The Ithacan

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado and La Jerne Cornish, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs, spoke at the college’s Faculty Council meeting Sept. 4.

Ithaca College President Shirley M. Collado introduced La Jerne Cornish, the newly appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, at the Faculty Council meeting May 1.

Additionally, members of the college’s administration presented a draft of the new Ithaca College Paid Family Leave Policy (ICPFL).

Faculty Council discusses implementing a college paid family leave policy, doing a Faculty Load Service Survey and issues arising with DegreeWorks.

Pringle said the way the student protest occurred during gun-advocate Larry Pratt’s visit to campus Nov. 9 served as a model for the kind of respectful discourse that President Collado encourages.

The Faculty Council historically has had, and will continue to have, regular monthly meetings that are open to all faculty and to the student media.

The proposed meetings, called “working sessions” are held separately from the council’s monthly public meetings.

Simply put, the college needs to allocate more resources to ensure that students are safe, happy and healthy while on campus.

Faculty Council elections passed unanimously with many positions remaining the same, such as Tom Swensen returning as chair of the council.

Faculty Council voted in favor of tabling the recently published updated shared governance draft until Shirley Collado begins her term as president.

Faculty Council Chairman Tom Swensen said he thinks the new draft is relatively similar to the previous one.

The Ithaca College Student Success Committee presented a plan to the Faculty Council on March 7 on how the college can better improve retention rates.