Annual Report of the Faculty Senate
Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
2004 – 2005
The Faculty Senate Intercollegiate Athletic Committee (IAC) met three during the 2004 – 2005 academic year. At the first meeting the chair suggested that since financial issues had been considered previously the topic for the current year would be the impact of Division I athletics on academics at the University. The committee decided that since the University was conducting an NCAA mandated self study, it would be prudent to invite the Chair of the academic subcommittee (Don Blake) to a meeting to discuss the activities of that committee.
Dr. Blake agreed to attend the next meeting. At that time the subcommittee report was in draft form and he was not authorized to release it. He suggested that the chair contact the chair of the entire self study committee, Michael McGoff. Dr. McGoff felt it was inappropriate to release the document prior to its acceptance by the entire self study committee. The report was not provided until late in the spring semester.
After reviewing the report the IAC was convened including several invited administrators; the Director of Undergraduate Admissions, the Registrar and the Director of Institutional Research. The contents of the report were discussed.
Committee
Composition:
The composition of the committee is four faculty with vote drawn from various schools plus the Faculty Representative to the NCAA without vote; 2 undergraduate students (1 female, 1 male) with vote designated by the Student Association; 1 graduate student teaching assistant with vote designated by the Graduate Student Organization; Director of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics ex officio without vote; 1 individual designated by the Vice President for Student Affairs without vote.
Members of the committee included;
Frank Cardullo (Chair), Mechanical Engineering
Dennis Lasser, Management & Faculty Representative to the NCAA,
Terry Webb, Student Affairs
Frank Newman, English
Jim Stark, Art
Joel Thirer, Director - Health, Physical Education and Athletics
Rob Vanbuskirk – Biology
Gandelman, Anna - Student
Sindell, Andrew - Student
Submitted by Frank Cardullo, Chair
Annual Report of the
Faculty
Senate Library Committee [6/4/05]
The
Committee met in the fall and spring terms to review library matters: The Binghamton University Libraries have
rejoined the Research Libraries Group which enables resource sharing through
interlibrary loan, on-site access to member institutions’ collections and other
services with
The Libraries and
During the summer of 2005,
construction will begin to relocate the South POD from the
Another renovation project underway in the Summer 2005 is the relocation of Reserve to the Bartle Circulation area. While the move was prompted by the need to replace the lights in the Reserve Reading Room, it creates one convenient service point for faculty and students needing to use reserve materials, pick up interlibrary loan materials or to check out materials from the stacks. A number of options for the former reserve area are being discussed.
This summer, the Libraries will
implement federated search software, Metalib from the Ex Libris company (http://www.exlibris-usa.com/metalib.htm).
Metalib enables library users to conduct an online search across multiple information resources including, for example, online catalogs,
reference databases, digital repositories, and subject-based Web gateways
During
June 2005, The Library Annex will staff the public reading room at the Library
Annex at Conklin. An announcement will be posted on the Library web page and
also on the Library hours web page. Currently, the plan is to open 15 hours per
week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM. The Libraries hope to
implement electronic desktop delivery of articles from the journals stored at
the Library Annex in the fall of 2005.
The Libraries held two staff
retreats in two years for “strategic planning and team building.” In the fall,
Members of Faculty Senate Library Committee, Fall
2004-Spring 2005:
Charles Burroughs, Director, CEMERS
Peter Gerhardstein,
Psychology
Scott Handy, Chemistry
Gerald Kadish, History
Richard McLain, English
Anna Gandelman, Std. Assoc. Representative
Angela Nguyen, Std. Assoc.
Representative
(Grad. Std. Org. Representative was not appointed)
Michael McGoff, Vice
Provost, Academic Affairs
John Meador, Director of Libraries
Charles Nelson, Physics,
Library Committee Chair
M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 22
September, 2005
To: Faculty Senate
From: Sandra D. Michael
Chair, Professional Standards Committee
Subject: 04/05 Annual Report
The Committee received one case during the academic year. The PSC determined that it was not an appropriate case for the Committee. The case was clearly an academic matter, and the student was referred to the University’s stated ‘Academic Grievance Procedures’.
Committee Members: Professors Miguel Arcones (Mathematics), Masha Britten (Nursing), David Cingranelli (Political Sciences), Arieh Ullmann (Management)
Report of the University
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2004-05
During the 2004-05 academic year the UUCC continued its normal work of
certifying courses that meet the Binghamton University General Education
requirements.
