February 23, 2026

I. Call to Order

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Welcome

Shagun Kaur chaired and called the meeting to order. Erik Woodbury, running late from another meeting, joined and took over later.

Shagun Kaur reminded the representatives to complete the report out document. 

Voting Members attending in person and those joining online with their names and meeting locations published on the agenda used the roll call vote link to establish quorum. They also used the same link to approve the agenda and the February 9, 2026 meeting minutes. There was no consent calendar.

Roll Call Vote (24)

Angela Winch, Angelica Esquivel Moreno, Barbara Dahlke, Christian Rodriguez, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, Doli Bambhania, James Adams, James Capurso, Jayanti Roy, Lauren Gordon, Mark Hamer, Mark Landefeld, Mary Donahue, Mary Pape, Ravjeet Singh, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Sherwin Mendoza, So Kam Lee, Steve Nava, Sukhjit Singh, Veronica Acevedo Avila, Yuri Chang

Quorum reached.

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II. Agenda, Minutes, and Consent Calendar

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Approval of Agenda and Minutes from February 9th, 2026

Approval of Agenda

Yes (24) Angela Winch, Angelica Esquivel Moreno, Barbara Dahlke, Christian Rodriguez, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, Doli Bambhania, James Adams, James Capurso, Jayanti Roy, Lauren Gordon, Mark Hamer, Mark Landefeld, Mary Donahue, Mary Pape, Ravjeet Singh, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Sherwin Mendoza, So Kam Lee, Steve Nava, Sukhjit Singh, Veronica Acevedo Avila, Yuri Chang

Agenda approved.

Approval of Minutes from February 9th, 2026

Yes (23) Angela Winch, Angelica Esquivel Moreno, Barbara Dahlke, Christian Rodriguez, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, Doli Bambhania, James Capurso, Jayanti Roy, Lauren Gordon, Mark Hamer, Mark Landefeld, Mary Donahue, Mary Pape, Ravjeet Singh, Rusty Johnson, Shagun Kaur, Sherwin Mendoza, So Kam Lee, Steve Nava, Sukhjit Singh, Veronica Acevedo Avila, Yuri Chang

Abstain (1) James Adams

Minutes approved.

No Consent Calendar

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III. Needs and Confirmation

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District and College Needs

Faculty Coordinator, VIDA

It is an important position that has historically done great work on campus. Submit applications to Dean Michelle Hernandez no later than Monday 3/2.

Tenure Review Committee [At Large Members]

They have 18 Tenure Review Committees!!! 

Need at least 18 tenured faculty for the first and second phase. Newly tenured faculty to be approved in March may apply to serve. There is sufficient time for training and be ready by the fall when the committee work starts.

It is a great way to learn about another program, another division, to make contacts and establish a community outside your division. Also, a great way to learn about the pedagogy of another discipline and what inspires them.

Share with divisions/departments. Encourage people to apply by next week. They planned to start confirming the tenure review committees soon.

Use the “Request to Serve” button on the Academic Senate website  lower right hand corner to volunteer. https://www.deanza.edu/gov/academicsenate/index.html

Or contact Shagun directly.

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Confirmations

None

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IV. New & Continuing Business

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Quick Notes:

Program Review Feedback

This is important. Program Review will be a useful tool to help shape the educational master plan, which will affect the technology plan, the facilities plan and future resource allocation.

The survey will provide data on what needs to be added, removed, or changed. Someone had a hard time with the survey. The process is awkward and convoluted.

They have sent out multiple emails to deans and chairs. Please share the link with departments/divisions and encourage faculty to complete the survey as soon as possible.

IEPI-PRT visit

They will visit this Friday to talk about non-credit.

Hayward Award Announcement 

Shagun Kaur was honored as a winner of the 2025-26 Gerald C. Hayward Award for Excellence in Education. 

