{"id":4820,"date":"2021-03-30T17:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T21:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2025-11-05T16:50:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:50:19","slug":"faec-minutes-march-17th-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2021\/03\/30\/faec-minutes-march-17th-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"FAEC Minutes, March 17th, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>FAEC MINUTES 3\/17\/21<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>Present:<\/b> <b>Naseem Choudhury (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President, SSHS<\/span><b>), Bonnie Blake (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), <\/span><b>Katie Cohen (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Library<\/span><b>Scott Frees<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Vice President, TAS), <\/span><b>Kim Lorber<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Secretary), <\/span><b>Lisa Lutter, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(CA), T<\/span><b>hierry Rakotobe-Joel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (ASB), <\/span><b>Mihaela Serban<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SSHS), <\/span><b>Ed Shannon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (HGS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Guests: Leah Warner,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SSHS; <\/span><b>Emily Leskinen,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> SSHS; <\/span><b>Virginia Galdieri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Assistant Vice President, Human Resources and Benefits Administration); <\/span><b>Janet Faber<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Assistant Director, Employee Relations &amp; Faculty Services (AFT)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vote to bring meeting to order at 10:02am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Minutes Approval:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The 3\/10\/21 minutes will be approved next week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>FA PRESIDENT\u2019S REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Discussion with Provost: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naseem met with the Provost.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Connect: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are not obligated to complete these; however we are encouraged to do so where it benefits our students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>FA Endorsement for Provost Council Items:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Provost has approved this for some things. The first will be 300T: Online and Remote Policy. After the Provost Council discussion, the item will be discussed at Unit Council, and Ann LePore will present it for a final vote at FA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>IT Assistance with Web Page Updates: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provost Gaulden supports having assistance for faculty needing to post on the website. She does not have funds for this but will consider options.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distinguished Professor: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Provost is considering this, a title above full professor. Dr. Anthony Padovano had this designation. Faculty have been discussing this. Naseem will speak with HR, ER, and AFT to see if this exists. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Deans\/Student Complaints:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deans should always send students back to first meet with faculty regarding complaints\/concerns. The Provost will remind all deans of this policy. They should not speak with students first. Students may report they spoke with their professors, but this may have been during class. They should meet outside of class with the faculty member to share their concerns before the dean becomes involved.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a form to appeal grades.\u00a0 The Student Complaint Form. Students can fill this out for academic grade appeals; these are reported to Middle States. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.ramapo.edu\/legal\/student-complaint-of-a-non-academic-nature-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/web.ramapo.edu\/legal\/student-complaint-of-a-non-academic-nature-form\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Presidential Transition Team:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Naseem has been asked by BoT Chair Susan Vallario to join this team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FAEC DISCUSSION<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Air Quality Concerns: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continuing concerns regarding HVAC system, and ventilation of classroom spaces was sent to the Health and Safety Committee. It was requested that a prevention maintenance schedule should be created and available for review by anyone. Response from Gina Costa-Mayer indicated that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;all related HVAC records are maintained in the Office of Facilities.&#8221; Problems have continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Provost\u2019s Email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: There was a suggestion for faculty to not change teaching mode; we cannot be sure what things will be like in September. It will be more difficult to change a remote course to one using in-person delivery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Campus Graduation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can we have details soon? It would be nice if more faculty could be involved. What are the details regarding who can attend and participate? This may be an AFT issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>USED NAME POLICY REPORT <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Leah Warner, SSHS; Emily Leskinen, SSHS)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BoT Cabinet has approved of a new Used Name Policy which allows students to select the name of their choosing to be used on a number of College documents &#8211; including their diploma.\u00a0 This policy has been strongly supported by the faculty, Provost Gaulden, and VP Romano.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EMPLOYEE RELATIONS REPORT (<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virginia Galdieri and Janet Faber)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>All College Promotions Committee: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Begins today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Unemployment: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HR is doing what it can but much is beyond its control. Reach out to Lori Zuccola (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lzuccola@ramapo.edu) <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who has been helpful in this regard. Some issues required minor corrections. This is still a problem for many.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Vaccines: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saint Peters University has made vaccination appointments available to their staff and faculty. NJIT has made this a priority and is working with University Hospital to get their faculty and staff vaccinated. Is there any Ramapo news? State discussions have been started but there has not been a response.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Faculty Handbook:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The task force had been reconvened. Is there a timeline ETA? The subcommittees are meeting. A strong draft will possibly be ready in October or November. The timeline will be constructed based on committee reports. Will sections be reviewed for faculty feedback or the completed manual? Key informants from each unit will be called upon to give feedback for completed sections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meeting adjourned at 12:10pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAEC MINUTES 3\/17\/21 \u00a0Present: Naseem Choudhury (President, SSHS), Bonnie Blake ((Councilor-at-Large over 11, CA), Katie Cohen (LibraryScott Frees (Vice President, TAS), Kim Lorber (Secretary), Lisa Lutter, (CA), Thierry Rakotobe-Joel (ASB), Mihaela Serban (SSHS), Ed Shannon (HGS) Guests: Leah Warner, SSHS; Emily Leskinen, SSHS; Virginia Galdieri (Assistant Vice President, Human Resources and Benefits Administration); Janet Faber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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