Faculty Senate

Minutes - December 4, 2017 - 3:05pm

CCSU FACULTY SENATE MEETING

Present: Adair, S.; Anton, M.; Austad, C.; Baratta, C.; Bell, T.; Bernstein, S.; Best, F.; Bishop, J.; Bishop, R.; Biskupski, M.B.B.; Blitz, D.; Boncoddo, R.; Boscarino, N.; Callery, T.; Christensen, S.; Cistulli, M.; Criscola, J.; Crundwell, G.; Dhar, P.; Dharavath, N.; Emiliani, B.; French, J.; Gamache, J.; Garcia-Bowen, M.; Garcia, V.; Ghodsi, R.; Givens, E.; Horton, M.; Hughes, H.; Jackson, M.; Jarvis, K.; Kapper, M.; Kean, K.; Kim, Y.; Kyem, P.; Lapuerta, P.; Latour, F.; Leonidas, E.; LoGiudice, S.; McGuire, M.; Mendez-Mendez, S.; Menoche, C.; Minor, L.; Misbach, K.; Mongillo, M.; Moreno-Fuentes, G.; Nelson, W.; Ngazimbi, E.; Orange, M.; Oyewumi, O.; Paolino, J.; Phillips, E.; Sakaki, H.; Sohn, Y.; Spear, E.; Stickland, A.; Styrczula, S.; Sweeney, D.; Thornton, E.; Watson, S.; Williams, C.; Williams, L.; Zering, J.

Ex-Officio: Alfano, M.; Colwell, K.; Kremens, Z.; Sommers, B.

Parliamentarian: Dimmick, C.

President of the Senate: Cohen, S.

Guests: Charles Button (Geography); Antonio Garcia (Modern Languages); Brendan Kruh (SGA); Carolyn Magnan (Provost Search Committee Chair); Beth Merenstein (Curriculum Committee)

1. Minutes

a. Minutes of November 13, 2017

  • Approved unanimously

2. Announcements:

a. AAUP President (L. Williams)

b. SUOAF-AFSCME President (L. Bigelow)

c. SGA (B. Kruh)

d. FAC to the Board of Regents (S. Adair)

e. Documents about the BOR and "Students First" can be found on Faculty Senate webpage (D. Blitz)

f. President of the Senate (S. Cohen)

3. Committee Reports

a. Graduate Studies Committee (E. Leonidas)

b. Curriculum Committee (B. Merenstein)

4. New Business

a. Committee on Committees (A. Strickland)

b. Academic Standards Committee (R. Boncoddo for J. Schnobrich-Davis)

c. Approval of Fall 2017 candidates for graduation (Deans Sommers, Colwell, Alfano, Kremens and Fitzgerald)

d. Resolution on Provost search (H. Koulidobrova)

5. Adjournment