Budget Update

Quarter 2 budget report is out, it is linked in the Senate Report Outs 

FY25–26 Q2 budget report indicates most departments are on track, with some overspending attributed to encumbrances and contingency use. Leadership is addressing allocation disparities and strengthening fiscal oversight, with noted improvement over last year. Fiscal Services should be consulted regarding appropriate use of lottery and instructional equipment funds 

FY25/26 Q2 B Budget Report DA

APM Update

Conversation on change from Quarters to Semesters continued. FA has been discussing this as well. Encourage faculty to share feedback about this topic.

AP /BP Updates

Credit for prior learning

District Joint Senate Meetings

March 9 (Foothill) after the Senate luncheon. The joint senate will look at various academic and professional matters like the district strategic plan. 

April 6 (De Anza) (first week of classes). Both Senates need to come together to look at the spring resolutions in order to vote at the ASCCC plenary happening later that week. The meeting will be brief. They will share the resolution packet as soon as it is published.

Lunar New Year Celebrations

Update on the DA celebration. Very festive with fun games, good food and meaningful community connection.

Scholarship Update 

The scholarship committee has been meeting regularly to review applications and implement the process.

The committee decided to split the scholarship fund between the winter and spring quarter. ($2500 per quarter).

They granted awards for all 10 applicants ($250 per student). The scholarship committee has distributed all the funds for the winter quarter.

The committee will resume meeting and reviewing new applications in the spring.

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Joint Resolution of Classified Senate and Academic Senate on De Anza College Campus Parking Lots (2nd read)

Public link (view only): Joint ResolutionofCSandAS_Campus Parking Lots at De Anza College

The discussion focused on a resolution regarding parking lot maintenance, redesign, and future planning, emphasizing accessibility, safety, and inclusivity.

Comments and discussion:

Are we examining the efficacy of diagonally oriented spaces?

Concerns about how the resolution may impact the Flea Market. 

There is a concern with resizing spaces in Lot B (and maybe Lot A) because flea market vendors have been reserving spaces with the current sizes there for many years. Changing the parking space sizes in those lots could cause a lot of confusion for vendors.

Parking Lots A/B and partial Lot A1 is used for the monthly flea market. Diagonal spaces will not work for vendor booth spaces. The size will affect the number of the booth spaces. They need at least 800 spaces. The flea market currently numbers and pays for the stenciling in the parking lots, using 2 parking stalls per booth. Currently there are two side by side parking stalls with the same numbers. Two stalls count as one booth for the flea market. They also label the aisles A-Z with stencils. They can use similar Aisle Letters in other parking lots to help people find their vehicles.

DASG gets income from the flea market that funds their operations and programs on campus.

Erik Woodbury noted that this might be a conversation for a later stage in the process.

Someone pointed out that the resolution addressed a bigger issue on campus. There are spaces on campus where lines are completely gone or faded, or the parking spaces are not evenly distributed. In the Flint Center lot, people have a hard time getting in and out of their cars. During premium times, faculty cannot get parking when students park in staff spaces that are not clearly marked or have faded signage.

Fill out the form Staff Parking Survey – Feedback – Fill out form – to provide feedback.

Veronica Acevedo Avila motioned to adopt the resolution, LK Sengupta seconded.

Sherwin Mendoza proposed a friendly amendment. Add DASG to the list of recipients of the written status report on the parking lot assessment..

No objection

Motion passed

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Facilities Committee Report Out

Jamie Pelusi, Lisha Lisha, and Amy Rejent, Facilities Committee, shared notes from the last Campus Facilities Committee meeting.

The committee is looking for more AS and CS representatives to help craft the agenda for their meetings and have tri-chairs. 

Housing update:

Employee housing

Mountain View Housing and Palo Alto Housing still have openings. The Palo Alto facility has an open house every third Saturday of the month. 

Student housing

McClellan Avenue apartments. Students have started moving in from September 2025 (40 students) to January 2026 (55 students). Legacy residents will move out by June 26, 2026. They will update and renovate the building to bring it up to code. The renovations will take about a year. Students will move in as spaces become available with a total capacity for 300 to 370 students.

