FAEC MINUTES 01/25/23

FAEC MINUTES 01/25/23

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

*Both Councilor-at-Large positions are currently open. FAEC has consistently been reaching out to the faculty attempting to recruit individuals. 

Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:05am.

Excused Absence: Malavika Sundararajan (ASB)

Approval of the minutes from 01/18/23

FA President’s Report:

• SGA did a faculty advisement survey to the students. Limited responses, only 25 students completed the survey. However, initial data to be considered. 
• SGA leadership will be invited to attend some FAEC meetings during the semester. 
• Rob Doster will attend on 02/08/23. 
• Colleen O’Keefe will be meeting with FAEC on 02/01 regarding the budget. 
• Diversity Convocation: March 22, 3:00 – 4:30 pm.
• Removing the March 22 minor convening meeting. 
• Four forum events scheduled for the strategic plan for the spring semester. The strategic plan will be approved at the next BOT meeting. The next matter will be making the strategic plan actionable and proceeding with implementation. The four forum events are scheduled for Feb 16, 27, March 20, and April 17: 12:30 pm to 2pm. Boldly ascending: (1) overview and KPI’s; (2) campus facilities master plan; (3) draft unit plans; (4) continuous learning through meaningful assessment.

FAEC Discussion:

• Morale Survey: planning for how FAEC is going to move forward meeting with different constituencies on campus to address problematic themes that were raised by the faculty.
• FAEC is going to revise a report on the Morale Survey for dissemination by the end of the week. Revisions are to be done by Friday by 5pm. 
• March 8th faculty and staff social event, potentially a second social event on Arching as well. FAEC will invite retired faculty. 
• Dean Chen and John McTighe are working on potential revisions of the FA bylaws. 

Meeting adjourned at 11:40 pm.

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