APPROVED

9/9/03


MINUTES

ACADEMIC SENATE

CALL TO ORDER / This meeting was called to order at 3:05 p.m.
PRESENT SENATORS / P. Adams, F. Carbajal, T. Carbajal, P. Entekhabi, C. King, S. Locci, M. Madrigal, A. Mendez, C. Moss, L. Perkins, J. Pessagno, H. Rocha-Tabera, M. Stenbit, A. Vacaflor, M. Weber

GUESTS

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Charlene Frontiera, Paul Herrera, Sallie Savage, Keith Simmons, Kelly Locke, Kathleen Rose, Jose Luis Fernandez, Dan Perez, Eric Bosler, Mike Foudy, Celia Barberena, David Beymer, Jason Ortiz

SENATORS ABSENT / T. Belnas, M. Stave
ADOPT AGENDA / MSC (Mendez/Locci) to adopt the agenda with amendments.

MINUTES APPROVAL

/ MSC (Locci/Stenbit) to approve the minutes of August 26, 2003, with corrections.
OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS /
  • None.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT /
  • None.

FIRST VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT /
  • None.

COMMITTEE REPORTS /
  • None.

ASHC REPORT /
  • None.

CLASSIFIED SENATE REPORT /
  • None.

HCFA REPORT /
  • None.

ACTION ITEMS /
  • A. MSC (Perkins/Moss) It was moved to approve Hartnell College Core Value Statements.
  • B. MSC (Stenbit/Perkins) It was moved to approve Jennifer Lagier to the Curriculum Committee.

DISCUSSION ITEMS /
  • A. Discussion of the Accreditation Midterm Report dominated this meeting because it must be approved before the site visit of the Accreditation Team on October 28. The authors of Standards 4 and 7 were present at the meeting to answer specific questions from Senators. Numerous points were clarified and/or corrected on the document during the meeting.
  • Standard 4 “Educational Programs”--Team members and Daniel Perez, Curriculum Committee Chairman, addressed the General Education Committee issue, which was mentioned in this standard. This subcommittee of Curriculum does not exist at this time. Senator Stenbit reminded us that the Senate has not yet charged Curriculum to further investigate/discuss this subcommittee. Wording in Standard 4 now reflects this situation.
  • Program review and discontinuance were also discussed under this standard. Senators wanted the progress report to include the fact that a process has been developed and approved but is not being followed.
  • Standard 7 “Faculty & Staff”—Senators had questions about faculty “evaluations” vs. “observations.” The process is not the same for adjunct and fulltime faculty. After some discussion, the wording on this standard was amended to reflect that fact. Sallie Savage stressed that Hartnell has put the first steps in place so adjuncts will be evaluated in the same manner as fulltime instructors in the future.
  • Other questions about Standard 7 related to changes in Board Policy and language due to new state laws regarding affirmative action.
  • B. Individual Senators reported on Standards 3, 6, 8, and 9 from the Accreditation Midterm Report.
  • Many Senators had problems with the lack of any remarks addressing “integrity” which is part of Standards 2 and 9. President Mendez asked them to speak directly to Vic Krimsley about their concerns at this time.
  • President Mendez asked all Senators to read over Standard 5 and 10 and forward any changes to Dr. Krimsley.
  • Aurora also reminded Senators to give Lucy Serrano any grammatical corrections to the individual standards.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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  • ASHC President Jason Ortiz announced the various activities for September, Hispanic Heritage Month:
Sept. 10, Yolanda Nava will speak and Zun Zun will perform at a luncheon in Steinbeck Hall.
Sept. 15, Ruben Mendoza’s workshop "Tres Siglos: Mexican Wars for Independence from 1521- 1821"
Sept. 16, El Grito celebration in Steinbeck Hall 10-2.
Sept. 22-24, Hispanic Film Festival in PA125
Sept. 26 Dinner/Dance with live entertainment from Dr. Loco & the Rocking Jalapeño Band, Steinbeck Hall
President Mendez announced that Dean Rose has approved the activities on Sept. 10, 15, and 22-24 (the two speakers and the film festival) for Flex credit. Human Resources has started the process to give faculty Flex credit for those events.
ADJOURNMENT / This meeting was adjourned at 4:54 p.m.

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