FAEC MINUTES 02/08/23

FAEC MINUTES 02/08/23

Present: Ken McMurdy (President), Elizabeth Siecke (Library), Amruth Kumar (TAS),
Marc Gidal (CA), Malavika Sundararajan (ASB), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large for Part Time Faculty), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary)

* Councilor-at-Large for under 11 years position is currently open. FAEC has consistently been reaching out to the faculty attempting to recruit. 

Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:08am.

FA President’s Report:

• Discussion of Boldly Ascending series upcoming. Faculty are encouraged to attend and participate. 
• Administration is interested in building up and improving our overall summer programmatic offerings. Mike Yankovich (Interim Vice President for Operational & Administrative Integration) will take the lead on this initiative. FAEC will maintain communication on this issue and ensure that faculty are informed on and involved in any changes that will impact curriculum.

FAEC Discussion:

• Discussion of the academic schedule – need for adequate meeting time and possibly a common hour every day. Limited classroom availability for student and faculty preferred class times. Questions about mechanisms for assigning classrooms and the use of space. 
• Discussion of Summer/Winter schedule and how to maximize course offerings and student enrollment. 
• Discussion of ARC regarding criteria and process. 

Visitor:

CIO Rob Doster was invited to discuss results of the Fall ‘22 Faculty Morale Survey related to ITS and tech support.

• Full sweep of classroom tech before semester started this spring massively reduced tech problems in the first few weeks of the semester. This will be an ongoing practice moving forward.
• If a faculty member has a classroom emergency, they should call x7777 and report it. The information will then immediately be disseminated to all ITS personnel for assistance.
• Last summer ITS replaced forty projectors/bulbs in classrooms and will be replacing and upgrading the remaining classroom projectors in the near future.
• Faculty are encouraged to open a ticket whenever there is a problem, and if it isn’t sufficiently addressed please follow-up. The ticket process is crucial because it enables ITS process reviews that can lead to improvements.
• If there are software licenses needed you can email Rob Doster.
• A follow up with ITS to prepare FAQs for classroom equipment use, contact names and numbers for specific areas, and flow charts will be finalized and distributed.
• Work completed and addressed by Rob and his team will be shared by Unit reps at a subsequent Unit council meeting.
• Malavika and John will be the liaisons between FAEC and ITS for ongoing engagement and further follow-up.

Meeting adjourned at 12:03 pm.

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