FA Minutes 2/25/26

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
February 25, 2026
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 (1/21/2026)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

College President’s Report:

• Appreciation for facilities and grounds personnel for their work during the snowstorm
• KNUST visit remarks and progress on collaborative efforts
• More budget information will be available on March 10

Provost’s Report:

• Visitors from KNUST – encouragement of discussions at the unit level on projects with them
• Presentation on the evolution of DegreeWorks coming soon
• Appreciation for all-College personnel committee members
• Appreciation for Colleen Martinez for chairing the IRB
• Research and engagement academy has been launched
• Snow day policies to be discussed with AFT and FA

Announcements:

• CAP Implementation Updates/UAchieve to DegreeWorks Transition (slides)
  Vanessa Arriola, Assistant Provost for Administration, Budget & Planning
  Jeneen Kelly, Registrar

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Digital Accessibility Compliance (slides)
  Michael Bitz, Kat McGee (RCNJ Digital Accessibility Working Group)
• Unit Reorganization and FA Bylaws Revisions (slides)
  Matt Jobrack, FA Secretary
• GE Revision (slides)
  Chris Reali, GECCo Chair

FA Voting/Elections:

• Jeffrey Ellsworth (Associate Professor, Law & Society) elected to the position of Faculty Assembly President for the 2-year term beginning in Fall 2026 by a vote of 66 Approve, 0 Do Not Approve, 0 Abstain (90 eligible). Congratulations, Jeff!

Formal FA meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm. Followed by a Faculty Forum discussion and feedback gathering session on GE revision, led by GECCo.

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