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:

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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