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         September 2, 2022 Faculty Senate...

---Rita Lennon:
Hello everyone... welcome to Faculty Senate
September 2022 meeting.

It's nice to see all of you here.

Some of you, I had the pleasure of seeing your
face earlier at a meeting... so, hello again.

We are going to get started here... first thing up
of course, I'll share the link to the meeting agenda.

And within the meeting agenda will be the
link to sign in... please be sure to sign.

If you're a guest, if you're senate, if you're faculty... whomever you are,
please sign in, so we know who's attending our meetings.

Okay.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda: 
Rita.


---Rita Lennon: 
Yes, hi... I'm sorry.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda: 
Hi.


---Rita Lennon:
     Hi.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda: 
The Chancellor just said that he's
waiting to be led into the Zoom meeting.


---Rita Lennon:
Oh, Denise, that's on you... your
bouncer duties might be revoked.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda: 
I wonder if he has the right link.


---Denise Reilly: 
I don't have the bouncer duties right now...
let me log out and log back in.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay.... I've actually taken care of 7 to 11 people...
so, hopefully he was in that group.

There's a couple more.

Okay... so, those of you who are just joining... welcome... we are
recording this meeting... so, just wanted to give you the heads up.

Also, here is the link to the agenda...
and within the agenda is the sign-in sheet.

Those of you have been to class since the beginning,
have heard the speech a couple of times.


---Denise Reilly: 
And my bouncer duties
are restored... thank you.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... thank you... all right.

So. we do have a fairly full agenda,
so I appreciate everyone being here.

We're going to go ahead and get started even
though we're still admitting people into the room.

The first thing, as always, is welcome and introductions...
so, if all of you could place your name

and the area of the college that you represent... or that
you're here on behalf of... in chat, I would appreciate that.

And I will do the same.

Thank you.

Wonderful... hello... okay.

Next thing on our agenda is request for agenda
modifications or requests for executive session.


---Matej Boguszak:
I'd like to request an
executive session, please.


---Rita Lennon:
Matej... noted... okay.

Okay... so, for those of you who are new...
executive session is especially for senate only.

This is the time where we can get together and discuss matters that
we don't necessarily want recorded... or have meeting minutes on.

So, we will go into executive session
after the regularly scheduled meeting.

We do appreciate... we know that everyone's time
is valuable, but we do appreciate if you can stay.

So, this will be for only
senators at that point.

All right... there wasn't a request
for executive session.

Is there any agenda modification
request at this time?


---Cori Leonetti: 
Hey, Rita.


---Rita Lennon:
Yes.


---Cori Leonetti: 
This is Cori.


---Rita Lennon:
Hi Cori


---Cori Leonetti: 
I was wondering if I could make just a short
announcement, if that's possible.


---Rita Lennon:
Absolutely... yes, you may... that's next...
so, I'll go ahead and...


---Cori Leonetti: 
Okay.


---Rita Lennon:
formally announce it... so, requests for open
forum and short announcements are next.


---Cori Leonetti: 
Perfect. Thank you.


---Rita Lennon:
Mm hmm... you may go ahead
and make your announcement.


---Cori Leonetti: 
Awesome.

So, on behalf of the chemistry colleagues of mine, they wanted
to let you all know that we have a new chemistry class

called Chem 138... Introduction to
General, Organic, and Biochemistry.

So, this is a one semester course to
introduce inorganic and organic chemistry

as the basis for the study of some
important life processes.

And they're going to cover classification, structure, general
chem behavior of organic, and biochemical systems.

And this was really in response to the U... Arizona College of
Nursing moving to a one semester chem course as a pre req.

So they wanted me to put this out there.

If any of you are interested, I can reach out to Chris Cabello
and see if there's any information I can forward along.


---Rita Lennon:
Very good.



---Cori Leonetti: 
That's it. Thank you.


---Rita Lennon:
 Thank you... very nice.

Okay, so this will be our 2nd meeting where
we have made announcements about classes,

and that's really exciting... I love to have this place.

I'm wondering if we could do like a
virtual or electronic bulletin board

where we can put new classes, new
programs that we... need promotion.

I know marketing is always a challenge
here at the college, so if we could, you know,

maybe take that on ourselves and promote
within and start, you know, figuring this out.

I see some of you shaking your head, so
that's great... we'll try and figure out a way.

Those of you who are savvy with IT, those who teach IT... maybe
you could help us get something together so we could do that.

Thank you.

Okay, the next thing that we need to do real quick is
to approve both August and May's meeting minutes.

We did have an electronic vote
for our main meeting minutes.

However, there was the caveat that if there
were any requests for modifications,

we were going to have to table it and bring it
to this meeting to actually do a formal vote.

And sure enough, there was a request for
modification in the way of adding attendance...

so... those who had attended our meeting.

So real quickly, we added that
information to both May and August.

So if you could quickly, senators, take a look at...
we'll start with May... May '22 meeting minutes.

Would you like me to pull them up or
does everybody have access to them?

Not hearing... and seeing some thumbs up... I appreciate...

we'll go ahead and just leave it open...
so, you can access it on your own.

And when we're ready... go ahead
and add a motion to approve.

I think we should utilize
our faculty a little bit more,

so, those who are in fine arts and who can
play an instrument or sing beautifully...

you should sing to us... or play your
instrument during this time...

while we're looking at meeting minutes...
when that would be lovely?

You don't want me singing.
[chuckles]


---Brooke Anderson:
Hey, Rita, I just want to say, some... some officers... it looks
like are listed in "Senators Present" and some are not.

And then some... absent senators...
I don't know if there's...

so, for example, I'm listed as an officer... but I'm not
listed as present... but I'm also not listed as absent.

But then Kelly is an officer...
and Kelly is listed as present.

So just like that,


---Rita Lennon:
Oh my goodness.


---Brooke Anderson:
a little confusing how to read that... if officers are also present
and not supposed to be on the present senator list, or what?


---Rita Lennon:
I see... okay...


---Brooke Anderson:
If you could just maybe clarify that.

And if you want present to include
officers, just make sure I'm on there too.

And maybe other officers... make sure you're on
there as well... if you were at the last meeting.


---Rita Lennon:
Right...

I do believe, all of our officers except for Brandy... I do believe
he was not in attendance... but all the other officers were

So, if it... for whatever reason, it's
not allowing me to open up a previous.


---Sarah Jansen:
I'm afraid I'm not on there... and I was here.

Sorry... it's because I was manning the sign-in
sheet... I didn't sign-in myself.  [chuckles]


---Rita Lennon:
Right... which is actually a good... it's
an important public message right now...

to remind everyone to sign...
be sure that you sign in.

This is really the only way that we have to confirm that
you were there... so, we can make those amendments.

So... currently, the amendment is to add Sara Johnson
to the attendance... or those senators present.

Officer positions... you're right... they don't have
if you were... if you had attended or not...

so, I'm going to voice that the only person that I know that
wasn't in attendance during our May meeting was Brandy,

but the rest of our Senate officers were there.

And Brandy, if you're here... if you want to confirm that you
were not here or you had attended, please let me know.

So, we might have to table our May minutes
one more time, so we can amend the roster.

We shall go ahead and move on to... well, actually,
let's go ahead and motion to table...

if I can have a motion to table please.


---Sean Mendoza:
Motion to table the minutes.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you.


---Matej Boguszak:
Second.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... okay... so, we'll go ahead and
table the May 2022 minutes one more time.

I'll make the amendments to the...
to the attendance roster

and then I'll put this out
one more time via email,

so that we can go ahead and move forward
with our meeting today... thank you.

All right... so, our second set of meeting minutes
that need approval are August 2022.

So, please go ahead and open
those and take a quick look.

You will see that the minutes, the...
sorry... the meeting attendance roster

does appear different than that
of May 2022... let me clarify.

And moving forward, we'll be sure that we add the
meeting minutes to all of our meetings for sure.

So the meeting minutes...
the meeting attendance.


---Sarah Jansen:
I'm sorry, Rita... it looks like it's the
August one I'm not on, not the May one.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay.


---Sarah Jansen:
So...


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... so, we're going to make a note that
May 2022 is fine... as submitted for Sarah.

August 2022... you're not appearing
as present, correct?


---Sarah Jansen:
Correct.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay, so guess what?
[laughs]

That does mean that we're going
to have to make 2 modifications,

unless that's the only modification
that we can make quickly.

If I can have a motion for someone
to make that modification

and then we can go ahead and do
another motion to the meetings...

and then... to approve
the meetings as modified.


---Makyla Hays:
I don't know if my hand is showing, but it's Makyla... in my
report....in August, it just says ODER, instead of ODR.

I don't know if you want to make that correction.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you.

Okay... so, currently we have 2 modifications.

One, adding Sarah Jansen to the meeting
minutes... that she was present.

Second, changing ODR... ODER to ODR...
are there any other modifications?

Okay... I'm not hearing any more modifications... don't
see anything in chat... and not seeing hands raised.

Dennis, I apologize... are you motioning to
table the August 2022 meeting minutes or...


---Dennis Just:
From the previous.


---Rita Lennon:
prior... okay... thank you so much.

Okay... with those 2 modifications corrected here...
can we have a motion to approve with modifications?


---Matej Boguszak:
Move to approve.


---Brooke Anderson:
Second.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... okay... August 2022 meeting's
approved as promo... as modified...

and our May ones will go back
out to email... thank you.

All right.

Well, we're actually still 5 minutes ahead
of schedule, so that's nice. [laughs]

I did see the motion come through that we also would
like to have meeting minutes approved electronically.

