FAEC MINUTES 4\/7\/21<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Present:<\/b> Naseem Choudhury (<\/b>President, SSHS<\/span>), Katie Cohen (<\/b>Library), <\/span>Donna Flynn<\/b> (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), <\/span>Scott Frees<\/b> (Vice President, TAS), <\/span>Kim Lorber<\/b> (Secretary), <\/span>Lisa Lutter, <\/b>(CA), T<\/span>hierry Rakot0be-Joel<\/b> (ASB), <\/span>Mihaela Serban<\/b> (SSHS), <\/span>Ed Shannon<\/b> (HGS), <\/span>Bonnie Blake<\/b> (Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Guests:<\/b> Peter Mercer <\/b>(President)<\/span> and<\/b> Susan Gaulden<\/b> (Provost),<\/span><\/p>\n Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:32am.<\/span><\/p>\n Minutes Approval:<\/b> The 3\/31\/21 minutes were approved.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n FA PRESIDENT\u2019S REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n Transition Meeting: <\/b>Naseem participated for a half hour. Survey to be distributed soon.<\/span><\/p>\n Communication Meeting: <\/b>Bonnie attended on behalf of FAEC.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Meeting Calendar: <\/b>Naseem will work to establish a central calendar, with Brittany A. Williams-Goldstein. A goal is to allow all to attend the Communication Meetings in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Meeting with Brittany: <\/b>Naseem has submitted the schedule for FA and FAEC meetings, as well as the Bischoff\u2019s and Thomases Awards and Scholar\u2019s Day to be included in a central calendar. Dr. Jebb has made herself available to come to Ramapo on May 25<\/span>th<\/span> or 26<\/span>th<\/span> in the afternoon. Perhaps she can come on the earlier date to meet before the start of Summer Session 1.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Transition Team Survey:<\/b> There will be 3 surveys : Faculty\/Staff, Students\/Alumnae, and Friends of Ramapo. The purpose of the survey is to inform the central calendar being developed. The unions will also meet with the new President.<\/span><\/p>\n Presidential Advisory Council (PAC): <\/b>\u00a0Still working on the recommendations for shared governance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n PRESIDENT MERCER\u2019S REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n Sister Institution Announcements: <\/b>Some are announcing they\u00a0 are \u201creturning to normal\u201d in Fall 2021. The President is skeptical.\u00a0 5 states in the nation have the highest rates; NY and NJ are two of these. We are being more prudent about Ramapo\u2019s plans. The CDC has provided different guidelines in an often confusing fashion. ; We need to know more about who will be eligible for vaccines as new categories of individuals are opened.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Layoffs: <\/b>Nothing is being planned or modeled but anything can happen. Peter very heartily believes the prospects of the College will be\u00a0 challenging over the next 5 years. The State will not be able to continue subsidizing colleges.<\/span><\/p>\n PROVOST GAULDEN\u2019S REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n Communications Meeting:<\/b> There were approximately 90 people in attendance. The biggest question comes from staff asking why faculty can decide if they will be remote while staff does not have a choice.<\/span><\/p>\n Vaccination Site: <\/b>Rowan is going to be a site and will take care of the on and off campus community members. While there is interest in Ramapo becoming a vaccination site, the process is opaque and complex. For instance, OSHE long ago received Provost Gaulden\u2019s request to become a testing site.<\/span> Were the college selected as a vaccination site, Ramapo would\u00a0 have to build the infrastructure and staffing.\u00a0 While some colleges are requiring vaccinations of students, faculty, and staff, the Department of Health informed Ramapo\u00a0 that schools may not require anyone to take a vaccine approved \u201cfor emergency use only.\u201d This made Rutgers\u2019 announcement requiring vaccinations questionable. Ramapo awaits clarification from the State before making an announcement. Some schools have building swipe systems, which helps in contact tracing. Can we mandate students to use such an app?<\/span><\/p>\n Fall in-person practices:<\/b> We do not know if CDC recommendations regarding\u00a0 seat spacing and mask wearing will change.\u00a0 Any such changes\u00a0 will affect logistical planning.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHope is not a plan!\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Delivery Modes\/Residence Halls: <\/b>Students signing up for in-person courses are more likely to live in the residence halls. If there is a legitimate concern and request, delivery methods can be changed. Decisions would be better made earlier. OSHE\u2019s currently encourages one student per bedroom. Some\u00a0 institutions exceed this number ; our plans can change, too, if we become more comfortable. We can change the number of in-person students and beds per unit if we decide this is safe. We are operating within recommended practices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Sixty-two percent of FYS courses will have at least some on-campus course meetings. Most of our typical classrooms can safely accommodate\u00a0 6, 12, or 15 students. If you have a large class and smaller classroom, you may need to use multiple groups to cycle through in-person meetings. In a Hyflex classroom, a professor could ask students to choose their preference. Enrollment and delivery methods will determine classroom assignments.\u00a0 .<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Delivery Methods:<\/b> OSHE Restart Guidelines require we\u00a0 accomodate\u00a0 students requesting\u00a0 remote learning options. The college has wide latitude in how this is accomplished (for example, moving students from an on campus section of a course to a virtual one rather than demanding the on campus section change).<\/span><\/p>\n Students cannot be told there isn\u2019t a remote option.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In NJ, K-12 is supposedly going to be fully in-person without a virtual\u00a0 option. OSHE has not updated higher education guidelines since last summer.\u00a0 FAEC requested clarity on who must\u00a0 be accommodated. For instance, under what circumstances may a student\u00a0 who chose an on campus course request a mid-semester change? (For instance, must the student demonstrate a documented medical issue?).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Substitute Teacher Credit Changes: <\/b>The State is considering but has not\u00a0 yet voted on reducing substitute teacher credits from 60 to 30 college credits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Graduation:<\/b> Academic Achievement Ceremony: Wednesday, May 12<\/span>th<\/span> will start at 9am; Lisa Lutter will provide\u00a0 the music. This should end at 11am. At 11:30am the nursing pinning ceremony begins . 2pm Rites of Passage event begins. The College is not ordering regalia; those who own regalia may choose to wear theirs . Graduates will wear regalia and may attend\u00a0 in person with up to 2 guests (or they may attend virtually). The rain date is May 14th but if it rains for both, we will celebrate virtually. <\/span>No hugging or shaking hands.<\/b><\/p>\n Furloughs: <\/b>\u00a0Current planning suggests that announced retirements, anticipated retirements, and a lower\u00a0 hiring\u00a0 rate will forestall more furloughs. Some hiring continues. This fall we hope to include 3 new faculty lines. It will be a while before we have the level of confidence of hiring many tenure track faculty.\u00a0 No faculty members have lost their jobs including temporary hires. Any imminent loss of temporary lines would have happened regardless of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Meeting adjourned at 11:57am.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FAEC MINUTES 4\/7\/21 \u00a0Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Katie Cohen (Library), Donna Flynn (Councilor-at-Large under 11, TAS), Scott Frees (Vice President, TAS), Kim Lorber (Secretary), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakot0be-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (HGS), Bonnie Blake (Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA)\u00a0\u00a0 Guests: Peter Mercer (President) and Susan Gaulden (Provost), Vote to bring meeting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093,876,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faec-meeting-minutes-2020","category-ramapo-faec","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n