Einstein Senate

Council Meeting: Wednesday, January 22, 2020

ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
MINUTES OF SENATE COUNCIL MEETING

WED JAN 22, 2020

FINAL

PRESENT: Drs. Julia Arnsten, Jonathan Lai, Myles Akabas, Anne Bresnick, Robbie Burke, Jill Crandall, Johanna Daily, Chandan Guha, Victor Schuster, Edward Burns, Allison Ludwig; Mr. Ryan Graff

EXCUSED: Drs. Gordon Tomaselli, Susan Klugman, Pamela Stanley

ABSENT: Drs. Jonathan Alpert, Courtney Niland

GUEST: Ms. Shelly Motzkin

  1. Dr. Edward Burns filled in for Dr. Gordon Tomaselli, who was away.
  2. Meeting minutes from the Jan 8, 2020 Senate Council meeting were approved.
  3. Dr. Burns updated the Council on the Cancer Center Director search.
  4. Expansion of the 2020 Senate Council to include 2 each Assistant and Associate Professors (as ratified by the Senate on Jan 8) was discussed. It was decided that the Assistant and Associate Professor representatives would be selected via special election, in which all Senators would vote. Dr. Jeffrey Segal will run this special election.
  5. The Council continued discussion of how to better engage Jacobi personnel. One suggestion is to invite a high-ranking Jacobi personnel to the Senate Council meetings.
  6. Invitation of Dr. Nerys Benfield, Senior Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion, to the Council was discussed and supported. Dr. Benfield will bring important perspectives of the Diversity and Inclusion Council to Senate Council discussions. 

The meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Jonathan Lai, Ph.D.
Vice Speaker, Einstein Senate