Election Results from Sept. 30 Council Meeting

The following faculty members have won election to the Common Core Course Review Committee for a two year term:

Shauna Vey, #1: English Composition, Creative Expression, and Individual & Society

Ari Maller, #2; Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning, Life & Physical Sciences, and Scientific World

Mark Noonan, #3: World Cultures and U.S. Experience in its Diversity

Maria Pagano will serve as an alternate on Subcommittee #1

The three faculty members elected to serve on the Appeals Committee for the Resolution of Student Complaints about Faculty in Academic Settings for a one year term are:

Alan Huffman

Peter Spellane

Mark Noonan

College Council General Meeting Agenda, Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tues, 12:45-2:00pm in Atrium Amphitheater (AG30)

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Minutes

III. Chair’s Report

IV. Standing Committee Report:

  • Curriculum
    • Minor Proposal: 13S Change to prerequisites to HEA/HUS courses

(You can find all current Curriculum Course proposals on the Curriculum Proposals page on the Council website: https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/collegecouncil/current-proposals/)

V. Elections

    • Motion to hold College Council Delegate at Large election (3 positions) and University Faculty Senate (2 positions)
    • Appeals Committee for Resolution of Student Complaints about Faculty in Academic Settings (3 representatives)
    • Common Core Course Review Committee (3 representatives, one for each subcommittee)
      • #1: English Composition, Creative Expression, and Individual & Society;
      • #2: Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning, Life & Physical Sciences, and Scientific World
      • #3: World Cultures & Global Issues and U.S. Experience in its Diversity.

VI. President’s Report

VII. Provost’s Report

VIII. Good and Welfare

IX. Adjournment

Reminder of Upcoming Meetings:

  • Standing Committees: Oct. 7
  • Executive Committee: Oct. 14
  • College Council Meeting: Oct. 28

Election: Appeals Committee for the Resolution of Student Complaints about Faculty in Academic Settings

At our first meeting on Tuesday, September 30, College Council will be holding an election for three positions to the Appeals Committee for the Resolution of Student Complaints about Faculty in Academic Settings. Qualifications are as follows:

“Any full time, tenured faculty member of rank of associate professor or higher is eligible for nomination. In particular, being a member of college council is not a requirement to serve in this capacity.”

To learn more about the duties of this committee, please see p. 7 of the NYYCT By-Laws, https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/collegecouncil/files/2013/08/bylaws-NYCCT.pdf

Call for Nominations and Election: Common Core Course Review Committee

Dear Colleagues:

The University Provost has asked all CUNY campus faculty governance bodies to participate in the selection of members to serve on the Common Core Course Review Committee.  The CCCRC reviews all courses submitted for inclusion in the CUNY Common Core.    There are three review subcommittees:

  1. Subcommittee One: “English Composition,” “Creative Expression,” and “Individual and Society.”
  2. Subcommittee Two: “Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning,” “Life and Physical Sciences,” and “Scientific World.”
  3. Subcommittee Three: “World Cultures and Global Issues” and “U.S. Experience in its Diversity”

Each college will have the opportunity to have a representative on each committee chosen through college governance.  For more information regarding this change in selection policy, see the letter from Interim Chancellor Kelly, February 2014, http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/academic-news/2014/02/13/a-message-from-the-interim-chancellor-regarding-pathways-review/)

Each representative will serve a two-year term beginning immediately and extending until the end of the 2015-16 academic year.  The expected duties are “to review courses via the CUNYfirst course review system (training will be provided) and to communicate with their committees by email, phone, and in person (varying by committee) to discuss and vote on courses.  Members will receive one course release to be used sometime during their committee service of two years.”

Our College Council will conduct nominations and election of representative for the three positions at our next general meeting on September 30 at 12:45-2:00pm in the Atrium Amphitheater.  Nominees will need to meet the following criteria:

  • Each faculty member must be a full-time, tenured at Associate rank or higher, and
  • Have experience teaching common core courses in the categories they hope to represent.

No academic discipline or department shall be represented on more than one committee per two year term at any time. Candidates are not required to be current members of College Council. However, the must be nominated at the September 30 meeting by a current Council representative and they must be present to accept nomination.  If there are multiple candidates for each position, the candidate with the plurality will serve as the representative and runners-up will serve as alternates.

Standing Committees

The first College Council Standing Committees will take place this coming Tuesday, September 9.  The schedule of meeting  of Standing Committee and College Council for the 2014-15 academic year can be found by clicking on the “calendar” on this website menu bar.  There is a printable PDF version that also includes the locations for all committee meetings.