October 17, 2023FAEC MINUTES 9/27/2023
FAEC MINUTES 9/27/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Amruth Kumar (TAS), Marc Gidal (CA), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Councilor-at-Large), Stephen Larson (ASB), and Elizabeth Siecke (Library)
Excused Absence: Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large)
*FA secretary position is currently open. Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen.
Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:00 am.
Approval of Minutes (9/20)
FA President’s Report:
- Went over proposed agenda for 10/4 FA meeting
- Went over minutes from 9/6 FA meeting
- TAS Research Symposium is scheduled for 4/24/2024, conflicting with AFT/FA/Unit Council. Sarah Carberry (TAS) requests that FAEC explore the possibility of rescheduling (perhaps to 4/17 or 5/1).
- AFT and RSA have agreed to co-sponsor the 11/8 social event along with FA.
- Shared governance meeting scheduled for 10/20 with representatives from FA, RSA, SGA, and College Administration. FAEC members suggested issues for possible discussion (detrimental effects of cut in hours and budget for student aids, improvements in college marketing, etc.)
Discussion:
- Discussed the BOT Resources Committee report from FA representative Prof. Rikki Abzug. FAEC will request a future visit from Prof. Abzug, VP O’Keefe, or both, for more details and perspective on College financials.
- Discussed setting up a FA-charged committee this year, in accordance with Section 2.0 of the (new) Faculty Handbook, to review the Faculty Handbook “within the context of new policies enacted at the College and/or new agreements made between the College and AFT.” The committee is tasked with determining if any modifications are needed to the Faculty Handbook.
Visitors to FAEC: Prof. Ashwani Vasishth (SSHS)
Discussed Prof. Vasishth’s proposal for having a Sustainability major with a required Environmental Studies minor.
Subsequent to the meeting with Prof. Vasishth, FAEC determined that in the absence of any policy language in either the ARC Manual or Academic Policies that would address this type of program requirement, this will require more discussion and would fall within ARC’s purview to make a determination.
Meeting adjourned at 12:00.
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October 10, 2023FAEC MINUTES 09/20/2023
FAEC MINUTES 09/20/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Amruth Kumar (TAS), Marc Gidal (CA), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Councilor-at-Large), Stephen Larson (ASB), Elizabeth Siecke (Library)
*FAEC secretary position is currently open. Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen.
Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:00 am.
Approval of Minutes (9/13)
FA President’s Report:
- Met with SGA president, Shannon DeCicco. SGA this academic year to focus on deepening student engagement and community building. Possible joint activities with faculty in Spring 2024.
- Met with Michael Yankovich (VP for Operational and Administrative Integration). Discussed improving the voting system for upcoming FA meetings, more effective use of parking spaces for faculty and students at Mackin-Bischoff. Updated the status of the Campus Facilities Master Plan.
- Reported four new graduate certificate programs moving forward for ARC and FA approval: Business Foundations, Data Analyst, Data Modeler, and Machine Learning. All are contingent on the approval of the minimum credit policy by Provost’s Council.
- Updated the status of the Podium Program.
Discussion:
- Faculty Handbook: FAEC will continue to work with AFT and ER on resolving issues, and also keep track of issues that need to be addressed next year.
- Bylaws Revisions: Tentative plan to have a faculty forum in November to get faculty input and suggestions.
Visitors to FAEC: Rob Doster (ITS)
- Discussed network issues and solutions.
- Survey will be sent out to assess faculty and students’ technology experience.
- Discussed concerns regarding cuts to Help Desk student-aid budget.
- ITS Help Desk station in E-Wing will relocate to ASB in October.
- Raised concerns that Banner now doesn’t have class email lists. ITS to look into how to repopulate it back to Banner.
- Discussed and explored options of voting system for FA.
- ITS to continue checking classrooms to ensure technologies are functioning well. For any issues, contact the ITS Help Desk.
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September 26, 2023FA Minutes 09/06/23
Faculty Assembly Meeting
September 6, 2023
1:00 pm
H-129
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 (4/26/2023)
Faculty Assembly President’s Report:
- Integrated Calendar Task Force: FA representatives, Lysandra Perez-Strumolo and Debbie Yuster, would like to hear from faculty any concerns and/or suggestions regarding the current academic calendar at Ramapo. A survey has been sent and will remain open until 9/13.
