March 31, 2026FA 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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February 17, 2026FA Minutes 1/21/26

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
January 21, 2026
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (12/10/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

College President’s Report:

• Welcome back
• Acknowledgement of the Provost’s birthday
• Appreciation for Ken’s tenure as FA President
• Report from the NJ Governor’s inauguration
• Presidential Health Care Advisory Group has been very successful.
• Acknowledgement of Scott Frees in setting up scholarships and internships for Data Analytics students
• Chief Nurse of Army ROTC will be visiting Ramapo to create more opportunities for scholarships and employment for nurses.
• 78.4% retention of students from second year to third year, up 4% from the prior year. 85% retention from first to second year.
• Status of administrative reorganization: Public Safety is now under Mike Yankovich, Athletics is under Melissa Van Der Wall.
• Discussion on the mental health of our students
• Welcome two new Board of Trustees members
• Ramapo is the only NJASCU school rated as least risk financially.

Provost’s Report:

• Welcome back to faculty
• Opportunities for faculty:
  • Provost’s AI working group on Impact of AI on Teaching and Learning
  • Revive the Research Committee

Announcements:

• Diversity Convocation
  Nicole Morgan Agard, Chief Equity & Diversity Officer/VP for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Compliance
  • Wednesday, Feb 11, 3-4 pm, Sharp Theater
  • Keynote Speaker: Fabiana Pierre-Louis (NJ Supreme Court Justice)
• FRC Spring ’26 Programming (slides)
  Rikki Abzug, FRC Director
• Gen Ed Revision Reminders (slides)
  Christina Connor, GECCo

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• International Education Committee (IEC) – Faculty Engagement Proposal
  Paul Currant, Director of Study Abroad/International Education
  • Please fill out the faculty international education survey to be sent out soon
  • 18 Ramapo faculty are about to start a COIL (collaborative online international learning) course
• Student Preparedness (slides)
  Ken McMurdy, FA President
  • Discussion of possible FA Task Force to investigate and make recommendations on College response to concerns regarding student preparedness
  • FAEC will develop a charge, taking into account feedback, and bring to FA for a vote.

Meeting adjourned at 2:45.

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January 15, 2026FA Minutes 12/10/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
December 10, 2025
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (11/5/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

College President’s Report:

• Expression of gratitude to the faculty for their work
• Best wishes to Aaron Lorenz as he leaves the college
• Updates on administrative restructuring outlined in the President’s recent email
• Presidential AI task force will be charged next Monday
• Thank you to faculty working on the HSI report, which was presented to the president last week
• Looking forward to the continued advancement of the CAP

Provost’s Report:

• Thank you for faculty’s support and well-wishes during his recovery
• Discussion of the progress of the CAP
  • Faculty should continue having conversations as we move forward with the CAP, and the Provost is open to such conversations
  • Expressed intent for the CAP process to be transparent, and to follow the process outlined by the Provost several years ago.
  • Goal for each school to develop bylaws to determine how conveners and lead conveners are chosen
  • Extended Q & A session between the Provost and faculty

Announcements:

• HSI Exploratory Task Force Update
  Dolly Sacristan, Faculty Rep
  • Conducted literature review on the needs of Latino students
  • Plan is for work in the HSI task force to act as a framework to help all students
• ITS Updates (slides)
  Rob Doster, CIO
  • WebEx is going away on Jan. 31 – moving to Microsoft Teams, although Google Meetings will still be available
  • GoTo is replacing Cisco as our phone system in February – for most users this process will be invisible
  • Microsoft Entra implementation
  • Ellucian Experience will replace Web Self-Service, to be completed by February 2026
• Dr. Kathy Zeno from ASB is retiring. Congratulations, Kathy!

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• GE Revision (draft proposal) (slides)
  Chris Reali, GECCo Chair
• Student Preparedness
  Ken McMurdy, FA President
  Agenda item tabled until next meeting

Formal meeting adjourned at 2:45, followed by a brief Faculty Forum to check in with faculty regarding CAP implementation.

