COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE SUMMARIES
Meeting of the University Senate, March 7, 2016
As submitted to Yenisel Gulatee, Senate Secretary, University Senate
UNIVERSITY SENATE CHAIR’S REPORT –Cynthia Fox
I.
Informational
The monthly meeting of the Senate officers with the Provost and the President’s Chief of Staff
occurred on Thursday, February 18. Topics discussed included the Survey of Governance,
administrative review, the strategic planning process, and follow-up on the Graduate Stipend
report.
Chair Fox has asked to attend the February 29 meeting of the Governance Council to discuss a
proposed resolution concerning participation by Emeriti at Senate meetings.
The Senate leadership met with President Jones and Chief of Staff Wirkkula on February 26 for a
briefing on recent developments in the CDTA incident.
The Senate leadership is scheduled to meet with Chief of Staff Wirkkula on March 7 to discuss
administrative review.
II.
Actions Taken
N/A
III.
Reports of Actions
N/A
UFS (University Faculty Senator’s Report) – J. Philippe Abraham, Walter Little & John
Schmidt, SUNY Senators
Report from the 172 UFS (SUNY-wide Senate) Plenary at Stony Brook, Jan 21-23, 2016
Governors’s Budget to Legislature. The overall state budget was limited to an overall increase
of 2%, as the Governor has consistently advocated. However, SUNY’s base budget was
decreased by $-67M (-3.5%; $1.870B, down from $1.935B last year. For the State Operated
campuses (our category) the decrease was $-4.7M, down from $712M last year. The Governor
generally strips out the increases that the Legislature put in the previous year, but in this case he
left in the $18M investment fund for the PIP program and the extra funding for the EOP, and
added $10M for the green “Green Campus Program”. Still the overall amount is less than last
year, and also does not cover incremental cost such as the increased utility costs or the negotiated
salary increases for UUP and other unions on campus. Therefore it constitutes a significant cut,
contrary to the wishes of the legislature that “maintenance of effort” (MOE) by the state include
these costs (separate bill passed last year but vetoed by the governor in December). The budget
proposes to extend the SUNY 2020 Plan which allows increases in tuition of $300 per year, but it
has inserted the language that SUNY must find administrative savings (shared services,
administrative cuts) to cover cost increases without faculty/staff cuts, so that the increased tuition
funds go exclusively to hire more faculty and cover the TAP gap (difference between tuition and
maximum TAP $ per student). However, the tuition increase is not guaranteed. In an election
year, the legislature may be resistant to raising tuition costs. In addition, the governor’s decision
to raise the minimum wage at SUNY (which affects 30,000 work-study students) may cost
SUNY up to $26M per year. This may not occur, however, if the decision is made to cut the
number of student hours to keep the costs constant. There was a minimal capital budget that
barely covers urgent repairs in the many old buildings across all SUNY campuses.
The Chancellor was pessimistic about getting more money added to SUNY’s base
allocation, saying instead it was more likely we would get more money for specific attractive
initiatives. She noted that there were already big payoffs for their “systemness” initiatives on
Seamless Transfer, Degree Works, Open SUNY, early college in high school, decreased student
debt and default rates on student debt, collaboration between campuses and shared resources, etc.
(Note: in spite of all these improvements, she has not succeeded in getting more funding for
SUNY). She met with Assembly Speaker Heastie, Senate Leader Flanagan, and Senate Higher
Ed Chair LaValle (who was given a “Friend of SUNY Senate Award” at the plenary), and she has
organized many regional meetings with NY legislators during her campaign “Stand with SUNY.”
She said that she was trying as hard as she could, and added “I’m frustrated too.”
Thus, it is up to us to advocate with our legislators for greater (or lesser if you are so
inclined) SUNY funding to cover incremental cost increases, more money for the Performance
Improvement Programs and capital expenses, and to cover the costs of SUNY initiatives such as
Applied Learning. We are somewhat apprehensive that legislative attention to addressing
SUNY’s needs will be lost in the backwash of the effort to restore CUNY funding. The Governor
has proposed cutting more than $450M from CUNY, to force NY City to shoulder more of the
burden. In contacting your Assemblyman or Senator, remember to state that you are not an
official SUNY representative and to use your personal email account (not your albany.edu
account).
