Cabrillo College Faculty Senate
August 28, 2007
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Horticulture Center
In Attendance: Marcy Alancraig, Dave Balogh, Janus Blume, Arturo Cantu, Jennifer
Cass, Virginia Coe, Paul Harvell, Steve Hodges, Renee Kilmer, Beth McKinnon, Adela
Najarro, Diego James Navarro, Dorothy Nunn, Rory O’Brien, Marko Realmonte, Georg
Romero, Dan Rothwell, Mary Ellen Sullivan, Topsey Smalley, Francine Van Meter.
Note Taker: Amber Parker
1.0 Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m.
2.0 Approval of Minutes
Reviewed Minutes of May 22, 2007 meeting. After some corrections, it was moved
and seconded to approve the Minutes. Motion carried.
3.0 Roll Call of Senate Members
In addition to roll call, new faculty members were introduced and welcomed by all.
4.0 Reports from Officers and Liaison
4.1 Renee Kilmer
4.1.1 The Curricunet conversion from Fiesta is in place. On Sept. 20 and
Sept. 21 the people from Curricunet will be here on campus.
4.1.2 Oct. 8-11 will be the Accreditation visit. The Senate meets that
week, and hopefully the meeting will be made available to the
team leaders. (Rory passed around the Accreditation Self-Study,
commenting that it is a lovely document).
4.1.3 On July 9th, Cabrillo received the Rice Diversity Award,
congratulations!
4.2 Brian King
4.2.1 Brian welcomed all at the meeting, and thanked those who came
yesterday to take in active roll in the college master plan.
4.2.2 Friday morning is All College Day, where six of the seven former
Cabrillo College Presidents will be there to honor faculty. There
will also be a surprise historic announcement. Please RSVP if you
would like to attend, as this helps with providing refreshments to
all.
4.2.3 Brian asked if there were any further questions for him, and
concluded by thanking everyone for all that they do here. They are
the reason why Cabrillo College is recognized statewide.
4.3 Bob
4.3.1 Datatel: it was a major, year-long process to get the package
implemented, but it was completed successfully.
4.3.2 The Technology Plan is developing and will be forwarded to CPC.
Hopefully it will go before the Board in November.
4.3.3 The telephone registration system came up and went live. He will
keep the Senate up-to-date, and invited any feedback or input.
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Kudos was also offered to Bob for getting Watsonville’s phone
back up and running.
4.3.4 Rory said that we will be checking back in with Bob later in the
semester.
4.4 Additional reports were cut from the meeting agenda due to time constraints.
5.0 Introduction of Dr. May Chen, Vice President of Student Services
5.1.1 Rory introduced all to Dr. Chen, who said she would like to show
the faculty a quick PowerPoint presentation, and then have a
question-and-answer session.
5.1.2 She gave an introduction to her personal history and career,
concluding with her arrival at Cabrillo. Dr. Chen commented that
she has already gotten a lot of feedback from staff, and so she has
drafted a plan for the 2007-2008 year. She hopes to get more input
on her draft today before finalizing the plan.
5.1.3 Dr. Chen’s objectives were: Building a Strong Student Services
Team, Providing Student-Centered Services, Enhancing
Enrollment Management and Initiating New Strategic
Opportunities, Divide Student Leadership and Promoting Student
Activity Participation. She had strategies for all objectives, and
concluded that this is “her humble list for one year.”
5.1.4 After the presentation, Dr. Chen invited questions from the faculty.
There were no immediate questions, though some comments of
appreciation for her plan were offered.
5.1.5 Dr. Chen offered to email the presentation for individual perusal.
5.1.6 Rory thanked Dr. Chen for coming, and told her that everyone was
very excited and hopeful.
6.0 Doug Deaver—Campus Construction
6.1.1 There is a change in the food service vendor on campus—feedback
is appreciated.
6.1.2 The parking structure is open, though there are a couple of things
that need to be done still.
6.1.3 Student Activities Center: the center stairs will be open by the start
of the semester. The furniture is in, the fixtures are in, but the
building is not available to be opened yet.
6.1.4 The walkway between building 100 and the library will be open in
a day or two.
6.1.5 The Student Café is not open. He is working with Marko and the
architect on it.
6.1.6 Arts Education: the concrete is in place for sound-proofing, and the
buildings will be up soon.
6.1.7 Buildings 4 and 5 (Music and Theater) will open in 2008.
6.1.8 Buildings 1, 2, and 3 will be available to begin instruction in Fall
2008.
6.1.9 Watsonville Library: the building is going to be torn down and
rebuilt.
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6.1.10 Solar plans: engaging in conversation to put solar panels on
campus. There will be a meeting Weds. Sept. 5 at 1:00 p.m., and
again on Sept. 13, to talk about solar plans. So far it looks like
panels can be put on the roof of the 600 building, or maybe on the
area between the perimeter road and the Horticulture Center, etc.
Feedback is needed before a decision can be reached.
6.1.11 Questions: What will be the numbers of the new buildings? Doug
said that the buildings would be named, not numbered. When do
you think we would break ground on the solar power? Doug said
that they will be required to break ground by next year, since this
timeline is required by the grant used to pay for the project.
Comment on the numbering of rooms: suggestion to continue
unique numbering system so students unfamiliar with the campus
can infer where their class is. Would the old buildings be redubbed? Doug didn’t know that yet. Renee reminded everyone to
please understand that Doug oversees a wide range of people and
projects, and thanked Doug for his hard work.
7.0 Closing Comments
7.1.1 Marcy and Rory wanted to list the mission statement and the core
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nice to get them up in as many classrooms as possible. Rory asked
for volunteers to staple up posters. The posters are in room 806,
Pat Borden’s office.
7.1.2 Marcy offered fliers for The Cabrillo College Habitat for
Humanity Hurricane Relief Fund to any who are interested.
7.1.3 Renee will send an email out to inform all of the Solar Forums.
8.0 Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
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