Academic Senate Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 – OCC Faculty House from Noon to 1 PM
Senate Members: Keep remarks focused on the topics of discussion and before speaking on an issue you may declare whether the
remark is in support of or in opposition of an issue; keep remarks under 1 minute to allow the members of the AS Body to fully
participate.
Members of the Public: We ask that you keep your public commentary to one minute. Please fill out a white public comment slip and
submit to the President before the meeting begins and indicate if you wish to speak at the beginning of the meeting or for one minute
during the agenda item discussion.
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Call to Order (<1 minute)
Agenda Item Public Comments (1 minute per speaker up to 5 minutes total)
Approval of the Agenda for December 8, 2015(< 1 minute)
Reading and Approval of the Minutes of November 24, 2015 and December 1, 2015 (1 minute)
AS President Report/Announcements (2 minutes)
Consent Calendar (<1 minute)
Please see attached updated information on additions to the FT Faculty Hiring
Committee Volunteers for various Hiring Committees scheduled to meet beginning
in January, 2016.
Full list of Hiring Committee’s attached for faculty
review – Please note the approvals for pages 4 &5,
the Bold and Highlighted text.
Psychology Dept. Accelerated Tenure Review Committee Member
Professor Lee W. Gordon
DCC Budget Subcommittee
Dioga G’bye Part-time Faculty
Senate President Appointment
Vesna Marcina - Email Volunteer
CCCD Equivalency Oversight Committee
7. Unfinished Business
A. Diversity in Hiring – Sen. Clyde Phillips (10 minutes)
8. New Business
A. Part-time Faculty Office Hours – Kevin Ballinger, Vice President of Instruction (8 minutes)
B. Student Engagement Discussion – President Gordon, Sheri Sterner, Director, Institutional
Research (30 minutes)
9. For the Good of the Order
10. Non- Agenda Comments (1 minute per speaker up to 5 minutes total)
11. Announcements (< 1 minute)
12. Adjournment (< 1 minute)
Academic Senate Standing Committees
Academic Freedom
Academic Rank
Online Advisory Board
Part-time Faculty Committee
Academic Standards
Basic Skills Committee
Curriculum Committee
Honors Program Advisory Council
Professional Development Institute
Transparency Committee
UMOJA
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Hiring Committee Composition - Spring 2016 12-3-15 12:25 PM to Senate Office from VPI
Discipline
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English - Positions 1 and 2
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Committee Composition
Ken Parker (Faculty)
Jeremy Zitter (Faculty)
Genevieve Zuidervaart (Faculty)
Leigh Ann Weatherford (Faculty)
Michael Mandelkern (Dean)
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English - Positions 1 and 2
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Ken Parker (Faculty)
Jeremy Zitter (Faculty)
Genevieve Zuidervaart (Faculty)
Leigh Ann Weatherford (Faculty)
Michael Mandelkern (Dean)
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Sociology
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Candy Pettus (Sociology)
Jessica Alabi (Sociology/Gender Studies)
Vesna Marcina (Political Science)
Kevin Henson (Dean)
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Communication Studies
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Sherana Polk (Chair)
Ben Lohman (Faculty)
Chris DeSurra (Faculty)
Felicia Coco (Faculty)
Joey La Mer (Faculty) (added name)
Kat Carroll (Faculty)
Courtney Anderson (Faculty)
Michael Mandelkern (Dean)
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Psychology
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Jim Smolin (Faculty)
Jarren Gonzalez (Faculty)
Liem Pham (Faculty)
Olga Perez Stable Cox (Faculty)
Kevin Henson (Dean)
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Respiratory Care-Clincial
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Cindi Reber-Bonhall (Faculty)
Walt Banoczi (Faculty)
Allison Riggio (chair)
Janet Russell - Clinical Expert
Jane McLaughlin (Dean)
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EMT
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Lynne Cottrell (chair)
Cindi Reber-Bonhall (Faculty)
Loren Sachs (Faculty)
Jane McLaughlin (Dean)
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Counseling - Enrollments and
Retention
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Denia Guillen (Counselor)
Steve Hogue (Counselor)
Eileen Tom (Counselor)
Hue Pham (Dean)
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Librarian
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
John Dale (Librarian)
Carl Morgan (Librarian)
