{"id":6503,"date":"2025-08-31T09:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T13:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=6503"},"modified":"2025-09-02T08:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T12:42:51","slug":"fa-minutes-4-30-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2025\/08\/31\/fa-minutes-4-30-25\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Minutes 4\/30\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<b>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes<\/b><br \/>\n<b>April 30, 2025<\/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>Approval of Minutes (4\/2\/2025)<\/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\/2025\/04\/FAPres-4-30-25.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Provost&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you to the Institutional Review Board.<\/li>\n<li>Middle States accreditation is moving forward; review team will be visiting Ramapo during Spring 2027.<\/li>\n<li>Before the end of the semester, Provost will send an email with guidance on AI policies on syllabi.<\/li>\n<li>Event to acknowledge adjunct faculty being planned for next AY.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>College President&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discussed uncertainty surrounding budget.\n<ul>\n<li>Cuts to higher ed ($135 M) in Governor\u2019s proposed budget<\/li>\n<li>Impact of anticipated cuts ($5 B) to Medicare funding for the state<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Update on ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ prestigious scholarship winners and finalists<\/li>\n<li>Decision-making process regarding handling of the AACU letter<\/li>\n<li>Remarks of appreciation for faculty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Announcements:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>FA Faculty Service Awards<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Award for Paula Straile-Costa; presented by Liz Siecke<\/li>\n<li>Award for Tim Judge; presented by Mia Serban<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Summer Reading Selection<\/b> (Peter Campbell, FYS Director) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/04\/Summer-Reading-Slide-FA.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>HSI Task Force Update<\/b> (Inderani Walia)<br \/>\n        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<\/li>\n<li><b>GECCo Update<\/b> (Chris Reali, GECCo Chair)\n<ul>\n<li><b>Voting Item:<\/b> New Global Awareness (GA) Coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Seeking 1-year replacement for Social Systems and Society (SSS) Coordinator<\/li>\n<li>Piloting new submission form to collect assessment documents<\/li>\n<li><b>Gen Ed Revision:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li>Met with and collected data from stakeholders<\/li>\n<li>New course submissions for the GE program suspended until revision process is complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Presentations\/Discussion Items:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Planning for Middle States Self-Study<\/b><br \/>\n        Joyce Shim, Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/04\/MSCHE-FA-4.30.2025.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>ARC Updates<\/b><br \/>\n        Stacie Taranto, ARC Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/04\/Academic-Review-Committee-EOY-Review.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Annual ARC Chair Report<\/li>\n<li>Revised Syllabus Template<\/li>\n<li><b>Voting Item:<\/b> Revised ARC Manual guidance on use of Topics courses<\/li>\n<li><b>Voting Item:<\/b> Integrated Science Studies Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>FY 2026 Budget Presentation<\/b><br \/>\n        Kathy Stathis, Interim Director of Budget and Fiscal Planning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2025\/04\/FY26-Budget-for-Faculty-Assembly-4-30-25.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Elections\/Voting Items:<\/b> (92 eligible voters)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Atieh Babakhani elected to two-year term as GECCo Global Awareness Coordinator<\/li>\n<li>ARC Manual revision regarding guidance on usage of Topics courses approved (48 Approve, 3 Do Not Approve, 7 Abstain)<\/li>\n<li>Integrated Science Studies Program Revision\n<ul>\n<li>Name change to Natural Sciences approved (53 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 4 Abstain)<\/li>\n<li>Concentrations in Physical Sciences and Life Sciences approved (53 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 4 Abstain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Formal meeting adjourned at 2:30 pm. 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