Status of Issues in Shared Governance

When ideas are submitted to the Governance Steering Committee, they are posted to the Status Chart below and updated here as they progress through the process.

This page shows currently open proposals, as well as proposals that have been closed within the previous academic year. To view older proposals that have been closed prior to the previous academic year, click here.

Land Acknowledgment Proposal

  • Name of Proposer: Council for Community Success
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: January 27, 2026 (still to be taken up by GSC)
  • Decision of GSC:
  • Charge from GSC to other groups
  • Committee Hearing Dates
  • Committee Response:
  • Decision of GSC and Date:
  • Result

Policy on Policies

  • Name of Proposer: Steve Nelson
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: December 12, 2025
  • Decision of GSC: Approved pending approval of General Counsel, with proposal for membership of Policy Committee and membership of chair of Policy Committee in GSC
  • Charge from GSC to other groups: Consider the proposed creation of a Policy Committee and its membership and give the GSC feedback by mid-February 2026
  • Committee Hearing Dates
  • Committee Response: See also Proposal to change membership in GSC (same attachment as for alumni representation on GSC) and Proposed membership document (also attached)
  • Decision of GSC and Date:
  • Result

Proposal to Change Membership of GSC

  • Name of Proposer: Wendy Ballasteros, President of Alumni Board of Governors
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: Dec 2, 2025
  • Decision of GSC: Dec. 17, 2025 – Proposal to Change Membership of GSC (attached)
  • Charge from GSC to other groups: Jan. 28, 2026 – Stakeholder Bodies asked to review and comment
  • Committee Hearing Dates:
  • Committee Response: Click Here
  • Result

FDU Export Control Policy

  • Name of Proposer: Office of General Counsel
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: Dec. 1, 2025
  • Decision of GSC: Approval, with plan to notify Faculty Senate
  • Charge from GSC to other groups
  • Committee Hearing Dates
  • Committee Response:
  • Decision of GSC and Date: December 17, 2025 – GSC decision was made, Faculty Senate was notified on January 28, 2026
  • Result

Faculty Dining Hall Credits

  • Name of Proposer: Stacie Lents
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: October 29, 2025
  • Decision of GSC: Investigate possibility in discussion with Aramark
  • Charge from GSC to other groups: None
  • Committee Hearing Dates: None
  • Committee Response: Decision to investigate possibility in discussion with Aramark. Update: Aramark is not able to support this project at this time and the University does not have the budget for it at this time.
  • Decision of GSC and Date: December 17, 2025
  • Result

Bookstore Advisory Committee

  • Name of Proposer: Bob Valenti
  • Link to Full Text: Click Here
  • Date Received by GSC: September 25, 2025
  • Decision of GSC: on October 22, 2025
  • Charge from GSC to other groups: None
  • Committee Hearing Dates: None
  • Committee Response: Decision to establish the proposed Council, see attachment
  • Decision of GSC and Date: October 22, 2025
  • Result: Click Here

Revision of language for “Commitment Statement”

  • Name of Proposer, If Known: Office of General Counsel
  • Link to Full Text: Click here
  • Date Received by GSC: 08/20/2025
  • Decision of GSC: At our meeting on 8/27/2025 we agreed to move this proposal forward to stakeholder bodies and the Council for Community Success with a charge to review the proposed text.
  • Charge from GSC: Click here for link to full text
  • Committee Hearing Date(s): 
  • Committee Response: By the requested deadline of September 5, 2025, all stakeholder bodies (Faculty Senate, Professional Administrative Senate, Union, Student Government) and the Council for Community Success approved the proposed revision of the language in the Commitment Statement.
  • GSC Decision and Date: Click here to read full text of decision, provided on 09/12/2025
  • Result:
  • Notes:

Open Educational Resources Proposal

  • Name of Proposer, If Known: Ana Fontoura
  • Link to Full Text: Click here
  • Date Received by GSC: 02/05/2025
  • Decision of GSC:
  • Charge from GSC: Sent to Faculty Senate, PA Senate, Student Government for them to appoint representatives to a task force to review proposal, task force to be co-chaired by Ana Fontoura, University Librarian, and a Faculty Member to be appointed by the Faculty Senate, and to be convened in April 2025.
  • Committee Hearing Date(s): 
  • Committee Response:
  • GSC Decision and Date:
  • Result:
  • Notes:

Prerequisite Policy Proposal

Microgrants and Recognitions Proposal

  • Name of Proposer, If Known: Council for Community Success
  • Link to Full Text: Click here
  • Date Received by GSC: 10/20/2025
  • Decision of GSC: MicroGrants cannot be considered at this time due to budgetary implications that GSC does not have authority to manage; Recognitions Proposal without financial component to be considered in consultation with University Communication
  • Charge from GSC: Member of GSC discussed with VP for Communication
  • Committee Hearing Date(s): N/A
  • Committee Response: N/A
  • GSC Decision and Date: VP for Communication relaunched Folks of Fairleigh – members of FDU community can nominate an FDU community member to be profiled through the Folks of Fairleigh recognition program by using this link: https://www.fdu.edu/about/university-leadership-offices/office-of-communication/public-relations/how-to-pitch-us/nominate-for-folks-of-fairleigh/ and VP sent info about the Folks of Fairleigh program to all members of the FDU community by email in February 2026
  • Result: The recognition proposal from Council for Community Success helped jumpstart a program that had faded away. In just a day or two of its relaunch, Folks of Fairleigh had received more than 40 nominations of people to recognize!
  • Notes:

Community Table

  • Name of Proposer, If Known: Council for Community Success
  • Link to Full Text: Click here
  • Date Received by GSC: 10/20/2025
  • Decision of GSC: Members of the GSC will discuss the matter with Aramark and Risk Management
  • Charge from GSC: Member of GSC discussed with Aramark
  • Committee Hearing Date(s): N/A
  • Committee Response: N/A
  • GSC Decision and Date: Member of GSC reported that Aramark said:  There are many schools in our region that have such a program, but they are all done internally through the universities legal department and Aramark adheres to the university policies. Most of the schools leverage internal communication systems and apps to notify students. The only one that uses a commercially available app is Boston University. Look at https://www.freebites.org/ for reference.
  • Result: GSC members will follow up with Risk Management and with Aramark and report back to the Council for Community Success by email and to the University community through the Shared Governance website’s page dedicated to the status of issues in governance.
  • Notes: