FAEC Meeting Minutes, Jan 27, 2021

FAEC MINUTES 1/27/21

 Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Katie Cohen (Library), Donna Flynn (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Scott Frees (Vice President, TAS), Kim Lorber (Secretary), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (HGS)

Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:04am.

 Minutes Approval: The 12/2/20 minutes were approved.

 FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT

 President Mercer:  President Choudhury and VP Frees will be meeting with President Mercer on Friday.

Provost Gaulden: President Choudhury met with the Provost.

Academic Integrity: Can we standardize this more across the college?

Fall 2021: What will be the delivery method(s) for fall 2021? In-person courses for the last few semesters were as follows: Fall: 100 courses, Spring 2021: 170-180 courses, Fall will likely be higher.

 Student evaluations: The email to remind faculty to encourage participation will be revised. Bullets that discuss incentivizing students and/or making evaluations part of assignments will be removed. 

AFT: Naseem will meet weekly with Martha Ecker, AFT Local President.

FAEC DISCUSSION

 Presidential Search: We discussed the candidates’ schedules and who would be attending from FAEC. A google document with possible questions will be solicited from faculty.

•       President Maria Gallo: Monday, Feb. 1 and Tuesday, Feb. 2
•       Dr. Lisa Vollendorf: Wednesday, Feb. 3 and Thursday, Feb.4
•       Dr. Cindy Jebb: Monday, Feb. 8 and Tuesday, Feb. 9
•       President Laurie Carter: Wednesday, Feb. 10 and Thursday, February 11

 https://www.ramapo.edu/presidential-search/finalists/

Faculty Handbook: We have waited a year and have not received anything. FAEC Task Force members are: Donna Flynn and Mia Serban. It seems unlikely we will have anything ready for a final vote this academic year.

 FA Bylaws: Members are Ed Shannon, Mia Serban, Christina Connor, and chairs of ARC, GECCo, and WAC, Steven Rice, Sarah Carberry, Jeff Elsworth, respectively. Revisions are needed. Discussions will be held in Unit Councils to start. Some sections are easier to revise and update.

 Covid-19 Testing & Missing Class: Naseem will follow up with Provost Gaulden regarding how this should be addressed; students have appointments with campus health services and need to miss classes. 

 College Archivist: FA may propose creating a position like this to keep records henceforth.

 Brown Bag Lunch Discussions: Perhaps we will introduce these to begin some discussions of topics between Faculty Forums.

 Student Academic Resources Support: Some students seem to not have been taught certain academic skills in high school. They would benefit from more campus resources.

 Academic Integrity Resources: The library has several resources to help students understand what is expected of them and why.

 https://www.ramapo.edu/library/citation-help/

https://ramapo.libwizard.com/f/FYSAITutorial

 Final Exam Schedule: The schedule is being revised.

 Graduation Applications: We have requested to have these streamlined.

 FA Funds: These will be donated to the student aid / relief, FAEC will contact Brittany Goldstein to begin this process.

Faculty Assembly: We will ask attendees to raise their hands, which will prioritize those individuals to the top of the participants’ screen so they can be called on.

 Faculty Retreat: A summary will be distributed.

Unit Council: Faculty should have Provost Council unit rep reports if they are not already being provided.

 Faculty Assembly: Chair of the Board of Trustees, Susan Vallario ,will be attending these meetings.

Meeting adjourned at 12:16pm.

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