PRESIDENT’S CORNER Faculty Senate Bulletin more of our campuses are expanding risk. We need to assert and maintain The State University of New York their recruitment efforts beyond control, just as we did when faced University Faculty Senate State University Plaza, Room S120 their regional base, usually with the with an effort by the State to Albany, New York 12246 result of increasing the diversity of mandate experiential education of 518.320.1376 >> 800.547.1548 the student body. Importantly, our all students—a decision we, as www.suny.edu/facultysenate faculty diversity isn’t changing at the faculty, need to control. Thus the UFS Editors same pace, and many of our smaller passed a pair of resolutions at our Norman Goodman , Editor communities are uncertain how to Fall Plenary meeting asserting Stony Brook University embrace these diverse students (and faculty control over applied learning Joe Hildreth , Arts Editor and future decisions on micro- SUNY Potsdam vice versa). Our teaching methodologies and approaches credentials, competency-based Faculty Senate Assistant continue to change, sometimes in education, other possible changes to Carol Donato , Assistant Arts Editor Peter Knuepfer our curricula. Yet we can’t simply President response to changing expectations Editorial Board University Faculty Senate of our students, sometimes in hide within our traditions; instead, (Executive Committee) recognition of improvements that we need to strike a balance by Peter L. Knuepfer As we close in (already) on the we can achieve in the classroom willingness to adapt appropriately to Binghamton University end of the fall semester, I take this and/or virtual environments. And internal and external demands and President opportunity to update you on now our institutions are considering opportunities, while maintaining our Gwen Kay happenings across SUNY and the micro-credential, badges, stacking of essential role. SUNY Oswego This was not a good year for Vice President/Secretary activities of the University Faculty credentials, and even initial forays support of SUNY in the State budget. Edward Feldman Senate. into competency-based education. Stony Brook University We have entered the academic Other challenges await. One Prospects for the upcoming year Immediate Past year with a host of opportunities possible fallout from the scandal Continued on page 2 Vice President/Secretary and challenges, among them the that has brought down the Kenneth P. O’Brien search for a new Chancellor, IN THIS ISSUE The College at Brockport leadership of SUNY Poly is increased Immediate Past President leadership upheaval on campuses State oversight of how SUNY does > From the Chancellor: State Budget Summary & Next Steps 3 Walter Little (SUNY Poly and ESF), and now the business. Perhaps this isn’t all bad, > Provost and Executive University at Albany uncertainty around the election of a especially if it results in increased Vice Chancellor 4 Keith Landa new President whose rhetoric has transparency of the operations of > From the Vice Chancellor for Purchase College been divisive and whose policy our campus foundations, and if it Financial Services and CFO 5 Rebecca Marinoff initiatives regarding higher results in a refocus of SUNY onto its > Senior Vice Chancellor for Community SUNY College of Optometry Colleges and Education Pipeline 6 Health Science Centers education are unclear. core academic mission. So it is a time of change—for the A group of initiatives, both within > From the President of Charles Moran the Student Assembly 8 SUNY Cobleskill country, for higher education, for SUNY and from without, have the > From the Editor’s Desk: Peer Bode SUNY. Let’s look more at some of potential to change (threaten, even) President-elect Trump and NYS College of Ceramics, those changes. Our student how we do business—the campus Public Higher Education 9 Alfred University Special and Statutory Colleges demographics are changing: more decisions on applied learning, the > Spotlight 11 diversity, more “non-traditional” SUNY push for more online degrees > Speak Out! 14 students who are older, part-time. and micro- and stackable > The Diversity Column 17 As the number of high school credentials. It is not too apocryphal > Celebrating NYS and New Yorkers 19 graduates in upstate New York and to assert that faculty control of > The Poet’s Corner 22 many surrounding states declines, curriculum could too easily be at FALL 2016/WINTER 2017 PRESIDENT’S CORNER

Presidents Message… rather than replacing State dollars, event at the LOB, convinced us to try steering committee that is reviewing Continued from page 1 and that the State should assume something different, an approach the recommendations of the TeachNY funding the “TAP gap”—the that we believe will benefit our Council (on which I also served) for aren’t particularly bright either, difference between maximum TAP students more while at the same policy recommendations to submit to especially given that State tax awards and current SUNY tuition time allowing for advocacy with the Board of Trustees. It is important receipts in the current fiscal year are (note that, in effect, 25% of the State legislators. to recognize that this initiative moves lagging well behind expectations tuition increases paid by other For the last 2 years, there has well beyond the schools of education, (though that could change with the students have gone to paying the been a SUNY-wide undergraduate but calls upon the entire academic Christmas bonuses from Wall Street). TAP gap). research conference (SURC), hosted community (especially the “content” With that in mind, and given a Freedom of expression/academic in 2015 by SUNY Brockport and in departments) to engage in the conflict between the Governor and freedom continues to come under 2016 by SUNY Cobleskill. Next spring education of future teachers. TeachNY Legislature over tuition versus State attack in higher education, including there will be two SURC is also about elevating respect for the dollars, as well as a set of new union pressures against a faculty member at gatherings—SURC East at Suffolk teaching profession, and enabling contracts in the not-too-distant SUNY Plattsburgh. CUNY is working County Community College on April closer interactions between the K-12 future, we need to focus on advocacy on a policy in response to issues that 21, 2017, and SURC West at SUNY sector and higher education. with our supporters (and detractors) occurred there last year, and the CUNY Fredonia on April 22, 2017. The The search for the next Chancellor in the Legislature to seek further Faculty Senate endorsed the intention of this pairing is to make it of the State University of New York is support for SUNY. Some of our University of Chicago statement on geographically easier for students to well underway. I serve on the search campuses teeter on the brink of freedom of expression. A UFS group is attend; the conferences are not committee in my dual role as financial solvency, and none of the working on a stand for us to consider intended to be restricted to President of the UFS and a member of campuses can absorb increased costs at the Winter Plenary. community college or four-year the SUNY Board of Trustees; Nina much longer unless there is We have a host of other UFS colleges at the respective sites. Tamrowski, the President of the increased revenue. Students and initiatives for the year, which are The third SUNY Voices Shared Faculty Council of Community families have absorbed 5 years of summarized in the reports of our Governance conference will be held Colleges, is the only other faculty tuition increases with no significant committees that are part of the Fall April 27-28 in Suffern, NY, on the member on the search committee. investment of State funding to Plenary report currently posted on topic of shared governance during We are especially eager to ensure that support basic operations of the the UFS website. I bring your times of leadership change. More the next Chancellor has extensive campuses. This has shifted the cost attention in particular to an effort to details and a call for papers are higher education experience, of higher education support in SUNY seek non-voting positions for posted on the SUNY Voices website. preferably as a college president or in from the State to the individual; in governance leaders on local college SUNY has signed a contract to a senior position in another system of essence, it is a statement by the councils, analogous to our position undertake the COACHE survey in public higher education. The search State that public higher education is on the SUNY Board of Trustees. January/February of 2017. This is a committee hopes to have a no longer considered a public good, I also want to bring to your survey, overseen by the COACHE recommendation ready for consideration by the Board of Trustees but is principally a private good attention a number of upcoming group at Harvard, that assesses the sometime in the spring semester. which should be paid for by the events sponsored in part by the UFS. roles, responsibilities, and success of Some of what we do at the individual. This is a fundamental On March 7, SUNY Empire State will faculty. This is an important University Faculty Senate would shift away from the responsibility be hosting a graduate research opportunity for campuses to learn seem to have little direct impact on that taxpayers assumed when symposium in Saratoga that will what concerns the faculty, and investing in the development of bring graduate students from across your campus. But in fact our efforts ultimately to do something about it. on behalf of the faculty across SUNY SUNY. It is time to redress this shift. the System together to share results Thus it is very important that faculty are important—whether it be to I urge you, therefore, to get of their scholarship. A select group respond to the survey (even though engage in the political conversations involved as advocates for SUNY. will travel to the Legislative Office it’s lengthy). SUNY will be working on your behalf, to bring to your Remember that ALL POLITICS IS Building in Albany to share the with the COACHE group to provide LOCAL, so if you know a legislator attention issues in higher education results of their research with analysis and recommendations to that impact us at SUNY, or to offer (even if you don’t), talk to them in legislators and staff, illustrating the campuses to improve faculty success the district. Emphasize the position guidance to campus governance benefits of the support that the and satisfaction. that the UFS adopted a couple of leaders. But most especially, we State supplies to SUNY. This is an As you will see from the years ago: that the State needs to serve the interests of the faculty, to outgrowth of events that we have Chancellor’s report, the TeachNY meet its obligation to fund ensure that the faculty voice is heard hosted for several years at the LOB, initiative is her principal focus for this, mandatory increases in operating in decision-making at the System with poster presentations designed costs for SUNY, that tuition increases her final year at SUNY. Accordingly, level. I encourage you to get should occur only to provide to showcase student research. The we discussed opportunities to involved in governance on your additional services to students (such very limited attendance by improve teacher education as a campus and to consider joining one as more faculty, student support) legislators or staff, coupled with the primary the focus of the Fall Plenary of our committees in the future if logistical challenges of arranging an meeting in Cortland. I am part of a you are not already involved. 2 FROM THE CHANCELLOR FROM THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR

start businesses, take entrepreneurial We have developed a broad risks, and work toward solving the definition of EESE for this purpose: world’s most serious challenges. “Ensuring that we deliver the Through the TeachNY initiative, over educational programs that respond the last two years SUNY has taken up to the educational needs of the state the monumental challenge of and nation and the educational transforming teacher preparation in goals of every student.” We want to New York State because it is necessary ensure, that as a System, we: that we do so. TeachNY is a • Make determinations about collaborative, multi-phased effort where and how to grow enrollment supported by a multi-million-dollar in a purposeful way; Nancy L. Zimpher Race to the Top grant awarded to Chancellor SUNY in 2012 by the New York State Alexander N. Cartwright • Identify how best to meet the The State University of New York Provost and academic needs of the students Education Department to advance the Executive Vice Chancellor partnership between the two arriving on our doorstep; At SUNY, we’ve become fond of institutions. The expectation is that When I last had the opportunity • Ensure that our increasingly saying that teaching teachers is in our SUNY’s TeachNY policy framework will to address the University Faculty diverse student body feels welcome, institutional DNA. serve as a model for the state and the Senate in October, I shared with the respected and supported; When SUNY was founded in 1948, country. group our interest in holding a series • Strengthen completion eleven of the original colleges in the TeachNY is being carried out in of meetings between System programs and the infrastructures system were teachers colleges, many of three phases. The first was a Administration and each campus to that support them; and which had histories that stretched back comprehensive report of findings and review individual Performance • Eliminate gaps in completion more than a century. Today SUNY recommendations researched and across student groups. prepares a quarter of the state’s teacher Improvement Plans in the broader drafted by the TeachNY Advisory These are all areas that each workforce and, remarkably, about 10 context of the needs and goals of Council, released in May 2016. The campus addressed in their initial percent of the nation’s. Sixteen SUNY nearby SUNY campuses and SUNY as second phase is marked by full plans; however, in many cases, there campuses have undergraduate and/or engagement of the vast SUNY a whole. These plans, which detail was also a clear indication that due graduate programs leading to New system—campus and system campus goals in the SUNY Excels to a rapidly changing landscape York State certification for teachers and leadership, governance, faculty, areas of access, completion, success, school leaders, and all 64 SUNY students—and its partners in inquiry and engagement, provide an there were challenges to overcome campuses contribute to the translating the recommendations into important foundation for our work in meeting goals. After reading development of teaching and proposed policy for action by the SUNY moving forward. through all of the plans, our sense is education in New York State. Board of Trustees. The third phase will The process for meeting with that we would be better able to New York is home to some of the be policy implementation (with campuses has been finalized— address the many changes higher best K-12 schools in the country, and targeted, strategic investment) and thanks to thoughtful input from our education faces–in New York and while this is a point of pride and a evaluation. presidents, chief academic officers nationally—by working together. benefit to select students, it is not At the time of this writing we are and university-wide governance System Chief Financial Officer enough. Mountains of literature tell us approaching the end of Phase II of leaders—and the engagement Eileen McLoughlin and I have been that excellent teaching is categorically TeachNY. Since May, SED Commissioner process has now begun. We have leading these meetings on behalf of the number one in-school factor that MaryEllen Elia and I have traveled the intentionally designed these Chancellor Zimpher, with a small contributes to student success. state to attend more than twenty meetings to foster targeted and group of our staff listening in to Knowing this, it is incumbent upon events—workshops, speak outs, candid conversations. As of this answer questions as needed. From us—we who teach the teachers who list ening sessions with SUNY writing, we have had 16 meetings to the campuses, we have intentionally come to the campuses and programs presidents and faculty governance and date, each under the theme of asked that they keep the number of in our system, ready to learn or not— leadership—through which we’ve Educational Effectiveness and attendees small but do ask that their to ensure that every student, from gathered the most incisive input and local governance leader is included. cradle to career, has access to excellent information with which we can draft Strategic Enrollment (EESE). Why teaching. This is an economic as well as and implement practical policy that EESE, you ask? The ultimate goal of Our motivation in limiting attendees moral imperative. An educated will put great teachers within reach of this process is to create a System- was really the time constraints of citizenry is a more engaged every student in New York State, no wide Performance Improvement trying to meet with all campuses citizenry—a healthier, wealthier matter what zip code he or she lives in. Plan that will support not only over a twelve-week time period (our populace full of people who are less We invite you to learn more and individual campus goals but also initial goal was six-weeks, and then likely to need to rely on public continually track this all-important leverage our Systemness to better we started the scheduling assistance, who have choices and work at http://www.suny.edu/ address broad challenges and meet process…). The meetings are two- options, who can support families, teachny/. state needs. hours long and take place either on a

