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Approved Resolutions

136^th Plenary Meeting, College at Oneonta - January 2004

• Motion for University-wide Campus-based Assessment
• University Faculty Senate Outstanding Service Award
• Sense of Senate Resolution
• Campus Recognition of Campus Governance Leaders
• Campus Support of Local Faculty Governance Bodies

Motion for the University Faculty Senate Meeting

January 30-31, 2004

University-wide Campus-based Assessment

In response to resolutions by the SUNY University Faculty Senate and the SUNY Faculty Council of Community Colleges, the SUNY Board of Trustees has agreed to "pause" in the implementation of their resolution of June 17, 2003 on assessment. In addition, Chancellor King has invited the SUNY faculty governance bodies to "take the lead in developing a draft of a revised proposal..." to present to the Board at its meeting on January 27, 2004. Consequently, the Executive Committee recommends that the University Faculty Senate accept Chancellor King's offer to continue discussions on "University-wide campus-based assessment" with the aim of developing a proposal on assessment that is acceptable to the SUNY Faculty, System Administration, and the Board of Trustees. The Executive Committee also recommends that the University Faculty Senate, in consultation with the Faculty Council of Community Colleges, establish a committee to continue dialogue and develop a proposal on assessing the foundational skills of General Education by March 31, 2004 so that it can be submitted to campus governance bodies for their views in order to be presented and voted upon by the Senate at its 2004 Spring Plenary session.

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UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD

• Nominations by any member of University Faculty Senate.
• Recipient to be chosen from nominees by University Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
• All persons who have worked on the Senate are eligible.
• Executive Committee to:
  • Present plaque
  • Write commendation
  • Plan ceremony (probably at Plenary Friday dinner)
  • Solicit letters of commendation
  • Invite special guests
• Criteria established by Awards Committee.

Resolution 136-02-01

Awards Committee
Sense of Senate Resolution
Oneonta Plenary Meeting
January 31, 2004

Recommended Uses of Distinguished Ranks on Campus and Across System

Campus based:

• Serve as mentors for faculty.
• Take part in professional development workshops/presentations.
• Give presentations in "distinguished lecture series."
• Serve on presidential advisory councils.
• Participate in campus selection of candidates for president's and Chancellor's awards, distinguished ranks, and honorary degrees.
• Give presentations to prospective students/parents; alumni; and to enhance visibility of campus in community.

System-wide:

• As visiting lecturers (all distinguished professors will be queried as to availability and topics-expenses to be covered by inviting campus).
• In advisory, consultative, and representational capacity in SUNY endeavors in national and international relationships, with the media, and with other colleges and university systems.

Special attention should be given to using Distinguished Professors in their areas of expertise.

136-03-01

TO: SUNY University Faculty Senate
FROM: UFS Governance Committee
RE: Resolution: Campus Recognition of Campus Governance Leaders
DATE: January 31, 2004

RATIONALE

Whereas the practice of faculty governance is a deeply held value by the State University of New York system and its individual campuses; and,

Whereas by long standing tradition, the Campus Governance Leader ceremonially represents and formally speaks for a campus faculty as a whole; and

Whereas a survey of the SUNY Campus Governance Leaders indicates that these two roles are acknowledged and supported at significantly varying levels by local campuses;

RESOLUTION

Therefore, be it resolved that the University Faculty Senate recommends to the Chancellor and Provost that each SUNY campus:

• Designate its Campus Governance Leader, or her/his designee, as an ex-officio member of appropriate administrative committees that deal with campus-wide academic policies, planning and operations,
• Designate its Campus Governance Leader, or her/his designee, as its faculty representative in appropriate campus-wide academic ceremonies.

136-04-01

TO: SUNY University Faculty Senate
FROM: UFS Governance Committee
RE: Resolution: Campus Support of Local Faculty Governance Bodies
DATE: January 31, 2004

RATIONALE

Whereas the practice of faculty governance is a deeply held value by the State University of New York system and its individual campuses; and,

Whereas local faculty governance is most effectively carried out by an adequately supported local faculty governance body; and

Whereas a survey of the SUNY Campus Governance Leaders indicates that significantly varying levels and kinds of support are made available to local faculty governance bodies by local campuses;

RESOLUTION

Therefore, be it resolved that the University Faculty Senate recommends to the Chancellor and Provost that meaningful support be made available by each SUNY campus for its faculty governance body to consist of:

• Appropriate release time for the Campus Governance Leader with a commitment to cover that course (or a reasonable stipend in lieu of release time),
• Provision of secure space for the retention and preservation of the local faculty governance body's archives, both paper and electronic,
• Reasonable support for the secretarial, office, and professional. functions of the local governance body, e.g., phone, computer, web space.

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