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2020 
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Curriculum Committee Meeting Agenda 
Date: September 29, 2020 
Location: WebEx room 
 
 
Voting members: Non-voting members: Guests:  
 Martina Vidovic (Chair) 
 Valerie Summet 
 Brendaliz Santiago-
Narvaez (secretary) 
 Mark Heileman 
 Caitlin Mohr 
 Jana Mathews 
 Gloria Cook 
 Brian Mosby 
 Sarah Parsloe 
 Rochelle Elva 
 Kyle Bennett 
 Ashley Kistler 
 Stephanie Henning 
 Rob Sanders 
 
 Mae Fitchett 
 Toni Holbrook 
 Tiffany Griffin 
 Steve Booker 
 Gabriel Barreneche 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Agenda 
 
1. Approve minutes from the August 18, 2020 meeting 
2. Sub-committee reports -Martina asked if subcommittees have met.  
Motion to approve- Caitlin, Approved by raising hands by members present. 
a. New course- No reports as subcommittees have not met. 
b. Academic Appeals- Caitlin (chat)Appeals has their first meeting this Thursday.  
The meetings for the semester have been scheduled. 
c. EC report -  Adjustments to academic calendar- possibility of no Spring Break. 
Does the registration subcommittee want to look at it first or will we discuss as a 
group next time? Please look into what other schools are doing.  
d. Registration 
e. SGA – Kyle- SGA elections ended last week. Goal is to have committee formed 
for next Tuesday.  Three students joining us next week.  
f. Ashley K.- Update on Intercession- When it will be will depend on what happens 
with Spring Schedule.  All Intercessions classes are virtual.  With exception of RA 
and Alfond, all will be tuition based. Charged the whole tuition.   
3. Old business  
4. New business  
a. Transfer Credits for Virtual Global Programs – Giselda Beaudin 
Giselda- Director of Global Initiatives- Proposal – Promote Virtual Global 
programs as an alternative to traditional study abroad during the time students 
cannot travel.  Students participated in these this summer as Internships, also 
included courses with global content in a virtual space. Feedback was positive 
and we continue to promote these programs as add-ons during the semester.  The 
issue is we ran into a hiccup as Rollins College policy does not allow them to 
transfer credit back if they are enrolled in a full course load.  We want to propose 
to adjust the policy to accommodate virtual global learning – 4 credits per 
semester.  
 
Giselda- Answering a question from Mae in chat: Will simultaneous enrollment  
cause issues with Athletes or students with VISAS? We would cross check with 
those areas to make sure we would not cause students any issues or challenges. 
 
Mark- I have a question for students that are currently enrolled in courses that 
have a travel component.  Example ENV 353- Costa Rica, how does this change 
affect them?  How do they accomplish their experience when travel is cancelled?  
 
Giselda- we have been working with every department. Running a consistent 
policy. Making sure students are all being treated equitably. The practice 
currently is up in the air. Departments are still considering how they will 
respond. The alternative will be open for all students to graduate in 2021. Some 
departments have had independent assignments or are in discussion on what they 
want the alternative to look like. We made a decision to require an alternative 
instead of waiving the requirement if the experience is important for major. 
 
Mae (chat) my other concern is that there is no financial aid support from fin aid 
b/c it is non-Rollins affiliated and this may cause other students to want to have 
concurrent enrollment at Valencia and other colleges. 
 
Giselda- No, these are external add-ons. They can take the extra aid and apply to 
the cost of the program but you cannot apply financial aid to these programs. 
Some are quite inexpensive. They are not required, it is optional. Will this open 
the floodgates to transfer credits from other institution? 
 
Sarah (chat) - Would these be eligible for something like a SHIP grant? any other 
scholarship options available to students? 
 
Giselda- Yes, eligible for SHIP but no other scholarships 
 
Martina- any questions or concerns? Do we want to vote on it? 
 
Rochelle- I have a question. I’m wondering about carte Blanche acceptance of 
this global experience. Is there an element that they are requiring that would not 
be met by this virtual global experience ?  Would it be an issue? 
 
Giselda- at this point these are optional. To count for a major requirement they 
will need approval from the Department. This will work the same way and would 
not substitute global field experiences unless specific Dept. decide they want to do 
it because of COVID.  
 
Gloria- If we add this (referring to Giselda’s explanation above) I would feel 
more comfortable in voting for this. 
 
Martina- Should we have a cap of 8 for total of credits transferred? 
 
Giselda- A maximum of 8 is reasonable.  
 
Martina- asked for Giselda to show the document.  Add the credit cap and 
Gloria’s suggestion.  
 
“Student's may only transfer up to 4 credits per semester and a total of 8 
credits.  Departmental approval is required to use these credits to fulfill 
major and minor requirements." 
 
Gloria- For study abroad experiences, students must seek approval for these 
courses to fulfill major and minor requirements.” 
 
Giselda typed  "Students must seek departmental approval for major and 
minor requirements." 
 
 Stephanie- Is this a permanent change or do we need to specify how long this will 
be allowed?  
 
Martina- it is permanent.  
 
Kyle- From the student perspective, I'm happy with this language. 
 
Jana- The question about scholarships, to clarify, these programs are eligible for 
funding within your office?   
 
Giselda- No.  SHIP grants are the only current mechanism to get funding for 
these things.  
 
Gloria- I have concerns over these courses being counted as an equivalent of the 
study abroad experience. Can we add that these only count as electives? 
 
Giselda- We cannot do that, as Departments decide whether these will count etc…  
 
Martina- Add “they need Departmental approval for major and minor 
requirements”. 
 
Vote: Moved- Valerie; Kyle Second, passed by raising hands. Approved by 
committee.  
 
 
 
b. RFLA Course and Curriculum Committee – Ashley Kistler 
Ashley K. – Last Spring before I took on my role as Assistant Dean there was an 
ongoing discussion (addressing faculty concerns about “power” over RFLA) 
regarding the RFLA curriculum. By having the Associate Dean approve all RFLA 
courses, the power of approving was centralized in the Associate Deans Office. 
Wanted to give faculty more control.  When it was new RFLA there was an 
incredible burden in the approval process. We don’t have as many new course 
proposals as they once did.  Want the Committee to vet changes to propose 
changes to curriculum, which would go to CC, then EC and then the full faculty 
for vote. It is an advisory group.  5 voting members would be enough. 
Chaired by Associate Dean of Academics- I would be a nonvoting member. 
Having someone as Janette (ex officio- Coordinator of Academic Support) for 
record keeping purposes/ institutional knowledge.  I would favor if we vote to 
create this group for a trial 2-year period. Then we vote to either make it a to 
either make it permanent or not. 
 
