May 9 DEPARTMENT MEETING

The next department meeting will be Tuesday, 5/9/2023 3-4:30pm. Here’s the Zoom link.

Agenda

Department Meeting

May 9, 2023 3-4:30pm

Zoom

  1. Brief review of meeting protocols per the English department nominations & elections guidelines | Christine Rudisel & Annie Del Principe
  1. Voting Instructions, verifications of eligible voters, and votenet attendance | Michael Sokolow
  1. Candidates’ position statements (2-minutes each for Del Principe, Amarnick, Armstrong, Cowan, George, Smith, Schlachte, and Gartner) | Christine Rudisel, Linda Holman, & Tony Iantosca
  1. Voting | Michael Sokolow
  1. Approval of this agenda and of the minutes of the meeting on April 4, 2023 | Annie Del Principe & Carl Schlachte
  1. Announcements & Discussion items

→ Dept end-of-term in-person gathering will be 6/14/22. Please complete the poll NOW (link in chat) so we can estimate attendance for food & refreshments.

→ We will start the fall term by reflecting on our collective responses to the “mapping our future” planning activity at the April 4, 2023 meeting. 

→ Transition to new LMS in Spring 2024, from Blackboard to Brightspace. Sharing concerns via conversation & on a slide deck. 


Upcoming meetings |

End-of-term department brunch on 6/14/23 11am-1pm. Room TBA. Please plan to come & connect IRL with your colleagues! We’ll acknowledge our accomplishments this year and honor our retirees. 

Fall classes begin on Friday, September 8. I will call our first department meeting of Fall 2023 for one of the days just before classes begin. Please keep an eye on your Outlook email to stay informed. 

Department Elections Guide and Information Sheet