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Posted December 14, 2011
Three recommendations** were unanimously approved at the December 9th, 2011 meeting of the College Senate. The Senate Curriculum Committee presented three recommendations regarding IF Review Program Review. Each recommendation that passed, are guidelines for SIFOC to use as they prepare to draft a revision of the Intellectual Foundations Program. The draft of the revision will be presented to the Senate at its early Spring 2012 meetings and hopefully will be approved at the May 11th, 2012 Senate meeting. More updates will follow.
** Reducing the total number of credit hours in the IF program
**WAC requirement changes
**Elimination of BSC 101
Posted November 18, 2011
The Senate Curriculum Committee will give its final report on the Intellectual Foundations Review at today's Senate Meeting. The Final Report is available at this link: Senate Curriculum Committee Final IF Review Report 2011 (pdf)
Posted September 6, 2011
In response to two resolutions previously recommended by the College Senate and forwarded to the president; The change to the Senate Bylaws and Smoke Free Campus, the president has accepted both resolutions. They are posted here on our Resolutions page for review.
Posted August 24, 2011
The Fall semester is upon us. Welcome back all Faculty and Professional Staff Senators and Senate Administration.
The Senate Office hopes everyone had an enjoyable and full summer. The first Senate meeting will be held on Friday, September 9th 2011 in Butler 210 at 3 p.m. Please see the home page for the full Senate Schedule.
Posted April 18, 2011
College Senate Election Results
Congratulations to the following people elected to serve three terms (2011-2014) on the University Faculty Senate and College Senate!
University Faculty Senator
Scott Goodman
Alternate University Faculty Senator
William White
At Large Senators
Sarah Beth Hinderliter
Jason Grinnell
Posted April 12, 2011
The School of Profession have elected James Sobol to serve on the College Senate from 2011-2014, Constance Dean Qualls from 2011-2013, and Barbara Sherman from 2011-2014, congratulations and welcome to all as they represent the SOP, on the College Senate. The School of Arts and Humanities has elected Karen Sands O'Connor to serve from 2011-2014, re-elected to serve a second term are; Tara Nahabetian from 2011-2013 and Ricky Fleming from 2011-2014 also a second term.
Congratualtions to all of the elected Senators!
Posted April 4, 2011
The College Senate nomination period ends today April 4th and the official election process begins on Monday, April 11 and continue through Friday, April 15.Opinio serves as the official electronic voting resource. Candidates for the UFS Senator seat the Alternative UFS Senate seat the the two At-Large seats can be viewed on our Elections page on this site. Further questions and inquiries should be directed to the College Senate Office. Electronic elections inquiries should be addressed to Senate Parliamentarian, Slade Gellin.
Posted March 15, 2011
President Podolefsky addressed the College Senate on March 11, 2011, to see his full report click on this link: President's Preliminary Budget Reduction Decision (pdf)
Posted March 10, 2011
Senate Vacancies: Call for Nominations March 21-April 4, 2011
One (1) University Faculty Senator, and one (1) Alternate Faculty Senator, and Two (2) At-Large College Senate positions will become vacant on August 23. The University Faculty Senator is a Senator within both the College Senate at Buffalo State and the SUNY University Faculty Senate. The Alternate attends the SUNY University Faculty Senate meetings only when one of the two University Faculty Senators is absent. A call for nominations and information about candidates' statements can be found at www.buffalostate.edu/collegesenate The Call for Nominations begins on Monday, March 21 and continues through Monday, April 4 at 5:00 p.m. Elections will begin on Monday, April 11 and continue through Friday, April 15.
Faculty members, faculty librarians, professional and support staff, whose total service in their respective fields would not exceed six consecutive years by the end of this term (9/2011-8/2014)are eligible to run for each office. Nominees are asked to provide a short statement about their interest to be posted on the Senate electronic voting site.
Individuals running for a Senator position in another election may not also run for At-Large Senator or University Senator position while the other election is being conducted. If the other election concludes during the period when nominations for At Large or University Senator are still being accepted, eligible individuals may self-nominate for either position.
If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact Vince Masci at 878-5139 or via e-mail at collegesenate@buffalostate.edu. We look forward to your participation in the vital process of campus governance. The College Senate By-Laws and Elections Committee
Posted December 9th 2010
President Podolefsky has approved the 'Motion to Revise Policies related to Undergraduate Academic Standing', brought for action by the Standards for Students Committee, at the November 12th 2010 meeting of the College Senate. You can find the entire response to the Senate recommendation on the 'Resolutions and Other Motions' page, here on the website.
Posted December 1st 2010
The Office of the College Senate would like to extend warmest wishes for a very healthy and happy Holiday Season and a very good 2011 ahead. The meeting of the College Senate for it's final Fall 2010 meeting, will be held in Butler 210, at 2 p.m. not 3 p.m., (due to the President's Holiday Party which begins at 4 p.m.), on Friday December 10th. Location changes will be solidified after the 1st of the year and before the February 4th Senate meeting.
Posted September 28, 2010
Dr. Kevin Railey, Dean of the Graduate School, and Associate Provost, announced to the Senate Office the two new Graduate Student Senators for the 2010-2011 Academic year. They are Michaela Conrad and Jaime Pietras. The Office of the College Senate welcomes them and is looking forward to their presence at the College Senate meetings as a voice for the students.
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