Academic Governance Meeting Gateway A&B, 12:45 PM, April 20, 2016 Photo Courtesy of Shenandoah National Park Facebook Page

Agenda 1.Opening Remarks/Minutes/Announcements 2.Endorsement of the Teaching Spaces Renovations Priorities Report 3.Policy on Clickers 4.Curriculum Actions 5.Library Advisory Committee Report 6.Strategic Planning Committee Update 7.Admissions Report and Updates from the Athletic Director Old Business New Business

Academic Governance Elections Open Positions – Executive Chair 25% Administrative Workload – SU Senator Nominations Accepted NOW! – Send nominations to Bob Meyer, Melissa Fierke and/or Kelley Donaghy – By Noon on 4/25 Voting will begin on 4/25/16

Teaching Spaces Renovation Priorities Report Joint Subcommittee of IQAS and Technology Heidi Webb (chair) Terry Ettinger Melissa Fierke Jonathon Owens Mary Thompson Overview presented in conjunction with IQAS report in early March.

Clicker Policy “Faculty shall adopt the same brand of clickers supported by Syracuse University’s Information and Technology Services.” – In response to USA’s Resolution # – A resolution recommending that Academic Governance develop a campus wide policy regarding the use of clickers in ESF Courses.

Curriculum Actions BS in Environmental Science – Renewable Energy Option (revision) BS in Biochemistry (new program)

Library Advisory Committee Report ESF College-wide Meeting Stew Diemont April 20, 2016

Personnel Jessica Clemons began as Interim Library Director September years at ESF – scholarly communications, Research Times Interim Library Director search has not yet begun Other Personnel – need to hire part time clerk and temporary librarian position

Collection Management Inventory project – Discarded items going to Better World Books – Access to discarded materials by ESF personnel (e.g., faculty and graduate students) – Began notifying Library Committee, Committee reporting to departments Digital ESF – Went live October 2014

Digital ESF Knothole – 300 issues Landscape Architecture: City Wild Willow Project technical documents Roosevelt Wildlife Station Bulletins and Annals Datasets from work with DEC

Digital Commons Cost is $16,000 No limit on amount of files – Best practices on file size and type Open access journal capability – cost is already paid by the library (see above) Could request ISSN from Library of Congress

Other Collection Management News EBSCO Academic Ebooks – <$2000/year – 140,000 e-books Dropping ESF Refworks – Underutilized – Will provide transition assistance as requested – Many converting to Mendeley and Zotero – Endnotes if online through Web of Science

30 year anniversary Fundraising: – $1200 per study carrel. Sold 8 of 24 Join for $25 and get a mug! Money will go toward proper care of college archives Suggestion of student experience in archiving Friends of Moon Library

Vision 2020 Update Special Meeting for discussion and debate – Convincing other to vote up or down on the document, not about making changes – May 4, 2016 at 11AM – Gateway A&B Vote of Endorsement – May 4-9, Electronically – Up or down Vote

Enrollment Management and Athletics Report Bob French 4/20/16

First-Year Class Projection Fall 2016Fall 2015 Applications1,6591,575 Accepted888 (53.5%)849 (53.9%) Deposits (4/19) Enrolled330 (projected)318 (final) Transfer Class Projection Fall 2016Fall 2015 Applications (4/19) 663 (-7.9%)720 Accepted (4/19)236 (-12.3%)269 Deposits (4/19)119 (+26.6%)94 Enrolled215 (projected)229 (final)

Recent Deposit Rates Fall 2015Fall 2014 NY State44.6%48.0% Out-of-State25.3%26.4% Diverse28.8%34.1% SAT %34.8% Overall FY37.7%40.7% Accepted First-Year Applicants (4/19) Fall 2016Fall 2015 NY State542 (61.0%)540 (63.6%) Out-of-State346 (39.0%)309 (36.4%) Diverse214 (24.1%)180 (21.2%) SAT (61.4%)548 (64.5%) HS GPA93% Early Decision9195 (= 10 R Dec)

Full-Time Undergraduate Enrollment First-Year Transfer Continuing1,1471,136 1,1811,1951,2001,210 FT Undergrad1,6611,6471,6711,7281,7401,7501,760 BUCT Seniors+50 Graduate Student Enrollment (On-Campus) Full-time Part-time Total

ESF Athletics 192 Student-Athletes (11% of Undergraduates) Basketball (M), Bass Fishing (M), Cross Country (M&W), Golf (M&W), Soccer (M&W), Timber Sports (M&W), Track & Field (M&W) Hudson Valley Conference and USCAA

Lafayette Road Field Proposal ESF rents soccer fields at SU and OCC  Costs up to $1,000 per event  ESF gets lowest priority scheduling Exploring potential to develop game field  3 acres at Lafayette Road (50 acres)  Clearing and grading by Forest Properties  Natural turf and no field lighting  Potential for fund raising  Possible alternative locations in Tully Reaching out to faculty for input

New Business Conflict of Interest Policy – It is the campus policy of SUNY ESF that the institution, its officers and all employees shall abide by all applicable Conflict of Interest (COI) laws, regulations and policies promulgated by the federal and New York State governments, as well as the State University of New York and The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (RF). – Distributed 4/15/16 via from N. Ringler

New Business USDA REEport System – Applies to all grants not just USDA grants

Next Meetings May 4 th, AM - 1PM Endorsement of Vision 2020 Update Discussion May 12 th, :30 PM Meeting Awards Reception (food and drink) All in Gateway A&B Lake Clark National Park Department of the Interior Facebook Page