Fullerton College Faculty Senate

Approved Minutes

 

 December 6, 2007

 


 

Present

 

 

 

          Business..............................................

Nancy Woolridge

          Counseling...........................................

Heather Halverson, Flor Huerta

          Fine Arts..............................................

Michelle Coletta, Steve Pliska

          Humanities...........................................

Ruth Egigian, Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine

          Library.................................................

Mike Fitzsimmons

          Math/Computer Science........................

Scott Malloy, Greg Nguyen

          Natural Sciences..................................

Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Rick Lozinsky

          Part-Time Faculty.................................

Jim Book

          Physical Education...............................

Scott Giles, Pam Lewin

          Social Sciences....................................

Chris Lamm, Ricardo Salas

          Student Services...................................

Sylvia Pimentel

          Technology/Engineering.........................

Rosa Molina, Doris Wright

 

 

          At-large................................................

Peg Berger, Paul McKinley

 

 

          Associated Students.............................

Ethan Morse

 

 

          President.............................................

Ken Collins

          Interim Vice President...........................

Miguel Powers

          Secretary.............................................

Jane Troop

          Treasurer..............................................

Karen Markley

          At-large, Curriculum Chair......................

 

 

 

Guests:  Darlene Jensen

 

 

Absent

 

 

 

          At-large................................................

Gayle Cebrian, Deborah McQueen,

Mike Moore

          Business..............................................

Marcus Wilson

          Fine Arts..............................................

Chuck Ketter

          Humanities...........................................

Rosa Arceo

          Math/Computer Science........................

Robert Diaz,

          Senate Exec........................................

Jennifer Combs

 

I.                                        CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order at
3:07 p.m. by President Collins.

II.                                      APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

        M/S/U (Book/Lozinsky) to approve the Minutes of the November 29, 2007 meeting with one change.

 

III.                                     APPROVAL OF AGENDA

 

        M/S/U (Lamm/Feaster) to approve the agenda for this meeting with one change.


 

 

 

 

IV.         PUBLIC COMMENTS


Jan Chadwick mentioned that the faculty in the Division of Natural Sciences is concerned about implementation and support for CE6
 (the software for online classes).  Those faculty members have only one-to-two hours of training and expressed the feeling that they don’t feel prepared to use the updated software.  She pointed out that there will be no support over the holiday period, and the system is going live with the spring semester.  In addition, there is no training for students.

 

V.    EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS

President’s Report

 

       Proposal for Growth Beyond Extended Day Funding—President Collins met with Jan Chadwick, Miguel Powers, and Pam Lewin who together developed a proposal for the allocation of Growth Beyond Extended Day funds.  Dr. Collins presented it to the Budget Development Committee yesterday and believes that we have something workable that gives an accounting of where the money goes.  The proposal is outlined below.

 

       Whenever the District makes new ongoing Growth Beyond Extended Day money available to Fullerton College, it will be allocated according to the following model:

 

 

§           65% of the funds will be given to the divisions that generated the growth, based on the proportion of the new FTES they contributed.  Divisions that continue to grow in subsequent years will receive additional money from the 10% Reserve Fund (explained below).  Divisions whose FTES declines in one year and do not fully recover in the following year will have their GBXD budget allocations reduced proportionally; however, their budgets will not be dropped below the original base.

§           The Deans’ Council will make a recommendation to the College President regarding the ongoing allocation of 25% of the new money to areas of campus that are financially impacted by growth beyond any FTES they may or may not generate (e.g., Student Services, Library, Operations, etc.).  In making their recommendation, the Deans will consider information, provided by these areas, of the extent of the financial impact incurred with the additional students on campus.

§           The remaining 10% of the fund will be held in reserve and allocated to divisions that generated additional growth in subsequent years or to pay for the “one-year reprieve” of divisions that are in the first year of a decline.  In years when there is no growth, or when new growth allocates do not exceed the funds in this “account.” The Deans’ Council will make a recommendation to the College President regarding her one-time expenditure of this money.

 

 

Fred Williams will be giving a construction update for both campuses at the Board of Trustees meeting to be held December 11 wherein he will reveal the sources of money.  Those interested in what he has to say should attend.  The meeting will start at 5:30 at the Anaheim Center.

 

       Treasurer’s Report

 

       The Senate account has a balance of $3,216.  Treasurer Karen Markley thanked those who provided snacks for this meeting.

 

      


 

 

       Student Equity—At this point in the meeting, Dr. Chris Lamm reported on the progress of the Student Equity Committee.  Its members have developed a mission, plans, and action goals for this

       year.  The 2004 goals with 2005 revisions were used to determine what activities and services had been planned.  The committee is currently fact finding by means of personal interviews.  The committee is to recommend policies, strategies, and programs to the Senate and other constituent groups, identifying best practices here and at other colleges.  An additional goal is to design a new 2008 Student Equity Plan with steps in place to implement it.  The committee meets two times a month and will be updating the Senate periodically.  Dr. Lamm will have a written piece for the Senate in the spring semester.

 

VI.    CURRICULUM COMMITTEE REPORT

It was agreed that in Dr. Combs' absence her report would be e-mailed to the Senators. It appears below for the record.

There has not been any additional curriculum sent to the Board
 yet.  However, a number of proposals will be going forward next Tuesday.  There is no anticipation of delays in Board approval as all proposals do have the President's signature and the "blessing" of DCCC (at this point DCCC does not vote on Revisions, only new courses, but there were no objections). 