In addition the Committee accomplished the following:
1.
Proposed a new General Education Foreign Language requirement for transfer
students to the Faculty Senate. The proposal was passed by the Senate and has
been incorporated into the General Education Foreign Language requirement for
all students. (See the sections entitled "Current Students" and
"Prospective Students" at: http://gened.binghamton.edu/language.html.)
2. Established guidelines for fulfilling the General Education Foreign
Language requirement through study abroad or through certain kinds of
internships. (See the section entitled "Foreign-Language Internships or
Study Abroad" at: http://gened.binghamton.edu/language.html
.)
3. Established a subcommittee to look into methods of handling Foreign
Language appeals from students with learning disabilities. The subcommittee
proposed a policy that was accepted by the UUCC. That policy is to be
implemented by the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
4. A complete redesign of the Binghamton University General Education
web site. The web site's new URL is: http://gened.binghamton.edu. Some of the
important features of the redesign are:
- There is a new page devoted to the foreign language requirement
- The Appeals page is linked to the Main page
- There is a new Faculty & Staff page which incorporates the guidelines for Gen Ed course submission, plus a link to the course submission form and the Gen Ed policy manual.
- There is a new text-only page for people who use text readers for the blind and visually impaired.
- There is an updated General Education Policies and Procedures Manual.
The Committee would like to express its gratitude to Liz Abate, the university's Coordinator of General Education and Assistant for Undergraduate Education for her outstanding work on this significant web site redesign and for the essential assistance she constantly provided to the committee over the course of the entire year.
Attached to this report is the 2004-05 Report on University-Wide (UNIV) Course Offerings, required by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.
2004-05 UUCC Committee
Members:
Liz Abate
Linda Ballinger Colleen
Reardon
Don Blake Sara
Reiter
Richard R. Eckert, Chair Joshua
Price
Florina Getman H. Stephen
Straight
Wayne Jones Anna
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PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: September 1, 2005
TO: Faculty Senate
FROM: Mary Ann Swain, Chair
Academic Computing and Educational Technology Committee
SUBJECT: 2004-2005 ACET ANNUAL REPORT
During academic year 2004-2005, the ACET engaged the following topics with the following results:
Topic: SPAM
· Background: The negative effects of, and complaints about, spam email were discussed. During summer and early fall ’04, Computing Services had received many complaints about the volume and content of spam. Many faculty and staff had complained that CS should more aggressively block spam based upon content (i.e., “Viagra”, pornography, etc.). Others had warned that they needed to see all their email. The CS spam filter was already discarding about 65% of email based on its origin from known spam sites (but not based upon content).
Results:
o The ACET discussed the issue and agreed that, in an academic environment, it was inappropriate for the computing center to delete email based upon central content standards. Computing Services described its plans to implement a new spam filter that had the potential for letting each email user set his/her own content standards, and the ACET agreed to this approach.
o As a result, over the Winter break 2004-5, a new spam filter was implemented. The new filter has improved performance and reliability over the old filter, and has the ability to tag email as “Probable Spam” based upon content ratings, allowing people to set their own filters to delete the targeted email if they choose to trust the filter program.
o Spring statistics show that about 65% of email continues to originate from known spam sites and is discarded immediately, about 1% (normally) contains a virus and is purged, 15% is assessed as “probable spam”, tagged and sent on to the user, and about 20 % appears legitimate to the filter.
Topic: Wireless Networking
· WIRELESS: Requests were received from both faculty and the Student Association representatives to increase wireless networking coverage on campus and improve the ease with which mobile devices can utilize wireless.
Results
· A program called “Bluesocket” has been installed which removes the need for virtual private network (VPN) software to access the wireless network. This is particularly good news for those using mobile devices, for which a VPN client was often not available.
· More than 100 new wireless access points have been installed on campus, significantly expanding wireless coverage (click coverage map or go to <http://wireless.binghamton.edu/coverage.htm >).
· A pilot project has begun to bring comprehensive wireless coverage to the dorms over the next few semesters. Mountainview is already completed.
Topic: Technologies and
Teaching
· Turning off Wireless in Classrooms during Exams? A request was received from a faculty member to turn off wireless coverage in classrooms when exams are given. The ACET discussed this.
- Result: sent a memo to all faculty advising that the presence of wireless needs to be taken into account when giving exams, but that turning off the wireless network would not be an effective approach in preventing unauthorized communications during class, since many other forms of electronic communications are available beyond the campus network.
