COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL AND ARCHIVAL RESOURCES (CAR)
Meeting Minutes: Friday, May 9th, 2014
Attendees:
Rosemary Zins Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Isabella Lizzul Assistant Professor of Massage Therapy (Chair of CAR
Committee)
Susan Agin Executive & Artistic Director, Queensborough Performing Arts
Center (QPAC)
Marisa L. Berman Assistant Director, KHRCA
Jodie Childers Assistant Professor of English
Arthur Flug Executive Director, Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center
and Archives (KHRCA)
John Gilleaudeau Instructor of Social Sciences
Jenny (Maan) Lin Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and
Literatures Sebastian Murolo Instructor of Business
Faustino Quintanilla Executive Director, QCC Art Gallery
Lisa Scandaliato Assistant Director, QCC Art Gallery
Meg Tarafdar Associate Director, Center for Excellence in Teaching and
Learning (CETL)
Eileen White Associate Professor of Speech, Communication, and
Theatre Arts
New Members and Guests:
Robert Anderson
Nataliya Khomyak
Mi-Seon Kim
Barbara Lynch
Sandra Marcus
Joan Peterson
Lakersha Smith
The meeting began at 2:28 PM.
Chair Isabella Lizzul welcomed the new committee members and guests to the
meeting. The minutes from the Friday, April 25th, 2014 meeting were approved.
NEH GRANT
Vice President for Institutional Advancement Rosemary Zins welcomed the new
members and guests and provided a short introduction to the purpose and scope
of the NEH Challenge Grant. She announced that Dr. Steven Dahlke and
Professor Cary Lane and received the grant for the 2014-15 academic year for
their proposal “Testimony Across the Disciplines: Cultural and Artistic Responses
to Genocide” and commended Dr. Susan Jacobowitz on her series of events for
the 2013-14 academic year that engaged audiences and encouraged student
interaction.
CETL
Dr. Meg Tarafdar provided an update on the Global and Diversity Learning
initiative. Several faculty members across the departments implemented Global
and Diversity Learning projects into their curriculum in the spring, and they will be
submitting reflections and pre & post survey data as part of the assessment plan
designed in the fall.
Kupferberg Holocaust Center
Dr. Arthur Flug noted that the Kupferberg Holocaust Center will be working with
the new recipients of the NEH Challenge grant to implement the events for the
2014/15 academic year, which touch upon various disciplines including history,
dramatic arts, music, visual arts, and literature. The culminating event will
feature a curated exhibit of student work mounted to the walls of the gallery.
QPAC
Executive Director Susan Agin informed the committee about how QPAC serves
both the community and the students at QCC, highlighting how departments such
as math, business, and nursing have been integrating QPAC into their curriculum
and noting the success of QPAC’s after school enrichment program.
QCC ART GALLERY
Executive Director Faustino Quintanilla announced the exhibit “Afghanistan: A
Distant War” by Robert Nickelsberg, which is scheduled for the summer and an
upcoming exhibit of Asian art scheduled for the fall.
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS
Professor John Gilleaudeau described the role of the cultural liaison, noting that
the departments covered has expanded from nine to thirteen. Cultural liaisons
represent the campus cultural and archival resources at the departmental level,
promoting cultural programming, exhibits, events, etc. and spreading word about
ways to integrate arts into the curriculum.
NEW OFFICER ELECTIONS
Dr. Isabella Lizzul was re-elected unanimously to the position of CAR Committee
Chair.
Prof. John Gilleaudeau was elected unanimously to the position of CAR
Committee
NEW BUSINESS
Prof. Sandra Marcus announced the Poetry of Our World exhibit at the library
and encouraged colleagues to spread the word about the display.
Dr. Lizzul and VP Zins thanked the committee members for their service and
welcomed the new members. An email will be sent around to schedule the next
meeting.
At 2:59, Dr. Lizzul moved to adjourn the meeting. Several attendees seconded
this motion.
Minutes recorded by Jodie Childers