Kyle- language in proposal.   From subcommittee to CC, to EC then faculty, 
What is the flow?  
 
Ashley- We would bring to full CC for endorsement, then EC and then faculty. We 
would not need a subcommittee as the advisory group acts as a subcommittee 
itself.   
 
Kyle -Will it go through new course committee. Will this also include 
competencies? Competencies are administered by department not covered by this 
committee, strictly RFLA.  
 
Ashley- My intent to give power back to faculty in approving these courses. 
 
Sarah- Would we want to have a representative from new course subcommittee on 
this RFLA committee to encourage consistency? (not sure if this would cause 
overwhelming workload for that person). 
 
Martina- This would not be a subcommittee of CC, this would make CC larger.  
Calling it a subcommittee makes it confusing.  
 
Ashley- Change language to advisory committee. Kyle noted- the name 
subcommittee implies it is a member of a committee. 
  
Rochelle- Is it because it is specific to RFLA?  Why is it separate from new course 
subcommittee? Is it because of workload? 
 
Ashley- Yes, workload and the specifics of the RFLA big picture that these 
members would not be aware of.   
 
Martina- This committee would not just deal with new courses. It would advise 
Ashley to introduce changes. This has additional responsibilities beyond what 
new course subcommittee is already dealing with.  
 
Gloria- Concerns over having CC members on double duty.   
 
Martina- These would be people that are not members of CC. Our committee 
would not serve on this advisory committee. This committee is endorsed by CC 
but would not be served by CC members. 
 
Gloria- I would really like to serve on this community. I’m wondering about the 
workload from Ashley. Could you share information on meetings, expected 
workload, etc. 
 
Ashley- The language makes it more clear (Kyle’s suggestion- changing it to 
advisory group). These would be people appointed and approved by CC. CC will 
not fully staff it. Although if a CC member would like to participate they could.    
Meeting times are not included so that we are not limited to a specific meeting 
amount. I envision, meeting twice a semester. 
 
Sarah -(chat)***-What might be some specific situations where this RFLA 
advisory committee would consult with members of the curriculum committee? 
Mechanisms for reporting back? 
 
Jana- I’m in support of this.  
 
Ashley- If we get this approved this fall, the committee can start working in 
Spring.  This request for this committee (advisory group) is coming from the 
Faculty. I’m trying to respond to faculty feedback. 
 
Mark H.- Membership must have taught 2 semesters… What is the rationale?  
 
Ashley- Want faculty that are experienced in the program/ understand RFLA. 
 
Valerie- 5 people strikes ( + You and Jeanette)- that’s seems like a large 
committee overall. I question whether divisional representation will be possible. 
Is that committee going to be unwieldy/ large? Seems strange to go from one 
person and go to 5.  5 voting members seems large to me, was there a reason 
other than divisional representation.   
 
Ashley- I will be a non-voting member, truly leave it to the faculty…. the decision 
making.  
 
Valerie- What if 5 people do not want to serve in this committee? Were spread 
pretty thin as faculty. We have a heavy load. What happens if this reduces down 
to less than 5 or just the Dean. Will we have enough participation/ bodies to make 
it viable? 
 
Jana (chat)- Since this proposal expires in 2 years, we can always modify 
participant numbers etc... later as well…. 
 
Valerie-A lot of service currently is borne by pre tenured people. Global concern 
over pre-tenured faculty being asked to serve more and more committees. 
 
Valerie- I propose an amendment to three voting members + Ashley and Jeanette. 
 
Jana- Do we still have the RFLA Neighborhood Majors?  
 
Ashley- no, funding was cut for this.  
 
Gloria- I support what Valerie said. 5 being too big. 
 
Martina- Ashley will still attend to the CC meetings and report back.  This is 
pertaining to Sarah’s chat question*** .  
 
Voting on amendment- Motion Valerie; Second- Kyle; voting by raising hands or 
chat- everyone in favor.  
 
Voting on proposal- Motion- Jana; Second-Sarah; voting by raising hands / 
chat—everyone in favor. 
 
c. Changes to MGT and INB Major Map 
 
Mark H. present changes. -Dept. of Business proposes the change major map. Wed 
like to Institute a C minimum grade requirement for the only 200 -level that does not 
have it.  
Stephanie- minimum grade, is it for prerequisite checking? 
 
Mark H.. What is the case now? 
 
 Martina- It is 1:45 pm.  We will table for next  meeting. 
 
 Toni (chat)- It should be part of pre-req. checking. 
 
 
5. Announcements 
6. Adjourn 
Notes taken by B. Santiago- Narvaez 09/29/20 


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Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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The regular weekly meeting of the Rollins College Student Government Association was held on 
October 7th, 2020 at 7:00pm, at Rollins College via WebEx. The minutes of the previous meeting were 
read and approved as correct after vote by Senate. 
 