Lori Cassidy (chair)
Michael Mandelkern (Dean)
10 Math - Developmental
Items in red text were approved
on Dec. 1st AS Agenda
All others were approved on
11/17/15
Nauta was removed per VPI List
noted on 12/1/15
Eduardo Arismendi-Pardi (Faculty)
Sonia Avetesian (Faculty)
Jaime Blair (Faculty)
Tim Cooley (Faculty ) recently added 11/23/15
Andrew Koines (Faculty)
Tab Livingston (Faculty)
Naoko Maekawa (Faculty)
Art Moore (Faculty)
Greg Moore (Faculty) recently added 11/23/15
Mariana Voicu (Faculty)
Tara Giblin (Dean)
11 Chemistry
Items in red text were approved
on Dec. 1st AS Agenda
All others were approved on
11/17/15
Arlene Vieau (Faculty)
Mickey Laux (Faculty)
Matt Appel (Faculty)
Helen Maughan (Faculty) recently added 11/23/15
John Congelton (Faculty ) recently added 11/23/15
Tara Giblin (Dean)
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12 Computer Science
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Gabriella Ernsberger (Faculty)
Stephen Gilbert (Faculty)
Michael Paulding (Faculty)
Ronald Johnson (Dean)
13 HVAC
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Rodney Foster (Faculty)
Al Cervantes (Faculty)
John Stuart (Faculty)
Daniel Shrader (Dean)
14 Aviation Maintenance
Approved on 11/17/15 AS
Agenda
Rodney Foster (Faculty)
Richard Hutchison (Faculty)
David Rodriguez (Faculty)
Daniel Shrader (Dean)
15 Business
Arabian Morgan (Faculty)
Sent again to Senate on 11/24/15 Greg Clark (Faculty)
Pulled from 11/17/15
Dennis Morgan (Faculty)
Added to 11/24/15 w/out LWG
Maryann Watson (Faculty)
Ronald Johnson (Dean)
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DMAD
Items in red text were approved
on Nov. 24th AS Agenda
Yellow Highlight = 12/8
AS Approval
Lisa Bloomfield (Faculty)
Lauren Becker (Faculty)
Steve Cox (Faculty)
Michael Sutliff (Dean)
George Peters verified by Dean Sutliff
17 Softball Head Coach and
Kinesiology
Approved on 11/24/15 AS
Agenda
Laura Behr (Faculty)
Guido Sendowsky (Faculty)
Doug Smith (Faculty)
Michael Sutliff (Dean)
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Film and Video
Erik Forssell (Faculty)
To Senate 11/24/15
William Hall (Faculty)
VPI Added to Committee on 11/30
Robert Lazarus (Faculty)
To Senate 12/8/15
Items in red text were approved
on Nov. 24th AS Agenda.
Yellow Highlight = 12/8
AS Approval
Michael Sutliff (Dean)
Scott Broberg (Classified-Department Coordinator)
ADDED
NDT/Polysomnography
To Senate 11/24/15
Items in red approved 11/24/15
AS Agenda
Leslie McCall (Faculty-Photography) ADDED
Walter Banoczi (Chair)
Anne McClanahan (Faculty)
Allison Riggio (Faculty)
Jane McLauglin (Dean)
Kevin Ballinger (see memorandum)
Request approval for K. Ballinger
per memo of Nov 24th. Name
was not listed, adding to Dec 8th
Agenda
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Microbiology
Items in red text were approved
on 12/1/15 AS Agenda
Yellow Highlight = 12/8
AS Approval
Farah Sogo (Faculty)
Jill Parsell (Faculty)
Derek Boyer (Faculty)
Greg Russell (Faculty)
Tara Giblin (Dean)
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Engineering: General
Submitted for 12/8 Senate
Syed Hussain (Faculty)
Stanley Harriman (Faculty)
Arnold Guerra (Faculty)
Nick Contopolous (Faculty)
Erik Bender (Faculty)
Tara Giblin (Dean)
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Food Service
Management/Program
Coordinator
For Senate Agenda 12/8
Barbara Cooper (Faculty)
William Barber (Faculty)
Brenda Shine (Faculty)
Jane McLaughlin (Dean)
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ACADEMIC SENATE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
THERE WILL BE NO MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD ON DECEMBER 8, 2015
The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges: The 10 +1
The following items are "rely primarily" meaning that the senate's recommendation will move forward unless there are compelling and
unusual reasons not to implement the senate's recommendation:
 Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites and placing courses in disciplines
 Degree and certificate requirements
 Standards and policies regarding student success
 Educational program development
 Faculty roles and involvement in the accreditation process, including self-study and annual reports
 Policies for professional development activities
 Processes for program review
The following are "mutual agreement" items meaning that the senate and the administration must come to a decision as equal partners:
 Grading policies
 District and college governance structures, as related to faculty roles
 Processes for institutional planning and budget development
+1 Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon
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