3 FROM THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SUNY campus or at SUNY System campuses and review all of the provides a starting point for Administration in Albany. information, we anticipate that we improvements and adjustments. As we envisioned, there are will be reaching back out to SUNY will continue to advocate for common themes have emerged that campuses to discuss regional our requested budget. really underscore the importance of opportunities and challenges. The most notable item in the this process. Not only issues where In the end, as a result of these Executive Budget is the Excelsior campuses can help one another, but conversations, I believe we will have Scholarship. The Governor is also where System Administration a System-wide Performance proposing that full-time, resident, can enhance its support: Improvement Plan for SUNY that undergraduate students (taking 15 • Re-establishing the allows us to serve more New Yorker credits a semester), having a enrollment/resource connection; better. Other key outcomes we are household income of less than $125,000, be eligible to receive free • Creating and/or modifying working to achieve include: Eileen McLoughlin plans/policies/resource strategies • Addressing the diverse needs Vice Chancellor college tuition from any SUNY or that eliminate barriers to stronger of today’s students; Financial Services and CUNY institution. As a higher Financial Officer performance; • Achieving higher levels of education institution, college • Eliminating the perceptions quality, improving the reputation of affordability has always been the Greetings, and reality of unwarranted internal individual campuses and the forefront topic, but now it is an As many of you know budget important topic for government enrollment competition; System; season is in full swing. For the Fall • Leveraging our connectedness • Reducing competition between officials. Placing a spotlight on Faculty Senate Plenary Meeting, I college affordability is a reflection of to better meet the needs of our own campuses but position summarized SUNY’s operating and our advocacy for SUNY’s Completion applicants on a regional and System- them to compete more effectively capital budget request that was sent agenda and recognition of the 21st wide basis; and with non-SUNY Institutions; to the Governor’s office. After a series century job market. • Facilitating conversations • Addressing revenue of State of the State addresses, in Below is a summary of SUNY’s about mission creep/distinctiveness. challenges; and which the Governor visited and spoke budget request, the Executive Also part of these conversations is • Positioning SUNY in the at several SUNY campuses throughout Budget and its impact on SUNY. discussion about the SUNY strongest possible light for State and the State, the Executive budget was Executive Budget Summary - Performance Improvement Fund. Federal support. released on January 17th. Presented at Faculty Senate We are encouraging campuses to As the System plan begins to take The Executive Budget is one of the Winter Plenary submit competitive proposals for shape, we will definitely keep you first steps in the budget process and financial support that will help them up-to-date. I encourage you to send achieve their goals. any thoughts or suggestions you This is a complex process and we may have related to the issues are intentionally moving pretty outlined here to your local campus quickly. When we have had the governance leader. opportunity to meet with all

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VICE CHANCELLOR FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE EDUCATION PIPELINE News and updates Scale-up of Major offering Quantway, and in the will enable us to continue to build Completion coming year, more than 29 capacity and scale-up highly campuses will be exploring or effective evidence-based practices. Strategies offering Quantway. More than 95 • Pathways in Technology Early SUNY faculty and staff have College High Schools (P-TECH): SUNY Like many of you, we are working participated and a projected 2,000 colleges are partners in a statewide to advance Chancellor Nancy students will enroll in Quantway this network of 33 P-TECHs. Resulting Zimpher’s completion agenda to year. This work has been made from a $21 million investment by increase the number of students possible by a $3.3 million New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who enroll in SUNY and persist to investment from The Bill & Melinda high schools, colleges, and earn college degrees and Gates Foundation and SUNY. businesses are working together to certificates. To do this, we are • Jobs for the Future (JFF) launch 9-14 P-TECH schools where leading efforts to scale-up major Johanna Duncan-Poitier Student Success Center: In 2016, students graduate from high school Senior Vice Chancellor for completion strategies with Community Colleges and demonstrated records of success for SUNY was named as one of five and earn an Associate’s degree, free the Education Pipeline reducing barriers to college recipients to receive national of charge, at the end of six years. completion and helping students to designation as a “Jobs for the Future Graduating students are first in line Greetings and thank you for this stay on-track and graduate. Student Success Center” with a for job opportunities in opportunity to share an update on • Math Pathways: Major work is $500,000 investment from The manufacturing, technology, and the work underway in SUNY’s Office underway to scale-up the highly Kresge Foundation and The Bill & healthcare. of Community Colleges and the successful Quantway/Statway Math Melinda Gates Foundation. SUNY • Community College Community Education Pipeline to support Pathways at SUNY, in partnership joins a thriving national network of Schools: In 2016, Jefferson student success. We are very with the Carnegie Foundation Center JFF Student Success Centers, which Community College, Mohawk Valley grateful for our partnership with the for the Advancement of Teaching at provide vision, support, and a shared Community College, Rockland SUNY University Faculty Senate and Stanford University. venue for a state’s community Community College, Adirondack for its leadership, scholarship, Quantway/Statway courses present colleges to collectively advance Community College, and Onondaga research and service across SUNY’s a new, evidence-based approach to access and completion. With this Community College received awards 64 campuses and in the State and developmental mathematics that new designation, we have a unique to launch new community schools to the nation. Provided here are has been shown to accelerate opportunity to study strategies and provide critical wrap-around services highlights of key initiatives we have students’ progress through initiatives with demonstrated to support student success. With the been leading, in collaboration with developmental mathematics with evidence to impact student success support of $1.5 million in State faculty, students, K-12 educators, engaging, relevant concepts that and to share the knowledge we have funding, community schools help to and industry partners to strengthen students can use in their everyday gained with education leaders and keep students on their paths to the education pipeline and help lives. This year, we have doubled policymakers across the State and degrees by providing healthcare, more students graduate from high enrollment in the Quantway the nation. SUNY’s leadership for the child care, and other key student school and college. Pathway, growing to 12 campuses New York Student Success Center supports. 6 SENIOR VICE CHANCELLOR FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE EDUCATION PIPELINE

Strengthening African American, 23 percent participation in STEM by Space Station. Three students the STEM Caucasian, 15 percent Latino and volunteering to serve as an successfully competed in the STEM- Hispanic, and 8 percent Asian eCYBERMISSION Team Advisor, prep program at Brookhaven Education Pipeline • Students were engaged in Virtual Judge, Cyberguide or National Laboratory where they hands on investigations using Ambassador. More information is presented their research to their • SUNY STEM Mentors: Since scientific tools available at http://www.ecybe peers and Brookhaven National 2010, SUNY and the New York • An inquiry-based curriculum rmission.com. Laboratory scientist mentors. Academy of Sciences (The Academy) encouraged students to develop & • Empire State STEM Learning have collaborated to prepare SUNY • Siemens, King & King test hypotheses and interpret & Network: SUNY serves as the Architects, Clarkson University, and graduate students and post-doctoral report results steward for the Empire State STEM fellows to deliver mentoring and real Ferrara Fiorenza Law Firm hosted • Results: increased/improved Learning Network, a statewide nearly 300 teachers and educators world STEM content to underserved STEM content knowledge, attitudes collaborative of educators, business from Central New York at East middle-school children in toward STEM, interest in science, and & industry partners, and Syracuse Minoa High School for the afterschool programs across New self-efficacy as student scientists government leaders in New York third Annual Central New York York State. SUNY Graduate Student working to expand access to high- Collaborative Educators Summit. The Through the Afterschool STEM STEM Mentors quality STEM teaching, increase the Summit provides opportunities for Mentoring Program, over 140 • Increased confidence and skills number of students in STEM graduate students in the STEM in teaching practices, mentoring disciplines who graduate prepared educators to develop strategies and disciplines at Stony Brook University, young people, transferring STEM for 21st century careers, and action plans to strengthen STEM SUNY College of Environmental knowledge and communication communicate and advocate for STEM education in their schools. Science & Forestry, SUNY Downstate • Following the mentoring policies and programs. The Network • Over 350 K-12 students and Medical Center, SUNY Oswego, and experience, students reported is made up of 10 regional hubs that teachers participated in SUNY Polytechnic Institute mentored interest in outreach, teaching, and are aligned with the Regional Manufacturing Day activities at nearly 1,300 middle school students working with young people in the Economic Development Councils. The GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Fab 8 location in in curricula in areas such as future Empire State STEM Network is a Malta, NY. GLOBALFOUNDRIES is the computer programming, • Added outreach and teacher member of the Battelle Institute’s world's first full-service environmental science, forensics, experience to their CVs national STEMx Network. Empire semiconductor foundry. Students human body systems, mathematics, • Strengthened commitment to State STEM Network leaders are participated in “bunny suit” demos, nanotechnology, neuroscience, scientific careers working to provide teachers and hands on workshops, and activities nutrition, and robotics. • Repeat mentors contributed to students with high-quality, industry- showcasing careers in SUNY graduate students and the creation of new afterschool based STEM programming. For manufacturing. post-doctoral fellows learned STEM curriculum example, this year: • The Western New York STEM pedagogy skills and content for the This year, the Army Education • Corning, Inc. hosted 250 hub (WNY STEM) hosted the annual classroom via an online course Outreach Program (AEOP) selected teachers and educators in New York’s “Celebrating STEM” recognition developed by SUNY Empire State SUNY, in collaboration with the Southern Tier at their Sullivan Park event at Roswell Park in Buffalo. The College and training provided by the Academy, as partners to expand campus. Educators learned about Buffalo Board of Education, Academy. The Afterschool STEM student participation in enriching careers in display technologies, Cattaraugus-Allegany Dream It! Do Mentoring Program was made STEM exploration and learning, optical communications, It! and Citi were recognized for their possible by a $2.95 million grant particularly for under-served environmental technologies, leadership to expand high quality award from the National Science students. In the year ahead, SUNY research and development, and STEM learning opportunities for Foundation. and the Academy will work together materials sciences, and the skills students and teacher professional The Afterschool STEM Mentoring to scale-up AEOP’s highly successful students need to be successful in development. Also, WNY STEM, in Program has achieved significant eCYBERMISSION initiative. these fields. collaboration with Siemens, outcomes for both participating eCYBERMISSION is a web-based • More than 60 students middle school students and STEM competition for 6th, 7th, 8th participated in the Farmingdale awarded “Emerging School Systems” graduate student mentors. We are and 9th grade students. Teams of 3-4 State College’s Science and for demonstrated commitment to pleased to be share with you a few students work with Team Advisors to Technology Entry Program (STEP) allocating resources, developing staff highlights: propose a solution to a real-world five week long summer academies and establishing programs or Middle School Students STEM-related problem in regional in physics, marine biology, forensics, priorities in STEM, as well as “Schools • The Afterschool STEM communities and compete for state, and chemistry. Three participating on the Move” for exemplary STEM Mentoring Program partnered regional and national awards. We are students traveled to Cape Canaveral initiatives and for progressing diverse urban and rural middle encouraging students, faculty, to witness the launch of SpaceX beyond the Emerging Level on the school students with SUNY scientists coaches, and mentors are invited to Falcon, transporting their research New York State STEM Quality • 39 percent of students were join us in expanding student experiment to the International Learning Rubric. 7 FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE STUDENT ASSEMBLY

