The semester has ended and we are yet to be informed about what department we will be merged with, though as far as we know we are still slated for dissolution and merger.  In some good news, our Faculty Senate voted on 5/5/2022 to recommend to the OIC that the Department and Program dissolutions/mergers described in the realignment plan be cancelled, that future campus initiatives be reviewed by the Faculty Senate Academic Programs and Curriculum Committee (APCC) and Business Affairs Committee (BAC) to ensure the plans reflect complete operating costs, identify sources of funding, and verify reasonableness of projected revenue; and called on the administration to allocate sufficient funding to provide the necessary assistance to probationary Departments and Programs to reinvigorate themselves.  The resolution passed by a 2/3 margin (given the number of administrators who count as ‘faculty’ on our campus, and hence who have a vote, that is a pretty healthy margin). Since the Faculty Senate is merely a recommendatory body, it is unlikely anything will come of the resolution, though it could potentially provide cover for the OIC to overturn the plan completely.  We suspect that will not happen, but await his response.

We have requested permission to publish the resolution in full but have yet to receive that permission from the Faculty Senate Chair.  If and when we do, we will post it on our website, www.sunypotsdamphilosophy.com

Thanks again for all of your support.