Vice President, Donald Cromley, called the meeting to order at 12:10.

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1 APPROVED The Academic Senate Meeting: September 21, noon Small Faculty Dining Room, North Hall Presiding: Donald Cromley, Vice President Senators Present: Don Ariev Larissa Beringer, Secretary Meri Bourgard-Rohrs Donald Cromley, Vice-President Mary Edwards Anatole Dolgoff Evan Douglis Rose Fabricant Dimitri Hazzikostas Esmet Kamil Amy Lesen Mark O Grady Alessandra Ponte Ann Randall Carole Sirovich, Treasurer Gerson Sparer Sean Sullivan Sarah vanouwerkerk Douglas Wirls Ayse Yonder Senators Excused: Kye Carbone Dan Buscescu Jenny Lee, President Senators Absent: Also Present: Monica Paez, Assistant to the Senate Vice President, Donald Cromley, called the meeting to order at 12: Secretary's Report - Larissa Beringer Academic Senate Minutes Minutes of Tues. Sept. 7, were reviewed and amended and remain to be resolved. Motions pending from Tues. Sept. 7 were resolved. (See pg., MOTIONS PASSED, Sept. 21, 2004.) Senate committee chairs will be responsible for handing in weekly reports for inclusion in the Minutes. A reminder will be sent out prior to the next scheduled meeting. The Senate Attendance policy will be distributed to the Senators prior to the next scheduled meeting. 2. Senate Committee Reports Programs and Policies - Dimitri Hazzikostas Academic Initiatives - Amy Lesen (See attached report)

2 Academic Resources: Listserv protocol - Gerson Sparer The Senate Executive Committee will review the current access issues associated with the Academic-Forum Listserv and the Senator's private portal and will report at next scheduled meeting. 3. Vice-President's Report - Donald Cromley School of Architecture Accreditation, NAAB Reported on the School of Architecture's Accreditation by NAAB. The Bachelor of Architecture program and the Masters of Architecture program (1 st professional degree) are moving through the accreditation process. This will be the first year for the MArch program. Curriculum, Syllabus, Outcomes Assessment The importance of establishing a relationship between individual courses and their respective department's mission statements was discussed. The Academic Programs and Policies Committee is addressing this issue. 4. Treasurer's Report - Carole Sirovich Senate By-Laws Amendment to the senate by-law 2.B. f. to include "Directors" was discussed. A motion will be drafted for Senate approval. Calendar/Scheduling The Calendar will be forwarded to Senators via Old Business - Senate Proposals: Online Courses Discussed the advantages and disadvantages associated with offering online courses and conducting real-time communication between Faculty and Students. Accountability Discussed the role of the Senate in ensuring that the non-academic units at Pratt are adequately servicing the academic needs of the Institute. (E.g. Human Resources, Registrar, Health Services.) There was a proposal that Esmet Kamil prepare a motion for Senate consideration and approval. 6. New Business Faculty Housing The state of repair and disrepair of Faculty Housing was discussed. The Senate would like to invite Kevin Gatta to report on Faculty Housing. The Senate would like to have faculty representation on the newly formed Real estate Committee. 10. Motion to Adjourn The next meeting was scheduled for October 5, 2004, 12noon 1:50 pm. The meeting was adjourned at 1:20pm Respectfully Submitted,

3 Larissa Beringer, Secretary Sept. 21,

4 MOTIONS PASSED, SEPT. 21, MOTION TO CLARIFY THE ACADEMIC SENATE S ROLE IN PROPOSED CHANGES TO PROGRAMS, SCHOOLS AND CURRICULA Moved, that the institute informs the Academic Senate, in real time, of proposed changes to structures of programs, schools and curricula, for its input on the academic impact of the proposed changes. Subsequent Senate recommendations and comments will be included in the Provost s academic report to the President and Senior Staff. Resolved, that the institute informs the Academic Senate, in real time, of proposed changes to structures of programs, schools and curricula, for its input on the academic impact of the proposed changes. Subsequent Senate recommendations and comments will be included in the Provost s academic report to the President and Senior Staff. 2. MOTION TO REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF ACADEMIC TITLES AND JOB DESCRIPTIONS Moved, that in the absence of adequate, written clarification of academic administrative positions such as Coordinators, Chairs, Deans and Directors, the Academic Senate requests from the Provost, clarification of these positions including their roles, responsibilities and privileges as administrative and educational leaders at the Institute. Resolved, that in the absence of adequate, written clarification of academic administrative positions such as Coordinators, Chairs, Deans and Directors, the Academic Senate requests from the Provost, clarification of these positions including their roles, responsibilities and privileges as administrative and educational leaders at the Institute. -- October, 2004 Report of the Academic Initiatives Committee Amy Lesen, Chair The committee met on Tuesday, September 14th from 12-1:30 p.m. This was the first meeting of the Academic Year. Approximately 15 people attended representing a cross section of departments from all over Pratt. We discussed many ideas for programs and decided that our primary focus was to be faculty, although students and the larger community are part of our audience. After much discussion, three major ideas were floated: 1) Hosting a pre-presidential-election event focused on students. At the meeting, it was deemed that there was not enough time to organize this. However,, after the meeting, I sent out an and got a response from three faculty. We (myself, Ann Holder from Social Science, James Reeves from Art Education, Beth Warshafsky from CGIM and Foundation, and Brad Lander, Director of PICCED) are currently organizing an event called "Elect! Teach-In and Speak-Out" for the end of October directed at students who seem to feel disenfranchised and disempowered. 2) Lunchtime Academic Discussions: We decided to host a series of lunchtime academic discussion for faculty. I sent out an and got three volunteers to lead discussion. We will be hosting one discussion in October about Censorship in the Media (will be held in room 610 of Manhattan campus at 12 noon on October 13th); one discussion in November on Feminism; and one discussion in December about Mental Illness and Art. One additional discussion may be in the works through the Pratt Collaboratives Student Group. 3) We are hoping to host a larger (one or two day long) symposium in the spring. There were many ideas floated at the meeting in terms of topics. We did agree that it should be a collaborative and interdisciplinary event. We will be discussing this at our next meeting.

5 Our next meeting is on Tuesday, October 12th from 12-2 p.m. in the Founder's Room in the Main Building. Sincerely, AMY LESEN