College-wide Governance Meeting February 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)

Elections Nominations being accepted for: Executive Chair University Faculty Senator SU Senator Send nominations to Bob Meyer at by March 20, 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 15 th Judging for undergrads during common hour on the 16 th Kick-off pizza party on the 15 th at 3pm Keynote, awards, reception beginning on the 16 th 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 26 th 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:

Instructional Quality and Academic Standards (IQAS) Nasri Abdel-Aziz Lindi Quackenbush Shannon Farrell Paul Caluwe Susan Dieterlen Jo Anne Ellis Allison Oakes Mary Chandler Scott Shannon Bruce Bongarten Kelley 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 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 – Statements for academic integrity and academic accommodations

IQAS Activities for AY (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 (Con’t) Still on the 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& SUNY Senator Report Winter Plenary Meeting Albany, NY

Connecting Students to Careers Faculty Senate January 25, 2014 William (Bill) Ziegler Provost Fellow –SUNY Works Statewide Co-op Curriculum Coordinator Associate Professor – Binghamton University Executive 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 University and Cornell University in the process of recognizing SUNY faculty fordistinguished achievement Resolution on the Status of the New York State College of Ceramics

SUNY Faculty Senate Web Site /

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 Governance 2/19/2014

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?