Cabinet Meeting, October 7, 2024

Cabinet Meeting
Monday, October 7, 2024
10:00 am - Noon

1. Vince Boudreau, President

2. Doris Cintron, Senior Associate Provost

3. Alex Couzis, Dean, Grove School of Engineering

4. Ramon De Los Santos, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs

5. Ranajeet Ghose, Interim Associate Provost for Research

6. Scott Gurba, Chief Operating Officer

7. Marta Gutman, Dean, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

8. Ken Ihrer, Chief Information Officer

9. David Jeruzalmi, Chairman, The Faculty Senate

10. Lucas Koehler, Senior Director of Finance, The Foundation for City College

11. Edwin Lamboy, Dean, School of Education

12. Anthony Laperuta, Campus Security Asst Director

13. Tony Liss, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

14. Juan Carlos Mercado, Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies at CWE & Professional Continuing Studies

15. Renata Miller, Dean, Division of Humanities and the Arts

16. Pat Morena, Director of Public Safety

17. Dee Dee Mozeleski, Senior Advisor to the President and VP & Executive Director, Office of Institutional Advancement, Communications and External Relations and The Foundation for City College

18. Naomi Nwosu-Stewart, Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Management

19. Paul Occhiogrosso, Executive Counsel to the President

20. Marie Owumi, Special Projects Manager, Office of the President

21. Ismael Perez, Chief Financial Officer

22. Susan Perkins, Dean, Division of Science

23. David Peterson, Fire Life Safety Director

24. Mario Ramirez, Associate Dean and Chief Librarian

25. Andrew Rich, Dean, The Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership

26. Teresa Scala, Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost

27. Ruth Stark, Chairperson, Faculty Committee on Personnel Matters

28. Mary Ruth Strzeszewski, Associate Provost for Academic Programs

Absent:

1. Sheryl Konigsberg, Chief Diversity Officer

The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am by President Boudreau. He gave his announcements which were:

1. He discussed the student demonstrations amid the one year anniversary of the unrest in Gaza, and the vandalism of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) on the South Campus. There was also a similar incident at Baruch College, and President Boudreau discussed the likelihood of both being carried out by the same set of individuals. He highlighted more events scheduled to take place throughout the week, and urged Cabinet members to consider the potential impact of these events on campus discourse.

2. He mentioned a planned demonstration for Friday, October 11 and the potential violation of the college's demonstration policy. Student Affairs has contacted the organizers and informed them that the demonstration is unauthorized, and have also developed a document outlining the college's time, place, and manner restrictions, which will be distributed to students and available via a QR code. He stressed the need for programming to ameliorate a hostile environment, and the lack of attendance in the Sustained Dialogue sessions. Lastly, she mentioned a report on student protests that includes recommendations for campus leadership and staff members.

3. He gave an update on the student faculty disciplinary committee, emphasizing the importance of fostering a civil dialogue and preserving a safe academic environment. He noted that two out of seven nominated faculty members had agreed to serve, and urged deans to nominate committed individuals. He stated the importance of leading by example in terms of professional responsibilities and preserving the academic environment.

President Boudreau discussed the need to update the emergency plan, which includes detailed descriptions of fire marshal operations and egress paths in case of emergencies. He stated that SVP Mozeleski and Lieutenant Washington are currently working to update the current emergency plan. He suggested constituting the Safety Committee with representatives from faculty, staff, and student government, and emphasized the importance of fire marshals on each floor. He also stressed the need for a comprehensive fire safety plan for each building, and the importance of preparedness for emergencies with clear communication channels.

COO Gurba gave a presentation of the Operations Scorecard, which includes over 70 initiatives. He also presented a 3-year view of the initiatives, focusing on areas such as master planning, intranet, ERP, onboarding and offboarding, scholarships, digitized onboarding, sustainability, preventive maintenance, and strategic workforce planning. He emphasized the need for standardizing financial reporting and business continuity planning. He concluded by stating that many of these initiatives will have a timeline extending to 2026.

President Boudreau moved the conversation to the PMP plan response from CUNY. He brought up the following points from the response:

1. He discussed the challenges and potential solutions for the 4 semester course schedules across different departments. He emphasized the need for a more efficient system that allows advisors and students to view course availability for the next four semesters, aiding in better planning and decision-making.

2. He mentioned the need to improve the transfer service, citing a significant gap in the success rate compared to the desired benchmark. He also pointed out the need for better alignment between community college credits and the university's requirements. Lastly, he mentioned the CUNY transfer initiative, which he believes could be leveraged more effectively if there was better awareness and understanding of its scope and purpose.

President Boudreau stated that there will be a unified commencement ceremony for all graduates this year, with no divisional ceremonies supported by the college. Any division with the desire to organize a reception for their students is free to do so, granted that they do so using their own

resources. Any questions pertaining to this can be directed to Anthony Achille. The meeting was adjourned at 11:35am

Action Items:

1. Slack channels will be set up for Fire Marshals for emergency communications.

2. Deans to nominate faculty members for the Student Faculty Disciplinary Committee.

3. SVP Mozeleski and Lieutenant Washington to update the emergency plan.

4. Project management frameworks will be developed for improving transfer student experience, Navigate adoption, and 4-semester course scheduling.

5. Provost Liss to convene a group to coordinate various transfer student success initiatives.

6. The 4-semester course schedules will be formatted to show availability of individual courses across semesters.

7. The Constructive Dialogue Institute’s document on navigating campus protests will be distributed to Cabinet members.