Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE

Academic Senate of

MERCED COLLEGE

3600 M Street, Merced, California 95348-2898

(209) 384-6331

TO: Academic Senators and Staff

Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Stop #42 Area 5, Cohort A Brent Saich Stop #35

Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Stop #42 Area 5, Cohort B Carin Heidelbach Stop #32

Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Stop #42 Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks Stop #35

Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Stop #42 Counseling Isabel Cambridge Stop #10

Area 2, Cohort A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Stop #46 Counseling Enriqué Renteria Stop #12

Area 2, Cohort B Pam Huntington Stop #34 Los Banos Scott Coahran Stop #53

Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor Stop #34 Los Banos Dee Sigismond Stop #53

Area 3, Cohort A Nikki Maddux Stop #38 At Large Steve Clark Stop #12

Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Stop #38 At Large Megan Igo Stop #42

Area 3, Cohort B Scott McCall Stop #33 At Large Mai Meidinger Stop #42

Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Stop #37 At Large Gregory Soto Stop #19

Area 4, Cohort A Gloria Provencio Stop #37 Part-Time Faculty Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez Stop #47

Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline Stop #24 Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Stop #45

Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino Stop #24 LRC Dee Near Stop #47

Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris Stop #35 Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Stop #34

IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi Stop #42 Recorder Gabriela Garcia Stop #06

ASMC Jasmine Reeves-Thomas Stop #55

CC: Susan Walsh Stop #01 Joanne Schultz Stop #04

Brian Ellison Stop #06 Doug Kain Stop #42

Chris Vitelli Stop #05 John Albano Stop #35

Jim Andersen Stop #38 Vince Piro Stop #34

Bobby Anderson Stop #37 Michael McCandless Stop #59

Shelly Conner Stop #08 Arlis Bortner Stop #40

Brenda Latham Stop #53 Nancy Golz Stop #47

Angela Tos Stop #12 Raul Alcala Stop #12

Sylvia Ruano Stop #10 Patrick Mitchell Stop #42

FROM: Julie Clark (x6331)

SUBJECT: Academic Senate Meeting

DATE: Thursday September 1, 2016

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING THURSDAY September 8, 2016; 11:00 am – 12:15 pm Student Union Meeting Room – 137 and Los Banos – A138 AGENDA:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act)

3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF August 25, 2016 pg. 3-7

6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES A. Curriculum Committee – Myshel Pimentel B. IPRSLOAC – Edward Modafferi C. FLEX – Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos and Mai Meidinger D. Student Success – Carl Estrella

7. SENATE PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Julie Clark

8. NEW BUSINESS A. Update: Parking Taskforce B. Discussion: Guidelines for Evaluating the Self-Study – Edward Modafferi C. Discussion: Creating a Faculty of the Year Award – Kitty Cazares D. Information: Attendance at Academic Senate Meetings – Megan Igo

9. PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Susan Walsh

10. STUDENT’S REPORT – Jasmine Reeves-Thomas

11. ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPEN FORUM A. Announcements B. Call for agenda items on the next agenda Thursday September 22, 2016.

Items are due Wednesday, September 14, 2016 by 5:00 pm.

12. ADJOURNMENT

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Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES

UNAPPROVED Thursday, August 25, 2016 11:00am-12:15pm, SU-137

MEMBERS:

Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Present Area 5, Cohort A Brent Saich Absent

Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Present Area 5, Cohort B Carin Heidelbach Present

Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Present Area 5, Cohort C Travis Hicks Present

Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Present Counseling Isabel Cambridge Absent

Area 2, Cohort A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Present Counseling Enriqué Renteria Absent

Area 2, Cohort B Candace Taylor Absent Los Banos Scott Coahran Present

Area 2, Cohort B TBA Absent Los Banos Dee Sigismond Present

Area 3, Cohort A Nikki Maddux Absent At Large Steve Clark Present

Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Absent At Large Megan Igo Present

Area 3, Cohort B Scott McCall Present At Large Mai Meidinger Present

Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Present At Large Gregory Soto Present

Area 4, Cohort A TBA Absent Part-Time Faculty Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez Absent

Area 4, Cohort B/C Susan Kline Present Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Absent

Area 4, Cohort B/C Michelle Pecchenino Present LRC Dee Near Present

Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris Present Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Present

STAFF:

IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi Present Recorder Gabriela Garcia Present

ASMC Jasmine Reeves-Thomas Present

GUESTS:

Susan Walsh, Interim President Brian Ellison, VPI

John Albano, Dean of Area 5 Vince Piro, Dean of Area 2

Nancy Golz, Dean of LRC Brenda Latham, Dean of Los Banos

Luis Flores, Senior Researcher Denise Rossi, LRC Student Technology & Institutional Assessment Supp Tech

1. CALL TO ORDER

Julie Clark called the meeting to order at 11:01 am 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

Approve the agenda

M: T. Hicks S: S. Coahran Y: 20 N: 0 A: 0 3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

GUESTS:

Luis Flores Nancy Golz

Denise Rossi John Albano

Brian Ellison Brenda Latham

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4. PUBLIC COMMENTS Denise Rossi announced that there will be Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft OneDrive, and

basic computing trainings provided to students. Michelle Pecchenino brought treats to the meeting that were prepared by students from the

baking class. Dee Near thanked Julie Clark for taking over unexpectedly as academic senate president.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF May 12, 2016

Item 3, pg. 5 - there was no record of who abstained. Megan will check her records and the information will be added to the minutes.

Approve the minutes, with minor correction.

