Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES APPROVED Thursday, January 26, :00 a.m. 12:15 p.m., SU-137

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1 Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES APPROVED Thursday, January 26, :00 a.m. 12:15 p.m., SU-137 MEMBERS: Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Present Area 5, Cohort A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Present Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Present Area 5, Cohort B Alana Perlin Present Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Present Counseling Isabel Cambridge Present Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Present Counseling Enriqué Renteria Present Area 2, Cohort A Travis Hicks Present Los Banos Scott Coahran Present Area 2, Cohort B Pam Huntington Present Los Banos Dee Sigismond Present Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor Absent At Large Steve Clark Present Area 3, Cohort A Nikki Maddux Present At Large Megan Igo Absent Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Absent At Large Mai Meidinger Present Area 3, Cohort B Jessica Casey Present At Large Gregory Soto Present Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Absent Part-Time Faculty Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez Present Area 4, Cohort A Wanda Schindler Present Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Present Area 4, Cohort B Michelle Pecchenino Present LRC Dee Near Present Area 4, Cohort C David Noblett Present Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Present Area 5, Cohort A Jeffrey Buechler Present STAFF: IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi Present Recorder Gabriela Garcia Present ASMC Jasmine Reeves-Thomas Present GUESTS: Chris Vitelli, Superintendent/President Brian Ellison, VP Instruction Doug Kain, Dean of Area 1 Michael McCandless, Acting VP Student Services Vince Piro, Dean of Area 2 Denise Rempel, Professor of English Nancy Golz, Dean of LRC and DE Caroline Kreide, Professor of Foreign Language Angela Tos, Dean of Student Services Jill Henningsgaard-Vierra, Counselor Araceli Hernandez Luis Flores, Senior Research Analyst Cameron Cowperthwaite, ASMC Treasure Teresa Gudgel, Instructional Services Technician Alexis Lemus, ASMC Clerk Robbie Deen, Student Services Assistant 1. CALL TO ORDER Julie Clark called the meeting to order at 11:01 a.m. 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act) Item 8B was pulled and removed. Approve the agenda with Item 8B pulled. M: S. Coahran S: I. Cambridge Y: 24 N: 0 A: 1 D. Near

2 Page 2 of 6 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS GUESTS: Cameron Cowperthwaite Doug Kain Luis Flores Nancy Golz Caroline Kreide Jill Vierra Chris Vitelli Alexis Lemus Denise Rempel Angela Tos Araceli Hernandez Teresa Gudgel Robbie Deen Mike McCandless 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS Julie Clark stated under the Brown Act it is a violation to do communication about items that will be acted on so that is why item 8B had to be eliminated from the agenda. Dee Sigismond reminded everyone that in 2014 resolution 1114 was passed which states that meeting documents need to be submitted to Los Banos faculty ahead of time. Dee Near stated there was a problem with the library SIRSI system yesterday which sent out messages in error. Dee clarified that they are not opening a new branch but they do have a new telephone number for their texting service. She also reminded faculty to update their address in the library system. 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF December 8, 2016 Approve the minutes December 8, M: S. Coahran S: C. Gaugler Y: 25 N: 0 A: 0 6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES A. Curriculum Committee Myshel Pimentel The first meeting was last week. Now is a good time to start working on curriculum since there is not a lot coming through the system. There is a lot of helpful information on the curriculum open website; the curriculum reps have the link. B. IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi The first meeting is January 27 at 2pm in the Board Room. C. FLEX Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos and Mai Meidinger The FLEX plans are due on February 1. The coordinators are going to not require the sign in sheets for FLEX.

3 Page 3 of 6 D. Student Success Carl Estrella The first meeting will be February 6 at 3 pm in SU-137. The tutorial button will only be available for English and Math this semester. 7. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT Julie Clark Julie recommends going to board meetings; the next board meeting is on February 14. Our accreditation visit is March 6 through March 9; the team will only be visiting the campus on March 7 and March 8. There will be a special senate meeting when the visiting team is on campus. 8. Action Agenda A. Resolution 1-17 Program Investigation on International Studies Julie Clark Caroline Kreide expressed her opposition for discontinuing the International Studies program and explained why. There were a lot of points Caroline made that the program investigation committee was not aware of. A lot of discussion occurred including clarification on why the taskforce decided to recommend eliminating the program, addressing the concerns or points that Caroline made, and the fact that the program currently does not have a home. After discussion, it was decided to table this and recommend that the program investigation committee has more dialog with Caroline and the dean. Table resolution 1-17 and recommend that the program investigation committee has more dialog with Caroline Kreide and the Dean. M: C. Gaugler S: S. Coahran Y: 25 N: 0 A: 0 B. Resolution 2-17 Elimination of the Computer and Information Literacy Requirement Julie Clark Item was pulled. C. Resolution 3-17 ENGL-85 Level Advisories/Prerequisites Denise Rempel Approve Resolution 3-17 M: D. Near S: M. Pimentel Y: 25 N: 0 A: 0 9. NEW BUSINESS A. 1st Reading: 4-17 Course Substitution Board Policy and Administrative Procedure Myshel Pimentel Myshel explained the details of the resolution including who would sign off on it, the parts of the form that were changed, and answered questions from Senators. Dee Sigismond recommended to add a whereas mentioning AP 2410 which allows the academic senate to make recommendations for policy and procedures.

