<p> RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Anisfield School of Business Unit Council Minutes January 21, 2015 ASB 135 </p><p>Ed Petkus conducted the meeting in Dean Chakrin’s absence. The meeting was called to order at 1:00PM </p><p>Karen Norton introduced Ellie Esposito, the new Program Assistant for the MBA program. </p><p>1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the December 10 meeting were approved.</p><p>2. INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS Ed reported on intellectual contributions since the December 10 Unit Council meeting. </p><p>3 PROMOTION APPLICATIONS The ASB Promotion Committee strongly recommended the following candidates for promotion:</p><p>To Full Professor Huiping Li, Associate Professor of International Business </p><p>To Associate Professor Desi Budeva, Assistant Professor of Marketing Yongbum Kim, Assistant Professor of Accounting Romulo Magnaye, Assistant Professor of Management Kathy Zeno, Assistant Professor of Marketing </p><p>By closed ballot the Unit Council voted to endorse the committee’s recommendations. </p><p>4. FAEC – S. Eisner  Susan asked for feedback on the interim class schedule (4 credit courses). Fall syllabi are due to conveners by March 15.  The committee met with IRAC; discussed various topics including issues of security with Study Abroad Programs  Maria Krupin is leaving the College and a national search will be conducted for VP of Adminstration and Finance.  A request was made for the Task Force of Academic Excellence to report on the pros and cons of of having one day a week classes. </p><p>5. SAC – J. Cabrera Rating scores for the three assessment goals (MBA writing, integration, and undergraduate writing) are due by the end of next week. For Perspectives – the raters’ submission deadline is Feb. 15. 1 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS Yongbum Kim announced that Scholar’s Day: Celebration of Student Creativity will take place on April 29th. The selection process is described on the website: http://www.ramapo.edu/posterday/</p><p>Sridevi Shivarajan announced that the Faculty Resource Center’s will be offering a presentation on preparing Tenure applications and three Teaching Circles this semester.</p><p>Karen Norton reported on the ASB Research Assistant Program. </p><p>Karen also reminded faculty that the 5-year AACSB Continuous Review is approaching and encouraged faculty to ensure they meet or are in the process of meeting the AACSB faculty qualifications. </p><p>Meeting adjourned at 2:30PM Minutes submitted by Deirdre Lynch </p><p>2</p>