We can discuss that... that would have to be part of our
business section, if we want to vote to do that from now on.

Okay... so now, we are into the report section...
our report items of our agenda.

First thing we have up is... the Chancellor
is here for question and answers.

So, Chancellor... I do believe...
[unintelligible]


---Dr. Lee Lambert:
I'm here Rita.


---Rita Lennon:
Hello.


---Dr. Lee Lambert:
Well, good afternoon everybody, and
welcome back to the start of a new year.

I thought I'd just say a few remarks before
I open it up to questions and answers.

I think first and foremost...we recently got
some very exciting news from Forbes,

and we're going to be sending out
a piece later next week about it.

So, Forbes did a best employers to work for report
across the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia

and they ranked them by state... so
they're not comparing states to states.

So, in the state of Arizona, in the
top 5 is Pima Community College.

So, we are rated as one of the best employers
to work for by Forbes in the state of Arizona.

And we're the only one in that
top 5 category in southern Arizona.

But then when you look at public colleges
and universities on that same listing,

it's not till you get to number 30 that you see ASU
pop up... so, no community colleges popped up yet.

And I believe the UofA is like 35 or 36...
and I didn't go all the way down the list.

But the other thing that is notable
is only 1 other community college

in the United States and their respective
state was ranked number 5.

So, we are 2 community colleges across
all of the colleges in the country

of community colleges to be ranked
so highly for best employer to work for.

So, this is a great news for us, but I also think it counters
some of the narratives that are out there about the college.

And then you're going to hear a little later this
month... we will be coming out with the results

of our employee climate survey,
which is also very positive.

And again, I think it's reflective of the good
things that are going on at the college

and it's being recognized
by our employees.

Now, that doesn't mean everything's
perfect because nothing is ever perfect.

We have to understand the difference between
the overall environment and individual situations.

And there are cases, I'm sure, where
people are not happy or being treated well.

But that's not the general sense
of what we're getting from the data.

So, I just want you all know that... also,
and as you all know, Harvard University

has identified Pima as one of the top 5
exemplary community colleges in the country.

That's another one that we did not submit anything for...
just like Forbes, we did not submit anything for.

They contacted us after they did their own due diligence,
looking at community colleges across the country,

and said Pima is one of the exemplars
across the country that other states

should start to think about in terms of how they
approach their community college work.

The other thing about that is... they decided to identify 2 of
the 5 to showcase in a video piece, and we were one of the 2.

Publications is going to come out
next year, sometime, about this work.

So, this again, another positive sign... the national...
NACCE... I always forget what the acronym stands for,

but it's the National Association of Community
Colleges, I believe Entrepreneurship.

And we've been identified as one of 16 colleges that are
a model for entrepreneurial work in community colleges,

Again, I could just go on and on and on... we keep
getting recognized as one of the leaders in the country.

And I think this is important
because when you put it in the context

of that second curve that I talked
about, we are leading the way.

We are one of the colleges starting to show what that roadmap
is going to look like, because it's not clear and it is scary...

it is frustrating... because no one knows
how to really move into the 21st century.

But Pima is one of the leaders that, thanks to many
of you on this call and beyond... at the college...

We are... we are showing the way for so many other people...
I just want us not to lose sight of that as we go forward.

So, I'll stop there... and I'll be
glad to take questions.


---Rita Lennon:
If you have a question for the Chancellor, go ahead
and raise your hand, or place it in chat.

Denise, I'm gonna ask you to monitor chat,
while I look for a raised hand.

This is a perfect opportunity to ask our leaders
anything you have on your mind.

Don't let it slip by.
[chuckles]


--Dr. Lee Lambert
My feelings won't be hurt, Rita...
if no one asks the questions... so...


---Rita Lennon:
Mine will... I'm just kidding...
Makyla... you have the floor.


---Makyla Hays:
Hi... so, thank you for coming over here..
I guess my question for you is...

can you talk a little bit
about the HLC draft report...

and when we should expect to hear more...
and what's going to come of that?


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Right... so... you know, thank you
for the question, Makyla.

So first of all, we're
still in the HLC process...

and as you all know... that report of the
reviewers is not the decision of the HLC.

Just like any time any of you write a draft
report or you do an investigative report,

that is not the actual decision
that's been made.

So this is still in process...
I just want to make that clear.

Any misunderstanding
about that is unfortunate.

The other thing is... the worst that is
being recommended is monitoring...

monitoring of the Board's responsibility
to oversee the college

That is not putting the college at any risk of its
accreditation... I just want us to not lose sight of that.

And when you think about the Board's
work overall, more often than not,

they are closer to agreement than you would
realize... so, many votes come in 5-0 or 4-1.

Now there have been votes that have been 3-2...
and they usually around more controversial things

And that... so, we strip away the rhetoric
and not lose sight of that reality.

But, so... where is all this going to land?

So it was initially supposed to be much earlier...
and things have just been delayed out.

The HLC came to us more recently
and said... we'd like for your case...

I hate to call it a case, but your college
had to come before the IAC in October.

So, that's when things will go before the IAC... it will
not be a... in presence presentation sentence monitoring...

we are just submitting documentation... and there's lots of...
there's hundreds and hundreds of pages of documentation

in this particular instance, which also makes the matter
a little more complicated than what might normally be the case.

And so, so again, they've pushed it out to October.

Now the IAC will... they could, you know, concur with what
the reviewers suggested in terms of recommendations

or they can modify it or completely do something diff... they're
not bound by the reviewers report... they do their own review.

So, we're going through that... and then, depending on
how the HLC decides... the HLC board decides...

and then... then we'll have a final decision.

And so... again, that's going to come into probably
mid to late October... it could go into November.

Hopefully, they will not delay this out any further...
but if things get delayed out, we'll let you know.

---Rita Lennon:
Makyla.


---Makyla Hays:
Sorry is too quick follow up
question...  hopefully, it's quick.

In the past... any time we've had
communication from the HLC,

those draft reports have been shared out
pretty widely and even published on our website.

And then when the final report comes in that
replaces it... what makes this one different?

Why is this one... it is... why is this one more
confidential, when the other ones aren't?


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Well, I have to go back and look at what you're saying...
because, I'm not sure if that's always been the case...

and so, I'd have to double check that.

In this particular instance, there are...
pieces that are not completely portrayed

and to the most fullest extent
that's on the record.


---Makyla Hays:
Thank you.


---Denise Reilly:
So, there's nothing in the chat, but if there aren't any other 
questions, I'd like to take this opportunity to ask a question.

[unintelligible]
Does that work Rita?   Okay.


---Rita Lennon:
Absolutely.


---Denise Reilly:
Okay... so, thank you for coming Doctor Lambert.

I wanted to share with the rest of the group... because we met
with with leadership this week... faculty, senate officers.

So... Rita, Brooke, and myself... and I just wanted
to share with you, the conversation that we had.

And I was hoping that the Chancellor could kind of express what
he said to us the other day... because I felt like that was helpful.

We were asked about feedback from All College Day... and it
was kind of a, you know... it's an uncomfortable conversation,

but as officers, we're trying to
represent the whole faculty groups

and we had 3 main points that we shared with
the Chancellor and with executive leadership.

One was... some of the speech or commentary on All Faculty Day
by the Chancellor, had a tone of faculty unwilling to change,

Like, in moving with the times and unwilling to go and
teach at the high schools or with dual enrollment.

And so, that was one thing that kind of seemed
like a point that was trying to be made.

We were a little bit confused...
and this is feedback from all of you.

We were a little bit confused about what
the central message is.

At the beginning of the year, you kind
of have a message that

you're all... that are trying to be
conveyed to the rest of the group.

And I think we were all a little bit
confused about that message.

And then we wanted to create a
sense of culture and community.

And just... some of the things that were said, kind of
seemed to be targeted to certain divisions.

And so, we just... we had brought that up
and said... these were comments that...

and I was attending virtually... so, I was reading the chat...
and a lot of the comments were made in the chat.

So, I felt like the Chancellor gave us a great explanation
of what he was trying to convey at All College Day.

And I was hoping that you would kind of...
the Cliff Notes version of what you told us,

because I felt like that was
helpful... for me at least.


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Well, thank you, Denise.... and I thank the leadership
yesterday for bringing things forward... I really appreciate that.

I think, until we can put things on the table in that open
way, can we actually have some robust conversations

and get to a higher level of understanding...
so, thank you for that.

Also, I'm... you know, it was not my intent to single
out any group of folks... or anything like that.

So, if it came across that way, that was not
the intent... what I wanted to emphasize is...

we've got a serious problem in the state of Arizona...
and it's amplified... especially here in southern Arizona.

Our K-12 kids are just not going to college... and
if they go to college, they're not ready for college.

Now, we can continue to do what we've
been doing... or we've got to change it up.

And so, we have been changing... many of you have
embraced dual enrollment... many of you have,

but there are still pockets where that's not the case...
and... but I think we need to go to the students...

46% college going rate
is not going to get it done.

And I think a lot of our young folks
may not realize that they can do college,

but we have to go to them to help...
and partner better with the schools.

So... keep in mind that data... and the other thing is...
you know, we have a multifaceted mission.

So, it makes it very complicated at times to just completely
unify everything into a neat package, if you will.

And so... I recognize that that's always
going to be an ongoing challenge.

But at the end of the day, it's really about transitioning
from the old 20th century educational model...

into and on to that 21st century digital knowledge
based curve... that we all have to transition to.

