{"id":6725,"date":"2026-02-17T09:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=6725"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T14:06:39","slug":"fa-minutes-1-21-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2026\/02\/17\/fa-minutes-1-21-26\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Minutes 1\/21\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<b>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes<\/b><br \/>\n<b>January 21, 2026<\/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 (12\/10\/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\/2026\/01\/FAPres-1-21-26.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>College President&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome back<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledgement of the Provost\u2019s birthday<\/li>\n<li>Appreciation for Ken\u2019s tenure as FA President<\/li>\n<li>Report from the NJ Governor\u2019s inauguration<\/li>\n<li>Presidential Health Care Advisory Group has been very successful.<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledgement of Scott Frees in setting up scholarships and internships for Data Analytics students<\/li>\n<li>Chief Nurse of Army ROTC will be visiting Ramapo to create more opportunities for scholarships and employment for nurses.<\/li>\n<li>78.4% retention of students from second year to third year, up 4% from the prior year.  85% retention from first to second year.<\/li>\n<li>Status of administrative reorganization: Public Safety is now under Mike Yankovich, Athletics is under Melissa Van Der Wall.<\/li>\n<li>Discussion on the mental health of our students<\/li>\n<li>Welcome two new Board of Trustees members<\/li>\n<li>Ramapo is the only NJASCU school rated as least risk financially.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Provost&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Welcome back to faculty<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities for faculty:\n<ul>\n<li>Provost\u2019s AI working group on Impact of AI on Teaching and Learning<\/li>\n<li>Revive the Research Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Announcements:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Diversity Convocation<\/b><br \/>\n        Nicole Morgan Agard, Chief Equity &amp; Diversity Officer\/VP for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion &amp; Compliance<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wednesday, Feb 11, 3-4 pm, Sharp Theater<\/li>\n<li>Keynote Speaker: Fabiana Pierre-Louis (NJ Supreme Court Justice)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>FRC Spring &#8217;26 Programming<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/01\/FRC-S26-Programming.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Rikki Abzug, FRC Director<\/li>\n<li><b>Gen Ed Revision Reminders<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/01\/GECCo-to-FA-January-21-2026.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Christina Connor, GECCo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Presentations\/Discussion Items:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>International Education Committee (IEC) &#8211; Faculty Engagement Proposal<\/b><br \/>\n        Paul Currant, Director of Study Abroad\/International Education<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please fill out the faculty international education survey to be sent out soon<\/li>\n<li>18 Ramapo faculty are about to start a COIL (collaborative online international learning) course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Student Preparedness<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/01\/Proposal-to-Address-Issues-of-Student-Preparedness.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Ken McMurdy, FA President<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discussion of possible FA Task Force to investigate and make recommendations on College response to concerns regarding student preparedness<\/li>\n<li>FAEC will develop a charge, taking into account feedback, and bring to FA for a vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meeting adjourned at 2:45.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes January 21, 2026 1:00 pm Alumni Lounges Faculty Assembly is open to a general college audience, including administrators, but only FA members may vote. 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