FAEC MINUTES 08/31/22

FAEC MINUTES 08/31/22

Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Katie Cohen (Library), Amruth Kumar (TAS), 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:

•     Padovano Commons: MOA reaffirming that the Padovano Commons is for faculty/staff and that the space can be reserved for faculty/staff purposes.
•     Campus Facilities Master Plan Task Force: Eric Weiner and Lisa Lutter are on this task force. Update from Eric Weiner via email: organization and analysis is progressing.

FAEC Discussion:

•     Provost Search Committee:
  • Discussion of how to coordinate the election of faculty members for the search committee. Ranked choice voting from units for potential representatives.
  • FAEC sends out email within the next 24 hours. Nominations by Saturday at noon, and voting to open by Saturday at 5pm and close by Tuesday 11:59pm.
  • The Provost Search Committee must be finalized by September 9.

•     Registrar Search Committee:
  • Steve Rice and Christina Connor have volunteered to be representatives. FAEC will request additional nominations and then proceed to vote.

•     Priority Focus Items for FAEC:
  • Strategic Plan Writing Team
  • Academic Master Plan
  • Facilities Master Plan
  • Transparency on service and convenor compensation
  • Centers that are in flux, leadership roles

•     WAC: new chair is Paula Straile-Costa
•     Fall ’22 Social Event Planning:
•     Discussion of how often and when to have guests come to FAEC and liaison.

• President Jebb: Reflection on Convocation and how positive an experience it was for everyone.
  • Emphasized the importance of everyone focusing on the values of the college.
  • Emphasized the importance of everyone modeling civil discourse.

• Provost Gaulden: Discussion of mask requirement.
  • Numbers are back to pre-pandemic course modes, 92% of courses have some in-person component.
  • Ramapo is welcoming a number of new faculty and staff.
  • New initiatives to support faculty research
    • A space for faculty research
    • An external company will assist with grant applications
    • Byte-sized Faculty Research Series
    • Master Calendar for TLC (Teaching/Learning Core)
  • Academic Master Plan
  • Roukema Center: a search committee will be coming to replace Ben Levy
  •  Strategic Plan Writing Team: Strategic Posture Statement

FAEC Guests: President Cindy Jebb; Interim Provost Susan Gaulden 

Meeting adjourned at 11:57 am.

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