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Skyline Shines

January 27, 2006

Executive report to the Board of Trustees: The report I made to the Board of Trustees at this week’s meeting is available online at http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skynotes/ Click on President’s Board Reports.

Faculty Door Cards: Well, it is official–Skyline faculty rock! One hundred percent of the faculty have posted their door cards online, as of last Tuesday. Hooray for everyone who helped make that happen. It shows a wonderful, and typical, commitment to the best interests of students. Thank you!

Welcome to new members of the Skyline staff: Please join me in welcoming two new members of our full-time staff:

Melissa Komadina, Counselor, in the One Stop, Building 2.
Shelley Hausman, Public Information Officer, Building 3, third floor.

Stop by and say hello to them and help them both get to know the college.

Accreditation–a perspective: The self-study writing teams are the very heart of the accreditation process. Letters of invitation for membership on the four standard teams have gone out from the Self-Study Co-Chairs, Ray Hernandez and Donna Bestock. If you received one of these invitations, feel honored, as your colleagues have identified you as a person with a particular perspective and expertise to bring to one of the accreditation standards. Our peer-based, non-governmental accreditation process is unique in the world, and much admired. I encourage you to take advantage of it and to help Skyline College improve by means of a frank, thorough and thoughtful self-examination. For your reference, the college’s Accreditation website is available through the Faculty and Staff Resources button, at http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skyaccred/ Once the writing team membership is finalized, those names will be available on this site.

College Council update: Here is a brief review of the issues addressed in this week’s meeting. Prior minutes are archived at http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skycouncil/home.html

Accreditation update: Co-Chairs of the Accreditation Steering Committee, Ray Hernandez and Donna Bestock, updated the Council on self study activities, including invitations to potential self-study writing team members.

Art on Campus project: The permanent Art on Campus committee will now be formed, and it will begin the process of identification of sites and art works for the college.

Smoking policy implementation: The Council reviewed the early weeks of the implementation, including the addition of a designated area near buildings 9 and 10, and planning for the forum, signage and the education campaign. The forum is being planned for early March.

Parking: The Council reviewed the status of parking at Skyline. It was noted that the Office of Vice President of Student Services has been compiling data on parking spaces available at various times of the day during the first two weeks and that this information would be emailed to the members shortly.

Skyline Shines awards: The invitation for nominations for the awards will be published shortly with a late spring deadline. The awards, one to a member of the Skyline staff and one to a community member, will be presented at Opening Day in August.

Fresh Look Project update: We will begin to implement the new "visual identity" standards recommended from this project soon. Expect a separate message from me about that. The Fresh Look Advisory Group and the College Council will meet on Monday to begin discussions with our consultant, Mission Minded, about redesign of our logo. We will also be moving toward selection of a "tagline" for Skyline College.

Institutional Planning: Update on planning projects under way and about to begin, by Cathy Hasson:

a) IPC Charter and Bylaws: The Council reviewed the revised charter and bylaws for the Institutional Planning Committee and expects to take final action after the Academic Senate has completed its review.
b) Year End Report, 2004-05: Council members were provided with a copy of report and the goals and activities achieved college wide, broken down by division, for last year. The full document is also available on our website at http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skypro/home.html under Planning.

Governance model: The Council received redrafted graphic descriptions of Skyline’s governance model and our committee reporting lines, and will discuss them at the next meeting.

College Council Agenda Planning Table: The Council received a draft timeline for items that will be coming to the College Council over the next year, to help ensure that they come to the Council in a timely way, having been discussed by the constituent groups in advance. The Planning Table will be discussed at the next meeting.

Victoria P. Morrow, Ph.D.
President, Skyline College
650-738-4111
morrowv@smccd.net
3300 College Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066