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Faculty Senate Annual Report 2004-2005

Chair’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4

Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Faculty Senate Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Faculty Senate Vice Chair’s Report . . . . . . . . . . 9

Faculty Senate Secretary’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Faculty Senate Treasurer’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Educational Policy Committee Report . . . . . . . . 12-14

Faculty Affairs Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . 15-16

Long Range Planning Committee Report . . . . . . 17-18

Student Affairs Committee Report . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Committee on Committees

Faculty Senate Committees 2004-2005 . . . . . . . . 20-23

Faculty Senate Motions 2004-2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-27

I must first explain the circumstances that forced me to become Senate Chair on July 1 2004 rather than June 2005 for which I was elected . Dr. Bernard Jackson, the Vice Chair the previous year, left the campus, and Michael Friga, the person elected to take his place, also followed suit As the College Handbook requires, I had to assume the position, because I was Vice- Chair for 2004 – 2005 .

Two weeks later the President invited me to attend a Retreat at Raquette Lake . I was required to present the Senate action plan for the next year. I read reports from the 2003-2004 Senate minutes . Knowing that, due to the new School of Education, we would have to restructure the Faculty Senate. I made that as the first activity of the Senate and then also said that I would work in close cooperation with the administration to improve campus governance, in general, so that our “good” College becomes a “better” one.

The major difficulty that I was faced with was that over 1/3 of the seats on Senate committees were not filled. In particular, the Steering committee had no Vice -Chair, no Treasurer, and no Parliamentarian. At my request, Mr. David Kreh ( Librarian Emeritus) agreed to help me as parliamentarian and I was really delighted that he was willing to give up his free time to help the Senate, a sacrifice for which I will always be grateful. As soon as the college opened, my first attempt was to have at least working majorities on all of the committees and hold elections for vacancies on the Steering Committee and area Senators It was obvious to me, from the beginning, that the President and his Cabinet were very willing to help me in fulfilling my duties as Faculty Chair. I owe a debt of gratitude to these people. I also am grateful to the Steering Committee members, Joseph Rayle (Vice- Chair), Philip Buckenmeyer (Secretary; Chair Student Affairs Comm.) Colleen DeGouff (Treasurer), David Kreh ( Parliamentarian) , Joseph Governali,( Chair EPC ),John Cottone (Rep. LRPC) and Glen Clarke (Chair Faculty Affairs Committee). Activities of the Senate over the year are included in this annual report . I would like to mention two important decisions that the Senate arrived at during the 2004-2005 year, one being the restructuring of the Faculty Senate, which was approved by both the Faculty Senate and general referendum. I would like to thank Tom Pasquarello, the Chair of the restructuring ad-hoc committee, and other colleagues who worked on it.

The next issue was related to ROTC using classroom space on our campus. It was hotly debated and the Faculty Senate voted not to allow ROTC classes on the campus. Several other activities related to various committees of the Senate and are reported by the Chairs of those committees and included herewith.

I would like to thank the secretary of Faculty Senate, Ms. Barbara Kissel, who was helpful and always concerned about thoroughness and correctness, working at the meetings and then preparing the minutes.

I sincerely hope that the college faculty takes a more active role in faculty governance, particularly because the administration is fully committed to working in cooperation with the Faculty Senate. I strongly believe that our President, Dr. Erik Bitterbaum, will leave no stone unturned to support decisions of the Senate as he did this year, and for that I thank him from the bottom of my heart .

In closing, I consider it a great privilege that, with the help of Senators and ex-officio members who took an active role during the biweekly meetings, the Senate had a productive and successful year. May I say, again, that I am indebted to each and everyone who worked with me on the Senate . Last, but not the least , I express my gratitude to the Campus community for providing me constant support and encouragement .

Thank you,

Humbly submitted

Ram Chaturvedi

SUNY CORTLAND FACULTY SENATE

2004-2005 MEETING SCHEDULE

All meetings of the Senate will begin at 1:10

Fall Semester 2004

Faculty Senate

(meets in Corey Union, Fireplace Lounge)

September 7

September 21

October 5

October 26

November 9

November 23

December 7

Spring Semester 2005

Faculty Senate

(meets in Hall of Fame Room)

January 25

February 8

February 22

March 22

April 5

April 19

May 3

Note: the SUNY Cortland College Handbook 2002-2004 requires that at least one open meeting of the Faculty be held per academic year. This meeting may take place during a regularly scheduled Faculty Senate meeting date/time or may be called by the Chair of the Faculty Senate for an alternative date/time. Faculty may call for an additional meeting(s) “upon formal request of at least 15 percent of the faculty” (Article IX, A.3.).

SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate Roster

May 3, 2005

(*indicates voting members) Term

Name Ext Position Term

R. Chaturvedi _____ 2914 *Chair 04-05

J. Rayle _____ *Vice Chair 04-05

P. Buckenmeyer ____ 5558 *Secretary 03-05

C. DeGouff _____ *Treasurer 03-05

D. Driscoll_____ *Math & Science Senator 04-06

vacant _____ *Math & Science Senator 01-03

P. Walsh _____ *Social & Behavioral Sci. 01-03

D. Berger _____ *Social & Behavioral Sci. 04-06

M. King _____ *Social & Behavioral Sci. 04-06

K. Alwes _____ 2085 *Fine Arts & Human. 03-05

vacant _____ *Fine Arts & Human. 04-06

vacant _____ *Fine Arts & Human. 03-05

L. Anderson _____ (sabbatical spring ‘05) *HPER-ESSS Senator 03-05

J. Cottone _____ *HPER-ESSS Senator 03-05

J. Hokanson _____ *HPER-ESSS Senator 03-05

K. Rombach _____ *EDU-SHH Senator 04-06

B. Griffen_____ *EDU-SHH Senator 03-05

vacant _____ *EDU-SHH Senator 04-06

K. Pristash _____ *Professional Staff Sen. 03-05

J. Peluso _____ *Professional Staff Sen. 03-05

D. Canaski _____ *Professional Staff Sen. 03-05

D. Ritchie _____ *Library Senator 04-06

M. Barduhn _____ *Management/Con. Sen. 04-06

A. Young _____ *Graduate Senator 03-05

T. Phillips ______ *SUNY Senator 03-06

P. Schroeder _____ *CSEA Senator 03-05

D. Walker _____ 4816 *Part-time Faculty Sen. 03-05

D. Vegas _____ 4816 *Student Senator 03-04

M. K. Boland _____ 4816 *Student Senator 03-04

_____ 4816 *Student Senator 03-04

Ex-Officio Members and Standing Committee Chairs

Name Ext Position

E. Bitterbaum _____ 2201 President

E. Davis-Russell _____ 2207 Provost, V.P. for Acad.

Affairs

R. Franco _____ 4721 V.P. for Student Affairs

W. Shaut _____

B. Shaut 2303 V.P.for Fin./Mgt.

B. Kissel _____ Comm. on Comm.

C. Plunkett _____ 2010 CSEA Representative

J. Governali _____ Educational Policy Committee

G. Clarke _______ Faculty Affairs Committee

J. Cottone _____ Long-Range Planning Comm.

D. Kreh _____ Parliamentarian

P. Buckenmeyer _____ Student Affairs Committee

vacant _____ Multic/Gender Stud.

Guests of the Senate

Name Ext Position

G. Levine _____ 2201 Exec. Assistant to the President

vacant _____ Assoc. Prov. for Enr. & Curr. Mgt.

J. Mosser _____ Vice President for Institutional Adv.

P. Koryzno _____ 2518 Director of Public Relations

R. Olsson ______ 2701 Dean of Prof. Studies

M. Prus 4312 Dean of Arts and Sciences

E. Caffarella _______ 2701 Dean, School of Education

Y. Murnane _______ Director, Graduate Studies

Vice Chair’s Report

Dr. Joseph Rayle

Foundations and Social Advocacy

I am pleased to report that this has been a successful year with many exciting changes and opportunities. A good deal of my time was spent with the Faculty Senate Restructuring Committee. This committee studied the past efforts of the restructuring committees, polled members of the community, and looked at various models for representation on the Faculty Senate. The result was the successful referendum that re-allocated seats on the Faculty Senate between the sundry schools.

I attended one session of the SUNY Senate in Albany in the Chair’s stead. I also chaired one meeting of the steering committee. Both of these experiences were valuable in helping me prepare for the upcoming year. I am grateful all of the members of the steering committee for their guidance and support.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Joseph Rayle