FAEC MINUTES 04/13/22

FAEC MINUTES 04/13/22

Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake (Adjunct Councilor, CA), Katie Cohen (Library), Donna Flynn (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Ken McMurdy (TAS), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (Vice President, HGS), Jeffrey Ellsworth (Secretary)

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

Minutes Approval: The 04/06/22 minutes were approved.

FA PRESIDENT’S REPORT:

The FA President presented a short report.

FAEC DISCUSSION:

International Education: Discussion of changing policies or potentially changing policies in International Education. Strongly felt that International Education must be maintained as central to the college and integrated across the college as a whole. Equity must be emphasized in students’ access to study abroad.

Padavano Commons: Discussion of administrative resistance to Padavano Commons being returned as the only faculty lounge on campus. Due to the pandemic it was temporarily converted to general space.

Pilot courses [TFCDM]:

ITS – Discussion of administrative access to faculty email.

New Business:

EDIC concerns: Nicole Morgan-Agard and Rachel Sawyer – Discussion of the bias complaint response team, function and roles of faculty on the team. Discussion of what constitutes bias and what constitutes a complaint. There is an online complaint form, individuals can also send an email and that constitutes a complaint as well. The complaint does not need to be formally labeled as a complaint or request any action, but need only raise concerns that bias has occurred. Bias is constituted by works; discrimination is viewed more as actions. College response to bias can be limited due to freedom of speech; however, college offers a restorative justice option to all individuals involved who can voluntarily choose to participate.

HR concerns: Discussion of HR matters.

FAEC Guests: CDO Morgan-Agard & Rachel Sawyer (Associate Dir.)

Meeting adjourned at 12:15 pm.

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