Cabrillo College Faculty Senate

Cabrillo College Faculty Senate February 19, 2008 3:00-5:00 p.m. Watsonville Center

In Attendance: Eva Acosta, Winnie Baer, David Balogh, Jennifer Cass, Virginia Coe, John Govsky, Paul Harvell, Steve Hodges, Reneé Kilmer, Jennifer Cass, David King, Brian Legakis, Rachael Mayo, Dorothy Nunn, Rory O’Brien, Dave Reynolds, Georg Romero, Dan Rothwell, Jonathan Saad Note Taker: Francine Van Meter

1.0 Call To Order The meeting was called to order at 3:05 Steve called for a moment of silence to honor Dhyana Swann, Counselor and Mike Newkirk, Philosophy Instructor. Both faculty members passed away over the weekend. 2.0 Minutes It was moved/seconded to approve the Minutes with no changes. Motion carried. 3.0 Reports 3.1 President – Steve Hodges 3.1.1 Steve thanked Jennifer Cass for taking minutes. Still looking for a student note taker; would like faculty to ask around in their classes. 3.1.2 Friday, Feb. 24 is an Emerging Scholars Event, 12-4pm in Horticulture; passed around copy of flyer 3.1.3 ACCJA Accreditation report reaffirms Cabrillo’s accreditation. Institutional actions such as colleges on probation or on warning can be viewed on the website at http://www.accjc.org/Actions_institutions.htm Reports are sent to Senate Presidents on a regular basis. Winnie emphasized the importance of faculty participation in leading accreditation efforts. 3.1.4 Technology Committee met on Feb. 14 to report on updates to Datatel R18, the network redesign, and new phone system project. A task force is working on revamping registration through WebAdvisor to make it easier for students; faculty members of the committee felt add codes were a more important issue to address. Bob Owen stated he would take the issue to Administrative Council. Georg commented all four Senate rep slots on the Tech Committee were full and were in attendance. The WebAdvisor Presidential Task Force needs a Faculty Senate volunteer. 3.1.5 There is an opening in HASS for Faculty Senate rep. Adela Najarro is stepping down. 3.2 Vice President – Rory O’Brien 3.2.1 Rory reminded everyone about the College Master Planning Process and requests from co-chairs to be a part of one or more of the goals committees drafting strategies. The Goal B planning team is headed by Renée and meets for the first time on Friday, Feb. 29 at 1pm in Horticulture. 3.3 Treasurer – Paul Harvell 3.3.1 The Senate has money. 3.4 Secretary – Georg Romero 3.4.1 A roster was passed around for updates and corrections. 3.5 Student Senate—Jonathan Saad 3.5.1 The position of Scotts Valley rep has been filled by Anthony Garza. 3.5.2 Priorities for the rest of the year: textbook affordability, campus sustainability, and the bike coop 3.5.3 Open Education Resources allows online viewing of texts. 3.6 CCFT – John Govsky 3.6.1 The theme of the Flex Week CCFT event for adjuncts was academic freedom. John stated many adjuncts felt they were in jeopardy of losing class assignments if they turned down an assignment. There is also concern over the freedom to select textbooks. Dan stated there are ways to offset textbook costs by working with publishers. The College has also been working on textbook affordability by standardizing on textbooks, asking faculty to get orders in early, and looking at versions that lower revision cycle. 3.7 CCEU – Marcy Wieland No report. 3.8 Watsonville Campus – Rachael Mayo No report. 3.9 Vice President of Instruction – Reneé Kilmer 3.8.1 There will be a delegation of 20 Danish students from a business college arriving on April 4 and staying for a month. Cabrillo will have a special program for them, including observing classes. The College is looking for faculty that will welcome these students into their classroom for the short period and allow them to sit in on lectures and participate in discussions. 3.8.2 May Chen has been in contact with a private school in China who wants a 2 year community college/2 year university experience. 4.0 Action Items 4.1.1 Confirmation of Senate Officers: Rory O’Brien, Vice President Confirmation of Treasurer, Paul Harvell (continues another year) Confirmation of Secretary, Georg Romero (continues another year) All three motions were moved/seconded to approve. Motions carried. 5.0 Information Items 5.1 Course Remapping Request 5.1.1 Mikki Witzig presented a remapping request for PE42R (rugby). The Senate voted to approve the request without further action. It was moved/seconded to approve. Motion carried. 5.2 Budget Update 5.2.1 In the Governor’s budget, COLA has been taken out for next year. If we see an increase in student numbers, we may be able to get $2 million in growth which leaves the college $1 million short. Renée stated we are up 7% in enrollment as of today. The college’s mid-year reductions will be approx. $225,000, mainly from salary savings set aside. 5.3 Master Planning Update 5.3.1 Paul stated we need to get input from people for this process to be successful. One strategy is to look at an online ranking of priorities for objectives submitted by the committees. The Accreditation Report and Visioning Café were ways to air out objectives to a broader audience. Renée stated May Chen’s group already met. Most committees plan to have only two meetings to make the commitment more realistic for faculty schedules. 6.0 Announcements and Open Forum – postponed 6.1 Textbooks 6.1.1 Marko from Student Senate stated the Senate plans to publish a list of all classes that have a textbook requirement and the cost is under $50. 6.1.2 Dan stated faculty can negotiate with large publishers; adopt their textbook if they donate 3 desk copies and faculty can send the books to the Library. 7.0 Adjournment 7.1 Meeting adjourned at 5:00