Program Review Committee
Friday, December 4, 2009
8:00 am – 12:00pm
Boardroom
Present: Rachel Anderson, Steve Brown, Marjorie Carson, Zach DeLoach, Toby Green, Bill
Honsal, Cindy Hooper, Geisce Ly, Karen Nelson, Vinnie Peloso, Mike Peterson, Brady Reed,
Keith Snow-Flamer, Lynn Thiesen, Cheryl Tucker, Crislyn Parker, meeting notes
Absent: Dave Banducci, Anita Janis, Maggie Lynch, Melody Pope, Hillary Reed, Todd Olsen
Agenda
1. Executive Summaries
 Summaries will be sent out to authors with two weeks to review and make suggested
changes; they will come back to the PRC for posting on the web
8:15
Agriculture – moved to 12/11/09
8:30
Biology/ Environmental Sciences
8:45
Chemistry/ Physical Science
9:00
Earth Science/ Astronomy
9:15
Forestry / Natural Resources
9:30
Mathematics
9:45
Physics / Engineering
10:00 Real Estate
10:15 Journalism/Speech
10:30 Welding Technology
10:45 MT/IT/CET
11:00 Addiction Studies
11:15 Philosophy
11:30 Art
11:45 Early Childhood Education
12:00 English
12:15 History / Cinema
Added: Drafting technology
2. Other:
 Overall, it has been noted that in the Sciences, the facilities and technology is
deficient; maintenance is deficient, staffing and budgets need improving. Deferred
maintenance is a problem campus-wide.
 Entry and exit surveys can increase student success, retention and persistence
 Basic skills needed for science programs
 There is a lack of replacement of lost faculty; finding qualified faculty to teach
 Ongoing challenge that IT doesn’t support Mac Computers; most math and arts us
Mac computers
 Need for the transcript evaluator and document imaging system
 Question: is there a budget set aside for bulb replacement for projectors, camput-anddistrict-wide? Especially as many projectors are used by various campus groups
 BSI funds can go to hiring tutoring, some per cent of salaries, equipment for basic
skills: as long as the money goes toward basic skills activities.