1. Senate and System Fred Hildebrand Associate Provost
Winter UFS Plenary January 19, 2018

2. Overview Wealth of resources at System How to access these resources
How to influence decision-making

3. Decision-Making Authority
Legislature: State University of New York 1948
Board of Regents 1784
Boards of Trustees 1787
Chancellor
Provost

4. Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is established as the governing body of the State University of New York pursuant to Section 353 of the Education Law of the State of New York. Additional sections of the Education Law, the Executive Law, and the Civil Service Law describe or affect the Board makeup, the Board's planning functions and its administrative and fiscal functions. Certain functions have been delegated by the Board.
Membership (and offices)
Policies of the Board of Trustees
Academic Resolutions: MPA, Branch Campuses; Seamless Transfer

5. Chancellor Head of the SUNY system Reports to the Board of Trustees
a visionary leader able to harness the collective energies of the SUNY institutions
plan, execute, and develop SUNY’s goals for the future

6. University Faculty Senate
Board of Trustees Policies, Article VII, Title A, § 2. Purposes.
The Senate shall be the official agency through which the University Faculty engages in the governance of the University. The Senate shall be concerned with effective educational policies and other professional matters within the University
Resolutions: procedure

7. Provost Development of policy (all sectors) Cross Registration
Financial Aid Consortium
Internet Automation
General Education

8. Provost Academic Programs, Planning, and Assessment SED:
Liberal Arts Definition
Program Registration
Enrollment impact
Timeliness
Resources
Webpages
Training: CPR
BI Analytics Dashboards
Campus liaisons

9. More Offices Institutional Research: Data collection Board of Trustees
Liaisons to campuses
Counsel’s Office
Student Mobility (Transfer Finder)
Student Life
Financial Aid

10. Senate System People System Senators
Jim Campbell, Director of Legislative Relations
Fred Hildebrand, Associate Provost
Committee Liaisons
Counsel; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Educator Preparation; Academic Affairs; Enrollment Management; Finance and Budget; Student Life; Student Mobility; Applied Learning

11. Senate and System
Why is the “dark side” explaining how to be influential?
Students!
System needs your expertise.
Work with your liaisons.
Communicate to and from campuses.
Volunteer for committees.
Harness the collective energies of the SUNY institutions!

12. Questions?