Senior Vice Chancellor… forward with a new long-term plan of investing in higher education as a Continued from page 7 that puts SUNY funding and student means toward improving society is debt toward the top of the state’s as clear-cut as any policy debate. Workforce priority list. SUNY SA’s Tuition Task While our top priority is the debt Force has developed a policy burden for students, and that is our Development, framework that we look forward to motivation to advocate for greater Research and advocating for throughout the year. state investment, a differing set of Job Training We want the state to increase priorities for faculty shouldn’t SUNY is leading several funding enough to cover a cost prevent us from finding common important initiatives to help more freeze for students in the short term ground and making our call for students graduate prepared for while maintaining educational investment in higher education 21st century workforce quality, and implement a multi-year louder. Marc Cohen plan that makes SUNY debt-free for Among many reasons we need a opportunities and to drive President, SUNY Student Assembly economic growth across New York all students within five years. more affordable and accessible State. Here are a few highlights. Never before has radical funding higher education system, one of the SUNY Student increases for public higher education most important is to create a vehicle • Trade Adjustment Assistance Assembly been so politically feasible, and we to uplift traditionally underserved Community College and Career continues to need to capitalize on the policy communities. One of the issues that Training (TAACCCT): SUNY has progress climate this year. We also recognize students are most passionate about trained nearly 5,000 students for that we need sufficient revenue to are those of diversity, equity, and competitive careers in There is no time to waste in the cover cost increases on our inclusion. We have strong leadership manufacturing since the fall of mission to improve SUNY. Every year campuses, including adequate in the SUNY SA committee devoted 2012 with the $14.6 million where no progress is made on staffing our academic programs with to these issues that is intent on TAACCCT grant we were awarded critical issues like affordability and world-class faculty. Students benefit tackling a wide range of issues from from the U.S. Department of Labor. creating more inclusive from stronger academic racial bias to disability Through over 47 SUNY credit environments for our dynamically departments and faculty benefit accommodations. Incidents programs and numerous diverse student population, tens of from state investment through job throughout the country in recent manufacturing targeted non-credit thousands of people aren’t security and opportunity. This is an years have brought light to the programs, all 30 SUNY community experiencing the best of what higher issue that students and faculty must challenges that minority colleges have worked with over 300 education can offer. Improving in join together on in order to populations face in our society, and businesses to revise, expand and these areas takes a major effort by maximize our impact. SUNY SA is excited to contribute to enhance existing programs and students, the system's largest group Student debt is approaching a progress in this arena. build new programs including of stakeholders. The SUNY Student crisis point, if it isn’t there already. We were recently recognized for mechatronics, CNC machining, Assembly (SUNY SA) is working SUNY SA’s single biggest priority on spearheading the efforts that led to photovoltaics, plastics, optics and harder than ever before to make this the issue of tuition and debt is to SUNY adopting a “Ban the Box” welding to address workforce positive impact potential a reality. At make college as affordable as policy. Our public systems of higher needs in New York State. the same time, we know it is crucial possible and to minimize the debt education should always stand • State Workforce Development: to work with other stakeholders, that students suffer from post- firmly on the side of accessibility and With $1.8 million in state support, most of all faculty, to move SUNY in graduation. It is an issue that goes nondiscrimination, a principle that SUNY community colleges have the right direction. beyond the needs of our higher student leaders throughout the state trained more than 16,000 The SUNY Student Assembly (SA) education system and into broader acted on when a resolution in favor employees from 275 in more than and the University Faculty Senate society. Income inequality is of banning the box was passed at 100 types of training programs. (UFS) have countless common becoming an increasing concern, the SUNY SA Spring 2016 These important training programs interests to work on together. and some higher education is conference. We were thrilled to see help more New York State Perhaps more than any other is the usually necessary to earn a middle- the SUNY Board of Trustees adopt employers create and retain jobs, need for greater state investment in class income. Education is an engine this policy and will continue to bring increase productivity, and improve SUNY. We recognized last year’s for improving our economy, our forward initiatives on the forefront competitiveness. tuition freeze as a victory for civics, and countless other tangential of creating an inclusive For more information on these students drowning in increasing areas. Those with post-secondary environment. New York is lucky to exciting initiatives, please contact debt, a financial challenge for our education have better health have an incredibly diverse the Office of Community Colleges campuses seeking to continue outcomes, pay more in taxes, and are population, and SUNY’s student body and the Education Pipeline at (518) educational improvement, and an less likely to need support from reflects that. Students understand 320-1276. opportunity for all of us to move government programs. The benefit that the ability to respect and work

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President of Pete’s openness to students is a An examination of Trump’s Student Assembly… reflection of the values of UFS and website shows that of all the topics Continued from page 8 faculty throughout our system more on which he had taken a position with others from various broadly. For this reason, I am during the campaign (i.e., backgrounds is critical in the 21st confident that SUNY SA and UFS will infrastructure, cybersecurity, century, and SUNY has an continue to be close partners in veterans affairs reform, trade, tax opportunity to position itself as a building a culture of collaborative plan, regulations, national defense, standard-bearer in the higher shared governance for years to immigration, health care, foreign education landscape by embracing come, far after the tenure of the policy and defeating ISIS, energy, K- policy initiatives that provide leaders of either organization. 12 education, Constitution and students of every identity with an At the same time, this unique year Second Amendment, child care, and educational environment that of leadership transitions in our economy), there is nothing specific system and beyond provides an Norman Goodman supports them. Stony Brook University to higher education. Consequently, When it comes to issues like opportunity to act more urgently what public higher education can than ever - to take leaps forward [Editor’s note: Information about possible poli - expect from a Trump administration affordability and diversity, students are cies of a Trump administration—his speeches, incredibly passionate and active. SUNY instead of steps. Changes in statements by him and his staff, his twitters, his can only be gleaned by elements of SA is proud of student efforts leadership are happening from my proposed appointments to his administra - the Republican Party Platform, home campus (University at Albany, tion—keeps emerging at a dizzying pace. Con - throughout the state to make positive sequently, it is important to note that the comments in speeches he has given change, and joins them in their to replacing Nancy Zimpher as SUNY material in this column takes into account that during and since the campaign, his information available up to December 7, 2016.] urgency. Student leaders typically Chancellor, to the President of UFS, proposed appointments to key don’t have very long to push for and all the way to the President of administrative positions, and reforms, especially in a higher the United States. We have an President-elect statements by the national co-chair education environment of complex opportunity to leverage this Trump and public and policy director of his campaign, policies and a norm of multi-year dynamic environment of change to higher education Sam Clovis. For the most part, these incremental change. I know my time is propose bolder solutions than ever bits and pieces of information have before to the problems that we limited as the President of SUNY SA Much of the country, if not the roiled the waters of higher grapple with year after year. and a member of the SUNY Board of world, is still reeling from the shock education. What then may we The fact that UFS gives the SUNY Trustees, as it is for my SUNY SA waves of the 2016 election for surmise about a Trump SA President this opportunity to leadership team, all of the student president of the United States. There administration’s policies for public provide our perspective on the government presidents, and every is considerable concern that the higher education? upcoming year to your membership other student trying to make a election of Donald Trump as Though not directly involving is evidence of its eager support of difference in their community before president of the United States will public higher education, some of the the student voice. Similarly, SUNY SA graduating. It is truly an incredible and result in a retreat to “Fortress likely economic policies of the Trump always advises student activists humbling opportunity to have a seat America,” an undoing of administration will clearly affect it. throughout the system to engage at the table for students. I am so international treaties and alliances, From what we know so far, he has faculty, administration, and other personally grateful to work with so an international trade war, a foreign proposed the standard Republican stakeholders when pursuing a policy many administrative and faculty policy that is entangled with preference for “trickle-down initiative. Students and faculty alike leaders in our system and am often President Trump’s business interests, economics.” Though he claims he are bonded by their commitment to encouraged by their commitment to a more militaristic approach to will cut taxes across the board, the improving our higher education student input and their shared values. international problems, an unwise greatest benefits will go to the institutions. This year I am One faculty leader in particular and unnecessary polarization wealthy, which Trump says will committed to strengthening our that is a staunch ally to student between Western and Muslim provide resources to “job creators” to partnerships, working together on participation in shared governance is culture, an exacerbation of income create more jobs. History, however, the issues that benefit all of us, and UFS President, Pete Knuepfer. Like I inequality in the U.S. despite suggests that this is a false equation. making progress on things that know I am always trying to reflect campaign statements, and a Tax reductions for the wealthy have the values of students, I know that matter. coarsening of the rhetoric and not generally resulted in creating actions toward minority groups, jobs, but have been used more among other issues. While the frequently to invest or save those potential impact of Trump’s election funds rather than spending them to on public higher education is still create more demand and, therefore, unclear, it’s possible to foresee a more jobs. Thus, it would do little to range of credibly negative provide more income for families, consequences. which could be used in part to

9 FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK provide for a college education for been reports that this oft-stated enterprise of higher education and assess the quality of an institution as their children—especially position of President-elect Trump— justifies seeing it as a jobs training a justification of federal funding. important in an era of diminishing and his designated National Security program. • Limiting enforcement of Title IX financing for public higher Advisor, Michael Flynn, designated • Determination to defeat any regarding sex discrimination, education from the states. In Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and proposals to provide for a debt-free especially with respect to sexual addition, Trump’s announced Senior Political Advisor, Stephen and tuition-free public higher assault and bias toward sexual intention to slap higher tariffs on Bannon—has already created education at a time when the debt orientation, essentially rolling back imports from China (a major trading considerable anxiety on college burden of our students is clearly a the clock to a time of unprotected partner) and other countries could campuses, which has seriously drag on their future. However, Trump predatory relationships. not only start a trade war with affected the academic performance did vow to force colleges to cut • The proposed appointment of disastrous world-wide economic of some of our students. Similarly, tuition by controlling costs and using Representative Tom Price as consequences, but also increase the the bigotry and hate rhetoric that their endowments for this purpose, Secretary of Health and Human cost of imported goods for marked the election campaign has though he is apparently unaware of Services. Representative Price has Americans that would, consequently, been picked up and amplified in the fact that a substantial part of long been an ardent foe of the reduce family buying power, recent weeks and led to widespread endowments is restricted in how it Affordable Care Act and, in his role in including funds available for their concern among Muslims, Hispanics, can be used. the House of Representatives, has children’s college education. and other minorities in the country • An effort to move the proposed legislation in the past to The Trump Administration’s and on our campuses about their governments out of the business of overturn the ACA, including a spending plans have focused on safety, security, and well-being. providing student loans and restore provision to allow youth to stay on increasing funding for defense and A more direct effect on public that role to private banks, which their parents’ health insurance until reducing “discretionary” funding— higher education of a Trump would inevitably increase the cost of the age of 26—an obvious benefit essentially, those funds available to administration can also be gleaned the loans. to our students. meet domestic needs. Coupled with from some of the sources indicated • Making it more difficult for • The appointment of Betsy Trump’s generally anti-science earlier, which indicate support for students majoring in the liberal arts DeVos, an ardent foe of public stance, these spending plans are the following policies and (primarily in the Humanities, Fine education and sponsor of charter likely to result in reduced federal preferences: /Performing Arts, and most of the schools and school choice, whose funding for basic and applied • A relaxation of regulations Social and Behavioral Sciences) at views may well carry over to her research to assist in establishing and governing for-profit colleges and non-elite universities to get student policies with regard to public higher assessing public policy, much of universities, which have, in general, loans because of doubts about their education. which is carried out in colleges and been found to provide an inferior future earning potential. This would To sum up, these presumed universities. education and false promises of jobs lead to an unwarranted government policies of a Trump administration Trump’s strong anti-immigrant after graduation. There also appears interference in what should be a free would, in my view, have a distinctly position and his intention to reverse to be an intent to reverse the current choice on the part of students in negative effect on the quality of and President’s Obama’s executive action administration’s plan to discharge light of their future goals. access to public higher education. in creating DACA (Deferred Action the loans of those students who • Providing a taxpayer subsidy Whether they will actually be put for Childhood Arrivals) will reduce have been defrauded by these for low-income students, though into effect is still an open question. the attractiveness and institutions, which would seem to there has been no specific plan put President-elect Trump’s post- competiveness of U.S. colleges and add insult to injury for these forward for such a program or how it election softening of some his earlier universities for international students. would be paid for—especially when positions (note the reports of his students and faculty. This will have • Reinforcement of the growing the proposed tax cuts and spending meeting with the reporters and the effect of reducing the kind of emphasis among Republican increases for the military will reduce columnists of The New York Times diversity in both students and staff governors and legislators to view the available federal funds for after his election) suggest some that enhances the quality of public higher education solely domestic programs, including this possible reprieve from the worst of education and that expands our through the lens of providing job one. these. However, his recent proposed students’ intellectual horizons. It skills rather than also providing for • Allowing a wider range of appointments to his administration will also affect our global influence an educated and thoughtful accrediting bodies that could offer suggest just the opposite. There is a in an increasingly connected world, citizenry necessary to a civic society. the opportunity to weaker well-known ancient Chinese curse by reducing our ability to educate • An anti-science mentality institutions to “cherry pick” less that may be apocryphal that says the future leaders of countries evident during the campaign (e.g., rigorous ones. There is also some “May you live in interesting times.” around the world who will denial of the scientific consensus on stated intention to remove We certainly do! understand—and, hopefully humans’ contribution to global accreditation as a requirement for appreciate—our policies, warming and its likely effects), federal funding—something that perspectives, and values. There have which undermines the intellectual would eliminate an effective lever to