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December 5, 2025FA 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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October 28, 2025FA Minutes 10/8/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2025
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (9/3/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

College President’s Report:

• Thank you to faculty members for successful Open House, Founders’ Day, and other events
• Words of appreciation for Susan Vallario and her service as BOT Chair
• Ramapo is doing very well in procuring national grants
• Excitement over the CAP moving forward
• Words of appreciation for Ramapo’s campus culture and support for students’ well-being
• Federal activity working group is continuing to monitor changes at the federal level

Provost’s Report:

• Report on a successful open-house event
• Report on meetings with new faculty members
• Liberal Arts Curriculum Task Force has submitted their report; Provost presentation on Oct. 22 will go over action items from that report and progress on implementation of the CAP
• Call for anyone interested in the Provost’s AI working group to reach out to the Provost

Announcements:

• ITS Updates, Transition from Cisco/Webex (Rob Doster)
  • Webex will not be available after January 31, 2026
  • Recommendation is for faculty to download Webex recordings to their P: or U: drive from their office workstation for permanent storage.
  • Cloud storage on Google Drive or OneDrive is an alternative.
  • Trainings on Microsoft Teams are being planned.
  • Faculty will still have access to Google Meet through their Ramapo Google account for the foreseeable future.
• Sabbatical Program Transition Period (Jenn Hicks McGowan)
  • Challenges associated with transition, request for patience.
  • Reach out to deans, who will play an essential role
  • Q & A with faculty

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Gen Ed Revision (slides)
  Sarah Carberry, GECCo Chair pro tem
  Mike Unger, Provost’s Office

Voting/Elections:

• Faculty Handbook Revision Committee (FHRC): FA Representatives (2)
  Professors Mia Serban (SSHS) and Marc Gidal (CA) successfully elected

Formal meeting adjourned at 2:15 pm. Followed by Faculty Forum dedicated to a discussion of faculty questions, ideas, perspectives and concerns related to the impact of artificial intelligence at Ramapo and more generally.

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September 30, 2025FA Minutes 9/3/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
September 3, 2025
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (4/30/2025)

Introduction of new faculty members by the Deans.

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

College President’s Report:

• Remembrance of Ramapo student Nick Danbrowney
• Good news on state funding, including deferred maintenance funds
• NJASCU retreat over the summer, President Jebb met with state legislators and each gubernatorial candidate
• Ramapo has a student interview for a Rhodes scholarship
• Student retention is up by 5% compared to last year
• Launching a campaign feasibility study
• Reiteration of priorities for this year:
  • Implementation of CAP
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Student well-being
  • Talent management and strategic partnerships
• Introduction of Dr. Robert Heinrich (Stockton), who is shadowing President Jebb this academic year as part of the ACE Fellowship program

Provost’s Report:

• Mike Unger is joining the Provost’s Office full-time for two years as Acting Assistant Provost for Assessment and Accreditation.
• Faculty should prepare for change this coming AY. Conclusions and recommendations of CAP-related task forces will guide changes moving forward

Announcements:

• Enrollment Update
  Chris Romano, VP for Strategic Enrollment, Outreach and Engagement
  • Discussion of headwinds facing enrollment. Noted that files are not yet frozen, and so today’s numbers are approximate.
  • Up 11% in applications (9900 apps) for Fall 2025
  • New class enrollment is 1108, although de-registration has yet to occur (likely causing this number to drop a bit).
  • 5% increase in enrollment (headcount) compared to last year, which means that retention is trending upwards
  • 135 incoming EOF students (almost double compared to two years ago, and largest class ever like last year)
  • 47% of incoming class are first generation students
  • Final report will be shared on October 15 when files are frozen
  • Ramapo is on track to exceed enrollment percentages to qualify as an HSI (will be confirmed after frozen file).
• CourseDog and College Catalog (slides)
  Vanessa Arriola, Assistant Provost for Administration, Budget and Planning
  Jeneen Kelly, Registrar

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Gen Ed Revision Progress Report
  Chris Reali, GECCo Chair
  • GECCo members met in June to create a framework for what a new Gen Ed program could look like, generated 6 possible models
  • Planning Faculty Forum or Town Hall to collect feedback
  • Report on current Gen Ed experience for students
  • GECCo is not taking any new course submissions this year

Formal meeting adjourned at 2:00 pm. Followed by Faculty Forum dedicated to roundtable discussions of the recommendations of the Liberal Arts Curriculum Task Force.

