FA Minutes 11/08/23

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
November 8, 2023
1:00 pm
Friends Hall (SC-219)

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 (10/4/2023)

Faculty Assembly President’s Report:

• Campus Facilities Master Plan (CFMP): Target date for Board of Trustees approval remains January 2024. There will be three opportunities to engage on the plan, led by Mike Yankovich (Interim VP for Operational and Administrative Integration):
  • CFMP Open Forum, Nov. 15, 1-3pm, Alumni Lounges
  • Communications Meeting, Nov. 16, 1-2:15pm, Alumni Lounges
  • Faculty Assembly Meeting, Dec. 6, 1-2:30pm, Trustees Pavilion
• Special training from 1-2pm on Nov. 15 (virtual):
  Promoting the Mental Health of Students of Color: Considerations and Strategies for the Classroom and Beyond
  Registration required. Contact Judy Green (Director, Center for Health and Counseling Services) for more details.
• Rededication of Holocaust Statue: Today (11/8), 4:30pm, Friends Hall/Grove
  Sponsored by Gross Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies (Jacob Labendz, Director)
• FA/AFT/RSA Joint Social Event: Today (11/8), 5-7pm, Padovano Commons
• Diwali Celebration: Nov. 13, 1:15-2:15pm, Friends Hall

Provost’s Report:

• Offered congratulations and appreciation for several successful events hosted at Ramapo College:
  • Northeast Regional COPLAC Conference, Oct. 27-28
    Congratulations to the organizers as well as all faculty who supervised student research presentations
  • 2023 Taiwan & Asia Program (TAP) Conference, Nov. 4-5, organized by Dean Chen (HGS)
  • Archaeological Society of New Jersey, Oct. 21, organized by Steve Rice and Susan Hangen (HGS)
• Announced Spring ’24 Arching and Commencement dates
  Arching on Thursday, May 23; UG Commencement on Wednesday, May 29, at Prudential Center

College President’s Report:

• Echoed Provost Middleton’s congratulations and appreciation for successful recent campus events
• Addressed concerns regarding later commencement date
• Announced that further information would be forthcoming about holiday/wellness time for Staff

Voting Items:

1. The following new program proposals were brought to FA by ARC for approval. All five were approved by FA. (Vote tallies included for each individual proposal.) Proposal documents will be archived on the FA website under Archived Reports and Documents.
   • Graduate Certificate in Business Foundations (80 approve, 8 do not approve, 6 abstain)
   • Graduate Certificate in Data Science: Data Modeler (88 approve, 4 do not approve, 2 abstain)
   • Graduate Certificate in Data Science: Data Analyst (87 approve, 5 do not approve, 2 abstain)
   • Graduate Certificate in Data Science: Machine Learning Engineer (86 approve, 5 do not approve, 3 abstain)
   • (Undergraduate) Certificate in Applied Ethics (88 approve, 3 do not approve, 3 abstain)
2. The following revision to the ARC Manual was also brought to FA for approval and passed with a vote of 80 approve, 4 do not approve, 2 abstain.

   For each academic year (AY) there will be two deadline dates for all submissions – new courses, course revisions, new programs and program revisions. One deadline will be October 15 (Fall semester of any AY) and the other February 15 (Spring semester of the same AY), again, for all submissions.

   Note: Due to the large number of proposals already submitted for this year, ARC is requesting that for the February 15, 2024 deadline, submissions be limited to new program proposals or program revisions, and those new courses and course revisions specifically pertaining to the new or revised programs.

FA meeting adjourned at 2:00, followed by Faculty Forum for full-time, untenured faculty, led by FAEC Councilor-at-Large Jeff Ellsworth (jellswor@ramapo.edu).

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