2019-2020 Agendas

May 12, 2020  |  April 14, 2020  |  March 10, 2020  |  February 11, 2020  |  November 12, 2019  |  December 3, 2019

May 12, 2020

DATE: May 6, 2020
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING –  MAY 12

The sixth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year will be held on Tuesday, May 12, beginning at 11:45 a.m. via Zoom.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of April 14, 2020 meeting
  2. Campus Update – President Harvey Stenger
  3. Election of 2020-2021 Faculty Senate Procedures Committee.  The Nominating Committee of the Faculty Senate presents the following slate of nominees:
    1. Vice Chair - Jonathan Krasno, Political Science
    2. Secretary - Andrew Scholtz, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
  4. Curriculum
    1. Pharmacy MS and PhD proposal
      Pharmacy MS and PhD academic plan
    2. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology proposal
      Biochemistry and Chemical Biology academic plan
    3. Micro-credential policy
  5. New business
    1. EIT Accessibility Policy – Dean Curtis Kendrick
  6. Reports
    1. Barry Jones, chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    2. Sara Reiter, University Faculty Senator

April 14, 2020

DATE: April 8, 2020
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING –  APRIL 14

President Harvey G. Stenger’s semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 14, beginning at 11:45 a.m. via Zoom.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the fifth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year will be held. 

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of March 10, 2020 meeting
  2. Obituary notices
    1. Prof. Emeritus Richard Andrus, Environmental Studies
    2. Prof. Samuel Morell, Judaic Studies
    3. Prof. David Hanson, Mathematics
  3. Approval of degree candidates (Undergraduate Candidates | Graduate Candidates)
  4. Resolution “Commendation for Essential Personnel on Binghamton University’s Campus”

March 10, 2020

DATE: March 5, 2020
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – MARCH 10

President Harvey G. Stenger’s semi-annual full faculty meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 10, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Mandela Room, University Union.

Immediately following the full faculty meeting, the fourth Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019- 2020 academic year will be held.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of February 11, 2020 meeting
  2. Reports
    1. Budget Review Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report
  3. Curriculum items
    1. Theatre discontinuances, MBA, MPA
  4. New business
    1. University Faculty Senate resolution “SUNY/CUNY Budget” – Sara Reiter
    2. Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science name change
    3. Teaching Classes Without In-Person Classroom Setting
    4. Coronavirus Panel Discussion

February 11, 2020

DATE: February 5, 2020
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – FEBRUARY 11

The third Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year will be held on Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 11:45a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of December 3, 2019 meeting
  2. Obituary notices
    1. Prof. Emeritus James A. Geschwender, Sociology
  3. Curriculum
    1. Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS) - Program Proposal | Business Plan
  4. New business
    1. ITS Research Computing Advisory Committee (Joint)
    2. Final Exam Period Policy
  5. Reports
    1. Curtis Kendrick, Dean, University Libraries – Science Direct and Library renovation
    2. Andrea MacArgel, Director of Instructional Design, Center for Learning and Teaching
    3. Sara Reiter, University Faculty Senator

November 12, 2019

DATE: November 7, 2018
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – November 12

President Stenger's full faculty meeting followed by the first Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year will be held on Tuesday, November 12, beginning at 11:45 a.m. in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of May 7, 2019 meeting
  2. Obituary notices
    1. Prof. Allan Jackson, Theatre
    2. Prof. John Eisch, Chemistry
    3. Prof. Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Comparative Literature
    4. Prof. Stephen Stalker, Music
  3. Election of 2019-2020 Faculty Senate Procedures Committee. Pursuant to Article III, Title B, 10.c. of the Faculty Bylaws, the Nominating Committee of the Faculty Senate presents the slate:
    • Secretary – Andrew Scholtz, Classical and Near Eastern Studies
  4. Curriculum items
    1. Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, Proposal | Business Plan | Agreements
  5. New business
    1. UFS Resolution – Prof. Sara Reiter, University Faculty Senator
    2. Senate Planning meeting items – Jill Dixon, Chair of Faculty Senate

December 3, 2019

DATE: November 27, 2019
TO: The Faculty Senate and Voting Faculty
FROM: Jill Dixon, Chair
SUBJECT: FACULTY SENATE MEETING – December 3

The second Faculty Senate meeting of the 2019-2020 academic year will be held on Tuesday, December 3, beginning at 12:00 noon in the Old Union Hall, University Union.

The agenda is:

  1. Approval of minutes of November 12, 2019 meeting
  2. Obituary notices
    1. Dean Sheldon N. Grebstein, Harpur College
  3. Summary of Annual Reports of 2018-2019 Faculty Senate standing committees
  4. New business
    1. Statement from Faculty Senate Diversity Committee
    2. Resolution on Freedom of Expression and Culture of Civility
  5. Reports
    1. Prof. Barry Jones, Chair of Faculty Senate Executive Committee
    2. Prof. Sara Reiter, University Faculty Senator