I. Call to Order 
II. Roll Call 
III. Welcome 
IV. Approval of Minutes 
• Approved 
V. Speakers 
• None 
VI. Executive Reports 
A. President 
● First meeting where we moved the open forum to earlier  
● Spring semester: 
○ Housing will remain the same – single living, more dorms available  
■ Lakeside will be done by then 
○ Spring break, Leon talked about how it is cancelled, moved to the 
beginning of the semester by starting a week later 
● Thanksgiving  
○ Tough for those living on campus 
○ For more information, you can email Manny, or any of the exec. board  
B. Vice President 
● Potential Ad-hoc committees: 
○ Sodexo & Covid  
■ Senators required  
■ Need legislation to form them 
● Google form for students to submit suggestions, complaints, etc. (campus wide) 
● Old business to fill remaining senator positions  
C. Chief Justice 
● Thank Manny with Justice interviews over the weekend, unprecedented amount 
of applicants 
● Will narrow down to 6 candidates 
● Interviews on Tues. and nominations Tues. night to vote during senate on Weds. 
● Please remember to check your email!  
○ Send info. To Amara and Niko 
D. Academic Affairs 
• Thank committee members who joined 
• Curriculum Committee made a change to MGT and INB 
o BUS245 (International Organizational Behavior) now requires a C or 
better as a prerequisite for other higher-level courses  
o Falls in line with similar level courses for the majors 
• Thanksgiving 
o If you leave Rollins or the local area, you are not permitted to come back 
and must finish the semester virtually 
• Intersession 
o Moved back and will start Jan.11th  
o Charged $503 per credit hour or $2012 for a standard 4-credit course 
o Will be virtual  
o Small number of course offerings due to low interest from professors 
• Spring 2021 
o Will be very similar to fall in regard to policy and how courses will be 
taught 
o Schedule will be posted by Oct.26th, before registration 
▪ Including how they will be offered (virtual, hybrid, F2F) 
o Students will again have the option to be fully virtual or F2F again and 
may transition regardless of what they’re currently doing 
▪ Decision must be made Oct.21 – Dec.1 
o Single housing will continue 
▪ Around 100 new housing units will be available due to the 
completion of Lakeside and will be used for the students 
transitioning to F2F after being virtual fall semester  
o Virtual students will again receive a $2,500 refund  
o Calendar shifts: 
▪ Decision made by the college to cancel spring break to reduce 
risk as it is expected the pandemic will be ongoing 
▪ 3 options were considered; new calendar decision made in 
collaboration with SGA, specifically the SGA Academic Affairs 
committee and the campus Curriculum Committee (none 
involved cancelling spring break) 
• Starting the semester, a week later 
• Ending the semester, a week earlier 
• Starting and ending on the same day but with five 
sporadic days off on Tues. and Weds. Only 
▪ Decision was made to go with first option 
• Spring 2021 will now start Tues. Jan.19 for both CLA 
and Holt 
• This option was chosen because: 
o Gives more time in the winter break due to Fall 
2020 semester ending late  
o Gives more time in especially for RLE and FSL 
students and staff who must return earlier 
o Allows over 14 days following New Year’s 
holiday for students to be able to self-isolated 
before returning to campus  
▪ Spring 2021 semester will also be ending earlier than planned 
(CLA only) 
• Classes will now end April 23rd, instead of April 27th  
• Exams will now end April 30th, instead of May 4th  
• Hold end day of April 27th remains unchanged 
▪ CLA commencement moved up a day from May 9th to May 8th  
• Same day as Holt now 
• To move off the Mother’s Day holiday  
▪ Maymester schedule remines unchanged and will start May 10th  
• Will operate under COVID procedures and course 
modalities  
• Study Abroad & Field Studies 
o Domestic and international field studies have been cancelled through 
March 
o International courses cancelled through February  
E. Internal Relations 
● No report 
F. Public Relations 
● Excited that the committee has been filled! 
● Sent out an email earlier, please respond 
○ Campus wide email introducing senators 
○ Instagram post 
G. Events 
● Met with Manny and Jade to brainstorm event ideas 
● Working with the CICI for an event at the end of oct. so be on the lookout 
H. Finance 
● Fox Funds was going to meet today but meeting will be pushed back due to 
technical difficulties  
I. Student Life 
● Met with Dr. Matthew, new head of Student Life 
○ Brainstormed ideas  
J. Diversity and Inclusion 
● Met with Abby Holleran from CICI 
● Will work with committee soon to create sub-committees around campus 
● Representation in social media, for Holt students, etc. 
● Diversity council will be meeting this Friday with President Cornwell 
K. Attorney General 
● No report 
  L. President Pro Tempore 
●  No report 
M. Advisors 
• No report 
VII. Organizational Senator Reports 
A. Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE) 
●  
B. Center for Career & Life Planning (CCLP) 
•  
C. Wellness 
● Meeting this week spoke about: 
○ Report council are being overwhelmed 
■ People reporting on tiny details such as students not wearing 
their mask while at a restaurant, etc. 
○ Starting our social streak for freshman mainly  
■ Emphasizing friendship search  
■ Scared of low attendance, so please market it!  
D. Accessibility 
● Spoke with the accessibility department and other faculty 
● Good ideas about what to work on this year 
○ Getting disability alliance up and running 
○ Partnering with other organizations that have similar efforts 
○ Professional audit in spring that wasn’t completed regarding elevators 
and things like that 
■ Will follow up  
○ Own experience: we need to look at how people interact with those who 
are different  
○ Maybe set up safe zone for people with disabilities  
○ Work with the study abroad office to offer more opportunities to those 
who need accommodations 
○ Other campuses do a disability pride week, potential idea for our campus 
E. Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) 
• No report 
F. Residential Life and Explorations (RLE) 
● No report 
G. LGBTQ+ Advocacy 
● First spectrum meeting will be tonight, will follow up with their president  
H. Student Media 
● No report 
I. International Affairs 
●  
J. Student Athlete Advisory 
● Christian Mahlstedt was elected 
K. Sustainability 
●  
L. Campus Safety and Security 
● Meeting with Ken Miller and other members on Tuesday 
● Feedback from students and how they can feel safer on campus  
  M. Institutional Advancement 
●  Conner Jones was elected 
N. Holt Graduate Programs 
•  
O. External and Competitive Scholarships  
•  
VIII. Ad-hoc Committees 
•  
IX. Open Forum 
• Diversity and Inclusion Event 
o Coordination with last year’s diversity council and CICI, members were given 
grants 
o Events will be held: 
▪ Tues Oct.13th – virtual movie screening “When I Stutter” 
• 7pm 
• Followed by a Panel to raise awareness 
• In person option at Bush Auditorium  
▪ Wed. Oct. 14th – lunch and learn  
• 12-1pm with an open discussion surrounding speech disorders 
▪ Reach out to Kyle or Joe Hughes (jhughes@rollins.edu) for more info or 
to RSVP 
• Required testing 
o Is it an option for when we come back spring semester? 
▪ A: probably similar to this year’s check in  
• Budget 
o Is it available to everyone? (campus budget) 
▪ Anyone who was on that committee might have a better idea, it is 
available for last year 
▪ The budget and tuition rates are decided one year before implemented  
▪ Want to work with SGA, Exec. board is currently working on this  
o Does the board of trustees allow for deviations? 
▪ That would be a question for the board of trustees and Ed Kania 
▪ If there is an emergency it can be done, but not common 
• Student approach about Campus Safety 
o Worried that some students have been calling for escorts at night 
▪ Are none, due to staffing cuts  
▪ Only escorts in the day  
o If there are student volunteers willing, they would provide a golf cart  
o Cece will meet with Campus Safety about that 
▪ Potential student program  
• Feel free to reach out  
o Through outlook email  
o Open forum is a good way to get out ideas  
o Work with fellow senators 
o Hear from students 
• Suggestion 
o Each faculty within each department on the Rollins website should have their 
own homepage  
o Did Rollins have separate pages for faculty in the past? What do they have now?  
▪ Historically – no idea  
▪ Information broken down by department, and then research area 
• Each faculty doesn’t have their own page due to small size 
▪ Some faculty members will link their own website or LinkedIn on the 
faculty page so that one may learn more as well  
▪ Rollins is always updating their websites  
• Senator Duties 
o Email was sent out  
• Virtual students 
o Are having trouble hearing in their classes, what can we do? 
o Students are shy and won’t articulate what they need 
o Professors are not paying as much attention 
o Discuss with Kyle  
o Holt student complaints  
▪ Professors ask students to recap what they said when virtual students 
make claim rather than the professor repeat the information  
• Senators 
o If you need help, guidance, let us (exec. board) know  
o Don’t wait for someone to tell you what to do  
X. Old Business 
• Remaining Senator Positions 
i. Office of Institutional Advancement 
ii. Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE) 
iii. Center for Career & Life Planning (CCLP) 
iv. Student Athlete Advisory Representative 
v. Holt Class Senator 
XI. New Business 
•  
 
