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San Antonio College Council
A. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: The Wednesday, April 13, 2005 minutes were approved as corrected. B. ACTIONS ITEMS: Curriculum Review and Evaluation Committee - No report C. INFORMATION ITEMS AND REPORTS Smoking Policy - Dr. Zeigler reported: The policy as adopted was to be completed in two phases. The first phase established designated smoking areas. Phase two was to start in the fall of 2005. The smoke free area will be the inner campus. Smoking will be OK in the parking lots around the campus Buildings that have a side facing the parking lots will probably need a non-smoking space established around the doors on that side. As with the first phase there will be violators during the initial time frame. Citations will be issued after a grace period at the start of each semester. CIP - Dr. Zeigler reported: There has not been a lot of change since the last meeting. The plan that is being discussed will have building occurring at SAC and SPC to double capacity in Nursing and Allied Health. After a time a study will be done to see if more capacity is needed. There is discussion with the UTHSC related to Brady Green Hospital, where we might to be able to use a part of that facility which is going to undergo renovation. All other CIP plans are still the same as in the previous bond issue. Mr. Bernal asked if there was anything the faculty could do to help support the use of Brady Green as a site. Dr. Zeigler indicated we are waiting for a firm offer from UTHSC before we begin promoting the idea. Competency Committee - No report Academic Policy Committee - No report Dr. Wolf announced Staff Development Day on Friday, May 13, and indicated faculty are invited to attend. More volunteers are needed for the golf tournament. Institutional Effectiveness Steering Committee - Dr. Thomas Hoy reported: The committee met on May 2. The committee is reviewing the Program Review process. Dr. David Wood, chair of the Program Review Committee, proposed changes in the program review manuals. The changes involve pages 12 - 14. The section has to do with how the report is written and the changes are designed to create more consistency in the reports. The reports are to be more reflective in nature. The modified Program Review manuals were presented for approval. The motion passed. Accreditation Report - Dr. Johnnie Rosenauer reported: Two lead evaluators have been identified: Dr. Susan Sanner, Clayton College in Georgia and Dr. Ted McNeilsmith at Adams College in Oregon. These individuals will visit the campus with the on site team and be the principle evaluators for our Quality Enhancement Plan. Dr. Rosenauer will be presenting information on the reaffirmation process and the Quality Enhancement Plan as the key note speaker at the Staff Employee Development Day. He has just learned that on Thursday, May 19, the off site committee will be meeting in Atlanta, Georgia and preparing their report on our compliance document. The report should be available about two weeks after the 19th. At present, the plans are for Dr. Hoy, Dr. Zeigler, Dr. Rosenauer, and Mr. Mrizek to go to Atlanta to get the report. This will provide a time to meet with Dr. Benberg. The on site visit is Sept 20 - 22 Faculty Senate - Senate Chair Vernell Walker reported: The Senate met on May 4. An adjunct personal leave policy proposal was endorsed by the Senate. The Senate elected new officers: Mr. Jerry Purcell is Chair, Dr. Terry Walch is Vice Chair, Mr. John Deosdade is Secretary. Representatives from the Senate will be meeting with Dr. Derrico concerning salaries. At the present time there has been no discussion in the development of the FY06 budget regarding salaries.
The SAC Joint Chairs met April 28. Discussed district bylaws and worked on a computer administrative rights form. The Technology Affairs Council has not met to deal with the issue of faculty having administrative rights to their computers and this is a disappointment. The chairs would like to have the computer administrative form reviewed. Dr. Zeigler outlined the complexity of providing administrative rights. It is important to protect the computer system as well as meet the needs of users of the system. Mr. Alex Bernal, Mr. Jeff Hunt, and Ms. Stella Lovato were elected to represent the SAC Chairs on the District Chairs Council. The District Chairs Council met May 3. The Council revised the by-laws. Mr. Alex Bernal was re-elected Chair and Ms. Carolyn DeLacour was elected Secretary. The Council decided to meet more often with Dr. Kelly or his representative. On May 6, Mr. Bernal was invited to the Super Senate meeting. The Super Senate discussed faculty loading and release time. Currently release time associated with management of an academic department for chairs is not consistent across the district. Teaching loads in Applied Sciences, especially at St. Philips College, are also a problem in that they vary across the district. Student Affairs Council - Dr. Lucchelli reported: The Council met on May 2. The new officers: Mrs. Roe Hoopes is Chair, Mr. Tom Campos is Vice Chair, and Ms. Candy Peterson will be Secretary. Counseling and Service to Special Populations has changed its name to the Counseling and Student Development Department. Seven students received scholarships to go to the University of Iowa. 460 graduating students walked across the stage last Saturday. Mr. Henry Castillo, from Residency and Reports, is the SAC and ACCD Employee of the Month. Student Government - No Report Enrollment Management - No report. Budget Update - No report Deans’ Reports: Ms. Candy Peterson reported that Dean Johnson slipped and fell. She hit
her head and broke her shoulder. Surgery on the shoulder was today, May
11. Title V - No report Alumni - Mrs. Carolyn Haisler reported: The Alumni Association is still receiving applications for scholarhsips. The deadline is May 15. Lumina Project - Dean Gates Black reported: There will be a presentation to the Board on Achieving the Dream at the regular Board meeting on May 17 at 7:00. Quality Enhancement Plan - No report Commencement - No Report Other: Phi Theta Kappa - Mr. Jeff Hunt introduced Pedro Ledezma the new president of the Beta Nu chapter of Phi Theta Kappa. The chapter was honored for it’s commitment to service, scholarship, leadership, and fellowship. Beta Nu retained its Five Star Status as a very active and productive chapter on the SAC campus and in the community. SAC was awarded as a Texas Top Chapter for the first time since its founding in 1932. There are 93 chapters throughout the state of Texas. Ms. Lisa Chapman received an Outstanding Chapter President recognition and was entered into the Texas Hall of Honor for Phi Theta Kappa. SAC Speech Team - Ms. Jolinda Ramsay introduced two memebers of the SAC Speech Team, Mr.Christopher Reese and Ms. Tapashya Ghosh. Mr. Reese reported on the national competition. The team scored 8th out of the large school contingent. Commencement - Dr. Zeigler commented that commencement was a nice affair. The large facility served our purposes well. It seemed to be a little long so it will be evaluated to see if there are ways to move it along. He thanked the Admissions and Records staff as well as all the others who volunteered to help. We will probably have commencement in the afternoon next year. Dean Torres is Retiring - Dr. Zeigler announced that Dean Ruben Torres is still going to retire effective the end of May. Book Store Announcement - The Book Store has not yet received complete information regarding textbook needs from a number of departments. Dr. Zeigler asked those departments to provide that information as soon as possible.
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