- Stephen Larson is the new ASB rep to the FAEC.
- FA Secretary position remains open. Faculty who are interested should talk to FA President Ken McMurdy or their FAEC rep.
- Ramapo’s Annual Family Day will be held on Saturday, October 14. Faculty will again be asked to contribute student research posters for display.
- Faculty Development Day: Held on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Theme of Artificial Intelligence. See Tammi Redd and Michael Bitz for details.
- Enrollment Update: VP Chris Romano’s report will be included in the follow-up email.
College President’s Report:
- Welcomed Provost Middleton to Ramapo College.
- Expressed appreciation to FYS Director Yvette Kisor for inviting guest speaker Grace Cho to this year’s Convocation. Cho is the author of Tastes Like War: A Memoir, the 2023 First Year Seminar summer reading selection.
- Expressed appreciation to FA President Ken McMurdy and FAEC members for work over the summer.
- Class of 2027, our second largest and most diverse class ever, continues the trend of outstanding academic achievement.
- The College earned grants that support academic research, mental health, and hunger relief.
- Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center hosted a highly successful international conference this summer.
- Our students returned to studying abroad and are more fully engaged in community service, internships, and leader development opportunities.
- The College secured state resources that included $31.7 million to repurpose Linden Hall, $1 million in support of our Nursing Program, and $1.8 million in support of our strong student outcomes.
- Ramapo was home to some great summer programs including Upward Bound, Educational Opportunity Fund, and First-Generation Student Legacies. We also hosted a summer concert series and myriad camps and activities.
- The Mahwah Regional Chamber of Commerce is now headquartered on our campus, and we are creating spaces and gathering opportunities through our new E-Sports lab, Berrie Center Student Gallery and Performance Space, Multicultural Center, micro-markets, and Student Wellness Room.
- Celebrate faculty achievements (David Coleman, Jacob Labendz, David Gurney, Catalin Martin) and conferences coming to Ramapo this fall (COPLAC, International Conference on Taiwan and China).
Provost’s Report:
- Over the summer, the provost has met with people across the TLC to understand how he might better support their work. He also met regularly with deans and FA leaders to plan together. In the new semester he will be visiting Unit Council meetings and hopes to visit classes as well. All of these efforts will help him better partner with faculty to advance the College’s core mission of teaching and learning.
- An area of concern that has emerged among faculty is the need for clarity and transparency in identifying and distributing funding to faculty for travel, professional development, and special projects. The Provost’s Office has compiled a list of funding opportunities for faculty, which was sent out in the provost’s welcome letter on August 30, 2023. The resource guide should be helpful and informative in planning requests for support.
- Recently updated Ramapo’s Academic Integrity policy with particular attention to artificial intelligence (AI) and other technology tools and websites that have raised questions and concerns. Technology is advancing at a rapid pace, necessitating an on-going conversation and shifts in policies and practices to keep up with those changes.
- For faculty, pragmatic implications for technology evolution include continual attention to learning about new tech tools that impact teaching and learning, updating syllabi and assignments to adjust to those changes, and more focused conversations with students to set expectations for appropriate use of technology tools in your classes, including clarity in your syllabi. On Wed, October 18, Tammi Redd and Michael Bitz will be holding a Faculty Development Day to focus on AI, with an exploration of how AI tools may be implemented in our curriculum to enhance learning and ways our faculty can establish clear expectations for students.
- Comprehensive Academic Plan reflects Ramapo College’s liberal arts traditions and values, underscoring faculty-student relationships that serve as the central focus of our work on campus – nurturing student growth, understanding, and aspirations.
- Faculty achievements (David Coleman, Jacob Labendz, David Gurney, Catalin Martin) and conferences coming to Ramapo this fall (COPLAC, International Conference on Taiwan and China).
Introduction:
Bernadette Connors, the new Assistant Director of Grants and Sponsored Programs, will work on comprehensive policies for research grant submissions to better support faculty in their efforts for scholarship funding. Her office is in Mansion Room 213.
