FACULTY SENATE MINUTES September 9, 2008

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1 FACULTY SENATE MINUTES September 9, 2008 Members Present: President...Ardon Alger Vice President Mathematics & Sciences...Cathie Keenan Secretary/Treasurer...Diana Cosand Curriculum Chair...Marie Boyd Business & Applied Technology...Joy Haerens Business & Applied Technology...James Kerr Health Sciences...Renee Ketchum Health Sciences...Sue Bartell Instructional Support...Greg Creel Language Arts...Cathy Decker Language Arts...Neil Watkins Mathematics and Sciences...Alif Wardak Social & Behavioral Sciences...Marylee Requa Social & Behavioral Sciences...Angela Sadowski Student Services...Bob Baiz Student Services...Katherine Wilson Visual, Performing, & Communication Arts...Orville Clarke Visual, Performing, & Communication Arts...Tom dedobay Senator-at-Large...Jeff Brouwer Senator-at-Large...Robin Ikeda Senator-at-Large...Angela Bartlett Adjunct Senator-at-Large...Gail Keith-Gibson Members Absent: Instructional Support/Fontana Campus...Cecilia Best Alternates Present: Business & Applied Technology...Abel Chen Language Arts...Vacant Student Services...Vacant Visual, Performing, & Communication Arts...John Machado I. P.E. II. CALL TO ORDER

2 III. IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND CONSENT AGENDA Minutes of September 2, 2008 and consent agenda were approved 21-0 as amended. CONSENT AGENDA Faculty representatives have been requested to serve as follows: Curriculum Committee Joann Eisberg, M&S Discipline Placement Curriculum Subcommittee Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair Tracy Hegeman, BAT Shelley Eckvahl, HS Sean Stratton, LA Tim Arner, M&S Asiris Cruz, SBS Karen Encinas, VPCA Jeff Moser, SS General Education/Graduation Requirements Curriculum Subcommittee Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair Tracy Hegeman, BAT Shelley Eckvahl, HS Dianne Hagin, HS Charmaine Phipps, LA Tim Arner, M&S Monica Carter, SBS Asiris Cruz, SBS Laurie Pratt, VPCA Jeff Moser, SS Maggie Van Riper, SS Shelley Marcus, LLR Institutional Level Student Learning Outcomes Subcommittee (Faculty Senate/Curriculum) Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair Tom Vitzelio, IS Robin Ikeda, M&S Neil Watkins, LA Charmaine Phipps, LA Shelley Marcus, LLR Joann Eisberg, M&S Student Success Initiative Steering Committee Jeff Brouwer, M&S Robert Rundquist, IS Technical Review Curriculum Subcommittee Marie Boyd, Curriculum Chair Maggie Van Riper, SS Sean Stratton, LA V. REPORTS President Welcome Reception President Alger reminded Senators that the Welcome Reception for all new staff members is tomorrow, Wednesday, September 10 at 12:30 in the Staff Dining Room. President Alger asked for a faculty volunteer to help man the check-in table at this event. Senator dedobay volunteered. Program and Services Review Committee (PSRC) The Senate consensus is that another subcommittee should be added to the PSRC Committee. Promotions to Associate and Full Professor President Alger congratulated the following faculty members on receiving promotions and the following honorary titles: Assistant to Associate Professor: Rachel Hanna, John Machado, Candice Piper, and Robert Rundquist. Faculty Senate/September 9,

3 Associate to Professor: Robert Hadaway, Jeffrey Harlow, Theodore Jenkins, James Kerr, Heather MacDonald, Toks Oduwole, Lisa Padgett, Mary Jane Ross, Angela Sadowski, and Jacqueline Wall. Fall 2008 Enrollment Update President Alger shared with Senate the latest on Fall 2008 semester unduplicated student headcount and enrollment after the first two weeks of classes (through Saturday, September 6, 2008). As of the end of the first two weeks of classes (through Saturday, September 6, 2008) our unduplicated student headcount stood at 20, 710. This is 928 students (4.69%) higher than at a comparable point in the Fall 2007 registration period (9/08/07). Enrollments stood at 59, 858. This is 2,621 enrollments (4.58%) higher than at a comparable point in the Fall 2007 registration period (9/08/07). RateMyProfessor President Alger informed Senate that at the August 12 President s Cabinet meeting Jim Fillpot provided a brief explanation on RateMyProfessor.com. Jim reported that this is an external agency seeking to provide databases to include grade distribution data. Participation has been fought in the courts by the UC system, specifically UC Davis, but they were unsuccessful in blocking the request. We have received counsel from the Community College Chancellor s Office that if we were to oppose or not provide the data we could be subject to a lawsuit as this is considered public information and covered under the California Public Information Act. Additional information will be gathered on this item and will be presented in more detail at the November President s Cabinet meeting. Senate sends its condolences to Cid Pinedo and his family on the passing of his mother-in-law, Evangeline Campos, and approved flowers. Senate also sends its condolences to Pak Tang and his family on the recent loss of his father. Vice President Senate Election Student Services Vice President Keenan announced that Carol Hutte had to resign her position as the Student Services Alternate Senator due to the current staffing shortage at the library at Chino MIB (Main Instructional Building). Senator Baiz will conduct an election to fill this vacancy. Curriculum Chair Boyd reported that training for stand-alone classes will be conducted at tomorrow s Curriculum Committee meeting. Committees Datatel/Colleague Steering Vice President Keenan reported that duplicate cycles were done repeatedly to get the payroll ready. All the deductions were not yet listed on our most recent pay stubs, and they are aware of the complaints about that and are working on the problem. The retention Early Alert plan is being piloted this fall using a Datatel product. It should be easily done online. The cashier s office has to remove restrictions on students who don t pay bills and they are working to Faculty Senate/September 9,

