Fullerton College Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
May 15, 2008
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Present |
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Business..............................................
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Marcus Wilson |
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Counseling...........................................
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Laura Almodovar-Sole, Flor Huerta
Heather Halvorson |
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Fine Arts..............................................
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Steve Pliska |
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Humanities...........................................
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Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine |
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Library.................................................
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Erica Bennett, Mike Fitzsimmons |
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Math/Computer Science........................
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Robert Diaz, Scott Malloy, Greg Nguyen |
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Natural Sciences..................................
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Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Rick Lozinsky |
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Part-Time Faculty.................................
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Jim Book |
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Physical Education...............................
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Tim Byrnes, Scott Giles, Pamela Lewin |
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Social Sciences...................................
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Chris Lamm, Josh Ashenmiller |
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Student Services..................................
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Sylvia Pimentel |
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Technology/Engineering.......................
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Rosa Molina, Doris Wright, Connie Lopez,
Jay Seidel |
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At-large................................................
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Peg Berger, Paul McKinley
Tanomo Taguchi |
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Associated Students............................
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Ethan Morse |
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President.............................................
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Ken Collins |
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Interim Vice President...........................
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Miguel Powers |
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Secretary.............................................
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Jane Troop |
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Treasurer..............................................
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Karen Markley |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair......................
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Jennifer Combs |
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Guests: Adela Lopez |
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Absent |
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At-large................................................
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Deborah McQueen |
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Business/CIS.......................................
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Nancy Woolridge |
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Fine Arts..............................................
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Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities...........................................
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Rosa Arceo, Ruth Egigian |
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Social Sciences...................................
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Ricardo Salas |
I.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3 p.m. by Dr. Collins.
II.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U
(Wilson/McKinley) to approve the Minutes of the May 1, 2008 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
M/S/U
(Wilson/Markley) to approve the agenda for this meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Head track coach Gina B
evec voiced her concerns regarding the use of college vans
and gas cards. She felt that the
college needed a protocol in place to handle problem situations where gas
cards are invalid and users are not authorized to use their own cards.
Dr. Collins mentioned
that these problems are slowly being addressed, and that Adam O’C
onnor is aware of them. He
mentioned that those who use the college gas cards frequently
do not turn in receipts, and the College will only pay credit card
expenses on charges accompanied by receipts. This has resulted in some of
our credit
cards being cancelled.
V.
RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING SENATORS
Dr. Collins gave certificates of appreciation
to those Senators who are leaving.
VI. SEATING OF
NEW SENATORS
Dr. Collins introduced the new members of the Senate and welcomed them.
VII. EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
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DPC
—The Governor's budget
for education may not be as bad as
originally thought. It will not be finalized until later this year. There is
even some growth money in it.
Academic Rank
—This item has been postponed until the fall semester.
Reassigned Time for the SLO
Coordinator—Dr. Hodge has approved one hundred percent reassigned time
for the SLO coordinator
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Classified Hiring
—Sufficient
money was left after hiring new custodians to hire two more classified
employees. These additions are a marketing specialist, who will work with
Andrea Hanstein
, and a media delivery specialist
. This was from new ongoing funds allocated at DPC for support for the new
buildings on campus.
Growth Beyond Extended-Day
Model
—Dr. Hodge
accepted most of it.
Sixty-five percent would be new growth money and would be allocated
to Divisions based on the FTES they generate, twenty-five percent would be
allocated to areas of campus that do not contribute FTES but still incur
costs as the number of students increase, and the last ten percent
represents “wiggle room.”
Dr. Hodge felt that the twenty-five percent allocation should be made
by the President's Staff and then communicated back to the Deans. In
addition, Faculty should ask their Deans about the allocation of those funds
to see if the information is flowing the way it was intended.
Physical Education Dean’s
Position
—Sue Beers is retiring next month. We will be starting the selection of the
Physical Education Hiring Committee
today.
The Senate has some input on the interim hiring committee, and we
have formal election procedures in place. A permanent Dean will probably not
come on board until later this year.
Clickers
- After a presentation on them, the President's Staff is now updated on
clickers
. The standardization of clickers is now taken under advisement.
New Faculty Hiring
—Miguel Powers reported that 25 new faculty members will be hired.
Replacement positions will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Treasurer’s Report
Our account has a zero balance, and we may be a bit in the red.
VIII. CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Catalog Edits
—The final edits are being made to the Catalog. Those sections that describe
courses, certificates, and specific degrees will go to the appropriate
Deans. Dr. Collins asked that
Senators read through their respective parts of the Catalog.
