November 4, 2025

DATE:  October 29, 2025
TO:  The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM:  Julien Panetier, Chair
SUBJECT:  FACULTY SENATE MEETING – NOVEMBER 4, 2025

The first full faculty meeting, welcoming incoming President Anne D’Alleva, will be held on Tuesday, November 4, at 11:45 a.m. in Old Union Hall. The second Faculty Senate meeting of the 2025–2026 academic year will follow immediately after.

The agenda is:

1.   Approval of Minutes of the September 30, 2025 meeting

2.   Obituary notices

a.  Prof. Emeritus Kenneth Jacobs, Cinema Department co-founder

3.   Reports

a.   Prof. Laura Hawkes, Chair of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee

b.   Prof. John Starks, SUNY University Faculty Senator

4.   New Business

a.   Faculty Senate meeting time to better align with the new class schedule

b.   Curriculum Deactivation/Discontinue requests:

      1. MSED Early Childhood track
      2. BS MATH+ECE MS 4+1
      3. Professional Science Management Certificate  

c.   SUNY University Faculty Senate Resolutions

      1. 201-02-1: Safeguarding Due Process and Privacy
      2. 201-03-1: Increased Support for Title II Preparations
      3. 201-05-1: Defending Shared Governance in Texas
      4. 201-07-1: SUNY-wide Doxing Policy, Photography and Recording Policy          

5.   Spring 2026 Faculty Senate meetings

      • Tuesday, March 24 
      • Tuesday, April 21 

6.    Faculty Senate- Open floor (time permitting)

7.    Adjournment