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[Editor’s note: Though most faculty century. Initially including 29 was the first systematic attempt to and professional staff are gen - erally familiar with the history institutions of higher education, the focus on the preparation of public and activities of their own system has expanded to include 64 school teachers in the United States. campus, they are often less knowledgeable of the history universities and colleges. Within the In 1835 the New York State and activities of the other campuses in original cluster is one of the oldest Legislature acted to establish stronger the SUNY system. Consequently, in each institutions of higher education in the issue of the Bulletin, this section is used to shine programs for public school teacher the spotlight on the history and activities of one nation, the State University of New preparation and designated one Whereas SUNY Potsdam is of the SUNY campuses. In addition, this section York College at Potsdam (SUNY academy in each senatorial district to recognized for innovation and provides a description of the recent activities of creativity in our teacher preparation one of the University Faculty Senate’s Standing Potsdam), currently celebrating its receive money for a special teacher- and arts programs, we also excel in Committees that highlights its role in affecting bicentennial year. SUNY Potsdam training department. St. Lawrence SUNY policies and programs that eventually im - the STEM disciplines and have the traces its origin to St. Lawrence Academy received this distinction, pact the individual campuses and its various second highest proportion of students constituencies.] Academy. building upon innovative programs in electing STEM education within our Residents of Potsdam petitioned the preparation of teachers. On 7 May Potsdam College sector. For example, Clarence the New York State Board of Regents 1844, the State Legislature voted to Stephens started his career as a The Potsdam Bicentennial: to establish the Academy in establish a New York State Normal research mathematician but became Celebrating two centuries of December of 1812, but battles along creativity and innovation School in Albany, now the University more interested in mathematics in higher education the St. Lawrence River during the War of Albany, as the first college for education. Dr. Stephens joined the Walter J. Conley of 1812 diverted attention to other teacher education. As need increased Potsdam Faculty as Chair of SUNY Potsdam immediate needs. In 1816, just a a second normal school was Mathematics in 1969, introducing his decade after the founding of the established during 1861 in Oswego, creative and innovative techniques in Few argue Harvard University’s town, local residents convinced the now SUNY Oswego. The Village of mathematics instruction. During his claim, dating to a charter with the legislature to revisit their proposal Potsdam was selected as a site of a tenure, SUNY Potsdam had the third Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, as and the Academy was created with normal school in 1867. largest number of mathematics the oldest institution of higher the signing of a charter on 25 March majors of any college in the country, learning in the United States. The first 1816, opening its doors to students in graduating mathematics majors at institution of higher learning within September of the same year. more than 20 times the national the State of New York was chartered average. Many graduates continued as King's College by King George II of their education earning doctoral England in 1754. The College ceased degrees in mathematics. This feat is operations during the American often referred to as the “Potsdam Revolutionary War, reforming after Miracle.” Our bicentennial celebration the war as Columbia College. A few included a year of special lectures, decades later, closer to Canada than concerts, student projects, and the any neighboring state, was the Founded by Benjamin Raymond, completions of a highly successful formation of the institution that surveyor for the Clarkson family, the In 1884 Julia Etta Crane, a graduate comprehensive campaign. The Take would become the oldest within the Academy grew rapidly. The first class of the Potsdam Normal School, became the Lead Campaign exceeded its goal State University of New York, St. of 42 students increased to 144 by leader of the music department. Under by several million dollars and will Lawrence Academy. 1820, attracting students from as far her direction, and continuing our support scholarships and programs at The genesis of state university as Oneida and Clinton counties and history of creativity and innovation, the SUNY Potsdam. In honor of the SUNY systems can be traced to our southern many towns throughout southern School developed the first normal Potsdam bicentennial, the New York states with the first chartered system Canada. A second building was added training curriculum for public music State Senate and Assembly passed created in 1785 by an act of the special resolutions in March 2016, and in 1825 to accommodate growth. teachers in the United States. General Assembly of Georgia. State Congresswoman Elise Stefanik read a Most early institutions of higher Approximately half of the music university systems expanded rapidly commemoration on the College’s learning in the United States were teachers in New York State are during the middle 19th century under history into the official record on the graduates of the Crane School of Music. the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts created to train ministers. In contrast, floor of the U.S. House of Other innovations included the of 1862 and 1890. The State St. Lawrence Academy had an early Representatives. founding of the Crane Chorus in 1931 University of New York (SUNY), the focus on the preparation of public On the 200th anniversary of the by Helen M. Hosmer, and The Crane largest university system in the school teachers. In 1828 Reverend College’s founding, 25 March 2016, Symphony Orchestra in 1939 as the country, was established in 1948 by Asa Brainerd became the preceptor of SUNY Potsdam held a bicentennial second college orchestra in the country, Governor Thomas E. Dewey on the the developing college and was bash for the campus community and foundation of the public normal recognized for the introduction of a following Harvard University. The Crane invited dignitaries from other schools established in the 19th creative and innovative teacher School of Music has an international campuses in the SUNY system and the education program. The curriculum reputation for excellence. region. In attendance were guests

11 SPOTLIGHT from SUNY System Administration, donation from Joy and Richard Dorf, (5). Five Distinguished Librarians?!? Although officially SUNY Canton, SUNY Cortland, SUNY the center is a first within SUNY and Clearly there is a problem. Distinguished Brockport, Clarkson University, and St. seeks to create greater opportunities And this is the year to deal with Professorships are Lawrence University; alongside for student-faculty collaborations in problems with Distinguished designated by the hundreds of students, faculty, staff, transformative learning experiences. Professors. The Policies and Board of Trustees, our and alumni. Thus, with a renewed spirit, and a Procedures for Distinguished recommendations have been As we move into our third century continued focus on providing a high Professorships and for Chancellor’s routinely approved. And they should we strive to build upon our rich quality liberal arts education for our Awards operate on alternating two be, as not only do candidates have to history. Challenged by diminishing students, we are ready for our third year cycles. This year we are gain approval from their campus’ state support, we look to efficiencies century. reviewing Distinguished selection committee and President, and the generosity of our alumni to Professorships to write the rules for but they are then scrutinized by a continue to enhance rich learning Program and the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 SUNY Advisory Council composed of experiences for our students. With academic years. When I say ‘write the Distinguished Professors in each the bicentennial serving as a catalyst Awards Committee rules’, we are officially only advisory to category. From sitting on the for reflection and change, four centers Beyond Lake Wobegon – Rewarding the Provost – but virtually all of our Distinguished Service Professor were created or enhanced this year to the More than Above Average editorial suggestions and all of our Advisory Council, I can vouch for their better serve students and faculty. Bruce Leslie resolutions have been accepted in rigor. Before my first meeting I had A combination of campus College at Brockport recent years. assumed a candidate was a slam resources and a generous donation The Policies and Procedures have, dunk – wrong! My colleagues picked from President Esterberg resulted in Programs and Awards is the least in our opinion, become too the nomination apart before the renovation and expansion of our important – and the most important complicated and we are attempting grudgingly accepting it. And a Center for Diversity. The center – University Faculty Senate to prune and clarify them. We have number of nominations are rejected, provides a number of resources to our Committee. While other committees strengthened the language requiring especially by the Advisory Council for increasingly diverse campus discuss weighty issues of ethics, that the grading practices of the full Distinguished Professor. community. Resources include governance, research, and student candidates for the Distinguished Successful nominees receive their academic support, social programs life, we spend our time debating the Teaching Professor be included in the awards at a delightful awards dinner and services, diversity training, skill intricacies of the criteria for SUNY’s nomination package and that sponsored by SUNY. After dining each development workshops, and Programs and Awards. But on the inconsistent patterns be explained. new Distinguished Professor is leadership opportunities. other hand, our work yields direct Overall, the policies for the three individually introduced and the Also as part of our bicentennial results with most of our Distinguished Professor categories Chancellor hangs the medal (and they celebrations, and continued creativity recommendations operationalized by have served well and there is no are heavy) around each new and innovation in STEM disciplines, the Provost. ground swell for reform. Distinguished Professor’s neck and a the Wagner Institute for Much of the work is mundane However, we face the challenge of ‘photo op’ records your elevation for Sustainability and Ecological Research tinkering, but we have the delightful making the Distinguished posterity. No event more fully exudes (WISER) was opened in a newly task of helping reward our colleagues’ Librarianship more accessible while a sense of systemness recognizing constructed space within our science expertise and hard work with at least maintaining high standards. Some SUNY’s most important work. It complex. Made possible by a psychic, and sometimes problems are above our pay grade – wasn’t always a classy event; one generous gift from Wendy and Robert remunerative, rewards. Toward that some of the most likely candidates former Chancellor told the awardees Wagner, the institute will facilitate end, the Programs and Awards are ineligible due to holding to come up and collect their ‘bling’! opportunities for student-faculty Committee has three tasks. “Our” administrative positions. And there Chancellor Zimpher has raised the collaborative research focusing on Program is Conversations in the are fewer ‘full’ librarians than we Distinguished Professorships to a new issues of environmental sustainability Disciplines. “Our” Awards are the would expect. But we can normalize level by establishing the and conservation. Chancellor’s Awards and the what seems to be excessive Distinguished Academy five years The Center for Creative Instruction Distinguished Professorships. expectations in language that must ago. Her hope has been to generate was created from a blend of existing Distinguished Professorships deter candidates. And we plan to synergy among some of the system’s offices and committees to strengthen, To start with the last, the widen the range of activities that can ‘best and brightest’. The Academy enhance, and support teaching and Distinguished Professorships began in contribute to a successful nomination. meets in the afternoon before the learning. This faculty resource was 1963, just as SUNY was taking off Two librarians on the committee are annual awards dinner for discussions created in a renovated space within with a shove from Governor Nelson working on the revisions and will take of timely issues and to plan projects. our Crumb Library, in the middle of Rockefeller. Over 1000 have been our proposals to the SUNY librarians’ But to date the Academy has not fully our academic quad, and developed created in the succeeding 60+ years organization. Watch for a preliminary reached its potential. In the hopes of from a recommendation of our in four fields: Distinguished [i.e., report at the Winter Plenary and a solidifying the Academy before Faculty Senate. Also housed in Scholarship & Creative Activity] resolution at the Spring Plenary. Chancellor Zimpher retires, the renovated space in our Crumb Library Professors (371); Distinguished The revised Policies and Procedures Provost’s Office has seconded Janet is the new Center for Applied Service Professors (310); for all four Distinguished Nepke for the year to galvanize us Learning. Created with Performance Distinguished Teaching Professors Professorship categories should be plan our future. By the May 2017 Improvement Funds and a generous (376); and Distinguished Librarians sent to the campuses next July. awards dinner we hope to have 12 SPOTLIGHT formulated proposals that will give SUNY for long periods of time and add her retirement. Frequent staff changes may also include examination of the Academy clearer direction and needed expertise to campus’ teaching and personnel shortages in the related curricular innovations. purpose. bullpen. Both resolutions passed Provost’s Office have meant some Proposals that include discussion of The UFS Programs & Awards unanimously and the expansion of continued frustrations. On the other instructional matters must have Committee hard at work categories was written into the hand, we’ve had excellent clerical participation by the appropriate Policies and Procedures that were sent support from Yvette Roberts. disciplinary departments.” to campuses last July. We have considered the whole In addition, we have received The Chancellor’s Award for Shared range of options. We discussed complaints that the proposal Governance is a special case. It was recommending the termination of the guidelines for Conversations in the created by the University Faculty program – so much work goes into Disciplines are needlessly complicated Chancellor’s Awards Senate, but is administered by same delivering a mere $40,000 in $5000 for such a small grant. We are trying to The other half of ‘Awards’, and one procedures of the Provost’s Office as grants. On the other hand, this small shorten and clarify the instructions that affects many more faculty, is the for the other Chancellor’s Awards. This amount of seed money yields a that will be distributed in December or Chancellor’s Awards. Faculty and Staff should be reviewed by next year’s surprisingly bountiful intellectual yield. early January. We expect that the committee when the Policies and So we decided against the nuclear are eligible for eight different Awards. Provost will approve our Procedures are up for review. We have option. A related question was the size Four echo the Distinguished Professors recommendations. attracted too few nominations and of the awards. We decided that while categories; they are the Chancellor’s Conclusion perhaps the number would be there were attractions in creating Awards for Librarianship, for Scholarly Thus we have two main tasks for augmented if the UFS felt more sense different levels of grants, without and Creative Activity, for Service; and the remainder of the year. The first is of ownership – though that would considerably increased funding it was for Teaching. In addition, there are fine-tuning the Distinguished also mean more work. But there is neither feasible nor wise. Chancellor’s Awards for Adjunct Professor Policies and Procedures, anomaly that the committee which Another issue was the nearly half- especially for Librarianship. The Teaching, for Classified Service, and for judges the applications is appointed century ban on funding pedagogically Professional Service. We play a major second is to oversee the final form of by the Provost without input from the oriented proposals. Apparently from the guidelines for Conversations in the in the first of those, but little role in the Programs and Awards Committee. the earliest Conversations in the latter two. Finally, there is the Disciplines and then to judge the I regret not becoming cognizant of Disciplines in the late 1960s, the policy resulting proposals that will be Chancellor’s Award for Shared this sooner. It is important that we was that the Conversations focus “on forwarded to Provost Cartwright. Governance. recognize and reward good practice scholarly and creative development While Programs and Awards is a Last year our work centered on and encourage campus rather than administrative, curricular, committee of the ‘State Ops’, we work revising the Policies and Procedures administrations that practice shared or instructional matters designed to closely with the Awards Committee of for Chancellor’s Awards for the governance. My hope is that we will foster both professional and personal the Faculty Council of the Community academic years 2016/2017 and be able to increase nominations growth of participants and their 2017/2018. The Committee felt that sufficiently to award more than one respective campuses.” That was Colleges. Its Chair, Iris Cook, participates the rules were too complicated and per year out of 64 campuses. With clearly crafted when SUNY was in our meetings and works as an sometimes ambiguous. Thus, working more nominations then it would evolving from a core of former State extraordinary liaison between our two with Vice-Chancellor Lane, we become possible to have separate Teachers Colleges into multi-purpose bodies. As a result, our UFS committee streamlined and clarified the Policies awards for ‘state ops’ and for institutions. But given that that effectively, though unofficially, speaks for and Procedures that went to community colleges. An Honorable evolution had occurred decades ago, all SUNY campuses. campuses last July. We hope these Mention category is another this prohibition seemed excessive and I am completing my third (term- changes facilitate more nominations. possibility for increasing the Award’s barred fruitful Conversations that limited) year as Chair of the Programs More fundamentally, the impact. Our Committee has so far include consideration of the and Awards Committee. I have been Committee felt that changes in higher ignored the only partially facetious instructional implications of scholarly blessed with supportive committee education had enlarged two calls for an award to shame unshared developments. Thus, the Programs members, especially this year. And categories of faculty who were governance. But who knows! and Awards Committee proposed the having a SUNY Provost who ineligible for Chancellors Awards; they Conversations in the Disciplines following resolution which was understands shared governance has were full-time non-tenure track The first task presented to me as unanimously adopted at the Fall, 2016 meant that our work feels meaningful. faculty and clinical faculty at the Chair was to consider major changes Plenary and this revision will be in the Finally, for many of us academe is a health related campuses. As a result, in this long-standing program. I was guidelines for proposals for calling in which psychic rewards and we presented two resolutions to the supposed to measure the program’s Conversations in the 2017/2018 intelligent colleagueship make our University Faculty Senate last April. efficacy over its c.50-year history as a academic year. worlds go round. I hope my One made clinical faculty eligible for base for examination. That has proved Resolved that the University Faculty Committee’s work has helped faculty the Chancellor’s Awards in Scholarship to be a tougher job than expected. To Senate recommends the current and staff feel that their extra efforts are & Creative Activities and in Service; this day I cannot lay my hands on the language describing criteria for appreciated. I further hope that these they were already eligible for the records (and for an historian that is Conversations in the Disciplines awards SUNYwide awards augment our sense Teaching Award. The second especially frustrating). The SUNY be amended to read: “SUNY CID focuses of systemness – our sense that our resolution addressed the growing administrator who was supposed to on scholarship, creative activities, and work has meaning across and beyond number of full-time faculty who are have the records and work with me new developments in academic our campuses to the entire system. not on a tenure track. Many serve was AWOL in the six months before disciplines and fields. Conversations 13 SPEAK OUT