4 Page 4 of 6 Isabel Cambridge suggested adding a signature line for the counselor that helped the student. B. 1st Reading: 5-17 Sexual Misconduct Syllabi Statement Jill Henningsgaard-Vierra The syllabi statement will include a comprehensive website for prevention, resources, and reporting sexual misconduct. Currently most students are unaware of these resources available to them. C. Discussion: Additional Context for New Mission Statement Julie Clark Julie read the additional part recommended to be added to the mission statement by EMPC. Brian Ellison mentioned that it is very important to look at the accreditation Standard I to understand the components that are required in a mission statement. Senators expressed concerns regarding accreditation requirements including that the mission statement does not describe the intended student population and it doesn t mention distance education. D. Discussion: AB 2462 Creating Pathways for Prior Military Experience Michael McCandless A taskforce was created in the Fall based on AB 2462 to look at how the college was going to award credit for prior military experience. The taskforce came up with three recommendations. One, the process will become student initiated instead of automatically awarding credit; two, the total number of units awarded will change from twelve to fifteen; three, the additional three units awarded will be comprised of area E. 10. PRESIDENT S REPORT Chris Vitelli Chris is conducting a listening tour. Faculty hiring prioritization - it doesn t look great as far as hiring for new positions, replacements will be looked at one by one. Mandated cost reimbursement fund there is approximately 2.7 million dollars left; directors and vice presidents were asked to go back to each master planning committee to get one time funds requests in and then the decision will be made on how to move forward. There is a need for increased dialog on campus; there will be many more campus forums. The first forums will be March 1 and the topics will be accreditation and budget. 11. STUDENT S REPORT Jasmine Reeves-Thomas Club Rush will be next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 10 am to 2 pm. Valentine s Day carnival will be on February 14, amplified sound will be requested. ASMC is planning a Brown Act and parliamentary workshop which will be open to the entire campus.

5 Page 5 of ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPEN FORUM A. Announcements The library will be open the next two Saturdays from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. B. Call for agenda items on the next agenda Thursday, February 9, Items are due Wednesday, February 1, 2017 by 5:00 p.m. 13. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 12:18 p.m.

6 Page 6 of 6 Voting Records Academic Senate January 26, 2007 A B C D Cohort 1A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Y Y Y Y Cohort 1A Caroline Dawson Y Y Y Y Cohort 1B Carl Estrella Y Y Y Y Cohort 1B Edward Modafferi Y Y Y Y Cohort 2A Travis Hicks Y Y Y Y Cohort 2B Pam Huntington Y Y Y Y Cohort 2B Candace Taylor Cohort 3A Nikki Maddux Y Y Y Y Cohort 3A James Thornburgh Cohort 3B Jessica Casey Y Y Y Y Cohort 4A Kitty Cazares Cohort 4A Wanda Schindler Y Y Y Y Cohort 4B Michelle Pecchenino Y Y Y Y Cohort 4C David Noblett Y Y Y Y Cohort 5A Jeffrey Buechler Y Y Y Y Cohort 5A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Y Y Y Y Cohort 5B Alana Perlin Y Y Y Y Counseling Isabel Cambridge Y Y Y Y Counseling Enriqué Renteria Y Y Y Y Los Banos Scott Coahran Y Y Y Y Los Banos Dee Sigismond Y Y Y Y At Large Steve Clark Y Y Y Y At Large Megan Igo At Large Mai Meidinger Y Y Y Y At Large Gregory Soto Y Y Y Y Part-Time Faculty Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez Y Y Y Y Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Y Y Y Y LRC Dee Near A Y Y Y Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Y Y Y Y A: Approval of Agenda, with pull Resolution B: Approval of Minutes C: Table Resolution Y Yea D: Approve Resolution N Nay A Abstain Absent