 
 
The meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. 
 
Manny Rodriguez, SGA President 


Meeting Minutes from October 7, 2020

Faculty Affairs Committee,

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Meeting of September 29, 2020 
12:30 – 1:45 
 
Approved 
 
WebEx:  https://rollins.webex.com/meet/ddavison 
 
Don Davidson, Chairperson 2019-2021 
Missy Barnes, Expressive Arts Rep 2020-2022 
Ashley Cannaday, At-Large Rep 2019-2021 
Don Davidson, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
Leigh DeLorenzi, Social Sciences-Applied Rep, 2020-2022 
Samuel Sanabria, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
Margaret McLaren, Humanities Rep, 2020-2022 
David Caban, Business Rep, 2019-2021 
Leslie Poole, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
Rachelle Yankelevitz, Science Division Rep, 2019-2021 
Secretary: Leigh DeLorenzi, Social Sciences-Applied Rep, 2020-2022 
 
Guests: 
Jennifer Cavenaugh 
Karla Knight 
 
I. Call to Order 
 
II. Approval of Minutes 
 
a. August 28, 2020 
b. May 20, 2020 
 
III. New Business 
 
A. Follow-up discussion regarding CIEs for AY2020 – 2021 
a. Don presents a comparison analysis of the Maymester CIEs from 2018, 
2019, and 2020. FAC discussed the possible meaning of the findings, and 
noted a reduction of .3 in the mean raw scores.  
b. Rachel commented on how this reduction could represent a significant 
reduction in percentiles, and voiced concerns for how FEC will use that 
information in their evaluations during faculty promotion. 
c. Margaret: In FEC, coronavirus-related shifts in CIE scores are generally 
understood to be resulting from the swift change of teaching modality. The 
focus of the FEC should be to determine if there are longstanding patterns 
of falling scores on the CIE, and in other teaching measures. 
d. Don agreed that FECs and CECs should be paying attention to patterns 
and trends, and evaluating teaching using multiple tools.  
e. Jenny recommends that candidates for promotion write about their 
teaching experiences, including any coronavirus-related difficulties, in 
their Canvas portfolio to provide more information to evaluators. 
f. Don also recommends putting a statement directly on the 2020 and 2021 
CIEs that note that COVID had a measurable impact on teaching 
modalities, and potentially, CIE scores. 
g. FAC members agree that these comparisons should be done for future 
semesters impacted by coronavirus.   
B. Feedback on Senior Lecturer review process 
a. Jenny presented her Senior Lecturer review process to FAC. Promotion 
for lecturers will not include FEC, but will involve department evaluators 
and Deans.  
b. Margaret points out that the even number of faculty on CEC might 
produce tie votes, and recommends making the membership an odd 
number of faculty. Jenny agrees to those changes. 
c. FAC discusses the appropriate CEC size for lecturers, and agree on 3 
tenured voting members.    
d. FAC agrees that departments should evaluate teaching based on their 
published teaching criteria used for all faculty in that department. 
e. FAC votes unanimously that the Dean and CEC should schedule a 
meeting to try to work out an agreement in the event that the CEC and 
Dean are not in agreement about a candidate – noting that the Dean has the 
final authority in those cases.  
C. Extending the one-year tenure clock delay for new faculty (hire date Fall 2020) 
a. FAC votes unanimously to change the coronavirus bylaw language from 
“hire date of Fall 2019” to “hire date of Fall 2020”. 
 
D. Organize for CIE review based upon our White Paper 
a. Tabled to next meeting. 
IV. Adjourn 
 
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Faculty Affairs Committee 
Special Meeting of May 20, 2020 
WebEx Meeting Room: https://rollins.webex.com/meet/ddavison 
12:30-1:00pm 
 
Approved 
 
Don Davidson, Chairperson 2019-2021 
Ben Hudson, 2018 – 2020, Humanities Rep 2018-2020 
Ashley Cannaday, At-Large Rep 2019-2021 
Don Davidson, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
Leslie Poole, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
David Caban, Business Rep, 2019-2021 
John Grau, Expressive Arts Rep, 2018-2020 
Rachelle Yankelevitz, Science Division Rep, 2019-2021 
Leigh DeLorenzi, Social Sciences-Applied Rep, 2019-2020 
Samuel Sanabria, At-Large Rep, 2019-2021 
David Caban, Business Rep, 2019-2021 
Secretary: Leigh DeLorenzi, Social Sciences-Applied Rep, 2019-2020 
Incoming Members: Margaret McLaren and Missy Barnes 
 
I. Call to Order 
 
II. New Business 
 
FAC was asked to consider a one-year only proposed changes to the schedule of 
evaluation due dates in Article VIII of the CLA Bylaws.  If the College begins classes 
on September 14 due to COVID-19-related delays, there will not enough time for 
CECs to observe classroom teaching, hold the evaluation meeting, write their letter 
with an opportunity for the candidate to respond, and submit it to the FEC by October 
1. The proposed changes will only apply for the AY2020-2021.  
 