And so, I really appreciated the conversation about that, that raises
a lot of concerns...and that folks are worried, frustrated, scared...

and, I appreciate that, it's to be expected... but
I also think, together we are showing the way,

as I mentioned earlier, for community
colleges to make that transition.

So, I don't see it as a negative... I see it as an opportunity
for us to really engage in, what's it going to take?  Right.

And what... the unfortunate part is... where things are
happening the most... are where many of you work.

And I think that was a great point that was made yesterday,
because it seems like women are under assault,

and because most women
do teach in the humanities.

And then you take that in conjunction with the Dobbs
decision and other things... it's just not a good recipe.

So, I think I really appreciate
the clarification yesterday...

when folks say the culture of fear...
they're not just talking about Pima.

It's really this larger context of things.

And it happens to land here as well
because that's part of the reality, right?

These are things we can work through.

This is why I really want to work with each of you
to figure out how we make the liberal arts more relevant

to today's 21st century context... and I know we,
of any college, can be the ones to do that.

And show the way for many other community
college because we're all in similar way.

So, I think that's hitting on
some of those pieces.

We're on the same team, everybody... I want us
not to lose sight of that... we're on the same team

And it doesn't help when some
folks go outside the college,

make comments or statements that are not
completely reflective of what's going on.

I mean, our retention rate is one of the
best you're going to find at any employer.

Our benefits are some of the best
you're going to find at any employer.

Our salaries are very competitive
to the market for what we do.

So, I think those are positives
for us to build off of.

And I'm open to hearing from all of you... and I think
those of you who interact with me more know that,

And we may not always agree...
I don't always know all the answers...

and like, well... together, we're going to figure it out.

I don't know if that helps, Denise


---Denise Reilly:
Oh, that does, that does.

It was just the... the overall sentiment was that
it didn't seem very positive about faculty...

and I think that's... the message 
might have just been lost.

But the way you explained it... it was more of
a statewide situation, not about Pima faculty.

So, thank you very much...
it's much appreciated.


--Dr. Lee Lambert
And you know, if you recall,
when I opened up things, I talked about

the 2 students and how the faculty
played a key role in their success.

I don't want us to lose sight of me,
you know, saying those things.

I also emphasized some other parts of what we're
doing that are completely tied to what all of you do.

And so I just want to make sure that we
don't lose sight of all of those pieces as well.


---Brooke Anderson:
I'm just going to chime in and just say I'm
working on keeping time today for us.

And we are actually 2 minutes over...  [Dr.  Lambert laughs]
our time for remarks now, so...


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Thank you Brooke.


---Brooke Anderson:
So much... Lee... Yeah.


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Thank you all...
have a great Labor Day weekend.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you, Chancellor.

I do want to make sure that the questions
that were sent to me by Chat...

I will get those to you, [Dr. Lambert: thank you] probably by
email... so that you can have an opportunity to answer them.

Okay... thank you so much.


--Dr. Lee Lambert
Thank you... buh-bye.


---Rita Lennon:
Buh-bye... thank you.

Okay... well, I do appreciate that there
was a couple of more questions...

one of them might be better answered by the provost anyway...
and, it's more about hiring practices for full time faculty.

So... we'll be sure to share that
with you as well... Dolores.

I did want to share though, real quick...
I know we're out of time and here I am,

but I'll take a little bit of my president report time
so that I can share this out with you.

During the meeting yesterday with the administrators,
when we were in the meeting that Denise was explaining,

Dr. Doré said something I think that was just really
just, such a breath of fresh air to hear.

And so, since you are here, I don't mean to put you on the
spot... you might be wondering what the heck did I say?

And let me know if you don't remember, but I would appreciate
if you would share your sentiment again with us here.


--Dr. David Dore
Yes... thank you, Rita... I don't know if
I'll do it well, but if I could remember...


yeah, I think, you know, one of the things that I shared in the
meeting yesterday and I just want all the faculty to know,

is that, you know, I certainly have been...
I was a faculty for a long time.

I started teaching in '85... and then
in the community college in '96...

but one of the things that really hits me... and
I think this speaks to the burnout of our faculty...

your job is so much harder than
it was, frankly, for me... right...

I mean, the pace of technology changing today, the
compliance issues... I mean, what you're dealing with.

So, I think what we want to do is just really acknowledge
the incredible pace that you've been working under.

I shared that when I developed an online course... I took
an entire year to develop an online course back in like, 1999.

You know, you had to do this like, within a week... so, I just...
I think we can't express enough that we definitely...

and we want to brainstorm about how to be more supportive
in this very stressful environment that you've been under,

particularly for the last two years...
so, I just wanted to share that.

---Rita Lennon:
And on top of what he said there...
we do appreciate that you recognize that

he also said that faculty here at Pima are one of the
best faculty he has ever seen collectively in his career.

So, I think that that's also something
that we need to hear.

We don't get the opportunity to hear that
very often... so, it's nice to  know.

we don't pat ourselves on the back
very much, but we should.

So, thank you for saying that...
and, I agree... I love you all.

Okay... we'll move on.

All right... so, the next up we have is the
Provost Report and it is hyperlinked as well.

So, Dolores, you have the floor.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
Okay... thank you, Rita.

And I'd like to thank Dr. Doré for his comments...
and I feel exactly the same.

You all pivoted within a week,
and it was incredible.

And... it's exhausting... what you have been doing is
exhausting... and... but you've made it work for our students,

because we all have that mission together collectively of
helping our students reach their goals, wherever they're at.

So, thank you for that... and getting caught up with the
wonderful, positive energy of the first week of classes...

and going to the campuses... and
meeting and greeting with students...

and seeing you, all of you, going off
to classes, too, was wonderful.

So, I wanted to thank all of you for each
of your roles in helping our students.

And as they come back
this semester in particular.

It was great seeing you on All College Day
and at the faculty session in the afternoon

with me and others... and then also
at the Faculty Senate meeting.

Today, I also participated in the
Adjunct Faculty Group meeting,

which was very good to see and to reconnect with all of the
adjunct faculty... and be grateful for all of their work as well.

So... you see... in my provost report, it's... we start
off a little bit on a sad note and heartfelt note

with members of the Pima family that we've lost.

So you'll see recognition of adjunct faculty, who were
part of the Pima faculty core for a long time.

Tom McDonald and John Hays... so, we wanted
to pay tribute to that... to their service...

and to everything that they did to
help our students be successful.

We also are highlighting and paying tribute to
a former student, dental hygiene graduate,

and her family shared what she shared
about herself when she graduated.

So, we wanted to send this to you
so you can see and honor her as well.

And how wonderful and effective you
were in her accomplishing her goals.

And then the loss of another former student
whose funeral services were yesterday.

And that's the Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay,
who was a Pima student.

And a couple of the writing faculty reached out to me and
they shared their perspectives and their working with her...

and what a wonderful role model she was, not only
as a student, but as a mother and as a professional.

So, I wanted to pay tribute to all
of them in this particular Provost report,

and then also to, of course, introduce
new members of the Pima family.

And that is our new dean of math, James Gray...
I'm sure most of you have met him.

He's located at the downtown campus...
 and please stop by and say hello.

He comes to us from Colorado... he has a very
equity minded approach to teaching and to leading.

So, I think we will be learning a lot from him and he'll
be helping with our diversity, equity and inclusion plan.

Other highlights... just to wrap up...
aviation technology.

So, a couple of days ago, I went to the aviation center to
officially and formally accept a donated plane from SkyWest.

And you can see the picture there with
Greg and Jason Bowersock and me

shaking hands with the gentleman that
made it possible in the SkyWest area...

and many of the students were there... and
they were able to get into the plane and see...

and they'll be working on it as part of their training...
so, we're very pleased and happy about that

and something I would like to really,
maybe focus on is the next item,

which is the U of A and Pima Deans meeting
that took place, also on Wednesday evening.

It was excellent... I mean, our deans met
with their deans... we spent a lot of time.

First of all, it started off with a tour... I don't
know if you've been to the main library recently...

they've converted part of it... the first two
floors... as the student success district...

and then it connects to the bear down gym,
which then continues there.

But the technology they have, the maker spaces, the AR/VR
technology pieces they have for students is just incredible.

And I hope we're on our way to emulating that too,
because that is what our students want and need.

And if we can do that, that
would be absolutely incredible.

And the provost and I have been meeting on a regular
basis throughout COVID too... sharing strategies,

and what are the policies that they're doing as we
adjust them to pivot to online and virtual education?

But also we're talking about transfer rates...
how can we improve transfer rates?

And I've been talking to Rita
and to the officers, too...

and we will, throughout the year, with your help, how can
we improve our transfer rates and general education refresh?

I know Dr. Michael Parker will be
talking about that a little bit later,

but something that we discovered in sharing the data... transfer
data... the provost and I and others, we're looking at is that

there are less males that are transferring
and particularly males of color.

So, we want to create a joint task force between the two
institutions... to help address males of color... men of color.

And that is part of our diversity,
equity, inclusion strategic plan as well.

And then of course, other ideas for partnerships.

I think they've already scheduled meetings between
faculty and the deans, so we're very excited about that.

And then the last piece at the end of the meeting,
the provost and I, at the U of A... we said that

we wanted to sign an MOU in the near future to really
confirm our commitment to collaborate jointly,

to offer the best programs we can for the
Tucson community and Southern Arizona.

So, I think that's going to be just
wonderful if we can establish that.

We already do... but it just kind of formalizes it...
the commitment and working together.

It was a wonderful evening.