races. It was not my intent to cast angel (not an Angle) finds him in the to “perform” its mission (to provide blame or to ridicule the young man, stable and commands him to tell a meaning) it uses the signs (words) rather it was my job to say what he story. Caedmon says he can’t, and he arranged in a syntactic pattern to [Editor’s note: This section provides a mecha - won and what he didn’t win. So we doesn’t know any stories anyway. So form an acknowledged nism for communication among administrators, faculty, and professional staff about issues that can obviously get into trouble with the angel tells him to speak of (“competent”) meaning. are relevant to SUNY or to the field of higher ed - the words we use even when we beginnings – of creation. To do the job we can produce an ucation in general. The views and comments ex - don’t mean to cause trouble. As (“Caedmon, sing me frumsceaft.”) In infinite number of words. If we pressed here are solely those of the author(s), not necessarily those of the editor or of the Ex - Robert Frost wrote: other words, the efferent language is couldn’t then we would eventually ecutive Committee of the University Faculty Sen - “We make ourselves a place apart the simple building block of reach the end of language. But since ate. Submissions of articles for this section of the Bulletin, or comments on previous articles, Behind light words that tease aesthetic language. we are constantly thinking of new should be sent to the editor, and should not gen - and flout, We acquire meaning things to say (deep structure) we erally exceed 2,500 words.] But oh, the agitated heart (understanding) through the words need to make and then understand Till someone find us really out. we choose to use. But words are an infinite number of sentences. The efferent and “Tis pity if the case require fickle. Ludwig Wittgenstein said our Therefore, language plays a role in the aesthetic: (Or so we say) that in the end minds are not boxes that only we deep patterns of human thought Acquiring meaning We speak the literal to inspire have access to, and that to acquire that transcend the boundaries of by decoding The understanding of a friend. meaning there must be social culture and time. messages “But so with all, from babes that conventions and practices subject to This is where aesthetics comes in play empirical methodology. The because communication is creative. Joe Marren At hide-and-seek to God afar, definitions we acquire for ourselves To illustrate my point, I’m turning to SUNY Buffalo State So all who hide too well away are not inherent (e.g. Joe Marren, Thomas Merton, a Trappist monk Must speak and tell us where professor, Buffalo State, journalist, and essayist, and his poem And the The writing that we do as they are.” newspapers, etc.). As Wittgenstein Children of Birmingham because it academics is meant to be scholarly Revelation wrote, “The limits of my language speaks to me on several personal and informative. No surprise there, How do we acquire meaning are the limits of my world.” What we levels. The level I want to focus on for eh? So we write very serious reports about what goes on at plenaries for when words can be confusing? Since do when we communicate is bring this essay is that reading it reminds the constituents at our home we use words to tease and flout it words back from the metaphysical to me of my former job as a reporter. In campuses, or we fashion oh-so- seems natural that we should begin their everyday use. the poem Merton sets the stage and serious-and-dire pleas to deans and with understanding a little That can be seen with some of lets us interpret the action (acquire provosts citing stats sans anecdotes something about words and word Noam Chomsky’s writings. meaning). for more faculty lines. But in all cases usage. For example, silly in Old Chomsky’s theory on transformative Merton’s life and his writings there is plenty of time and room to English meant blessed, or touched generative grammar posits that all were about love and the redemptive let our unique voices sing through. by the spirit of the Lord. When humans have the ability and desire power of forgiveness. We must We are efferent but we want to be people are touched by the spirit of to communicate (deep structure) understand Merton’s theory of aesthetic. This essay says we can be an omniscient being they are and that grammar is transformed poetry and what he is trying to both. probably enraptured and they may (generated) into surface structures accomplish. To do that we must What’s an essay without an act differently than the rest of us. of a language by a set of rules, examine his voice, which is where anecdote? Here’s mine: When I was a Over time that inner spiritual although the surface rules are journalism comes in. Biographers say sportswriter covering the state track revelation came to be redefined and nuanced from language to that Merton, from his peaceful and field championships in the mid- understood as the way people language. In other words, Chomsky monastery in rural Kentucky, 1980s there was a runner from outwardly behaved and so it would say everyone has the ability stormed against societal ills that Western New York who ran in two morphed into our understanding of to articulate thoughts and that were evil. He lists such things as a (maybe three?) races but won one the word silly as used today. codified language orders those reporter would in And the Children event. When I wrote the story about English language beginnings thoughts to help us communicate. of Birmingham. This detached, the championship day I wrote varies between ye Olde English Therefore, we do not learn a matter-of-fact tone uses imagery, something like “Joe Soandso only Northumbrian dialect and the Saxon language but rather acquire it sometimes playfully, to become won the 100 hurdles.” What I meant dialect with various subdialects through careful, repetitive attention reportage. was that his sole win was in a thrown in. The story of “Caedmon’s to competencies since we already And the children of Birmingham certain race; his father, though, Hymn” illustrates that. There’s a innately possess the ability for Walked into the story wrote me a very nasty letter saying shepherd who can’t tell stories at language. In other words, we are Of Grandma's pointed teeth that my use of “only” implied his son night round the fire with the other born efferent and acquire aesthetics (“Better to love you with”) failed because I wrote that said shepherds. So he always leaves as we continue to write. Thus, As someone who has written and progeny didn’t win any of the other when it’s story time. But one day an writing is recursive because in order edited thousands of news stories I

14 SPEAK OUT can say that what Merton offers is Fire and water decade of the 21st century. It takes a 5. Organize around a sustainable almost a classic journalistic lede Poured over everyone: new and deeper look into the infrastructure of human and physical because it says who (the children of “Hymns were extreme, preparation, diversity, impact, and resources to sustain excellence into Birmingham) and what they did So there could be no pardon!” development of the next generation the future (walked into the fury). The fact that The idea of contemplation of teachers. As the University Faculty In this essay I could not hope to it also alludes to a classic children’s touches on Merton’s evolving Senate is the shared governance elaborate fully on each of the story reiterates that it is about creativity. When he wrote the poem mechanism for the state-operated elements of TeachNY. A Steering children and what they did. in 1968 he was no longer the institutions of SUNY, this initiative Committee is following up on the Several years ago I met a woman younger monk who wrote The Seven should serve as a tool to engage work of and the report from the in Selma who was a teen-ager Storey Mountain. He had grown and people on every campus in a Advisory Council released in May. To during the civil rights changed, so it was probably natural conversation of how to bring the date, seven Regional Engagements demonstrations there. She protested, for him to seek new ways to express entire university into the have involved hundreds of was arrested, bailed out and then himself. Merton was discovering and preparation of teachers. This is a vital stakeholders across New York to went to protest again. She was re-evaluating things and some element in unifying a pipeline of discuss relevant policies and to build arrested again and bailed out again. critics suggest that he was coming pre-school through college an action plan for moving forward. Repeat that same scene several to believe that just as there is education that serves both SUNY On November 4, the Steering more times and it becomes the flexibility in life, there must be and New York. Committee will have had its second aesthetic chronicle born from the flexibility in art and in letting an This article is intended to meeting to propose policy changes efferent facts. It wasn’t until the audience interpret/acquire meaning. invigorate the conversation that and continue this phase of proposed young people of Selma were So we can interpret this poem in must take place for TeachNY to actions. Two more meetings of the arrested time after time that the many ways, but the title and the succeed. If we are to realize its goals, Steering Committee will provide Black middle class of teachers, reportorial word images he wrote non-education faculty must broadly recommendations for Board of professionals and others joined the lead us along a path I believe engage in wide-ranging, two-way Trustees’ actions by mid-2017. protests. Merton wanted us to take. I think communication with campus This policy-level, Phase-2 effort But what the children did that the poem is a way of interpreting education leadership and faculty as will lay the groundwork for Phase-3 time and commenting on spiritual life, or well as supporters within System initiatives (some of which have Gave their town maybe it’s what the poet (and Jesuit Administration around these issues. already begun). Phase 3 includes A name to be remembered! priest) Gerald Manley Hopkins The charge to the TeachNY Advisory engaging the NYS Master Teacher (And tales were told would call an inscape. In other Council begins “TeachNY is an program, the Regent’s edTPA Task Of man’s best friends, the Law.) words, there is spiritual and artistic initiative of the State University of Force, the American Association of How do we tell our own stories? growth, though they are not New York to transform teacher and Colleges of Teacher Education The story that Merton tells is the necessarily developing at school-leader preparation and (AACTE) Clinical Practice story of how people protested and complementary rates. development through the creation Commission, the National Board changes (too slowly) came. His Based on Merton’s life as a of bold new policy that will shape Certification organization, and comment was that despite the contemplative I imagine he wants us the discipline for decades to come.” others. This phase will pilot violence inflicted by police, change to think deeper about messages and The Advisory Council report was initiatives like models of residency- was inevitable. meanings, about the efferent and provided to key teacher education based educator programs and work The Trappists are a contemplative the aesthetic in our own writing. stakeholders at all SUNY institutions with CAEP - the national teacher order and yet Merton’s idea of There be dragons sailing into such in May 2016. education accreditation program. contemplation was to be “of the uncharted waters, but the joy is in TeachNY seeks a unified effort This is all with an eye to supporting world, but not in the world.” So he the voyage as we meet other around five broad themes: effective change across the system. couldn’t help but comment on issues travelers. 1. Recruit, select, and assure the Rather than reiterate the he felt were important, whether cultural competence of teacher information in the report, I would about a nuclear arms race that TeachNY: A primer candidates like to explore an issue as an would doom the world, or of a and call to action 2. Renew and sustain educator example of how campus-specific struggle for basic human dignity on Dennis Showers preparation programs and partner conversations might proceed on the city streets. In And the Children SUNY Geneseo them with P-12 partners locally relevant topics that cut across of Birmingham this comes out: 3. Initiate new teachers into the and synthesize multiple themes. One And the children of Birmingham TeachNY is a new initiative on the profession and support their overarching topic that should attract Walked in the shadow part of SUNY to respond to the ongoing professional development many constituencies of a campus is Of Grandma’s devil looming teacher shortage in a way 4. Demonstrate success by the role of information technology in Smack up against that addresses new challenges to sound, research-based assessment TeachNY. Information technologies The singing wall. schools and teachers in the second and evaluation systems as problem-solving tools can