The following table summarizes the proposed changes: 
FAC Recommendations for One-year Bylaw Change 
Assumptions:  Classes begin September 14 (Monday) 
  A maximum of five tenure review cases.  (There will likely be 3-4 tenure cases). 
  A maximum of seven (7) full professor evaluations. 
Article VIII/Section 6. Timetable (page 27) 
 Mid-Course 
Evaluation 
Tenure and 
Promotion 
Promotion to 
Professor 
Dean notifies Candidate re: eligibility April 15 April 15 April 15 
Candidate notifies Dean re: intention, 
CEC formed 
May 15 May 15 May 15 
CEC Chair notifies Dean, candidate, 
and FEC of CEC make up 
June 1 June 1 June 1 
Candidate electronically submits 
materials to CEC members, Dean, and 
FEC members 
The first day that the 
college is open for 
business in  January 
July 1 July 1 
CEC submits letter to candidate, Dean, 
and FEC Chair 
February 15 October 1 
(October 23 for 
AY2020-2021) 
October 15 
(October 30 for 
AY2020-2021) 
Dean submits letter to candidate, CEC 
Chair, and FEC Chair 
At least 1 
week  before 
candidate’s FEC 
meeting 
At least 1 
week before 
candidate’s 
FEC meeting 
At least 1 week 
before 
candidate’s 
FEC meeting 
FEC submits letter to candidate, CEC 
Chair, and Dean 
May 15 December 15 
(December 22 
for AY2020-
2021) 
April 1 
FEC submits letter to Provost N/A December 15 
(December 22 
for AY2020-
2021) 
April 1 
Provost submits letter to candidate, 
President 
N/A January 15 April 15 
 
Vote to approve recommended changes: Unanimous vote in favor of adopting the above 
date adjustments in red. 
 
III. FAC discussed low course evaluation results for Spring 2020. Strategies for Maymester 
were discussed, including asking professors to build-in 10-15 minutes during class time 
for students to complete the assessments at the end of the semester. Other options 
mentioned were offering a small amount of extra credit for completion, frequent email 
reminders, making the evaluation window longer, imparting the importance of course 
evaluations to the students, including a link in Canvas for course evaluations, and/or 
delaying grades until course evaluations are completed. 
IV. Adjourn 
 


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September 30, 2020 
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3:45pm – 4:45pm  
 
 
Approval of Minutes………………….………………………………………………………………..…..Deborah Crown 
Task forces met over the summer to address a variety of issues including: 
• Preparation for the summer 2 and fall terms, in terms of safety protocol, technology and 
pedagogy 
• International travel and alternatives 
 
Celebration of Faculty & Staff Successes…………………………………………………………. Deborah Crown 
Dean Crown cited various faculty and staff for their efforts in ensuring the success of summer 2, 
orientation and the start of the fall semester. 
 
AACSB Update: New Standards………………………………………………..……………………..Deborah Crown 
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to assurance of learning 
 
Curriculum Committee Update ………………………………………………………………….……….Koray Simsek 
Koray Simsek provided an update of assurance of learning, noting that Crummer is collecting data 
for the EAMBA program and determining classes to use for assurance of learning for the PMBA 
program. 
 
Racial Justice Convening Groups Update………………………………………………Mary Conway Data-on 
Mary discussed the ongoing dialogue among those participating in the Crummer Racial Justice 
Convening Group and faculty/staff to the next meeting, which takes place on Oct 30. 
 
Fall 2020 Update………………………………………………………………………………………………Deborah Crown 
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Other Business……………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………. 


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March 11, 2020 
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10:00am – 11:30am  
 
Attendance: Bill Seyfried, Deborah Crown, Greg Marshall, Jim Johnson, Kim Jentsch, Tracy Kizer, 
Keith Whittingham, Brian Walkup, Nana Amoah, Halil Kiymaz, Misty Loughry, Koray Simsek, Bill 
Grimm, Henrique Correa, Keenan Yoho, Kyle Meyer, Pete McAlindon, Dan Biller, Nana Amoah, 
Mike Kazazis, Carlene Sterling, Jane Trnka, Mike Brown, Gary Blanchette, Sabrina Deshner, Lisa 
Reineck, Vanessa Kannemeyer, Greg Turkanik, Betsy Holtz 
 
 
Approval of Minutes………………….………………………………………………………………..…..Deborah Crown 
Motion approved. 
 
Update Regarding Grant Proposal Process………………………………………………………..Devon Massot 
Clarified the proposal process including the role of her office. 
 
City Planning Update …………………………………………………………………….Deborah Crown 
Dean provided an update regarding the planned vote by the city later in the day. 
 
Curriculum Committee Update ………………………………………………………………….……….Koray Simsek 
Faculty approved the following syllabi: 
• CAP601 
• ENT608 
• ENT609 
• ENT615 
• INT603 
• MBA614 
• MGT611 
• MKT601 
• OM606 
• OM607 
• OM608 
 
 
COOP Plan for Faculty………………………………………………………………..Bill Seyfried/Deborah Crown 
• discussion of COOP plan for faculty 
• Updates regarding Covid-19 virus provided by the Provost and the Dean as it related to 
upcoming communications, virtual instruction and travel. 
 
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Date: October 13, 2020 
Location: WebEx room https://rollins.webex.com/meet/mvidovic 
 
 
Voting members: Non-voting members: Guests:  
 Martina Vidovic (Chair) 
 Valerie Summet 
 Brendaliz Santiago-
Narvaez (secretary) 
 Mark Heileman 
 Caitlin Mohr 
 Gloria Cook 
 Jana Mathews 
 Brian Mosby 
 Sarah Parsloe 
 Rochelle Elva 
 Kyle Bennett 
 Ashley Kistler 
 Stephanie Henning 
 Rob Sanders 
 
 Mae Fitchett 
 Toni Holbrook 
 Tiffany Griffin 
 Steve Booker 
 Gabriel Barreneche 
Zoe Pearson 
Cameron Peterson 
 Senal Hewage 
 
 
 
 
 
