College Senate Bulletin
State University of New York at Geneseo
College of Arts and Sciences
Correspondence to Dennis Showers, School of Education, South 222C, showers@geneseo.edu, 245-5264
Note: Page numbers indicate pages as per the paper copy of the Bulletins.
Bulletin No. 1
Pages 2-4
September 8, 2012
Contents
Page Topic
2 Agenda: Senate Meeting on September 11, 2012
3 Announcements:
Call for Nominations for
Committee on Nominations
Faculty Personnel Committee
4 From the Chair:
2012-2013 College Senate Meeting Schedule
Senate Bulletin Mailing List
Senate Web Site Reminder
Chair’s Report
Agenda for Senate Meeting on September 11, 2012
Call to Order 5 minutes
Adoption of the Agenda
Adoption of the Minutes
Minutes of the Senate meeting of April 3, 2012 (CSB 9, 2011-12; pp. 97-103)
Minutes of the Senate Meeting of May 1, 2012 (CSB 9, 2011-12; pp. 106-110)
Discussion
What is the job of a member of the College Senate?
· Introduction 5 minutes
· Small Group Discussions 20 minutes
· Reconvene 20 minutes
Senate Reports 5 minutes
President Christopher Dahl
Provost Carol Long
Chair Dennis Showers
Vice Chair Jan Lovett
Past-Chair David Granger
Secretary Cheryl Kreutter
Treasurer Paul Pacheco
University Faculty Senator Gregg Hartvigsen
Vice President, Student Assoc.
Reports of the Standing Committees of the Senate 5 minutes
Undergraduate Curricula
Undergraduate Policies
Graduate Academic Affairs
Student Affairs
Faculty Affairs
Old Business
New Business
Adjournment: 5:00
Announcements
Call for Nominations: Committee on Nominations and Elections
Nominations are being accepted for three positions on the Committee on Nominations and Elections. Newly-elected members’ terms will be December 1, 2012 through November 30, 2014.
Nominations should be sent ASAP to members of the Committee on Nominations: George Marcus, Physics (marcus@geneseo.edu), Kodjo Adabra, Languages and Literatures (adabra@geneseo.edu), Joaquin Gomez, Languages and Literatures (gomez@geneseo.edu), Ted Everett, Philosophy (everett@geneseo.edu), Tony Macula, Mathematics (macula@geneseo.edu), or Jennifer Rogalski, Geography (rogalsky@geneseo.edu).
Call for Nominations: Committee on Faculty Personnel
Nominations are being solicited for three positions on the Committee on Faculty Personnel (a.k.a. the College Personnel Committee) to replace Anne Eisenberg (Sociology), Jeff Over (Geological Sciences), Dan Strang (Business) and Paul Pacheco (Anthropology). Newly-elected members’ terms will be January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2014. Kimberly Hoffman (Library), Olympia Nicodemi (Mathematics) and Robert O’Donnell (Biology) are the continuing members of the Committee, so no faculty members in these Departments are eligible. Faculty willing to serve should contact one of the current members of the Nominations and Elections Committee. This Committee will transmit a list to all departments of eligible and willing faculty. Each Department may then nominate up to four faculty members from the list, only one of whom can come from that Department. Nominees must be Associate Professors, Professors, Associate Librarians, or Librarians.
From the Chair:
College Senate Meeting Schedule
All meetings are held in Newton 204 and begin at 4:00.
2012
September 11
October 16
November 6
December 4
2013
February 5
March 5
April 9
May 7
The schedule of the Senate and Executive Committee meetings is available at: http://www.geneseo.edu/senate/spring08_meetings
Senate Bulletin Mailing List
Anyone may be added to the distribution list for the College Senate Bulletin by contacting Dennis Showers (showers@geneseo.edu).
Senate Web Site Reminder
Please note that past bulletins, curriculum proposal forms, information on the Chancellor's Excellence Awards, Senate Membership information, links to the University Faculty Senate page, and the Constitution are all available online on the Senate's webpage: http://www.geneseo.edu/~senate
Chair’s Report
September 11, 2012
Senate Roster Report: There are currently 73 members of the Senate. There will be 93 when all seats are filled. There are 13 teaching faculty positions for departmental senators open and five administrative faculty positions. Therefore, currently a quorum of the Senate is 37 members. A Special Meeting of the Senate can be called by a petition of eight members. Identified Senators have received an email asking them to indicate their preferences for committee assignments. Committee assignments will be made by Wednesday, September 19.
Appointments: David Granger accepted my invitation to serve as Past Chair. Chris Leary accepted my invitation to serve as Parliamentarian.
I will represent the Geneseo faculty at the planning meeting of the University Faculty Senate at the end of this week. This meeting is for planning the committee activities for the year. I am serving on the Awards and Programs committee. Gregg Hartvigsen is serving on Operations and, Maria Lima and Leigh O’Brien are on Diversity and Cultural Competence. University Faculty Senate Committees are open to all full-time faculty in SUNY. Please consider volunteering next spring when the call goes out for 2013-2014 committees.