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August 31, 2025FA Minutes 4/30/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
April 30, 2025
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (4/2/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report (slides)

Provost’s Report:

• Thank you to faculty members on the Liberal Arts Curriculum Task Force; plan to start synthesizing results with prior task force reports over the summer.
• Thank you to the Institutional Review Board.
• Middle States accreditation is moving forward; review team will be visiting Ramapo during Spring 2027.
• Before the end of the semester, Provost will send an email with guidance on AI policies on syllabi.
• Event to acknowledge adjunct faculty being planned for next AY.

College President’s Report:

• Discussed uncertainty surrounding budget.
  • Cuts to higher ed ($135 M) in Governor’s proposed budget
  • Impact of anticipated cuts ($5 B) to Medicare funding for the state
• Update on RCNJ prestigious scholarship winners and finalists
• Decision-making process regarding handling of the AACU letter
• Remarks of appreciation for faculty

Announcements:

• FA Faculty Service Awards
  • Award for Paula Straile-Costa; presented by Liz Siecke
  • Award for Tim Judge; presented by Mia Serban
• Summer Reading Selection (Peter Campbell, FYS Director) (slides)
• HSI Task Force Update (Inderani Walia)
  Formation of three subcommittees: current demographics at Ramapo; current methods we have of serving Hispanic students; methods used by similar schools to serve Hispanic students
• GECCo Update (Chris Reali, GECCo Chair)
  • Voting Item: New Global Awareness (GA) Coordinator
  • Seeking 1-year replacement for Social Systems and Society (SSS) Coordinator
  • Piloting new submission form to collect assessment documents
  • Gen Ed Revision:
    • Met with and collected data from stakeholders
    • New course submissions for the GE program suspended until revision process is complete

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Planning for Middle States Self-Study
  Joyce Shim, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs (slides)
• ARC Updates
  Stacie Taranto, ARC Chair (slides)
  • Annual ARC Chair Report
  • Revised Syllabus Template
  • Voting Item: Revised ARC Manual guidance on use of Topics courses
  • Voting Item: Integrated Science Studies Program
• FY 2026 Budget Presentation
  Kathy Stathis, Interim Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning (slides)

Elections/Voting Items: (92 eligible voters)

• Atieh Babakhani elected to two-year term as GECCo Global Awareness Coordinator
• ARC Manual revision regarding guidance on usage of Topics courses approved (48 Approve, 3 Do Not Approve, 7 Abstain)
• Integrated Science Studies Program Revision
  • Name change to Natural Sciences approved (53 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 4 Abstain)
  • Concentrations in Physical Sciences and Life Sciences approved (53 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 4 Abstain)

Formal meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm. Followed by Faculty Forum on Faculty Evaluation of Administrators.

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April 25, 2025FA Minutes 4/2/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
April 2, 2025
1:00 pm
Alumni Lounges

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 (2/26/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report: (slides)

• Announcement of upcoming Faculty Awards Ceremony
• Announcement of dates for upcoming student research showcase events
• Spring 2025 RCNJ Leadership Survey will be sent out by the end of the week
• Ramapough Munsee Indigenous Partnership Project Scholarship announcement
• Assessment workshops on April 9 and April 16 at 1pm

Provost’s Report:

• Thank you to presenters and attendees of Faculty Scholarship Symposium Series this AY; will be continued next year
• Liberal Arts Curriculum Task Force
  • Thank you to current members of the task force
  • Currently meeting weekly on Friday mornings
  • Charge for this task force and reports from previous task forces are available on Provost’s website
• Acknowledgement of faculty scholarship and teaching achievements
• Faculty Awards Ceremony on April 9 at 3pm: Thomases Award to Stephen Rice (HGS) and Provost’s Service Award to Catalin Martin (TAS)