Presentations/Discussion Items:
Comprehensive Academic Plan (formerly Academic Master Plan)
Ken Goldstein, Stephanie Sarabia (CAP co-chairs)
- Reviewed progress since Spring 2023 and previewed next steps.
- Town Hall/Reflections session for CAP to be held on Wednesday 9/20 in ASB-136 from 2:45-4:00. Faculty may also provide feedback through a qualtrics survey sent out by the CAP Task Force co-chairs.
- Final CAP to be sent out to faculty on 9/27.
- Faculty Assembly will vote to endorse the plan at the 10/4 FA meeting.
Curriculum Review Process
Ken McMurdy, David Oh (ARC chair)
- Would like to refocus curriculum development and review process at the local (Convening Group, Unit) levels, thereby gaining meaningful content review without sacrificing accountability.
- Removing technical syllabus policing duties from the ARC would enable it to play more of an All-College consultative role and concentrate more on new programs.
- ARC will bring forward proposed revisions to the ARC manual for a vote at the FA meeting on 10/4. (The revised manual will be shared with all faculty a week in advance of the FA meeting.)
Note/Correction: After the meeting and based on faculty feedback, it was decided that a Faculty Forum on this topic was warranted. The Forum will take place after FA at 2pm on 10/4, and any proposed revisions to the ARC Manual will be brought to FA for a vote on 11/8. In the meantime, faculty are to follow the existing process.
GECCo Updates
Chris Reali, Sarah Carberry (GECCo co-chairs)
- New course submission pause for AY 2023-24, with the exception of the Systems, Sustainability, and Society Distribution Category.
- GE workshop to be held on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, either before or after the AI workshop.
- GECCo encourages faculty to participate and serve on the Curriculum Assessment Teams (CATS).
- GECCo is looking for new members to join and coordinate the committee’s Global Awareness, Historical Perspectives, and Scientific Reasoning categories.
Proposal for In-Meeting Voting Method:
Ken McMurdy, Alexia Mavros (ITS)
FA meeting adjourned at 2:45.
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September 24, 2023FAEC MINUTES 09/13/2023
FAEC MINUTES 09/13/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Amruth Kumar (TAS), Marc Gidal (CA), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Councilor-at-Large), Stephen Larson (ASB), Elizabeth Siecke (Library)
*FAEC secretary position is currently open. Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen.
Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:00 am.
Meeting with Jenn Hicks McGowan, Janelle Evans (POER):
- Explained faculty personnel processes and clarified which processes fall under old handbook vs. new handbook for this academic year.
- Highlighted some key changes made to the Faculty Handbook
- Common application form for career development, FSF, and sabbatical is now fillable and writable.
- Common application form requires the applicant to initial the pledge statement. (Renewed emphasis on follow-up reporting.)
- Key dates reminder: career development training on 9/18; promotions info session on 9/21; and Faculty Handbook concerns will be discussed on 10/18.
Approval of FAEC Minutes (9/6)
FA President’s Report:
- Planned FAEC visitors: Rob Doster (ITS), Shannon DeCicco (President, SGA), Eric Wiener and Lisa Lutter (Campus Facilties Master Plan TF)
- AFT will co-sponsor FA social event on 11/8.
- Cory Rosenkranz will make a short presentation at FA on RCNJ Roadrunner Collegiate Recovery Program.
- Student textbook concern: if not available at bookstore, students may not be able to use financial aid to cover the expense.
FAEC Discussion:
- CAP Town Hall: Will take place on 9/20 from 2:45-4:00 in ASB-136. Last forum prior to FA endorsement vote on 10/4. Survey is also open until 9/21 (midnight).
- ARC Manual Revisions: Open forum at 2pm on 10/4 (after FA) to discuss possible changes to curriculum review process, as introduced at last FA. Vote on revisions would take place at 11/8 FA. In the meantime, we are following the existing process.
- Voting Methods: Will coordinate with Mike Yankovich and Alexia Mavros to make the swipe-in process more efficient. Otherwise, the piloted method appears to be the best way to facilitate in-meeting/real-time voting while adhering to the restrictions of the bylaws.
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm.
