Meeting

Agendas and Minutes

Topics and Actions

Election of Senate Officers: Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Chair of Evening Council; President thanked everyone for their service this year and invited everyone to the Faculty Dining Room after the meeting for the 2015 Presidential Awards for Excellence. Committee Reports: Charter Review Committee (Third Reading of the Proposed Amendments, Appendix IV); Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies).

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Proposal to Establish the Program in Human Rights in the Hunter College School of Arts and Sciences approved); Budget Committee (Resolution Hunter College, School of Education Academic Excellence Fee was approved); Departmental Governance Committee (approved By-Laws for the Departments of Economics, Political Sciences, and Women & Gender Studies); Charter Review Committee (presented the Second Reading of Batch 1 Proposed Amendments).

President gave a PowerPoint presentation on Student Success and Engagement. Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (presented Resolution Recommending Modified Search Procedure for Provost Search); Committee on Charter Review (Presented Second Reading of Batch 1 Proposed Amendments, Appendix II).

President reported that in a few weeks there would be an announcement on the progress of the construction on the science and nursing building and updated the Senate on administrative searches. Committee Reports: Charter Review Committee (First Reading of the Further Proposed Amendments, Appendix II); Departmental Governance Committee (approved History Department Revised By-Laws and Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology new By-Laws as submitted); Ad-Hoc By-Laws Advisory Committee for the School of Arts & Sciences (presented report, Appendix III)(Strategic plan update).

President gave a PowerPoint presentation regarding Surveys on Student Engagement. Committee Reports: Committee on Grade Appeals (presented reports, Appendix II); UCSC and GCSCAR (Report and resolution regarding the Procedures for Curriculum Proposals was approved); Charter Review Committee (presented proposed charter amendments).

Agenda, Minutes

Committee Reports: Standing Committee on Student Success; Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies); Departmental Governance Committee (reported on the Ad-Hoc By-Laws Advisory Committee for the School of Arts and Sciences); Charter Review Committee (presented First Reading of Proposed Amendments, Appendix II).

President and Provost reported on the response to the Periodic Review Report. Ombudsman presented Fall 2014 report, Appendix II. Committee Reports: UCSC; Committee on Academic Assessment & Evaluation; Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies); GER Appeals Committee (Provided informational update on GER Appeals from 2009-2015); Charter Review Committee (presented A Guide for Dealing With Upcoming, Proposed Amendments to the Charter for the Governance of Hunter College).

President reported on the various building projects currently underway and administrative searches. Committee Reports: Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies); Committee on Grade Appeals (presented report on Grade Appeals from 2008 through December 2014 and proposed revision to the College-Wide Grade Appeals Procedures, Appendix III).

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Resolution to Change Structure of Committee on Academic Assessment & Evaluation carried); Committee on Charter Review (presented report on current committee work, Appendix II).

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Election of Ombudsman, Faculty Members for Student Appeals Committee for Faculty Complaints, and Chair of Nominating Committee); Departmental Governance Committee (approved Physical Therapy Department By-Laws); Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies). New Business: Motion that the Administrative Committee of the Senate establish an ad-hoc committee to create procedural guidelines for drafting by-laws for the School of Arts & Sciences carried.