CUSP Winter Business Meeting, January 25, 2013, Everett Community College
Present in Attendance: Samantha Lelo, Clark, Jennifer Rhodes, Everett, Jen Manley, Tacoma, Dani Chang, Green River, Roxana
Ahmadifard, Lower Columbia, Cameron Cox, Pierce College- Fort Steilacoom, Sonja Morgan, Pierce College- Puyallup, Kris
Baier, Whatcom, Cal Erwin-Svoboda, Grays Harbor, Rick Ross, Peninsula, Erin Wilson, N. Seattle, Jessica Supinski, Renton
Technical, Tiff Hayes, Green River, Jonathan Brown, Highline, Claire Korschinowski, Clover Park Technical, Chad Disharoon,
Cascadia, Shandy Stomerioski, Centralia, Wayne Anthony, Edmonds, Lindsay Hudson, Everett, Jeffrey Vasquez, N. Seattle, Bruce
Steele, Spokane, Kelley Ketcham, Wenatchee Valley, Brian Murphy, Skagit Valley, Teresa Weldon, Everett
Call to Order at 9:06am
Welcome & Introductions by Claire Korschinowski
Approval of the agenda: Claire entertains a motion to approve, Rick seconded. Motion passes unanimously.
Approval of the minutes: Claire entertains a motion to approve, Jessica seconded. Motion passes unanimously.
Reports:
A. State Board Report: Edward Esparza:
1. Edward introduced himself to CUSP and his role at the State Board. There are several current bills relevant
to CUSP. HB 1011 on Resident Tuition for Veterans, HB 1109: Priority registration for veterans, SB 5026
suggests development of mentor programs for low income/high risk elementary students, but does not
include additional funding source for the programs; stance of the State Board is to not support the bill due
to lack of funding being made available. SB 5094 sexual offender notification bill now lists that law
enforcement must notify Level 2 or 3; Legislation states institutions of higher education are responsible for
notifying students, faculty, and staff of the presence of a Level 2 or 3 in detail. In addition, the institution
has a responsibility to communicate where they can find more information. HB 1320 on establishing state
online transfer and online advising systems, registration, and admissions processes.
2. Collaborating with WACTSA: Last month 2 students addressed the Board and expressed initiatives of
interest to them. State Need Grants are one key focus area. Edward supports WACTSA representation and
the State Board will continue to support the student group in their development. Staff has been assigned to
support the Legislative Rally, and the Legislative Academy in the fall.
3. Other News: College Bound Scholars will receive college tuition and a yearly $500 book allowance. CTC Link
project moving ahead. Announced upcoming Conference Opportunities. Edward discussed the importance
of multi-cultural professional development in higher education and encouraged opportunities for growth.
4. Dialogue with CUSP: Jonathan discussed working with WACTSA to track legislation and mentioned a SBCTC
weekly webinar or post from Edward to student leaders as to what students should be following; request
posts relevant to legislative news and updates. Jenn Rhodes followed up with a similar request to be
informed when new initiatives take place. Rick inquired about state CTC contracts with Summit Insurance
for athletics and students regarding lack of responsiveness to student insurance claims. Edward committed
to gathering more information and will communicate back to CUSP. Kelly asked about potential outcomes
from legislation connecting K-12 and higher education. Waiting for Governor to come out with his budget to
see what happens. Cal requested that a blog or post mechanism be created to utilize social media
platforms to convey legislative messages to students.
B. WSSSC Report: Dave Pelkey:
1. Introduced as WSSSC Representative to CUSP. Discussed the Vice President work plan and its relevance to
CUSP. Encouraged CUSP to strategically be mindful of how our efforts demonstrate our contributions to
increasing the pool of skilled workers in to re-enter the workforce. There is an upcoming mandate to
explore online student support services to engage and enroll students and encouraged CUSP to consider
how we are engaging distance education learners; continue to intentionally think about how student
engagement is represented in a digital world.
2. Improve Academic Achievement: New completion initiatives and student achievement points on campus in
determining funding based on achievement points. Consider these momentum points when in connection
with campus programs that assist students along the pathways and critical points in their process.
3. Notable Topics: LGBTQI population data gathering to help support students to identify how we are
supporting vulnerable populations. Efficiency information and implementation: lean processes on our
campuses: Statewide Student ID number, Statewide transcript, as examples. Will see more upcoming
conversation about the registration processes and others. Claire mentioned the potential of professional
development in Spokane on lean processes. Technology Fees: Continue to connect technology that impacts
student success.
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Dave commented that CUSP provides timely professional development well. Looking into system-wide
training to develop intercultural competency. Developing plans as to how to measure the tangible
competencies, and building this training into professional development for staff on campus. Student
Services Conference: Have looked at venues in Tacoma, Spokane, and SeaTac area for next year. Seeking
committee members. By next meeting will ask for recommendations for how CUSP will be a part of this
conference planning team.
President’s Report: Claire Korschinowski/Jonathan Brown: Potential addition of 2 positions to the CUSP Executive
Board. Suggestion to add a Legislative Liaison and Leadership Institute Chair to the Executive Board. The Executive
Board has been including these leadership roles in meeting structure in past practice, but this would mean a
constitutional change. Not requesting action today. Will add as an agenda item for the next meeting. Council agrees.