College President’s Report:

• Acknowledgements of faculty work
  • Encouragement of faculty to attend Ramapo athletic events
  • Successful Civic Engagement Teach-in on March 27; next teach-in on April 22
  • Successful Relay for Life event
  • Successful Admitted Student Day
• Fiscal Year 2026 budget updates
  • Update on state higher-ed budget situation
  • Upcoming feasibility study on donor campaigns
• Fireside chat and Q & A with President Jebb and Charlie Lewis on “Humanity in the Age of AI & Cybersecurity” on April 7, 1pm, as part of the Presidential Speaker Series
• Thank you to Edward Saiff for work as Dean of TAS
• Question and answer session with faculty

Announcements:

• FYS Updates (slides)
  Peter Campbell, FYS Director
• Transition from U.Achieve to Degree Works and Implementation of CourseDog Catalog/Curriculum Platform (slides)
  Vanessa Arriola, Interim Assistant Provost for Administration, Budget and Planning
  Jeneen Kelly, Registrar

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Faculty Handbook Revision Committee
  Handbook Revision and Sabbatical Program – Progress Report (slides)
  Ken McMurdy, FHRC Co-chair
  • Addressed parking lot issues from last AY
  • Partially addressed issues from faculty survey
  • Progress on sections regarding evaluation of service and scholarship
  • Sabbatical policy updates toward non-competitive model
  • Question and answer session

Formal meeting adjourned at 2:45 pm. Followed by General Education Town Hall event, led by GECCo, including:

• Presentation and discussion of Faculty Gen Ed Survey results
• Facilitated round table discussions and feedback gathering

Slides for the Town Hall presentation are available here.

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March 28, 2025FA Minutes 2/26/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
February 26, 2025
1:00 pm
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 (1/22/2025)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report: (slides)

• Last Faculty Scholarship Symposium of the semester on April 2, 10:30-12:00. Theme is TBD but suggestions are welcome.
• Upcoming student research showcase events:
  • TAS Research Symposium on April 9
  • Psychology Student Symposium on April 30
  • Scholars’ Day on April 14
  • DMC Fair on April 23

  Please email FA President with other events, so that all can be advertised and posted on the FAEC calendar.

• Reminder to sign up for Arching and Commencement activities
• Handbook Revision Committee targeting 4/2 FA meeting to present recommendations
• Middle States self-study to begin next fall
• Diversity Convocation today 3:00-4:00 in Berrie Center
• Provost’s Conveners/Convening Groups Task Force feedback sessions on March 5 and March 26 from 12:00-1:00

Provost’s Report:

• Relayed remarks from President Jebb (not in attendance)
  • Reaffirmation of Ramapo’s values and mission
  • State budget is expected to be substantially reduced for next year; Ramapo is working to diversify revenue sources.
• Liberal Arts Curriculum Task Force has been finalized, will be formally charged next week.
• AI Consulting Group has produced a list of recommendations for use of AI in TLC, as well as an ethics statement. (link)
  Note: Questions regarding the separate College-wide AI Statement were directed to Rob Doster and addressed as follows.
  • Statement was designed to apply primarily to staff and administrators.
  • Key concern is that data including privileged or personal information must not be uploaded to AI, where it becomes public data.

Introduction: Dr. Paul Currant, new Director of Study Abroad and International Education

Announcements:

• WAC Canvas Page Launch, Vittoria Rubino (slides)
• TechFest 2025, Sharon Leathers (slides)
• Spring Civic Engagement Events, Kaitlin Sidorsky (slides)

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Gen Ed Revision: Progress Report
  Chris Reali, GECCo Chair
  • GECCo has sent out a faculty survey on opinions on current GE Program
  • GECCo chair will attend SGA meeting next week to hold Town Hall on current GE Program
  • Open invitation for interested faculty to join the Gen Ed Revision Steering Committee (Contact Chris or your ARC representative.)

Voting Items/Elections:

• Elementary Education BS and Special Education MA 4+1 (Proposal Document) (slides)
  Proposal endorsed by FA with a vote of 46 approve, 2 do not approve and 2 abstain (67 eligible).
• FAEC Councilor-At-Large (under eleven)
  Dr. Timmesha Butler elected with a vote of 42 approve, 1 do not approve and 7 abstain

Meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm.

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February 18, 2025FA Minutes 1/22/25

Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes
January 22, 2025
1:00 pm
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 (12/11/2024)

Reports:

Faculty Assembly President’s Report:

• FA Calendar and FAEC Google calendar are now completely up-to-date.
• Diversity Convocation will be held on Feb. 26 at 3pm.
• Anyone in charge of a student research symposium or similar event in the Spring semester should email the FA President, so that a complete list can be posted.
• Faculty Handbook revision progress update; Sabbatical policy is being targeted for revision with the Provost and President’s support.
• Next Faculty Scholarship Symposium is scheduled for Feb. 19 at 10:30 am. The topic is “Sabbatical Showcase”.
• FAEC is working with the Provost on a formal policy on student travel (“chaperone policy”).
• FAEC is working with the Provost on a plan to formally recognize outstanding adjuncts.
• President Jebb has announced open office hours for Spring ’25:
  • Thursday, Feb 6, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Friday, March 7, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
  • Tuesday, April 8, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
  • Thursday, May 1, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
• FA/RSA/SGA Game Night is scheduled for April 2, 4:30-6:00 pm in the Padovano Commons.

College President’s Report:

• Great transfer student event on Monday with over 100 transfer students.
• Ramapo will continue to double down on being guided by our values, and prioritizing our students.
• State budget is looking somewhat “grim” for the upcoming academic year.
• Ramapo is the #1 public institution in New Jersey in terms of enrollment growth.
• 4 Ramapo students are competing for the Truman Scholarship.
• All cores will be holding guest lectures on artificial intelligence.
• Invitation to open office hours, and to reach out.

Provost’s Report:

• Thank you to participants in the AI Consulting Group, whose work will inform some of the Teaching and Learning Core’s approach to AI.
• An AI Ethics Policy for teaching and learning has been produced, and will be published soon.
• TECHFEST will take place on March 12; focus on artificial intelligence.
• The Academic Structures Task Force and Conveners/Convening Groups Task Force submitted their reports to the Provost in December. Provost will hold meetings with faculty to discuss the reports sometime in the next few weeks.
• Research and Engagement Academy starting next week with 6 Fellows and 2 Mentors, focused on how to acquire grants to support scholarship.
• Travel policy has been drafted for student field trips, etc. Draft is currently waiting to go through one level of legal review, before being publicly available.
• New Study Abroad Director starting next week. Joint reception next Wednesday 1/29, 8:30 – 9:30 pm in the York room, to welcome new Study Abroad and ER Directors.
• Reminder for faculty to participate in no-show reporting.

Announcements:

• EDIC Updates, Nicole Morgan Agard
  • Introduction of new Associate Director of Campus Inclusion and Intercultural Affairs: Costin Thampikutty
  • Recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday 1/27, 1pm in Friends Hall
  • Diversity Convocation on Feb 26 at 3pm. Guest speaker Naomi Tutu.
• FRC Programming for Spring ’25 (slides)
  Rikki Abzug, FRC Director

Presentations/Discussion Items:

• Gen Ed Revision: Update and Initial Steps (slides)
  Chris Reali, GECCo Chair
• Update on Campus Facilities and IT Projects (slides)
  Mike Yankovich, VP for Operational and Administrative Integration

Voting Items:

• FA Bylaws Revision – ARC, GECCo and WAC (Final Proposal)
  Resolution passed with a vote of 75 approve, 0 do not approve and 8 abstain (104 eligible).

Meeting adjourned at 2:40 pm.

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