· The ACET discussed the fact that with changing technologies and increased access to technology by students, that faculty need more support in learning about technology.
- Result: The ACET asked that a faculty “laptop” program be developed that would make it easier for faculty to acquire laptops which could be used for personal development and teaching. The committee asked for100 laptops per year, to be distributed according to guidelines to be developed upon approval of the concept.
· An ad hoc “BlackBoard” committee reviewed the use and future direction of the BlackBoard (BBd) course management system. The committee found that the use of BBd is growing rapidly as more than 6000 students log on to the system on the average day during the semesters. The committee made recommendations for acquisition of the Content Management module. The ACET agreed that we should proceed with those recommendations. The ACET also asked, in light of the rapid development of open systems by consortia of institutions of higher education, that in about two years, Computing Services review the potential for replacement of BBd with an open-systems-based course management system. Further, if the review indicates that such a conversion should take place, the ACET recommended that at least two years be put aside for a smooth conversion to the new system.
- Result: Computing Services has acquired the Content Management module of Blackboard. Further, CS is negotiating with Blackboard to freeze our prices for a four-year period, ensuring a two-year window of opportunity for conversion, should ACET recommend in two years to convert from Blackboard to an open system replacement.
· Long-Range Plan review: During this academic year, the University has developed a new strategic plan. As a prelude to revising the long-range IT plan, the ACET reviewed new technology brainstorming ideas from the previous year as well as initiatives from previous years (such as previous long-range plans, the Research II recommendations, etc.) that have resulted in significant change to the campus environment.
- Result: It is anticipated that this review will be used to guide the update of the University’s long-range IT Plan in the coming year.
· Computing Services requested that the ACET approve the extension of the “Campus Manager” network protection software, used over the past year in the residence halls, to the main campus. The software is used in the residence halls to 1) scan machines to require up-to-date anti-virus protection and fully patched operating software, register “clean” machines for full network access, and automatically quarantine machines if later potential virus activity is detected. The software has had an immense, positive impact on keeping the residence hall network clean and functioning at full speed.
- Result: The ACET agreed that Campus Manager’s automatic detection and isolation of detected viruses be extended to the main campus, but asked Computing Services not to extend the automatic scanning and machine-registration features of the software to the main campus without further review.
Information Items
· Research II Recommendations Review: The ACET reviewed recommendations made by the “Research II” subcommittee in 2002, and how those recommendations had been implemented (or not). Steve Dickman (former chair of the subcommittee) was invited back to help assess the success of the recommendations made by that subcommittee. Major recommendations of that committee resulted in progress in the following areas: establishment of the Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Center, development of the 24-hour Research Support facility in Computing Services, initiation of “Communities of Support efforts in statistics training for grad students and a birds-of-a-feather group for Linux users, and development of multiple video conferencing capabilities. In light of this review and the University’s new strategic plan, the ACET agreed that it was time to study the computing and network needs of researchers once more. A group will likely be charged with this task early in the fall semester 2005.
· The “Information Commons”: The committee reviewed the joint proposal of the Library and Computing Services to create an “Information Commons” by moving the South Pod to the library’s first floor, where pod consultants, reference librarians and helpdesk personnel would all be available in one place for student users of the pod. The IC is scheduled to open in February, 2006.
· The “Student Success Commons: The committee also heard plans to locate the Technology Training Center and two new computer classrooms in the basement of the library in close proximity with the Center for Learning & Teaching, the Career Development Center, and International Student Office in an effort to provide better support for students in need of the services of those offices. The SSC is tentatively scheduled to open in 2006 or 2007.
·
Concern over the illegal use of copyrighted
material (especially downloading) was periodically reviewed with the ACET. At year’s end, the first subpoena was issued
by the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) for information
about a
· The Pods: The ACET reviewed a survey instrument developed by Academic Computing to assess issues concerning use of the pods by students. Results of the survey showed that about 55% of students have laptops, but most do not bring them to the main campus because they remain as bulky as a large textbook. Pods are heavily used by students. They are generally satisfied with the hours of availability, software and reliability of the pods. They want more computers in the pods.
