Meeting

Agendas and Minutes

Topics and Actions

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Donor Resolution approved); Charter Review Committee (first reading of the second batch of proposed Charter amendments); Budget Committee (provided an update on the committee's work).

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Elected Chair of the Master Plan Committee, Approved membership for the Ad-hoc Committee on the Governance of Programs and Interdisciplinary Studies).  

Agenda, Minutes

President reported on the ongoing state budget negotiations. Office of Student Conduct Statement on the Faculty Student Disciplinary Committee read by Senate Chair. GSA members gave a presentation on Participatory Budgeting. Committee Reports: Charter Review Committee (first reading of proposed Charter Amendments); General Education Requirements Committee (provided an update on Institutional Learning Outcomes and upcoming Middle States Reaccreditation process); By-Laws for the School of Arts & Sciences Committee  (gave an update on the committee work). 

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (approved chair and member panel for the Search Committee for the Dean of the School of Social Work, Proposal to Amend  Resolution to Annex Title IX Awareness & Counseling and Wellness Services Statement to Academic Syllabi Template was approved); Budget Committee  (approved Academic Excellence Fee for Geo-Informatics Program); General Education Requirements Committee  (Resolution on Remaining Three Credits approved). 

President provided an update on current state budget negotiations. FDA President Professor John Wallach reported on the upcoming UFS elections and the need to have full representation from Hunter faculty. Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Resolution to make CUNY a Sanctuary University and Hunter College a Sanctuary Campus approved). 

Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (approved ceremonial adoption of Fall 2017 degree candidates, Resolution Establishing an Ad-hoc Committee on the Governance of Programs and Interdisciplinary Structures approved), Charter Review Committee (provided an update of the committees work and future amendments to the Charter). 

President reported on current budget issues and provided an update on New York State Inspector General’s report on college foundations. Professor Sarah Chinn and Professor Laura Keating presented on 2016 AAUP Conference on Shared Governance. Committee Reports: Nominating Committee (filled committee vacancies), Taskforce on Faculty Dining Services (provided an update on the status of the task force).

President Raab and Dean Rose reported on the news report regarding potential Title IX violations and the Office of Civil Rights letter. Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Resolution to Annex Title IX Awareness & Counseling and Wellness Services Statement to Academic Syllabi Template was approved).

President reported on the concerns with the Faculty-Staff Dining Room and plans to address them and the creation of a Presidential Taskforce to review interdisciplinary programs at the college. Meghann Williams, President of the Graduate Student Association reported on goals for the academic year. Matthew LoCastro, Vice President of the Undergraduate Student Government reported on USG goals for the year. Committee Reports: Committee on Academic Assessment and Evaluation (presented draft Assessment Plan); Ad-hoc Committee on Hiring Practices (provided an update on committee work). 

Committee Reports: Academic Freedom (provided an update the charge of the committee); School of Arts & Sciences By-Laws Committee (provided an update on the committee's work). Acting Assistant Dean Robert Cowan gave a presentation on the CUNY UFS Committee on Education in Prison. The President and Provost gave a PowerPoint presentation on the upcoming Middle States Evaluation. 

President reported on the budget and introduced new administrative leaders. Dr. Katherine Conway, Chair of the University Faculty Senate provided an update on the UFS initiatives for the coming year. Committee Reports: Administrative Committee (Election of Budget, Master Plan, Nominating, GER, and Charter Review Committee Chairs). Students of the Coalition for the Revitalization of Asian American Studies at Hunter College (CRAASH) gave a presentation.