By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor
• March 6, 2024
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council discussed low salaries for faculty members and how AI changed the college’s plagiarism policy at its March 5 meeting. The council also heard the provost’s report from Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and heard updates about the Student Statement Committee from David Hajjar, associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.
By Vivian Rose, Assistant News Editor
• February 7, 2024
The Ithaca College Faculty Council heard from Stacia Zabusky, associate provost for Academic Programs, about the college’s credit hour policy and Emily Rockett, vice president, general counsel and secretary to the board of trustees, about nominations for a faculty trustee in its Feb. 6 meeting.
The Ithaca College Faculty Council heard from the co-chairs of the Middle States Reaccreditation committee and from the college’s director of energy management and sustainability at its Dec. 5 meeting. Updates were also given on a new faculty retirement plan option and a policy change about the length of advanced notice when the college separates from an employee.
By Prakriti Panwar, Assistant News Editor
• November 9, 2023
Ithaca College’s Faculty Council met for its monthly meeting Nov. 7 to discuss low response rates to the Campus Climate Survey that closes Nov. 14 and to hear from the Faculty and Staff Wellness Committee about benefits enrollment.
The Ithaca College Faculty Council met Oct. 3 to discuss the success of summer academic onboarding through the pre-registration process. It also convened a sub-committee for student statements.
By Prakriti Panwar, Assistant News Editor
• September 6, 2023
On Sept. 5, the Ithaca College Faculty Council met for its first meeting of the Fall 2023 semester to discuss faculty search procedures, revisions to the grievance policy and future meeting times.
Faculty Council convened March 7 and revisited the Title IX climate review and discussed syllabus policy changes and faculty search committees among other topics.
The Feb. 7 Faculty Council meeting discussed including trust issues between Ithaca College faculty and administration, shared governance responsibilities and a controversial Title IX report.
Faculty, staff and some students attended the All-College Gathering on Jan. 26. College leadership spent the noon hour speaking about student success and shared governance.
Melanie Stein, provost and senior vice president, announced that she will no longer stay at Faculty Council meetings after giving the provost’s report.