College-wide Governance MeetingFebruary 19, 2014, 12:45 PM Gateway A&B

Agenda

1. Minutes (Donaghy)2. Opening Remarks (Donaghy)3. Spotlight on Research (Clemons)4. IQAS Report (Donaghy)5. UFS Meeting Report (Doelle)6. CoC Actions (Daley)

ElectionsNominations being accepted for:• Executive Chair• University Faculty Senator• SU Senator

Send nominations to Bob Meyer at rwmeyer@esf.edu by March 20, 2014.

Non-elected – Committee Chairs

Spotlight on Research

• Subcommittee of COR• Jessica Clemons, Chair

Spotlight on Student Research• 2 day event this year

• Judging for grads on Tuesday April 15th

• Judging for undergrads during common hour on the 16th

• Kick-off pizza party on the 15th at 3pm• Keynote, awards, reception beginning on the 16th at

3pm (location TBA)

• Info sent out to campus earlier this week

Spotlight cont’d• Soliciting faculty judges for graduate posters &

sponsors for prizes and supplies• Proceedings will be available as PDF• Voluntary poster design session on March 26th

• Only one to two posters per class project may be selected

• Abstracts should be reviewed/approved by a faculty advisor

Spotlight Info

• All of the information, including submission guidelines, dates, and times can be found here:

• http://www.esf.edu/spotlight/

Instructional Quality and Academic Standards (IQAS)

Nasri Abdel-AzizLindi Quackenbush

Shannon FarrellPaul Caluwe

Susan DieterlenJo Anne EllisAllison Oakes

Mary ChandlerScott Shannon

Bruce BongartenKelley Donaghy

Quentin Wheeler

IQAS Charge

• Standards for evaluating student academic performance

• Quality of academic advisement• Policies regarding recruitment and admission

of graduate and undergraduate students• The methods, quality and evaluation of

instruction• The evaluation of student probation

IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014• Review and Revise the Grading Policy

– Brought the policy into alignment with SUNY requirements

– Requirement of a syllabus for all courses (including independent studies)

• Syllabus Template– Available at http://www.esf.edu/facgov/bylaws.htm – Statements for academic integrity and academic

accommodations

IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014 (Con’t)

• Resolution on Withdrawal Date– Aligned the opening default date for course

evaluations with withdrawal date• Academic Standards Convener

– 125 Students on probation Spring 2014 based on Fall 2013 grades

– 20 Students were suspended– 7 Students appealed – 3 were successful

IQAS Activities for AY 2013-2014 (Con’t)

Still on the 2013-24 Agenda:– Course Evaluations

• Delivery– Better student participation– Easier to use data for faculty

• Instrument– How to personalize?– What questions are missing?

• Looking to partner with an area school– Teaching Academy

• Distinguished Professor Academy• Education Schools at Oswego/Syracuse/Cortland

IQAS New Chair!

Nasri Abdel-Aziz

Thank you Nasri!

Faculty Governance Meeting

Jan-24&25-2014

SUNY Senator ReportWinter Plenary Meeting

Albany, NY

Connecting Students to CareersFaculty SenateJanuary 25, 2014

William (Bill) ZieglerProvost Fellow –SUNY Works

Statewide Co-op Curriculum CoordinatorAssociate Professor – Binghamton UniversityExecutive Director – Binghamton University Scholars

“This initiative will help bring our best ideas to market right here in New York State.” – Governor Andrew Cuomo

Arts Humanities

Bridging the gap between research in the Arts and Sciences.

From the SUNY Provost Office

19

Elizabeth L. Bringsjord

Resolutions

20

Resolution on Seamless Transfer Path

Resolution requesting participation of Alfred Universityand Cornell University in the process of recognizing SUNY faculty fordistinguished achievement

Resolution on the Status of the New York State College of Ceramics

https://www.suny.edu/facultysenate/

University Faculty Senate

• Campus Governance Leaders Meeting– Thursday evening/Friday morning– Big topics:

• Seamless Transfer• START-UP NY• Open SUNY• Communication

Curriculum Committee

Report to Faculty Governance2/19/2014

Report Items• Prior Meeting 1/29/2014 Actions• Courses are approved

– FOR 540 Watershed Hydrology (revised)• Committee recommends

– accept revisions of BS Environmental Science (reduce from 127 to 126 credit hours)

• Proposal reviews:– Many courses, programs, options, minors, policies– See the CoC website

• Activities: – Availability of Special Topics course proposals in all program areas – ESF XXX International Education– Use of Foreign Language to meet GER– Requests for status as General Education course?