Borough of Manhattan Community College

The City University of New York

Academic Senate

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Minutes

Organizational Meeting of the Eighth Session

May 28th, 2014

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I.  CALL TO ORDER at 3:35 pm

II.  ATTENDANCE: A quorum was achieved with the following senators marked present: Silvia Alvares-Olarra; Sharon Avni; Philip Belcastro; Stacy Benoit; James Blake; Yan Chen; Sophia Clark; Kay Conway; Marva Craig; Corinne Crawford; Aneika Dailey; Sidney Eng; Domingo Estevez; Erik Freas; Jasmine Fuller; Toby Ginsberg; Joyce Harte; Dominic Henry; Joel Hernandez; Okeema Humphrey; Hakeem Ingram; ShuHuey Jenner; Revital Kaiser; Cynthia Karasek; Keneisha; Joosik Kim; Ken Levinson; Caterina Mata; Jacqueline Nichols; Obaloji Olabodi; Angel Panora; Alicia Perdomo; Antonio Perez; Rofiqul Rubel; Rifat Salam

III.  ELECTIONS were held for the following positions and committees:

  1. Election Committee – G. Miller; A. Peralta-Avila; A. Perdomo; J. Rice and A. Serme were elected by acclamation
  2. Chair of the Academic Senate – H. Glaser was reelected by acclamation
  3. Vice Chair of the Academic Senate – R. Isserles was elected by acclamation
  4. Secretary of the Academic Senate – K. Conway was reelected by acclamation
  5. Parliamentarian – Glenn Miller was reelected by acclamation
  6. Committee on Committees – P. Belcastro; M. George; O. Meyers; M. Palit; and L. Wadas were elected by acclamation
  7. Study Abroad Committee D. Allen and M. Kent were elected by acclamation
  8. Panel for the Board of the BMCC Association*- S. Chiang; P. Comello; K. Levin; C. McCarthy were elected by acclamation
  9. (there remain 2 available spots)
  10. Panel for the Board of Auxiliary Enterprises* – J. Barker; A. Gosslau; K. Nagra; L. Prado; and F. Rodriguez were elected by acclamation

These are not AS committees and the names represent recommendations; the final selection is made by the President of the College.

IV.  ADJOURNMENT at 4:05 pm.

*Must be a member of the Academic Senate to serve on items a – g above. Any full-time faculty may serve on items h-j.

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