Macaulay College Council Meeting
March 17, 2022 on Zoom
MINUTES
Attendance: Joseph Ugoretz, Vanessa Valdés, Karen Shelby, Ira Bloom, Bettina Zolkower, Lisa Brundage, Susan Tenneriello, Owen Gutfreund, Cheryl Smith, Zobia Jamal, Logan McBride, Steve Monte, Lizzie Reis, Kelly O’Donnell, Mikael Vejdemo-Johansson, Carmen Boullosa, Zohra Saed
- Approval of Minutes from Fall 2021 Meeting ( https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/collegecouncil/2021/11/02/october-28-2021/ ) Approved.
- Dean’s Report (Interim Dean Valdés)
- 7,997 applications this year for Macaulay’s 520 spots. Thanks and congratulations to directors and advisors. Almost doubled from last year.
- Some elected officials will be visiting
- Macaulay Day, May 10, will honor and remember the late Bill Macaulay
- College governance structure–interested in writing bylaws and revising governance.
- Updates:
- Dean Search–applications are closed, April 7,11,12,13,25 will be finalist meetings with Council members (faculty). Finalists not yet announced, and final schedule not yet announced. Pool is very encouragingly strong.
- Bridge Scholars (transfer from community college to Macaulay)-cohort 1 graduated, cohort 2 currently in place at CSI, received funding from Petrie Foundation for cohorts 3 and 4, to come.
- JEHN (Justice and Equity Honors Network)–cohort 1 is meeting with Barrett at ASU students as a co-taught class. Washington DC summer gathering will be 6/21-6/28. Cohort 2 has been recruited and will begin in fall. Next step will be to welcome other honors colleges.
- SPH 4 + 1–all applicants were accepted by School of Public Health and will begin taking SPH graduate courses while they’re still Macaulay undergrads.
- Fall classes/reopening schedule–fall Macaulay classes are posted. Most are listed as hybrid. University expects to move to endemic rather than pandemic orientation. Building is open and available for students.
- Commencement–Commencement will be in-person June 7 at United Palace. Classes of 2020 and 2021 will be invited to share the celebration, even though they’ve already graduated.
- Proposed honorary degree for Jessica Ware (see ware-statement-of-merits). Approved.
- Degrees for graduates who meet all requirements–Approved
- Council Committees–volunteers to contact Amanda Hick. Curriculum Committee is the most active and important.
- New Business
Motion to adjourn
Respectfully submitted, Joseph Ugoretz