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April 21, 2006

Town Hall Forum: Delivery of 2006 DRAFT Education Master Plan
Thursday, April 27, 2006 from 12:45-2:45 in room 2306
Please join with your colleagues to hear the recommendations made to the College as a result of the Education Plan process. The facilitator for Skyline's plan, Dr. Rick Voorhees, will discuss the College's future based on the findings from the work that has been done to date.  The audience will be invited to share their thoughts and suggestions as the College moves forward with the Education Plan to provide direction for the Facility Master Plan.  Please attend and bring a colleague.  The Draft Educational Master Plan is available on our website for your review at this web address: EFMPP.  The draft makes recommendations about the future of the college and our programs and services and your thoughts and advice about those is vital to our decision making process. For the recommendations, see pages 64-70.  Here is what you will find in the draft report:

• Potential new programs are suggested.

• Ideas are provided for ways that the college can better serve our surrounding communities.

• Recommendations are made for "success factors"--how we will be able to know whether we are succeeding in our efforts.

• The detailed research that has been going on and which provide the foundation for the recommendations is provided.

Following the Forum next week and the subsequent meeting of the EFMP Task Force, the draft will be revised, so the time for your input is now.  Thanks!

Newly tenured Skyline faculty: On Wednesday night, the Board approved the following Skyline faculty for tenure: Alec Bates, Lynne Douglas, Jonathan Freedman, Valerie Goines, Judith Heldberg, Evan Leach, Jude Navari and Dino Nomicos. All of these people are already making wonderful contributions to the college as a whole as well as to their students and their disciplines. Please join me in congratulating them.

Skyline’s Cosmetology program shines: The college experienced a surprise visit from the Board of Barbering & Cosmetology recently. That is the state agency which governs our activities as they relate to students in the cosmetology program. It appears that our program passed the inspection with flying colors. The inspector found our facility "clean, uncluttered and with no safety violations." She cited how impressed she was by how well managed our students seemed to be with ongoing classes in progress all over the department. She commented more than once on the "professional atmosphere" of our department. Thanks to our Cosmetology faculty and staff for helping Skyline Cosmetology to shine.

Skyline automotive student wins foundation scholarship: Julia Johnson, Skyline automotive student and president of the Auto Club for the past year, has been awarded a scholarship from The Automotive Service Councils of California Educational Foundation (ASCEF). Ms. Johnson was one of the three women and two men selected. This year, dozens of high school and college applicants were scored on their automotive grades as well as their general class grades, dedication to their training and their career path, and participation in the automotive field inside and outside of the classroom, as well as community service. Scholarship winners were awarded a scholarship worth $600 each, to help them pay for their training. Founded in 2000, the Automotive Service Councils of California Educational Foundation is dedicated to serving the automotive repair industry by providing scholarships to students in the Automotive Repair Career field.  The Foundation’s activities directly impact and influence the advancement of professionalism within the Automotive Repair Industry and the attitudes of society.

Skyline MESA students selected for summer internships: Silvia Gonzalez, Nasim Naderseresht and Eliezer Concepcion, students in the Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) program at Skyline were selected for summer internship programs. Chemistry student Silvia Gonzalez was selected for a paid summer internship with the Center for Polymer Interfaces and Molecule Assemblies (CPIMA) at Stanford. CPIMA provides undergraduate research experiences and promotes science education and awareness of materials science, with a special emphasis on polymers. She competed with students from all over the country and she was the only community college student selected. Computer engineering student Nasim Naderseresht was selected for a paid summer internship with the Center for Adaptive Optics at UC Berkeley. Adaptive optics is a method to sharpen the images produced by optical systems such as telescopes, cameras and the human eye by removing the distortions that blur these images. She will also receive a sponsorship to present her research at a national scientific conference. Biochemistry student Eliezer Concepción is the 2006 Genentech scholar from Skyline. He will be conducting research at Genentech and will receive a $7500 stipend.

