{"id":4041,"date":"2019-02-27T13:17:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2019-03-27T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T17:19:16","slug":"faculty-assembly-executive-council-minutes-2-20-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2019\/02\/27\/faculty-assembly-executive-council-minutes-2-20-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Assembly Executive Council | Minutes | 2\/20\/19"},"content":{"rendered":"
Faculty Assembly Executive Council [FAEC] Meeting Minutes<\/b><\/p>\n
Date<\/b>: Wednesday, Feb \u00a020, 2019 | <\/span>Location<\/b>: A220 \u00a0| <\/span>Time<\/b>: 10:30 am to 12:00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n Attendees<\/b>: Kathryn Zeno, Tae Kwak, Donna Flynn, Sam Mustafa, Kathy Zeno, Renata Gangemi, Christina Connor, Hugh Sheehy, Eva Ogens, <\/span>Maxim Goldberg-Rugalev<\/span><\/p>\n Secretary<\/b>: Nakia Matthias<\/span><\/p>\n Guests<\/b>: \u00a0Provost Becker and Naseem Choudhury, MFSA<\/span><\/p>\n FAEC Minutes Approved<\/b><\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Scheduled Teaching Days for Summer Courses <\/b><\/p>\n The Provost\u2019s office proposed that summer classes adopt a Monday-Tuesday-Thursday schedule rather. \u00a0The rationale for the proposed change is premised upon (1) reverting to a former schedule for summer courses at Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) and (2) allowing more time for students to absorb courses and prepare for exams. \u00a0The FAEC asserts that this decision should be at the discretion of instructors and deans. Additionally, a Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday schedule was discussed. <\/span><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0 Promoting \u00a0the Ramapo College <\/b>We Care Program<\/i><\/b>\u2019s Food Insecurity Resources<\/b><\/p>\n Stephan Lally the Student Government Association president has enters a request to have faculty consider the inclusion of information about the We Care Program\u2019s food pantry on their syllabi. \u00a0The FAEC will support the publicity needs of the We Care Food Pantry.<\/span><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0 Emergency Meeting in the School of Humanities and Global Studies [Formerly the <\/b>School of Humanities and Global Studies]<\/b><\/p>\n The Salameno name has been removed from the school\u2019s Humanities and Global Studies\u2019 programs. \u00a0Graduates from the school will receive a degree from the School of Humanities and Global Studies. \u00a0\u00a0The immediate action was determined as the Salameno\u2019s have confirmed that they are unable to fulfill their pledged financial obligation of three million dollars to RCNJ. To date the Salameno\u2019s have furnished approximately over seven hundred thousand dollars to RCNJ. \u00a0The school has seen its fourth name change in a span of four years. <\/span><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0 Minority Faculty and Staff Association [MFSA]<\/b><\/p>\n Naseem Choudhury<\/span> addressed the need to re-examine the \u201cinterim suspension policy\u201d related to students and their hosting of gatherings where alcohol is used. Presently, if a student is found to be the host of an on-campus residential hall party s\/he will be suspended from residence halls upon the first offense with a $500.00 fine. \u00a0The policy was implemented after former New Jersey Attorney General, Ann Milgram recommended that RCNJ revise the campus host\/alcohol use policy.<\/span><\/p>\n A number of unintended consequences can occur when such a punitive blanket policy is in place. \u00a0For example, suspension from housing is for one semester. Suspension at the beginning of the year, during January may impede students\u2019 ability to successfully complete their courses. However, suspension toward the end of the academic year during the month of May could allow them to serve their suspension and potentially pass their courses. Furthermore, at other campuses students\u2019 first alcohol-related hosting offense is met with a warning. \u00a0Another issue may be that the actual alcohol consumption policy is different from the hosting policy. The policy is inconsistent since in one section it states that all parties present will be presumed to have consumed alcohol but in the section that proceeds it a distinction is made between presence and consumption. <\/span><\/p>\n
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