Minutes
December 8, 2015
Call to Order: SBS Chair Meeting was held on December 8, 2015 at Canyons Hall 201. It began at 4 o’
clock and was presided over by Paul Wickline, with Lisette Godinez as secretary. Went over by half-hour.
Attendance: Victoria Leonard, Renee Marshall, David Andrus, Sherrill Pennington, Tamara Stokes-Rice,
Kathryn Coleman, Anne Marenco, and most of SBS FTF. Kicenski, late 5pm arrival.
Introduction: There will be hot chocolate and other treats in SECO 307 all day Wednesday and Thursday
as a thank you and in preparation for finals. Paul thanks SBS for an exciting, illuminating opportunity,
and for the faculty’s graciousness, and patience, with all issues as interim Dean for this important
school. Paul didn’t understand just how much is done for this school’s students until this year, and it is
much appreciated.
Reminder that grades are due 72 hours after finals, but Tuesday evening, December 16 by 11:59 p.m.
Chairs have reviewed budget requests, and conversations were held one-on-one. Additional allocations
were made, which Chairs were notified. This is a one-time money awarded to certain departments, as
well as to other schools. Requests such as money for conference travel, can now be covered.
Enrollment: Classes capped at 15. Chairs will consider any classes that should be substituted, cancelled,
or if another section should be added. Decisions have to be made soon about those classes. Academic
Affairs would rather not have instructors wait until the week before about classes, due to contracts, but
Paul can monitor on their behalf, and work with department chairs. In the past students usually wait
until the end because they have to pay right away, or because they didn’t know they failed. Academic
Affairs is concerned about efficiency, which has dropped.
Plea made for more SBS participation in the Enrollment Management Committee which meets once or
twice a month.
Introduction made of Lisette Godinez to SBS. She can assist with any spreadsheets, form, tracking, to
better aid to the success of the school. Lisette can work in Adobe, SharePoint and is a quick learner, as
well as tech-savvy.
Objectives: Stickers passed out for Colored Dot Activity. Objectives posted along the wall for the next
Educational & Facilities Master Plan. There is a “rough” rough draft Paul has been working on, and
school-level interests and needs. He needs faculty input about the 3-5 year objectives to prioritize them
and focus for the school.
Objectives prioritized by SBS School:
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Provide support for students and enhance student engagement by helping secure additional
full-time faculty positions for SBS departments.
Provide increased support for department chairs by securing course/assessment coordinator
positions and utilizing a School SLO Facilitator to assist with SLO workload (and other issues).
Refurnish classrooms with easily configurable furniture to meet pedagogical needs (resistant to
gum placement).
o Follow up with Jerry about classroom equipment that works.
Maintaining currency in our discipline specific fields through Memberships & Travel
Support student clubs
o More support/funds.
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Minutes
December 8, 2015
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Updating & upgrading instructional & non-instructional equipment (ex. scanners).
o Issues w/ 2nd floor SECO copier – needs upgrade. 3rd floor copier available.
Armed police force 24 hrs/day.
o Concern for teachers who are on the front-lines, along with students when it comes to
college shooters.
o Safety is a BIG issue in the classrooms, while instructors feel it is not a big issue on an
administrative level.
o Requests for metal detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs, or allow staff to carry arms.
Support to address the mental health issues of our students.
o More mental health awareness or mental health issues
o Promote collaboration with student health awareness and promoting
awareness/collaboration with student services already in place
o When do certain issues (drug/violence) go beyond “mental health issues”? More
collaboration and teaching needed.
Acquire space and resources to create a SBS computer lab/study area for use by all
departments’ faculty and students.
Improve student learning and student engagement by securing ongoing support for the Model
United Nations and Forensic Teams
Assessment: Opportunity for study in liberal arts and social sciences associate degrees (6-7 degrees).
183 people received this degree. It is a volunteer for the Faculty Assessment Team, need 5-7 faculty
(adjunct okay), that can review the assessments and volunteers will be paid. Will occur in the spring.
There is no official program review yet. More information to follow.
Senate: Victoria reports on safety issues in Senate. Rebecca reported lock changes for those inside the
classroom. They will be changed within a year so they can be locked on the inside. Glass in classrooms
have not been looked into, but there is talk of a film that can be placed to make it bulletproof. However
it will be sent to safety committee. There is no clear answer on when they will hear about armed gun
control on campus.
Level of mental health issues higher than ever this term. Not sure why or how, but it is a huge concern.
There is a team of 19 individual that went to Portland Community College about a “maker space” for the
community, and school where they would have a 3D printer, die-cut machine, and other.
Would like new faculty to join committees.
There was a memo sent out to review vacant-full time positions.
Board of Trustees Re-district has adopted Map A.
Last time an issue came up over was a new policy for sexual harassment. There is now new mandatory
training, online for this. Concerns were voiced that it is not enough. Diane Fiero is open to being a part
of the conversation and to addressing this issue. It is not enough to undergo online training. There
should be more of a guideline, or process. However, this is a part of a new policy and guidelines are
being set up across the nation to lay a foundation to address violence, even if it is off-campus, and that
will allow school investigation and due-process to be followed.
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