President’s Report to the Senate

Meetings:

FABPAC: At the Financial and Budget Planning Advisory Council meeting we reviewed and forwarded to the Board the "Proposed Facilities Use Procedures and Fees". I provided an accreditation update. We were also informed that the College would not be going forward with the $1.8 million SunGuard that would include the hiring of the Chief Information Systems Officer.

SGC: The Shared Governance Council meeting of March 10 had PERT, Accreditation, Institutional Review Board, Banner update, Dinner with the Governing Board, Strategic Proposals, Policy 5000, the Board agenda and area updates as agenda items. The IRB will be voted on at the next meeting. It seems that its approval is forthcoming. The Banner update included the information that the College was going to move forward on a two-year, $1.64 million contract with SunGuard to make the last "push" to get the College out from under the Banner rock. This contract will not include the CISO position. SGC was able to discuss the Strategic Proposal on "Adding a Women's Inter-Collegiate Sport" to SCC. We still have two other proposals to discuss.

PERT: In the Process Evaluation Review Team meeting we reviewed one of the training video modules that Rob Simas and I produced on Operational Proposals, discussed the e-mail that Rob will be sending to $ALL soliciting performance indicators for our Strategic Objectives, and we discussed our systematic evaluation of the Integrated Planning Process to date.

Accreditation: I have held two informational meetings with the Accreditation Committee to give co-chairs guidance on how to move forward with the accreditation self-study this semester. My sense is that working groups have begun to meet and the campus has taken its first steps toward completing the 2011 Self-Study Report. Also, I have activities planned for the March 17 optional Flex Cal day. Finally, there is a group of faculty, staff, and administrators who will attend the State Academic Senate Accreditation Institute this weekend. I'm sure we'll have plenty to report back on.

American River College: I went with Nancy Konecny and Susanna Crawford to American River College for a tour of their Learning Resource Center and to discuss how they have implemented their Basic Skills Program. We were able to glean some interesting insights that may inform our discussions

VP ASA hiring committee: I wanted to let the Senate know that this committee has been meeting and is making good progress.

Distance Education: Rennee Moore has stepped down as the DE Committee for personal reasons and Dale Crandall-Bare has been selected by the committee to take over her responsibilities for the remainder of the semester.

The Board: The Board Study Session focused on an accreditation update, an overview federal education budget changes, and the academic calendar. Additionally, they discussed Dr. Laguerre's proposal for the Board to dedicate future study sessions to discussions with faculty, staff and students.

 

Other items:

As I'm sure most of you saw, I sent out e-mails requesting faculty volunteers to serve on the FABPAC, the MySolano/ Luminus Committee, the Vallejo Expansion Committee, and the Equivalency Procedures ad hoc committee. Response has been strong for most areas. Mary Ann Haley from Cosmetology has volunteered for the FABPAC, Richard Kleeberg for MySolano, several faculty for the Vallejo Expansion and two reading and one DSPS faculty member for the Equivalency Procedures.