· Computing Services reviewed with the ACET recommendations it was developing to advise departments on phasing out Windows 95 and 98 machines, now that Microsoft no longer supports them and some anti-virus manufacturers have done the same. Without such support, it is becoming much more difficult to protect our network environment with these vulnerable machines present. Guidelines for upgrade or replacement of these older machines were published to faculty and staff in Computing Service’s August 2005 “NewsBrief” newsletter (available on the Computing Services’ website under “More News” at http://training.binghamton.edu/nb_backissue.asp?month=August&year=2005.
· Linux and Open Source software were issues that emerged in a couple of discussions such as the BlackBoard discussion described above. A course taught by Professors Wu, Kraft and Lander in spring 2004 explored computing in the Linux environment. Subsequent discussions with Computer Science and Engineering faculty resulted in replacement of Sun workstations in a computer classroom with Intel machines running Linux. This classroom is available for the fall semester, 2005.
Committee members included:
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Mary Ann Swain, Chair |
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Jayanth Anandar (Grad student) |
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Jeffrey Barker |
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David Belsky (Undergrad student) |
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Sandra Card |
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Sungdai Cho |
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Jeff Donahue |
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Tony Ferrara |
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Kanad Ghose |
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Stephen Gilje |
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Surinder Kahai |
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Kenneth Kurtz |
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Mark Reed |
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Karen Salvage |
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James Wolf |
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Mark Zhang |
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COMMITTEE FOR THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005
The Committee held 10 meetings this
year. Active members included Herbert
Bix, Don Brister, Joe Graney, Tom McDonough , Julian Shepherd (Chair), Ted
Swetz, John Titus, Deanne Westerman (faculty members), Tony Ferrara (Vice
Chair), Juliet Berling (environmental ombudsperson), Rene Coderre (residential
life), Pearse Murray (Fall) and Wayne Schneider (Spring) (physical plant), Lee
Nesslage (professional staff), Jeff Bohner (graduate student), and Wayne Jones
(consultant).
Our major business this year
included (1) review of alternative means of transportation to, on , and from
Campus, (2) a proposal to amend the University’s Strategic Plan with an
environmental goal, (3) review of energy
usage on Campus, (4) support and participation in Natural Areas developments,
Earth Day, and the annual campus cleanup, (5) review of pesticide use on
Campus.
1.
Transportation to and on Campus. Building on
last year’s discussions, the Committee reviewed alternatives to the use of
single-occupancy, private cars for transportation to, on and from Campus. To facilitate bus transportation, the
Committee investigated possibilities for use of Broome Co. Transit and
Off-Campus College Transport by faculty and staff. The possibility of some kind of group rate on
BCT is under discussion with the County; the use of OCCT for faculty and staff
was determined to be feasible for a moderate, semester-long fee. In an effort to identify areas to be served,
the Geog. Information Systems Facility generated maps for CUE showing where
faculty and staff resided in Broome Co.
The Committee also discussed the possibility of setting up a
ride-sharing system, and the possibility of lowering fees and/or providing
special parking areas for multiple-occupancy vehicles. To facilitate pedestrian and bicycle access,
recommendations were made for consideration by the Binghamton Metro.
Transportation Study concerning pedestrian and bicycle crossings across the
Parkway and across the River to
2.
University Strategic Plan. The Committee
reviewed the draft Strategic Plan for the University and suggested an
additional goal for the Plan addressing the environmental “footprint” of the
University. Although this apparently was
forwarded to the committee drafting the Plan, no response was received and
there was no environmental component in the final Plan.
3.
Review of Energy Usage on Campus.
4.
Natural Areas, Earth Day, and Campus Cleanup. The principal
event for the Nature Preserve was the funding from a private source and hiring
of a Steward of the Natural Areas. The
Committee advised on the position and responsibilities of the person hired for
this position. The Committee also
approved two proposals for low-impact use of some of the natural areas for
research and teaching purposes. The
Committee also participated in Earth Day and Campus cleanup efforts organized
by other environmental groups.
5.
Pesticide Use on Campus. CUE received
and reviewed the annual proposal for pesticide use from the Physical Plant.
Submitted
by
FACULTY SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
2004-2005
The committee had the following members:
Brister, Donald – Libraries
Carpenter, James – SEHD
Chatterji, Manas – SOM
Conlon, Michael – English (on leave in Spring)
Gal, Susannah – Biological Sciences
Kraft, Philip – Sociology
Lander, Leslie – Computer Science (Chair)
Stewart Fahs, Pamela – DSON
Tucker, Libby – English
The committee met in person on September 30, 2004 and February 11, 2005 and otherwise maintained contact by email. At the September meeting, the committee selected Leslie Lander as chair. Candidates for most committees were brought to the Executive Committee in time for approval at the May meeting. Two committees: Intercollegiate Athletics Committee and University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee were not completed by that date and must be finalized by early in the Fall.
2004-2005 Annual Report
Faculty Senate
Evaluation Coordinating Committee
Submitted by Max Pensky, Chair, FS ECC
The Faculty Senate Evaluation Coordinating Committee met five times
during the course of the academic year. The Committee determined that Vice
Provost H. Stephen Straight was due for evaluation, and submitted a (first
ever) online evaluation form to faculty in April 2005. The results of the
survey have been compiled and a report will be submitted to the Provost's Office
and Vice Provost Straight in the near future.
Committee members: Bordeaux, Abigail - Libraries
Carpenter, Robert - Education
Chatterji, Manas - School of Management
Kraft, Philip - Sociology
Pedersen, Erik - Mathematical Sciences
Pensky, Max - Philosophy (Chair)
Thirer, Joel - Health, Physical Education and Athletics
Way, Eileen - Systems Science & Industrial Engineering
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC BOARD
2004 –2005 Annual Report
The Intercollegiate Athletic Board met three times during the 2004-2005 academic year. As is customary the athletic director and his staff kept the board abreast on the progress of the athletic teams, recruiting of athletes and coaches, on facilities management and improvements, the operating budget and team performances. The committee discussed other issues as they pertained to recommendations for the IAB that were put forward by the various subcommittees of the NCCA certification self-study report. Many of the recommendations were incorporated into revisions to the existing IAB by-laws. The recommendations were first brought forward in the March 2, 2005 meeting. Changes were made and the revised by-laws were further discussed at the April 27th meeting. Enclosed are copies of minutes from all three meetings as well as the revised by-laws.
IAB, 2004-2005
Matt Bassett, Associate Director of Athletics (ex officio without vote)
Mary Beth Lennox, Asst. Director of Athletics (ex officio without vote)
Graham Munro, student male athlete (2004-2005)
Neil Rose, Alumnus (2003-2005)
President Student Association (ex officio) (2004-05)
Rachael Laws, student female athletic rep (2004-2005)
Dennis Lasser, SOM, Faculty rep to the NCAA (Chair) (ex officio)
Steve Dickman, Geology (2003-05)
Leslie Haywood, English (2003-05)
Financial Vice President, Student Association (ex officio)
Norman Spear, Psychology (2003-05)
Anthony Ferrara, Vice President of Administration (ex officio)
Joel Thirer, Director, PERA (ex officio without vote)
Sandra Michael, Biology (2003-2005)
Jill Seymour, SEHD (2003-2005)
Amended 4/30/05
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS BOARD
BYLAWS
I. NAME
This Board shall be called the Binghamton University Intercollegiate Athletics Board, hereinafter referred to as “the Board.” The Board is responsible to and reports to the President.
II. MEMBERSHIP
a.
The Board shall consist of fifteen voting
members appointed by the President. The designee of the Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs shall act as chair of the Board. The voting members consist of six full-time
faculty members recommended by the Faculty Senate Committee on Committees and
approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (including the Faculty
Representative to the NCAA). One member of the Alumni Association of Binghamton
University, recommended by the Association (preferably a resident of the area
who participated in intercollegiate athletics while a student at
*The Director may designate the principal men’s and the principal women’s athletic administrators.
Bylaws of the Intercollegiate Athletics Board, Amended 2/14/01, Page 2
b. Terms of membership: The Administrators shall serve for the duration of their terms of office, as shall the Faculty Representative to the NCAA; terms of other faculty members shall be staggered by lot on overlapping two-year rotations, with two of the members serving an initial one-year term; terms of students shall be staggered by lot on overlapping two-year rotations in the same pattern as faculty; the alumni member shall serve a two-year term.
III. DUTIES
The Board shall conduct broad-based reviews and gather information as necessary to enable it to advise the President on such matters:
Standards and policies for student participation in intercollegiate athletics as not to conflict with the University’s mission, goals, objectives, and practices;
Review academic data for student athletes. A subcommittee will be formed each year to make a presentation of the data to the full committee each semester;
Planning the intercollegiate athletics program to include considerations for Title IX/Gender Equity, minority issues and NCAA Division I Legislation. Subcommittees will be formed each year to review gender equity issues and report to the full Board);
Planning of the intercollegiate athletics program to include considerations for minority issues and NCAA Division I legislation.