Jamie brought some students from the Pride Center over to the McClellan common room for a Valentine's Day joint event to build community.

Construction Update:

Creative Arts

There is a collaborative design process involving stakeholders across the campus. They are working on phase I of schematic design for the former Flint Center site. Program relocations: A4, A7, A8, part of A9, part of ATC. Reuse utility/storage area for ceramic arts.Targeted construction date Spring/Summer 27

Restroom renovations are taking longer than expected due to unforeseen conditions during construction.

Campus Center Refresh

Done in sections to limit disruption and safety concerns. The work included painting, removing paint from concrete and polishing the floors, signage, LED lighting. Target completion Fall 26. Major work will be done over the summer.

Measure G update 

PE - Beach volleyball facilities with a scoreboard, audio speaker, no-mow grass. There will be a site walk when it is fully completed by winter 26

Flint demolition is relatively done. Just waiting on final sign off to start landscaping and irrigation

EV chargers to be installed in Lot E courtyard starting in February.

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Funding Requests (1st read)

Funding Requests for February 23rd

Community Care Conversations 

Veronica Kiefer-Lewis, SSH Equity Core Team, requested $100-200 to provide refreshments to foster communities for their upcoming event, Community Care Conversation, held in conjunction with the Global Issues Forum. 

Barbara Dahlke moved to approve up to $200 for this request, Veronica Acevedo Avila seconded

No objections. 

Request Approved.

Discussions regarding the fund requests: 

In which context do faculty request funding from their Dean out of the B budget? And when to ask the Senate for support?

Every division has a B budget allocation to support the activities within that division. B budget should be the first stop for funds to support programs/students. If there is no money, then faculty could look for other sources (ie Senate request). 

Budget Advisory Report Out has information on B budget allocations

District Policy: B budgets can not be used for food. Food funding usually comes from Foundation accounts that are unrestricted. Those funds do not come from the state or federal sources but from donations and fundraisers. Spending on food from the B budget is allowed only for the end of the year celebration. Food brings people together and builds community.

The current Senate funding request guideline does not ask about other sources of support for the program or event. The guidelines does advise up to 3 weeks lead line for a decision allowing time to agendize the item, the first read and a second read.

The body has the option of passing a measure on the first read. Individual requests are normally capped at $500. Larger requests can be approved by the executive committee with a supermajority vote.

Someone pointed out that World Languages has very few full time faculty and one of the smallest budgets. They are trying to pull together a program with a lot of contribution from part-time faculty and volunteer efforts.

It was the intent of the Academic Senate to support faculty efforts and encourage student achievements.

And as a reminder, when the Senate grants funding requests, the program organizers should recognize the Senate as a sponsor for those events. 

Submit receipts within the fiscal year for reimbursement.

World Languages Week Video Showcase

Young Sook Kim, World Languages Department, requested $770 to support a World Languages Week Online Event. The funds will provide merit-based prizes (gift cards). Each of the 11 language categories will be allocated $70 to award a First Place ($50) and a Runner-Up ($20) winner.

James Adams moved to approve up to $770 for this request, Jayanti Roy seconded.

No objections

Request Approved.

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RAPP (Resource Allocation and Program Planning) Update

See link for Update

DRAFT FPC and PSC Committees

Veronica Avila Acevedo, RAPP Faculty Tri-chair, presented a draft proposal for the establishment of two new RAPP subcommittees: the Faculty Prioritization Committee (FPC) and the Program Sustainability Committee (PSC).

The Faculty Prioritization Committee and Program Sustainability Committee, will operate under the umbrella of RAPP to streamline the hiring process and address program viability.

By shifting this work out of RAPP it will free up 12 to 16 meeting hours for RAPP. The proposed subcommittees would review new and replacement full time faculty positions, and existing programs respectively, with recommendations to be made to RAPP and College Council. 

