College Senate Bulletin
Bulletin No. 17
May 5th, 2003
Contents
Agenda College Senate Meeting -8 April, 2003
Agenda 2003-2004 College Senate Meeting - 8 April, 2003
Announcements:
Spring Senate Meeting Date
Spring Election News
Applications for Professional Leave
Correspondence: Terence Bazzett, Department of Psychology,
Sturges 34; e-mail: bazzett@geneseo.edu; phone: (245)-5248
College Senate Meeting Agenda
May 6th, 2003
Call to Order
Adoption of the Agenda
Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meetings
Senate Bulletin #16 (pp. 165-172)
Senate Reports
President Christopher Dahl
Provost Barbara Dixon
Chair Terence Bazzett
Vice Chair Charles Freeman
Treasurer Maryellen Schmidt
University Senator William Gohlman
Central Council Joshua Lieberman
Reports of the Standing Committees of the Senate
Undergraduate Curricula Joan Zook
Second Reading (summaries in Bulletin #14)
New Course
Engl 242 – Literature of the African (p. 150)
CDSC 201 - Oral Communication Lab for Non-Native Speakers of English (p. 150)
CDSC 243 - Fluency Intervention (p. 150)
CDSC 244 - Voice Intervention (p. 151)
Engl 332 – Early American Literature (p. 153)
Anth 396 – Teaching Practicum in Anthropology (p. 153)
Anth 325 – International Fieldwork: (region) (p. 153)
Mgmt 268 – Management Law and New Technologies (p. 153)
Geog 365 – The Geography of Islam (p. 153)
Math 228 – Calculus II for Biologists (p. 153)
Biol 202 – Biological Issues (p. 153)
Biol 264 – Human Physiology (p. 153)
Biol 305 – Conservation Biology (p. 154)
Course Revision
Thea 260 – Theatre Practicum (p. 149)
CDSC 100 – Functional Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English (p. 151)
CDSC 200 – Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English (p. 151)
CDSC 300 – Advanced Oral Communication for Non-Native Speakers of English (p. 151)
CDSC 238 – Clinical Observation and Management in Communicative Disorders (p. 152
CDSC 240 – Language Intervention (p. 152)
CSCI 241 - Principles of Computer Organization (p. 152)
CSCI 242 - Analysis of Algorithms (p. 152
Biol 306 – Evolutionary Biology (p. 154)
Plsc 228 – Title “Politics in the Third World” to “Developing World Politics.” (p. 154)
Dance 240 – Stage Movement – Change prefix to Thea 240. (p. 154)
Course Deletion
CDSC 202 – Remediation of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders (p. 151)
CDSC 368 – Advanced Speech Science (p. 151)
Mgmt 261 – Legal Environment of the Economy (p. 154)
Revisions of Majors
Black Studies (p. 149)
Communicative Disorders & Sciences (p. 150)
Speech and Hearing Handicapped (p. 150)
Revision of a Major - International Relations (p. 152)
Revision of a Major- Business Administration (p. 152)
Revision of a Major– Biology (p. 152)
Revision of a Minor
Africana Studies (p. 150)
Revision of a Concentration
History (p. 150)
Undergraduate Policies Edward Gillin
Second Reading
Proposal to revise Academic Policy Appeal (Review) of Grades (Bulletin #14 - pp. 144-146)
Proposals to revise SOE requirements for admission and student teaching (Bulletin #14 - pp. 146-147)
Graduate Academic Affairs Dale Metz
Student Affairs Michael Lynch
Faculty Affairs Rosanne Hartman
Old Business
Senate Resolution Opposing System-wide Assessment
(pp. 164-165, Bulletin #16)
New Business
Statement on Community and Diversity
(p. 164, Bulletin #16)
Adjournment
2003-2004 College Senate Meeting Agenda
May 6th 2003
Call to Order
Chair's Report
Charles Freeman
New Business
Adjournment
Announcements:
Spring 2003 College Senate Meeting Schedule: All meetings will begin at 4:00 P.M. and will be held in Newton 204.
· May 6th
Spring Election News
Upcoming Elections for General Education and Professional Leave Review Committees
Elections for new members of the General Education Committee and the Professional Leave Review Committee will be held the last week of regularly scheduled classes. The election will utilize electronic voting similar to the previous two elections. Ballots should be arriving in the mailboxes of Teaching Faculty within the week.
Applications for Professional Leave
September 15, 2003 Deadline for applicants to submit Sabbatical Leave Requests for the 2004-2005 Academic Year to departments
October 15, 2003 Departments submit recommendations of 2004-2005 Sabbatical Leave Requests to Provost for review by Professional Leave Review Committee
December 2, 2003 Provost submits recommendations for 2004-2005 Sabbatical Leave Requests to President's Office
*Due dates which fall on a weekend shall automatically be effective the following Monday.
In accordance with the Constitution, the Professional Leave Review Committee is charged with publishing the criteria by which they evaluate applications. Here is their statement:
"Sabbatical leave proposals are evaluated on the following criteria: clarity of presentation of proposed objectives (including schedule and planned outcomes), potential contribution of the project to teaching or professional stature, necessity for leave, and evidence of productivity in prior leaves or ongoing scholarly activity. See the Guidelines for the Submission of Proposals for Sabbatical Leaves for further detail and clarification."
The Guidelines for Submission of Proposals for Sabbatical Leaves and Sabbatical Leave Applications can be found under "Forms" on the Office of the Provost's website.