And then we have a couple of
new members to the CQI office...

we have the acting director curriculum quality
and improvement... and that's David Underwood.

So we're very happy that he has joined us with all of
his skills, that are really going to improve, CQI as well.

And then lastly, before I leave you,
is the update on the Dean of Arts.

So, we are in the final stages of hiring an interim Dean of Arts...
and thank you to the arts faculty who participated in that search.

And so we'll be announcing that fairly soon.

But in the meantime, because Steven Higginbotham,
I think his last day was August 1st,

I asked Ken Chavez to step in for the interim... before the
interim, formal interim to help out with the division.

And he's done an excellent job... so, thank you,
Ken Chavez, for doing that.

So... and then you can read the rest.

I have my hybrid office hours and other
office collection, other announcements.

So... and I'll be meeting with Rita and with the officers
continuously regarding my provost goals,

what the academic affairs agenda is, and how I'm going to
be asking for all of your help as we get through this year

with all the wonderful things that we can be
working on to improve and to help our students.

So with that, I'll end there and
see if there are any questions.

Oh, yes, good question, Maggie... so, VP search.

So, there is... we're hiring an entity, a third party, who is going to be looking
at hiring various positions at the college... and one is the vice provost.

So, that will be taking place this fall, and I know some
faculty have already reached out to me and administrators,

so, I know who you are that are interested
in being in the search committee.

The Dean of Arts is another one...
that's for the permanent position,

also the vice chancellor of enrollment management,
and I think the system vice chancellor for finance.

So, there are about 4 or 5 positions that this group... third party...
is going to be helping us... in getting these positions filled.

So, I hope that answer that
question... good question.

I need the help... I've been doing... Kate and I have
been doing multiple... wearing multiple hats.


---Rita Lennon:
Any more questions... oh...
Matej... you have the floor?


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
Can we hurry?


---Brooke Anderson:
Yes, quickly... we have one
minute... one minute left.


---Matej Boguszak:
All right... I was wondering... regarding the
dual enrollment teaching opportunities.

I, for one, have never heard about any opportunities...
I don't know if... do other people feel the same way?

It sounds like it was sort of implied that faculty aren't
stepping up... and maybe we misunderstood the intent,

but who we hear from about that?
Our deans or department heads... or...


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
You know, that's a good question... so, I would
say your deans... but also James Palacios,

who's our dean of dual enrollment
and high school partnerships.

So, I'm going to make sure that he and
your respective deans work together

and perhaps come to a division meeting... so you
can meet him and he can see where the needs are...

he can share where the needs are...
so, faculty can help out in this effort.

It's in my provost goals, that you'll be
seeing shortly once they're approved...

to expand dual enrollment offerings in
iBest and prior learning assessment.

So, with that, I think that will be a good
incentive for us to really make an effort

to communicate better with all of you of what
the needs are regarding dual enrollment.

So, you'll be getting more
information on that.


---Matej Boguszak:
Thank you.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
You're welcome.


---Rita Lennon:
Xavier... you have the floor.


---Xavier Segura:
Thank you... just a really quick
question, Provost, Duran Curda...

I had a chance to review
this syllabus template...

 and considering our LGBTQ+ community
and the use of gender pronouns,

is it possible to, kind of, incorporate some sort of preferred
name, or pronoun requirement, within the syllabus template

to kind of promote the DEI aspect,
especially on inclusiveness... if we can?


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
That's a very good question...


---Brooke Anderson:
I just have to quickly interrupt them... I'm so sorry, but we
are out of time... so, maybe if you could quickly answer.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
Okay, very quickly... so, we
have made a lot of strides.

You know, five years ago,
I brought this up as a necessity...

to address employees and students who would rather
use their chosen name for... or preferred pronouns...

so, we have made strides in this... and, let's all talk... let's
talk offline, Xavier, about this further and incorporating it...

the possibility of incorporating the syllabus
and faculty conversations as a whole.

But definitely that is one of... it's
important... absolutely... thank you.

Okay... I'll stop here.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... if there's any more questions for the
provost, please go ahead and put them in chat...

and I'll make sure that they get to her.

[both speaking at same time]
Thank you.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
It's good to see all of you...
have a wonderful long weekend.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... you as well.


---Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa:
Thank you.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... the next thing is our president
and vice president report.

I will start very quickly
with our Senate goals.

I... if you recall... during our August
19 meeting, I said that I would send out

a form clarifying our goals for this semester,
and I didn't do it... that's... that's on me... sorry.

So, I will be sure to get that form out
in the next day or two.

Since we have a long weekend, I'll work on it
[laughing]  over the long weekend,

 and you shall have it Tuesday
or Wednesday of next week.

So, let's go ahead and talk more... a little bit, about
committees... and if you recall, we had started last year,

so, this was the entire academic year
where we were talking about committees,

membership, a having a repository... a
repository for our meeting minutes,

rosters and goals... and agendas... and we
have not yet made too much movement on that.

The proposal shared yesterday
during our meeting that Nick Richmond

will spearhead some of that, at least
for the data gathering portion of it,

where she will start getting this information to us...
and so, if you recall, several years ago, this stopped,

but we did have a list of standing committees,
at least... the college had identified...

and those who needed new members... so that during
All College Day, during our first CDAC at that time...

but now DFC meetings... we could volunteer
to be part of these committees.

And you know, this is part of something
that we have to put on our load form

as far, you know... as far as the
committees that we are part of.

So, it's really hard to be able to do that,
if we don't have a list of committees,

work groups, task forces... those types
of things that we can contribute to.

So, there's several different
pieces about this.

First of all, is just, you know, the commitment that we want to be
able to make... but also, there's an accountability piece as well.

Matej and I were in a meeting earlier
and we talked about, you know...

what does it mean to participate
or be a member of a committee?

Is it just attending the meeting?  Or is it subcommittee
work... or is it participating in the meeting?

So, we'd have to really
define that as well.

And this all does get turned in to
our department heads, in our deans.

So, what does it mean, you know, as far
as accountability?  Are you showing up?

Are you coming to the meetings,
those types of things as well?

So, that's the... you know... the
policing, the accountability part.

But on top of that, there is part of our charter, the faculty senate
charter, that requires that we are disseminating information...

and that we are also receiving
information from committees.

So, if we aren't even aware of what committees are out
there, that exist... and I'm using the committee as a general,

so, this is the umbrella term I'm
using for task force and work group.

But that does bring up another point where we don't
really have a formal definition for any of those things.

So, it would be nice if we did have
a formal definition for what makes

an ad hoc meeting... or a committee... a standing
committee, a task force, and a work group.

So there's... what I see as president...
I see 3 or 4 key pieces.

First of all, the accountability piece.

Second of all, the information of knowing who's
on these committees and what are your goals.

We don't want to have 2 or 3
committees working on the same goal,

you know... or the same issue
without even knowing that they exist.

So, it would be helpful for that reason to
to streamline and be more efficient.

On top of that... as far as getting the information
from Senate and back to the committees

about what they're all working on...
so that we can fulfill our charter.

So, we will keep working on this.

This is something that I do realize that the
provost and her office are committed to clarifying.

I also wanted to share... I see Kelly stood up...
she's like... she knew I was going to talk about her.

There is the committee commitment spreadsheet
that Kelly had started creating last semester,

and so, if you could share that information
so we could start centralizing this information,

I truly would appreciate that as well.

And also, the Senate charter is below on our agenda
as well, if you have any question about that.

As far as that goes... there are a couple
of committees that I have heard from

that do need some senators
or some recommendations for faculty.

So, I will be getting that together as well, in the next
couple of days... and we will be talking about that.

Michael Parker is actually going to be
sharing that during his presentation.

But there is another one from Nick
Richmond and one from Aubrey Conover...

so, we will be hearing about that
as well in the coming days.

Because I took a little time before to toot our horn about how
we're... amazing faculty... I will go ahead and stop there.

Brooke, you have the floor
to continue the report.


---Brooke Anderson:
Thank you, Rita.

So, I just wanted to say... we... I put 15 minutes for us...
so that... to adjust for what you had said.

And so, I have our time is ending at 2:01.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay,


---Brooke Anderson:
So, as I'm talking... if maybe you could take over and
make sure to stop me if I'm talking longer than that.


---Rita Lennon:
Absolutely.


---Brooke Anderson:
Thank you.

So, to kind of follow with the rest of the bullets here
on our president and vice president report...

 Rita and I have shared with you the Roe v Wade
 statement that I wrote for us,

and we shared that with administration
yesterday at our leadership meeting.

And so, we... I've also... based on the feedback that
I've received from fellow senators and other faculty...

we've also added that to the discussion... to give
everyone a chance to actually talk about this.

And then I've got a proposal to share with the Senate
from a constituent to consider in our discussion as well.

Just to give everyone an opportunity
to discus that issue.

And then, the Faculty Senate mentors... I wanted
to just follow with a little bit of just reminders there

that some of what I've done is... I've sent emails
out to kind of get conversation starters... started...

and I've identified some more experienced
senators to be mentors for other senators.

And I also have attached
to Robert's Rules of Order here.

This is the document in our Faculty Senate folder that explains...
that kind of goes beyond our charter... or adds to our charter.

That explains a little bit more
about how we conduct business.

It sort of functions, I guess you might
say, as a version of our bylaws.

And so familiarize yourself with that.

That kind of explains a little bit more about
how we conduct business at the senate

and especially during discussion
and debate... those kinds of things

and how we vote and motion
and so on and so forth.

And then there were a couple of you...
I did also extend the opportunity

for mentorship to experienced senators
who were at least senators last year

and who are continuing this year
for half our divisions.

