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July 29, 2005

Executive Report to the Board of Trustees: here is the link to my latest report to the Board of Trustees: http://www.smccd.net/accounts/skynotes/boardrpt/index.html

New full-time faculty: All of our new full-time faculty selection processes have now been completed and approved by the Board of Trustees. The last of these is:
· Kate Browne, Early Childhood Education.
Please join me in welcoming her to our faculty. You will have a chance to meet all eight on Opening Day at our afternoon meeting in the Main Theater.

New classified staff:
· Sheela Mamillapalli, Project Director in the office of Planning, Research and Institutional Effectiveness, beginning September 1.
· Linda Allen, Office Assistant for the Learning Center and TRIO beginning on August 8.
Please join me in welcoming both of them to their new assignments.

Jump Start’s 9th class celebrates completion: Last night the Skyline honored the 25 Jump Start students who have successfully completed the ninth program, Jump Start 2005. The celebration featured videos that the students wrote and directed. Thanks to these Skyline people who made it all happen: Anita Martinez, Susan Andrien, Salah Webb, Stephen Fredericks, Rachel Cerdenio, Felix Perez, Guillermo Villanueva, Bonnie Cagno, Kamla Bucceri, Ira Lau, Lisa Rodelo, and Ray Kuan. The Jump Start program offers instruction in English, Mathematics, Digital Video Production, Learning Skills, and Career Preparation to at-risk students from high schools in Northern San Mateo County. The credits that these students earn help them to make up incomplete or failing grades they have earned in their high schools, while the motivation and basic skills they gain in Jump Start help them to achieve continued success, graduate with their classes, and go on to college. Some of the students who completed Jump Start in 2004 later became students at Skyline College, and the college looks forward to welcoming the students of Jump Start 2005 as Skyline students next year.

Art on Campus Task Force completes a draft policy: I will be taking to the College Council for consideration this fall the draft policy on art on campus which has been prepared by the Art on Campus Task Force. For now, however, I would simply like to thank the participants for their thoughtful work this spring and summer in preparing the draft: Donna Bestock, and Bridget Fischer, co-chairs, Doria Bernard, Melchie Cabrigas, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Richard Inokuchi, Linda Kisich, Judy Lariviere, Sue Lorenzo, Julene Rhoan, and Arthur Takayama.

1906 Earthquake commemoration: Mel Zucker, geology faculty, has undertaken a project funded by the President’s Innovation Fund which involves Skyline in regional commemoration of the “06 earthquake. His project has four major elements:
· Earthquake Video Productions: A miniseries of educational video programs under the title of "The San Francisco Earthquake: Yesterday and Tomorrow.
· 1906 Centennial Music Productions: Original songs related to the '06 Centennial and San Andreas fault system and plate boundary for the public access television series" Down to Earth" and other possible applications.
· Guest Speaker at Skyline College: James Dalessandro, author of "1906: The Novel", will speak and present a video on October 4th, 1-2:30 p.m. in the Main Theatre. Mark your calendar now.
· 1906 Earthquake Commemorative Plaque: A commemorative plaque related to the 1906 earthquake epicenter is being developed for placement on our bluff-top vista point.
For more information on Mel’s project and on all of the Bay Area 1906 Earthquake Centennial Activities, visit www.06centennial.org <http://www.06centennial.org/> .

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