DIESEL TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
12:00-2:00 PM
Penguin Union Building, room 258-B
Members Present: Max Smith, Committee Chair, Cummins Northwest; Mike Taylor, Vice Chair, Cummins Northwest; Bob Mohagen, Clyde West Company; James Albright, FedEx; Brian Dilitto, FedEx, Tim Shellenberger, C-Tran; Steve Yager, DSU Peterbuilt; Colby Botts, RDO Equipment; Theodore “Ted” Fleming, Peterson CAT; Ted Ostrye, Pacific Power Products
Guests: Bob Hayes, Karina Mangione-Yoder, Ron Melton of Waste Management Portland
Clark College: Don Gonser, Department Head/Professor, Diesel Tech; Instructors Dennis Lloyd and Ryan Yamashita; John Maduta, Advising Divisional Manager - Prof Tech Programs; Cathy Sherick, Associate Dir. of Instructional Planning & Innovation; Brianna Lisenbee, Career Services; Andreana DiGiorgio, Secretary Sr., Advisory Committees
Committee Chair Max Smith called the meeting to order at 12:07 p.m. and introductions were made. New members and guests were introduced.
The April 14, 2015 meeting minutes were approved.
Associate Director of Instructional Planning & Innovation Cathy Sherick made the following announcements:
The Fall Training for Chairs & Co Chairs took place Tuesday September 15. Tim Cook and President Knight shared a few words of encouragement and gratitude for the work of all advisory members. The PowerPoint used in the training will be posted on the Advisory Web page, go to http://www.clark.edu/advisory
Ethics Training. This is required by The SBCTC and the State of WA for all public employees, elected and appointed officials. Office of Instruction will get to members who are not in attendance to take the training and provide documentation.
Perkins & Worker Retraining Grants
· Perkins will be reviewed to ensure Clark is utilizing the funds in the most effective ways.
2015-16 Worker Retraining $1,018,073 and 2015-16 Perkins $607,288
· Grant funds are allocated on Full Time Equivalents (FTE’s)
· Leadership and Block grants BEAM $16,000 Grant: Lucia Worthington, Business, Entrepreneur, Accounting and Management (BEAM) club for the business department
Innovation Grant $3000: Marcia Roi of the Addiction Counselor Education, utilized funding to combine recruitment of veterans with the annual Hands across the Bridge event
The Academic Plan is under development and will be presented to the Board of Trustees in winter term, once adopted it will be available on the web site.
Bachelor in Applied Management (BAS). The second four year degree program at Clark, (the first was in Dental Hygiene), is in second phase of approvals. Slated to open for students fall of 2016.
Advisory Committee Composition is a great place for us to engage folks from the community. While our current student body is 58% from non-dominate populations, our advisory committees are generally not as diverse. Diversity will help Clark ensure training needs of all students are met.
April 20th, 2016 – SAVE THE DATE – the Advisory Member Breakfast will be held to acknowledge the service so many volunteers provide to Clark students. We hope that by providing the date well in advance members can plan to be there to enjoy a great breakfast, student presentations and some networking time.
Director/Division Chair Report
Don Gonser gave numbers on students. Asked what employers thought about the bachelor’s degree in applied management (BAS). Peterson CAT just reinstated tuition reimbursement. Agenda item for next meeting: BAS. Max took a poll of members who are interested in the BAS. Members asked for a list of courses within the degree and Cathy said she’d try to get the list and email the list to them. Also an agenda item for next meeting.
Work Plan
The committee reviewed the work plan. Some of the highlights follow:
· Program admission criteria. Vote. Section B: Degree and certificate requirements. Currently Clark offers 2 degrees and 1 certificate. An AAS, AAT and a certificate. Some students are not prepared for the program. Don spoke with the mechatronics and welding departments and their requirements are a math 30 level which is not college level, however it covers basic algebra, solving equations, fractions, and decimals, etc. If students aren’t at math 30 level, instructors have to spend a lot of time helping students in the program with math basics. Industrial math was needed to graduate with a degree in Diesel but the new Professional Computational Technical Skills (PCTS) course could take the place of Industrial Math. PTCS can be geared towards the technical programs. The other programs have adopted a minimum requirement of math 30 and the PTCS class. A motion was made to require students to test at math 30 or higher to get into the Diesel program, and to add PCTS 110 to both the AAT and AAS degrees’ core classes. The motion was seconded and passed.
· Don showed the course descriptions of PTWR 099, Fundamentals of Writing and PTWR 135, intro to Applied Technical Writing. These are college level writing classes created to meet the needs of the technical programs and welding and mechatronics programs are requiring these courses in their curriculum. A vote was taken to include 135 as a recommended course for the AAS, AAT, and certificate. Approved by the committee.
· Don proposed some courses to be in a sequential path for the students. Currently, students can get into second year courses without taking all the first year courses. This creates barriers for the second year students who are on schedule. A motion was made to sequence prerequisites from first year with the capability to override where necessary. The committee supports this motion, it was seconded and approved.
· Software management programs-CW3 software. Shop Boss Pro is the free software that PCC is using in their program. Cause, Complaint, Correction, the three Cs. The software covered this as well as other tech experience.
· Classroom presentations by industry partners. Brian Dilitto will do class presentation next month during Don’s labs, first and second year. 11 am—12 pm and 1 pm—2 pm. Other industry partners said they were interested in doing some presentations: Portland Waste Management, Peterson CAT, RDO and Cummins. Brian also offered tours of the Fedex facility either before or after the presentations.
· Review tool kit. Discussion about the tool list. Students having a tool kit shows employers they’re ready for employment. The committee voted to approve the tool kit as presented removing the circuit tester test light and adding the identification ______.
· 3-5 year equipment list. Don passed around the 2015-16 equipment budget. He said it’s a good idea to have a plan in place for when money comes available the list is ready to go and equipment can be ordered. Grand total is $8, 752.41. The committee voted to approve the 5-year equipment list.
Old Business
Job Shadowing update. Dennis reported that every Friday students have been going out. He said other companies are interested: ERS, Peterson, LKQ Truck Parts. Finding that insurance can be an issue even though students sign a waiver. It’s working well for the students. Diesel Dogs will follow up with interested companies.
Mock interviews. Do these with the facility tours. Brian involved with this. Career Services can help with resume writing.
New Business
Tim Shellenberger isn’t teaching at Clark any longer; he can remain on the committee as an industry member representing C-Tran. Ryan Yamashita has taken over his classes. Instructors are needed. Need a first year electrical instructor. If anyone knows of anyone who would like to teach at Clark please let Don or Dennis know.
Next Meeting Date
The committee agreed that the next meeting will be Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at noon.
The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
Prepared and Submitted by Andreana DiGiorgio
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