Potsdam Plenary Meeting October 16-18, 2008

University Faculty Senate
150 th Plenary Meeting
October 16-18, 2008

SUNY Potsdam

DRAFT AGENDA

Thursday, October 16

2:30pm-5:30  Executive Committee Meeting                       Raymond Hall - 8th Floor dining room
5:30pm-7:30  Executive Committee reception and dinner     President's Residence/Thatcher Hall 2nd fl
6:30-9:30       Campus Governance Leaders Meeting           Raymond Hall - 8th Floor dining room

Friday, October 17

Morning Session Knowles Hall, MPR Second Floor

7:30               Shuttle to campus
8:00-8:45        Breakfast
8:45-8:50        Call to Order & Introductions
8:50-9:15        SUNY Potsdam Campus Welcome
                     President – John F. Schwaller
                     UFS Senator – Joe Hildreth
                     Campus Governance Leader – Walter Conley
                     June O’Neill - SUNY Potsdam College Council and
                     Chair, New York State Democratic Committee
9:15-9:45        President’s Report – Carl Wiezalis
9:45-10:30      Academic Research Information Access act
                     Jason Kramer, NYSHEI
10:30-10:45    Break / Photo
10:45-12:00    Sector Sessions  - see blue sheet that will be in meeting packet
12:00-1:00      Lunch - Presentation by Chancellor John Clark          Thatcher Hall 2nd Floor

Afternoon Session    Knowles Hall, MPR Second Floor

1:00-1:30       SUNY Retirees Service Corps: An Update - Ram Chugh, Director
1:30-2:15       SUNY Budget Update – Jim Van Voorst, Interim Chief Financial Officer
2:15-2:30       Break
2:30-3:00       Barbara Drago, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Business and Education
3:00-4:00       Doug Leavens, Director of Career and Technical Education
4:00-4:45       Provost’s Office Report – Risa Palm, Provost
5:00-6:00       Reception                                                      Satterlee Hall 104
6:15-7:30       Dinner                                                           Thatcher Hall 2nd floor
7:30-8:00       Presentation of Friend of the Senate Award
8:15              Bus back to hotel

Saturday, October 18      Knowles Hall, MPR Second Floor

8:00:8:45      Breakfast
8:45-10:30    Reports and Resolutions

                   Sector Reports

                   Committee Reports
                        Executive Committee – Norm Goodman
                        Undergraduate Committee – Kane Gillespie
                        Campus Governance Leaders – Jim Grillo
                        Graduate Committee – Mark Noll
                      Governance Committee – Sharon Cramer
                        Awards Committee – Sandra Michael
                        Student Life Committee – Ray Kriscuinas
                        Operations Committee – Ron Sarner

10:30-11:00  Old Business/New Business
                   Special Committee on Articulation and Transfer Report – Joe Hildreth
11:00-11:30  Open Forum
11:30           Adjournment/box lunch