Faculty Assembly Executive Council Minutes
December 11, 2013
ASB-230
900-1015 AM
Present: Jill Weiss, Ken McMurdy, Donna Crawley, Jonathan Lipkin, Susan Kurzmann,
Bob Becklen, Tae Kwak, Jennefer Mazza, and Murray Sabrin
Absent:
Secretary: Dean Chen
1. Approve the minutes (12/4)
a. Approved (two abstentions)
2. ARC report (Emma)
a. ARC continues reviewing course requests
3. Report on 12/9 BOT meeting (Jill)
a. The College plans to introduce fast-food franchises into the Student
Center (possibly the McDonalds, Subway)
b. FAEC thinks it is important to let all faculty members know about this
potential change
c. The Provost report: the NSSE survey shows that some measures of
student engagement have decline. FAEC members advise that further
discussion is needed to address this matter
4. FA election ballots
a. Jennefer Mazza, Susan Kurzman, and Dean Chen will count the ballots
on 12/19
5. Summer teaching schedule
a. Concerns raised that the decision to change summer teaching from
TWR to MWR was not consulted with faculty members
b. FAEC plans to advise the Provost to suspend implementing the change
for summer 2014, pending on further consultation with faculty
members
6. Wednesday schedule revisited
a. Discussed Steve Perry’s proposal to make changes to Wednesday
teaching and meeting schedule
b. FAEC members plan to bring this up at the unit council meetings on
12/11.
c. A survey may be sent out in spring to get faculty members’ response.
7. Planning for January 16th faculty conference
a. Budget reports in the morning (1030-1200)
b. Gen Ed Planning Task Force II reports in the afternoon (100-230)