The subcommittee structures, membership, and working parameters are still being discussed, with a focus on ensuring equitable representation and manageable workloads. 

Ravjeet Singh raised concerns about emergency hiring needs, which were addressed by clarifying that such hires are typically not approved unless required by accreditation or state regulation. The group also discussed timelines for hiring processes and the potential for the new committee to streamline these procedures

Ram Subramaniam: Hiring this year is consistent with other colleges.

Veronica: RAPP would like to be transparent and inclusive with this process. They will bring feedback from shared governance groups for further discussion.

The topic will be back for discussion next week. The Senate will provide feedback on these proposals before they are finalized.

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GE Committee Update

• Charge
• GE Philosophy
• GE Criteria: Area Criteria

They discussed catalogue rights and how that would affect students who may need to take additional science courses during the transition period. The new criteria required labs for science courses.  If a student did not have a lab in a previous science class, will the class count under the new criteria? What is the process? 

Catalogue rights apply to continuous enrollment for 2 quarters. Students will have to retake a class with a lab if they lose catalogue rights.

Shagun Kaur moved to approve the Area Criteria. Mary Pape seconded

No objections.

Motion Approved. The committee approved the area criteria document for General Education, which will be implemented in Fall 2028

Review GE area criteria Charge 4 and Charge 5 documents before the next meeting. Bob Singh assigned to lead the discussion.

Charge 4 - GE Policy and Workflow Summary.docx

Charge 5 - Final Draft.docx

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District Strategic Plan

Planning

Gohar Momjian, Vice Chancellor for Strategy, Institutional Effectiveness and Engagement, reviewed the first draft of the district strategic plan.

FIRST DRAFT - Updated Strategic Plan (February 2026)

First draft put into words and details the Strategic Plan. Gohar highlighted the five priority areas, each with one district-wide goal. See “Five Wildly Important Goals” that provided insights/guidance on the 5 district-wide projects to begin in the next 5 years. 

Presentation on Updated Strategic Plan

These may change as workgroups begin to meet and work on them. 

Participants discussed questions on specific goals, including workforce Pell Grant implementation (see page 5), economic pathways for dual admissions, and digital transformation frameworks.

Concerns were raised about the language and implications of certain goals, particularly regarding curriculum and civic engagement. They asked for more detailed information on which De Anza programs are eligible for Workforce Pell Grant implementation

The group will continue discussions on the plan in future meetings, with an emphasis on careful vetting and engagement with the goals. 

Topic to return for discussion next week.

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Good of the Order

Please review all report outs (View only link for public access)

Bob Singh: Please review Charge 4 and Charge 5 before the next meeting.

Ram Subramaniam, VP of Instruction: Make sure to review the Draft Strategic Plan and offer feedback before it is implemented. 

Erik Woodbury, AS President, reminded AS members to stay engaged with all planning processes in AS meetings since it will impact the future.

Bob Singh: Sign up to increase AS membership with additional funds that support Senate work and programs. 

Erik encouraged faculty to attend AI and Academis 2026: Navigating the Future conferences, Costa Mesa. March 19-21

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Adjournment

The meeting adjourned at 4:28 pm.

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Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury,  Shagun Kaur, So Kam Lee

Veronica Avila Acevedo, James Adams, Viviana Alcazar, Doli Bambhania, Christopher Bradley, Dave Capitolo, James Capurso, Yuri Chang, *Jacob Chen, Barbara Dahlke, Kevin Glapion, Lauren Gordon, Mark Hamer, Mark Landefeld, Sherwin Mendoza, Angelica Esquivel-Moreno, Mary Pape, Christian Rodriguez, Jayanti Roy, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Sukhjit Bob Singh, *Ram Subramaniam, Angela Winch

Online

Mary Donahue, Rusty Johnson, Jamie Pelusi, Ravjeet Singh

Absent

*Deborah Armstrong, Lisa Castro, Umar Douglas, Dawnis Guevara, Leah Smith

*Non-voting members