FAEC MINUTES 04/06/22

FAEC MINUTES 04/06/22

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

Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:07am.

Minutes Approval: The 03/30/22 minutes were approved.

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

Discussed the importance of faculty attending the Future Series. Strategic Posture Statement is upcoming.

Question regarding special payments and compensations other positions: Discussion of need for a database explaining what positions get what compensation – lack of transparency regarding director or add-on titles.

ITS: Access to emails – parameters are being created for when the administration can access a faculty member’s email.

FAEC DISCUSSION:

Discussion of sabbaticals.

Discussion of NTT Faculty (Non-Tenure Track Faculty) at the college. Discussion of NTT Faculty representation in FA. Are NTT Faculty covered by the Faculty Handbook?

Report on the Communications Meeting: Ed Shannon and Katie Cohen provided the report. Covered branding initiatives, see website. Report changes may be coming in regard to Banner.

New Business:

Interim Provost Gaulden: Bischoff and Thomases Awards were last week. Junior Faculty Dinners are recommencing once per semester, one occurred last week and was very successful.

Discussion of posting on poster boards in the hallways of the academic buildings.

Recent Admitted Student Day was a success despite poor weather and a transition of planned external events to indoor locations.

Discussion of restructuring with grants coming under Academic Affairs and the hope of greater relationships developed between faculty and grants office.

Interim Provost Gaulden’s vision of the function of NTTP at the college is not to replace tenure-track lines at the college. NTTP would be used to replace temp lines that can only exist for three years. Additionally, new programs could be started with NTTP with the understanding that the positions could be converted to tenure-track positions if the new program is successful. Additionally, NTTP are not required to conduct research. Therefore, the vision includes NTTP taking a larger leadership role in service thereby allowing tenure-faculty to lean more heavily into their research on balance.

FAEC Guests: Interim Provost Gaulden

Meeting adjourned at 12:28 pm.

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