October 3, 2022

Attendance

Minutes

Welcome back to the new quarter and school year.

Balm reminded representatives to update their report out.

AB 361 (Brown Act emergency exceptions)

Alicia Mullens motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded to invoke AB361 to enable the Senate to continue meeting in HyFlex.

Yes 13, No 0, Abstain 0. Motion passed

Approval of Agenda and Minutes from June 13, 2022

Mary Donahue moved, Shagun Kaur seconded to approve both minutes and agenda. No objection.

Agenda and minutes approved by unanimous consent.

Public Comment on items not on agenda (Senate cannot discuss or take action)

Alicia Mullens expressed her sincere thanks to the body and the Senate resolution that supported her name change at  De Anza.  It is fixed.  She is now officially Alicia Mullens in the system. Again, thanks for the resolution that helped her and will help others in similar situations.

Welcome to our new Officer and Executive and Associate members!

The Senate is one division short of having representatives from every division.

There was a special welcome and recognition of new members ;and returning members in new roles.

Erik Woodbury - Vice President

Jason Bram - Biological and Health Science division

Mary Pape - Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies division

Julie Hughes - Creative Arts division

Marco Marquez - Creative Arts division

Mari Tapia - De Anza Latinx Association

Marc Coronado - Intercultural and International Studies division

Alicia Mullens - Physical Sciences, Math and Engineering division

Ravjeet Singh - Social Sciences and Humanities division

Jayanti Roy - Social Sciences and Humanities division

Deborah Armstrong - Classified Staff representative

Edith Chan - De Anza Student Government representative

Updates on summer business

Special meeting on August 4, 2022 to approve spending on welcome day and employee appreciation events and to authorize bank account signers

The Senate had a Meet Your Officers table and tent during lunch time on College Opening Day. 

Employee Appreciation Events scheduled for the first two weeks of the quarter. Thursday, Sept. 29 10-11 am and Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1-2 pm.

Community building opportunities with donuts, cookies, and coffee. Open to all.

Approved a hiring committee for a full-time, non-tenure track MPS (Math Performance Success) counselor.

Approved equivalency for a new part-time Automotive Technology instructor.

De Anza agreed to host the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates (ICAS - part of ASCCC) meeting on May 31, 2023, 10am-4pm

Karen Chow, the local Area ASCCC B representative, will help coordinate the event.

Update on Shared Governance

Brief history,

President Holmes asked for a review of shared governance in Summer 2020.  
Results of Fall 2020 De Anza governance survey

The College Council formed the Shared Governance Task force in spring 2021.
Shared governance review website

In March 2022 the Task Force proposed a new shared governance model to College Council. The Council voted to recommend that the president adopt this new model. The president responded with follow-up questions that were discussed in the subsequent College Council meetings. In April, the Academic Senate passed a resolution urging President Holmes to adopt the model recommended by College Council and to do so in a timely manner. 

New Shared Governance Proposal (approved by College Council 3/17/22)

Response from President Holmes (4/18/22)

Resolution Urging President Holmes to Adopt the Proposed 2022 Shared Governance Task Force Model (approved by Academic Senate 4/18/22)

A Shared Governance Retreat was scheduled for July 13 but was canceled shortly before the event.

Another Retreat has been scheduled for Oct. 21.

In the meantime, the Academic Senate needs to decide if it should fill the empty faculty seats on the PBTs (planning and budget teams) since the new model is not in place. The PBTs have 2 year terms. Some of the seats have expired.

Discussion: there were many questions, confusion, frustration, and disappointment over its process and progress. There was also concern over not having faculty representation on the PBTs if it will be business as usual.

There will be no PBT meetings in the next few weeks. 

Mari Tapia motioned to delay the call out for volunteers for vacancies in the PBTs for a week to allow representatives a chance to gather input and do due diligence. Mary Pape seconded. 

Yes 16, No 1, Abstain 1

Mary Donahue asked for a summary of what the representatives should discuss with their constituencies.

Question:  How do faculty wish to participate in the PBTs, given the recommendations by the College Council and the Academic Senate in Spring 2022? 

Potential actions for Academic Senate to decide upon next Monday: 

• Fill the PBT faculty positions for 2022-2023 
• Fill the PBT faculty positions for Fall 2022 only 
• Refuse to authorize faculty participation in the PBTs until the Oct. 21 retreat, after which the Academic Senate will revisit the issue. 

Needs and Confirmation

Faculty rep (1) for APBT (Administrative Planning and Budget Team) - meets 4th Tuesdays monthly 2-3:20pm and as needed

Hold

Faculty reps (3) for IPBT (Instructional Planning and Budget Team) - meets Tuesdays 4-5pm

Hold

Faculty rep (1) for Equity Action Council - meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 1:30-3pm

Call out

Faculty reps (3) for the Campus facilities Committee - meets 4th Tuesday of each quarter (Oct 18 for Fall) 2-3pm and as needed

Call out

Faculty reps (2) for the Campus Center Advisory Board - meets the 4th Monday of each quarter (Oct 17 for Fall) 2:30-3:30pm and as needed

Call out

Noncredit rep (1) for the Curriculum Committee - attend bimonthly

Call out

Curriculum Advisory Team (CAT) meetings on Thursdays 2:30-3:30, encouraged attendance at Curriculum meetings Tuesdays 2:30-4.

Call out

DA faculty reps (2) for the District PDL (professional development leave) committee

Call out

Faculty reps (2) for the Due Process Pool for Tenure Committees. - Meets as needed

In the past, the Academic Senate president and vice president have served as theAcademic Senate faculty representatives. There was a discussion on if there should be a broad call out for volunteers or or stay as it has been.

Mari Tapia motioned, Alicia Mullens seconded to have Cheryl Jaeger Balm and Erik Woodbury serve as theAcademic Senate faculty representatives on this committee.

Yes 18, No 1, Abstain 0.

Motion passed.

DA faculty rep (1) for the Chancellor hiring committee

There was discussion on sending out a general call out. If nobody responds to the call out, then executive members may nominate. The candidate will be picked and confirmed by the executive committee. The candidate should be tenured or with REP.  It was suggested that the call out should be postponed until the next meeting.

Hiring and tenure committee - confirmations

Hiring Committee for Administration of Justice Instructor 

Elvin Ramos, Dean SSH, Chair of Committee 

James Suits, Faculty AJ 

Purba Fernandez, Faculty Geography 

Yvonne Mills, Faculty Paralegal 

Amy Norris, EO Rep

Tenure committees

James Adams, Library 

Thomas Ray, Dean, ASLR 

Tom Dolen, Librarian 

Alex Swanner, Librarian 

Alex Giardino, At-Large, English

Rosanna Alvarez, Ethnic Studies 

Debbie Lee, Dean, IIS 

Mae Lee, ASAM 

Marc Coronado, WGSS 

Manish Goel, At-Large, CIS

Sheryl Bernardo, Paralegal 

Elvin T. Ramos, Dean, SSH 

James Nguyen, Political Science 

James Suits, Administration of Justice 

Amy Leonard, At-Large, English

Thalia Bobadilla Communications Studies 

Kirstin Skager, Dean, LA 

Stephanie Anderson, Communications Studies 

Shagun Kaur, Communications Studies 

Alicia Mullens, At-Large, Meteorology

Joe D'Agostino Athletics 

Eric Mendoza, Dean, Athletics 

Danielle Altman, KNES/Athletics 

Rachel Catuiza, KNES/Athletics 

Karen Chow, At-Large, English

Sung Sandra Jung, Nursing 

Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

Maureen Miramontes, Health Tech 

Anna Miller, Biology 

Rebecca Board Liljenstolpe, At-Large, English

Caitlin Kepple, Astronomy 

Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

Marek Cichanski, Astronomy 

Roderick Taylor, Mathematics 

Cheryl Owiensy, At-Large, Athletics

Ivan Kojnok, AutoTech 

Moaty Fayek, Dean, BCAT 

Dave Capitolo, AutoTech 

Bill Wishart, AutoTech 

Sarah Lisha, At-Large, English

Vinh Kha Nguyen, Mathematics 

Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

Richard Lopez, Mathematics 

Zack Judson, Mathematics 

Noemi Teppang, At-Large, Counseling, ISP

Flora Payne, Student Development 

Michele LeBleu-Burns Dean, Student Dev & EOPS 

Melinda Hughes, SD & EOPS 

Hyon Chu Yi-Baker, College Life 

Roderic Taylor, At-Large, Math

Jaime Pelusi, Faculty Coor. Pride Center 

Alicia Cortez, Dean, E&E 

Cynthia Kaufman, Director of the Vasconcellos Institute 

Roseanne Quinn, LA and WSCG Coord (prev). 

Tom Nguyen At-Large, BHES Counseling

Angela Winch, Nursing 

Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

Alicia de Toro, Environmental Studies 

Jason Bram, Biology 

Fatemeh Yarahmadi, At-Large, PSME Math

Lianna Wong, Biology 

Anita Muthyala-Kundala, Dean, BHES 

Jason Bram, Biology 

Bob Kalpin, Biology 

Linda Yee, At-Large, ESL

Zuleyha Yusek, Physics 

Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean, PSME 

Eduardo Luna, Physics 

Doli Bombhania, Mathematics 

Nellie Vargas, At-Large, Child Dev.

Alicia Mullens motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded to approve the hiring and tenure committees. No objection.

Committees approved by unanimous consent.

There was a motion to extend time to the meeting to approve the tenure committee for Tabia Lee.

Mary Donahue motioned, Mari Tapiaseconded to extend time. No objection.

Tabia Lee, Faculty Director for the Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multicultural Education

Alicia Cortez, Dean, E&E 

Thomas Ray, AVPI

Sal Breiter, Humanities

Richard Lopez, Mathematics

Luis Limcolioc, At-large, English

Shagun Kaur moved to approve, Alicia Mullens seconded. No objection. Committee approved.

Academic Senate - needs

New Part-time at-large representative

Call out for candidates, the Academic Senate executive members will vote to confirm.

Faculty mentor for our DASG (De Anza Student Government) representative

Academic Senate bank account status

None of the current officers have access to and are not signers on the bank account. The situation is being resolved.

Report Outs and Good of the Order

Adjournment: So Kam Lee motioned, Shagun Kaur seconded, no objection.