FA Minutes 12/06/23

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
December 6, 2023
1:00 pm
Trustees Pavilion

Faculty Assembly is open to a general college audience, including administrators, but only FA members may vote. Faculty, including library faculty and all full-time employees contractually obligated to teach are FA members as defined by our bylaws.

*FA Secretary position is currently open. Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen.

Agenda

Approval of Minutes (11/8/2023)

College President’s Report:

• Addressed academic freedom in light of recent campus events. Reaffirmed importance of following due process and fact finding.
• Reaffirmed importance of civil discourse with empathy, mutual respect and understanding.

Faculty Assembly President’s Report:

• Provided an update on the curriculum development/review revision process. Plan to use time at the next FA meeting for an ARC-led discussion to further this process.
• Special thanks to Judy Green for successful training workshop, Promoting the Mental Health of Students of Color: Considerations and Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond, held on Nov. 15. A sequel event will be held in Spring 2024.
• Plan to hold the FA President election at the 2/21 FA meeting, so that a newly elected President would have time to gain experience. Interested candidates should inform FAEC by 1/17 so they can make their candidate statements at the 1/24 FA meeting.

Provost’s Report:

• Expressed appreciation for the CAP Implementation Team and faculty scholars committee. Special thanks to Jeneen Kelly (Registrar) for reviewing various Catalog/Curriculum Management tools that will help with curriculum development/review process.

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Mackin/Bischoff Parking (Sharon McLaurin, Director of Public Safety; Nicole Morgan Agard, Chief Equity and Diversity Officer/VP for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Compliance)
  Presented data on number of available spots, housing units, and student parking permits. (slide)
  Trial period beginning in Spring 2024 will allocate 100 spots for employees/faculty (approximately 25% of available spots). Policy to be reevaluated at the end of the spring semester.
• Campus Facilities Master Plan (Mike Yankovich, Interim VP for Operational and Administrative Integration)
  • Highlights of plan were presented.
  • Full draft of plan to be shared in follow-up email.
  • Anticipated date of BOT approval in January ’24.
  • Suggestions considered through December 22.

Meeting adjourned at 2:30.

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