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September 17, 2023FAEC MINUTES 09/06/2023
FAEC MINUTES 09/06/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Amruth Kumar (TAS), Marc Gidal (CA), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Councilor-at-Large), Stephen Larson (ASB)
Excused Absence: Elizabeth Siecke (Library)
*FAEC secretary position is currently open. Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen.
Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:05 am.
FA President’s Report:
- Power Outage: Due to ongoing power outages on campus since 9/5/2023, the 1 pm FA meeting will be moved to H-129.
- Mackin-Bischoff Parking: Public Safety is still assessing student parking needs and will announce an updated policy soon. FAEC will continue to stress the importance of faculty parking in this location.
- Campus Facilities Master Plan: BOT approval now targeted for January 2024, in order to take into account the Comprehensive Academic Plan and additional feedback.
FAEC Discussion:
- ITS: John and Amruth will continue to meet regularly with Rob Doster (ITS) in order to address faculty technology concerns.
- Faculty Handbook: New handbook is now live on the POER website. FAEC will reach out to POER to request clarification on which guidelines should be followed for various personnel processes.
Meeting with President Jebb and Provost Middleton:
- Discussion of agenda items for 1 pm Faculty Assembly meeting
- Comprehensive Academic Plan (CAP)
- Possible revisions to curriculum review process
- Faculty forum for under 11 faculty with Jeff Ellsworth
- President Jebb’s planned report
- Provost Middleton’s planned report
- Need for improved marketing for specific programs
- Need for increased funding for faculty travel due to rising conference/travel costs
- Need for continued funding for student aids
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm.
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May 2, 2023FA Minutes 04/26/23
Faculty Assembly Meeting
April 26, 2023
1:00 pm
Friends Hall
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.
Agenda
FA President’s Update (Ken McMurdy):
- Leadership survey: within a couple days
- Bite-Sized Research Talks
- FA Socials were positive
President’s Update (Cindy Jebb):
- Provided an overview of the many positive and encouraging matters that have recently transpired at the college.
- Last year’s legislative add-ons have been included in the general state budget, therefore will not be done to be as add-ons in future years.
- Discussion of the upcoming Arching and graduation ceremonies.
Provost’s Update (Michael Middleton):
- Welcome and inspirational vision of where we can all go together to raise the college as we move forward together. Emphasizes the importance of building trust and continuing to lean into the values of the liberal arts.
Awards Ceremony:
Jack Richardson’s Award: Roark will announce the winner – Dr. Dean Chen! Congratulations!
Provost’s Service Award: Ken Goldstein and Michael Middleton will announce the winner – Dr. Stephanie Sarabia! Congratulations!
FA Faculty Service Award: Ken McMurdy will announce the winner – Dr. Stephanie Sarabia! Congratulations!
Parking Update: Sharon McLaurin and Nicole Morgan-Agard – the parking situation in Mackin and Bishoff is still being reviewed. Student population is increasing.
WAC Presentation: Mike Unger and Paula Straile-Costa – our students are reporting writing more than our sister institutions and our students are writing more than they have in the past.
Academic Master Plan: Stephanie Sarabia presenting – AMPTF will be distributing a qualtrics survey. Survey will be open until May 30th. Please provide feedback, thank you!
GECCo (Sarah Carberry): Presentation of voting matters. Overview of GECCO matters.
FAEC: under 11 all-college representative election – Jeff Ellsworth
Call for FAEC Secretary: Please volunteer – no need to be tenured
Motion Raised:
- Malavika raises a motion to void the vote regarding the Graduate Certificate for Business Foundations due to technical irregularities where the qualtrics showed a ballot being disseminated accurately in the distribution history and yet the individual did not receive the ballot. In some situations, multiple attempts were made to send a ballot to an individual and it would still not appear in the person’s email. Everyone who raised an issue with FAEC regarding the lack of a ballot had their vote included. However, not everyone who was missing a ballot realized they were missing the vote.
- Motion was raised and seconded. It was determined a vote was not necessary and that the previous electronic vote regarding the graduate certificate was invalid because it violated FA Bylaws because it was distributed to the entire FA voting membership and had not been properly presented to FA to begin with.
