Minutes of the University Senate Meeting
October 12, 2022
2:45pm - 4:45pm via Zoom
Sydney Faught, Chair
Xiaojun ‘Jenny’ Yuan, Secretary
The meeting was called to order by Sydney Faught at 2:45pm, presiding.
Billie Franchini moved that we put the President’s report ahead of the minutes. The motion was
approved by unanimous consent.
President Rodríguez reported to the Senate, followed by a question-and-answer period.
Timothy Sergay motioned to amend the minutes. The amendments were approved by unanimous
consent. Zakhar Berkovich motioned to approve the minutes. The motion to conduct the vote for
the amended minutes was approved by the Senate.
Votes: 31-approve, 6-disapprove, 3-abstain.
Senate Chair Sydney Faught reported to the Senate, followed by a question-and-answer period.
General Orders
1. Confirmation of new council members. Ilka Kressner motioned to approve for all council
new member nominations. The motion was approved by unanimous consent.
2. A general call for suggestions for topics of Senate forums for this academic year.
Council and Committee Reports
a.
SUNY Senate – Kabel Stanwicks, UFS
b. GSA – Matthew Batchker
c.
Student Association – Naishaly Velez Galan
d. CoR – Kate Coddington
e.
CPCA – Brian Keough (not present)
f.
GAC – Jaclyn Napoleon
g. GOV – Alexander Dawson
h. LISC – Lindsay Van Berkom
i.
UAC – Annette Richie
j.
ULC – Chris Poehlmann
k. UPPC – Timothy Sergay
l.
CAA – no chair yet
m. CAFFECoR – no chair yet
n. CERS – no chair yet
New Business
1. Discussion about creation of the ad hoc committee in response to University Faculty
Senate Resolution 190-01-1, “Advancement of Historically Underrepresented Faculty,”
adopted at the 190th UFS Plenary, Winter 2022. Senate Chair Sydney Faught solicited
nominations from the floor for the chair of the ad hoc committee. Zina Lawrence self-
nominated and was approved by unanimous consent.
2. The meeting adjourned at 4:27pm.
Attendees:
Kate Averett
Rakhee Balaram
Matthew Batchker
Michael Baumgardner
Kaitlyn Beachner
Bret Benjamin
George Berg
Zakhar Berkovich
Carl Bon Tempo
Peter Breiner
Shawn Bushway
Andrew Byon
Cuicui Chen
Kate Coddington
Colleen Davis
Alexander Dawson
Steven Doellefeld
Michael Dzikowski
Hany Elgala
Jesse Ernst
Sydney Faught
Susanna Fessler
Kathleen Flynn
Richard Fogarty
Billie Franchini
Jennifer Goodall
Janna Harton
Claudia Hernández
Allison Hosier
Youqin Huang
Donald Keenan
Ilka Kressner
Deborah LaFond
Maddie Laks
Celine LaValley
Zina Lawrence
Hongseok Lee
Eunju Lee
Johana Londoño
JoAnne Malatesta
Mary Ellen Mallia
Ewan McNay
Roxana Moslehi
Jaclyn Napoleon (Alt for Oleg
Lunin)
Dana Peterson
Christian Poehlmann
Loretta Pyles
Sean M Rafferty
Heidi Reale
Dina Refki
Annette Richie
Havidán Rodríguez
Richard Rose
Brian Rose
Lawrence Schell
Timothy Sergay
Hua Shi
Lee Spitzley
Kabel Stanwicks
Piotr Szpunar
Lindsay Van Berkom
Elizabeth Vasquez
Naishaly Velez Galan
Sandra Vergari
Ron Vero
Jessica Wenger
Hillary Wiener
Dwight Williams
Kevin Williams
Kathie Winchester
Penghang Yin (Alt for Mike
Lesnick)
Michael Young
Xiaojun 'Jenny' Yuan
Ariel Zylberman
