SHERIDAN COLLEGE

COLLEGE COUNCIL

Thursday, Mar. 17, 2005

RECORD

Present Voting

Members: Paul Toms (Chair), David Binns, John Bowman, Jane Cudmore, Janet Gaffney, Joe Henry, Wendy Jollymore, Pat Knight, Lorraine Laframboise, Debra McKay, Susan Platt, Rafael Radovan, John Salisbury, Marlene Teske, Pat Tretjack

Regrets: Maggie Ervick, Srinivas Ganapathyraju, Carol Goodrow, Jim Greer, Satyendra Narayan, Judy Travis, Carol Ann Waite

Absent: Andrew Bodor, Greg Golding, Gabe Sara, Tony Tarantini, Angela Wigfield

Guests: Sandra Hodder

ITEM

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DISCUSSION

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ACTION

1. Chair’s Opening
Remarks, Approval of
Agenda and Record / The Chair called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
It was moved by L.Laframboise and seconded, “that the Agenda of 2005-03-17 be approved.”
It was moved by D.McKay and seconded, “that the Record of 2005-02-17 be approved.”
It was moved by J.Henry and seconded, “that the amended Record of 2005-01-20 be approved.”
2. President’s Update / R.Turner was unable to attend. / Standing Item
3. V.P. Academic Update
3. V.P. Academic Update cont’d
3. V.P. Academic Update cont’d / M.Callahan gave the President’s update and reported on the following:
P.Toms congratulated M.Callahan on receiving the ACCC Excellance Award for leadership
Rae Review
·  M.Callahan said that the Rae Review was an extensive document, extremely thorough and positive; the only negative comment might be that it didn’t go far enough with transferability and seamlessness
·  J.Cudmore wondered what could be done to show support for the report
·  M.Callahan suggested signing the petition on the website www.fundcollegesnow.ca; other advertising is in 4 bus shelters around Queens Park, as well as buttons, bumper stickers, etc.
New Facilities at Davis
·  The government does not want to pay leases anymore and therefore has given the college $16M over 12 years for expansion to the Davis campus
·  When the lease is up at STC in June 2007, the plan at this time is to move the apprenticeship program to the new building at Davis, and to move the Upgrading program to the Trafalgar campus; Job Connect and Placement could go wherever it makes the best sense
September 2005 Enrolment Projections & Research
·  M.Callahan said that we anticipate that Sheridan will grow by 3%
·  An enrolment management committee has been created; some of those on the committee are senior academic officers, VP Business Development, VP Finance, the Registrar, etc.
·  A web-based questionnaire, to be answered by the students before they leave in April, will be designed by an external research firm. The research firm has been hired to obtain accurate data on such things as: students owning their own laptops, student opinions on mobile computing, any discernable traits, and the demographics of the students (e.g. are all applicants to one program high school graduates). All the information gathered will help us do more effective marketing
·  The research firm does have a survey that is administered through OCAS which can produce information on Sheridan applicants (e.g. what is most important to a Sheridan applicant? – reputation, program, location, etc.)
·  The research firm has a database of applicants which would allow them to contact anyone who applied to Sheridan, and to contact any students
who applied to other colleges. The research firm will ask students what they expect, and do they think that Sheridan is delivering
·  P.Tretjack wanted to know when the data would be available
·  M.Callahan replied that it would be available as soon as the information was gathered
Discussion
·  P.Tretjack asked about the tuition reimbursement for Support Staff
·  M.Callahan reported that due to the language in the Support Staff Union agreement it wasn’t available
·  L.Laframboise wondered if we are ever going to have placement testing; she felt that this would help the attrition rate
·  M.Callahan agreed, but said that it costs money, space is needed to do the testing, and at the moment no remedial help is available
·  The college elected to remove the English Department in 1996, reintroduction has been suggested but the response has not been positive; each program would need to make room in their curriculum for the extra help
4. Student Concerns / ·  Nothing brought forward / Standing Item
5. LMS Review / ·  The College is looking at a replacement system for the current version of WebCT
·  S.Hodder gave an overview of the LMS (Learning Management System) Review 2005, see attached
·  S.Hodder will return to College Council when there is more information on Vista 4, the recommended system / May/June Agenda
6. Sheridan Web Site / ·  W.Jollymore e-mailed T.Poldre re the Sheridan Web Site and has not heard back / April Agenda
7. Emergency Preparedness Plan / ·  J.Travis sent the Emergency Preparedness Plan to College Council members via e-mail, please send any comments to her
8. Membership / ·  Not available / April Agenda
9. Terms of Reference / ·  The Terms of Reference are complete and going to the Board of Governors April 14/05 / May Agenda
10. Davis Staff Lot – Security Box / ·  P.Toms contacted Sue Gilbert (Security) and Arlene Smyth (I.T.); the cable conduit to the security box is frozen and will not be fixed until we have warmer weather / April/May Agenda
11. Annex Mould / ·  P. Toms contacted J.Crechiolo (Health & Safety) and R.Lewis (Facilities Management); the mould is confined to one small room which no one goes in without proper protection and only for short periods of time
·  In the Summer, the roof and siding of the building will be repaired, and the mould will be removed
·  P.Knight wanted to know what is being done to confine the mould
·  P.Toms will check with J.Crechiolo and R.Lewis / Sept. Agenda
April Agenda
12. Constituency Concerns / Action Item List

·  P.Toms stated that the purpose of the Action Item List is to stay on top of issues that are brought up during the meetings

·  D.McKay indicated that it had been brought up before, and wasn’t on the list, about hiring more faculty for Counselling and Disabilities
·  P.Toms will check with R.Till on this issue
·  J.Henry did say that one new full time advisor had been hired in February at the Davis campus / April Agenda
13. New/Other Business
13. New/Other Business cont’d / Sheridan Sun
·  W.Jollymore was concerned about the photograph (Mar. 17/05) on the front page of the Sheridan Sun; it doesn’t do much for Sheridan’s reputation
·  She mentioned that Sheridan is hosting Japanese exchange students and teachers right now and is worried about the impact this might have
·  L.Laframboise questioned whether the marketing department should be looking after this but P.Toms indicated that the Sun is independently produced by the journalism students
·  P.Toms will contact R.Wilson regarding the front page picture
·  D.Binns was very disappointed in the picture and the reporting; he wanted it made perfectly clear that the photos in the Sun did not come
from the Student Union staff or anyone
affiliated with them

College Council Website

·  P.Toms suggested that the website needed to be improved
·  W.Jollymore and P.Toms will look into possible changes to the look and making it easier to locate; any suggestions could be sent to them / April Agenda
14. Adjournment /

Motion for Adjournment

/ Motion Carried
15. Next Meeting / Thursday, April 21, 2005 3:00 –5:00pm
B216 - Davis Campus

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