Present: C. Bellomo; K. Green; E. Hall; T. Lumumba-Kasongo; V Muñoz; D.
Reis; S. Sloan

The meeting began with nominations and an election of a committee chair.
Lumumba-Kasongo nominated Muñoz as chair which the committee unanimously
supported in their subsequent election.

Muñoz noted that a student representative should join the committee by
election from the student body. Hall stated that Meghan McCune had been
elected to the committee at Collegiate's recent elections, but that
McCune was also running for a student slot on APPC.

Muñoz presented the broad objectives of AFA as they appear in the
faculty manual and then requested that committee members put forth
agenda items they would like discussed during the year. Lumumba-Kasongo
requested a discussion and presentation around student diversity as it
relates to recruitment and asked that Carolyn Morales join the committee
at an upcoming meeting. The committee also discussed faculty desire for
information around recruitment and retention. Muñoz suggested an open
meeting. Sloan requested that faculty gather questions from faculty
prior to an open meeting so that AFA members could be prepared to
respond to specific questions that require data analysis. Reis
volunteered to contact faculty via email to solicit questions. Initial
questions presented by Muñoz and Lumumba-Kasongo included the Henry
Wells Scholars program and identifying dominant and secondary factors
influencing retention. The group also discussed the need to connect the
Enrollment Management Team and AFA in meaningful ways.

The committee will meet again on September 19 at 12:30 p.m. in Macmillan
317. Muñoz will invite Carolyn Morales to join the group for a
conversation about diversity and recruitment. Agenda items include:
Diversity and recruitment, and faculty requests for information and the
open meeting.

Respectfully submitted,
Susan Sloan
 
 

Susan Sloan
Director of Admissions
Wells College
Aurora, NY 13026
Phone: 315/364-3264
FAX: 315/364-3227
email: ssloan@wells.edu