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Agenda, Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Agenda for College Council Meeting – Tuesday, April 9, 2013
12:45 – 2:00pm, Atrium Amphitheater
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Minutes
March 9 minutes
III. Chair’s Report
Committee on Committee Election
IV. Committee Reports
Curriculum
Major Proposal
11-06 PHYS 1422, Foundations of Physics
12-17 HMGT 4968, The Art of Vegetarian Cuisine and HMGT 4990, Sustainable Food Systems
Minor Proposal
12I Hospitality Multiple Minor Changes
12J MAT Prerequisite
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Recent Posts
The following are recent posts added by the College Council at the New York City College of Technology, CUNY:
Curriculum
Curriculum Proposal Deadline Has Passed
Please note: The submission deadline for major and minor proposals has passed. No more proposals will be accepted in the 2012/2013 academic year.
Events
Opening Hearing Regarding General Education and Pathways
Andrew Douglas, Chair of the College Council Curriculum Committee has announced an Open Hearing on the proposed General Education Pathways requirements for City Tech. The hearing will take place on Monday, October 1, 12-1:40pm, in the Atrium Amphitheater. A draft copy of the proposal is attached to this announcement.
Draft Gen Ed overview 09-12-12
Featured Article
CUNY has recently issued a diversity action plan entitled “Building a Strong Foundation: A Strategy For Enhancing CUNY’s Leadership in the Areas of Faculty Diversity and Inclusion.”
To read a short summary of this document, please click here.
To read the entire document, please click here.
For the past few months, CUNY Vice Chancellor of Legal Affairs Frederick Schaeffer has been working to revise and update the CUNY Policy on Acceptable Use of Computer Resources. The latest draft of the updated policy can be viewed by clicking here.
Chancellor Matthew Goldstein has accepted the Common Core proposal sent to him by the CUNY Pathways Steering Committee in December. Each college is now in the process of deciding how to implement the Common Core into their curriculum.
Despite this ongoing work, the PSC has filed a lawsuit to prevent the implementation of Pathways, arguing that
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Personnel
Personnel Elections At its October meeting, the Personnel Committee elected Howard Sisco as its chair for 2011-2012. Thomas Wilkin had already been elected to serve as the secretary of the committee.
Buildings and Grounds
B&G Elections Daniel Capruso is chairing the Buildings & Grounds Committee this year. Douglas Davis is serving as Secretary.
Committee on Students
COS Elections The 2011-2012 Committee on Students is chaired by Sandie Han. Its secretary is Laura Ghezzi.
Budget
Budget Elections Dennis Bakewicz and John Graham are chairing the Budget Committee this year. Daniel Alter is serving as Secretary.
Legislative
Revised Governance Plan and By-Laws for NYCCT You will find below the changes to the NYCCT Governance Plan and By-Laws made necessary the CUNY Academic Integrity Policy passed by the Board of Trustees in July 2011. The changes are highlighted in yellow.
Revised Governance Plan (PDF) revised_governance_plan
Revised By-Laws (PDF) revised_bylaws
Here is a direct link to the current CUNY AI Policy:
http://policy.cuny.edu/manual_of_general_policy/article_i/policy_1.3/text/#Navigation_Location
These changes will be
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Curriculum
Curriculum Proposal Deadline Has Passed Please note: The submission deadline for major and minor proposals has passed. No more proposals will be accepted in the 2012/2013 academic year.
Technology
2011-2012 As part of our survey of the technology infrastructure at City Tech, the Technology Committee asked Karen Lundstrem and David Turkiew to produce a document explaining who does what in the presentation (“smart”) class rooms. Those documents, along with the org chart we created, are now online here.