Academic Senate
ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING
Friday, Feb. 12, 2010
Ka’a’ike 105
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Minutes
Present: BK Griesemer, Alice Hamilton Luther, Lillian Mangum, Kate Acks, Alf Wolf, Kulamanu Ishihara,
Ann Coopersmith, Shane Payba, Bert Kikuchi, David Grooms, Wayne Aguiran, Catherine Thompson, Tim
Marmack, Lorelle Peros, Rosie Vierra, Liping Liu, Colleen Shishido, Cyrilla Pascual, Elaine Yamashita,
Renée Riley, Melissa Yoshioka, Debbie Winkler, Lynn Yankowski, Jennifer Owen, Kiope Raymond,
Rebecca Mirsky, Debra Nakama, Jan Moore, Donna Harbin, Sally Irwin, Richard Hill, Vincent Linares,
Crystal Alberto, Kalei Kaeo, Kahele Dukelow, Elisabeth Reader, Elisabeth Armstrong, Carol PetithZbiciak, Daniel Kruse, Ann Emmsley, Marty-Jean Bender, Eric Engh, Dorothy Pyle, Linda Fujitani,
Mikahala Helm, J.E. Kaniaupio-Crozier, Margaret Christensen, Gayle Early, Robert Santos, Teresa
Shurilla, Michael Takemoto, Constance Williams, Jennifer Aly, Marti Wukelic, Donna Brown, Laura Lees
and Michele Katsutani
I.
Call to Order at 1:35pm
II.
Minutes from 01/08/10 were approved.
III.
Unfinished Business

IV.

VCAA Evaluation results: Michele Katsutani reported the results are in. The results showed on a
scale of 1-10, VCAA Robinson scored 9-10 on most questions, 7-8 on a couple others. Michele
Katsutani will meet next week with VCAA Robinson to discuss the results.
New Business
Nominations for A.S.E.C.: Michele Katsutani reported the following people have been nominated to
the following positions:
Business & Hospitality: Ben Marquez
Humanities: Kahele Dukelow
Social Sciences: Julie Powers
At Large: Ellen Peterson
Nominations were approved.
Representatives remaining: Gayle Early, Kyle Takushi, Peter Fisher, Elaine Yamashita, and Tim
Marmack will replace Laura Lees in English.
Look for emails from Kahele Dukelow, Crystal Alberto, and Julie Powers to vote.

MLI Informational Update – Alice Luther gave an overview of the MLI program offerings.
MLI began in its current form 10 years ago. There are two main streams:
o F1Visa (stay 1-2 years and enter as hybrid students)
o Short Term Programs (1week to 1month, as many as 10 groups per year)
Arriving today: 52 students from Hakaoh University, Japan
Feb 27: Yew Chung International (46 students)
March 6: Global Campus Japan (10 students)
310 Ka'ahumanu Avenue, Kahului, HI 96732
Telephone: (808) 984-3319, Facsimile: (808) 244-3228, http://www.hawaii.edu/maui
An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution
If you have concerns, issues, or questions, please use MLI resources, find Alice Luther in Laulima
109 or via the MLI website.
Alice Luther showed a 10 minute DVD of MLI students, created by MLI students.
V.
Standing Committee Reports/Updates

Planning & Budget-David Grooms reported the following:
-
The Tuition &Fee Budget Status Report (December 2009) was presented at the last department
chairs meeting. Chairs will be sharing this information with their departments. If you have any
questions or concerns about the budget, seek out David Grooms or David Tamanaha.
-
Tuition revenues stay on campus. David Tamanaha recalculated our budget with the recent rise in
tuition and the cuts. Money saved from our salary cuts and the almost $800,000 tuition revenue will
stay on our campus and need to be spent by June. (Part of this will need to be carried over to next
annual budget.) How this money will be spent is to be decided next.
-
Next step will be the biennium budget. The process will begin with stock taking (first draft) where input
comes from the department level. This process should begin March. This is then taken to the Vice
Chancellors, then taken to system, back to campus for feedback. Campus input in the budget process
is really at the department level. That is the opportunity to fight for what you want.
-
The savings from the holiday shut down came to about $20,000.
-
Departments have been asked to submit requests to VCAA Robinson if there is a need for more
funds in the current supply budget.
Discussion: Who gets to decide how this money will be spent before June? What is the total amount from
the budget cuts?
David Grooms will find this out and get back to senate.

Curriculum – BK Griesemer
1) The Curriculum Committee moved to approve the following proposals:
The following proposals are related to the BAS in Engineering Technology approved by the BOR in
Spring 2009.
2009.26A BAS ET Program, Modification—Author: Mark Hoffman (Includes catalog pages and
program map for the BAS ET program.)
2009.26B ECET Program, Modification—Author: Mark Hoffman (Includes changes to the program
map for the ECET program, which leads to the BAS ET program.
The following proposals are new courses for the BAS in Engineering Technology
2009.27 ETRO 305: Engineering Computing, 3cr., Addition—Author: Jung Park
2009.28 ETRO 320: Intermediate Optics, 4 cr., Addition—Authors: Jung Park, Elisabeth Reader,
Mark Hoffman
2009.31 MATH 219: Calculus for Engineering Technology, 3 cr., Addition—Authors: Alf Wolf,
Jung Park, Mark Hoffman
2009.32 PHYS 219: Physics for Engineering Technology, 3 cr., Addition—Authors: George
Timmins, Jung Park, Mark Hoffman
Tim Marmack seconded the motion to approve the above curriculum proposals.
The motion to approve curriculum proposals 2009.26A through 2009.28 and 2009.31 and 2009.32 was
carried unanimously
2) The Curriculum Committee has been discussing how faculty can propose 300-level courses if
they are not directly attached to one of the Baccalaureate programs. It was decided 300-level
courses will be considered in the same way 100-level and 200-level courses have been
considered. The policy has always been to allow faculty to propose courses for which they have
the appropriate training, expertise, and education.
Discussion: We should have a clearer policy about the guidelines for who can propose 300-level
curriculum brought to the Policy & Procedures Committee. In the past, faculty who teach 300-level
courses had to have approval from Mānoa.
3) Curriculum deadlines—the deadline for curriculum proposals for Spring semester is Monday, April
5, 2010. Amnesty (five year review) submissions should be in by Wednesday, March 31, 2010.
Deletions may be submitted until Monday, May 3, 2010.
4) Curriculum Central—Programmer Thanh Giang and BK along with Debie Amby and Kahele
Dukelow continue to work on this.