Agenda 
 
1. Approve minutes from the October 6, 2020 meeting 
a. Martina: Any changes to minutes?  
b. Jana- Motion to approve 
c. Second- Sarah 
d. Minutes Passed  
2. Sub-committee reports 
a. New course- 
i. Brian- We began approving intercession courses and field study courses.. 
many were cancelled because of the current travel restrictions. 
Backlogged ones and they are renewal cycle. 
b. Academic Appeals 
i. Valerie- We haven’t met since our last meeting. Nothing new to report. 
c. EC report  
i. Martina- Charged with selecting a slate of people that will serve on this  
Health and Wellness Task Force to determine how we will bring Health 
and Wellness competency back. We asked people who are interested to 
send one paragraph why they want to serve on the committee.  Ashley, 
Paul and I looked at slate and selected a few names. We can also think 
about if we want staff to participate.  The list was sent to your email. 
a. Missy Barnes 
b. Nolan Kline 
c. Andrew Luchner 
d. Nancy Niles 
e. Jay Pieczynski 
ii. Ashley- I would favor if we are going to include staff to do an open call 
like we did for faculty. Would not want to exclude others from a valuable 
contribution from them serving in this role.  
iii. Jana-  We may want to keep it on a faculty committee for the time being. If 
it is not a curricular issue then it would be appropriate for staff  to 
participate. 
iv. Gabriel- Coach Buckley- brings perspective of Phys Ed courses.  
v. Martina- Let’s look at the slate first- Smaller? Changes? Other two 
options are Robin and Susan…… 
vi. Mae- Chat- student representative? How about someone from wellness 
center? 
vii. Jana- If we ask for staff we should open it up, but we could add them later, 
if we keep it as is, we can let the task force decide and then add them later. 
viii.  Ashley- Keep the group as small as possible, definitely a student rep, 
don’t want the group becoming larger. Brainstorming group. 
ix. Ashley- Can we ask SGA to find a student rep? 
x. Kyle- Yes, approve the faculty, then we can name/ nominate through SGA.  
xi. Martina- Strong preference for staff representative? 
xii. Tiffany- Connie Briscoe was doing a lot of wellness, if it isn’t too large, 
Connie would be a simple request to add- make things holistic. 
xiii. Martina- We don’t have to vote for entire slate right now. Is 7 ok? 
xiv. Valerie- I think 5 is better. 
xv. Caitlin- It seems to me that staff have expertise in the hands on 
implementation of wellness.  I think they would probably be helpful in the 
brainstorming. Perhaps we could have four faculty and one staff? 
xvi. Ashley- Martina and I are also serving – 9 total with student at this point 
if we have 7 faculty. We may want fewer faculty in there.  
xvii. Brian- I agree with that, 3-4 faculty, 1 staff, and 1 student 
xviii. Sarah- We should consider the levels of wellbeing, what perspectives we 
want represented in the group. 
xix. Ashley- Nancy Niles teaches in Holt program. This is a requirement for 
CLA, makes sense to not have Nancy as part of the group but only have 
her when needed. This affects CLA students.  
xx. Gloria, Rob, Jana- chat- Agree with Ashley 
xxi. Kyle- Won’t have a student name until after next Tuesday. 
xxii.  Martina- We will cancel CC meeting next week. President’s BOT. 
d. Registration 
i. Gloria- We have not met. New calendar ….the subcommittee has not 
looked at it. We will meet this Friday. I will report in next CC meeting. 
ii. Martina- We won’t discuss today then. We will wait for next meeting.  
iii. Stephanie- Normally goes to curriculum committee, it would be an extra 
step if we have registration subcommittee look at it… 
iv. Gloria- No problem either way.  
 
 
 
e. SGA  
i. Kyle-  Registration, question for registration and sub-committee, and 
looking at registration priority last year. It never happened, we want to 
look into it.  
ii. Stephanie- We can add that to agenda. It got halted because 2020.  Reach 
out to me for me to know who would want to be included in the 
conversation.  
iii. Kyle- We have  been fielding problems from students concerning 
academic issues, with technology use, we want feedback from students, 
nothing has been sent to students, look at policy for semester, or gently 
remind faculty. I want to potentially be involved in changing policy. To 
make adjustments for spring. 
iv. Mae- Qualtrics survey? 
v. Ashley- Give us examples of kinds of concerns, so that we can think about 
how to address them? 
vi. Kyle- The biggest one, virtual students not being able to participate in 
class discussion, virtual students “do not exist” for faculty member, 
ignored during class, or audience members do not have microphones, 
noise pollution in outdoor classrooms. Particularly by the beach  - ski 
team, jumping screaming using ramp.. a distraction for class.   
3. Old business  
4. New business  
a. Appeals for delayed major declaration – Valerie Summet 
i. Valerie- This is a concern that came from appeals committee, significant 
number of major declarations that needed to be appealed. They need to 
declare by the time they are a junior. They are then blocked from 
registration. On top of that is the deferred declaration of major= students 
need to take 2 courses from Major map and finish before they can declare 
a major.  Juniors are going to get blocked. We have two groups that fall 
within this issue: 
1. Not responding to emails- no idea what their plans are- major 
advising 
2. They are just delayed- they are in courses, taking a second, they 
are ready but can’t because they have to finish this semester. Want 
to declare but can’t. 
 
