General Meeting Information
Date: May 3,
2021
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 pm
Location: Zoom
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Agenda
Time Topic Action Objective Discussion Leader 2:30-2:40 Approval of Agenda & Minutes from April 26, 2021 Meeting A Chow, All 2:40-2:45 Public Comment on Items Not On Agenda (Senate cannot discuss or take action)
I/D All 2:45-3:05 Needs and Confirmations
I/D/A - Need for faculty representative on District Energy and Sustainability Advisory Committee
- Need for two faculty FA Equity Task Force Evaluations Workgroup
- Confirmation of Hyon Chu Yi-Baker as replacement for Mary Sullivan (retiring?!?!) on Wil Firmender's Tenure Review Committee
- Possibly there will be asks to approve hiring committees
Pape 3:05-3:45 Constitution & Bylaws
Constitution revision--May 3 version--updated red highlight items for review and approval
Constitution revision--April 26 version--approved April 26 with exception of items in red highlight
Bylaws revision--most updated draft
Teal blue highlighted text indicate the substantive changes/updates that have been proposed and previously discussed and approved.
Yellow highlights indicate wording clarity and/or minor update edits
D/A Final discussion and approval.
Chow 3:45-3:55 Academic Senate Elections timeline & document
I/D Review of the Elections timeline and process
Inoue, Sullivan, Kalpin 3:55-4:25 Committee & Zoom Reports
I/D DASG
College Council
Chancellors & Senior Staff Zooms
FA Senates Liaison
Vaughan, Chow, Pape
4:25-4:30 Good of the order Items I May is AAPI Heritage Month
DE ANZA STANDING AGAINST RACISM events, including Ethnic Studies Faculty Multiracial Panel Friday Series of discussions from April 30-May 28
All Public Comment on items not on agenda (Senate cannot discuss or take action)Actions:
A = Action
D = Discussion
I = Information
Zoom Information
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Meeting URL: https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/96480684218?pwd=MEMwTEtjaU1jNWpkNm0yc1hWV2tWdz09&from=addon
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Minutes
Approval of Agenda and Minutes from April 26, 2021 Meeting
- Agenda approved.
- Minutes approved.
Public Comment on items not on agenda (Senate cannot discuss or take action)Rusty trained on campus today with 9 players from 11:30 to 1 pm. They talked about transferring and nutrition. Things are much better
President holmes also announced in the Senior Staff meeting that in addition to athletics, CTE programs like DMT (Design Manufacturing Technology), and Auto Tech will also have in person classes
Mary D shared in chat an announcement from FA about the board meeting tonight.
- agenda: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/fhda/Board.nsf/Public.
- “Please note that the public session of the regular meeting is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.
Terrence: The email I just received from Scheduling has said that Fall is going to be mostly online again. Is that true?
The assumption was that scheduling for 21/22 will be the same as this spring, that it will be mostly online. It was suggested that department chairs should be having conversations with their deans about options faculty and students are interested in.Mary D shared that West Valley College has started registration for the fall.
- West Valley College has a schedule of classes webpage of on campus, in person classes, as well as hybrid or hy-flex (where students can participate both face-to-face and online) classes: https://www.westvalley.edu/classes/face-to-face.html
- She suggested that Senate request for a similar website listing all courses at De Anza;
- Karen will bring that request to her meeting with Christina and Lorrie.
Needs and ConfirmationNeeds
Faculty representative on District Energy and Sustainability Advisory CommitteeFA Equity Task Force Evaluations Workgroup (need 2)
Already has 3 volunteers, will vote on next meetingConfirmations Summary of Details
Hyon Chu Yi-Baker as replacement for Mary Sullivan as division faculty on Wil Firmender's Tenure Review Committee
Terrence moved, Betty seconded
Yes 15, No 0, Abstain 1, confirmedIMPACT AAPI Counselor/Coordinator Hiring Committee
Alicia Cortez, Dean E&E, Chair of Committee
Christine Chai, English/ESL Faculty
Tom Nguyen, BHES Counselor
Jorge Morales, FYE Counselor, Equity & Engagement
Noemi Teppang, Counselor, International Student Program
Sushini Chand, Student Success Specialist
TBD, EO RepresentativeCynthia moved to confirm, Betty seconded.
Yes 15, No 0, Abstain1, confirmed.There will be needs for EO reps for the other 8 positions approved for hiring for fall 2021. The deans are anxious to move ahead with hiring committees.
Mary D asked about EO training.
