School of Contemporary Arts
Unit Council Meeting
Sept. 7, 2016
Attendance:
Mary Ellen Allison, Marta Bautis, Bonnie Blake, Mack Brandon, Rachel Budin, Peter Campbell, Regina Clark, Gilad Cohen, Meredith Davis, Kelly Dolak, Renata Gangemi, Marc Gidal, Shalom Gorewitz, Andrew Hadel, Pat Keeton, Ann LePore, Jonathan Lipkin, Lisa Lutter, Brett Masteller, Edna Negron, Ben Neill, David Oh, Neel Scott, Ruma Sen, Beba Shamash, Jackie Skrzynski,
Sarah Stackhouse, Maria Vail, Terra Vandergaw, Warner Wada, Joel Weissman.
Dean Perry called the meeting to order at 12:05 pm
Dean’s Announcements:
-Dean Perry welcomed new full-time temporary faculty Brett Masteller (Music Production) and Kathryn Lancioni (Comm Arts).
-Dean Perry announced the hire of a new part-time, permanent, choral accompanist, Jonathan Lakeland.
-New Faculty searches will be conducted for Music Production, Music Industry, Strategic Communication, and Interactive Design.
-Various capital improvements were made during the Summer: replacement of the stage floor in Sharp Theater, sculpture studios facilities and equipment, music practice rooms, C-Wing hallway, H-Wing, new piano in the York room.
- CA Pathways Program: Dean Perry discussed the 3 components of the program:
Identity and Vision, CA Guest Speaker Series, Enhancement of the Co-op/Internship Experience.
Interviews for the CA Coordinator are being conducted and will be finalized this week.
-Dean Perry will approve all travel and Platinum requests independently in the future.
- 12 grants of up to $2,500 are available for full-time faculty travel to Sub-Saharan Africa thru the Provost’s Office; proposals should be submitted to the Dean on the Travel Request form with an agenda and narrative .
-Dean Perry reviewed and compared the Delaware Study for Full-Time Faculty for the years 2013- 2014 for each major in CA and congratulated the faculty on reaching an above average goal.
-EOF CA Mentor Program received many faculty volunteers; Dean Perry will meet with EOF’s Student Development Specialist, Tanadjza-Robinson-McCray to implement students assigned to each faculty.
-CA Unit Plan Goals and Objectives list for 2016-2017 was provided to faculty.
-Guest Speaker: Rosa Mulryan, Assistant VP of CIPL, distributed literature and gave an overview of the programs offered: Non-degree program, Certificate program, Leadership programs, Pre-College programs and Summer youth camps.
CIPL shares 25% of the revenue of programs offered with each school.
Faculty interested in submitting program proposals may contact her or visit their website: www.ramapo.edu/cipl.
Meeting adjourned at 1:30 pm
Minutes Submitted by: Irene Grskovic, Unit Secretary