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SEI packet pick-up information

The Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) will be administered from April 26-May 7. Faculty may pick up their packets in the following locations:

Liberal Arts and Sciences: in your individual departments
Education: in the mail room in Old Main, room 106
Science and Engineering: in the Dean’s office
Business Administration: in the Dean’s office
Fine and Performing Arts: in the Dean’s office
Honors and Interdisciplinary courses: in the department of the school you are from.

Please inform your administering students of the drop-off boxes. They will also be listed on the instruction sheet inside of each packet. The drop-off locations are as follows:

Business: East side, back entrance vestibule (outside room 138)
Education: Old Main, south-side stairwell on the 1st floor
Lecture Center: North side lobby, outside double doors to rooms 102-113.

Call Mary Ann Landolina at x3227 with any questions.

2003 Graduating Senior Survey

For more than a week now the May 2004 Graduating Senior Survey (undergraduates only) has been "live" through my.newpaltz. edu and available to students. Last year the response rate was about 81 percent, and this year the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) is hoping to maintain that same level of response. Students who have applied for May graduation receive a "pop up" notice when they log in to my.newpaltz.edu with a link to the survey. Additionally, in the "alerts" section they can also access the survey link. Currently, there are almost 300 respondents (about a 33 percent response rate), and OIR will be sending out reminder e-mails to graduating seniors soon. Lastly, the campus wide summary of the May 2003 senior survey is available through the OIR Web site at www.newpaltz.edu/oir/projects.html.

New video on the Web

A new video about academic life at SUNY New Paltz, produced by Instructional Media Services in conjunction with the Web Management Office, is now available as a new feature on our Virtual Tour Web site. The three-minute video clip introduces future students/parents to academic options at SUNY New Paltz. It contains information about each of the schools, the Language Learning Center, the Sojourner Truth Library, and more. Academic Computing has made this video clip available in RealPlayer streaming format. A second video clip, featuring campus life at SUNY New Paltz, is currently in the works. To view the video, visit the Virtual Tour Web site at www.newpaltz.edu/vtour.

SUNY and Turkish university system exchange terms of agreement

Provost David Lavallee (left) and President Steven Poskanzer (center) meet with delegates from Yeditepe University of Istanbul,Turkey; Dr. Ahmet Serpil, (President) Dr. Atilla Dicle (Provost) and Dr. Ali Nezihi Bilge (Director of the Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering) to sign and exchange terms of agreement for the new Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) dualdiploma program set to begin on campus this summer.

President Poskanzer and President Serpil signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the universities to foster broad academic collaboration and exchange, and to develop a dual-diploma degree program in business. This program will be developed under an umbrella agreement between the YOK and the SUNY educational systems. The SUNY-YOK agreement encourages the establishment of partnerships to create dual-diploma programs in specified fields of study. Yeditepe University and SUNY New Paltz also agreed to begin developing an exchange program between their universities. New Paltz expects to begin with 10 students, but as the programs are established, the number of students will grow. For more information about the SUNY-YOK agreement, visit www.newpaltz.edu/dualdiploma.

UUP, CSEA, New York State reach tentative contract agreements

According the United University Professions (UUP) and the Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) Web sites, New York state, UUP and CSEA have reached tentative contract agreements. Over the four-year life of the UUP agreement, members will receive a 15 percent total wage increase for an average salary, including discretionary dollars and other enhancements. In addition to yearly increases, there will be a $800 lump-sum bonus upon ratification, and an $800 base salary increase near the end of the contract. The tentative CSEA agreement includes a new four-year contract for more than 70,000 state employees that includes raises in every year of the contract and no significant changes in health insurance coverage. For more detailed information about the tentative agreements, visit the UUPWeb site at www.uupinfo.org or check with the Chapter Office on the New Paltz Campus. The CSEA Web site can be found at www.csealocal1000.org.

MARCH 29, 2004
Volume 2, Issue 6

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