We are questioning whether these ( #2)  needs to be an appeal.  We think those 
can be handled administratively.  We don’t feel the need for a full appeal process.  
The ones that have not taken the class,  we feel they need the appeal. The rest are 
caught between two policies.  We feel it is a formulaic “yes, that is fine” type of 
response.  We did not want to make this decision without the approval of the full 
committee.  
ii. Martina- What is the process to checking them off?  
iii. Valerie- All appeals come from Mae. Gabriel and Mae could decide. The 
process does not change regarding filing and we can solve those easily 
…..save appeals for tough ones. 
iv. Gabriel-  It’s a small number of 2018 Cohort. Only 7 cannot declare. It 
would be a request to allows us to let them declare. 
v. Brenda- Will major requirements like GPA still matter?  
vi. Valerie- Major requirements will not change.  We have not met issues with 
the GPA yet.  
vii. Gabriel-  Basically what we are asking is ……If student that has not 
completed the second course, can they be allowed to declare by the 
administration? 
viii. Gabriel-  For example, a student exploring Biology- they realize they do 
not want Bio,  they want sophomore entrepreneurship as sophomores, they 
cannot declare but have not taken a second.  
ix. Mae (chat)- Can we say that students who have completed at least 30 
(sophomore) credits and wish to declare major but haven't met 
requirements may appeal to dean of advising via appeals process 
x. Kyle- How about the finish in four?  
xi. Valerie- Finish in four would not apply to them because you have to do it 
on a normal timeline. By filing appeal you are not on timeline and thus out 
of the finish in four. 
xii.  Stephanie- We track by cohort  rather than completed credits correct? 
xiii. Gabriel- Yes. 
xiv.  Mae- We may miss transfers. I’m concern about transfers, dual 
enrollment credits. Some reach junior status fast.  
xv. Stephanie- Most transfers are declared. 
xvi. Mae-  What about AP? Dual enrolled? Financial aid? 
xvii. Gabriel-  The mechanism we use by cohort  is- I’m looking at when they 
stepped in the door. Making sure they declare by 4th semester on campus 
regardless of number of credits. 
xviii. Gabriel- We are trying to find a simpler way of the Associate Deans office 
to handle it.  
xix. Gloria- I agree with Gabriel.  I support what Gabriel is saying. These are 
the deans who should be handling this on a case by case basis.  
xx.  Martina- Gloria, do you want to make motion then? 
xxi.  Gloria- Yes I would like to make the motion to support the Deans  to 
approve students who have not taken the course and allow them to declare 
a major.  
xxii. Sarah P- Second 
xxiii. Approved for everyone 
xxiv. Martina- It passes.  
b. Academic calendar for 2021-2022 – Stephanie Henning 
i. Stephanie-  Calendar modelled after standard calendar , fall break. 
Typical modelled calendar with “everything being back to normal”. 
ii. Martina- Didn’t we discuss cross listed classes and fall break….. Holt  and 
students not attending? 
iii. Stephanie- I would press for clarity.  
iv. Martina-  We talked about Holt ….. 
v. Tiffany- Martina, we talked about lining up fall break and moving it to 
thanksgiving. 
vi. Rob- I have always been in favor in trying to align calendars as much as 
possible. They are intertwined. It becomes problematic when we have too 
much variation between schedules. Creates disincentives for faculty to do 
crosslistde courses.  
vii. Martina- What if we made Thanskgiving the same and do fall break for 
Holt? If we make both start on Wednesday then we could have fall break 
for Holt as well except don’t know what to do with the Monday…..  
viii. Stephanie- We only have one week of class after Thanks giving break. 
Have students wait until Nov? If we could just do away with CLA October 
fall break? 
ix. Tiffany-  Fall Break, trying to give Holt one? 
x. Stephanie- What if we have fall break Thurs/ Friday? 
xi. Ashley- Don’t favor the idea. 
xii. Jana- Science classes have labs on Friday. This would be difficult.  
xiii. Kyle- Agree with Ashley and Jana 
xiv. Toni- We did away with Thurs/Fri fall break years ago due to science 
division. 
xv. Martina- Give Holt that Monday off and fall break= 67 instruction days? 
xvi. Tiffany- Move Holt to Wednesday to Nov. 23rd. Keep Mon/ Tues the same 
as CLA.  
xvii. Rob- I was typing a similar suggestion, would slightly impact number of 
days to meet….  
xviii. Martina- Do not lose as much days…… 
xix. Martina- Any preference? 
xx. Jana- My preference is  to leave it the way it is. Make one adjustment,  
consider making that adjustment with graduation, let issue with fall break 
go. 
xxi. Ashley- I think we make the recommendation and see where it goes. 
xxii. Jana- Agree with Ashley 
xxiii. Brian- I think we make the recommendation and see where it goes. 
xxiv. Brenda- Please recommend. We have to start somewhere. 
xxv. Martina- In favor of aligning? 6 votes, we will recommend we align Fall 
break and Thanksgiving. Will still go through EC. 
xxvi. Stephanie- We will shorten fall break for undergrad and grad programs? 
We will only be moving undergrad. 
xxvii. Rob- Steve?– financial aid? (Steve was not present) 
xxviii. Martina- Toni do you want to chime in? 
xxix. Toni-Not critical for credit hour. We would need a minimum of 13 weeks. 
xxx. Ashley- I don't think we want to do the minimum.  We want to aim for the 
normal calendar.  This year was an exception. 
xxxi. Martina- Normal?  
xxxii. Ashley-We owe it to our students to have the normal amount of 
instruction.  15 week semester 
xxxiii. Valerie- The county gives the whole week off, public school schedule may 
be another factor.  
xxxiv. Kyle- I can confirm that for Seminole and Orange. 
xxxv. Ashley- People felt they had to cut a lot of content in their course this 
years, I do not favor a system where we chose a shorter semester. Better 
education, gives us wiggle room too.  
xxxvi. Sarah- Planning blended classes for people teaching cross listed courses. 
This could give us flexibility to keep the schedule and maintain CLA and 
Holt student participating equally. 
xxxvii. Jana- Propose to leave it for the fall break.  
xxxviii. Martina- We are voting on leaving the calendar the way it is only CLA 
gets full fall break. Voted by raising hands. 
xxxix. Kyle – Opposed 
xl. Martina- Change graduation date? Where would we put it? 
xli. Toni- Martina ... can I make a comment after you vote?  Concerned about 
the statement re: blended and virtual teaching going into next year. 
xlii. Martina- Suggest moving graduation to the week? 
xliii. Rob (sic)- I hope we can revisit this issue at some point since I felt we 
were almost there in determining a way to make this work to align the 
Holt and CLA schedules. I think the benefits of aligning them outweighs 
the negatives. 
xliv. Toni- I heard blended moving forward to next year.. need a lot of 
discussion We are currently working with. emergency distance education 
waivers- we are operating under these. Waiting for a permanent distance 
education waiver…. 
xlv.  In Chat: 
xlvi. Brian- Can we vote on the full calendar next time after some additional 
thought? 
xlvii. Ashley- Can we put a pin this discussion and come back to it next week? 
xlviii. Jana- I think we have to vote on making the suggestion about graduation... 
xlix. Ashley- I think we didn't decide that 
l. Jana-  I make the motion that we propose to the decision makers we move 
graduation . 
li. Motion passes. 
lii. Motion to approve the calendar?  4 people voted. 
liii. Kyle- Table it- We will meet next week.  
liv. Ashley- BOT is recorded.   
lv. Martina- we will meet for CC next week then 
 
 
c. Attendance for college related business – Martina Vidovic/Gabriel Barreneche-  
We did not get to this item of business. 
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The regular weekly meeting of the Rollins College Student Government Association was held on 
November 11th, 2020, at 7:00pm, at Rollins College via WebEx. The minutes of the previous meeting 
were read and approved as correct after vote by Senate. 
 