The Curriculum Committee
 will be working via e-mail on revisions to our now non-compliant AAs in Liberal Studies and UTS.  The deadline for approval of these revisions that are still "in the works" is the next scheduled meeting of the Curriculum Committee on January 23, 2007.  The goal is to add "Areas of Emphasis" to bring them into compliance with new Title V Regs. 

Faculty from departments scheduled for six-year review
 this year need to prelaunch revisions in Curricunet as soon as possible. The Curriculum Committee will not be able to process all 250 courses in its last two meetings; therefore, proposals should to be prelaunched by early February, if possible, to allow sufficient time for them to move through the approval process before the end of the spring semester.

Dr. Combs reminds Senators that any and all curriculum proposals (including new and revised courses/programs) must be prelaunched in Curricunet by March 26 at the absolute latest or they may not be effective for fall 2009.

The Curriculum Committee is in the process of outlining the curriculum approval process.  DCCC
, however, is currently examining its role, and the Curriculum Committee may need to revise its process in response.  Discussions about revising administrative procedures regarding the function and procedures of DCCC have just begun and will continue early in the spring term.

 

VII.    ELECTIONS

 

The following was the result of the election held at today’s Senate meeting:

 

Student Success Steering Committee........................................................................ Joyce Cain

Student Success Steering Committee................................................................. Jeanne Costello

Student Success Steering Committee........................................................................ Flor Huerta

Student Success Steering Committee....................................................................... Amy Garcia

Student Success Steering Committee....................................................................... Chris Lamm

Student Success Steering Committee...................................................................... Scott Malloy

 

VIII. OLD BUSINESS

 

Joint Senates/Union Meeting—The 16-week semester discussion has been moved to Hot Topics, and  the State Academic Senate President will be addressing the meeting on shared governance.

 

 

 

Chancellor Search Committee—Wednesday morning was the first meeting.  An employment announcement, previously prepared by the Board of Trustees, was debated by the Search Committee.  A timeline was established with a closing date of February 26, application screening in
March, and choice of candidates to be interviewed by late March. After three days of interviews
 in April, recommendations will be made to the Board of Trustees. 

 

If the Trustees do not approve of any candidates send forward, they can pull from the pool. The present Chancellor’s last day is June 30, 2008. If no candidate has been hired by that time, it was conjectured that Vice Chancellor Jeff Horsley would most likely serve as interim.  The Board could also appoint someone from outside. 

 

Midterm Accreditation Report—Dr. Chamberlin has received a small amount of additional feedback since the last Senate meeting. 

 

  IX.   NEW BUSINESS

Student Success Summit—Dr. Rolando Sanabria reported that although the college has received monies over the last ten years, student retention has not increased.  Retention rates have gone down for certain student groups. He proposed a Student Success Summit, the objective of which is to develop a campus-wide student success plan that identifies specific activities to address the educational needs of our students.  The plan will then be presented to the Senate and PAC.  It will also provide the college community an opportunity to share ideas and plans for promoting student success in a collaborative setting.

 

The Summit will be held in the College Center, Rooms 224, 226, and  228, on Friday, February 1, 2008, from 9 a.m. to noon.  Lunch will be served from noon to 1 p.m. Those interested in attending should contact Sharon Kelly in the Office of the Vice President of Student Services, at extension 27005.

 

X.                   LIAISON REPORTS

Associated StudentsNo report.

 

United Faculty——No report.

 

Adjunct Faculty United—No report.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 4:18 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

Jane Troop, Secretary


 

 

 

Index

 


 

 


16-week semester, 3

Adjunct Faculty United, 4

Anaheim Center, 2

Associated Students, 4

Beyond Extended Day Funding, 2

Board of Trustees, 2, 3, 4

budget allocations, 2

Budget Development Committee, 2

Cain, Joyce

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

CE6, 2

Chadwick, Dr. Jan. See Growth Beyond Extended Funding

Chamberlin, Dr. Sean

midterm accreditation report, 4

Chancellor Search Committee, 4

College President, 2

Collins, Kenneth, 1

Combs, Dr. Jennifer, 3

Costello, Jeanne

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

course proposals

should be prelaunched, 3

Curriculum Committee, 3

Curriculum Committee Report, 3

Curricunet, 3

DCCC, 3

examining its role, 3

Deans’ Council, 2

Elections, 3

employment announcement

for Chancellor, 4

FTES, 2

Garcia, 3

Garcia, Amy

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

Hodge, President, 2, 3

Horsley, Vice Chancellor, 4

Hot Topics, 3

Huerta, Flor

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

interviews

for Chancellor, 4

Joint Senates/Union Meeting, 3

Kelly, Sharon, 4

Lamm, Dr. Chris

on Student Equity, 3

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

Lewin, Pam. See Growth Beyond Extended Funding

Liberal Studies, 3

Library, 2

Malloy, Scott

Student Success Steering Committee, 3

Midterm Accreditation Report, 4

Operations, 2

PAC, 4

Powers, Miguel. See Growth Beyond Extended Funding

President’s Report, 2

Proposal for Growth Beyond Extended Day Funding, 2

Sanabria, Dr. Rolando

Student Success Summit, 4

Search Committee

for Chancellor, 4

shared governance, 3

six-year review, 3

State Academic Senate President, 3

student Equity, 3

student retention, 4

Student Services, 2

Student Success Summit, 4

Title V, 3

Treasurer’s Report, 2

United Faculty, 4

UTS, 3

Williams, Fred, 2