1. Leadership Tasks: Many different leadership roles in CUSP as ways to get involved. Briefly described the
duties of CUSP leadership roles. Will hold Executive Board Elections at the spring meeting in Spokane.
2. New Professionals Workshop: Wayne Anthony has volunteered to serve as the coordinator of the New
Professionals group to provide training and development of CUSP members. Will collect topics of interest
and communicate that to CUSP. Will also invite members to facilitate and mentor.
3. Update on next meetings: Bellevue College, Fall 2013, Clover Park Technical College, Winter 2014, Big Bend
Community College Spring 2014 or in conjunction with the WSSSC Conference.
4. Feedback on Professional Development: Council really enjoyed the format and Executive Board support the
structure in future professional development sessions. Sami recommended moving this format to the fall
meeting to launch the year with fresh information. Cal would recommend doing a call for proposals & stick
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to core themes for half day in fall, and 2 half of the day with hot topics from group. Jonathan
recommended modifying the roundtable discussion format afterward to include presenters as roundtable
facilitators also.
Treasurer’s Report: Jennifer Rhodes
1. Provided fund balances to include the 2012 Leadership Institute, annual registration & quarterly meeting
revenue and expenditures. Will still gain revenue from winter meeting registrations. Kelly asked about
benefits to annual registration. Jenn commented on the rationale for moving to the annual registration and
its benefits such as ease on budget offices for expenditures; the one downfall is participants still
remembering to register. The fundamental shift was to also include revenue for professional development.
Secretary’s Report: Jen Manley: CUSP Roster updates & invite new professionals to get on the CUSP list serve.
Leadership Institute Planning Committee: Sami Lelo/ Cal
1. Cal presented the purpose of the Institute and annual format. Sami shared feedback from students and
advisors. Results showed the request for more of a positional cohort model with their respective groups &
school cohorts to include reflection time. Advisors wanted a conference manual to explain the conference
overview in advance. Students want more networking opportunities. Last spring Brian Novak had proposed
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changes to add a 2 Year Track and possible program expansion. Small CUSP sub-group gathered in
December to create a revised proposed schedule to the Institute. Identified 7 outcomes: Develop
leadership, develop perspective of structure with purpose, opportunity for sharing models of excellence,
building connections, kickoff to the year for students, students to feel transformed by the experience, build
transferrable skills. Main themes: Developing leadership, Purposeful leadership and leading with intentions.
Proposed re-structure to the showcase portion. Draft schedule was presented by Sami and Cal. Kelly
Ketcham agreed to the potential of a service project connection in Wenatchee. Sami and Cal introduced the
schedule to include a cohort model to further identify the role of student leaders who attend the Institute.
Trend has shown the Institute has 400-500 student attendees annually. Jeffrey volunteered support the restructure as needed. Cal added on Thursday there is a New Advisor Orientation. Sami requested to begin
thinking of the Conference theme. Cal presented Committee Work Plan Matrix of duties and assignments
still needed. Wayne asked about potential funding from the showcase portion being lost? Rick responded
saying no. Kelly requested more conversation on the showcase reduction. Cal mentioned the desire for
more informational training to students regarding the booking process in educational sessions would
provide a more comprehensive training to students. There has been an overall shift in less performers
being booked on site in trends from data. Lindsay asked for a NACA prep session. Dave Pelkey talked about
the model shift elevating the overall advisor role in the conference to include more responsibilities. At the
spring meeting, will talk about topics for educational sessions to include Tiff Hayes’ recommendation for an
International Student leadership session.
Legislative Planning Committee: Jonathan Brown
1. Formal request from Olympic College Student Government Association to not allow WACTSA to be a
coordinating and planning voice in legislative activities. CUSP responded to Olympic College. WACTSA is a
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developing organization with the support of CUSP and the SBCTC and we will continue to support WACTSA
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2. Thankful to Monica and Cameron’s work on the Rally. Sean is our legislative liaison to WACTSA.
3. Voice Academy: Cameron Cox
i. May 3-4, 2013 @ Pierce College Fort-Steilacoom. The Red Lion in Tacoma is the host hotel. Will
need reservations by April 22, 2013.
WACTSA Report: Teresa from Everett CC
1. December 2012 Student Representative Kailene Sparrs reported to SBCTC on Legislative Academy and
discussed internal structure initiatives. Postcards were developed and distributed to the student list serve
in January. Students can identify legislative districts to streamline delivery to legislators. WACTSA
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presented to the House Higher Education Committee on Jan. 17 . The next Council meeting will be on
February 1, 2013 following the Rally at 3:30pm at the SBCTC Olympia office to act on a proposed structure
for the organization. Will continue lobby efforts during the legislative sessions. Will add the video project to
the upcoming WACTSA agenda, as well as having representatives to work with for the Voice Academy in the
spring for our connection to WACTSA that the legislative sub-committee of CUSP can work with. There is a
proposed structure that has been sent out, but no response from students as of yet. Jenn Rhodes will send
the structure out to CUSP to help advisors review with respective Student Governments.
Upcoming Events: Spring meeting hotel reservations available April 3-5 at the Davenport.
Old Business: No Old Business
New Business: Follow up question on College Civics Week.
Motion to adjourn. Jenn moved; Sami seconded. Motion carries to adjourn at 12:15pm.