15 SPEAK OUT contribute to: getting the SUNY Thomas Edison predicted that half are more or less evenly split the problem. Parents and potential message out to diverse individuals in movies would replace blackboards between seeing the purpose of employers demand that schools the pool of potential teacher and books in schools. By the 1960’s schooling as developing citizens and teach students to use computers, candidates (Theme 1); increasing the phrase “computer-assisted preparing future employees for calculators, smart phones, and contact and communication with P- instruction” had entered the future jobs. Many of those future specific software and apps so they 12 school partners (Theme 2); vocabulary of teachers and school jobs we are preparing students for will be ready for those jobs that have develop networks of teachers at all reformers. do not even exist today. While not been created yet. At the same levels of experience and in all For too long some have promoted schools will never have one single, time, they also want their children to settings (Theme 3); and generating, the view of the future of schooling clearly-defined purpose, they must learn their times tables and accessing, processing, and sharing with the teacher as, at most, a find a way to have a discussion to grammar rules the same way they data relevant to all parts of the curator of software and hardware narrow the focus and move toward did. So we have flooded classrooms initiative (Theme 4). Information with children freed from the time common goals. Only then can with electronic whiteboards, tablets, technology systems are a vital part schedule and physical space of technology be focused on the Chromebooks, and other gadgets of the sustainable infrastructure today’s schooling. Some reformers improvement of teaching and into a curriculum designed for required to institutionalize the actually believe that day is not too educator preparation as conceived liberally educating well-rounded mechanisms of all of the other far off. by TeachNY. citizens in Post-WW II America. themes of TeachNY (Theme 5). These More tools of the asynchronous, In an environment of schools In 1939, Harold Benjamin, under examples are only meant to on-demand education seem to crop being uncertain of their purpose, the pen name J. Abner Peddiwell, illustrate possibilities for rethinking up every day. There are video and technology became a solution wrote an allegory for the staid information technology’s role in podcast lectures, on-line courses looking for a problem. I was a educational establishment titled The teacher education. Many specific that allow students to jump in classroom teacher in 1979 when our Saber-Tooth Curriculum. The punch solutions to the varied problems we whenever they are ready, apps to school got its first “personal line was that schools created to face will be an important part of the teach every subject on your phone, computer.” They gave it to me teach protection against tigers will TeachNY implementation effort. and “intelligent assistants” to help because I was the “science guy” and I fail when the tigers are all gone but From the perspective of 40 years you find what you need to do next. must have some way I could put it to bears take their place. The story was in teacher education, as well as time Refining the instructional use. I made my district pay for me to meant to be an object lesson for spent working with business, technologies and matching the go to the local college to take a educators that the skills and industry, and other organizations, I artificial intelligence of the programming course so I could make knowledge of the past will not serve believe that we need to change the machines to the instructional the Radio Shack TRS Model 80 do the students or society of today to general intent of the use of decision-making ability of the something. In a short 15 weeks, I solve the problems confronting communication technologies in the teacher are the last small steps in wrote a program that my chemistry them. It’s a quick read or, if you educational setting. Too much effort this vision of teacher-less schooling. students could use to input the mass prefer, watch it in less than five has been given to trying to find the Given the history of predictions and volume of samples and the minutes on Vimeo right hardware and software to about educational technology and computer would tell them the https://vimeo.com/19515754 (irony replace the teacher at the center of artificial intelligence, the path to density! The paper and pencils we intentional--DS). the educational enterprise. Instead, better education in the 21st century had burned up before was spared as If Benjamin was worried that the we need to look at models outside of will more likely be carved out by well as the time of students world of 1939 was moving too fast classrooms as to how technology is better human teachers with the punching the numbers into their for an overly cautious school system, applied in other professions, e.g., most effective tools we can give and recording their answers. This he would be gasping for breath engineering, medicine, and law. them. was a $5,000 solution to a $2 today. I do the “let’s think about Technology in these fields is not We must also consider technology problem that ate up 45 hours of my future jobs that don’t exist today” designed to replace engineers, in the context of schools being time that semester. Yes, I did write task in some of my classes. This doctors, and lawyers. It is to make pulled in multiple directions and our many more programs for other exercise fuels a discussion of “How those human professionals better at profession not having a clear sense purposes but I never really found it will you need to change as a teacher what they do. of what we are trying to do. It’s hard the best use of my time. Teaching is a to meet the ever-evolving needs of In 1866, Halcyon Skinner was to get somewhere effectively if you job where you never finish all of the schools and students?” We also talk issued a patent on a machine he don’t know where you are going. The important to-do list items anyway. about how to use technology as a designed to teach spelling to 2016 Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup Poll Therefore, teachers have to be time problem-solving tool in the service children. Since that time a great deal showed that 50% of Americans managers, every day deciding what of professional development. of effort has been spent in believe the purpose of schooling is useful thing will not get done. Spending 150 years trying to developing educational technology “academics” (although it is not clear Technology in schools kept build the electro-mechanical system that could replace all or part of the there is any sort of consensus looking for problems to solve until that would make the teacher functions of the teacher. In 1923, definition of what that is). The other technology qua technology became unnecessary has simply shown that

16 SPEAK OUT teaching and learning are not just your life actually depended on it? children went to one place to be one opportunity/challenge we have about filling children with Would you be the first to drive across taught by a human being. The joke is in increasing the connections information and skills but are, a bridge designed and built by foreshadowed by the title is how the among people without instead, about human-to-human Vitrualcivilengineer.com? ) children wax dreamily about the fun overwhelming them with redundant relationship building. Cognitive These professionals use kids must have had when they got and needless communications. If science has shown us that learning, technology as humans with the to go to “school”—a place of real anything, communicating and therefore teaching, is more need to access more and better human interaction. Serious information is now too easy and we complex than we imagined. While information faster than they ever projections of when we would see send everything to everyone to trying to find the app or software could. They process what they find to Artificial Intelligence that could where the signal is lost in the noise. that can replace the teacher, we have separate the sense from the replace human functions have been Finally, I hope you, the reader, are spent much less time looking at how nonsense (perhaps the most useful failing since at least the 1957 peeved or frustrated at something to use technology to develop and modern skill). They communicate Dartmouth Conference. I have no I’ve said herein. If you are a non- support great human teachers and with each other to build the body of faith in the prophets who say education faculty member, I hope students. We could apply technology knowledge of the profession and machines that can replace the you will take this to one of your to liberate teachers to spend more of connect with others working on the teacher are right around the corner. education colleagues and ask their time connecting to students as same kinds of problems. Teachers Everything that is true of the need her/him if s/he believes the same individuals—but we don’t. empowered with technology and for teachers to be retooled to meet nonsense as that dope from I believe the key to using taught how to use it to make the future needs of students is true Geneseo. If you are on an education technology to make teachers better themselves better teachers must, in of the retooling that is needed in faculty, go to your Provost or Liberal teachers can be found by looking at my mind, be the technology educator preparation programs. I Arts Dean and explain why I don’t how technology is used outside of imperative of TeachNY. could get into my thoughts and speak for the entire education our profession. As mentioned before, In 1951, Isaac Asimov wrote “The experiences on how my chosen community. Whatever you do, I hope engineers, doctors, and lawyers use Fun They Had,” a short story about profession should adapt to the it generates a conversation on your technology to get better at doing children in the year 2157 who demands of providing the next campus about TeachNY and bringing what they do rather than trying to discover a “book.” Through their generation of teachers and school the entire university into the replace human professionals. (I intelligent-machine teacher, they leaders, but that would require preparation of educators for the know about WebMD, Legal Zoom, et learn about “schools” children used another entire essay. Keeping the future of New York al. Would you really choose either of to attend. They are shocked to find focus on innovations with them over a human equivalent if that there ever was a time when technology I would say the number

THE DIVERSITY COLUMN

November, 2016--Our society certainly be a haven compared to from all disciplines to bring continues its struggle with racism, other states and other state discussions of equity and inclusion ableism, xenophobia, misogyny, systems, but we can do better. First into the classroom and to develop transphobia, and homophobia. we must address any suggestion of our students’ cultural competencies. Though many citizens have been or act of intimidation on our How we do this and what we do fighting for generations to create a campuses. Campus leaders must act will depend on who we are, our society that does not discriminate quickly and conscientiously to lived experiences, and how or encourage violence against our remove students from our comfortable we feel discussing minority populations, we know campuses who engage in these these issues. Improving our comfort there is still a lot of work to do. It behaviors. They must also make levels can come through seems as if the election of Donald their actions known to the campus professional development training, Trump has empowered some and reiterate the values of the but it will also come if and when we Timothy W. Gerken citizens—some of them our campus. Many of our campuses make a concerted effort to develop Morrisville State College students—to act in ways that go seem to understand this and act relationships with colleagues and Chair UFS Committee on against the stated values of SUNY accordingly. community members who come Equity, Inclusion, & Diversity and New York state. These actions However, to really improve our from under-represented groups, [Editor’s note: The Diversity Corner is a place are not new or unfamiliar. campus climates, we must also and who we may not have for conversation about equity and inclusion. We Many of us gravitate towards address the discrimination and significant interpersonal hope to present a variety of voices, so if you higher education with the belief discriminatory violence that takes interactions with. It is these have ideas for an article please let Tim Gerken, who is responsible for this new continuing col - that we can find a more inclusive place off our campuses. These prolonged conversations that will umn, know by sending it to him (gerkentw@ and safe space to live and work, and teachable moments present truly make a difference in the future morrisville.edu). New York state and SUNY can important opportunities for faculty of SUNY.

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By working together, we can system: we are specifically asking mission. However, we know on most Senate Executive Committee, and I expand the structural and that diversity be included as one of campuses and in most departments have watched as some of them go interactional diversity on our the criteria for faculty evaluation throughout the system, scholarly back to their campuses, so they can campuses. throughout SUNY….” Its ability is weighted more heavily do the research they need to get One obvious way to do this is to suggestions provide ways to support than the other four criteria promoted. increase the diversity of our faculty, SUNY’s Strategic Agenda. Provost combined. “Publish or perish” is a Inquiry is the only Excels’ metric staff, and administration. Statistics Cartwright wrote in the common way of phrasing this that specifically addresses research show that our faculty and staff Spring/Summer 2016 Faculty Senate inequity. Not only do faculty have to and publications. Examining the population is not as diverse as our Bulletin: “Diversity, equity, and publish, they have to publish in the criteria for evaluating a campus and student body: “the trend in inclusion: This is about people, who “right” places and many the one for tenure and promotion, employees at SUNY identifying as we are and who we serve. It’s about departments require a published we see that research is only one of URM [Under Represented Minorities] ensuring that everyone who comes book in order for a faculty member the five criteria in each of the two has shown an incremental increase to study or work at SUNY feels to be awarded continuing evaluative frameworks. Yet, we allow over the period from Fall 2007 to Fall welcome and knows that their appointment or promotion. one criteria—scholarly ability—to 2015 (11.9% to 12.6%)” ; however, opinions will be respected. Our work Every time any faculty member be more influential on the success of SUNY’s URM student population is here cuts across all five areas of chooses to not be involved in the entire campus than the other almost 25%. The SUNY Board of SUNY Excels: access, completion, programs that support Excels’ five criteria combined. I believe this Trustees (BOT) passed a diversity success, inquiry, and engagement.” areas because they feel they will be undermines SUNY’s Strategic policy in September 2015 which In January 2015 the Board of pulled away from their research— Agenda. mandates that “each campus and Trustees endorsed “SUNY Excels as which is a very likely Just at the role of SUNY and our SUNY Administration will develop the University’s performance system scenario—students, programs, and individual campuses have changed over the years, the role of faculty and comprehensive strategic diversity and the key driver of the Power of the campus community suffer professional staff has also changed. and inclusion plans” that increase SUNY strategic plan for the next five because fewer individuals then have If SUNY Excels is truly a the number of URM’s in our faculty, years.” Through the five priority to do this work. This leads to “performance system that drives staff, and administration. These areas, system will “be seeking out burnout, it leads to a limited number continuous improvement toward endeavors are not easy. And, they do and tracking inclusive Excellence of perspectives being promoted, and Excellence at all levels—system, not end once the individual is on our across metrics in all five priority it reinforces privilege. sector, campus, faculty, student, and campus. There is a significant areas.” If Excels is going to measure Faculty and staff from URM’s are staff,” then we must change the amount of work we must do to keep diversity in all five areas, it is often tasked with extra-service way we understand the criteria for these individuals on our campuses. important to look at the because they become the unofficial continuing appointment and Researcher Kerry Ann O’Meara has contribution to “inclusive Excellence” “advisor” to students who see few promotion. This is a time for Shared written about how “universities are our current tenured faculty and faculty or staff that look like them, Governance to come together and losing talent because of bias in professional staff make. I think if we the “diversity” representative on make changes. Campus Governance academic reward systems and work do this honestly, we will see that the committees, task forces, and panels Leaders (CGL’s), Department Chairs, environments. Having engaged in lack of URM faculty and staff on our that are looking to make sure they Deans, Chief Diversity Officers, Chief exit interviews and retention studies campuses significantly limits meet a “diversity” requirement, and Academic Officers, College of faculty leaving the academy, it is “institutional diversity as part of the the “diversity” voice on issues facing Presidents, SUNY’s senior clear universities pay a major price mission and vision of the their campus. Cis-gendered, straight, administration, and the SUNY Board by not acknowledging bias and educational institution.” white males generally do not face of Trustees must determine how to expanding their definitions of To develop diversity and inclusive any of these additional pressures. account for the work done by the scholarship in terms of the diversity excellence in all of the Excel areas, However, it is important to faculty and staff that drive our “continuous improvement toward of people and contributions they we must reconsider the wide range acknowledge that many of our Excellence.” Without this change, we attract, retain, and advance.” It is of activities that are used to evaluate faculty and staff who are not URM’s will never be able to live up to the time for us to reexamine continuing and award continuing appointment work hard to support diversity goals of the BOT’s Resolution on appointment and promotion and promotion. The five areas— efforts on their campuses and across SUNY Excels. procedures that work to benefit mastery of subject matter, SUNY. They too struggle to improve It is important that this be a SUNY’s Strategic Agenda. effectiveness in teaching, our campus climate and support the system-wide change. We cannot In 2013 the University Faculty effectiveness in university service, Excel’s framework, while trying to do have some campuses or certain Senate Diversity and Cultural scholarly ability, and continuing their research and get the departments on certain campuses Competence Committee presented a growth if evaluated equally and with publications they need to be where scholarly ability remains the Position Paper entitled Making the objective of supporting SUNY’s promoted. I have served with these overriding factor determining the Diversity Count: “This paper calls for strategic plan—provide the dedicated faculty and staff during outcome of a faculty member. It policy changes in the faculty reward opportunities we need to fulfill our my time on the University Faculty must be measured equally with the

18 THE DIVERSITY COLUMN other criteria. Because it is a system- the ability of the academic reward work that should be held to the appointment and promotion criteria. wide change, it must affect all system to acknowledge and support highest standards appropriate to We can value engaged scholarship, faculty members equally. the diversity of individuals and their form and content.” community engagement, teaching, These ideas are not new. Kerry contributions. Such reform does not The Power of SUNY is the power and service that improves access, Ann O’Meara has been doing lower a bar, or compromise the of our efforts. Our guiding principals completion, success, and retention. It research in Academic Reward quality of scholarship deemed suggest we should be “ambitious is time we move to evaluate faculty Systems for over 15 years. She has excellent. Instead, it opens up more and visionary.” We have the and staff in a way that supports argued that “reform of promotion ways, for more scholars, to make a opportunity with Excels to expand systemness: a system that is more and tenure policies should improve case for the excellence of their work, and enhance our continuing equitable and more inclusive.