4 automate the process. Exportable rosters are not yet available on ChaffeyView and it does not easily export to a spreadsheet at this time. Faculty would like it to be able to be done easily and the IT staff are working on that. They are working on a colleague blackboard interface and Susan Lucas is working on getting the money for that. It would be good to import and export things to and from Datatel. There was confusion over parking fees at Chino and Fontana. They will be required at Chino and Fontana. Add codes: There was a problem because the off-campus sites would not use the old add cards. The Dean looked at the enrollment and cancelled the section; hence students wanted to add but were unable to. The situation has since been resolved. There was also some confusion among faculty about how to use the add codes. Overall it seems to work pretty well in keeping the lines down at Admissions & Records. VI. VII. OLD BUSINESS Faculty Connections New Faculty Senators again discussed the faculty connections list and added several mentors. All new faculty have mentors. Senate sends its sincerest appreciation to all faculty mentors for their contribution to promoting faculty unity and Chaffey culture. Questions for Superintendent/President Senate prepared questions for Dr. Shannon s visit to Senate on Tuesday, September 16, NEW BUSINESS Senate Elections Vice President & Secretary/Treasurer Constitution Article IV Section 5b Senator Keenan was nominated as Vice President; she accepted with thanks. Elections for Secretary/Treasurer will be held next week. Green Earth Movement (GEM) Dan Loomis, Tri Chair Dan Loomis reported that since he last addressed the Senate seven months ago with the idea/request to form a Green Committee many positive things have taken place. Dan thanked the whole of Chaffey College for the great outpouring of support from faculty, staff, and administration. Dan informed the Senate that a major step had been taken by Dr. Shannon in that he has pledged to sign The President s Climate Commitment (PCC). The PCC states that all signatories will make every possible effort to achieve carbon neutrality for the respective campuses in a prescribed time period. Dan wanted all to know that the outline for this commitment could be found on The PCC web page University and college presidents across the nation are signing the PCC. Beyond taking steps to reduce greenhouse gasses, other aspects of the PCC include developing both degreed and certificated programs for students to have access to the new job markets involving alternative energy and sustainability. Besides Dr. Shannon's pledge to sign the PCC, other achievements of the GEM Faculty Senate/September 9,

5 Committee include a decision to swap out the existing 88 urinals in existence at all three Chaffey campuses which use a gallon per flush for low-flow urinals, which will save 5.4 million gallons of water per year. Zurn, a urinal company, is providing us with the urinals and labor free of charge. Bob Cecil, Director of Maintenance and Operations, is largely responsible for creating this tremendous opportunity for Chaffey. Dan reminded the Senate about the generosity of the Student Gift last year which ultimately amounted to nearly $50,000 which is to be spent on Green Technology at Chaffey. GEM is also working on acquiring money through various arrangements with the College as it relates to GASB 45. GEM has invited Andrea Smith to be its student intern to help develop a GEM webpage to be imbedded in the college home page. Emergency Phones in the Classroom In a week or two, classroom emergency phones will be able to call 911 directly. Sabbatical Report Michelle Dowd Senate assigned the following readers for Michelle Dowd s sabbatical report: Senators Angela Sadowski, Cathie Keenan, Greg Creel, and Neil Watkins. VIII. ANNOUNCEMENTS IX. FLOOR ITEMS X. SUMMARY XI. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted by, Donna Walker, Recording Secretary Diana Cosand, Secretary/Treasurer Faculty Senate/September 9,