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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

3:30pm-5:00pm

Room 5209

 

 

Senate Representatives:   Kay Harrison, Alan Kirshner, Bunny Klopping, Victoria Loukianoff, Susan Myers,  Carolyn Strickler, and Barbara Tull.  

 

Others present:

Ron Travenick, Kimberly Robbie, Mark Lieu, Leta Stagnaro, Jim Wright, Angela Jemmott, Chris Warden

 

1. Announcements

 

2.  Approval of Minutes

 

Minutes accepted with changes. 

 

3. No Shows & Title V - Kimberly Robbie and Ron Travenick

 

• Ron Travenick complimented faculty on getting No Shows submitted so that

wait list students could be added to classes.

• Enrollment is up by 12%.
• Drops have also decreased.
• The Ed. Code encourages colleges to update enrollment records whenever

     possible.  It is the students’ responsibility to drop classes; however, the 

    Admissions and Records office encourages faculty to “clean up” rosters as the

    semester proceeds.

• WebAdvisor changes (some are positive):

    

     1.  WebAdvisor no longer gives the number of the student (i.e. 1-30).  We

           would like this feature return.

     2.  At this point, it is not possible to drop students from the roster and wait-list  

          from the same page in WebAdvisor.  This possibility is being discussed.

     3.  Transferring from WebAdvisor to Excel is problematic

 

• Ron will send information from Ed. Code regarding the number of absences required to drop students.

 

 

 

4. AlliantInternationalUniversity Transfer Programs - Ron Travenick

 

• Angela Jemmott, transfer coordinator from Alliant University, will start on-campus Bachelors degree program. 
• Junior and Senior years are to be offered at Ohlone.  Degrees in Business, International Business, and Psychology will be offered. 
• The arrangement is to be called “University Within a College” and will begin in Spring 2007. 
• Students can complete 4 semesters. with each semester to consist of  two 8-week sessions.  It will be offered Tuesday or Thursday evenings or online. 
• The cost for students is $14,000 per year, $28,000 total for 2 years. 
• Some Ohlone faculty will be hired as adjuncts.
• Class size will be 5-8 students, enrolled via Fast-Track Admissions.  They will be admitted on-the-spot on November 16^th or November 29^th in the Students Services Building.
• Question:  Can students complete the program without taking an online course? Response:  Students will have some online coursework.

 

5. NCHST (NewarkCenter for Health Sciences and Technology) Team - Leta Stagnaro

 

The Newark Ohlone Center is expected to open Spring, 2008.  Leta Stagnaro went over blueprints for the Newark Center.  There is a lot of flexibility of use within the rooms.  Sustainability is the overarching theme.

 

6. Accreditation Self Study Team Proposal- Wright

 

Tabled.  Moved to next meeting.

 

• Would like several faculty to go to the Accreditation Institute in January 2007.
• The faculty should take charge of Standard Two.

 

7. Student Learning Outcomes and Assessment Committee -Wright

 

• A task force was formed under Rob Smedfjeld and Deb Parziale to define SLOs.  The "SLOPE" committee no longer exists.  SLOs have been incorporated into the Program Review Process conducted by each department.    
• Curriculum Committee is now overseeing the function of Program Review
• Jim Wright is recommending that the Curriculum Committee create a 5^th standing committee (SLO and Assessment) to provide leadership on integrating SLOs/Assessment into the program review process. 
• Jim recommends membership be a cross-section of those who are done, those who are in progress, and those who are set to carry out program review in a few years.
• Reassigned time has been available for program review in the past; may be considered for new position of SLO Coordinator.

 

8. Reassigned Time - Tull

 

• There are many models of allocation of reassigned time; one model has a fixed amount of time given to Faculty Senate to allocate as needed.  Barbara Tull is raising this issue for discussion regarding the role of Faculty Senate in providing input.
• Jim Wright would like to see information on reassigned time for senates and curriculum committees across the state.
• Alan Kirshner would like Jim Wright to disseminate information on the current distribution of reassigned time (approximately 9.5 FTEF currently)

 

9. President's Report - Myers

 

• Faculty committee membership is being collected.  Please ask constituents to respond to the email request asking for current committee membership.  Once the information is compiled, we can have the committee on committees send out a sign-up sheet for faculty to sign up for the committees that need members.
• The Foundation received a $300 anonymous donation to upgrade faculty ID cards.  Susan will talk to Rob Smedfjeld, as he looked into updating faculty IDs in the past.
• Susan is attending the deans meeting on November 8^th to discuss faculty hiring prioritization
• Susan has been invited to meet with FACCC on November 13.  She may not be available this day.  If any faculty member is interested, please contact Susan or Bill Parks.

 

10.  All Other Business

 

Alan Kirshner requests that one meeting per month include no external reports.  This will be an agenda item at the next Senate meeting.