Documents by Plenary

188th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 21-22 January, 2021

• Agenda  
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Virtual Travel Report  
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Kay); Executive Committee Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (Malatras); Provost's Report (Shahedipour-Sandvik); FACT2 Examining Pedagogy & Learning in Online Domains (ExPLOD) Task Group (Matias, McCabe); Meet the (SUNY) Press (Stookesberry); Ethics Committee (Fitz-Gibbon); Governance Committee (Rezac); Undergraduate Committee (Gordon) 
• President Candidate Materials:
  • Heather Maldonado: CV / Candidate Statement 
  • James McLean: CV / Candidate Statement 
• Proposed Resolutions: UG: On Academic Planning for Responding to Future Crises; UG: Recognition of COVID 19 Pandemic Response    
• Post-Plenary Report 

187th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 21-22 January, 2021

• Agenda  
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report  
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Kay); Executive Committee Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (Malatras); Provost's Report (Shahedipour-Sandvik); Elsevier (Science Direct) Agreement (One year later) (McBride, Pritting, Tovstiadi); SUNY Budget Briefing (McLoughlin); SUNY System Art in the Time of COVID: Competitions, Exhibitions and the new SUNY Student
  Salon (Laursen); EID Committee (Grant); Graduate and Research Committee (Kaczocha); Programs and Awards Committee (Frania)
  • Supplemental Provost materials: "Guidance for Faculty in Identifying and Engaging with Students Who May Be in Distress"; "Mental Health Resources at SUNY: Fall 2020/Spring 2021"
• Approved Resolutions: EXEC: Shared Governance in These Times of Extraordinary Challenges; BLM: UFS Black Lives Matter Resolution (Board of Trustees); BLM: UFS Black Lives Matter Resolution (University Faculty Senate); 
  • ​UG: On Academic Planning for Responding to  Future Crises was referred back to the Undergraduate Committee  
• Post-Plenary Report 

186th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 15-17 October, 2020

• Agenda  
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report  
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Kay); Executive Committee Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (Malatras); Provost's Report (Laursen); "PRODiG Update" (Miller);  "The First Amendment, Academic Freedom and Inclusion" (Casey)
• Approved Resolutions: EID: "Racial Equity and Social Justice Curriculum"; EXEC: "Joint Statement on the Search for the SUNY Chancellor"; EXEC: "Vote of No Confidence in Politically Appointed Members of SUNY Board of Trustees"; GOV: "Importance of maintaining effective shared governance practices during times of crisis"
  • EXEC: "Failure of shared governance at the University at Albany regarding program change" was referred back to the Executive Committee
• Post-Plenary Report 

185th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 17 April, 2020

• Agenda / hashonomy 
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity (Supplemental White Paper: "Fair Access? White paper on Ethics and Open Educational Resources"); Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies (Supplemental Report: "Free Freshman Year") / President's Travel Report 
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Kay); Executive Committee Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (Johnson); Provost's Report (Laursen); SUNY Online Q&A (Scalzo); UUP Report (Kowal) 
• Vice President / Secretary Candidate Materials: 
  • Keith Landa: CV / candidate statement 
• Sector Reps election - approved slate 
• Post-Plenary Report (draft)

