{"id":6821,"date":"2026-04-23T05:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/?p=6821"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:48:15","slug":"fa-minutes-4-8-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/2026\/04\/23\/fa-minutes-4-8-26\/","title":{"rendered":"FA Minutes 4\/8\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<b>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes<\/b><br \/>\n<b>April 8, 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 (2\/25\/26)<\/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\/04\/FAPres-4-8-26.pdf\">(slides)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>College President&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to faculty for their work<\/li>\n<li>Report on ambassador trip to Ghana; emphasized commitment to our partnership with KNUST<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledgement of students who have won prestigious scholarships<\/li>\n<li>April 23rd reopening of the Salameno Spiritual Center<\/li>\n<li>April 20th Presidential Speaker Series event with Jen Easterly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Provost&#8217;s Report:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Looking forward to Faculty Awards Ceremony, Scholars\u2019 Day and Commencement<\/li>\n<li>Thank you to faculty for a successful Admitted Students Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Following the reports of FA President, College President and Provost, meeting moved to <b>closed session<\/b> by decision of FAEC to facilitate robust faculty discussion around voting items.<\/p>\n<p><b>Presentations\/Discussion Items:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>General Education Program Revision Proposal<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/GECCo-FA-4-8-26.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        General Education Curriculum Committee\n    <\/li>\n<li><b>Curriculum Proposals for FA Approval<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/ARC-FA-4-8-26.pptx\">(slides)<\/a><br \/>\n        Stacie Taranto, ARC Chair<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Interdisciplinary Studies Major<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/03\/InterdisciplinaryStudies-Proposal.pdf\">(proposal)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Cybersecurity Minor<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/03\/Cybersecurity-Proposal.pdf\">(proposal)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>FAIR Preliminary Report<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/FAIR-FA-presentation-4_8.pptx\">(slides)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/Survey-Summary-FAIR.pdf\">(summary of survey data)<\/a><br \/>\n        Hugh Sheehy, Brian McSherry\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>FA Voting\/Elections:<\/b> (100 eligible voters)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>General Education Program Revision<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/fa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2026\/04\/GE-Proposal-Final-April-1-2026.pdf\">(GE Program Proposal)<\/a><br \/>\n    Proposal <b>approved<\/b> by a vote of 57 Approve, 18 Do Not Approve, 5 Abstain.<\/li>\n<li><b>Interdisciplinary Studies Major<\/b><br \/>\n    Proposal <b>approved<\/b> by a vote of 68 Approve, 8 Do Not Approve, 4 Abstain.<\/li>\n<li><b>Cybersecurity Minor<\/b><br \/>\n    Proposal <b>approved<\/b> by a vote of 78 Approve, 1 Do Not Approve, 1 Abstain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Assembly Meeting Minutes April 8, 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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