Applied Learning (coops, internships, service learning, etc). As you recall, the previous
budget required SUNY to examine whether it should require an applied learning (AL) course for
all degrees, but left the final decision up to each campus. The timeline requires reporting first by
Feb 15 on all existing AL courses. The next installment (due April 15) covers further data
collection, and campus initiatives for faculty engagement, and student engagement, and requires
campus governance sign off on the document. These campus reports will then be put together by
the Applied Learning Steering Committee (ALSC) for the overall SUNY plan that goes to the
SUNY Board of Trustees at their meeting in June. The ALSC consists of the SUNY Provost,
Presidents of the UFS (SUNY Senate) and FCCC (Comm. College Council), selected
Distinguished Professors and several others from SUNY Central. They will also formulate the
guidelines for the final campus decisions and reports (which are due May 1, 2017). There will
also be a SUNY-wide conference on applied learning in October of this year.
We had reports from Stony Brook detailing their efforts to group AL into 4 categories:
EXP+ Experiential learning—service learning, now being implemented, and three others
in planning HFA+ Humanities and Fine Arts, SBS+ Social and Behavioral Science, and STEM+.
Oneonta reported on its efforts to shape the AL courses with the preparation of students,
contracts outlining expectations and rubrics beforehand and reflections-type of essays required
after completion. They feel that AL will enhance learning, encourage academic excellence and
diversity, and could be used to attract better students. In addition, SUNY Central is developing
software called “Internshop” that would seek to match employers with interns.
The UFS has been very strongly involved in shaping AL because it involves a change in
curriculum which is the primary responsibility of the faculty as stated in the official policies of
the SUNY Board of Trustees, and thus an AL mandate should not just be imposed from above.
As a result of UFS and FCCC Presidents’ lobbying last year, the AL initiative was changed from
a legislative mandate to a local choice of each campus. AL courses furnish great opportunities
for students, but require considerable work and faculty support. Because of this, last April the
UFS passed a resolution setting five guiding principles for AL courses.
1. AL courses should be the responsibility of qualified faculty members of the departments
within the relevant disciplines.
2. Specific learning outcomes should be defined by faculty, who would also determine the
role that such courses play in the curriculum for each major.
3. AL courses should be delivered with academic rigor and educational effectiveness.
4. Faculty compensation and scheduling should be commensurate with that of other credit-
bearing courses.
5. Implementation requires teamwork between faculty and student services personnel
(Career Services Office on our campus).
The final campus plans require approval of Campus Governance Leaders, and we hope that
faculty will be fully engaged in this process and decision.
Materials relating to AL can be found at the following places:
The SUNY Policy statement may be viewed at
<http://www.suny.edu/sunypp/documents.cfm?doc_id=168>. “When life or work experience is
to be credited as a concurrent portion of an academic program design, as in an internship, one
semester credit hour will be awarded for each 40-45 clock-hour week of supervised academic
activity that provides the learning considered necessary to program study.”
MSCHE provides specific guidance regarding internships in its advisory on “Degrees and
Credits [Effective June 26, 2009] (http://www.msche.org/documents/Degree-and-Credit-
Guidelines-062209-FINAL[1].pdf).” The Middle States Commission on Higher Education
(MSCHE) expects its institutions to demonstrate the same consistencies. Recognizing the wide
variety of instructional methods, activities, and modes of delivery, it is important for courses to
have “sufficient academic rigor, content, and depth” for transferability. (Credit Hour Policy,
Effective August 23, 2012, Rev. October 30, 2012,
http://www.msche.org/documents/CreditHourPolicyRev112012.pdf).
The UFS report on Service Learning and the UFS report on the SUNY Applied Learning
Initiative can be found at: www.system.suny.edu/facultysenate/plenary-meetings/#d.en.26351.
PIP Awards. In recent SUNY announcements, UAlbany was awarded $1.5M for a data
collection, intervention and retention program and $0.25M ($1M shared with other University
Centers) for a joint data collection initiative. In the next month or so, announcements will be
made for the EOP proposals and the capital funds proposals.
The Provost (Alex Cartwright) also addressed the UFS. He mentioned that the PIP programs
of last fall would likely be continued next year, since most of the sources of funding would likely
be in the new budget. The metrics of SUNY Excels will continue to gather data on our campuses’
effectiveness. He elaborated on the new PATH program (Predictive Analytics to Transform
Higher Ed). This initiative will analyze the data gathered by the four University Centers with the
recent $1M shared resource award for this purpose. The goal of 150,000 degrees and certificates
is still being proposed, but with a new timeline of 2025/26. It is impossible to do it by 2020,
since those students in four year programs would already have to be admitted to SUNY to finish
in 2020.
