University Senate
April 13, 2022
2:45PM – 4:45PM
Zoom
Timothy D. Sergay, Chair
AGENDA
I.
Approval of Minutes of Senate meeting of March 9, 2022
II.
Provost’s Report: Provost Carol Kim followed by Q&A
III.
Chair’s Report will be highly abbreviated in the interests of time; Vice Chair Faught will briefly review
procedures for councils and committees to elect their incoming chairs.
IV.
New Business
a.
Soliciting of additional nominations from the floor for candidates for incoming Senate vice chair and
secretary
b. Hearing of two-minute speeches from candidates for incoming Senate vice chair and secretary,
followed by the sending of Qualtrics ballots to qualified voters by email. Votes will be tallied during
the remainder of the Senate meeting.
c.
Confirmation of two replacement members of the Council on Research
d. Review and vote on full proposal from the School of Public Health for a Master of Science in
population health nursing, with Q&A (presenting the proposal for SPH: Interim Dean of the School
of Public Health Mary Gallant; document in Current Meeting Documents [CMD] in Teams)
e.
Review and vote on Governance Council’s bill proposing amendments to Senate Charter Section
VI.2 establishing rules for the conduct of electronic meetings of the Senate (presenting the bill:
Sydney Faught; document in CMD in Teams; file title includes “RE_SECTION_VI.2”)
f.
Review and vote on the Governance Council’s draft “Resolution Defending Academic Freedom”
(presenting the draft: Sydney Faught; document in CMD in Teams)
g. Soliciting of a motion to endorse the SUNY UFS statement on the Ukraine Invasion; document in
CMD in Teams
h. Review and vote on draft work-time allocation guidelines for full-time tenured faculty (presenting
the guidelines: VP for Academic Affairs Glyne Griffith; document in CMD in Teams)
i.
Soliciting of other items of new business from the floor
j.
Chair will announce results of Qualtrics voting for incoming Senate vice chair and secretary
V.
Council and Committee Reports
a. SUNY Senators’ Report – Kabel Stanwicks, Zina Lawrence, Billie Franchini
b. Graduate Student Association Report – Emily Pacer – Lead Senator
c. Student Association Report—TBA
d. CAA— Frankie Bailey and Camille Chesley, cochairs
e. CAFFECoR—TBA
f. CERS—TBA
g. CoR—Brian Rose
h. CPCA—Brian Keough
i. GAC—George Berg
j. GOV—Sydney Faught
k. LISC—Lindsay Van Berkom
l. UAC—Jennifer Goodall
m. ULC—Deborah LaFond
n. UPPC—Sean Rafferty
VI.
Adjourn