- Upon reflection and discussion, determination was made that the recent vote on the program proposal for a graduate certificate for business foundations was invalid due to violations of the FA bylaws.
Meeting adjourned at 2:40pm
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April 25, 2023FA Minutes 04/05/23
Faculty Assembly Meeting
April 5, 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.
Agenda
Approval of Minutes (03/08/2023)
Reports:
Faculty Assembly President’s Report:
- Discussion of Facilities Master Plan.
- Bylaw Revisions are being worked on
- Seeking an at-large member
- Transition from interim provost to new provost
- April 12 memorial service: Mary Ellen Allison
College President’s Report:
- Discussion of admitted students day
- Discussion of NJASCU
- Discussion of a Ramapo student who recently won a Fulbright Scholarship
- Discussion of Ramapo sports teams
- Discussion of the formation of the Integrated Calendar Task Force, presentation of the charge
Jenn Hicks-McGowen:
- President’s Staff Recognition Award: please nominate people now until April 30. Three awards: Staff, Team, Leadership
Announcements:
Earth Day – Neriko Doerr: Farm to Table! April 18, H Wing Auditorium, there will be a series of lectures and much more going on! Please participate 🙂 Healthy world, healthy eating
Presentations/Discussion Items:
Campus Facilities Master Plan – Mike Yankovich (Interim Vice President for Operational & Administrative Integration): overview and explanation of what will likely be coming out of the campus facilities master plan. Emphasized stewardship of the campus built environment for the benefit of future generations. Reviewed college’s prior campus facilities master plan and guiding principles for the current campus facilities master plan task force.
- April 26 and April 27 there will be more open sessions for community engagement
- June: initial drafting
- August: final draft* (depending on interaction with academic master plan)
Academic Master Plan – Stephanie Sarabia, Ken Goldstein: Update on the progress of the academic master plan task force.
ARC Annual Report / Q & A – David Oh (ARC Chair): Thanked committee members for their service. Discussion of enhancing software to facilitate the process.
Voting Items:
New Program Approval: Graduate Certificate in Business Foundations – Juan Cabrera (MBA Program Director), David Oh (ARC Chair): Presentation of the proposed certificate.
Integrated Calendar Task Force: Election of FA Representatives: Five candidates standing for two positions: Tae Yang Kwak, Lysandra Perez-Strumolo, Carrie Miller, John Peffer and Debbie Yuster.
Meeting adjourned: 2:30pm.
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April 19, 2023FAEC MINUTES 04/05/23
FAEC MINUTES 04/05/23
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 10:00am.
FA President’s Report:
FAEC Discussion:
- Discussion of Podium discussion.
- Discussion of the FA Meeting in the afternoon. FA votes that are upcoming.
- Revisited discussion of leadership survey.
- Discussion of social event
- Discussion of room distribution for classes.
- Discussion of additional follow-up from Morale Survey.
- Discussion of feedback from faculty regarding proposed bylaw changes.
Visitor:
Visitors: N/A
Meeting adjourned at 12:00 pm.
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April 19, 2023FAEC MINUTES 3/29/2023
FAEC MINUTES 3/29/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), Amruth Kumar (TAS), Marc Gidal (CA), John McTighe (SSHS), Dean Chen (Vice President, HGS), Monika Giacoppe (Councilor-at-Large)
Excused absence: Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary); Malavika Sundararajan (ASB); Elizabeth Siecke (Library)
*Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen
*One Councilor-at-Large position is currently open.
Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:05am.
- Approved FAEC meeting minutes from 3/22
- FA President Ken McMurdy’s Report:
- Virginia Galdieri (POER) said there will be greater clarification for Career Development Fund (CDF) guidelines in the new Faculty Handbook. FAEC still needs to investigate whether faculty on sabbatical is eligible for CDF; Virginia noted that faculty on sabbatical cannot get funding/compensation exceeding their salary.
- Combined Social for FA and RSA on 4/26; FAEC is still planning for a social on the Arching Day
- Podium Global Technology Virtual Internship Opportunity (INTD-290)
- The course will begin as a topic course but will need to go through ARC for formal approval next year. However, since it is a topic course (INTD), not an internship course/coop course (like AIID-380), concerns are raised that INTD-290 is not overseen by Ramapo faculty, essentially outsourcing curriculum to an external entity.