CELEBRATING NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORKERS

American foreign policy, coined “The harsh winter encampment at Valley 16, 1786 at Trinity Church, an Monroe Doctrine,” has endured. Forge in 1778, Monroe, now at the Episcopal place of worship situated Though James Monroe is given rank of Major, shared a tent with at the northern end of Wall Street in praise for his achievements that fellow Virginian, Lieutenant John lower Manhattan. This centuries-old occurred before and during his Marshall--later the Chief Justice of church is still operational at its presidency, Elizabeth’s the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1780, original site--one block from the accomplishments are often Virginia Governor Thomas Jefferson original World Trade Center that was overlooked. Further, she is unjustly promoted Monroe to a full colonelcy destroyed on September 11, 2001. rated poorly as First Lady. The in the state’s militia. He was also following essay sheds some simultaneously appointed Virginia additional light on the nation’s fifth Military Commissioner to the president and, especially, on the first Southern Continental Army. Three Dr. Daniel Scott Marrone, First Lady from New York State. years later, Monroe was elected to Farmingdale State College the Virginia House of Delegates and (Retired) also represented his state in the Congress of the Confederation. From NYS’s Elizabeth November 7, 1785 until November 3, Kortright Monroe: 1786, Congress met in the nation’s Sketch of Trinity Church made temporary capital in New-York City about the time of the Monroe La Belle Américaine (spelled with a hyphen until the five marriage in the late 1700’s. saves Adrienne, Mar - German artist Emmanuel Gottlieb boroughs united into the “City of quise de La Fayette, Leutze painted “Washington Greater New York” on January 1, during the French Crossing the Delaware,” in 1851. 1898). While in New-York City, 27-year Revolution Lieutenant James Monroe is standing behind Washington old Monroe was introduced to 17- holding the 13-star U.S.A. flag. year old Elizabeth Kortright. Born on During their event-filled lives, (Collection of the Metropolitan June 30, 1768, Elizabeth was James and Elizabeth Monroe Museum of Art, NY.) provided with a well-rounded liberal experienced the turbulent politics of James and Elizabeth Monroe: education. She was an excellent a new nation; faced peril in Paris Early Lives student who was proficient in French and other European during the French Revolution; During the Revolutionary War, languages. Petite at five feet in participated in history’s largest James Monroe (1758-1831) fought height, Elizabeth possessed peaceful land acquisition—the with valor in the battles of Harlem expressive blue eyes and a beautiful Photograph of Trinity Church with Louisiana Purchase; promoted the Heights, Brandywine, Germantown, face enhanced by sumptuous the original World Trade Center in “Era of Good Feelings”; and helped and Monmouth. At the pivotal brunette hair. She came from a postpone for decades the American Battle of Trenton, on December 26, the background. Nederlander family that was civil war via the Missouri 1776, Lieutenant Monroe was shot The newlyweds lived with originally named van Kortryk. Upon Compromise of 1820. James Monroe in the chest and nearly died from his Elizabeth’s widowed father, first laying eyes on Elizabeth, James declared in his 1823 “Address to wound. Remarkably, the strapping Lawrence Kortright, in a large was instantly smitten with her Congress” that the Western six-foot tall, 18-year old Virginian though somewhat unkempt beauty and intelligence. After a brief Hemisphere was “off-limits” to fully recovered and by 1777 was Manhattan manse. Elizabeth’s courtship, they married on February European colonization. This promoted to Captain. During the mother, née Hannah Aspinwall, lived

19 CELEBRATING NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORKERS from 1735 to 1777. The Aspinwalls Senator representing Virginia in La Belle Américaine: are directly related to another iconic December 1790. American Hero Dutch New York family, the The Monroes in Paris Monroe and his articulate, French- Roosevelts of Hyde Park. (President In July 1789, a rebellion in France speaking wife were captivated with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s commenced that would forever alter France. The French were, in turn, youngest son was named John world history. The French Revolution besotted with Elizabeth whom they Aspinwall Roosevelt). James Monroe quickly devolved into mass murder called La Belle Américaine. planned to bring his new bride back of an estimated 41,000 victims. Gorgeous, Elizabeth was also Portrait of Elizabeth Kortright to Virginia when his term in the During this upheaval, Thomas courageous. Amid the “Reign of Monroe, aged 26, painted by Swiss Congress of the Confederation Jefferson was U.S. Minister to France. Terror” and continuing in the artist Louis Sene in Paris (1794). ended. By then, Elizabeth was In September 1789, he left Paris for “Thermidorian Reaction” years, those In his brief autobiography, James pregnant and loath to leave her home to serve as President of noble birth were being summarily Monroe stated: elderly father as well as her brothers Washington’s—and the nation’s— guillotined. In 1794, Adrienne, a “I procured a carriage as soon as I and sisters--all residing in New-York first Secretary of State. In filling noblewoman and wife of could and had it put in the best City. Nevertheless, she dutifully Jefferson’s post, Washington chose a Continental Army general, the relocated to Virginia. In a letter to Federalist colleague, Gouverneur order with the markings of ‘Minister Marquis de La Fayette (proper French friend Thomas Jefferson, James Morris, as Minister to France. While of the United States of America.’ In spelling of surname), was proudly wrote of his vivacious New in Paris, Morris publicly denounced this carriage Mrs. Monroe drove imprisoned awaiting execution. This York wife. Monroe remarked: “She the 1793 executions of French King directly to the prison in which was the fate that befell Adrienne’s left her state and her family and Louis XVI and Queen Marie Madame Lafayette was confined. became a good Virginian.” Antoinette. In response, the sister, mother, and grandmother. Her Inquiry was made by the prison With a stellar reputation as a war insurrectionists now controlling uncle, diplomat Emmanuel Marie guards as to whose carriage was it? hero and for his diligent service in France demanded the immediate Louis de Noailles, begged Minister The answer given was the American the Congress of the Confederation, recall of Morris, who then hastily left James Monroe to save his niece. As Minister. Who is in it? His wife. Monroe readily established a law for America. Washington then an American official, Monroe What brought her here? To see practice with many clients in his offered this diplomatic post to James considered it his duty to obtain the Madame Lafayette.” home state. In April 1787, voters in Monroe. James and Elizabeth along release of the wife of the Marquis de Accompanied only by two Fredericksburg elected him to the with seven-year old daughter, Eliza, La Fayette. However, Monroe feared coachmen, La Belle Américaine Virginia Assembly in Richmond. A sailed to France and landed at the that the French insurgents would bravely entered the death row year later, the two “James,” Madison port of Le Havre on July 31, 1794. misconstrue his actions to free the prison and demanded to see and Monroe, vied to be the first Here they heard the shocking news noblewoman as unwelcome Adrienne. Elizabeth met with and person elected to the newly formed of the three-days earlier beheadings American meddling in their assured the French noblewoman U.S. House of Representatives for a of Maximilien de Robespierre and revolution. So Monroe devised an that she would soon be freed. two-year term beginning in 1789. other “Reign of Terror” conspirators. indirect plan for Adrienne’s rescue. Elizabeth exited the prison loudly Madison won the election. However, Upon their deaths, France next The Americans would demonstrate proclaiming to the guards and the in a situation where “one door closes entered into a somewhat more to the French that Adrienne, wife of bloodthirsty mobs outside the jail in and another opens,” an unfortunate stable but still deadly era known as a former American general, was flawless French that Adrienne should death in Monroe’s family created a the “Thermidorian Reaction.” under the protection of the U.S. be released because the young sad though lucky situation for the government. James intended for woman was under the protection of Virginia lawyer. William Grayson, one of his aides to represent the U.S. the U.S. government. By visiting the Monroe’s cousin, was elected to the government in undertaking the prison and brazenly proclaiming U.S. U.S. Senate in 1788 and served from release of Adrienne, Marquise de La government protection for Adrienne, 1789 until his sudden death due to Fayette. Anyone carrying out this Elizabeth’s spunkiness became heart failure on March 12, 1790. plan risked imprisonment and widely admired throughout Paris. Grayson was the first person to die possible execution. To the shock of Her visit to the prison initiated a while serving in elected office of the her husband, Elizabeth volunteered U.S. government. Grayson’s death groundswell of popular support for to carry out the rescue plan. James sparing Adrienne. The French created a potential opportunity for was deeply opposed to Elizabeth Monroe, who submitted his name to Committee of Public Safety yielded risking her life. Most reluctantly, the Virginia legislature for filling the to the demands of les citoyens by James finally acquiesced to his now vacant U.S. Senate seat. In fall freeing Adrienne on January 22, persistent wife. 1790, the legislature voted its A French insurrectionist holding a 1795. In risking her life to save approval for Monroe to complete severed head of someone who had Adrienne, Elizabeth Monroe was an Grayson’s senate term. The 32-year just been guillotined during the American hero! old lawyer was sworn-in as U.S. “Reign of Terror.”