Participation of Faculty Governance in Searches and Presidential Reviews. We asked that
the chancellor require that the Campus Governance be allowed to choose the Faculty
representatives on search committees for Presidential, provost and dean searches, instead of
having administration select the faculty members. She said she would have the Provost look into
this. In addition, SUNY Central conducts 360o Reviews of campus presidents (about 6-7 per
year) with inputs from all stakeholders. UFS would like Campus Governance and Student
Associations to be allowed to write up their independent assessments, rather than having hand-
picked faculty and students produce these documents.
Coming Events. There will be two opportunities for Undergraduates to present posters of their
research this year. These occur at the Legislative Office Building in downtown Albany on Feb
24th (for legislators), and on April 15 in Cobleskill at the Undergraduate Research Conference.
There was some talk of combining these two in the future.
There were two resolution passed at the UFS Plenary on the topic of Diversity and Gender
Inclusiveness.
The first asks that Campus Administrators ensure that at least one rest room per building be
gender neutral: that is-- not labeled Men’s Restroom or Women’s Restroom, but just Restroom.
Likewise for locker room facilities.
The second asks that students be allowed to use a “preferred name” separate from their legal
name for non-legally binding purposes, such as campus ID or class lists, and to be allowed to list
a different “preferred” gender.
GSA (Graduate Student Association) – Katherine Slye, GSA President
GSA Senator responsibilities and expectations
Article 2, Section 8 of the Faculty Bylaws indicate - that the Governance Council may declare
vacant a seat if a Senator misses 4 Senate meetings in one academic year.
Senate Charter sections VIII.6.1 and X.1.5.3 indicate that anyone missing more than 4
consecutive council or committee meetings for the University Senate shall be replaced by a
council or committee.
The Graduate Student Association does not have such specific parameters for determining
whether a Senator seat can be declared vacant. Former Senator Tiffany Charles has brought this
issue to light by missing, coming late to, and leaving exceedingly early from most Senate
meetings last semester. She did attend council meetings, reported on some of them, but missed
several of our team meetings (GSA equivalent of an SEC with the reps from each council
reporting to each other).
The GSA holds a high standard for its Senators because we take very seriously our representation
in the University Senate and other governance structures. We also provide small stipends for
these Senators through student fees. The degree of Ms. Charles' absenteeism last semester led
several members of the Senate team to recommend that I as the new President request her
resignation. She was not relieved from her position, she was not fired. The last communication
received by the GSA President's email from Ms. Charles was on November 4, 2015 and the
email I sent on December 8th asking for her resignation was never responded to. Her last
communication with our Lead Senator was on October 26, 2015. After several weeks of no
response we put out a call for a new Senator on our listserv, which Ms. Charles should be
receiving. I still heard nothing from her.
A new Senator was selected and put on our GSA Assembly agenda as a replacement appointment
for our Assembly to confirm. Two days before the Assembly meeting at which the new Senator
was to be confirmed we received notice from our Judicial Board that Ms. Charles sent them a
message saying she had not resigned. At the meeting two days later I told the Assembly the exact
timeline shared here. I indicated to them that Ms. Charles told another branch of our student
government that she had not resigned but that the team of Senators had received no
communications regarding this. The Assembly made the decision that after nearly 8 weeks of no
communications with the rest of the Senate team and with only a message being sent to our
Judicial Board that they wished to appoint the replacement rather than take the chance of
allowing Ms. Charles to continue.
As some of your know, Ms. Charles came to the GAC meeting the following Monday after the
Assembly voted to fill her seat, which they determined to be vacant. Then she came to the Senate
meeting questioning her replacement, clearly not understanding that the body that is in charge of
her appointment is our GSA Assembly. This power of appointing our own representatives is
given to us by the Faculty Bylaws.
Subsequent to Ms. Charles appearance at the Senate meeting the Judicial Board of our
organization issued a judicial review ruling indicating that missing Senate meetings is not a
clearly outlined as a responsibility of our Senators and has called into question whether her
absenteeism can be considered a vacancy by our Assembly. The Assembly Speaker is currently
preparing an appeal to this ruling on the grounds that the Assembly needs to have the power to
declare vacancy otherwise officers and representatives can evade removal by simply refusing to
respond to communications.