Help with CurriCUNET—Rachel
Chavez
will be available to work with
people on curriculum changes in CurriCUNET
, she is proficient in showing people how to use the software. She is
located at 100 Building in the first cubicle on the left as you walk back
toward the President's office. Jennifer Combs will also be available this
summer to help faculty who are working on new curriculum.
Reassigned Time for SLO Assessment Coordinator
—The SLO Assessment Coordinator will be receiving 100% reassigned time. In
anticipation of this, the SLO Committee
has developed a job description for
the position. The president
would like the option to be able to reduce the amount of reassigned time in
the spring if the budget situation worsens.
Danielle Fouquette
(current SLO Coordinator and SLO
Committee Chair) distributed the SLO Assessment Coordinator job description
draft.
M/S/U (Wilson/Combs) that the Senate accepted the draft as the duties
and responsibilities for the SLO Coordinator.
Software for Tracking Student Learning Outcomes
Cypress College
has made a decision to adopt
software for tracking learning outcomes.
If Fullerton doesn't participate in the decision-making process for
this software now, it may be forced to later use whatever Cypress chooses.
We will be participating in the planning process to facilitate Cypress’
purchasing this so that we can evaluate it. We are not committing to buy
this software. The District is hesitant to go ahead without Fullerton
College’s participation in the planning process. Cypress College has done
the legwork on this, and the District is in favor of it. This is probably
our only chance to get it.
It was the sense of the Senate that Danielle Fouquette be authorized to
express our interest in participating in planning with Cypress College to
purchase and implement the SLO system.
IX. STUDENT
EQUITY COMMITTEE REPORT
Chris Lamm distributed a summary of the Fullerton College 2008 Student
Equity Plan
. She addressed the existing resources, and the committee felt that they
could be enhanced. They looked at a variety of ways to improve. The
President indicated that Student Equity Plans have to be submitted every
three years. The Senate created a Student Equity Committee
that was tasked to create these
plans.
Dr. Collins commended Chris Lamm
on the job she did on the Student
Equity Committee
. She reiterated that the plan
was not designed merely to be put on a shelf. Dr. Collins will propose that
the plan be presented to the Board of Trustees
and get the signature of the
President of the Board of Trustees. It will be suggested that the Board
accept the report and require that the college give annual updates on
progress on these goals. The Senate would like to be a force of pressure to
make sure that the things in the report happen.
M/S/U (Wilson/Combs) that the Senate accept the Student Equity Plan report
be presented with the proposed corrections.
Dr. Collins will send it out this summer with the proposed corrections made.
If there are no further corrections, it will be taken to the Board of
Trustees.
X.
ELECTIONS
Following are the results of the elections held in the Senate today.
Gina Bevec
..................................................... Hiring
Committee for Dean of Physical Education
Tim Byrnes
..................................................... Hiring
Committee for Dean of Physical Education
Allen Caveness
............................................... Hiring Committee for
Dean of Physical Education
Pam Lewin
...................................................... Hiring
Committee for Dean of Physical Education
LaVonne Nelson
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Study Abroad Coordinator
XI. OLD BUSINESS
Next year, Marcus Wilson
will be serving as President-elect.
Among the duties of that job is conducting elections.
Dr. Wilson, however, will be finishing his term as department
coordinator at that time and would like to give the three hours of
reassigned time allotted for conducting elections to Miguel Powers
in his stead.
The Senate approved this change in duties and accompanying reassigned
time.
XII. NEW BUSINESS
Textbook Adoptions
Nick Karvia
addressed the Senate relative to
textbook adoptions. He announced that adoptions are available online now. He
demonstrated how to create an account and how to use the software to do
these adoptions.
Approval of the Resolution Honoring Dr. Hunter
Dale Craig will be presenting the resolution from the Senate.
M/S/U (Wilson/Lozinski) to
accept the resolution with the corrections.
Student Success Summit
Adele Lopez, speaking for Rolando Sanabria, announced that the Student
Success Summit
had many students in attendance. A
full report will be given at the first Senate meeting in the fall.
XII. LIAISON REPORTS
Associated Students
—The associated student activities are finished for the year.
The editor for The Hornet
addressed the Senate regarding a
proposal to restart the Torch Light
literary magazine.
It could be printed as a part of the Printing Program
for $1,500 or less per issue.
United Faculty
—The retroactive
4.53 percent pay for load will be in
the May paycheck. This is, of course, retroactive to last July.
Pay for overload will be in the June check.
Adjunct Faculty United
—No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:07 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary