March 18, 2024

I. Call to Order

---

Welcome

Erik Woodbury reminded representatives to complete the report out

---

Approval of Agenda and Minutes from March 11th, 2024

The agenda was amended to include the Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values, an item received on Friday after the agenda was published. This item needed immediate action. Felisa Vilaubi moved, Cheryl Balm seconded to approve the amended agenda. No objection. Amended agenda approved 

Shagun Kaur, Joyanti Roy seconded to approve the minutes with the recommended changes. No objections. Minutes approved by unanimous consent.

---

Public Comment 

Shagun Kaur reminded faculty to make sure their classes are marked correctly for “no cost” or “low cost”  for the spring quarter.

James Capurso and Jamie Pelusi: The pronoun list in Canvas has been updated and expanded in the pull down menu. Jamie shared the “Canvas Pronoun Guide”. 

Mary Donahue continued to update the Model Course Syllabus (located on the Academic Senate website).  Please check it out and give feedback.  

Mary Donahue asked  James Capurso for a list of suggested online training courses, especially toward RSI training, so that faculty could start taking them over the break. She noticed a lot of good offerings in the Online Learning Portal.

---

II. Consent Calendar

---

Approval of Consent Calendar (Attachment)

Tenure Review Committee, Sheryl Bernardo, Instructor, Paralegal Studies

Mark Healy, Psychology to replace James Suits.

Local GE Pattern Committee:

James Perla-Adams, FT, Non-Tenured, Learning Resources (Library)

Mary Pape moved, Mary Donahue seconded to approve the Consent Calendar. No objections. Committees approved.

---

III. Needs and Confirmation

---

District and College Needs (Attachment)

Vice Chancellor, Business Services Hiring committee, 1 faculty member

Academic Senate Vice President for fall 2024.

RAPP Executive Secretary for Spring 2024.

AS Scholarship Committee members

EO Representatives

Academic Senate GE Committee members

---

Confirmations

Mark Landefeld volunteered to serve as the faculty member on the Vice Chancellor, Business Services Hiring Committee. 

Shagun Kaur moved, Mary Pape seconded to approve. No objections. Mark Landefeld confirmed.

---

Report out from Board Meeting 3/11/2024: Measure G

The next Board Meeting is April 1st (during Spring Break). The Academic Senate was concerned about faculty not being around to attend the meeting.  Erik will convey, on behalf of faculty, a request that the upcoming meeting be not focused on action/vote, but rather on discussion. 

The request came out of people’s response to and discussion on the new proposed reallocation of the Event Center funds from the Chancellor's Office. Event Center Proposed Reallocation Summary

In the powerpoint, Slide 1 was the Event Center Proposed Re-allocation Summary presented at the March 5 Study Session. Slide 2 and 3 are the revised proposals.

In both revisions, the De Anza allocation is down $5 million. There were questions and discussion on the allocation and the spending for IT and infrastructure. 

For IT, the campus has a lot of network closets, impoverished spaces for routers, servers, etc. They do not have adequate boilers, chillers, underground pipes, and lines. According to the proposals, the funds go toward the replacement and update for these items.

In the proposal, the De Anza priority is Flexible Space that includes the Arts Quad and the Student Services spaces.The Foothill priority, not stated in the proposal, will go toward their Dental Hygiene Building.

There was general disappointment and discouragement over the revised re-allocation. People pointed out how De Anza students, faculty, staff, and the community showed up at last year’s board meetings to advocate for the Measure G Task Force recommendation for De Anza priorities and needs. That proposal was warmly received in August and then November.

There was a suggestion to advocate again and to challenge the proposed allocation.

Erik will work on a letter/statement to the board that will be circulated for signature.

---

Curriculum Update: List of Course Revisons Not Yet Started

75 courses that need to be completed have not yet reached stage 1, and the deadline to enter stage 1 is March 26th. Those courses will be suspended if no action is taken.

---

Program Consultation Committee Proposal

(TABLE)

Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values (amended agenda item)

In last year's Career Fair, the presence of uniformed/armed Border Patrol agents as employer reps caused severe distress for undocumented student participants. 

Erik read the draft of Resolution on Alignment of Career Fair Practices with College Mission and Values.

Cheryl Balm motioned that in light of its sensitive nature (decisions about the upcoming Career Fair to be made within the next week,) the Senate forgoes its usual process of a second reading of the resolution and passes it at the first reading. Shagun Kaur seconded. 

Yes 19 No 1. Motion approved.  Resolution passed.

---

COOL Committee Proposal (third read)

DA Cool Proposal

James Capurso has revised the Charge based on people’s feedback and comments. He also updated the representative list in accordance with last week’s discussion and vote.

There were more discussions about representation in the committee. Cecilia Hui mentioned that the Library should be represented. Therefore, #12 Online Education and Learning Resources. is designated for the Library. Some argued that a 17-member committee might be too large. What happened if they cannot get reps from all the different areas?

Some people like Mary Donahue have reached out in their areas and got no response. Others like DALA have expressed interest.

The committee is subjected to the Brown Act. It is also modeled after the Curriculum Committee as well as the Foothill COOL that is represented by divisions.

Sherwin Mendoza voted for the expanded membership. This way the committee is self selecting. Some divisions and departments may have more interest. Shagun Kaur believed that it is aspirational, but not realistic to get 17 people to serve on this committee. Felisa Vilaubi recalled that some people were not comfortable with the other option, representation by villages.

Cheryl Balm motioned to approve the proposal, Mary Pape seconded.

Yes 17, No 1, Abstain 1. Proposal approved.

---

Reflections on Joint Senate Meeting: Online Instruction Training, RSI, & Accessibility

Cheryl Balm motioned, Felisa Vilaubi seconded to table item until next meeting. No objections. Motion passed.

---

Good of the Order

Lydia Wong: DASG approved a resolution regarding Block Scheduling in De Anza Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departments.

In the resolution DASG is calling for standardized start times in lab sections across the aforementioned departments to address the class conflict issues many students face when taking two or more classes in these departments concurrently. DASG is looking for Academic Senate sponsorship of this resolution in the spring to hopefully impact fall 2024 scheduling.

Mary Donahue: The De Anza Outdoor Club will be going to Grand Teton National Park between summer and fall quarter.

Some people who went on the trip last summer and are signing up for August 2024 have booked campsites to share. The campsites cost $65.49 per night. Depending on how many people share each site the cost will be $10.92 to $32.75 per person, per night (max 6 people and two vehicles per site).

https://marydonahue.org/map-of-colter-bay-campground-grand-teton-national-park

Other overnight accommodations to consider are 

the Colter Bay Cabins:

https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-cabins-grand-teton-national-park

Colter Bay tent cabins:https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-tent-village-grand-teton-national-park

Colter Bay RV park

https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-rv-park-grand-teton-national-park-including-maps

or other hotels

https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-hotels-cabins-lodging

https://marydonahue.org/jenny-lake-lodge-grand-teton-national-park-cabin-photos-descriptions-and-maps

The main trip webpage is:

https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons

other campgrounds include:

https://marydonahue.org/map-of-jenny-lake-campground-grand-teton-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/headwaters-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/lizard-creek-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/signal-mountain-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/gros-ventre-campground-mapand perhaps also of interest:

https://marydonahue.org/teton-range-peak-names

https://marydonahue.org/rocky-mountain-mammal-size-comparisonshttps://marydonahue.org/gas-stations-in-grand-teton-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/string-lake-grand-tetons

https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-boat-launch-access-ramps-boat-trailer-parking-boat-in-campsites-with-maps

https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-birds

https://marydonahue.org/cascade-canyon-grand-teton-national-parkhttps://marydonahue.org/wolf-pack-territories-in-grand-teton-and-yellowstone-national-parks-and-wolf-watching-tips

https://marydonahue.org/top-reasons-not-to-speed-in-a-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/before-a-bison-charges

https://marydonahue.org/your-safety-in-grizzly-bear-territory

https://marydonahue.org/safe-distances-from-wildlife

https://marydonahue.org/fatal-near-fatal-or-close-call-incidentsaccidents-in-camping-backpacking-climbing-and-mountaineering

https://marydonahue.org/wildlife-jams

Please review all report outs

---

Adjournment

Cheryl Balm motioned, Catherina Wong seconded, to adjourn, no objection.

---

Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury, Patty Guitron, So Kam Lee

Cheryl Balm, Sam Bliss*, Carmen Lizardi-Folley, Mary Donahue, Elsa Jimenez-Samayoa, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Kevin Glapion, Sherwin Mendoza, Lisa Mesh, Anna Nguyen, Liliana Rivera, Mary Pape, Christian Rodriguez, Jayanti Roy, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, James Tallent, Felisa Vilaubi, Catherina Wong, *Lydia Wong

Online

Mirsaeid Abolghasemi, *Deborah Armstrong, Cecilia Hui,  Lauren Gordon, Lydia Hearn*, Mark Landefeld

Absent

Ravjeet Singh, Li Wei Sun, Glynn Wallis