Funding for intercollegiate athletics (see IV below);
Preparation of an Annual Report for the Intercollegiate Athletics Program to the President with a copy to the Faculty Senate;
Other matters referred to it by the President. To facilitate this, the President will meet with the IAB Chair at least once a semester.
FUNDING OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
The Board’s responsibilities in III. c. include:
a. Formulating and recommending to the President the annual intercollegiate athletics budget. In arriving at such formulations, the Board shall base its determinations upon all sources of athletics funding for the prior year, taking into account changes in enrollment, fee increases, inflation, and changes in the athletics program;
b. In contemplating changes in the range of intercollegiate athletics, the Board must weigh budgetary implications of such changes;
Bylaws of the Intercollegiate Athletics Board, Amended 2/14/01, Page 3
c. In the event of a shortfall of receipts or allocations, the Board shall develop and recommend to the President a revised budget;
d. The Board shall oversee expenditures for intercollegiate athletics, ensuring that such expenditures follow SUNY System and as applicable NCAA, University and Conference fiscal and accounting procedures.
e. A finance subcommittee will be formed in order to facilitate this responsibility
STANDARDS AND POLICIES FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
The Board shall take necessary steps to ensure that NCAA and applicable University and Conference policies regarding student eligibility for participation in intercollegiate athletics are followed.
PLANNING THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS PROGRAM
The Board shall be
the recommending body for additions to or deletions from the varsity intercollegiate
sports engaged in by
THE BOARD SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ASSEMBLE AD HOC COMMITTEES AS NEEDED
Ad Hoc Committee members may include members from outside the board membership if needed.
Intercollegiate Athletic Board
Meeting Minutes
10-26-04
Present: Matt
Bassett, Steve Dickman, Leslie Heywood, Dennis Lasser, Chair, Rachael Laws,
Mary Beth Lennox, Sandra Michael, Neil Rose, Jill Seymour, Skip Spear, Joel
Thirer
NCAA Certification Update:
Dennis Lasser, Mary
Beth Lennox and Jill Seymour updated the committee on the progress of their
individual working groups and subcommittees. Items being discussed within these
groups included issues of admission decisions, retention and graduation rates,
and gender and minority issues. The subcommittee reports go to the Steering
Committee in late November where they’ll be reviewed and then returned to the
subcommittees for any revisions before being forwarded to the President.
Initial indications from these subcommittee reports is that there will be
increased involvement of the IAB and the Faculty Athletic Representative in
overseeing some of the areas mentioned above.
Spring 2004
Academic Update
Mary Beth updated the
committee on the spring 2004 academic information. The composite gpa for all student
athletes was a 3.04, 28.5% of student-athletes had a 3.5 or above and 12
student-athletes perfect 4.0’s for the spring 2004 semester. It was suggested
that for the Fall 2004 Academic update information on the gpa’s of funded
versus non-funded athletes be included in the report as well as comparison
information of student-athlete gpas and how they compare with that of the
student body at large.
Team Updates
Joel Thirer updated
the committee on the fall sports teams. The Men’s soccer team is ranked 24th
in the nation with a 10-1-5 record. They are second in the conference behind
The Volleyball team
is 4th in the conference. One of their best players, Annie Crocus is
out for an indefinite period with an injury and this will affect the team. The
Women’s X-country team has a good chance at coming in third in the conference
and the Men’s X-country will probably finish somewhere between 5th-8th
place.
The golf team has had
its best fall season ever. The Men’s and
Women’s tennis teams have also had a strong showing and have a good chance at
being contenders for the championships. Swimming and basketball, both men’s and
women’s are just starting up.
To date sixteen
hundred plus season tickets have already been sold for the basketball season.
The Center holds 5600 at full capacity with room for 1200 student seats.
Wrestling
Reinstatement
The wrestling program
will return to BU in the fall. An annual budget allocation of $230,000
earmarked for the wrestling program will enable BU to reinstate the program.
The funding for the head and assistant coaches as well as for scholarships,
equipment and recruitment activities will come from the $230,000 budget
allocation. The question of where the
wrestling team will be “housed” is still up in the air and will present a
challenge given the current facilities.
New Business
Matt discussed the
beginning planning stages for a concept currently being called “
Meeting adjourned at
3:15pm.
