ACADEMIC SENATE

Minutes

November 29, 2006

 

I.  Call to Order

B. Henry called the meeting to order at 4:10 PM.

 

II.  Roll Call

Present: P. Boudreaux, D. Bezayiff, C. Britton, B. Henry, D. Hensley, M. J. Jordan,

J. Keele, Y. Kim, R. Osborne, M. Roman, L. Syrdahl, J. Wiens, D. Williams

Absent: C. Hodges

Guest: V. Lozano

 

III.  Approval of Agenda

M: C. Britton         

S:  D. Bezayiff

C:  Unanimous

 

IV.  Approval of minutes of November 15, 2006.

       Tabled

 

V.  Reports

1. Senate President (Henry)

    Bill Henry met with the president and discussed administration reorganization and the interim dean position. The president is waiting for the allocation model to be presented before any decisions are made. 

 

2. CCA (Bezaiff)

     No Report

 

3. Curriculum (Britton)

Virginia Gurrola, Miles Vega, and Craig Britton met the previous week as a sub-committee of the curriculum committee to begin the revising of the Curriculum Handbook to place it in greater conformity with State’s curriculum handbook. 

 

4. PC Foundation 

     Funding for a full-time secretary was approved. 

 

5. Division Reports

Adjunct report:  district adjunct #s and CCA’s don’t match.  They are working to find the discrepancy.  Letter should be sent to adjuncts regarding flex days.  What is the flex obligation?  C. Britton indicated that at COS adjuncts had a flex obligation.  (Syrdahl)

 

VI.  Old Business

1. Academic Calendar

 

 

VII. New Business

Student Services for Evening Students  (Wiens)

The cafeteria and bookstore were closed the evening before Thanksgiving.  However classes were offered.  As the accreditation team mentioned, the college needs to strive towards offering the same services for evening students as it does for day students. 

 

 

VIII.  Adjournment:  5:10PM
 

Respectfully submitted

J. Wiens