EO Reps training
https://hr.fhda.edu/_downloads/03.03.21_EO%20Training.pdf
Next EO Training, May 14, 2021,10:00 am - 12:00 pmIf someone has already attended a training once, they may be able to complete an alternate assignment where you send Pat Hyland a reflection on 3 videos, articles or other materials.
Constitution & By-laws
Final discussion and approval.
Constitution revision--April 26 version--approved April 26 with exception of items in red highlight
Constitution revision--May 3 version--updated red highlight items for review and approval
ARTICLE III, Section A. Regular Membership
Membership in the Academic Senate shall consist of all faculty (full and part-time) at De Anza College. (Reference: Title 5, Subchapter 2, Section 53200). Part time faculty remain active employees of the district until they complete an Appendix S3, or until they haven't had assignments for 3 years, and their Dean approves them to be terminated.
ARTICLE VII. Section B.2
Voting. The election of a candidate or passage of Senate initiatives will be determined by a simple majority vote of the Academic Senate membership voting. In all elections, all Academic Senate members shall be entitled to one (1) vote.
Section C. 1 a. Senators needed to start a new term on the Executive Committee shall be elected via an open, transparent and inclusive process, determined by faculty consensus, and announced by the Dean/supervisor/designated representative of each area. elected by each division prior to the end of the Spring Quarter. These elections shall be conducted by the division's present Senators.
Section C.1b. For any senatorial vacancy on the Executive Committee due to a resignation or a removal of a Senator by vote of the Division, the Division concerned, upon being notified by the President shall elect a faculty replacement. Vacancies for Senator positions must be publicized by the Dean/supervisor/designated representative to the entire division/area. Faculty consensus must determine the open, transparent, and inclusive process used in the division/area to fill vacant Senator position(s).
Erik moved, Terrence seconded to approve the sections in red.
Yes 18, No 0, Abstain 0Bylaws revision--most updated draft
Teal blue highlighted text indicates the substantive changes/updates that have been proposed and previously discussed and approved. Yellow highlights indicate wording clarity and/or minor update edits
Cynthia moved to approved, Betty seconded
Erik added an amendment to approve the By-laws contingent on the Constitution being approved by the full faculty. The Executive Committee will vote later on this, to make sure that there is no mismatch between the Constitution and By-laws. The amended by-laws would not take effect until the Constitution is approved.
There was no objection to the amendment to the motion.
Yes 18, No 0, Abstain 0. By-laws approved.
Academic Senate Elections timeline & documentReview of the Elections timeline and process
Karen shared the draft of the email that will go out to all faculty to announce the Academic Senate election call for candidates and timeline.
Faculty members will be voting for the 2 open positions (Academic Senate President and At Large Part-Time Faculty Representative) and the proposed amendment to the Academic Senate Constitution and By-Laws.
Standing Committee updates
DASG, logo contest until May 13; Racial Justice town hall, May 13, 4 pm; new senator training continues.
College Council 4/22 meeting
Shared governance task force update; each affiliation group will send 2 members to the task force.President Holmes shared that he feels that the college may be better served by a single budget committee, rather than the current, separate planning and budget teams or committees.
The task force will be investigating the shared governance structure at other colleges and make their recommendation.
Laureen, Task Force Chair, mentioned that IEPI, Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative, have a grant program to review and give feedback.
LGBTQ+/Survey Results presentation, by Chesa Caparas
District Facilities Master Plan, on the May 3 board meeting agenda
Karen went over the De Anza section of the master plan. Mary Sullivan, Tim Shivley and Eugene Rodriquez serve on the task force. The proposed plan included a new campus gateway near Flint center, to be called DA Event Center, Student Support Area, Arts Area; PE and Athletics Complex.Senior Staff Zoom
For graduation, there will be no formal in person commencement. Students will have the opportunity to take commemorative photos and purchase a graduation box; financial assistance is available; there will be an online video ceremony; there is no plans to involve faculty.
Candid series: “Why Black Lives Matter, not All Lives Matter”Chancellor’s Zoom
Foothill has developed the first of its kind apprenticeship in their dental program.New bill on baccalaureate degrees at community colleges, changing from pilot program to full fledged program; the degree is in high demand, especially in CTE, Career Technical Education areas.
The Multicultural Staff Association has been reactivated.
The State Chancellor urges all students, faculty and staff to get vaccinated against COVID. The current position is not to require vaccination; some colleges do require vaccination. There has been and will be discussion on this subject.
More discussion and poll. 13 were in favor of mandatory vaccination before people are allowed to return to campus.
