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ESF College-Wide Faculty Meeting

3:30 PM, Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Nifkin Lounge

Attending: Adir Ecological Center: Colin Beier. Business: Lisa Campagna, Danette Disimone. Chemistry/Anal & Technical Services: Neal Abrams, Avik Chatterjee, Theodore Dibble, Kelley Donaghy, Arthur Stipanovic. Cons Mgmt & Wood Pro Eng: Susan Anagnost, Robert Meyer, William Smith, Kenneth Tiss. Env Res and For Eng: Douglas Daley. Theodore Endreny. Env Science: Tim Knight. Env Studies: Paul Hirsch, Dawnelle Jager, Valerie Luzadis (FNRM), Sharon Moran, Theresa Selfa, Benette Whitmore. Environ & Forest Bio: Melissa Fierke, Greg McGee, Myron Mitchell, Lee Newman, Bill Shields, Steve Teale. Forest & Natural Res. Mgmt: David Newman, Ruth Yanai. President/VPs/Gov Relations: Cornelius Murphy, Bruce Bongarten. Landscape Architecture: Caroline Bailey. Moon Library: Jo Anne Ellis, Stephen Weiter. Outreach: Richard Beal, Charles Spuches. Paper/Bioprocess Engineering: Thomas Amidon, Biljana Bujanovic. Research Programs: Neil Ringler (EFB). Undergrad Admissions: Thomas Fletcher

The meeting was called to order at 3:30 by Kelley Donaghy.

1. Committee Announcements

A. Awards/Research

Schedules for the following awards were announced as follows:

Chancellor’s Awards: announcement – 9/28/11, nominations to the cmte12/8/11, to the Pres. 12/8/11, to SUNY 2/21/12.

Distinguished Professorships: announcement – 9/28/11, nominations to the cmte 1/29/12, to the Pres. 2/27/12, to SUNY 3/12/12.

Honorary Degrees: announcement – 9/28/11, nominations to the cmte 3/30/12, to the Pres. 4/30/12, to SUNY 9/1/12.

Research Committee 2011-2012 Activities

McIntire-Stennis Research Program

Pre-Proposal Distribution:

Admin – 1, AEC – 1, CHM – 1, EFB – 4, ERE – 4, FNRM – 7, PBE – 2, SCME – 2; Total=22

Seed Grants

Spotlight on Research

Exemplary Researcher

2. State of the College Address – President’s Report

The Centennial Celebration Green Tie Dinner was held on July 28, 2011 at four locations (Syracuse, Saratoga, Scarsdale, Boston) that were interactively video linked. There were 450 attendees in Syracuse, 750 total. Noteworthy attendees included WSTM News anchor Matt Mulcahy, NYSDEC Commissioner Joe Martens, State Senator David Valesky, and NYSDEC Director of Lands and Forests Rob Davies, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, US Congressman John DeFrancisco. Thanks to corporate donations, it was nearly a break-even event.

President Murphy detailed the College’s current financial situation which has improved substantially in the current fiscal year compared to the previous year. Notably, the State allocation has been reduced by over $1.5 million; projected tuition revenue is up by approx. $1.1 million; the gap in this year’s budget that will be made up from the reserve fund is less than one-third of last year’s.

The Fall 2011 entering class included 539 new undergraduates with average high school performance of 92.2% and average SAT scores of 1200. There are 139 new graduate students with an average college GPA of 3.6. There are currently 1661 undergraduates at the College which is p by 44 over last year. There are 519 graduate students which is 14 more than last year.

Research proposal and expenditure activity in July and August was up. Per faculty member expentitures were $28,081.64 which is greater than all other seven SUNY doctoral campuses. Similarly, sponsored program new awards were $36,146.75 per faculty member and also greater than all other seven SUNY doctoral campuses.

ESF was ranked 82 by US News & World Report among the best national universities for 2012 and 36 among the best public universities.

Accomplishments of the Middle States reaffirmation of accreditation effort include (1) completion of the draft of self study which was distributed to the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Executive Cabinet, External Review Team Chair and Co-Chair, (2) visits of the external review team chair, co-chair, and one reviewer, and (3) the Steering Committee finalized its Self Study Report. upcoming are (1) to send final Self Study Report to External Review Team in October, (2) a visit by the External Review Team in November, (3) MSCHE Team Report and Institutional Response in December, and (4) the MSCHE Commission Action in March. Outcomes of June MSCHE visit include (1) a document roadmap review which is comprised of a Summary Certification Report on compliance with MSCHE standards and (2) a Self Study Review in which Team Co-Chairs suggested modifications to the report to best utilize the experience of the Review Team to provide additional information on the institution as context for sustainability planning, to provide an institutional profile, including institutional strengths, to discuss institutional priorities and planning, to identify institutional challenges and strategies to address them, and to provide additional analysis of institutional efforts.

3. SEFA advertisement

The upcoming SEFA campaign was announced.

4. Report from P&T Committee

The College-Wide Promotion and Tenure Committee presented its agenda for the 2011-2012 academic year. Fall: Review departmental P+T guidelines for consistency with College-wide guidelines, and Spring: Review departmental recommendations for candidates being evaluated for P+T decisions.

The following individuals were promoted in the previous cycle: Dr. Karin Limburg, Professor, EFB, Dr. Shijie Liu, Professor, PBE, Dr. Robert Malmsheimer, Professor, FNRM, Dr. Gregory McGee,

Assistant Professor, EFB, Dr. Sharon Moran, Associate Professor, ES, Dr. Christopher Nomura, Associate Professor, Chemistry, Dr. Lindi Quackenbush, Associate Professor, ERE, Timothy Toland, Associate Professor LA, Dr. John Wagner, Professor, FNRM. Continuing appointments were made to Nasri Abdel-Aziz, Instructor, FNRM, Dr. Paul Crovella, Instructor, SCME, Dawnelle Jager, Instructor, ES, Michael Webb, Instructor – Ranger School, FNRM, Stephen Weiter, Director, Moon Library.

5. Introduction of new faculty

6. Executive Committee Agenda Items

The EC has been working on organizing a reporting schedule for committees, the grade change policy, a resolution from the SUNY Senate, and the establishment of an ad-hoc Technology Committee for two years and then revisit its status. Responsibilities of the Ad-Hoc Technology Committee will include (1) Advising and consulting with administrators of the technology group on major issues of policy and procedure for the use of College Computing facilities, (2) identifying opportunities where information technology could assist the College in achieving its goals evaluating the readiness of the College to leverage such technologies, (3) reviewing and recommending the College’s technology direction, and (4) serving as a conduit of information about campus technology matters to all members of the College community.

Fall Meetings will be as follows: November 2, 2011, Baker 408. 3:30 PM, tentative agenda items include Student Life Committee on Academic Integrity, IQAS Committee on Teaching Evaluations, and the Grade Change Policy; December 15, 2011, 9:30 AM (NEM), tentative agenda items include a Curriculum Committee Report, accommodating students with disabilities, and FERPA.

Meeting adjourned

Minutes respectfully submitted by Steve Teale

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