And I did have a couple of people
that did request mentors,

and I did have a couple of people that
expressed an interest in being a mentor.

And so, for those of you in that group, I will be
contacting you soon to pair it with somebody.

I think that's it there... other than just my emails...
there's no formal program or anything.

My goal really is just to work on connecting people
and making sure you have the information you want.

Of course, you're always welcome to reach
out to me or any of the other officers

if you have questions about senate... and
you're new... and you're trying to figure things out,

but it's always nice to have a connection
to someone else with experience, too... so.

The final thing is just an update
on the Charter Revision Committee,

[unintelligible]

Oops... I think someone's mic was on.

So, the Charter Revision Committee there is the... I did 
send out an email to those who had expressed interest

in serving on that committee, and we did find a time...
so, it will be September 12th from 1 to 2.

If you are still interested in serving in that... on that committee...
and... by all means, feel free to reach out to me to join.

and I'll make sure you get an invitation
to that meeting as well.

And then one other follow up just to the ment...
the administrative meeting that we had yesterday.

We did talk about the roles
and responsibilities of faculty.

If you remember in May... we did talk about the need to talk about
roles and responsibilities of faculty in both part time and full time.

And we asked if you were interested in participating
in a committee... and several of you did reach out.

So, I've got your names noted...
and I did let the provost know yesterday

that faculty are interested in this... and want
to continue... and just a little heads up...

that is one of her goals that she's
working on getting some final approval on.

And then there was some feedback
from you, too, about some of the issues,

like getting part-time faculty to... and full-time faculty
to participate in professional development.

And some of the issues that we experienced at
the college, related to roles and responsibilities.

So, just keep an ear open... there's more
to come...we haven't forgotten about that.

That is something that is important to me... and so I will definitely
be sure to be talking with the administration about that,

and following up with them and
with all of you this year about that.

So, I think that's it... so, oh boy...
we still have a couple of minutes,

so, I do just want to... just a little bit
of context for the Roe v Wade statement.

I'll tell you now, since we've got a little a little extra time...
personally, that was a devastating decision.

And one of our faculty members reached out
to the chancellor and other top leaders

and CC'ed me on an email requesting that leaders
should make a statement... and they have yet to do so.

And so talking with other senators
and other officers like Rita,

we felt it was really important to make
a statement in support of our students.

And so, Rita... I wrote the statement... and Rita and I went
over it together... and she provided some fantastic feedback.

So, this letter is written from my
perspective, but from both Rita and I.

And so it just... maybe, since we have a couple more minutes...
that's all I have to say about that right now.

I do want to give everyone here
an opportunity to talk about it,

but maybe not during reports...
and that's why it's on discussion.

And to consider possibly taking collective action... so,
that's what we'll talk about in the discussion section of today.

But Rita, I don't know if you wanted to just say
anything additionally about that statement.


---Rita Lennon:
Well, you certainly don't bake a cake when
you have a chef... or a baker... you know...

so, that's why it was wonderful that Brooke, being the
talented writer that she is, definitely took the lead on this.

I gave her some... I don't know... I get... feedback... but yeah...
definitely... she was the one who got the ball rolling for that.

I love where it is because not only is it
a statement of how we personally feel,

you know, we try to stay out of the
political arena as much as possible.

I'm wearing a shirt in support of it...
it's more than a t shirt, you know.

And on top of that, there's some things that could possibly
come out of that, that the college could recognize

and do some action items, which is why it
was moved into the business section as well.

So, we can talk about that
more down the road.

So, I hope what we're sharing here with you,
you know, we have officers who are engaged...

we know we want to make
changes for this institution...

we know that there are some wonderful things
that have happened at the institution,

but that we also want to
make this more widespread.

We're passionate about the work
that we do... and we're committed.

So, I really hope that all of you feel
that way... as far as, you know,

I'm not trying to campaign here...
that's not my goal,

but, you know, this is really what we hope that you're
feeling... but should you not be feeling that way...

if you think that there is more that we could
be doing to address certain or specific items...

that needs to be shared with us as well.

This is one of the problems that I've had with virtual meetings,
is that it really does shut up your ability to speak.

You know, it's like... I've got this
big stick... I get to keep it.

So, I can't wait until that it's safe enough for us or it's... the
majority rules that we can go back into in-person meetings

so that we can have more of a constructive way of
discussing things... that's really all I have to share.

So, I think we have just 1 more minute on this.

So, I think we can go ahead and move forward if everyone's
okay with that... into the next report, which is the governing report.


---Denise Reilly:
The governing board report.
[laughing]

Hi... I'm Denise Riley... and on that note, I am starting my...
I guess this would be technically only my first year,

 second semester term... I thought I was on a two year term,
but apparently, I was filling in for Brooke for a semester.

So, the board is going to get tired
of my face, I'm sure at some point.

But I decided... because Brooke did such a fabulous job at our
first meeting in explaining the roles of faculty senate officers,

I decided I would share a little bit about my role,
since my report is going to be super short,

I'm the representative... I'm representing you...
I feel like Speaker of the House, in a way... 

I'm supposed to strengthen communication
between faculty senate and college leadership,

and I serve as a non-voting member
of the Board of Governors.

And I'm one of two people that
represent the All College Council.

So, what does that entail exactly?

Well, I attend these meetings once a month...
not just as the bouncer for Rita.

But I give an oral report
that lasts about 5 minutes,

and that's to give you information about what's going on
with the Governing Board for Pima Community College.

I also attend every single governing board meeting, which
the first of the year isn't happening for a few more weeks.

So, once a month... and what I do is I submit a written report in
advance that covers all the meetings that we've already gone to.

So, kind of a summary of what's been going on... so, not every
detail of every meeting, but sometimes they're 10 pages long.

The other thing is... I attend the faculty senate
and administrative leadership meetings.

Those take place once a month
and they're an hour and a half now.

They were extended last year because we realized
that one hour was just a short amount of time

to kind of really have good conversations
with leadership about what's going on

as far as the voice of faculty
in the classroom... what's going on.

And the last but not least is... as officers get
together once a month to talk about the agenda...

and we have constant communication... I joke around on 
the side... Rita is basically my first friend at the college

because we were in the Faculty Leadership Academy together
many years ago and sat by each other on the first day.

So, we've actually become friends from there...
so that, you know, all of us talk pretty often.

One thing that I want to share with you that goes along with
the Governing Board... and I'm sure you've all heard tidbits...

whether it's news stories... whether
it's throughout Pima Community College.

But wow, was this an incredible
first year in this role.  [chuckles]

And I laugh about that sarcastically
because holy cow... [chuckles]

I started out by saying... there's things that
make me go, hmmm... at these Board meetings.

And what I can tell you is... my job is to tell you
the general sentiment of what's going on.

So, last year was filled with conflict... it was filled
with tension... and it was filled with dissent.

So, very often times there was a 2 to 3 vote...
2 to 3 vote... 2 to 3 vote... it became old.

And yes, there are times where
there might be a 5 to 0 vote,

but I can tell you at every single Board
meeting... that's few and far between.

And so, there happens to be a lot of that.

The next thing I want to say is... with this Board...
with the Board, we have a new Board chair.

So, that all happened within the last year.

So, we have a new Board chair...
so, somebody different in charge... Cat Ripley.

There was a violation of Governing Board laws that went out
to the public and took up a very large portion of a meeting.

There's community members siding with
or against different members of the Board...

so, each side of the Board is bringing in community
members... it's almost like a tit-for-tat.

It is really, really... it's really obnoxious,
to be honest with you.

It really shows how much dissent
there is among this group.

I mean, it's almost, probably, going
to get the reputation of... I don't know...

those of you around for a long time, but when TUSD had those
really ugly Board meetings, and everybody heard about it,

whether you had any affiliation with TUSD or not... there was an
HLC visit, which had a focus on Board members and policies...

and the obvious... funny that you wrote that in the chat, Matej,
because we're all on the same wavelength here,

but I have underlined obvious
open disrespect to one another...

 because I mean, Board members talking over one
another... Board members cutting each other off.

It is... it was like a bad reality
TV show, to be honest.

So, I only bring this up to you if you've never
gone to a board meeting... great experience.

You get to watch, because it's on Zoom...
but I get 5 minutes to talk about

what is going on in terms of faculty
and how do the faculty feel.

So, I'm not speaking for myself as Denise Reilly and CRS
department... I'm speaking for the whole group.

So, I try to convey whatever messages
are coming out of this meeting,

meetings with leadership, meetings among officers... to kind of
find out generally what's going on and to share that.

And, like I said, last year was really filled with
a lot of things that make me go, hmmm.  [chuckles]

And I've tried to share those along the way.

So, it will be an interesting experience, to see
how the beginning of this year starts out.

It's a fresh new year,
and I'd like to see how it goes.

I know that two members are up for election... I don't
know if that changes anything... I'm not really sure.

I've seen some news reports, but I do
know that if you're not in connection with

what's going on with Pima
Community College and the Board.

It is quite an interesting experience.

Like I said, it's one of those maybe reality TV shows that
you watch in the background and just go... is this for real?

It's really happening.

So along with that note, I will still continue to represent
you in my second semester of first year term,

and I will still continue to take forth
faculty notable accomplishments.

And I think that's going to be important
for me to continue to do.

I know a lot of you did great things in the summer,
so I look forward to writing about that.

And I decided to add something new this time because
we're trying to create this culture of community,

and just this year, really trying
to start off on a new foot.

