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                                                       FACULTY SENATE MINUTES #2

                                                             September 20, 2011

The second meeting of the Faculty Senate 2010-2011 was called to order by Chair Timothy Phillips on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 at 1:15 PM in Jacobus Lounge, Brockway Hall.

SENATORS AND MEMBERS PRESENT:  T. Phillips, J. Hendrick, R. Grantham, D. West, W. Miller, D. Miller, J. Hartsock, J. Alemzadeh, B. Wodi, K. Polasek, L. Lin, R. Borden, T. Vigars, M. Chandler, H. Lindh, K. Pristash, E. McCabe, D. Berger, P. Schroeder, J. Piperato, J. Reardon, E. Durgin, E. Bitterbaum, G. Sharer, G. Clarke, S. Anderson

SENATORS AND MEMBERS ABSENT:  R. Kendrick, J. Rayle, O. White, K. Polasek, T. Slack, E. Owens

GUESTS PRESENT:  B. Mattingly, M. Barsoni

I. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:  The Minutes were approved from May 20, 2010.

II. SENATE ACTIONS:   

The nominations for the Committee on Committees were approved (Approved)

The Chair approved a ballot for C. Schubert, Math/Science, 11-13; D.  Berger, SUNY Senator (to complete an unexpired term)  9-12.

The Chair approved a ballot to fill four seats on the consultative search committee for Executive

Director of Alumni Affairs as follows: Jennifer Janes, Nick Koziol, Noelle Paley, Jennifer Wilson.

III.  CHAIR’S REPORT: 

Chair Phillips reported that the Senate is still continuing its attempt to fill vacancies, including Secretary. The Vice Chair, J. Hendrick, recently attended a SUNY UFS planning meeting in Albany along with other faculty members {SEE Appendix 1}

IV. VICE CHAIR:  J. Hendrick –.The Vice Chair gave a report which is appended to the minutes. {SEE Appendix 1}

V. TREASURER’S REPORT  R. Grantham – The Treasurer reported that she continues to accept the Faculty Senate Memorial Scholarship dues of ten dollars and thanked the two individuals who had already paid their dues.

VI. SECRETARY’S REPORT:  No report (absent)

VII.  PRESIDENT’S REPORT:   The President gave a brief report.

VIII.  STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Student Affairs Committee  - No report (absent)

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee  – No report (absent)

Long-Range Planning Committee – No report (absent)

Eductional Policy Committee –  No report (absent)

Professional Affairs Committee  – G. Clarke reported that the committee met on September 8 and had a discussion regarding supervisors. They discussed orientation sessions which would be of benefit to professionals.  They will meet later this month regarding career ladders for professionals.

 IX. OTHER COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Committee on Teaching Effectiveness – No report (absent)

Committee on Teaching Awards - D. West, Chair – D. West reported that the committee has attempted to meet unsuccessfully but will be meeting this week.  They have a new student member but do not have an agenda.   

Committee on Committees – The Committee on Committees report was read and nominations for vacancies on committees were approved. The Chair also read a paper ballot for C. Schubert for Math/Science and D. Berger for SUNY Senator which he approved.  The Chair also read a ballot for the members of the search committee on

College Research Committee  – No report (absent)

General Education Committee – No report (absent)

Graduate Faculty Executive Committee – J. Alemzadeh reported that the committee met the day before

and discussed restructuring the membership of the committee in an attempt to get more individuals involved.

X. AREA SENATOR’S REPORTS:  There were no Area Senator reports.

X. SUNY SENATOR’S REPORT – J. Hendrick gave a brief report in her Vice Chair’s report which is

appended to the minutes.

XII. STUDENT SENATOR’S REPORTS:  The students gave a brief report.

XIII. OLD BUSINESS:  There was no old business.

The recommendations for Scholar’s Day was reported on by B. Mattingly and there was a brief question and answer period.

XIV. NEW BUSINESS:  There was no new business.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:  There were several announcements from the floor.

Respectfully Submitted,

Barbara Kissel

Recording Secretary

The following reports are appended to the minutes in the order they were submitted:

 (1)    Vice Chair’s report submitted by J. Hendrick, Vice Chair.

 (2) Committee on Committee’s Report, submitted by J. Barry, Chair

 APPENDIX 1

                                                         Vice Chair’s Report

                                              Submitted by J. Hendrick, Vice Chair

Faculty Senate – September 20, 2011

Vice Chair Report

I attended the University Faculty Senate Planning meetings last week with several other Cortland faculty

(Andrew Fitz-gibbon, David Berger, and Noelle Paley).  There is an extensive amount of work planned for

this year with all the senate committees.  I just want to mention two things:

• Faculty Senate Bulletin, the publication of the SUNY Faculty Senate, can be found at the Faculty

Senate link on SUNY.edu or specifically at: http://www.suny.edu/facultySenate/.  If you did not

see a copy last semester, The Special Edition from April 2011 was particularly informative.

