College-wide MeetingOctober 29, 2014, 12:45 PM, Gateway A&B

Photo Credit:Dr. James Hassett

Agenda

• Announcements– Worker’s compensation (Summer)– Visioning Draft (due 11/1)– Prioritization Meeting 1/8/14

• Resolution on Regalia Cords for Veterans• Library Advisory Report• Curriculum Report• UFS Report• Middle States

Resolution on Regalia Cords for ESF Veterans

http://news.fsu.edu/More-FSU-News/24-7-News-Archive/2012/August/University-recognizes-veterans-with-honor-cords-at-graduation

Florida State

http://www.walshcollege.edu/news/militarygrantprogram

Walsh College

2014 Library Committee Report

• Members: Gordon PattersonStewart DiemontSteve Weiter – LiaisonPlease JOIN !!!

CHARGE:The Purpose of the Library Advisory Committee is to ensure that the ESF Library and its partners provide the resources that are needed by faculty and students. They will be concerned with advising, informing decisions, and problem-solving involving library content and access to content; and serve to facilitate two-way communication between library users (faculty and students) and decision-makers at the College level.

Good Stuff

• 2014 Annual Report • Strategic Realignment of Staff and Resources

to meet current needs - offer better services.• Grant pending to bring a 3-D printer to

campus• Document Delivery• Digital Repository• More to come…

Digital Commons

Challenges

• Loss of one part-time staff member• State-wide Contract for Science Direct• Steady Increase in STEM Journal Prices (6% on

average in 2014-15)• Maintaining as many critical electronic

resources as possible with limited budgetary flexibility.

• https://medium.com/biblio/why-libraries-still-matter-3df27e7522cb

Moving forward

• Reduction of weekend hours beginning Spring 2015 Semester.

• Continuation of adaptive flexible approach to services and meeting demands

• Rejuvenation of the Archives and Special Collections

• Increased/Continued Collaboration with other Academic Departments/Units.

Curriculum Committee

Annual Report AY13-14Faculty Governance 10/29/14

Governance-Approved Curricula and Policies

Program Deactivation, Reactivation, Discontinuation Policy

Graduate Exam Policy Update

FNRM Curriculum Changes (revision to conform to SUNY General Education Requirements)BS Environmental Science (Revision to credit hour requirement)

Marine Science MinorNative Peoples and Environment Minor

Physics MinorComputer and Information Technology Minor (revision)Math MinorEnvironmental Writing and Rhetoric Minor (revision)

Environmental Studies curriculum revision

CoC-approved New Courses FCH 232 EST 255 FOR 740 ERE 545 ERE 488 FOR 458/658 General Education: Adoption of Syracuse University

foreign language courses

CoC-approved Course Revisions FCH 511 FOR 340 FOR 540 EWP 407 EWP 444 FCH 110 (General Education) FOR 232 Deletion of 10 inactive EFB courses CME 387/587 CME 422/622 FOR 333/533 FOR 454 FOR 499 ERE 640 ERE 489

Assessment and Forecast• Staff assistant (Barbara Newman)

– substantially improved quality of proposals submitted to CoC.– primary point of contact to assist proposers – facilitate communication between proposers and CoC.

• CoC members charged with responsibility as liaison to departments/programs.• All proposals reviewed and affirmed by potentially affected parties.• Adherence to deadlines reduced year-end stress and improved process quality.• Acceptance of Foreign Language courses to meet General Education

Requirements • Programs review for conformance with SUNY GER policy improves student

transfer experience. • Identified a compelling need for coordinated academic policy communication,

development, review• Improved alignment with SUNY new program proposal process

CoC

• Webpage: http://www.esf.edu/coc/default.htm

• Email: curriculum@esf.edu• Deadlines:– Programs: February 25, 2015– Courses : March 11, 2015

2014 University Faculty Senate ReportFall Plenary was held here.Many thanks to everyone on Campus who helped make it a success:

Katherina SearingLauren Gibbs

ITS – Christopher Baycura/Ross Jacobs/Charlene Grabowski and Todd Torrence

Bruce BongartenKelley Donaghy

Quentin Wheeler/Ragan Squier

Resolutions Passed

1. Sexual Assault Prevention2. Requesting establishment of programs supporting LGBT

Athletes, Coaches & Staff to prevent bias and discrimination in athletics

3. Requesting input on SUNY Excels Performance Measures4. Requesting an end to the limitation on the Maximum hours

student assistants can work5. Textbook affordability6. Expansion of SUNY undergraduate research and creative

endeavors7. Encouraging the availability of Naloxone to campus police

departments in order to treat heroin overdoses

Other Major Issues Discussed• Elsevier Contract Negotiations• SUNY Budget and Charge-backs to Campuses• SUNY strategic planning/ SUNY Excels plan• Reports, Resolution text, and other info is at

http://system.suny.edu/facultysenate/plenary-meetings/ (or will be there soon)

• Seamless Transfer – in particular denial of waivers/loss of identity/program impacts

• Questions???

Middle States

General Education

• Standard 12“The institution’s curricula are designed so that students acquire and demonstrate college-level proficiency in general education and essential skills, including at least oral and written communication, scientific and quantitative reasoning, critical analysis and reasoning, and technological competency.”

From: Characteristics of excellence in higher Education: Requirements of Affiliation and Standards for Accreditation, http://www.msche.org/publications.asp

This year…

• Focus on the process!• Capstones/select assignments/test questions• Incomplete data set• Not expecting to do well in certain categories

Review Process• Establish Learning Outcomes and create

rubrics• Collect materials to be graded with rubric– Examples of student work (not grades)

• Apply rubrics• Analyze Data• Meet with faculty about the analysis• Develop Recommendations

All by January 2015!

Who?

• Area Specialists– Nasri Abdel-Aziz – Quantitative Reasoning– Benette Whitmore – Communications– Kelley Donaghy/Bruce Bongarten – Scientific

Reasoning– Scott Shannon/Valerie Luzadis - Values, Ethics, and

Diverse Perspectives– Technological Literacy– Critical Thinking – pulled from above

• Committee on Institutional Quality and Academic Standards

Timeline10/10/14 - Establish Learning Outcomes and

create rubrics 10/31/14 - Collect materials to be graded with

rubric • 11/20/14 - Apply rubrics• 12/15/14 – Data Analysis • 1/31/15 - Meet with faculty about the analysis• 2/15/15 - Develop Recommendations

Next College-wide

Meeting

November 19Wednesday12:45 PM

Gateway A&BPhoto Credit:

Dr. James Hassett