184th Plenary / U Albany / 16-18 January, 2020

• Agenda / (wireless instructions)
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report 
  • Committee Presentations: Ethics and institutional Integrity, Fitz-Gibbon; Graduate and Research, Kaczocha; Programs and Awards, Wall
• Presentations: UFS President; Chancellor; Provost; SUNY CFO; SUNY FCCC; SUNY SA; SUNY UUP; CUNY UFS; "Welcome", Lawrence; "Welcome", Rodriguez; "ArtForce5"; Napolitano; "Elsevier Update", McBride; "Access to Higher Education for the Currently and Formerly Incarcerated", Torriente 
• Bylaws Discussion and Voting: "UFS Bylaws and Standing Rules: A very brief review", Rezac
  • Working documents (For historical reference only.  See the approved Bylaws and the approved Standing Rules for the current official documents of the University Faculty Senate.): ARTICLE I. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES, ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP, ARTICLE III. OFFICERS, ARTICLE IV. ORGANIZATION, ARTICLE V. SCOPE AND FUNCTIONS, ARTICLE VI. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ARTICLE VII. MEETINGS, ARTICLE VIII. REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS, ARTICLE IX. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS, ARTICLE X. DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES, ARTICLE XI. PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY, ARTICLE XII. ADOPTION AND AMENDMENT.
  • Approved and collated: Bylaws / Standing Rules
• Approved Resolutions: Exec: "184-01-01 SUNY/CUNY Budget Resolution" 
  • Letter templates: For CGLs / For individuals (with campus endorsement) / For individuals (without campus endorsement yet)  
• Post-Plenary Report 

183rd Plenary / SUNY System, Albany / 10-12 October, 2019

• Agenda / Social Media Hashonomy 
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report 
• Presentations: Chancellor; Provost; SUNY FCCC; SUNY SA; SUNY UUP; CUNY UFS; "Welcome to System", Campbell; "System History", Hildebrand; "Updates on Student Health and Wellness", Wentworth; "Elsevier Update", McBride
• Approved Resolutions: EID: "Campus EID Committees"; EID: "Affirming Diversity and Inclusion Values"; OP & GR: "SUNY Elsevier Negotiations"; EC: "Research Misconduct"; Floor Action: "Nobel Prize in Chemistry"
  • Chancellor Johnson's responses to the Fall 2019 Resolutions 
• Documents for Bylaws Revisions: 
  • 0. Bylaws Documents: Read This First 
  • 1. Proposed Bylaws and Standing Rules 
  • 2. Bylaws Guide 
  • 3. Proposed Bylaws 2019 with comments 
  • 4. Proposed Standing Rules 2019 with comments 
  • 5. Standing committee descriptions from the proposed Guidelines 2019 
  • 6. Bylaws and Procedures 2018 update with comments 
• Post-Plenary Report 

182nd Plenary / SUNY Potsdam / 11-13 April 2019

• Agenda 
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report 
• Presentations: Chancellor; Provost; SUNY FCCC; SUNY SA; SUNY UUP; CUNY UFS; "Leading From the Front Lines: The Importance of Faculty Leadership in Response to, and Prevention of, Sexual and Interpersonal Violence", Storch; "Cultural Appreciation/Cultural Appropriation", Tiapo & Khan; "SUNY Childcare: Educate, Advocate, Elevate", Maillard
• Approved Resolutions: CGLs: "Appointment of Interim Administrators"; EID: "Pathways to Appointment and Promotion"; GOV: "Professional Employees and Shared Governance"; OP: "SUNY Onboarding"; OP: "Travel Reimbursement"; Specialized & Statutory: "Stand-alone Unit Head for NYSCC"; UG: "Course Withdrawal Deadlines"; UG: "Privatization, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance in Online Education"
• Post-Plenary Report 

181st Plenary / SUNY Cobleskill / 17-19 January 2019

• Agenda 
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report 
• Presentations: Chancellor; Provost ("Online Initiative"); SUNY CFO; SUNY FCCC; SUNY SA; SUNY UUP; CUNY UFS; "PRODI-G Update", Miller; "Presidential Evaluations", Porter; "Veterans Affairs", Pasterchick; "Transfer Pathways", Knox
• Approved Resolutions: 
• Post-Plenary Report 

180th Plenary / Binghamton University / 18-20 October 2018

• Agenda 
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance; Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies / President's Travel Report 
• Presentations: Chancellor; Provost; SUNY FCCC; SUNY SA; SUNY UUP; CUNY UFS; 
• Approved Resolutions: 
• Post-Plenary Report 

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