Approved
Minutes
January 18, 2007
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Business........................................... |
Nancy Woolridge |
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Counseling........................................ |
Flor Huerta |
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Fine Arts........................................... |
Michelle Coletta, Chuck Ketter |
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Humanities........................................ |
Cathy Collopy-O’Donnell, Danielle Fouquette Robert Lundergan, Jeff Rodine |
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Library............................................... |
Anita Varela |
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Math/Computer Science..................... |
Robert Diaz, Greg Nguyen |
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Natural Sciences................................ |
Jan Chadwick, Jeff Feaster, Jacob Sapiro |
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Part-Time Faculty............................... |
Jim Book |
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Physical Education............................ |
Jim Kiefer, Alicia Okouchi-Guy |
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Social Sciences................................. |
Diana Kyle, Chris Lamm, Arrienne Turner |
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Student Services................................ |
Paul McKinley |
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Technology/Engineering...................... |
Rosa Molina, Dennis Howey |
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At-large............................................. |
Gayle Cebrian, Mike Moore |
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Associated Students.......................... |
Jonathan Meyer |
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President........................................... |
Joumana McGowan |
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President-elect................................... |
Ken Collins |
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Secretary.......................................... |
Jane Troop |
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Treasurer........................................... |
Callista Lee |
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At-large, Curriculum Chair................... |
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Guests Glenda
Day, Carol Mattson, Jonathan Morrell |
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Absent |
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At-large............................................. |
Deborah McQueen, Marcus
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Business |
Steve Dayton |
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Counseling........................................ |
Elias Dominguez |
I.
CALL TO
ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 3:03 p.m. by President McGowan.
II.
APPROVAL
OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
M/S/U (Howey/Book) to approve the minutes of the November
30, 2006 meeting.
III.
APPROVAL
OF AGENDA
M/S/U (Book/McKinley ) to approve the agenda for today’s
meeting.
IV.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Writing Center—The Writing Center will be open next
Monday.
KinderCaminata— KinderCaminata will be held on March 30
this year. Generally, this event brings
approximately one thousand kindergarteners onto our campus.
Staff Development —Staff Development will offer a workshop on
writing across the curriculum on January 26.
Drops—Students will not be dropped for nonpayment.
V. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS
President’s Report
Dr. Margie Lewis has
announced that she will be retiring at the end of the academic year. Heidi Lockhart has accepted a position at
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Lee
thanked those who provided snacks for this meeting and reported that the Senate
has not spent any money since the last report.
VI. CURRICULUM
COMMITTEE REPORT
Curriculum Committee Chair—Mark Greenhalgh will be taking Doug
Eisner’s place as the Chairperson of the Curriculum Committee while Doug is
teaching in
M/S/P (Fouquette/Book) to approve the Fullerton College
Class Size Planning and Resource Document.
Physical Education Credit—Relative to the one unit of physical
education credit for service in a branch of the military service, Jonathan
Morrell stated that his area will do whatever the Curriculum Committee
decides. The Curriculum Committee has
decided that each case should be given to the appropriate Dean for decision.
VII. ELECTIONS
No elections were
held at this meeting of the Senate.
VIII. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS
Distance Education Advisory Committee—This committee is working on determining
whether our distance learning will be either a centralized or decentralized
program on our campus. The members will
develop a presentation that will explain this in the near future.
Schedule Committee —Carol Mattson addressed the Senate on the
Catalog and Schedule Committees. The
Schedule Committee went very well. There
are many things that will be changed. Based
on information provided by the student member of the committee, the originating
divisions will be asked to work on a clarification of charts of the English,
ESL, and math sequences that are not readily understood by students.
Formatting will be
revised to make it easier to find classes in the Schedule. Faculty will be asked to discuss this within
their divisions. Consideration is being
given to creating two indices instead of one.
The committee is
also addressing searchability issues on the Web version of the schedule. More space for ads may also be provided. The divisions will be asked how they want to manage
cross listed courses and programs.
The Catalog Committee—This committee is ongoing. The requirements for multiple AA degrees will
be added after they are approved. Many
little things will be fixed. The table of
contents and index will be improved.
Course titles may also be added back.
Academic Freedom—The Chancellor has returned the Academic
Freedom Policy. Although the current
language is much better than before, Kevin Sampson has suggested some changes.
President McGowan
requested that Senators share the most recent draft of the Academic Freedom
with their divisions.
IX. OLD BUSINESS
None.
X. NEW
BUSINESS
Faculty Hiring—The new changes pertaining to the Faculty
Hiring Policy were discussed with the Senators.
Basic Skills—We received extra money for basic skills
this year. Our recommendation is to create a shared governance committee composed
of four faculty (one from ESL, one from English, one from Math, and one from
It is the sense of
the Senate to allow Dr. McGowan to ask the Deans of Math and English to
recommend four faculty members to serve on the Basic Skills Committee. The Senate would also like to add one
counselor and one classified member to serve as resource members on the Basic Skills
Committee.
XI. LIAISON
REPORTS
Associated Students
Jonathan Mayer
mentioned that some students are concerned because they are not receiving immediate responses to requests for add
authorization codes.
United Faculty
The Board of
Trustees has not met since last semester.
There are some snags in load banking.
Adjunct Faculty United
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 5 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Troop, Secretary