College-wide Governance MeetingSeptember 18, 2013

College Hour – Gateway A&B

Agenda

1. Opening Remarks (Donaghy)2. Introduction of New Faculty Members3. Committee Announcements (Yanai/Vidon)4. Presidential Search Q&A (Anagnost)5. Curriculum Committee Report (Daley)6. Program Deactivation, Reactivation and

Discontinuation Policy (Daley)

Dates to Remember

Faculty Mentoring Conference – January 8, 2014

Awards

Call for NominationsAll members of the ESF community have an opportunity to nominate a deserving individual for the 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence, or to nominate an outstanding faculty member for the rank of Distinguished Teaching Professor or Distinguished Service Professor. Please consider nominating a deserving individual for one of these prestigious awards. The categories for the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are as follows:

Professional Staff:Excellence in Professional Service

Excellence in Librarianship

Faculty:Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities

Excellence in TeachingExcellence in Faculty Service

Complete information about the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence can be found on SUNY’s website at:

http://www.suny.edu/provost/academic_affairs/ChancellorsAwards.cfm.

Distinguished ProfessorshipsDistinguished ProfessorDistinguished Service ProfessorDistinguished Teaching ProfessorDistinguished Librarian

Eligible faculty members are those who have: *held the rank of professor for five years *taught full time at ESF for three years *completed at least 10 years of service with SUNY

Complete information about the Distinguished Professorships is available at http://www.suny.edu/provost/academic_affairs/Dist_Prof_Guide.cfm.

Past ESF Awardees

The list of past Chancellor’s Award and Distinguished Professor recipients can be found on the Governance Website at:

http://www.esf.edu/facgov/bylaws.htm

To Nominate Someone,

Please fill out the appropriate form and return it to Danette Desimone <djdesimo@esf.edu> by October 3, 2013, or drop it off in Room 102 Bray Hall. The awards committee will review the pre-nominations and if approved, will subsequently request supporting documentation for completion of a full nomination by December 2, 2013.

Awards Committee Members

Ruth Yanai – ChairDanette DesimoneRobin KimmererSteward DiemontClaire Dunn

William NicholsonRichard HawksJanine DeBaiseEugene Law

Research

Committee on Research

• Chair Philippe Vidon• McIntire-Stennis – Preproposal – 10/1/13• Ad hoc Sub-Committee for Spotlight on

Research– Chair Jessica Clemons

• Spotlight Dates: 4/15 and 4/16

Presidential Search

http://www.esf.edu/presidential-search/

Committee on Curriculum (CoC)

Report to Faculty GovernanceSeptember 18, 2013

CoC Members (AY13-14)

• New: – George Kyanka, Jonathan Cohen, Jane Verostek

• Continuing– Doug Daley (Chair), John Hassett, John Wagner,

Benette Whitmore, Sid Chatterjee, Jamie Vanucchi• Ex-Officio (non-voting)– President Murphy, Sue Sanford, Chuck Spuches,

Mary Chandler, 2 student observers, Scott Shannon, Suzette Vandeburg

AY 2012-13 Actions• Courses

– 83 proposals acted upon• Programs

– 17 proposals, – 3 returned to sponsors, 14 recommended for Faculty action

• Policy:– MS and Ph.D. Thesis/Dissertation Policy– Recommended for faculty action

• Program deactivation reactivation and discontinuation policy– Tabled

• Special Topics courses – course documentation

Committee Charge (By-Laws)

• policies regarding instructional development, support and administration;

• structure, content, and interrelationship of courses, curricula and degree requirements;

• compliance with the General Education policies;

Committee Practice• We’re here to help you. All meetings are open to Faculty.• Approve (or deny) NEW COURSE or COURSE REVISIONS based on

• Academic standards• Need for course• Consideration of inter-department conflicts of mission, etc.

• Recommend (approve or deny) NEW CURRICULA or REVISED CURRICULA

• Academic standards• Need for course• Consideration of inter-department conflicts of mission, etc.• Resources

• Recommend new or modified (or sunset) policies related to curriculum

Roles

• CoC Department representative– Consults with Department, brings attention to policies

and proposals that affect Department’s programs– Conveys information to Committee

• Departments/Divisions prepare proposals that:– Are high quality, – Are consistent with academic policies and standards, – Address potential program conflicts, – Identify and address resource needs.

Committee Role AY13-14

• Update and adopt proposal procedures and guidelines by mid-October

• Review proposals on timely basis• Develop guidance for learning outcomes for

Lower Division, Upper Division and Graduate courses

• Update Academic policies (see website)• Maintain Website for communication

DEADLINES to Submit Proposals to CoC

• Fall 2014 implementation– Completed Curriculum Proposals • February 12, 2014

– Completed Course and Policy proposals • March 12, 2014

Policy for approval -

Program Deactivation, Reactivation and Discontinuation Policy

– Available for faculty review and comment on 4/26/2013

– Reviewed by CoC at their 5/20/13 Meeting

CoC Dates