FA 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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