I would like to know from all of you... what kind of a kudos
section, along with faculty notable accomplishments,

but a kudos to any administrators that you
feel are supporting faculty and in what ways.

So, if you have any examples of that...


---Brooke Anderson:
I hate to interrupt you... Denise... sorry, you're
now at 6 minutes... okay, you had 5, so...


---Denise Reilly:
Thank you... so, if you have any faculty or any faculty
that wants to give kudos to administration...

I can start by saying that I appreciated the Downtown Campus,
had a welcome event... free coffee, and that was appreciated.

So, if you have any kudos to give to administrators
for their support, that would be great.

And that is it... thank you, Brooke...
I'll check my time next time.


---Rita Lennon:
You have been...
you have been told. [laughs]

The logistics officer... that's not always
a fun one... or the sergeant of arms.

I'm not sure what role that falls under...
I apologize for not knowing that.

Lisa... I see your hand is up... we do have a couple of
minutes, so we can go ahead and take this 1 question.


---Lisa Werner:
Well, my biggest concern I have...  okay, concerning these
things... I haven't been to Board meetings in a while...

I am kind of surprised about what seems to be going on...
but on the face of it, it really looks like an equity issue...

and inclusivity issue... and that is
really not Pima's way of doing things.

And so I... like, I don't think we've ever had
this sort of situation on the Board before.

It seems like... I mean, there has to be something that could
be done to help these people work together more effectively,

like, put them in a retreat
together or something. [laughs]

Give them some retraining. We have...
I don't know what...


---Rita Lennon:
I think that's happened.


---Denise Reilly:
They have done that.

And I know we're over time, so I don't even want to
answer any more questions for Brooke to cut us off.

But they have done that... but let's just
hope that we start off on a better foot.

But, yes, Lisa, please, if anyone else wants to
watch the videos, you can see it all in action.

But let's just hope that we start off
on a different foot this year.

But yes, that's one of the reasons
that I think the HLC came.

So, just inform yourselves and know that this is...
this is the top leadership at the college.  [laughs]

Representing the community... and sometimes this is what
the community sees, if anything, of Pima Community College.

And they see this... and to me, it's very difficult because I love
Pima... I like my job... I like working here... I love the students.

However, if someone were to ask me
a question about what's going on,

it's a really difficult one to say is that, Oh, you must have
 seen the meeting, you must have seen the news story,

because that's what's out there in the public.


---Rita Lennon:
Right... thank you...  [sigh]  okay... on that note we're
going to go ahead and move in to the PCC meeting report.

Makyla, you have the floor.


---Makyla Hays:
Awesome... I'm having connection issues,
so, sorry about the lack of video.

Hopefully, my voice comes
through fine... [laughs]  so...

great segue... I was actually going
to start by mentioning the KOLD report.

If you watched it on Monday,
you noticed my face on it. [laughs]

I... I was reached out to by KOLD... I did...
and I thought about how and what to say...

and... I felt like there were things that we could...
we could share... that have already been shared publicly.

So, please know... I did not go and tell Pima secrets... or
like, share anything with them that I had not already said

in a public board meeting
or in an email to all faculty.

But I wanted to make sure that whatever they were
getting, I felt like was it a representation of faculty?

And so... of course they're going to cut it
and use it however they want to put it together.

But there is obviously some... leadership has some
concerns as well... about a memo I...


---Rita Lennon:
Makyla... you're cutting in and out.


---Makyla Hays:
a news report... and here different...

Oh, yeah... I just got that... my phone's
overheating... [laughs]  sorry.


---Rita Lennon:
Are you still with us?


---Makyla Hays:
Can you hear me?


---Rita Lennon:
Yes, yes... we can hear you.


---Makyla Hays:
Okay. I'm sorry... I think
my phone's overheating.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... is there a opportunity
for you to cool your phone off?

We could switch around... we could go to Sean's
adjunct report and come back to you... yes.


---Denise Reilly:
Yes Rita... she put that in chat.


---Rita Lennon:
You're right...
[laughing]

I looked over as I was saying it... great idea...
wonder where I got it?  Okay, wonderful.

Okay, so we'll go ahead and
switch around the two reports.

Sean, we'll go on with your report
and come back to Makyla.


---Sean Mendoza:
All right, great.
So, adjunct faculty...

we had our meeting today... and the
Chancellor came by to visit with us...

talked to us about... a lot about... talked to us
about some of the resources that are available...

and also talked with regards to the Center of
Excellence... so, that was that was pretty good.

And then... I think the other part... the other main part
that we discussed as well is really about the AERC...

and AERC's role in representing adjunct faculty...
and there was some discussion.

We actually shared with the group of the adjunct
faculty list regarding the ineligible for rehire.

Also talked about the tiered system as well.

Kate... Kate discussed... brought
that up... and so did... so did Sarah.

And then I also touched base a little bit as well with regards
to the adjunct faculty professional development fund.

So... and of course... Rita was there to talk to us and tell
us a little bit about some of the things that are going on,

and encourage adjunct faculty to come and
participate with the faculty... the faculty senate.

And I, you know... and I did share with Rita... I will
share with this... I will share this with group as well...

is that... I mean, some of us who've been with the college for...
scary for me to say... 30 some... over 30 some years...

there was a time when adjunct faculty were not even
allowed to be in these meetings, let alone say anything.

The last time... I mean, I remember when during that time, the
only way that adjunct faculty were even allowed to even have...

to even bring things up, was actually to have...
to have a mole in the... in the full time ranks.

And then we would slip that mole a note...
and then they would then bring things up.

So, I mean, I am very thankful for administration... 
I'm thankful for Dolores and thankful for, you know,

the chancellor, you know, and the Board,
of course, to bring greater equity because

with regards to things that we've been able to bring
forward... and actually... and actually make some changes,

the... you know, it couldn't happen without, you know...
support from the administration... and also the Board as well.

So, thank you for that.

I think that, you know, for the most part, we are on the lookout...
I think I'm going to go ahead and do my big pitch.

We've got a... we've got an outgoing adjunct faculty
member who's going to be leaving AERC,

so, we are on the hunt to look for a new
representative to fill a position for the spring.

Sarah is going to be leaving... well, you know... she's
going to be stepping down from that important role.

I do also want to recognize her efforts... because
she's made some really huge changes.

And I think it's great... any adjunct faculty who is... who is
interested in participating with... participating in the AERC,

can really make a huge impact on the policies and the, you
know, the benefits that are available to our employee group.

So, I just wanted to say thank you, Sarah, for
your service and your efforts in this group.

And so we are on the lookout for adjunct faculty to fill that role...
I know she's going to be... she's going to be filling it.

She's going to be... she's not completely gone
yet, but she will be filling in for the... for the fall.

And then, we're looking for somebody to fill her shoes for
the spring... so, and... yeah... and I think that's primarily...

Sarah or any of the adjunct faculty
that were at the last meeting...

would any of you like to say, you know,
anything... your words or any thoughts.


---Sarah Jansen:
Sean, I just had one thing which
I put in the chat, which is that

Chancellor Lambert expressed support for developing an
AERC policy that would compensate adjunct faculty

when their courses are canceled... for the prep work that
they've done... maybe some percentage of their contract.

And this has been a really high priority
item for adjunct faculty for a long time,

something that keeps coming up in Sean's surveys
when he's sending those out to adjunct faculty.

So, that I think needs to be something that
we prioritize in AERC moving forward... and...


---Sean Mendoza:
Done.


---Sarah Jansen:
I look... and please reach out to Sean or me
If you're interested in serving on AERC

so we can... we can fill you in and give
you more information.... thank you.


---Rita Lennon:
Very good.


---Sean Mendoza:
All right.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you. Thank you.

I did want to mention that, he said there were some
operational pieces that needed to be reviewed before he

he supports it for sure, but that there were some key
pieces that he had to look into further to see about that,

you know, and this is definitely something
that we need to be aware of.

If we're building out a... we're creating a new course...
and then it's not running because of low enrollment.

What are we doing wrong with marketing?

How could we better approach marketing?

Our new programs... our new classes...
so, I support that for sure.

Okay... I do believe MaKyla has come back to us...
I feel like a medium... Makyla are you here?


---Makyla Hays:
Yeah.. [laughs]


---Rita Lennon:
Very good... okay...
you have the floor.


---Makyla Hays:
Okay... I think what I was saying last
was that I want... I had spoken to KOLD

to make sure that faculty perspective
was represented accurately...

and that I shared only things that had been said publicly in
public meetings... public comments... and publicly in emails.

So, I just wanted to let everybody know
that that had happened.

And there's also the class and comp study
discussions through AERC are continuing.

We are going to be forming resolution teams
to talk about specifics of those things.

So, there's no answers yet... but we do have commitment
from administration to talk through our big issues.

And then... the last thing I was just going to say is that we're
continuing to keep our eye on the HLC report saying

it's good to hear from the Chancellor
kind of what's going on.

What's been shared on the news doesn't all line up,
and so there's just questions to be had.

And so, we'll just keep following that
and, you know, seeing what happens.

But I just want to make everybody know, like... the entire
goal of everything PCCEA does is to make sure that

 PIMA students are served and faculty can
do their job the best way possible...

and, I don't want people to think that we're
somehow trying to get students to not come here,

because that is absolutely the
opposite of the things that we want.

So, I just wanted to express
that publicly as well.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you Makyla... does that
conclude your record?  I'm sorry.


---Makyla Hays:
I believe so.
[laughs]


---Brooke Anderson:
I just want to interrupt... I'm sorry, I'm multitasking just a little bit
and lost track of the fact that I said I keep time today.