Library lab is opening soon; Cecilia asked about on site testing for athletes returning to campus, will testing be available to students using the computer lab.
Testing and physicals for athletes were part of the athletes return to training plan. CARES money is paying for the testing. Also, in accordance with CCCAA recommendation and guidelines.
COVID Vaccine Education Series @ Foothill: https://www.foothill.edu/sli/events/covid-series.html
https://www.deanza.edu/return-to-campus/programs.html
https://marydonahue.org/covid-vaccine-faqs
Encourage the administration to be proactive in making the vaccine available and/or requiring proof of vaccine to be on campus.
FA Senate Liaison Meetings
Faculty hiring procedure meeting, working on a new draft of the faculty hiring procedures.Opportunity across district on consultation and developing curriculum
Most of the work is done at department or division level. Foothill and De Anza procedures are different. Discussed plans to engage counterpart departments, from the two colleges in discussions around things such as new courses and programs and degrees and certificates.
Good of the Order- Dawn: May -une Staff development, VRC to register
- May is AAPI HERITAGE MONTH
- DE ANZA STANDING AGAINST RACISM events, including Ethnic Studies Faculty Multiracial Panel Friday Series of discussions from April 30-May 28
- Terrence motioned, Cynthia seconded, to adjourn, no objection.
Division
Name
Present
President
Karen Chow
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Vice-President
Mary Pape
✔
Executive Secretary
So Kam Lee
✔
Part-time Faculty Representatives
Ishmael Tarikh
✔
Mary Donahue
✔
Academic Services &
Leaning ResourcesCecilia Hui
✔
VACANCY
Bio/Health/Environmental Sciences
Robert Kalpin
✔
Anna Miller
✔
Business/Computer Science/
Applied TechnologiesRick Maynard
✔
VACANCY
Counseling and Disability Support Programs & Services
Betty Inoue
✔
Kevin Glapion*
✔
Anita Vazifdar
✔
Creative Arts
VACANCY
Elizabeth Mjelde
✔
Equity and Engagement
Cynthia Kaufman
✔
VACANCY
Intercultural/International Studies
Anu Khanna
✔
VACANCY
Language Arts
Shagun Kaur
✔
Lauren Gordon
✔
Physical Education
Louise Madrigal
✔
Rusty Johnson
✔
Physical Sciences, Math, & Engineering
Lisa Mesh
✔
Terrence Mullens
✔
Social Sciences & Humanities
Rich Booher
✔
Nellie Vargas
✔
Student Development & EOPS
Mary Sullivan
✔
VACANCY
Curriculum Committee
Erik Woodbury
✔
Professional Development*
Dawn Lee Tu
✔
Administrator Liaison*
Lorrie Ranck
DASB Representative*
Lianna Vaughan
Kimberly Lam
✔
Faculty Association Representative*
Bob Stockwell
*non-voting member
Guests:
Name
Position
Present
Lloyd Holmes
De Anza President
Rob Miesa
VP of Student Services
Christina Espinosa-Pieb
VP of Instruction
Pam Grey
VP of Administrative Services
Hyon Chu Yi-Baker
Director of College Life & Student Judicial Affairs
✔
Marisa Spatafore
Associate VP of Communications & External Relations
Scott Olsen
Classified Senate
✔
Max Meyberg
De Anza Student Trustee
Mallory Newell-
Institutional Research
✔
Moaty Fayek
Dean of Business/Computer Info Systems
Renee Augenstein
Articulation Officer
Brian Malone
Tenure Review Coordinator
Daniel Smith
Dean of Creative Arts
Eric Mendoza
Dean of Physical Education and Athletics
Alicia Cortez
Dean of Equity and Engagement
Randy Bryant
Dean of Career & Technical Education (CTE)
Kathryn Maurer
Foothill Academic Senate President
Isaac Escoto
FHDA District Academic Senate President
Laureen Balducci
Dean of Counseling, DSPS & Title IX Coordinator
Anita Kandula
Dean of Biological, Health, and Environmental Sciences
Michele LeBleu-Burns
Dean of Student Development/EOPS
Lisa Mandy
Director of Financial Aid
Nazy Gayloyan
Dean of Enrollment Services
Edmundo Norte
Dean of Intercultural/International Studies
Jerry Rosenberg
Dean of Physical Sciences, Math & Engineering
Judy Miner
FHDA Chancellor
Elvin Ramos
Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities
Patrick Gannon
Director, Book Store
David Ulate
FHDA Research & Planning
Mae Lee
Curriculum Committee Vice-Chair