ACADEMIC
SENATE
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 23, 2005
Members: Carla Campillo, Ray Hernandez, Kathleen Feinblum, Garrett Nicol, James Wong, Chip Chandler, Nick Kapp, John Ho, Shann Chu, Taylor Angel, Fermin Irigoyen
Guests: Dr. Victoria Morrow, Regina Stanback-Stroud, Benjamin Gonzales
Meeting was called to order at 1:15
Minutes were approved.
Agenda was approved
DR. VICTORIA MORROW - Question and Answer, General Dialog
The agenda for the September 28 meeting of the College Council was handed out. The AS discussion focused on a few of the highlights to be addressed at the meeting:
1) Websites must be maintained. All committee lists need to be kept up to date, and document formatting must be consistent. The Technology Advisory Committee will be working on this issue.
2) Smoking on campus is still a problem. The Health and Safety Committee will be developing a designated smoking area, though enforcement may be a challenge.
3). Emergency preparedness training will involved certain key classified staff and members. A simulated earthquake drill will be conducted with the participation of the San Bruno fire and police departments. Included in the training will be defining the responsibilities of the faculty and staff to our students in cases of emergency.
4) Session with College Council on October 7 will focus on building an Educational Master Plan.
5) The Fresh Look Project will address the quality of our signage, class catalogs, and the general appearance of our communications.
REGINA STANBACK STROUD - Strategy for Increasing FTES
The Board of Trustees acted on the recommendation that our FTES must be increased in order for our college to grow. $1. 5 million will be given to the colleges to fund new programs, new classes, learning communities and community outreach. These new programs will ultimately increase our FTES. An instructional leadership team and representatives of student services met in a retreat to discuss the strategy for implementing the process of increasing FTES. The full document, "Strategy for increasing FTES" will be online.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT - CARLA CAMPILLO
Barbeque to benefit the Katrina Relief Fund will be on November 2.
RAY HERNANDEZ - ACCREDITATION
The accreditation steering committee had their first meeting. There is still an open position for the Resource (Standard 3) group.
Training session for the steering committee will be next Friday, September 30. The minutes to the meetings will be published on the accreditation website.
TREASURER
There is a $640.23 balance. Once dues go into accounts, the AS will get statement on who has paid their dues.
ASSC - Taylor Angel, new president
The ASSC had an accreditation discussion with Donna Bestock and Ray Hernandez. Other things in the works for ASSC include a Katrina relief aid drive, a homophobic awareness program, a new events board, and a leadership conference. ASSC meetings are open and are held every Thursday at 3:00.
GARRETT NICOL - ED POLICY
Jennifer Hughes, matriculation coordinator wants the Matriculation Committee to contain more members. There was a proposal to have the matriculation committee be taken from the Ed Policy committee, but as the matriculation committee isn’t an officially an AS committee, it must be approved by the AS. There was debate whether we even need another committee.
CHIP CHANDLER - AFT
Chip Chandler announced that he needs people to attend the AFT/AS social on Oct 14.
He also encouraged everyone to urge their students to register to vote, especially in light of the coming special election.
The meeting was adjoined at 2:40 so that members could attend an Outlook. workshop, taught by Jim Petromilli.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathleen Feinblum