• Continued discussions on the launching of the college’s Academic Momentum (AcMo 2.0) Campaign, a CUNY-wide student success initiative focused on the seamless transfer of students from CUNY community colleges to senior colleges. AcMo 2.0 is designed to propel transfer students towards completion and builds on AcMo 1.0 foundation, launched in 2017, to improve undergraduate graduation rates, especially for freshmen. AcMo 2.0 is also in alignment with the goals of our new strategic plan. The formal launching of the campaign will take place on February 25 at the Academic Affairs and Student Success Leadership Retreat and will feature CUNY Associate Vice Chancellor Donna Linderman, who will keynote the event. Members of the President’s Cabinet, Extended Cabinet, department chairs, and directors across the College’s divisions are expected at the all-day event.

• At the January Academic Council meeting of chief academic officers, IEVC Dan Lemons announced the Board of Trustees’ approval of an additional two-year extension through 2025 of the optional use of ACT and SAT scores to determine undergraduate admissions to CUNY institutions. I have asked Associate Provost Brown to work with the Senate Committee on Admissions, Evaluation, and Academic Standards (CAEAS) to extend the admission policy approved by the Senate last year for the College in the absence of the standardized tests. As you probably recall, Professor Sandra Campaneau, CAEAS chair, and Professor Kevin Sailor, Department of Psychology, led the data analysis that informed the recommendation approved by the Senate on Lehman’s approach to freshman admissions when standardized tests were discontinued last year. I anticipate that CAEAS will submit a formal resolution to the College Senate to extend our current admissions policy through 2025.

• Began discussions with various stakeholders on the implementation of the School of Business. An outcome of these discussions will be establishing an implementation committee in February, with expected deliverables and timelines. As you recall, the CUNY Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the School of Business at Lehman, along with three new departments: Accounting; Management and Business Innovation; and Economics, Finance, and Information Systems, on December 13, 2021. The start date for the new school is July 1, 2022. It will be the only business school at any public college in the Bronx and Westchester County, positioning Lehman as a major pipeline for preparing diverse talent from underrepresented populations for local, regional, national, and international workforce needs.

• Began planning for Fall 2022 based on the new bell schedule approved by Cabinet on May 16, 2021. See the link for a review of the new bell. Implementation of the new schedule will begin in Fall 2022. As you recall, the new bell schedule is the result of the work of the 18-member committee, which I established to review the existing schedule, which has been in operation since 2007, and to make recommendations to strengthen the schedule to better serve our students, respond to 21st century academic needs, and ensure that the College remained competitive. The new schedule allows for additional new bells, a revised University Hour, and an enhanced calendar, which creates a 7-week term within the 15-week traditional semester. During the spring 2022 semester, the Office of the Provost will work with the Office of the Registrar office to ensure a seamless transition to the new bell schedule.
• Also, CUNY has informed campus chief academic officers that it will not set a target for in-person or hybrid courses for fall 2022 as it did for fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, colleges have been advised to optimize their fall 2022 schedule for what works well for each campus, what works best for students, including appropriate pedagogy and technology-enhanced teaching and learning resources to help students progress towards degree completion.

• The College received 14 new lecturer lines as part of the CUNY Lecturer Hiring Initiative launched at the end of fall 2021. Two hundred and fifty lines were allocated across CUNY’s senior colleges, comprehensive colleges, and community colleges. The 14 lines allocated to Lehman were assigned to four schools following the President’s approval based on criteria set by CUNY and with input from school deans. The School of Arts and Humanities received four lines; the School of Education received two lines; the School of Health Sciences, Human Services and Nursing received two lines; and the School of Natural and Social Sciences received six lines. The search process developed for implementation of the lecturer hiring initiative (in collaboration with the divisions of Academic Affairs and Student Success; Human Resources, Administration and Finance, and the Office of the General Counsel) is now underway. CUNY anticipates an additional 250 lecturer lines to be allocated to colleges if the state legislature approves the Governor’s budget. Included in CUNY’s budget request that is now part of the Governor’s budget for FY23 is another 540 tenuretrack lines. We anticipate additional allocation of full-time lecturer lines as well as tenure-track lines to Lehman if funding for these lines are approved by the state legislature.

• Participated in the following internal meetings and discussions:
• 1:1 with the President
• President’s Cabinet
• President’s Extended Cabinet (includes deans, chief librarian, and associate provost for academic programs and educational effectiveness)
• College Faculty Personnel and Budget Committee (FP&B)
• FP&B subcommittees on Tenure, Promotion, and Certificate of Continuous Employment (TPCCE), and Fellowship and Scholar Incentive Awards
• Provost’s and Deans’ Council (PDC)
• 1:1 with Deans, Vice Presidents for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Educational Effectiveness, Vice President for Diversity and Human Resources, Director, Office of International Programs and Community Engagement, Director for Research and Sponsored Programs, and other direct reports
• Academic Affairs Senior Leadership Team
• 1:1 with Provost’s staff
• Lehman Vacancy Review Committee
• President’s Briefing
• CCS Advancement Training for the President’s Extended Cabinet and Department Chairs
• Lehman Foundation Board.
• Participated in the following external meetings and discussions:
• The CUNY Leadership Institute (TCLI) as program co-director
• CUNY Academic Council (of chief academic officers)
• CUNY Committee on Academic Policy
• CUNY Committee on Academic Technology
• CUNY Board of Trustees Committee on Faculty, Staff, and Administration
• CUNY Digital Learning Initiative with EVC Lemons
• Select CUNY Presidents’ Student Success Roundtable
• NYC-CUNY-Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) in STEM Program as PI
• American Academic Leadership Institute Academy for New Provosts as panelist and mentor
• Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO) to participate in Board and committee meetings and the January Townhall on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Classroom: Teaching and Curriculum Considerations
• AASCU to participate in the Advisory Board on Academic Innovation and Transformation (AIT) as a member
• AASCU and Lumina Foundation national convening on Strengthening Democracy as well as the design team convening of select chief academic officers
• American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Professional Development Committee
• Council on Higher Education and Accreditation (CHEA) annual conference
• Stellic on a Gates Foundation-funded project on student success
• BRAVEN on expanding career pathways for students
• Bronx Transfer Affinity Group (BTAG) Provosts and Chief Enrollment Officers convening.

• Continued the search for the Director of Athletics and the APEX Center.
• Continued the search for the Associate Dean, School of Education.
• Interviewed candidates for the Director of Academic Operations/Chief of Staff, Office of the Provost.
• Interviewed candidates for tenure-track Assistant professor positions in the Department of Economics and Business and Assistant professor position in the Department of Mathematics.

• January 13 - Interview with BronxNet on the Bronx Recovery Corps (BRC)
• January 20 – Interview with NY1 on the School of Business