So, just to draw attention... we do have a little
more time and business than we thought we did.

But, we are at 2:20, which is 5 minutes past
what we said what we had for reports.

So, are we... are we?

We're ready to move on?

Yeah... I think we've got... we got the
PCCEA report and the agenda in... right?


---Rita Lennon:
We do.


---Brooke Anderson:
Perfect... okay.


---Rita Lennon:
So, we are ready now for our first business item, which
is the AZ transfer and AGEC redesign with Michael Parker.

Michael, you have the floor.


---Michael Parker:
Thank you, Rita.

Good afternoon, everybody.

So, in a couple of places I've presented on this AGEC
redesign, I... I did it all... what was it called?

I can't even remember... it's an event on Saturdays teaching
something... Teaching Saturdays Workshop... presented there...

I presented at the All College Day portion,
very briefly, about what we would be doing...

and I think I provided links to
the AZ transfer web page

and I spoke briefly in response to a question that Lisa
Werner had last time about the overall approach to this.

What I'm aiming today for... is to
recruit for the steering committee...

and as what... you know, you may all know that
we've got a general education standing committee...

that group, as part of this big redesign...
reform, refresh... whatever you want to call it...

will be occupied doing what they always do... which is reviewing
courses... and possibly developing more specific criteria.

In addition to the statewide criteria,
that are being developed.

So, I am forming a task force to help with this... and to
do the other work, because it is a much larger work for...

a much larger piece of work than just what the
General Education Standing Committee does.

So, I've decided that it would be good
to get about ten people,

a small group of people, to work on
making recommendations to the provost.

And I've spoken to the provost
about what the specific charge is,

and she wants to work with me
and refine that somewhat.

But in general, we'll be reviewing national trends and general
education and what's happening at the statewide level...

data from our students, from our faculty,
from employers, from our transfer partners,

PCC, literature on pedagogy, literature, on how
to stack curriculum, that kind of thing.

We'll be looking at a number of things and
making recommendations to the provost,

Bringing them to you in
faculty senate, of course, as well.

And the group that I want to form, a total of
10 members... with 9 faculty and one student,

and the membership are based... I would
like to get a subject matter expert

from each of the distribution categories
that will be part of the revised AGEC.

So, that would include composition, writing courses...
that's a... writing 101 and 102 are part of the New AGEC.

And by the way, I didn't mention this first, but my internet
is inconsistent, otherwise I would put my camera on,

but I fear if I do, that, I would be cut up... so,
if you're... if that has disconcerted you,

just listening to the letters of my name,
that's why I apologize for that.

So, one faculty who teaches in composition...
one faculty who teaches in quantitative reasoning...

and, you know, that's math, obviously... there's a new category
that is part of the revised AGEC... and that is American Institutions.

And I could provide a description of what that means,
and what it will be, you know, in its draft form...

what we're looking at in the revised AGEC,
someone from arts, someone from humanities...

someone from physical and natural sciences,
someone from social and behavioral sciences...

and someone from skills for a
productive life, making connections.

Those are all the distribution categories
that will be in the new AGEC,

and these would be people who teach
within the general education program.

I also want to bring in the perspective of ACTE faculty,
whom the general education serves as well.

And then in addition to that, a student...
so, a total of 10 people.

Any questions thus far about the
composition of the committee?

Nope... okay.

And I approached Rita and the other senate officers,
and I said... would you be willing to help me select these?

I don't know how often it happens.

I remember... you know, it seems like it's very
hard to get people to sign up for committees.

So, it is probably rare where it's a competitive process...
I think that people may be interested in this.

If you are... believe in the
value of general education,

if you think that it could do more
than what it currently does,

and you want to ensure that students have the best
experience in the general education courses and curriculum,

I would encourage to throw your hat in the ring... but, if
there's more than one, and even if there isn't more than one,

I want to engage the faculty senate officers in
helping me to select who ends up on that committee.

And I may even invite them to serve
as an ex-officio member...

one of the officers being on there
to ensure... to keep me honest,

That I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing...
that I'm not hijacking the process or anything like that...

to ensure that this part... this task force...
that I'm calling it a steering committee...

and there isn't anything in the... our old AP or whatever...
that describes committee structure... as a steering committee,

but as a task force work group...
whatever it happens to be.

I want to ensure that this is part of
the governance process throughout.

So, I may invite them... if one of them
doesn't throw their hat in the ring

for one of these, you know, distribution categories
that come from there... certainly could do that.

But, that's my aim... and I've talked to them before...
I want... this is what I said at the meeting...

I want... I would request a standing agenda item, be on
the faculty senate each month... to bring you updates.

It... the experience is... well, how do you
how do you get faculty senate involved?

I talked to the person who did it at the University
of Arizona... and... Susan Cochran Miller...

and she said... she didn't know when she was supposed
to bring faculty Senate into the discussions.

So, I'm going to err wildly on the side of caution...
I'm going to bring you in throughout the whole time.

So, any questions about that?

I will send out something... I will enlist
the help of the provost on Tuesday,

requesting people who are interested...
anybody who wants to express an interest,

with maybe a brief statement about, what is your interest
in that?  What do you think general education can do?

Something that would help us sift through candidates
or whatever... should there be more than one...

about their commitment to general education...

what sort of interesting, innovative ideas
do you... can you bring to the table?

So, that's it... that's all I came prepared to do...
I saw that I have 10 minutes.

My subjective impression is that
maybe I'm a little bit under 10, but...

if I if I need to run out the clock, let me know...
and I'll take time for questions if anybody has any.


---Brooke Anderson:
We have 3 more minutes for this.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... and we actually have 4 people
who have signed up... so, that's great.

Xavier, I think you were one, but I also see your
hand up... so, if you want to say something.


---Xavier Segura:
Thank you... Dean Parker, I had a quick
question for you, for the GenEd Curriculum.

Will we also be incorporating, like a
GenEd instructor... [unintelligible]... inclusive

to kind of help guide our instructors in their
logical techniques for teaching in general?


---Michael Parker:
Ah... you're kind of muffled a little bit,
but... could you say that again?


---Xavier Segura:
Yes, sir... so, kind of incorporating in GenEd...
instructors [unintelligible] as well...

at the college to assist our instructors
over the teaching the new GenEd...

kind of [unintelligible]... does that makes sense?
Well... you have to... [unintelligible]


---Michael Parker:
I... I think I heard what you said.

I think you're asking... are we going to provide
support for people to teach within the new GenEd...

you know, pedagogical approaches... does that
accurately represent what you said to me?

Okay, good... yes, that would be part of it... and, in that
we'll be working with the Teaching and Learning Center.

So, some of the outcomes, you know, we want to take a look
 at our outcomes and decide what are the best outcomes

given the ones that are being adopted statewide... what
is at the universities... what the ABOR statement says.

And, you know, for me... I've said this in a couple of places,
the unifying thread of the new GenEd is integrative learning.

I think that's pretty challenging...
right... is how do you get students

to take the skills that they learned
in one context and apply somewhere else?

And I think that's particularly
so with general education,

which probably accounts for students...
why am I learned in this stuff?

How am I going to use what I learned
the history class to solve this other problem?

And I'm not picking history in
particular, but just as an example.

So yes, that'll be part of it.

So, to accompany whatever pedagogical approaches we
see are the best way to teach these GenEd outcomes,

there will obviously need to be training... and we'll work
with the Teaching and Learning Center on that as well.

Things like, integrative and applied learning,
I think... problem based learning,

service learning, all of that stuff could be really
effective given what we're trying to do

is that we're trying to bridge the gap between the classroom
and the world that students will face outside of it.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay, so... so far, we have Lisa
Werner for Natural Sciences...

we've got Maggie Golston
for either composition or humanities...

Sarah Grace I need... I need
your area of expertise...

and Xavier, I have social behavioral sciences...
so, the other areas still need volunteers

and I am a mom... so, I will volun-told-you,
but I'd rather not do that.


---Michael Parker:
So, just for this... the invitation
is going to go out to all faculty.

I'm bringing it to faculty... but it's
not limited to faculty senators... so...


---Rita Lennon:
Excellent... whenever.


---Michael Parker:
You and all of your colleagues
to have the opportunity to to participate.

But, since you're the representative
body, I'm bringing it to you first.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... okay... anybody else?

Go ahead and just throw it in chat.

Thank you, Denise.

And so... also, be to share if you
are voting... or committing yourself...

or if you're saying that you will help
look for someone in your area

because that's also another way that
you can share that information with me.

All right.. so, I'm not going to hold up the meeting...

I'll keep a tally alongside... in chat...
as you add information about this...


---Michael Parker:
and one of the things... there
will be other opportunities.

So, this is the steering committee,
the group of ten,

but then, as we go to different areas...
I could see there being... I expect that there will be

 a subcommittee on assessment...
a subcommittee on pedagogy.

Um...but these are the people
who are going to begin the initial,

you know... first task will be, all right,
let's come up with a project plan.

How are we going to get
all of these things accomplished?

On the one hand, some of that's
determined by external factors.

By the end of the AGEC redesign,
which to underline, I think I've said before...

the expectation is that the new AGEC
will be available to students in the '24...

Fall of '24... in the '24-'25 catalog...
and that's across the state.

So, those will be the things
that we'll want to take a look at.

But that's my point... there's going to be more opportunities to
serve in other capacities outside of the standing committee.


---Brooke Anderson:
And I want to just interrupt
and say we are a minute over time.