While this issue has brought to light unfortunate oversights in our governing documents, we are
proud to say that our internal processes are functioning very well to resolve the issue and in very
productive ways. This process has resulted in helpful bylaw amendments to clarify and refine our
governing documents. There is an important dialogue going on about balance of powers and
reasonable expectations of our officers and representatives. Overall, we believe the handling of
this conflict exemplifies how far the GSA has come in being able to handle such conflicts
professionally and transparently.
We hope that our contributions in the Senate are received as professional and productive. But we
know that every democratic organization has its wild cards. So we hope you evaluate our
performance overall as graduate student Senators and while we acknowledge unfortunate
moments of unprofessionalism, we hope we have inspired you to have confidence in our internal
processes and organizational culture to deal with those moments of aberration in fair and
productive ways.
Finally, since the Judicial Board ruling I have reached out to Ms. Charles once again and she has
not responded.
State Legislative Action Day
On March 5th, we are holding a training for all volunteers who will be meeting with legislators on
March 8th. We will hear tips of how to lobby from activists who have lobbied in NYS as well as
gain some peer knowledge from graduate students who have attended lobby days in Washington
DC with the National Association of Graduate Student Professionals. We will also have topical
trainings on our three issues: Stand with SUNY (Angela Wright, the Director of State Relations),
Ban the Box (Dionna King, Community Organizer at the Education from the Inside out
Coalition), and Divestment (Zach Dufresne, MPA Student, Rockefeller College).
I will update you on how the Lobby Day goes on March 8th at the April Senate Meeting.
Programming Events
GSA is cosponsoring bringing in Sheri Fink for a conference on ethics and justice in the context
of natural disasters with Sheri Fink. Fink does work on ethical decisions that emergency
managers and health care providers face in the midst of disasters and other health crises. She has
written about the people who were working in the hospitals in the wake of hurricane Katrina, as
well as those dealing with the ebola crisis, and many other important topics. She has a PhD in
neuroscience, is an MD, and now writes for the New York Times. She is perhaps best known for
her book 5 Days at Memorial. More details on this event to come.
April 5 - Power Dialogue: The GSA will be helping put together the Power Dialogue event.
These discussions will be occurring all over the country in response to the Executive Order that
mandates each state to develop a Clean Power Plan to accomplish goals set at the climate
negotiations in Paris. Richard Kaufman, the Chairman of Energy and Finance for NYS and a
member of the Governor’s Executive Cabinet, will be coming to have an open dialogue about his
plans to implement the Clean Power Plan with students. Additionally, Jared Snyder, Deputy
Commissioner of the Office of Air Resources, Climate Change, and Energy at the NYS
Department of Environmental Conservation will also be there to speak on his plans. This is a full
day event.
2-4pm: Student Poster Session in the Campus Center Ballroom. The poster session will
be for students that have any sort of environmental research that they would like to present. If
you are interested in submitting a poster, please email GSAprog@albany.edu.
4-6pm: Student led workshops in the Assembly Hall, Fireside Lounge, and Campus
Center Ballroom. So far there is a workshop planned describing the Clean Power Plan and what
it means. We also have a collaboration between the Sustainability and Public Health RGSOs who
will be putting on a workshop addressing the implications of the CPP on environmental justice.
If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please email me at GSAprog@albany.edu.
6pm: Dinner available
7:30-9pm: Richard Kaufman and Jared Snyder give their presentations followed by a
time for questions with selected university representatives. The event will end with questions
being opened to the whole audience.
The event will be webcasted if you cannot make it!
Diversity conference
This year the GSA Equity and Inclusion committee will be holding a one-day conference on
April 23rd, 2016 at the SUNY Albany campus. The topic of the conference concerns bridging the
gap between activism and academia, a significant topic, particularly now, as students, professors,
as well as others face challenges on their campuses in regards to race, gender, religion, socio-
economic status, disabilities, and other issues. Currently, the Committee looks to engage
professors and other social activists in this event. They are still looking to book individuals for
the event, but have a list of people to invite and will be contacting them soon. If you are
interested in being involved or contributing, please contact our Equity and Inclusion Chair,
Amani Edwards, at gsainclusion@albany.edu.
Nagps LAD and Regional Conference
We will be sending between 2 and 4 people to each of these events. The LAD is similar to the
State LAD we are holding on March 8th, except it is a 2 day training in DC followed by meetings
with national legislators. The regional conference is an opportunity for graduate students from
the Northeast Region of the country to come together to share best practices, learn from one
another, and give feedback on ideas and ways of doing in student government.
