Division of Natural Science

LS Department

Tuesday, December 6, 2016 1-1:50pm Nats 123

Present: J. Padilla, D. Descalzo, T. Bui, M. Stupy, N. Freeman, M. Steinberg, K. Villatoro, B. Carey, S. Trench, A. Grant

AGENDA

  1. SLOs—great job for the semester. B. Carey and M. Brennan were working on the off-cycle classes. The faculty would like reminders about follow-ups.
  2. Department Plans will be reviewed after the holidays. B. Carey will work with A. Grant.
  3. College Plan (what the VPs authorized. Please note that some errors were made in the initial report given to the Deans, and a few items may change):
  1. $30K for anatomy models: the anatomy faculty will meet to decide which models will be replaced.
  2. 2 water baths for micro
  3. Incubator for micro
  4. 12 hotplates for majors bio
  5. Benchtop pH meter
  6. Microscopes: They need 4x, 10x, and 100x
  1. Fridge Status—The plan is to have the cat fridge worked on after the semester is over. It would have been too difficult to move the ‘in-progress’ cats back and forth. The faculty will let L. Ohara now which demo cats should not be disposed for next semester.
  1. Hiring—a new Saturday Anat instructor accepted, a Plant Biology instructor accepted. Who would like to volunteer for the full-timer hiring in the spring? B. Carey and M. Stupy will serve on the hiring committee.
  1. Scheduling—it can only get better? A. Grant will make sure faculty know the deadlines for changing the schedules.
  1. Announcements: B. Carey would like more SI sessions for more courses. N. Freeman noted that in her 35 years of teaching, the SI coaching has been the most valuable way to spend money and get results in student success and retention. J. Padilla would like SI support for Anat-30 and 32, and Aphy-34A, classes which have a low success rate. The LRC support isn’t sufficient. The faculty would like to know why anatomy isn’t part of MESA. Darcie will look into getting a USDA grant to support SI.