May 10, 2023
Minutes
The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Development/Elective Academic Programs met on May 10, 2023 at 11:00AM - RFK201
Committee Members in Attendance:
Present: Arthur Abramov (2025), Rezan Akpinar (2023, Chair), Carlene Byfield (2024), Melissa Dennihy (Vice-Chair 2023), Jennifer Klein (2024), Danny Mangra (2025)
Not present: Lyubomir Boyadzhiev (2024), Rondi Davies (2023), Kevin Kolack (dept mtg; Secretary, 2025)
Liaisons in Attendance:
Present: Mark Ulrich (Steering Committee designee)
Not present: Michael Pullin (President's designee)
Business:
The meeting was called to order at 11:05AM
- Attendance
- Minutes from April meeting were approved without changes
- Discussed Student and Faculty Survey: 136 students submitted out of 9,314 and 112 faculty out of 697. Tenured faculty are not evaluated; we are not sure if they took the survey. Discussed that new faculty don’t know to mention survey.
- It was discussed to present survey results during September Senate meeting (Date to be determined) for both faculty and staff.
- Old business
Discussed suggestions on promoting survey and suggestions for asynchronous survey. - New business
Welcomed new members.
Held elections for Chair, Vice-Chair (current Vice-Chair Dennihy will be on sabbatical next year), and Secretary:
Rezan Akpinar, Health, re-elected Chairperson
Deborah Karlin elected Vice-Chair
Kevin Kolack re-elected Secretary
Respectfully submitted,
Kevin Kolack
Committee on Academic Development/Elective Academic Programs, Secretary
Minutes typed on October 11, 2023