- FAEC will invite Deans Susan Hangen and Ed Petkus to FAEC meeting next Wed (4/5) to address some of these concerns and issues relating to INTD-290.
- Campus Facilities Master Planning: faculty feedback will be collected by FAEC unit reps and put into a report, which will then be shared with the Anser Consulting Team in mid-April.
- Faculty Assembly meeting on 4/5
- ARC chair’s report will be sent to all faculty before the FA meeting.
- FA will vote on a graduate certificate program.
- ARC manual revision will be discussed.
- Meeting with Melissa Van Der Wall (Dean of Students; VP for Students Wellbeing)
- Student carpool support (Eddie Seavers of Center Student Involvement is working with his team): Use the Archway APP (a student’s community engagement tool) for information on carpools.
- Are there precautions taken to ensure there is no prejudice or bias or cliquish behavior in fraternities and sororities? Amanda Riehl (Assistant Director for Student Involvement) is overseeing these clubs, fraternities and sororities, requiring training for members to prevent bad conduct and behaviors (i.e., discrimination, hazing, bullying-related activities, etc.).
- Are there preferences given to student athletes, even if they behave aggressively with other students? There is no special treatment given to student athletes. All student aggressive behaviors will be reported to Public Safety and subject to further disciplinary actions.
- Is the Food quality monitored for dining services? For example, is it intentional that the orange juice dispenser dispenses water and orange juice? Food quality is monitored and will continue to be improved.
- Morale survey follow up:
- Students seem to become more unprepared and anxious after the pandemic (loss of resilience, unprepared, inability to solve problems, lack of communication, study skills).
- College needs to reengage students through co-curricular activities, provide remedial education, mandatory wellness programs and emotional support to help our students.
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April 19, 2023FAEC MINUTES 3/22/2023
FAEC MINUTES 3/22/2023
Present: Ken McMurdy (President, TAS), 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)
Excused absence: Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary)
*Meeting minutes taken by Dean Chen
*One Councilor-at-Large position is currently open.
Vote to bring the meeting to order at 10:05am.
FA President Ken McMurdy’s Report:
– Bischoff/Mackin parking lot: FA president spoke with Sharon McLaurin (Director, Public Safety) about email regarding the review of faculty and staff parking in these lots. Sharon had initiated the review as the parking lot was listed as student parking and was not aware of the history in terms of the agreement. She has assured the FA president that all faculty and staff may continue to park there and if such a review should be considered, it will begin with a conversation with all staff and faculty first in Fall semester.
– FA president will request the college to formally change the Bischoff/Mackin parking lot listing from students parking lot to faculty/staff/students’ lot).
– Inviting Mellissa Van Der Wall to FAEC next Wed (3/29) to talk about student wellness.
– Meeting with the Provost on 3/20: FA President and VP sought greater clarification regarding the Career Development Funding (CDF) decisions; Ken also consulted with Maxim Goldberg-Rugalev. It was concluded that POER should review the CDF applications over the past few years and if there was any faculty that was denied CD funding because they were on sabbatical, it would need to be retrofixed, as the faculty handbook does not explicitly state that those on sabbaticals cannot receive CD funding. It was suggested that the new Faculty Handbook should clearly delineate the standards and rules pertaining to what qualifies for CDF, FDF, Foundation, TAR, Platinum Funding, and Shomburg.
– Shared-Governance Meeting on 3/20: President Jebb will charge a new Task Force this semester to begin looking at the Yearly Calendar (this task force is not about changing the daily class schedule) to build in Wellness Days and, possibly, more common hours.
– FA President McMurdy received feedback and suggestions from FAEC members and will communicate them with the president.
– ARC’s annual report will be shared with faculty prior to the FA on April 5.
– The ARC chair will also be available at the FA for Q&A.
– ARC is also proposing some changes to the by-laws, which will be presented at the FA.
– Meeting with Anser Consulting Team, and Eric Wiener and Lisa Lutter on Campus Facilities Master Plan.
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