M: S. Coahran S: G. Soto Y: 14 N: 0 A: 6 K. Cazares C. Dawson C. Heidelbach S. Kline D. Near M. Pecchenino

6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES and TASKFORCES

A. Curriculum Committee – Myshel Pimentel The Curriculum Committee had their first meeting last week. There are not many courses in

the queue yet. Tomasia Drummond and Mike McCandless will be at the next meeting to talk about the learning communities’ process. The committee recommended that a taskforce be formed to look at the 2+2 articulation agreement with regards to the fee that is charged to students and how faculty are paid.

B. IPRSLOAC – Edward Modafferi

Districtwide 94% of courses have been assessed once and 33% of courses have been assessed twice in the last five years. The goal is to be at 90% of courses assessed twice in the last five years by March to be ready for the accrediting team visit. Program reviews are due September 2. Edward sent out an email with program review guidelines.

C. FLEX – Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos

The full time Flex form is now shorter and both the form and the documentation are to be submitted online. The first meeting will be in September. Last year there were 4 or 5 faculty that didn’t finish the process.

Flex workshops had a great turnout. There were 17 workshops, 140 different participants registered and on average people attended about 2 or 3 workshops. The part time flex form is now shorter and does not need to be submitted online. Submission of time sheets will not be required for convocation, flex workshops, student success symposium and the new faculty orientations.

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D. Student Success – Carl Estrella The committee hasn’t met yet. There was a workshop before school started about how to

make a student focused college campus. Mai Meidinger, Will Baker, and Dee Near are going to a first year experience symposium at Pasadena City College at the end of September.

7. SENATE PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Julie Clark

Julie thanked everyone for reviewing the self-study at convocation. The first reading of the self-study will be October 13 and the second reading will be on October 27. Nancy, Julie, and Brian worked on nine faculty replacement positions during the summer. Julie encouraged members to go to the branding meetings that Robin Shepard sent out. Elections for the presidential hiring committee are due September 14 at 4 pm.

8. ACTION AGENDA

A. Resolutions of Appreciation Julie read the resolution of appreciation for Nancy Golz.

Approve the Resolutions of Appreciation.

M: M. Igo S: C. Heidelbach Y: 20 N: 0 A: 0

B. Action: New Taskforce to Create a Process for Academic Senate President Vacancy Approve the New Taskforce.

M: K. Cazares S: M. Igo Y: 20 N: 0 A: 0

9. NEW BUSINESS

A. Information: Reorganization of Areas 2 and 5 – Brian Ellison Child development will move from area 2 to area 5 and philosophy, foreign language and

communications from area 5 to area 2. Brian gave background information and explained the reasoning for the changes. Overall the programs will be better served in the new areas. The faculty leads would not change, they would just transition to the new area. Everyone that is directly impacted is in agreement that the transition should occur. Senators expressed concerns with some disciplines and what changes they would like to see happen in the future. The projected FTES for this fall is 4,043.

B. Information: 2017-2018 Hiring Prioritization

The hiring prioritization committee will now only be looking at new positions. Julie will be working with administration to create a timeline.

10. PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Susan Walsh

Dr. Ellen Junn, the president of CSU Stanislaus, is eager to work with the office of instruction and the office of student services to create a clear pathway from Merced College to CSU Stanislaus. The proposed mission and vision statements will be going to the board for adoption on September 13. The college is looking into naming opportunities to honor people for various areas on campus including the pool, the flagpole in front of the administration building, and the veteran’s center. Susan is proposing to reinstate the position of farm manager to use the 100 acres of farmland the college has.

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11. STUDENT’S REPORT – Jasmine Reeves-Thomas ASMC is currently working on an office personnel project, setting up a foundation account so

they can receive donations for community events, setting up administrative procedures, and establishing a formal process on how clubs or people can request funds from the council. The two students that will be sitting on the presidential hiring committee are Andres Garza and Cody Camacho. The first football game is September 3, UC Merced is helping with tailgating.

12. ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPEN FORUM

A. Announcements- none B. Call for agenda items on the next agenda Thursday September 8, 2016. Items are due

Wednesday, August 31, 2016 by 5:00 pm. 13. ADJOURNMENT

Julie adjourned the meeting at 12:10 pm

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A B C D

Cohort 1A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Y Y Y Y

Cohort 1A Caroline Dawson Y A Y Y

Cohort 1B Carl Estrella Y Y Y Y

Cohort 1B Edward Modafferi Y Y Y Y

Cohort 2A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Y Y Y Y

Cohort 2B Pam Huntington

Cohort 2B Candace Taylor

Cohort 3A Nikki Maddux

Cohort 3A James Thornburgh

Cohort 3B Scott McCall Y Y Y Y

Cohort 4A Kitty Cazares Y A Y Y

Cohort 4A TBA

Cohort 4B/C Susan Kline Y A Y Y

Cohort 4B/C Michelle Pecchenino Y A Y Y

Cohort 5A Ralph Morris Y Y Y Y

Cohort 5A Brent Saich

Cohort 5B Carin Hiedelbach Y A Y Y

Cohort 5C Travis Hicks Y Y Y Y

Counseling Isabel Cambridge

Counseling Enriqué Renteria

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 Y Y Y Y

At Large Mai Meidinger Y Y Y Y

At Large Gregory Soto Y Y Y Y

Part-Time Faculty Kathleen Brantley-Gutierrez

Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler

LRC Dee Near Y A Y Y

Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Y Y Y Y

A: Approval of Agenda Y Yea

B: Approval of Minutes 2016.05.12, with minor corrections N Nay

C: Approve the Resolutions of Appreciation A Abstain

D: Approve the New Taskforce Absent

Voting Records Academic Senate

August 25, 2016

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