March 24, 2026

DATE: March 18, 2026
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Julien Panetier, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – MARCH 24, 2026

The semi-annual full faculty meeting with President Anne D’Alleva will be held on Tuesday, March 24, at 11:30 a.m. in Old Union Hall. 

The third Faculty Senate meeting of the 2025–2026 academic year will immediately follow.

The agenda is:

1.  Approval of Minutes of the November 4, 2025, meeting

2.  Obituary notices:

a.  Emeritus Prof. David Bartine, former chair, English Department

b.  Adjunct Instructor Brian Davis, Art & Design/Theatre

c.  Emeritus Prof. Lyle Feisel, Watson College founding dean

d.  Emeritus Prof. James E. Sorauf, Geological Sciences

e.  Distinguished Prof. Kaiming Ye, former chair, Biomedical Engineering

3.  New Business

a.  Curriculum items:

                i. New Proposal:

                ii. Deactivation Requests:

                iii. Discontinuation Requests:

        iv. Deactivation and Discontinue Requests:

b.  FSEC Proposal- Gauge Interest in Expanding Voting Rights

c.  SUNY University Faculty Senate Resolutions:

i.  Resolution 202-01-01: Amend Policy regarding “Display of the Flag” to include the flags of sovereign indigenous nations in New York State (passed by SUNY UFS on January 17, 2026)

ii.  Resolution 202-02-01: “In Support of DEISJ Knowledge Areas across all SUNY Sectors” (passed by the SUNY UFS on January 17, 2026)        

iii.  Resolution 201a-08-1: “Safeguarding Free Expression, Peaceful Assembly, and Privacy (passed by the SUNY UFS EC on November 18, 2026     

4.  Last Faculty Senate meeting of the spring semester - Tuesday, April 21 

5.  Faculty Senate- Open floor (time permitting)

6.  Adjournment