Committee Name: Student Services Council Meeting
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 11:00
Facilitators/Location/Chair: Vice President, Student Services/SAC 225
Attendees:
(in bold)
Guests:
Dennis Bailey-Fougnier, Tama Bolton, Michelle Donohue, Katie Dowling, Anya Finke, Michelle FougetMendoza, Ed Greene, Lyn Hood, Jay Jackson, Veronica Leon, Rachel Mayo, Beth McKinnon, Sandi
Moore, Karen Reyes, Barbara Rigg, Margery Regalado Rodriguez, Tootie Tzimbal, Martin Vargas-Vega,
Laura Verduzco-Thurman, Dejon Weldon, Colton Willey
Leslie DeRose, Marlyn Escobar
Agenda Items:
Topic
Topic Lead
Outcomes
Outreach
Dejon/Leslie
Student Equity
All
Student Success
& Support
Programs
Margery
Program Plans &
Annual Updates
Michelle
Outreach gave a seven-week overview of accomplishments including:
• Visiting many campus departments and programs to familiarize
themselves
• Promoting college as a whole
• Campus tours and community events
• Hiring four student ambassadors (funded by Community Foundation grant)
• Cross training (Dejon’s emphasis is Transfer and EOPS; Leslie’s is CTE)
• 500 potential students so far
Michelle chaired Monday’s Student Equity & Success meeting where faculty
reported out from the RP Conference. Student Equity is about bridging the
achievement gap. Subgroups have formed to add detail to the draft Student Equity
Plan and budget written by Dennis. The next meeting will be a “world café” format
where everyone will give feedback to each subgroup.
Margery handed out bullet points regarding SSSP four core services (Orientation,
Assessment, Counseling, Follow-up for At-Risk Students) and the budget allocated
for these four services. The $1,537,657 may only be used for the four core
services.
Program plans due in fall 2015: Enrollment Services and FTTW
Annual update cycle change: all updates now due Fall 2014 – okay to change date
on spring 2014 update if there are no changes, or submit a new update for fall
2014.
Program Updates
All
• Karen: Halftime job developer position funded by county grant has been
posted; vacant halftime temp position is being evaluated; recruiting for WIA
program; WFSN grant implementation plan due in November; lobby has been
turned into a study area.
• Beth: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) population is “exploding” with an
increase from six registered students in 2012 to 63 in 2014; Flex activity in
spring to help faculty support ASC students; per Department of Justice, we
need to be aware of “institutional indifference” and “deliberate indifference”;
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the college population is 11% ASC.
Rachel: Limited on-site parking at Watsonville Center so allowing student
workers to park in staff lots at night for safety.
Lyn: After first student payroll, auditing students who don’t have completed
paperwork.
Anya: Assessment numbers are up 35% from last year; Running Start calendar
is finished – all schools are booked; already assessing for spring; new chemistry
assessment in spring.
Sandi: Student emergency loan applications are about half what they used to
be due to earlier financial aid awards.
Veronica: EOPS has been meeting with students (the first of three required
contacts per semester); hopeful that funding will be fully restored next year;
CARE providing positive discipline workshops – open to anyone – pre-register
at EOPS.
Laura: There have been 33 conduct cases so far this semester including
repeats; sheriff can remove students (without suspension) from campus with
PC626 form; borrow a book program available for cyber session.
Jay: Counseling appointments booked out for two weeks; TAG period; CSU
applications now, UC applications in November; student planning is now
integrated as part of the regular day; adjunct counselors require training; will
be short staffed in spring due to retirements.
Tootie: Financial Aid is more caught up than ever before; second disbursement
is October 30.
Ed: Laurel is visiting Enrollment Services on Monday; working on concurrent
enrollment procedures; trying to go paperless with veterans documentation;
priority registration – taking a snapshot to make sure students have correct
priority; Ed will provide priority registration talking points to SSC.
Katie: SHS is not super impacted at the moment, so refer students; classroom
outreach; PEERS outreach; new PEERS club; Mental Health First Aid workshops;
smoking cessation support workshops; November 20 “Great American
Smokeout” event; Medi-Cal provides free nicotine patches.
Meeting Summary or Take Away:
1. Review annual program plan updates and revise as needed; send to Sandi; will be reposted as fall 2015 instead of
spring 2014.
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