Assessment – BK Griesemer reported Jan Moore, Ryan Daniels, Julie Powers, and John McKee
attended the Assessment Retreat in January where MauiCC was applauded in its assessment
progress and also recommended to bring current assessment projects to a close.
As a result of input from Dr. Bresciani and WASC Senior, the Assessment Team plus General
Education Assessment team leaders met yesterday and agreed to divide the assessment into two
main parts: program assessment and college-wide General Education (CCOWIQ).
Academic Programs including Liberal Arts (focusing on the AA degree) will be responsible for
assessing the PLOs (PSLOs) for each individual program as is being now. Jan shared a draft of a
revised Annual and Comprehensive Program Review draft that blends what program have
traditionally used for Program Review and a greater emphasis on PLO assessment. Jan will continue
to work with CTE Program Coordinators and faculty on PLO outcomes, program review, and
timelines. BK and she will work with the Liberal Arts program to start the assessment of the AA
degree.
Since the General Education SLO outcomes “belong” to the entire instructional area of the college
(not just to the Liberal Arts) the assessment of CCOWIQs will be under the responsibility of a General
Education SLO Steering committee. There will be six interdisciplinary sub-committees, one for each
CCOWIQs, each with between 5 and 7 members. Until the teams that were formed last year to
develop assessment tools reconvene to assess the pilot project from the fall and re-organized
themselves and select a Team Leader to represent them on the General Education SLO Steering
Committee, the present leaders of each of the teams will serve as members of the steering
committee. These leaders will be calling a team meeting between now and March 11 to review what
was learned from the fall trials of the rubric, to work on getting the rubric that was developed ready for
“publishing”; selecting courses to be assessed for each of the CCOWIQs; developing a timetable for
assessment collection and evaluation and organizing themselves for the future. The steering
committee/ Assessment Team will meet again on March 11 at 3:00pm in KaLama 102.
As part of the preparation work for the General Education (CCOWIQ) college-wide assessment and
the Liberal Arts (AA) assessment, Debie Amby compiled a list of classes taken by most students who
received an AA, AS, or AAS degree in the AY 2008-2009. It is Dr. Bresciani’s recommendation that
the programs and the General Education assessments concentrate on those classes most commonly
taken by graduates. Last year 94 AA graduates from MCC and around 80 CTE graduates. Of these
students, English 100 was the course most taken course by the most graduates at Maui CC. To get
the complete list of courses, email BK.
Discussion: With our move to the Senior Commission, we will need to be aware of the changes in
assessment and decisions required by the Senior Commission. There is a strong move from No Child Left
Behind to Effective and Qualified Teachers.

Procedures & Policy – V. Linares reported the following:
The Procedures and Policy Committee presented the following policy:
“Prior to registration, all first-time degree and or certificate MCC Students who register for six or
more credits are required to take COMPASS tests-reading, writing, and math. COMPASS test
placement will assist students in achieving academic success. Exceptions to the policy will be
made on a case-by-case basis. After completion of COMPASS, consultation with a counselor is
highly recommended.”
Discussion: Considering the size and continuing budget needs of the Learning Center, we need to
understand the effect on their resources. Can we, as a senate, show our support? This might not be the
place to show the support. The senate resolution requesting TLC support has already been brought to the
administration; we can bring it forward again. Can we look at the COMPASS itself? Can we add “for” and
“scores”?
The policy was reworded to read the following:
“Prior to registration, all first-time degree and or certificate MCC Students who register for six or
more credits are required to take COMPASS tests for reading, writing, and math. COMPASS test
placement scores will assist students in achieving academic success. Exceptions to the policy will
be made on a case-by-case basis. After completion of COMPASS, consultation with a counselor
is highly recommended.”
Kate Acks moved to accept. Tim Marmack seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
-
In March, the committee will be forwarding the most recent Applied Research Guidelines and prerequisite policy to the senate for approval.
The Implementation of Probation Pilot Committee has been collecting data on effectiveness and
will be presenting this data to senate.
The committee is working on the charter and on clear guidelines for how non-Kahului campus
faculty are hired, monitored, and coordinated.
Discussion: Why are the Applied Research guidelines retroactive? Will this put certain faculty at a
disadvantage?

UHPA update- Vinnie Linares reported it is faculty right to teach 27 credit load in an academic year. It
is no longer 5/4. Any questions, go to the union.

IT-Committee – R. Riley reported Lynn Yankowski will be presenting on the Right Brain and the way
we learn and teach to help our students in the future. The presentation will be right after senate in
KaLama 104A.
VI.
Announcements

WASC Accreditation Retreat Friday, February 19, 2010 9am-12pm in Ka’a’ike 105.

Banner will be unavailable from February 12 4pm through Monday, March 1, 12:00pm.

A handout of important dates has been distributed. Note changes to accommodate Banner shutdown.
VIII. Next Meeting will be Friday, March 19, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
IX. Adjourned at 3:00pm