COA ACADEMIC SENATE MINUTES

Date of Meeting:February 2,2017 L-237

Senators Present: Rochelle Olive(1),Carla Pegues (2),Sabeen Sandu(3),Jennifer Fowler(4),Gary Hasbrouck(5), Maurice Jones (7), Robert Bishop (8),Gisele Bousquet (9)William Andrew

Absent: Ann Buchalter, Glenn Pearson, Jamar Mears

Guests: Jeffery Sanceri, Christa Ferrero-Castaneda, Tina Vasconcellos, Vanson Nguyen, Jayne Smithson, Myron Jordan, Trish Nelson, Blair Norton, John Taylor

Minutes taken by:Lisa Avant

Agenda Items / Discussion / Decisions
Shared Agreement
Resolved or Unresolved / Follow-up Action
1.Meeting Call to Order / Meeting called to order 12:15quorum present
2. Agenda Review / Review of Agenda (1) Motion to Move agenda item to first, California Promise (Tina Vasconcellos) / Motion, seconded, approved, no abstentions
3. Review of Minutes / Review of minutes –postponed until next meeting / Motion, seconded, approved, no abstentions
4.Treasury Report / Report by treasurer–Savings -$2,244.29 Checking - $3,249.03 / Motion, seconded, approved, no abstentions
5. Action Items / California Promise Grant Update– Tina Vasconcellos VPSS – Senate will be involved in California Promise. Funds $270,000 over two years – funds come in May. (1) requested a draft – Tina will forward and send out draft to all. Tina will answer questions – Please send her an email. Tina will check with Maurice as he knows additional information
Faculty Hiring Prioritization:
Question arose and decided no joint meetings (Department Chairs & Academic Senate) for faculty prioritization
Workflow process—(Additional process procedures forthcoming on FHP):
APU
Program Review
Department Chair
Academic Senate
President
District / Motion to agree to process and no joint meetings with Department Chairs, Motion, seconded, approved, no abstentions
Public Comments /
  • Black History Month activities – Sunday Dinner 2/28/2017
  • Student Activities have numerous activities planned

6. Future Discussion /
  • Standing committee Reports
  • AS Constitution/bylaws
  • Elections
  • Emeritus Lunch in May

7.Adjourn-ment / 1:20 pm

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