Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE 3600 M STREET, MERCED CALIFORNIA 95348-2898 TELEPHONE: (209) 381-6429 TO: Senate Members and Alternates Area 1, Cohort A Julie Kehoe Area 5, Cohort B Alana Perlin Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks Gallegos Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Counseling Enrique Renteria Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Counseling Isabel Cambridge Area 2, Cohort A Stacey Roduner Los Banos Scott Coahran Area 2, Cohort B Sean Epstein-Corbin Los Banos Mark Sutterfield Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor At Large Greg Soto Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh At Large Mai Meidinger Area 3, Cohort A Bryan Tassey At Large Megan Igo Area 3, Cohort B Jessica Casey At Large Steve Clark Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Adjunct Kathleen Brantley- Gutierrez Area 4, Cohort A Gloria Provencio Adjunct Chris Gaugler Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi (NV) Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline LRC Lindsay Davis Area 5, Cohort A Scott Phillips Curriculum Chair Julie Clark Area 5, Cohort A Jodie Steeley Past President Dee Sigismond Alternates Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Area 7 Dee Sigismond Area 1, Cohort A Marie Bruley Counseling Enrique Renteria Area 3, Cohort A Bill Walls Counseling Tony Lewis Area 3, Cohort B Nate Devine At Large Dan Smith Area 3, Cohort B Bob Casey At Large Vince Piro Area 4, Cohort B/C Ian Stapleton Adjunct Nicole Brown Area 5, Cohort C Mara Colomer-Flores CC: Susan Walsh Lou Ferguson Arlis Bortner Brian Ellison Mario Cordova Doug Kain Joanne Schultz Patrick Mitchell Susan Walsh Chris Vitelli John Albano Brenda Latham Angela Tos Bobby Anderson ASMC President Mike McCandless Jim Andersen Tracie Green Vince Piro Shelly Conner Public Copy-Admin Building FROM: SUBJECT: Nancy Golz (x6703) Academic Senate Meeting DATE: Friday, April 8, 2016
ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING Thursday, April 14, 2016 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m. Student Union Meeting Room--137 AGENDA: 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act) Item 1: Approval of senators to proceed with the provided agenda 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS 5. RECORD OF PREVIOUS MEETING Item 1: Approval by senators for minutes from March 24, 2016 6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES Item 1: Curriculum Committee- Julie Clark Item 2: IPRSLOAC- Edward Modafferi Item 3: FLEX- Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Item 4: Student Success- Scott Coahran 7. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT- Nancy Golz 8. ACTION AGENDA Item 1: Request for Sound Amplification, Gospel Concert in the Administration Amphitheater on April 15- Cody Camacho. Item 2: Request for Sound Amplification, Blue Devil Preview Days- April 25, 26, and 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 9. NEW BUSINESS Item 1: For 1 st Reading: Culture and Cuisine Event, Request for Sound Amplification, - Michelle Pecchenino Item 2: For Information: Spring Plenary Draft Resolutions Draft Resolutions Item 3: For Information: Senate Bylaws Annual Review Bylaws 2015 Item 4: Community College Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Transformational Program- Brian Ellison 10. PRESIDENT S REPORT Susan Walsh 11. STUDENT S REPORT Cody Camacho 12. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPEN FORUM 1
Item 1: Announcements Item 2: Call for items on the next agenda on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Items are due Wednesday, April 20 by 11:00 a.m. 13. ADJOURNMENT-The president of the senate will request adjournment of the meeting. Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES UNAPPROVED Thursday, March 24, 2016 11:00 a.m. 12:15 p.m., Student Union, Room 137 Area 1, Cohort A Julie Kehoe Present Area 5, Cohort A Jodie Steeley Absent Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Present Area 5, Cohort B Alana Perlin Present Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Present Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks Present Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Present Counseling Enrique Renteria Present Area 2, Cohort A Stacey Roduner Absent Counseling Isabel Cambridge (Cindy Hardcastle present) Present Area 2, Cohort B Sean Epstein-Corbin Present Los Banos Scott Coahran Present Area 2, Cohort B Candace Hall-Taylor (Melissa Fries present) Present Los Banos Mark Sutterfield Present Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Absent At Large Greg Soto Absent Area 3, Cohort A Bryan Tassey Absent At Large Mai Meidinger Present Area 3, Cohort B Jessica Casey Present At Large Megan Igo Present Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares (Wanda Schindler present) Present At Large Steve Clark Absent Area 4, Cohort A Gloria Provencio Absent Adjunct Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez Absent Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino Absent Adjunct Chris Gaugler Present Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline Present Curriculum Chair Julie Clark Present Area 5, Cohort A Scott Phillips Present LRC Lindsay Davis Present IPRSLOAC (NV) Edward Modafferi Past President (NV) Dee Sigismond Absent ASMC President GUESTS: Brian Ellison Anne Dicarlo Cody Camacho (Jasmine Reeves-Thomas present) Present Chris Vitelli 1. CALL TO ORDER Nancy Golz called the meeting to order at 11:02 a.m. 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act) Item 1: Approval of senators to proceed with the provided agenda M: S. Coahran S: S. Kline Y: 21 N: 0 A: 0 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS 2
