FA Minutes 11/5/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
November 5, 2025
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.

Meeting minutes taken by FA Secretary Matthew Jobrack.

Agenda:

Approval of Minutes (10/8/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

Provost’s Report: (delivered by Vice-Provost Joyce Shim)

• CAP Implementation TF/Provost’s Office currently collecting questions and input through follow-up meetings and a Qualtrics survey
• 18 sabbaticals have been awarded for next year, under the new sabbatical policy
• Middle States assessment kickoff: November 19, 1-2:00, Pavilion
• Faculty Awards Ceremony: November 19, 3-4:30, York Room
• January 14th and 15th are tentatively planned as days for each school/unit to hold a retreat
• Provost Middleton should be back and active again next week

College President’s Report:

• Ribbon-cutting on the First Generation Student Center was today
• President Jebb is the POC for our Division III NJAC conference
• Reflections on the State of the College Address
• Encouraged all to attend the upcoming Presidential Speaker Series event

Announcements:

• Presidential Task Force on AI (draft charge)
• AV Updates in A-wing (summary document)
  Mike Gogel, Mike Yankovich
• The Campus Mural Project
  Neriko Doerr (slides)

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Morale Survey Results Summary (Likert Data) (themes)
  Ken McMurdy, FA President
• Business Analytics and Applied AI Minor – Program Revision Proposal
  Stacie Taranto, ARC Chair (slides)

Voting:

• Business Analytics and Applied AI Minor – Program Revision
  (Rationale, Full Proposal)
  Proposal approved by FA with a vote of 73 Approve, 6 Do Not Approve, 7 abstain (116 eligible to vote)

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