Notes - February 25th, 2008
The De Anza Academic Senate
Approved Notes for the meeting of
February 25th, 2008
Senators and Officers present: Argyriou, Bambhania, Chang, Chenoweth, Coleman, Dolen,
Goodwin, Guevara, Hanna, Hughes, Kessler, Kramer, LaManque, Lathers, Lee-Klawender,
Maynard, Miller, Mitchell, Paicius, Schaffer, Setziol, Shively, Walton, and White,
and Winters
Senators and Officers absent: Gallegos, Glapion, Ng-Lee, and Schafer-Braun
DASB: Classified Senate: Al Guevara
Administrative Liaison:
Guests: Jay Donde, Cheryl Woodward, and Howard Irvin
Curriculum Co Chair: Anu Khanna SLO Coordinator:
[NOTE: Item numbers are reflective of agenda numbers in the order they
are actually taken up at the meeting.]
The meeting was called to order at 2:32 a quorum being present.
I. Approval of Agenda and Notes: The agenda was approved as distributed with the
addition of an item IIb, Renaming the Library.
The notes of February 11th, 2008 were approved as distributed with a minor correction.
IIa. Needs and Confirmations: Hughes, Gallegos, Gregory Anderson, and Jean Miller
were confirmed for service on the EOPS Director Search and Selection Committee.
Marcia Maiero was confirmed for the interim Curriculum Co Chair position, replacing
Khanna for Fall, 2008.
The need for faculty participation in a Transfer Leadership Research Project was again
highlighted from the list of needy committees. Also, Setziol will try once again
to launch the WAITT committee approved in 2007.
IIb. Renaming the Library: Without controversy, the group was clearly supportive
of changing the name of the building currently named the A. Robert DeHart Learning
Center to “the A. Robert DeHart Library”. The Board of Trustees will make the decision
whether or not the name gets changed.
III. Classified Employees Support: Chenoweth read proposed resolution language.
Some in the group thought the language to be too neutral and not action oriented.
Setziol explained that normally specific action was spelled out in resolutions. The
group directed Chenoweth to add language specifying that the resolution would be read
at the next Board meeting. Also, the existing language was changed to say that morale
had been affected rather than might be affected.
IV. Faculty Mentoring Program: LaManque distributed a handout explaining and promoting
a kind of pilot faculty mentoring of students plan. The document’s title, “De Anza
College Academic Senate Strategic Planning Commitments Related to Faculty Mentoring”,
reminded the group that the idea had already been approved at least in general terms.
Response to the presentation was entirely positive. LaManque sought volunteers to
join him on a planning committee. Argyriou and Setziol volunteered. Non Senators
are also welcome to join.
V. District Electronic Mail/Portal Usage: Chenoweth began by saying that it had been
his intent to contact part time faculty about the subject via electronic mail but
that intention was for naught since finding the addresses was impractical if not impossible
in a timely fashion. This beginning heightened awareness that it was time to move
to a system wherein part time faculty are given and expected to collect District
electronic mail. Use of the District electronic Portal is also involved. To that
end a training on the use of the Portal will be offered to part time faculty March
6th from 4:00 to 5:30 P.M. It was suggested that information be provided to all part
time faculty as part of the contract confirming an assignment.
A statement made previously about forwarding electronic mail to home addresses being
a bad idea given the large amount of spam is apparently false since messages would
be filtered by both District and home provider systems.
Chenoweth requested that Dolen as Tech Task Force Co Chair present two issues to that
group: 1) the lack of meeting maker accounts for new faculty because deans are no
longer purchasing licenses, and 2) creating a means for faculty to directly request
their computer replacements without going through the deans.
VI. University Studies Degree: Cheryl Woodward was present to present a proposal recently
brought before the Curriculum Committee from some number of counselors. The proposal
would create a new De Anza Associate’s Degree consisting of IGETC and CSU Breadth
requirements and an area of concentration (not the same thing as a specific discipline
major) but not the Speech, Intercultural Studies, or Physical Education requirements
of the regular De Anza General education pattern. During a discussion which could
be characterized as a cool reception, it was MSC(Shively/Argyriou) to table the discussion
to a time determined by Chenoweth.
VII. Good of the Order and announcements: - Winters thanked the group for its gift
of what she said were beautiful flowers.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 due to the General Education Steering Committee
Meeting scheduled to begin at that time.