GUESTS: Brian Ellison Anne Dicarlo Toni Pirtle 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS No comments 5. RECORD OF PREVIOUS MEETING Item 1: Approval by senators for minutes from March 10, 2016. M: S. Coahran S: S. Kline Y: 21 N: 0 A: 0 6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES and TASK FORCES Item 1: Curriculum Committee- Julie Clark The associate degree breadth requirement taskforce is almost finished making the decision that Area D and Area E in our associate s degree breadth will be condensed into one list and students would only be required to do the minimum of 3 units. There will be a senate resolution about this coming to senate by the end of April for a first reading. Computer and information literacy continues to be discussed. A new taskforce was created to look into how to identify accelerated courses in colleague. The course substitution taskforce is in the process of creating a policy and procedure. The curriculum timeline continues to be discussed; there is collaboration going on with the office of instruction to see how that could be best handled. It is time to update the credit by exam list; send courses that need to be on the list to Julie Clark. Send anything that needs to be added to the Bloom s Taxonomy list to Julie Clark. Item 2: IPRSLOAC- Edward Modafferi IPRSLOAC met last Friday. It was mostly an informational meeting and there was discussion on how things were going with assessment at the course and program level. Faculty are encouraged to look at the general education program from an outcomes perspective which would help facilitate the general education program review. Item 3: FLEX- Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos The deadline to submit documentation for activities that have already been completed is May 1. Proposals for the upcoming fall FLEX workshops were due Friday, March 25. Item 4: Student Success- Scott Coahran The committee is encouraging students to be aware of the status of their comprehensive educational plan. The Grand Canyon University from Arizona has a program in which they are flying students who are interested in attending their campus to Arizona for free as part of their recruitment efforts. 7. SENATE PRESIDENT S REPORT- Nancy Golz Nancy thanked everyone for all of the hard work they have been doing for accreditation. The second draft of the self-study was due today. Everywhere on campus-- faculty, administrators, and classified professionals-- have been busy working on this draft. There is a busy hum of the hive. Nancy thanked faculty for all of the extra work they have invested in this endeavor on top of your already full teaching and professional responsibilities. Will Baker will be presenting on Friday, April 8, 1-2:50 in IAC 122 on Practical Student Centered Learning Strategies. He needs participants in order to get credit for his graduate course. The following faculty positions have already been posted for hiring: ANSC, KINE/Waterpolo/Swim, Math, CLDV ECE, and 3
Sonography. Through BP 7214, the following positions will be requested to replace-rox Ann Sparks-Vocational Nursing, and Lindsay Davis LB, librarian. Nancy will attend the AREA A Academic Senate meeting at Butte College over spring break where they will be reviewing drafts of resolutions for the upcoming Spring Plenary. Your input is encouraged regarding how you would like her to vote on the resolutions at Spring Plenary. 8. ACTION AGENDA Item 1: Request for Sound Amplification, State of the College Address- Robin Shepard M: S. Kline S: S. Coahran Y: 21 N: 0 A: 0 Item 2: Resolution 2-16 General Education Outcomes Assessment for 2016-2017 M: C. Estrella S: M. Igo Y: 21 N: 0 A: 0 Item 3: Request for Sound Amplification, Culture Shock on April 12-14 in the quad- Cody Comacho M: T. Hicks S: S. Epstein- Corbin Y: 21 N: 0 A: 0 9. NEW BUSINESS Item 1: For 1 st Reading: Blue Devil Preview Days, Request for Sound Amplification- Anne DiCarlo The sound amplification request is mainly for announcements at the event to guide the groups of students and let the students know what they will be doing next. The event will take place April 25, 26, and 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Item 2: For Information: IEPI and LFM project- Nancy Golz, Toni Pirtle, Manuel Costa The main goals of the Leading from the Middle project include: enhancing the student experience at Merced College, increasing retention and completion rates, and identifying from the students perspective where they are encountering obstacles on their journey through Merced College. Toni Pirtle presented the working model that the group currently has. Manuel Costa presented the technical side of the project. Item 3: For Information: AB 288 College and Careers Pathway Act: Concurrent Enrollment - Brian Ellison AB 288 is intended to provide community colleges an opportunity to offer college level coursework in high school environments. Discussions between Merced College and the high schools have already started and so far the high schools seem very receptive and interested. Item 4: Request for Sound Amplification, Gospel Concert in the Administration Amphitheater on April 15- Cody Camacho. One of the clubs is going to do a small concert on Friday, April 15 in the Administration Amphitheatre. More information will be provided at the next meeting. 10. PRESIDENT S REPORT Susan Walsh The interim and permanent president search related items that will be on the next board meeting agenda. Susan will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustee based on the newly revised AP7214, and the recommendations of the Faculty Replacement Committee and the VPI. 4
Trustees are going to be invited to come on campus on Thursday, April 7 and Friday, May 15. Coffee will be provided and faculty will have the opportunity to talk to the trustees on things that are of concern or interest to them. Bryan Tassey will be talking about the drought on Thursday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the Allied Health building; Susan encouraged people to attend. 11. STUDENT S REPORT Cody Camacho Jasmine Reeves-Thomas reported on behalf of Cody. Everything is going well with ASMC. They would like to promote the use of open source textbooks. ASMC is continuing their sustainability efforts, and they are working on creating a metric to make sure the sustainability efforts are progressing. 12. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND OPEN FORUM Item 1: Announcements Scott Coahran The Social Science club is going on a trip to the Buddhist and Hindu monasteries in Gilroy on Saturday, April 9 and anyone is welcome to go. They will leave from the Los Banos campus at 9 a.m. 13. ADJOURNMENT-The president of the senate will request adjournment of the meeting. Nancy Golz adjourned the meeting at 12:02 p.m. 5