FAEC Meeting Minutes October 13, 2021

FAEC MINUTES 10/13/21

Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake ((Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), Katie Cohen (Library), Donna Flynn (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Ken McMurdy (TAS), Kim Lorber (Secretary), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (Vice President, HGS)

Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:08am.

Minutes Approval: The 9/28/21 and 10/6/21 minutes were approved. 

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Meeting Reports: Naseem did not meet this week with either President Jebb or Provost Gaulden.

Course Delivery Mode Group:  A working group for future course delivery modes has been discussed with the Provost, which she can charge. Naseem emailed Provost Gaulden a proposed timeline. Recommended participants would include two faculty from every unit, 1 librarian, 1 dean, and 1 person from the Registrar’s Office. SGA would also be invited to bring one or two representatives.

RSA/SGA Outreach: Ed Shannon (FAEC VP) wrote to both groups to establish more regular meetings with FAEC.

FAEC DISCUSSION

Faculty Search Advertising: These listings need to be in more appropriate places where academic experts in the fields seeking teaching positions can find our job openings. This is a problem across units. Questions about international hires were raised. Application due dates have also been removed. Why? There are currently 8 lines in this process.

P-Cards: With the elimination of P-cards, Lab Coordinators are required to follow a more elaborate purchase ordering process; while ordering the same things as in past semesters, many more hours are being spent to achieve the same results.

International Scholars: They would be welcome and contribute so much to our College but we have no mechanism to facilitate or support this. 

COVID-19 Class Notifications: Naseem will ask HR again to advocate for a notification policy in which the entire class is informed if/when someone tests positive. This is not asking those present to quarantine but to be informed.

Spring Semester New FAEC Secretary: Kim Lorber will complete the fall 2021 semester but will step down from this position in the spring 2022 semester.

IT Meeting: Bonnie and Thierry were to meet with Rob Doster but the meeting was cancelled. Have laptops been available to faculty teaching remotely or if needed on campus? What is the official policy on providing/replacing  laptops for faculty?

Dr. Jebb’s Reflection Meeting: The meeting went very well and more will be welcome. Perhaps these can be done twice a semester. We hope she can come to Unit Councils in the spring.

Meeting adjourned at 11:19am.

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