Faculty Meeting and Workshop Minutes

Meeting Date and Time: July 23, 2016--10 am to 1:00 pm

Present: Faculty and Staff

Last	First	Last	First
Andryushchenko	Galyna	Mere-Mere	Semen
Arbai	Jenny	Schiffman	Paul
Armyakov	Andrey	Schwenke	Tom
Azoidou	Evdokia	Ulmasov	Sukhrob
Brazhnikova	Olesya	Zatulovski	Irina
Bush	F. Ann
Davis	Caryn
Diaz	Gladys
Dimitrova	Iliyana
Doumouya	Khadim
Engulatova	Dilyara
Fathima	Yasmeen
Ferraro	Dante
German	Oana
Gogin	Ilya
Gomez	Angie
Gomez	Mary Helen
Klavtsen	Lyudmila
Kyrychuk	Diana
Machado	Maria A.

Minutes – Topics Discussed

General Housekeeping:

On-going Student Orientation: Saturday or Sunday bike trips are an excellent way to assist students to learn about a variety of neighborhoods and boroughs. Faculty and staff are encouraged to lead trips together during the spring and summer.

Facilities and Equipment: Notify the administration if a tape recorder, computer or other equipment malfunctions so that repairs can occur in a timely fashion.

Student Placement: Faculty and staff were notified that a link to placement tests can be emailed to prospective students to take the test in the comfort of their own home. Feedback to this new procedure was encouraged.

Professional Development: Teaching faculty were encouraged to check the expiration date of their teaching licenses so they enroll in required Methods courses.

Academic Governance—Mr. Ferraro and Dean Davis reviewed the long-standing Spanish American Institute Academic Governance policy.

• Linguistics for Everyone, was a two and ½ hour interactive introductory workshop to linguistics, facilitated by Dean Davis that provided faculty and staff with an overview of the topic. Post workshop faculty and staff surveys demonstrate high interest in the topic, which potentially merits a second workshop in 2017. The workshop was also rated as “excellent.”

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At 1:00 pm the meeting was adjourned to a luncheon gathering at ------------------ where informal discussions of the day’s topics continued until dusk.