20 CELEBRATING NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORKERS members in New-York City. The dubbed “Manifest Destiny.” Speaker Baltimore harbor, the Royal Navy Monroes sailed from the city in early of the House Representative Henry began departing Chesapeake Bay. 1803. Transatlantic travel during the Clay, Sr. of Kentucky and the so- On the next day, September 14, era of sailing ships was always called “War Hawks” advocated for President Madison fired woefully perilous. The winter of 1803 was the conquest of Canada. inept Secretary of War John especially harsh with ice storms and Understandably, this alarmed the Armstrong and appointed James mountainous squalls rocking their British. However, it was the Monroe as his replacement. The 56- vessel incessantly rendering them all involuntary impressment of year old Monroe was now both seasick. In addition, Elizabeth was American sailors into the British Secretary of State and Secretary of Madame Marie Adrienne now being afflicted with Royal Navy that was the most War. With these enormous Françoise de Noailles, Marquise de La rheumatism, an ailment that would egregious dispute between the responsibilities, Monroe drew up Fayette, was spared execution in plague her for the rest of her life. U.S.A. and her former mother plans to build a standing army of Paris through the efforts of New After their 29-day arduous journey, country. At President Madison’s 100,000 soldiers in the nation’s Yorker, Elizabeth Kortright Monroe. the Monroes arrived at the port of Le urgent request, the U.S. Congress defense. Thankfully, the war was James Monroe sent to France Havre on April 8, 1803. They were declared war on Great Britain on coming to an end. The War of 1812 to negotiate the Louisiana welcomed with celebrations June 18, 1812. What was Madison formally ended on Christmas Eve, Purchase featuring numerous displays of thinking? Compared to the Royal December 24, 1814, with the signing Following his diplomatic service French and American flags. Awaiting Army and Navy, the American forces of a peace treaty at the Belgium city in France, James and family returned Monroe’s arrival was U.S. were pitifully inadequate. This, no of Ghent. However, news reached to America and built a home called Ambassador to France, Robert doubt, explains why at the America of the peace treaty after “Highland” in Charlottesville, Robert Livingston (whose first and beginning of the war, Americans Major General Andrew Jackson middle names were Robert; 1746- were soundly defeated in several key victoriously led an array of Virginia, near close friend, Thomas 1834). Livingston had already land battles. The Americans also Americans, from a polyglot of ethnic Jefferson in 1799. Later that year, begun negotiations with the French. raided Canada several times. During and racial backgrounds, at the Battle Monroe was elected governor of Général Napoléon desperately one of these attacks, the “Yanks” of New Orleans in January 1815. On Virginia. He was re-elected in 1801 needed cash. Thus, France was eager burned York—present day Toronto. February 18, 1815, the U.S. Senate and 1802. All told, he served as to sell its newly acquired Louisiana This misguided assault into Canada ratified the Treaty of Ghent. The governor from December 28, 1799 Territory. As perhaps the best land spurred the British to vengeance. U.S.A. gained no new territories in until December 1, 1802. On January acquisition deal in history, Monroe Thus, in 1814, the predominant the war. However, the nation 10, 1803, Monroe received an urgent and Livingston were offered the British military mandate was to attained something far more note from President Jefferson “to entire Louisiana Territory for 80 torch Washington City as “payback” important—it demonstrated that it join Minister Robert R. Livingston in million francs (the equivalent of for the burning of York. In August of could ably defend itself against the Paris in an effort to purchase a site at $15,000,000 computing to just $.04 that year, the British invaded world’s most formidable army and the mouth of the Mississippi to be per acre). At 828,000 square miles, Maryland with a massive land force. navy! used as a port of deposit” (Ammon, the Louisiana Purchase was greater With overwhelming numbers, the Monroe becomes President; p. 203). The third U.S. president in land area than France, Great British overran American defenses at Elizabeth becomes incapacitated needed Monroe’s expertise as the Britain, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain the Battle of Bladensburg. Facing no On March 4, 1817, Monroe was nation’s “Envoy Extraordinary to combined! Not only did the nation further resistance, the British inaugurated fifth U.S. president. France and Spain.” Rumors were expand in size, so did the Monroe marched unmolested into During the Monroe Administration, circulating, later proven to be family. While in Paris, Elizabeth gave Washington City and proceeded to the nation remained at peace with a accurate, that Spain had ceded to birth to a second daughter, Maria torch many U.S. government minimum of partisan turmoil. France the Louisiana Territory, a vast Hester Monroe. Reflecting his buildings including the Executive Monroe visited Boston later that extent of land the precise Scottish/Welsh ancestry, Monroe Mansion. year. Federalist-leaning journalist boundaries of which were unknown pronounced the baby’s first name as However, the British were and publisher Benjamin Russell at the time. With France continually “Ma-ri-ah.” defeated in September 1814 at the wrote in the Columbian Sentinel on at war with Great Britain and its The War of 1812 combined land Battle of Plattsburgh July 12 that “the nation was at peace European allies, Général Napoléon In 1810, President Madison and sea Battle of Lake Champlain in and united.” Russell proclaimed that required additional cash to continue appointed Monroe as Secretary of northern New York State. The Royal the U.S.A. was entering an “Era of his conquests across the continent. State. As the Federalist Party Navy was also thwarted at a star- Good Feelings.” During the Monroe As timing was critical, Jefferson dwindled in political support, the shaped fortress guarding Baltimore presidency, the nation continued to pleaded with Monroe to Democratic-Republicans were harbor called Fort McHenry. After a expand. Spanish Minister Luis de immediately leave for France. gaining political strongholds in the 25-hour naval bombardment, the Onís y Gonzales-Vara and Secretary Monroe was instructed, with a U.S. south and west as well as in British (and attorney/poet Francis of State John Quincy Adams reached relatively free hand in terms of price, cities with burgeoning immigrant Scott Key) saw a gigantic U.S.A. an agreement whereby Spain ceded to purchase the port of New Orleans populations such as New-York City, garrison flag unfurled at the fort on its Florida territories to the U.S.A. In and secure navigation rights to the Philadelphia, and Baltimore. The September 13, 1814. This, of course, 1820, Monroe fervently advocated Mississippi River. Democratic-Republicans favored was the iconic “Star-Spangled for and was glad to sign into law the Before sailing to France, the expanding into new territories, Banner.” Since the British could not “Missouri Compromise.” With this Monroes visited Kortright family embodied in the notion later defeat the Americans defending critically important agreement, the 21 CELEBRATING NEW YORK STATE AND NEW YORKERS THE POET’S CORNER nation defused for decades the described as follows: “Though no Of no replacement as each teacher threat of war between the “North” longer young, she is still a very becomes retiree. and the “South” over the accursed handsome woman.” And should some SUNY rank and file be “peculiar institution of slavery.” doubtful, please just think Americans were also flexing power How wonderful to have a year when you on a global basis. Based on a don’t have to gripe principle that the European powers “We have to reteach high school— must not interfere in the Western civilization’s at the brink” Hemisphere, Monroe adopted a Once students taught by Master Teachers document prepared by Secretary of all come through the pipe. State Adams. On December 2, 1823, Portraits of James and Elizabeth President Monroe included this The program also promises more freedom Monroe late in life. to innovate, document within his address to James and Elizabeth Monroe: Congress. Monroe declared that the The Final Years Poems by Dick Collier Less “Stepford” strangling syllabi, more mentoring of course, U.S.A. would hereby protect the Nine months after leaving the SUNY Polytechnic Institute newly independent, former colonies presidency, Monroe wrote to his son- Less “bean-counting” mentality, a thing we of Spain against any aggression by in-law, Samuel Laurence Regarding TeachNY also hate, Perhaps reducing districts’ numbers of European powers. This principle of a Gouverneur, and daughter Maria “Recruit more teachers, more diverse, western hemispheric shield of Monroe Gouverneur, who lived in “bean counter” forceExpect no sudden especially in STEM!” turnaround, the frosh vote with their feet protection became known as the New-York City that Elizabeth “had a “More Master Teachers!” - - Certainly, who’d “Monroe Doctrine.” convulsion, which was attended not approve that goal? And for a while a teacher won’t be top While James was attaining major with the most painful That means more pay, prestige, career of choice, successes in his presidency, Elizabeth consequences.” Elizabeth suffered professional dev. for all of them-- And campuses will each still have was suffering from progressively an epileptic seizure near a lit Of course with SUNY poised to train them enrollment goals to meet-- worsening illnesses. Elizabeth, now fireplace. When she awoke, she was for their crucial role. So all depends on how persuasive is the But although many campuses began with SUNY voice. in her fifties, attempted to fulfill her burned over much of her body. just that mission, But meantime boomer retirees who have First Lady responsibilities. However, Elizabeth never fully recovered. She Some felt that lacked prestige and she was often ill and, in any event, died on September 23, 1830 at age interfered with “mission creep,” gotten bored, could not match the social élan and 62. James was devastated by the And some because of placement issues and And graduates who now regret the field verve of her celebrated predecessor loss of his wife of 44 years. cost of supervision and job they chose, Dolley Madison. Cokie Roberts, in Following Elizabeth’s death, the Considered Teacher Education’s price was Part-timers, CC, out of staters—while we Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who former president moved in with his much too steep. await the horde Shaped Our Nation, writes: son-in-law and daughter in New- The vicious cycle started, teaching kept on Of freshman teacher wannabes, cannot losing luster, “Elizabeth Monroe was no Dolley York City. Upon Elizabeth’s death, we work with those? The “best and brightest’ choosing more Madison, who would be an James told family and friends that lucrative pursuits, They’re likely more mature who did their impossible act to follow” (p. 319). he would not live long. His ominous This left behind some candidates who just “applied learning” first, Whereas Dolley would doff prediction proved true, for he died didn’t pass muster, Have context, content depth, and more elaborately feathered, turbaned hats less than 10 months later at age 73. So to survive we wandered further from developed people skills, and joyously intermingle with In an ironic twist of fate, New York- our hallowed roots. And in the subject matter some already are congressional wives and foreign born Elizabeth died in Virginia; Let’s hope that TeachNY succeeds and give well versed, it our support-- diplomats, Elizabeth was more Virginia-born James Monroe died in And better grasp society, its challenges and It calls for lots of PSA’s and for the career a restrained in her dealings with New-York City. His death on July 4, ills. guests and frequently absent from path 1831 was exactly 55 years to the day And new found pride and salaries, There’s also all those teachers who official events in the newly repaired after the signing of the Declaration intending thus to court abandoned the profession Executive Mansion. Tragically, of Independence. For service to his The best and diverse teachers into That TeachNY’s objectives may draw back Elizabeth was now also suffering nation as a soldier, minister, and sciences and math. into the fold from epilepsy. For political and president, James Monroe was a great [The poet parenthetically hopes there is Whom we could teach and certify that they not neglect privacy reasons, Monroe was American. For her courage in saving are in possession unwilling to publicly reveal his wife’s Adrienne, Marquise de La Fayette, Of other subjects’ budgets, please don’t cut them to the bone! Of pedagogy and/or facts not rusty or too illnesses. The partisan press thus and for providing unceasing loving old. inaccurately portrayed Elizabeth’s We need more scientists and engineers, but support to her beleaguered husband should reflect And, finally, consider how this helps some absence from public appearances as throughout his very long public We humans and our cultures do not live questions burning aloofness and arrogance. Her service career, Elizabeth Kortright by STEM alone.] For SUNY folk who feel as though their reputation as First Lady was Monroe deserves much recognition The PSA’s will also show it’s crucial for our limits they are reaching: diminished. On New Year’s Day in as well. state 1825, James and Elizabeth Monroe References: As well as for our country that the All TE programs are, perforce, “experiential held their last major “levee” in the Ammon, H. (1990). James Monroe: The Quest taxpayers agree learning,” for National Identity. University of Virginia Press. And “outreach”? What is worth more than Executive Mansion. Elizabeth’s Roberts, C. (2008). Ladies of Liberty: The The vicious cycle must be stopped, or else appearance at this event has been Women Who Shaped Our Nation. William Morrow. we face the fate improving local teaching? 22 2016 - 2017 SENATORS

System Administration SUNY Cortland Downstate Medical Center College of Environmental Jim Campbell Andrew Fitz-Gibbon Miriam Vincent Science and Forestry Fred Hildebrand Empire State College Virginia Anderson Kelley Donaghy University at Albany Anastasia Pratt Rauno Joks Helen Durkin SUNY Maritime College Walter Little SUNY Fredonia David Allen Latonia Spencer Bruce Simon SUNY College of Optometry Diane Hamilton Rebecca Marinoff SUNY Polytechnic Institute SUNY Geneseo Carlie Phipps Binghamton University Ren Vasiliev Upstate Medical University Sara Wozniak JC Trussel NYS College of Ceramics at Barry Jones SUNY New Paltz Maria Wheelock Alfred University Pamela Smart Kevin Caskey Kerry Greene Donnelly Peer Bode University at Buffalo Michael Vargas Susan Wojcik NYS College of Agriculture Cemalettin Basaran SUNY Old Westbury Alfred State College and Life Sciences at Cornell Philip Glick Minna Barrett Joe Petrick University Fred Stoss SUNY Oneonta SUNY Canton Anthony Hay Ezra Zubrow Achim Koeddermann Barat Wolfe NYS College of Human Ecology Stony Brook University SUNY Oswego SUNY Cobleskill at Cornell University Edward Feldman Evelyn Benavides Clark Chuck Moran Kimberly Kopko Dolores Bilges Frank Byrne Fred Walter SUNY Delhi NYS College of Industrial & Pamela Wolfskill SUNY Plattsburgh Terry Hamblin Labor Relations at Cornell Sandra Rezac SUNY Brockport Farmingdale State College University Ken O’Brien SUNY Potsdam Louis Scala Rick Hurd Trish Ralph Jan Trybula Morrisville State College NYS College of Veterinary Buffalo State College Purchase College Timothy Gerken Medicine at Cornell University Scott Goodman Keith Landa Linda Mizer Amitra Wall

2016 - 2017 CAMPUS GOVERNANCE LEADERS Campus Governance SUNY Cortland SUNY Potsdam College of Environmental Leader Convener Kathleen Lawrence Lisa Wilson Science and Forestry Kelley Donaghy, ESF Empire State College Purchase College Thomas Amidon University at Albany Mary Mawn Dan Hanessian SUNY Maritime College James Collins SUNY Fredonia Alfred State College Walk Nadolny Brian Masciadrelli James Grillo SUNY Optometry Binghamton University SUNY Geneseo SUNY Canton Joan Portello Courtney Ignarri James McLean Karen Spellacy SUNY Polytechnic Institute Fernando Guzman Ron Sarner John Starks SUNY New Paltz SUNY Cobleskill Anne Balant Barbara Brabetz Michael Carpenter University at Buffalo New York State College Philip Glick SUNY Old Westbury SUNY Delhi Domenic Licata Kathleen Greenberg Jennifer Redinger Ceramics at Alfred Trevor Riley Stony Brook University SUNY Oneonta Farmingdale State College Edward Feldman Michael Koch Lloyd Makarowitz Downstate Medical Center Karen Gelles Rauno Joks SUNY Brockport SUNY Oswego Sharon Allen Lisa Glidden SUNY Morrisville Upstate Medical University Margaret Hoose Jay Brenner Buffalo State College SUNY Plattsburgh Amy McMillan Delbert Hart Wendy Gordon

CARL P. WIEZALIS UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE FELLOWS Norman Goodman, Stony Brook University Joseph Hildreth, SUNY Potsdam Ronald Sarner, SUNY Polytechnic Institute Kenneth O’Brien, The College at Brockport

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