Intercollegiate
Athletic Board Meeting
April 27, 2005
Present: Dennis Lasser, Matt Bassett, Rachel
Laws, Skip Spear, Sandra Michael, Graham
Monro, Joel Thirer, Neil Rose, MaryBeth
Lennox, Jill Seymour
Bylaws Revisions
The amended Bylaws were distributed and
discussed. The following changes were
recommended:
III. b.
Add “Academic Data Review Committee” as the heading.
III
b. Revise second sentences to
read “A committee will be formed each year to make a presentation each semester
of the data to the full Board.”
III
c. Add “Gender Issues Committee:”
as the heading. Delete the phrase “and
minority participation issues” from this section. Delete the word “committee”
and add “Board”.
III
d. Strike “Funding for
intercollegiate athletics (See IV below)”. Add “Minority Issues Committee:” as
the heading. Add “Planning the intercollegiate athletics program to include
considerations for minority issues and NCAA Division I Legislation. Committee
will be formed each year to review minority issues and report to the full
Board.”
III e.
Strike current wording and add “Funding for intercollegiate athletics
(see IV
below);
III f.
Strike current wording and add “Preparation of an Annual Report for the
Intercollegiate Athletic Program
to the President with a copy to the Faculty
Senate;”
III g Add “Other matters referred to it by the
President. To facilitate this, the
President will meet with the IAB
Chair at least once a semester. “
IV e Add the heading “Finance Committee:” to
the statement beginning “A
finance committee will be…”. Add
second sentence reading “The Committee
will meet at a minimum once a year
to review budget information and to
review the athletic fee.”
In the spirit of the
Bylaws, the Board needs to make a concerted effort to increase student
attendance at the Board meetings. In the past extra efforts have been made to
increase student participation and we all agreed that you “can lead a horse to
water…”. However the Chair agreed to continue his efforts to increase student
participation at the meetings. The Board also needs to ask Rodger Summers to
appoint a designee from the Student Affairs Division.
Budget
Joel shared the
04-05 and the 05-06 information with the Board. He stated that the budget is an
estimated and ever changing animal and there is a constant reconfiguration of
budget numbers as revenue flows in and out. The budget doesn’t become final
until a year after the initial budget proposal.
Joel and Matt answered questions regarding the specifics of different
budget items.
Team Reports
The track and field
championships will be held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Men’s golf
team plays this Monday and Tuesday. The baseball team has been doing well and
is currently at .500. The softball team has had a tough season and is
struggling. Men’s lacrosse has had a tough schedule and has been very
competitive in every game they have played and the Women’s LAX team is much
better than their record shows. Both the Men’s and Women’s tennis team have
been having a great year. Five student athletes were awarded the Chancellor’s
Awards.
New Business
Matt is currently
working on a proposal for
Meeting adjourned at
3:08pm.
Intercollegiate Athletic Board Minutes
March 2, 2005
Attending:
The
meeting began at 2:05. Members of the Committee introduced themselves.
The
focus of the meeting was to go over the recommendations to the IAB from the
NCAA certification self-study report that was recently completed by the
University. The self-study report was comprised of three sections: Academic
Integrity, Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance and Equity &
Welfare. Each of the three sections of the report had plans for improvement
that were pertanant to the IAB.
Academic Integrity:
The
report had two plans for improvement from this section that pertained to the
IAB. Firstly, the self-study recommended that the IAB add to its by-laws that
it reviews the academic data of all cohort student-athletes. The academic data
includes retention, graduation, academic performance rates as well as any other
measure the committee deems as pertanant. The study also recommended that the
IAB include as its duties to periodically review the adequacy and effectiveness
of the academic support services available to student-athletes. A discussion
ensued as to how to evaluate adequacy. Several measures were discussed
including, exit interviews of the student-athletes and reports from support
personal from the athletic department.
Also, at this time a subcommittee consisting of S. Michael, D. Lasser,
M. Lennox, and a student non-athlete was formed to work on changing the by-laws
to reflect these as well as other additions to be discussed throughout the
meeting.
Governance and Commitment to Rules Compliance:
The
report identified one general and two specific concerns in this area. There was
a general concern with consonance between the guidelines set forth by the SUNY
Board of Trustees and
Equity & Welfare:
The
report recommended that IAB sub-committees be established on gender and
minority equity issues. The committee agreed to make the changes in the by-laws
to establish the sub-committees by the fall 2005 semester.
The
meeting was adjourned at 3:25