee – appointed, 2010-13 (complete unexpired term) (vacant) (qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency)
2. General Education Committee – appointed, 2-year term (Thomas) Thomas
3. Long Range Planning Committee – appointed, 3-year term (Peluso) - Dmochowski
4. Professional Affairs Committee, Academic Affairs – appointed, 3-year term (Clarke) Clarke
5. Professional Affairs Committee, Enrollment Management, appointed, 3-year term (D. Langhans)
6. Professional Affairs Committee, Information Resources, appointed, 3-year term (Van Hall)
VII. Management/Confidential (1 vacancy)
1. Committee on Committees – elected, 2-year term (Barry) - Barry
Respectfully submitted,
Joanne Barry
Chair
