Documents by Plenary / Meeting

2024 Fall Planning Meeting and ASPCT (Annual Senator, Parliamentarian, and CGL Training) meeting / September 19-21, 2024

• Fall Planning Meeting welcome and kick-off ​(Landa)
• Introduction to Shared Governance (Landa)
• Governance and Unions (Simon)
• 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a University Faculty Senator - Senators breakout (Gordon)
• How to Write a Resolution (Landa) 
• How to Run a Meeting (Landa)
• Welcome to University Faculty Senate - Senators breakout (Gordon)
• Assessing Shared Governance - CGLs breakout (Rezac) 

197th Plenary / SUNY Colleges at Cornell University / April 4-6, 2024

• Agenda
• Committee Reports:
• White Papers: Internships and Co-ops: A Guide for Planning, Implementation, and Assessment (UFS Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Committee)
• Presentations: Campus Welcome (Kotlikoff); President's Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (King); Academic Affairs & Research Update (Ramasubramanian); Portfolio Optimization & Fiscal Sustainability panel (Maxon-Clarke, Simon, Cantaffa, Grabowski)
• Award Presentations: Senator Webb proclamation; Chancellor remarks; Shared Governance award; Friend of the Senate award; Ram Chugh / Outstanding Service award 
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page

196​th Plenary / Virtual (online) / January 18-20, 2024

• Agenda
• Committee Reports:
• White Papers: 
• Presentations: President's Report (Landa); Chancellor's Report (King); Budget Update (Sager);  Diversity Initiatives (Nazario-Colón); Enrollment and Student Success Update (Linderman); Academic Affairs & Research Update (Ramasubramanian); UUP Report (Kowal); Student Assembly Report (Ruiz); FCCC Report (Woods); CUNY UFS Report (Verzani, Cotter)
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page

195​th Plenary / SUNY Geneseo / October 19-21, 2023

• Agenda
• Committee Reports:
• White Papers: From Operations - Excelsior Scholarship Report
• Presentations: Campus Welcome (Battles); Chancellor's Report (King); President's Report (Landa); Academic Freedom (Bérubé); Provost's Report (Sandvik, Cantaffa); Student Assembly Report (Ruiz)
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page
• Related Resource Documents: Free Speech toolkit 

194th Plenary / Upstate Medical University / April 20-22, 2023

• 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

• Presentations: Campus Welcome (Dewan); President's Report (Landa); Interprofessional Education (Carboni and Hoepner); Chancellor Q&A (King); Provost's Report (Sandvik);  
• Shared Governance Award presentation: Upstate Medical University
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page

193rd Plenary / Virtual (online) / January 19-21, 2023

• 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

• Presentations: President's Report (Landa); Budget Update (Megna and Sager); Provost's Report (Sandvik)
• Supplemental documents: SUNY CID Impact Report
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page

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192nd Plenary / Purchase College / October 20-22, 2022

• 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 
• Presentations: Welcome address, Purchase College President; Welcome address, Purchase CGL; UFS President's Report; SUNY Provost's Report; Faculty Council of Community Colleges (FCCC) President's Report
• Supplement documents: SUNY UFS Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies workshop presentation
• Approved Resolutions: see our Approved Resolutions page

191st Plenary / College of Optometry & Downstate Health Science University / April 7-9, 2022

• 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 
• ​Presentations: Welcome, College of Optometry (Heath); Welcome, Downstate Health Sciences University (Riley); ​President's Report (Landa); Executive Committee Report and Resolutions Introduction (Hamilton); UUP Report (Kowal); FCCC Report (Woods); 
• Supplemental documents 
  • VP/Secretary election materials: Amy Rosen-Brand statement; Amy Rosen-Brand CV; Jan Trybula statement; Jan Trybula CV   
• Approved Resolutions: HSC: Implementation of SUNY Health, Wellness, and Well-being; OP: Cost of Administration Study; EXEC: Recognition of Vice Provost Bringsjord; Upstate: Guide to Presidential Searches 
• Post-Plenary Report

190th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 20-22 January, 2022

• Agenda  
• Committee Reports: Communications; Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity; Ethics and Institutional Integrity; Governance (revised report); Graduate Academic Programs and Research; Operations; Programs and Awards; Student Life; Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies 
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Landa); Executive Committee Report and Resolutions (Hamilton); Faculty Council of Community Colleges (Woods); CUNY Faculty Senate (Burke); United University Professionals (Kowal); SUNY Student Assembly (Hershenson); How Shared Governance Can Impact SUNY Sustainability Initiatives (Haelen, Bee-Donohoe); JCOPE Panel Discussion [background - see documents below] (Fitz-Gibbon, Palumbo-Schrantz, Evan, Clark Benavides); SUNY Financial Report (Megna); Provost's Report (Sandvik); SUNY BOT (Tisch); Interim SUNY Chancellor's Report (Stanley); Committee Reports: Graduate & Research, Operations, Communications; Friends of the Senate Awards (Landa)​
• Supplemental documents 
  • A Plain Language Guide to the State Ethics Laws (for Ethics Committee panel)
  • Plain Language Guide to the Public Officers Law and Other Related Ethics Laws (for Ethics Committee panel)
  • G2 Chancellor and Executive Leadership Team Searches Resolution (for Governance)
  • Friend of the Senate Award to Dr. John Graham (Student Life Committee) 
  • Friend of the Senate Award to Teri Miller, JD (EID Committee) 
  • Microcredential Campaign Kit (Provost-in-Charge)
• Approved Resolutions 
• Post-Plenary Report

189th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 7-9 October, 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 (plus brief)  /  President's Activity Report  
• ​Presentations: President's Report (Landa); Executive Committee Report (Simon); Provost's Report (Shahedipour-Sandvik); Campus and System COVID Response (Berlin and Dent); SUNY COVID Safety Monitors (Berlin and Dent); SUNY's New Digital Learning Environment (Scalzo); Faculty Council of Community Colleges (Woods); United University Professions (Kowal); Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Phase One Action Plan (Grant); Ethics (Fitz-Gibbon); Undergraduate (Gordon); Governance (Motta)
• Vice President/Secretary Candidate Materials:
  • Diane Hamilton: CV / Candidate Statement​
• Approved Resolutions: GOV: Proposal to Amend UFS Standing Rules; COMM: Executive Budget Resolution;​ OP: Telecommuting Policy; UG: Contact Hours in Applied Learning; UG: In Support of AAUP Joint Statement
• Post-Plenary Report​

Special Election / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 17 June, 2021

• President Candidate Materials:
  • Phil Glick: CV / Candidate Statement
  • Keith Landa: CV / Candidate Statement 
  • James McLean: CV / Candidate Statement

188th Plenary / Virtual (online), due to COVID-19 response / 22-24 April, 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 / University Police /  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); Faculty Council of Community Colleges (Fogal); Student Assembly (Hershenson); CUNY UFS (Burke); United University Professions (Kowal); Ethics Committee (Fitz-Gibbon); Governance Committee (Rezac); Undergraduate Committee (Gordon) 
• President Candidate Materials:
  • Heather Maldonado: CV / Candidate Statement 
  • James McLean: CV / Candidate Statement 
• Approved Resolutions: OP/GOV: Implementation of 360 Reviews for SUNY’s Management/Confidential (M/C) Employees; SL: Holistic Student Space; UG: On Academic Planning for Responding to Future Crises; UG: Recognition of COVID 19 Pandemic Response and the Need for Continued Support; UCenters: TIAA Divestment.     
• Sector Reps slate (approved)
• 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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