FAEC MINUTES 09/07/22

FAEC MINUTES 09/07/22

Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Katie Cohen (Library), Marc Gidal (CA), Malakiva  Sundararajan (ASB), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary)

* Both Councilor-at-Large positions are currently open.

Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:00am.

FA President’s Report:

• Meeting with Tim Judge: Discussion of adjunct participation and representation in Faculty Assembly.
• Paolo Miyashiro Bedoya: SGA President – topics they are focusing on diversity and inclusion, multi-cultural center, thoughts on masking.
• Roukema Center: Ed Petkus – Ben Levy recommended faculty for the search committee for his replacement and Dean Petkus is going to reach out to these individuals to see if they would be willing to serve on the search committee.
• Associate Director of Employee Relations: Lysandra Perez-Strumolo is the only volunteer to represent FA on the search committee. AFT will have two representatives on the search committee, one faculty member and one staff member.
• Provost Search: firm meeting with leadership of the committee this coming Friday. Full committee next Wednesday with the search firm, and AA training for any committee members who need it. Following Wednesday at Unit Council – hopefully have search firm members circulate to the different unit councils for listening sessions to learn about Ramapo.
•   Provost’s Bite-Sized Faculty Research Presentation Series – website is now live.
  • https://www.ramapo.edu/provost/provosts-bite-sized-faculty-research-presentations/
• John McTighe is the new parliamentarian for FAEC! Congratulations John!
• Academic Master Plan: Reviewed potential proposals for a charging instrument for the task force.
• Discussion of a potential faculty social event for the fall semester.

FAEC Guests: N/A

Meeting adjourned at 12:01 pm.

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