Election information
The GSA is holding elections for our Executive Board, Lead Senator, and University Council
Representative positions in March or April. Once the elections are concluded, I will report the
results.
SA (Student Association) – Jarius Jemmott, Student Association President
No response
CAA (Council on Academic Assessment) – James Mower, Chair
The next CAA will occur on March 22. At that time, the Council will vote to approve the reviews
presented by the General Education Assessment Committee and the Academic Program Review
Committee.
CAFFECoR (Committee on Academic Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Community
Responsibility) –Carol Jewell, Chair
I.
Informational
CAFFECoR is continuing to discuss Academic Freedom policies, via email, rather than in hard-
to-schedule in-person meetings.
II.
Reports of Actions
CAFFECoR continues to plan for the Academic Freedom Forum to be held on March 25, 2016;
we are finalizing the panelists, creating a flyer, etc.
III.
Recommendations for Actions
N/A
CERS (Committee on Ethics in Research and Scholarship) – Michael Jerison, Chair
Nothing to report.
COR (Council on Research) – Daniele Fabris, Chair
Nothing to report. Next meeting is on March 11.
CPCA (Council on Promotions and Continuing Appointments) – Lynn Warner, Chair
Feb 1 - Reviewed 2 tenure and promotion cases
Feb 8 - Reviewed 1 tenure and promotion case, 1 promotion case
Feb 22 - Reviewed 2 promotion cases
Meetings are scheduled for March 7 and March 21, cases TBD
GAC (Graduate Academic Council) – Ronald Toseland, Chair
At its meeting of 2/8/16 the GAC approved program title changes for two graduate programs
(C.A.S. and Ph.D.) in Literacy and a curriculum change for the M.S. program in Applied
Chemistry.
GOV (Governance Council) – James Collins, Chair
Old business:
Since the last Senate meeting, the Governance Council has met twice. Its two primary
committees are working on several projects:
Committee on Assessment of Governance and Consultation
: Has finished its biennial
survey of Shared Governance, will discuss at the next Council meeting on 02/29/16 and
report to the next Senate meeting.
Committee on Liaison & Election
:
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Continues developing specialized listservs for particular Senate constituents (i.e.
part-time faculty and emeritus).
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The committee has finalized an introduction for the University Senate website.
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It has helped organize and schedule three Senate forums on Academic Freedom
(March 25), Contingent Concerns (April 5), and Sustainability in the University
Curriculum (April 18).
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It is also organizing nominations for the Senate’s annual elections.
The Council is recruiting members and preparing nomination lists for the following Senate and
University committees:
Committee on Resources and Planning (UPPC)
Facilities Committee (UPPC)
The President’s Advisory Committee on Campus Security.
The Council has scheduled consideration and vote on a revised CAA Charter Amendment for its
02/29 meeting and will report the results to the next Senate meeting.
New business:
The Council will consider and vote upon a resolution on Emeritus faculty at its meeting on
February 29, and will report the results to the next Senate meeting.
LISC (Council on Libraries, Information Systems, and Computing) – David Mamorella,
Chair
Libraries Report – Rebecca L. Mugridge (Interim Dean of Libraries)
Facilities. Peter Recore-Migirditch, Mary Van Ullen and I met with Errol Millington, Riki
Brown, and Bill Dosch to continue our discussion of the use of Libraries’ space for the
permanent placement of other units on campus that support students. They’re going to
investigate our proposals including the installation of compact shelving in the basement of the
Science Library, and the potential use of the 2nd floor stacks area in the Science Library for the
other units.
Library hours. In response to a Student Advisory Board request, the Libraries are forming a
Library Hours Task Force that will be charged with reviewing the current library usage and
making a recommendation regarding the hours that the Libraries are open. Of particular interest
to graduate students are weekends during intersessions. The Task Force’s report will be due June
30, 2016.
Faculty searches. The search committee for the Access Services & Information Commons
Evening Associate position has identified three candidates to bring in for interviews; they are
being scheduled for February 16-18. The Reference Librarian position has been posted;
applications will be accepted through March 9. The Interactive Media Center paperwork was
submitted last week (for Budget, HR, and ODI approval). The search committee will be chaired
by Elaine Lasda-Bergman, and includes Kate Latal, Chris Loh, and Tom Bessette (from ITS).