Skyline faculty member to be inducted into San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame:  Terry Chrisman, former member of the Skyline Physical Education faculty, was selected for induction into the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame this June. He was inducted into the Daly City Sports Hall of Fame last year for his accomplishments as both an athlete and coach. At Skyline, he coached baseball for 14 years and also built up the golf program.  He has taught almost every activity class we offer.

Skyline faculty member publishes first novel: Congratulations to English professor, Kathleen de Azevedo Feinblum, on the publication of her novel, Samba Dreamers, by The University of Arizona Press. It is available in our Bookstore. You can also find more information on Kathleen’s website at www.kathleenazevedo.com

Facilities staff shines up Skyline over the spring break: Please join me in thanking the Facilities staff for the numerous and important projects they completed on our behalf over the spring break. There were too many jobs to list here, but they included cleaning and waxing hallways in Buildings 1, 2, 5 and 7; scrubbing and cleaning all restroom floors; cleaning and waxing the Cafeteria floor; cleaning carpets in the portable classrooms, Childcare Center and the One Stop; grooming the athletic fields and washing the tennis courts; repairing potholes on the Loop Road and Staff lot 1 and the Pacific Heights student lot; installing many trash containers; making repairs to the fixed seating in Room 2306; a number of administrative tracking activities to help make this happen; and, of course, continuing to support the ongoing construction projects. When you see these people, please let them know how much you appreciate these efforts.

College Council Draft Agenda for April 26:

1. Educational and Facilities Master Planning (EFMP) Project update:  review of the draft Educational Master Plan now available on the website, the work of the EFMP Task Force, the Town Hall forums that are being held on both the educational plan and the facilities plan, and the next steps in this planning process.

2. Institutional Planning Unit Work Plans for 2006-07: discussion of the new approach being taken to these work plans and their linkage to the new college wide strategies identified by the Institutional Planning Committee.

3. Fresh Look Project update:  the Fresh Look Advisory Group will meet next Monday to consider the results of the focus groups on the logo options.

4. Budget update:  review of the process and timeline for the 2006-07 budget for the college.

5. ASSC election update: discussion of efforts to recruit students for ASSC roles for 2006-07.

6. Leadership Retreat next fall:  discussion of tentative plans for another leadership retreat next fall.

7. Skyline Shines Award nominees:  discussion of the screening of the employee nominees for the new award.  The Council may want to schedule a special meeting or establish a subcommittee of the Council to do this.

8. Next meeting:  May 24

Executive Report to the Board of Trustees: The report I presented to the Board Wednesday night is available on our website at http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skynotes/.

Coming up…

• Last day for students to withdraw from semester length classes
• High School Counselors, Advisors and Career Center Specialists Breakfast, 7:45 a.m., Room 5131
• "Beautiful Boxer" film screening, 1 p.m., Room 2306

• Men's Baseball vs. Mission College, noon, home.
• Pilipino Culture Night--Roundtrip: Balik Sambayanan, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Main Theatre
• CARE/CalWORKs Student Retreat

• North San Mateo County Chambers Mixer and Opening Reception of Skyline Student Art Show, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Gallery Theatre

• Educational Master Plan Town Hall Forum, 12:45 to 2:45 p.m., Room 2306
• Men's Baseball vs. College of San Mateo at home at 2 p.m.
• Women's Badminton (at CSM) vs. Fresno City College at 3 p.m.
• SMCCCD 25 Year Service Award Reception, 3-5 p.m., Crystal Springs Golf Course
• Master Blues Guitarist, Kenny Blue Ray, 7:30PM, Room 1115.

• Financial Aid Loan Consolidation Workshops, Noon to 1 PM, Room 1219
• "The Oil Factor; Behind the War on Terror" Film Presentation, 12:30-3 p.m., Main Theatre
• Cash for College, 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Room 1219
• Deadline for President's Innovation Fund proposals

• Week of the Young Child- 5th Annual Community Festival, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Skyline College Children's Center (next to Loma Chica School)
• Men's Baseball, vs. Canada College, away, at 12 noon

For more on this week’s events, see the event calendar at www.smccd.net/accounts/skypio/calendar.html
To add events to the calendar, visit www.smccd.net/accounts/skypio/events.html

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