{"id":6917,"date":"2026-08-24T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=6917"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T14:21:19","slug":"fa-minutes-4-29-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2026\/08\/24\/fa-minutes-4-29-26\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Minutes 4\/29\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<b>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes<\/b><br \/>\n<b>April 29, 2026<\/b><br \/>\n<b>1:00 pm<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Alumni Lounges<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>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.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Meeting minutes taken by FA Secretary Matthew Jobrack.<\/p>\n<p><b>Agenda:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Closed Session:<\/b> Meeting opened with a short closed session for voting members on &#8220;Reflections on the State of the Faculty&#8221;. Administrators and non-voting members invited to join the meeting at 1:30.<\/p>\n<p>Approval of Minutes (4\/8\/26)<\/p>\n<p><b>Reports:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Faculty Assembly President&#8217;s Report<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/FAPres-4-29-26.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>College President&#8217;s Report<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Provost&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Provost-Summary-of-CAP-progress-4-26.docx\">Summary of CAP Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Announcements:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Summer Reading and FYS<\/b>, Peter Campbell (FYS Director) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Summer-Reading-Slide-FA-2026.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Middle States Updates<\/b>, Leah Warner (Co-Chair, MSCHE Self-Study Team)<\/li>\n<li><b>FA Faculty Service Award:<\/b> Congratulations to this year\u2019s recipient, Monika Giacoppe!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Presentations\/Discussion Items:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>ARC Chair Annual Report<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Academic-Review-Committee-EOY-Review-2026.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Stacie Taranto, ARC Chair<\/li>\n<li><b>Faculty Handbook Revisions<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Faculty-Handbook-April-2026.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Mia Serban, FHRC Co-Chair<\/li>\n<li><b>FAIR Final Report<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/FAIR-FINAL_Guidelines-Spring-2026.pdf\">(Final Guidelines Document)<\/a><br \/>\n        FAIR Members<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>FA Voting\/Elections:<\/b> (76 eligible voters)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>FA Bylaws Revisions:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/GECCo-Proposed-Committee-Structure-April-2026.pdf\">GECCo Membership<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Bylaw-Change-Proposal.docx.pdf\">FAEC\/ARC\/WAC Membership<\/a><br \/>\n        Revised memberships for all four committees successfully passed. Vote tallies are as follows.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FAEC &#8211; 56 Approve, 2 Do Not Approve, 6 Abstain<\/li>\n<li>ARC &#8211; 55 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 8 Abstain<\/li>\n<li>GECCo &#8211; 54 Approve, 3 Do Not Approve, 7 Abstain<\/li>\n<li>WAC &#8211; 54 Approve, 3 Do Not Approve, 7 Abstain<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Faculty Handbook Revisions:<\/b> (Sections 5.0, 8.0, 9.0 and 11.0)<br \/>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/WITHOUT-TRACK-CHANGES-SECTION-5.0-8.0-9.0-11.0-Faculty-Handbook-Committee-Revisions-For-Review-as-of-4.22.26.docx\">Revised Sections<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/WITH-TRACK-CHANGES-SECTION-5.0-8.0-9.0-11.0-Faculty-Handbook-Committee-Revisions-For-Review-as-of-4.22.26.docx\">Revised Sections with Track Changes<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sabbatical Policy &#8211; <b>Passed<\/b> by a vote of 54 Approve, 0 Do Not Approve, 6 Abstain<\/li>\n<li>External Letters for Promotion\/Tenure &#8211; <b>Failed<\/b> by a vote of 32 Approve, 18 Do Not Approve, 10 Abstain (Affirmative vote by a majority of <b>eligible voters<\/b> required per FA Bylaws.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>FA Secretary Election<\/b><br \/>\n        Zachary Peck (AHE) elected to serve a 2-year term in this position\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meeting adjourned at 3:00 pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes April 29, 2026 1:00 pm Alumni Lounges Faculty Assembly is open to a general college audience, including administrators, but only FA members may vote. 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