March 17, 2022

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

Zoom Recording

  1.  Approval of Minutes from Fall 2021 Meeting ( https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/collegecouncil/2021/11/02/october-28-2021/ )  Approved.
  2. Dean’s Report (Interim Dean Valdés)
    1. 7,997 applications this year for Macaulay’s 520 spots.  Thanks and congratulations to directors and advisors.  Almost doubled from last year.
    2. Some elected officials will be visiting
    3. Macaulay Day, May 10, will honor and remember the late Bill Macaulay
    4. College governance structure–interested in writing bylaws and revising governance.
  3. Updates:
    1. 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.
    2. 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.
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. 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.
    6.  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.
  4. Proposed honorary degree for Jessica Ware (see ware-statement-of-merits). Approved.
  5.  Degrees for graduates who meet all requirements–Approved
  6.  Council Committees–volunteers to contact Amanda Hick.  Curriculum Committee is the most active and important.
  7. New Business

Motion to adjourn

Respectfully submitted, Joseph Ugoretz