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)
    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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