Student Advisory Board (SAB). The third SAB meeting was held February 8, with 22 students
and seven library staff in attendance. Lynn Mayer from ITS was also present. The two new co-
chairs of the Board were introduced: Kelsy O’Brien and Allison Hosier, both from the
Information Literacy Department. The discussion focused on two areas: the splash page for the
Information Commons (IC) computers, and the configuration of the Libraries’ reference desk.
Lynn Mayer and Deborah Bernnard led the discussion on the splash page. The Libraries are
proposing making the Libraries website be the splash page for the IC computers. The feedback
on this issue will be incorporated into another mock up and we will present this again at a future
meeting.
Conversations in Standish. The Libraries will be hosting a number of these conversations with
faculty this semester. These events are intended to spotlight faculty research. Upcoming
conversations include:
Rabi Musah, Chemistry Department
Smokes, Chews and Brews: The Dangers and Crackdown on Legal Plant Highs
February 24, 2016 12:35-1:30pm
James Stellar, Provost
Your Brain: Unconscious Decision-making and How it Affects Your Life and Learning
March 2, 2016 12:35-1:30pm
Rick Fogarty, History Department
What Can 1916 Tell Us About 2016? Europe, Islam, and the Middle East
April 6, 2016 12:35-1:30pm
Institutional repositories vs. Academia.edu and ResearchGate. Following up on our
discussion from the last LISC meeting, I would like to encourage you to read this article which
discusses the differences between non-profit institutional repositories such as UAlbany’s
Scholars Archive and for-profit sites such as Academia.edu and ResearchGate:
http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-
repository/ .
ITS Report – Simeon Ananou (VP/CIO, ITS)
Simeon Ananou was hired as our new VP/CIO and started on 2/1/2016.
He feels the University has great untapped potential, one example being OneDrive.
He feels OneDrive is being underutilized, so expect promotional material via email and
other table set ups in the coming months.
He is conducting a report on how much DropBox is getting used by the University.
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DropBox does NOT protect intellectual property when you put something on
there, whereas we have an agreement with OneDrive that the IP is ours. It helps
protect our research.
University network has been upgraded from 1GB to 10GB.
Plans to strengthen the information security are underway through awareness, not
punitive measures.
He’s hoping to use data analytics to understand student behavior on campus in an effort to
help boost student success.
Very interested in engaging the student community.
UAC (Undergraduate Academic Council) –Karen Kiorpes and Christy Smith, Co-Chairs
The UAC met on February 18, 2016.
The Curriculum and Honors Committee Chair, Jason Cotugno, reported the committee met on
2/9/16 to review the CEHC proposal for the major and will meet again today to continue the
review. He presented initial information on the CEHC proposal for a major even though
Curriculum and Honors has not finished its review.
UAC members were supportive of the core courses as appropriate and cohesive. Concerns were
raised about the logistics of offering the program where there may be high demand for the Core
courses and the major itself based on the positive response to the CEHC minor approved last
May. Focus should shift to adding sections of the core to the schedule of classes. CEHC needs to
maintain close coordination with the Advisement Services Center regarding appropriate
freshman maps and course availability issues. Discussion will continue at future meetings and as
C&H releases their feedback on the proposal.
UAC reviewed the competency plan revisions submitted by INF in response to previous
recommendations by UAC and unanimously approved the plan.
ULC (University Life Council) – Michael Jaromin, Chair
Nothing to report
UPPC (University Planning and Policy Council) – Joette Stefl-Mabry, Chair
I.
Informational
UPPC met on January 21st, 2016
Suggestions made by SEC members re: the Campus Impact form have been integrated
into the updated form The revised Campus Impact Form has been posted to the Program
Development sections of Faculty Resources on the Undergraduate Education website:
http://www.albany.edu/undergraduateeducation/files/2016CampusImpactFormFINALEdi
table0208.pdf
The revised Campus Impact Form has now been posted to the Senate website.
The Chair of UPPC received an email from Celine Forsyth, Office of Undergraduate
Education on February 8, 2016 explaining that the proposal for a new program in
Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity had been submitted to
the Office of Undergraduate Education for review and submission to UAC. The purpose
of her email was to notify me that resource implications cited in the Campus Impact
Form submitted in September had not been changed. As there were no changes the
proposal does not need to be reviewed again by UPPC.
II.
Reports of Actions
UPPC voted to conditionally approve a proposal to establish a new Master of Science
program in Data Science, from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. UPPC is
waiting for the revised proposal.
III.
Recommended Actions
N/A
Next Meeting of UPPC will be on March 10th
