College-wide Meeting October 29, 2014, 12:45 PM, Gateway A&B Photo Credit: Dr. James Hassett

Agenda Announcements – Worker’s compensation (Summer) – Visioning Draft (due 11/1) – Prioritization Meeting 1/8/14 Resolution on Regalia Cords for Veterans Library Advisory Report Curriculum Report UFS Report Middle States

Resolution on Regalia Cords for ESF Veterans News/24-7-News- Archive/2012/August/University- recognizes-veterans-with-honor-cords- at-graduation Florida State Walsh College

2014 Library Committee Report Members: Gordon Patterson Stewart Diemont Steve Weiter – Liaison Please JOIN !!! CHARGE: The Purpose of the Library Advisory Committee is to ensure that the ESF Library and its partners provide the resources that are needed by faculty and students. They will be concerned with advising, informing decisions, and problem- solving involving library content and access to content; and serve to facilitate two-way communication between library users (faculty and students) and decision-makers at the College level.

Good Stuff 2014 Annual Report Strategic Realignment of Staff and Resources to meet current needs - offer better services. Grant pending to bring a 3-D printer to campus Document Delivery Digital Repository More to come…

Digital Commons

Challenges Loss of one part-time staff member State-wide Contract for Science Direct Steady Increase in STEM Journal Prices (6% on average in ) Maintaining as many critical electronic resources as possible with limited budgetary flexibility.

Moving forward Reduction of weekend hours beginning Spring 2015 Semester. Continuation of adaptive flexible approach to services and meeting demands Rejuvenation of the Archives and Special Collections Increased/Continued Collaboration with other Academic Departments/Units.

Curriculum Committee Annual Report AY13-14 Faculty Governance 10/29/14

Governance-Approved Curricula and Policies Program Deactivation, Reactivation, Discontinuation Policy Graduate Exam Policy Update FNRM Curriculum ChangesFNRM Curriculum Changes (revision to conform to SUNY General Education Requirements) BS Environmental Science (Revision to credit hour requirement) Marine Science Minor Native Peoples and Environment Minor Physics Minor Computer and Information Technology Minor (revision) Math Minor Environmental Writing and Rhetoric Minor (revision) Environmental Studies curriculum revision

CoC-approved New Courses  FCH 232  EST 255  FOR 740  ERE 545  ERE 488  FOR 458/658  General Education: Adoption of Syracuse University foreign language courses

CoC-approved Course Revisions  FCH 511  FOR 340  FOR 540  EWP 407  EWP 444  FCH 110 (General Education)  FOR 232  Deletion of 10 inactive EFB courses  CME 387/587  CME 422/622  FOR 333/533  FOR 454  FOR 499  ERE 640  ERE 489

Assessment and Forecast Staff assistant (Barbara Newman) – substantially improved quality of proposals submitted to CoC. – primary point of contact to assist proposers – facilitate communication between proposers and CoC. CoC members charged with responsibility as liaison to departments/programs. All proposals reviewed and affirmed by potentially affected parties. Adherence to deadlines reduced year-end stress and improved process quality. Acceptance of Foreign Language courses to meet General Education Requirements Programs review for conformance with SUNY GER policy improves student transfer experience. Identified a compelling need for coordinated academic policy communication, development, review Improved alignment with SUNY new program proposal process

CoC Webpage: Deadlines: – Programs: February 25, 2015 – Courses : March 11, 2015

2014 University Faculty Senate Report Fall Plenary was held here. Many thanks to everyone on Campus who helped make it a success: Katherina Searing Lauren Gibbs ITS – Christopher Baycura/Ross Jacobs/Charlene Grabowski and Todd Torrence Bruce Bongarten Kelley Donaghy Quentin Wheeler/Ragan Squier

Resolutions Passed 1.Sexual Assault Prevention 2.Requesting establishment of programs supporting LGBT Athletes, Coaches & Staff to prevent bias and discrimination in athletics 3.Requesting input on SUNY Excels Performance Measures 4.Requesting an end to the limitation on the Maximum hours student assistants can work 5.Textbook affordability 6.Expansion of SUNY undergraduate research and creative endeavors 7.Encouraging the availability of Naloxone to campus police departments in order to treat heroin overdoses

Other Major Issues Discussed Elsevier Contract Negotiations SUNY Budget and Charge-backs to Campuses SUNY strategic planning/ SUNY Excels plan Reports, Resolution text, and other info is at meetings/ (or will be there soon) meetings/ Seamless Transfer – in particular denial of waivers/loss of identity/program impacts Questions???

Middle States

General Education Standard 12 “The institution’s curricula are designed so that students acquire and demonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills, including at least oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, and technological competency.” From: Characteristics of excellence in higher Education: Requirements of Affiliation and Standards for Accreditation,

This year… Focus on the process! Capstones/select assignments/test questions Incomplete data set Not expecting to do well in certain categories

Review Process Establish Learning Outcomes and create rubrics Collect materials to be graded with rubric – Examples of student work (not grades) Apply rubrics Analyze Data Meet with faculty about the analysis Develop Recommendations All by January 2015!

Who? Area Specialists – Nasri Abdel-Aziz – Quantitative Reasoning – Benette Whitmore – Communications – Kelley Donaghy/Bruce Bongarten – Scientific Reasoning – Scott Shannon/Valerie Luzadis - Values, Ethics, and Diverse Perspectives – Technological Literacy – Critical Thinking – pulled from above Committee on Institutional Quality and Academic Standards

Timeline 10/10/14 - Establish Learning Outcomes and create rubrics  10/31/14 - Collect materials to be graded with rubric 11/20/14 - Apply rubrics 12/15/14 – Data Analysis 1/31/15 - Meet with faculty about the analysis 2/15/15 - Develop Recommendations

Next College-wide Meeting November 19 Wednesday 12:45 PM Gateway A&B Photo Credit: Dr. James Hassett