• The 2^nd showcase of undergraduate research and creative endeavors, called “Discovery: An

Undergraduate Showcase”, will be held on February 29, 2012 at the Legislative Office Building

in Albany.  This year it will encompass both SUNY and CUNY student works.  Two years ago, two undergraduate students made poster presentations and last year two graduate students made poster presentations.  Information will be sent to the campus soon and the Undergraduate Research

Committee will likely be the vehicle again for disseminating the information and for reviewing

campus submissions.  We will likely be able to send only two projects. Information will also be

posted on the SUNY senate web site.

Respectfully submitted,

Joy L. Hendrick

           APPENDIX 2

                      Committee on Committee’s Report, submitted by J. Barry, Chair

                         Committee on Committees– Report to the Faculty Senate

                                                        September 20, 2011

Item #1

 The Committee on Committees recommends the following committee appointments.  These require Senate confirmation:

 Academic Faculty Affairs Committee:

Fine Arts/Humanities, 2-year term – Andrew FitzGibbon

College Curriculum Review Committee:

Social/Behavioral Sciences, 2 year term – Jeff Swartwood

Library – Jennifer Kronenbitter

Educational Policy Committee:

School of Education, 2-year term – Shufang Shi

General Education Committee:

            School of Professional Studies, 2-year term – Brooke Burk

Library, 2-year term – Anita Kuiken

Long Range Planning Committee:

Social/Behavioral Sciences, 3-year term – Kevin Sheets

Professional Affairs Committee:

            Enrollment Management, 3-year term – Holly Doty

            Information Resources, 3-year term – Lisa Kahle

Student Affairs Committee:

            School of Education, 2-year term – Ji-Ryun Kim

Item #2

Nominations were received for Senators as follows:

 Math/Science, 2-year term – Claus Schubert

SUNY Senator (complete unexpired term 2009-12) – David Berger

The Faculty Senate Chair can be asked to cast a single ballot for these nominations.

Item #3

Nominations were received to fill four seats on the consultative search committee for Executive Director of Alumni Affairs as follows:

Jennifer Janes

Nick Koziol

Noelle Paley

Jennifer Wilson

The Faculty Senate Chair can be asked to cast a single ballot for these nominations.

 Item #3

The following vacancies still exist:

 At large:

Faculty Senate Secretary (2011-12)

SUNY Senator (alternate) (complete unexpired term 2009-12)

Academic Faculty at large:

GE Committee (2011-13)

Math/Science:

Student Affairs Committee (complete unexpired term 2010-12)

 Social/Behavioral Science:

Committee on Committees (2011-13)

Student Affairs Committee (2011-13)

 School of Professional Studies:

Committee on Teaching Awards (1/1/12 – 12/31/14)

Educational Policy Committee (2 seats) (2010-12 complete unexpired term, 2011-13)

 Professional Staff:

College Research Committee (complete unexpired term 2010-13)

 Senators:

School of Professional Studies (2 seats) – 2011-13

Full-time Lecturer, Schools of Education/Professional Studies – 2011-13

 Respectfully submitted,

Joanne Barry

Chair

 Faculty Senate Officers (Elected:  1 yr. Term)

• Phillips, Tim                Chair

Hendrick, Joy              Vice-Chair

            Vacant                         Secretary (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)

            Grantham, Regina       Treasurer (no more than 2 successive terms in same office)

Faculty Senate Steering Committee (pending chair elections in fall)

SUNY Senator  (Elected: 3 yr. term)

SUNY Senator – Alternate (Elected: 3 yr. term)

Academic Faculty Affairs Committee (appointed: 2 yr. term) 

Auxiliary Services Corporation (Elected:  3 yr. term) – (C. on C. does NOT run election for MC reps)

College Curriculum Review Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)   (no more than 2 successive terms) 

College Research Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term) [Qualifications: should have received grant from external funding or reviewed grants from an outside agency.]

Committee on Committees (Elected: 2 yr. term)

Committee on Teaching Awards (Appointed: 3 yr. term/ term runs January through December) (minimum 5 yrs. teaching at SUNY Cortland)

Committee on Teaching Effectiveness (Appointed: 4 yr. term) (no consecutive terms)

Educational Policy Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Facilities and Master Plan Oversight Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Faculty Representative to the Student Senate (Elected: 1 yr. term) (no more than 2 successive terms)

General Education Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

Long Range Planning Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Professional Affairs Committee (Appointed: 3 yr. term)

Student Affairs Committee (Appointed: 2 yr. term)

• · Chair of Committee

_____________ - nomination(s) in process - pending confirmation

Vacant – seats filled via Committee on Committee process

________________ - seats filled by other committees/organizations