Faculty Assembly Executive Council | Minutes | 10/24/18

FAEC Minutes 10/24/2018

Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes

Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2018  | Location: A218  | Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Attendees: Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Kathy Zeno, Sam Mustafa, Christina Connor, Cristina Perez, Hugh Sheehy, Renata Gangemi

Secretary: Sam Mustafa, acting

Guests:  Michael Unger, Thalia Holst

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1. GE Governance Group

Discussion of confusion regarding whether or not GEIT was disbanded, what the jurisdiction of GECCO is, and related issues. Is there a new “Governance Group” and whom does/will it comprise? Christina Perez indicated that she and Mike Unger are formulating a “To Do List” to sort out these issues. Tae Kwak expressed a desire to have such a group convened by January 2019.

Discussion of confusion caused by discrepancies in the various Gen-Ed documents.

Discussion of future membership of the governance group.

Michael Unger joined the discussion at 10:50. Discussion of the possibility of expanding GECCO’s charge, rather than creating a new group. Discussion of the possibility of dissolving GECCO and replacing it with a new group.

 2. Upcoming Faculty Assembly

Discussion of issues before the F.A. at its coming meeting.

 3.  Program Overlap and Structure

Thalia Holst joined at 11:50. Discussion of student perception of “animosity between programs” that results in student discomfort. Specific reference was made to Environmental Studies / Environmental Science vis-a-vis TAS/SSHS. SGA suggests some sort of meeting or “town hall” to reconcile the faculty in question.  Further discussion on the proper venue for such a discussion.

Meeting Adjourned at 12pm

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