Members Present: D. Hurst, G. Haycock, G. Turner, J. Rollinger, D. Nolan, S. Yocum, S.
Howland, J. McDonnell, L. Amaral, C. Mangels, H. Moore, J. Basham, J. Woodall, J. Muller, C. Enns,
V. Harper, S. Logan, J. Jordan, V. Buldo, C. Anderson, J. Thomas, J. Brown, C. Anderson, A. Hinojosa,
Members Absent: S. Chance, K. Eddy, R. Griffith, L. McGivern, S. Stava, F. Tebeau
Guests: R. Marinelli, K. Piccuitto, S. Renton, J. Woodall, D. Graham, G. Sherman, S. Logan
1. Call to Order
2. Public Comment
a. Regarding Items NOT on the Agenda
Jan Woodall is the Senate representative to College Council and will attend our meetings regularly.
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Duncan Graham briefly discussed the CCSSEE results and encouraged Senators to
attend the Board meeting on Monday to hear a full report of the data.
b. Regarding Items ON the Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
A Senator moved to approve the minutes with a minor correction; a Senator seconded the motion. M/S/A.
4. Reports from Standing Committees
a. Curriculum Committee – no report
b. Honors Committee – no report
c. Facilities Committee –
Deborah Nolan reported that the committee
discussed whether or not adjunct instructors
should be given keys. With no keys, adjunct
instructors rely on the campus police to open the
doors (which are left open all day). The problem arose when several items were stolen from the Mariposa Building. The committee is considering several possible solutions. Deborah introduced the new alert messaging system: Purple Tree, located at each teaching station on campus. Operating from a tower on top of the theater, Purple Tree will communicate messages to all three COS campuses. Bob will be hosting a training on the new system.
d. Committee A – no report
e. Committee B – no report
f. Committee C –
ELI, which meets the last Wednesday of the month, is looking to recruit more members. Ideally, each division will be represented at the steering committee meetings. The Senate approved Jonathan Rector for the ELI Committee. Institutional Planning, which meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 3 pm, needs two new members. Christian Anderson was approved to serve on Program Review.
g. COSTA Liaison Committee – no
report
h. FEC –
FEC will have their first meeting September 21st.
i. Budget Committee –
Carol Enns is optimistic after attending the first meeting. There are many ways to handle the budget cuts, and the committee continues to be proactive and creative in finding solutions.
j. Adjunct Faculty report -
Vanessa Buldo inquired about the Adjunct Faculty Handbook.
k. Equivalency Committee – no report
l. ASB—Student Rep. Report - no report
m. DECOS Committee –
Deborah Nolan reported that DECOS continued the discussion about Bb support issues. Deborah encouraged Senators to contact her with all Bb related questions. She would like to be informed about any Bb problems even after hours and on weekends. Her cell phone number is 308-6088. She will call all faculty and post hourly update in the event of Bb problems. Deborah reported that there are currently 530 active Bb classes (up from 320 last year). The Bb homepage averages 30,000 views per day. She encouraged Senators to attend an upcoming training session to learn more and earn FLEX credit.
n. ELI Committee – no report
o. SLO Committee – no report
p. President’s Report –
Dr. Scroggins requested that the flow chart for prioritizing faculty positions be written as an AP.
Michele asked Committee A to take on the Faculty Handbook project once they completed their Evaluation project. Committee B will be working on the constitution. Committee C will act as a liaison between the Achieving the Dream Initiative, CLASS Initiative, and the CCSSEE and the Senate. They will be analyzing student data from all of the initiatives.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
5. Steve Renton & Kevin Picciuto…………….………………………….……….printing / photocopies
Steve explained the status of the Pharos copiers on campus. Copying with IKON costs COS $360,000 out of a $50 million total budget. Until this issue with Pharos, we have been very happy with IKON’s service. Pharos is currently off until the Pharos support staff can remedy the situation. In the interim, Pharos is paying us for each copy made. Steven Myer, who works with Tim Hollabaugh, knows a great deal about Pharos. He is working as a liaison with the IKON folks.
Steve apologized specifically to the library, architecture, business, cashier’s office and all other effected parties for the lack of communication regarding Pharos prior to the semester. While Steve discussed the transition with management and Cabinet, he did not realize that he should have met with divisions individually.
Kevin described the difficulties of not having printing readily available in class. In Business, Art, and Architecture, copying during class is part of the logistics of the course. His biggest concern was the lack of communication regarding the changes. There was discussion about whether or not it was ethical to ask students to pay for copies that were required by the course. Senators discussed several options for remedying this problem within Business classes. Kevin will further discuss these issues with the Business division and report back to the Senate.
6. Greg Sherman & Stephanie Logan…………………………………………….CLASS Initiative
COS has joined The CLASS Initiative, an exciting program that dovetails with the Achieving the Dream Initiative. COS is one out of twelve colleges in California to be chosen to participate in CLASS. The CLASS Initiative is based on data acquisition and its interpretation. Greg is calling for institutional wide support, specifically faculty involvement, to make this program successful. There was some discussion about the security of COS’ information; Greg assured Senators that all data is password protected.
ACTION ITEMS
7. Approval of the Plan for Course Outline Currency…………………….………Joni Jordan
Steve Howland moved to approve the Plan for Course Outline Currency; Janice Brown seconded the motion. M/S/A.
8. Curriculum Approval…………………………………………………..…………Joni Jordan
Joni asked Senators to make two changes to Agriculture 2: remove the pre-requisite and update the textbook selection. Gina Haycock moves to approve the curriculum with the two changes; Steve Howland seconded the motion. M/S/A.
Joni announced that CurricUNET training will be held on Friday for FLEX credit.
9. Approval of ELI Action Plan………………………………………..…………...David Hurst
David pointed out a correction on the first page regarding the expenditure plan: $198,000 should be changed to $113,000 (this change reflects the amount of funding the state did not provide). Greg Turner moved to approve the ELI Action Plan; Linda Amaral seconded the motion. M/S/A.
NEW BUSINESS
10. New Senator Orientation……………….………………………………………....Michele Hester-Reyes
Moved to the next meeting.
Moved to adjourn at 5:25 pm
Executive Members Division Senators
Michele Hester-Reyes Agriculture/Natural Resources Frank Tebeau
Marla Prochnow Business Andy Hinojosa, Janelle Spencer
Gina Haycock Consumer Family Studies Rebecca Griffith
Jeff Basham ELI representative David Hurst
Janice Brown FEC Deborah Nolan
Carol Enns Fine Arts James McDonnell, Chris Mangels
Jacquelynn Urena Non-Teaching Faculty in Library & Distance Ed: Gina Haycock, Deborah Nolan
Linda Amaral Language / Communication Arts: Jane Thomas, Steve Howland, Greg Turner
Deborah Nolan Mathematics / Engineering Keith Eddy, Vineta Harper
Joni Jordan Nursing / Health Science Janice Brown, Sherry Stava
Physical Education Linda Amaral, Rusty Smith
Science Heather Moore, Jeanette Rollinger
Social Sciences Josh Muller, Christian Anderson
Student Services Adrian Beltran, Stephanie Yocum
Adjunct Faculty Lynne McGivern, Vanessa Buldo