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Standing Committee Charges

Diversity Committee

The Committee on Diversity and Cultural Competence will concern itself with issues pertaining to equity, inclusiveness and access, as they are reflected in the curriculum, student body, and personnel of the State University. Among the activities of this committee will be collecting and disseminating information, organizing periodic meetings and workshops, and providing guidance and recommendations to the Senate so that it may act with the best intentions of all people in mind.

Ethics Committee

The committee will study and make recommendations to the SUNY University Faculty Senate President regarding issues of professional behavior, ethical conduct and institutional integrity as they relate to faculty, students, administrators and other personnel in SUNY and higher education. The committee will gather information and serve as a resource for the Senate and the University.

The Committee will not serve as a disciplinary body nor will it take part in judicial proceedings.

Governance Committee

The Committee shall concern itself with University-wide governance and shall provide guidance on matters of campus governance. The committee shall interact with local governance leaders of the University. The committee is responsible for the publication of the Governance Handbook and will review and update it every four years (beginning in 2008.)

Graduate Committee

The Committee serves as a source of professional advice and guidance to the Senate on matters relating to the quality, operation, and encouragement of graduate programs and research. To these ends, the committee may be concerned with the procedures, criteria, and support of existing and new graduate programs within the University. The Committee may review and recommend policies and procedures relating to moral and ethical concerns of research and graduate studies and other matters involving support and furtherance of research and graduate studies within the University. 

Operations Committee

The Committee shall be concerned with the effective participation of the faculty in University personnel policies, including equal employment practices and affirmative action. The Committee shall also be concerned with the development and administration of the budgetary and planning activities of the University and shall undertake research and analysis, and shall make appropriate reports and recommendations, on models, methodologies and issues to best practices and/or policies in budgeting and operations. The committee shall also provide advice and guidance on matters related to the libraries, computing and telecommunications.

Programs and Award Committee
The Committee will concern itself with the enhancement of inter-campus educational and scholarly interests of the faculty through the development and strengthening of University-wide programs, grants, and awards.

Student Life Committee

The Committee will be concerned with significant educational, developmental, social, cultural and recreational policies, programs, issues and services that affect the quality of student life and the campus environment of the State University of New York.

Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Committee

The Committee shall provide advice and guidance to the Faculty Senate on matters relating to undergraduate programs and policies throughout the University. To these ends, the Committee may review such areas as existing and proposed curricula, standards for academic degrees, undergraduate academic assessment, teaching techniques and evaluation, special undergraduate programs, articulation among units of State University of New York and the various aspects of international education and development.

The Committee shall be concerned with the effective participation of the faculty in University personnel policies, including equal employment practices and affirmative action. The Committee shall also be concerned with the development and administration of the budgetary and planning activities of the University and shall undertake research and analysis, and shall make appropriate reports and recommendations, on models, methodologies and issues to best practices and/or policies in budgeting and operations. The committee shall also provide advice and guidance on matters related to the libraries, computing and telecommunications.