I. Call to Order 
II. Roll Call 
III. Welcome 
IV. Approval of Minutes 
• Approved 
V. Speakers 
• None 
VI. Executive Reports 
A. President 
● Hope you had a good week, last week’s meeting was very short  
● Constitutional Committee 
○ People who were interested, check your email  
○ Few slots open still, if interested contact Manny (via email) 
● Graduation Committee 
○ Someone to write a legislation 
○ Senior preferably (Pres. prefers seniors for this topic)  
○ December and Spring graduation 
○ Would work with COVID committee  
○ Contact Manny  
● Fox Day 
○ Want to start preparing  
○ More details later 
○ Committee to work with the faculty  
○ Start to get prepared, still a lot is unknown  
○ How to make it different from last year  
B. Vice President 
● Ed Kania (VP of Finance) will be speaking next week 
○ Half hour about the budget 
○ Open to everyone, not just senate 
○ Mention it to friends if they are interested in coming  
C. Chief Justice 
● Congratulate Senators for getting their legislation requirement out of the way  
● Getting this requirement is super important  
● Only 16/31 will have it in by tonight, and only 8 slots are available for the future 
● Questions about how to write legislation, email Niko 
D. Academic Affairs 
• Group met with administration 
o Ed Kania will give a presentation next week at senate 
o Hoping to make this a regular, yearly presentation 
• Legislation opportunity 
o Potential collaboration with senators  
• Academics  
o Any questions about the religious attendance policy that was email out 
last week, let Kyle know 
o Will be in effect in the Spring  
o Faculty are looking at AP and IB transfer credits on what will be 
accepted  
E. Internal Relations 
● No report 
F. Public Relations 
● Reminder: contact Amara for PR (if you want anything posted) 
○ Let her know at least one day before 
G. Events 
● Thank you to everyone who came to Fall Fest, huge success! 
● Hannah Munford reached out for an event for Holt  
○ Thankful for Holt event 
○ Potential collaboration 
● Elizabeth and Zoe – disability awareness week in the future  
○ Possible events 
● Mental Health Awareness 
○ Creating some events to help  
○ During December (finals) 
○ If you have ideas, contact Caroline  
H. Finance 
● Kiersten Sudlow will be the Fox Funds chair for the remainder of the semester 
● In the Spring the spot will be open for if someone wants to run for it  
I. Student Life 
● Meeting with Dr. Matthew 
○ Talked about tuition and scholarships 
○ Study abroad  
○ Internships  
○ Applications for these things  
J. Diversity and Inclusion 
● No report 
K. Attorney General 
● No report 
  L. President Pro Tempore 
● Met with a lot of senators for legislation ideas 
● Please sign up, it gives a hard deadline  
● If you have no idea at all, remember you do need at least one 
○ Daniel can help with ideas, format, etc.  
● Congratulate Robert for Awards & Veterans Day 
M. Advisors 
• Jade will be exiting the college Dec.4th  
o Alex will help with transition 
• COVID numbers are going up 
o Please be aware and conscious of where you are  
o Be safe 
VII. Organizational Senator Reports 
A. Center for Leadership & Community Engagement (CLCE) 
●  
B. Center for Career & Life Planning (CCLP) 
• No report 
C. Wellness 
● 2 weeks ago – Sex Ed activity/event  
● Yoga event  
○ Could do it once more, people liked it 
○ Potential event for mental health awareness event  
D. Accessibility 
● Spoke with disability alliance 
● Trying to partner with other student organizations, created a group  
● Report on the audit that was put on hold in the spring 
○ UCF intern looking through it  
○ Once done, put together a team to get projects going on campus 
● Access alliance training  
○ How to make it more widespread on campus  
● Study Abroad 
○ Over the summer did some work to make it more accessible 
○ On the Rollins website, create an identity page (not yet sure) 
● Potential Bill in the future  
E. Fraternity & Sorority Life (FSL) 
• No report 
F. Residential Life and Explorations (RLE) 
● Thanksgiving plan 
○ Everyone is required to submit a check in form regardless of the date you 
leave 
○ Email was sent out by ResLife 
○ Due before upcoming Monday  
○ If you are a remote student, you don’t need to fill it out  
● Thanksgiving programming 
○ Dining is planning a dinner 
○ You can book a spot at their table  
● Off campus student lounge 
○ Open in lakeside 
○ Off campus student should have access to that  
G. LGBTQ+ Advocacy 
● Will be working on Disability Awareness and Pride Bill with Elizabeth 
● Reminder: if you need anything, contact Zoe 
H. Student Media 
●  No report 
I. International Affairs 
● Meeting 
○ Activities being planned 
○ Survey sent out to understand what international students want 
○ Please share the link to international students  
■ https://forms.gle/vjdWdNDRMzYhECW88 
J. Student Athlete Advisory 
●  
K. Sustainability 
●  
L. Campus Safety and Security 
● Meeting next week 
○ Discuss how to involve more students 
○ Keeping students safe  
○ Potential Instagram 
  M. Institutional Advancement 
●  Share the Light 
○ Alumni can provide jobs, internships, etc.  
■ Fundraising total $1.7 million 
■ 349 alumni volunteers 
■ 96 potential expertise 
■ 39 potential internships 
■ 113 potential job leads 
■ 101 potential mentors 
N. Holt Graduate Programs 
• Had a meeting and will be meeting again soon 
• Projects in the works  
• If you have ideas, let Kevin know  
O. External and Competitive Scholarships  
• Waiting on more information 
• Want to join legislation about the visitor center, let Lia know  
o tmorilla@rollins.edu 
VIII. Ad-hoc Committees 
• Constitutional Revision 
o Began some preliminary research 
▪ Reached out to SGA’s of other universities  
o Planned meetings 
▪ Met with SGA President and other SGA offices 
• Got good feedback and ideas 
IX. Open Forum 
• Legislation  
o If you want to join legislation – Elizabeth Smith  
▪ How to make things more accessible for someone with a disability  
▪ Specifically address “grand-fathered in”  
• Some buildings don’t require to be updated (by law) 
• Rollins should want to make it more inclusive  
▪ Make it more inclusive  
▪ Make events more inclusive as well 
o Study abroad  
▪ Keep the option open  
• Dyability pride week 
o Collaborate with student organization 
o Can have classes involved  
o Contact Zoe or Elizabeth 
• Accommodations survey 
o Add another question  
• Ed Kania’s visit 
o How do we promote this to students? 
▪ Campus-wide email  
▪ Social media involvement  
• Contact Amara  
• COVID-19 Anti-Harassment Act 
o Update: meeting soon 
o Contacting various social media accounts  
o Social media collaboration  
X. Old Business 
• Remaining Senator Positions 
i. Holt Senator  
ii. Junior Class Senator  
XI. New Business 
• Legislation 2021.XX: Arabic Advocacy Bill  
i. Sponsor(s): Marwa Abdellatif, Mercedes Brathwaite  
ii. Issue Addressed: Advocating for Arabic to rejoin the language department in 
Rollins College 
iii. Result: Passed  
 
The meeting adjourned at 8:06 pm. 
 
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