---Rita Lennon:
Right. Thank you.


---Michael Parker:
So, there we go... I ran out the clock and I don't think
I rambled too much... thank you all very much.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you.

Okay... our next item of business is All College Day
Faculty Session... Josie Milliken, you have the floor.


---Josie Milliken:
Hi, everyone... it's really great to see you all...

and I hope that these first days of the fall
2022 semester have been going well so far.

And with me here is Jim Craig and
Karen Tam... and who's not here...

and Michael Parker is also here... who's also
been on this Deans group, working on a...

different versions of what we're now calling student
success... throughout the last several months.

And James Gray and Emily Halvorson
 are also working on this group.

All right... so, we shared a survey... so. we had discussions
over the summer... this collaborative dean group...

about the DFC question and how can we work
collaboratively to create a unified approach to DFW plans.

And... but we... where we actually
came to was... student success...

 that really what we're calling a DFC, DFW
really breaks down to student success.

And... is there a benefit of using DFW?

And...and then we determined that the best people to ask about
how we might address DFW use and have a unified approach

or increase student success, particularly under our
strategic items this year... college strategic items

would be to ask faculty... and that the best day
to do that would be All College Day.

So, about... was it two weeks
ago already... was like...

a blur.

So, what... we have these slides and really we just... these
slides just simply document some of the things we saw...

and they give you access to everything that...
all of the faculty comments that were shared.

So, I'm going to put a link to it in the chat...
so that you can take a look on your own.

And we administered this survey,
All College Day... this whole presentation.

And so, if you'd like to take a look at that survey, it is still
open... so, please feel free to continue sharing responses.

Maybe something will come up today.

And then, if you'd like to see the full spreadsheet of
responses... feel free to click on the responses link.

And what's nice about this is that you can
aggregate it by division and be able to look at...

okay... I'm associated with arts for example... and this is
what some action steps that were shared from art faculty...

or whatever division that you are connected with.

In terms of an overall glimpse of the
feedback... what we saw as overall trends,

was areas like providing and leveraging
wraparound support services for students.

That was a very common response
and encompasses areas like mentoring.

Mentoring showed up quite frequently... student
mentors, faculty mentors working with students,

also coaches, librarian assistants,
and Pima Connect advisors.

All of these different student support
resources that we have available

and many of them that have grown over the
last couple of years... particularly coaches...

and also with Pima Connect...
how that's an underutilized resource...

and can get us direct access
to a student's support network.

Connecting personally and individually with
students... that was a very common one shared....

notice, making personal connections individually to students,
learning their names... increasing involvement in the community.

So, more work on the part of divisions getting out to the
community... knowing the different parts of the community...

sharing what Pima has to offer... seeing how we might
increase access to all pockets of that community...

providing more support for part time faculty
was a very com... was  a common one as well.

Exercising flexibility with deadlines was recognized... and we've
seen that quite a bit more throughout the time of the pandemic.

And it's interesting to see how approaches have changed or
whether they have changed... with due dates and things like that,

with recognition of all of the complex issues
and obligations that our students carry.

And then... ungrading different alternative grading options,
authentic assessments... and then diversifying curriculum.

And for the next couple of slides, I'm not going to go
through them... but I'll turn it over to Jim and Karen

to see if there is anything in particular that either
Jim or Karen would like to happen... I...


---Jim Craig:
You're breaking up there a little bit, Josie...
how's everybody doing today... and has our time?


---Brooke Anderson:
Sorry, Jim...  [laughs[  we're
doing good... you've got until 2:42.


---Jim Craig:
Okay... let's see...


---Josie Milliken:
One item I just wanted to share, with you guys... 
I neglected to note this one particular... the prompt itself.

I know that many of you were there,
 but just to... as a refresher...

the prompt that was shared... we shared
at least one essential action item

for the important goal of
increasing the number of learners,

particularly Hispanic, Latino, American Indian, and
Alaska Native, and Black or African American learners

who successfully complete a course from the drop deadline
to the end of term with a passing grade of C and above.

And, one of the requests... or several requests had come up
during that session that this information be shared with faculty.

And so faculty senate is one stop
that that we're making...

and we also shared with executive administration
and faculty Senate officers yesterday.


---Jim Craig:
And the rest of these sub points...
we won't go through each one

but just... it's just very, very interesting to see what some of
the trends are... and, you know, some of the great ideas

that the faculty have come up with in terms of providing
more wraparound services, some of those ideas,

the free tuition, for instance,
for Native American students,

and just some very inventive ideas for what we can do to
move the needle in student success and completion,

and making they're making things
better for students all around.

So, think... overall I think there was about... it was
over140 faculty that responded to the survey,

and then, like Josie said, it's still open.... so,
laughs]  we can collect more things.

So, you know, emphasis on
being flexible with incompletes...

and a number of comments about diversity, and just
making curriculum and courseware more inclusive...

and a lot of personalized
connection with the students.

Everything we can do to make more connections with the
students, to the college, to the faculty, to the community.

So let's see... can you go to
the next one please?  Yeah.

So, really, you know, we wanted to bring it to
senate and say... so, what should be next for this?

We've got some amazing ideas.

We were thinking that this should be
shared through all the divisions, of course.

And then what else can we do to help...
help move some of these action steps,

some of these great
innovative ideas forward?


---Josie Milliken:
Thank you, Jim.

And then with that, I'll stop sharing... and in the minute left...
if you have ideas... thoughts about what's next...

because what we'd like to do is not
have this be a survey where simply

information is shared and then it sits...
and nothing really happens.

So, we'd love to hear what your thoughts are...

where do we go next... and
how can we facilitate... Karen...


---Karen Tam:
I just wanted to add one other thing
and this is kind of interesting to me...

and first of all... thank you
for allowing me to be here.

What I noticed is... in that data...
was how it was all of these sub points

were shared among all of the divisions,
all the different departments,

all of the different areas,
and that makes it easier...

well, I wouldn't say it's easier, but it
does help us look at our resources

to collectively look at all
of the different suggestions

and how we can, you know, align
some of these things together,

so that these resources go across
all of our divisions collectively.

So... to me, I thought that was really interesting.

A lot of different areas talked about high flags, support
for students, peer support across all the divisions,

making it somewhat seamless for us to hit
all of these different areas all at one time.

So, I think we've got a lot of great ideas
here and it will be really interesting

to see how we can move forward to help
our students be successful.


---Jim Craig:
That's a great idea, Denise,
come up the top three.


---Josie Milliken:
So, we are over time... and then Rita has
offered to be a liaison and... with this work.

And so we can say that...
maybe that is our next step...

come up with a top three list...
and perhaps we can revisit if time allows

and it would be helpful... if you would like to
come back at the next Faculty Senate meeting

and then just share how we might continue...
and perhaps whittle it down to three.

It would be nice to have a unified three action steps
as an entire college rather than different silos.

All right... Rita... turn it back
over to you... thank you so much.


---Rita Lennon:
I was sitting there talking,  [laughs]
my mouth was moving and everything.

So, I want to just to say thank you... that I really
appreciate you all coming forward with this.

You know, we have... Brooke Anderson
was sharing some DFW rates last semester.

So, I think the ar... you know...
this is at the heart of what we do.

This is what we want to make it
a better experience for our students

and make sure that they're successful...
so, I appreciate this work.

I look forward to it... that's great...
thank you so much.

And of course, you will be here next meeting
as we continue to work on this... for sure.

Okay... so, we are at our last... we did have
one more final presentation in business...

but a request from PimaOnline
to table that to our October meeting.

So, that has been removed from our agenda...

and so what we have left is elections,
faculty senate communication,

and the Roe versus Wade statement... so, Brooke,
I'll go ahead and let you take that out.

I'll watch time... I promise...
we've got 15 minutes.


---Brooke Anderson:
Fantastic...
thank you.... Rita.

So, we definitely have a quorum, which is fantastic,
which means we can hold our officer elections.

And so, we need... just so you know... we do have...
so, I am the only candidate for president elect...

Brandy Wright, is the only
candidate for vice-president...

Kelly O'Keefe is the only
candidate for secretary.

and Lisa Werner is the only candidate for
Sergeant of arms and Logistics Officer.

So, what that means... Rita and I talked about... what do we
do when we don't have people running against each other?

So... so, what that means is we still do need a
majority vote to bring these people into office.

And based on...and based on
who's here in the room...

and according to our attendance,
we have great attendance today.

We have 36 senators in the room.

So, that means we each need
at least 19 senators to vote.

If you do not wish to vote
for a candidate, that is fine.

You just... when you fill out the form,
you just would not select their name.

You know... you'll see that on the form.

Because I'm running, I will not be conducting
the form... the vote form for President elect.

And because Kelly is running, she will not
be running the vote form for secretary.

So, I'll distribute the form with vice-president,
secretary and sergeant of arms...

and then Kelly will be managing
the form for president elect.

So, let me see... so, I'll go ahead
and drop those in the chat.

I'll drop mine in the chat and then
Kelly can drop her form in the chat.

And then we will just need...
this will be a little bit of a challenge

because this is my section, but
I'm also trying to run the election.

So, okay... so, copy... [laughs]
and testing my... my multitasking skills.

Okay... so there's one form... and
you will see... it's anonymous voting...

your email will not be collected...
it's anonymous voting.

And, just as a reminder... because
we do have guests in the room...

and community members in the room...
this voting is only for senators.

And then, Kelly... do you want to drop
your form as well for president elect?

She kind of let it run... great...
please go ahead and vote.


---Kelly O'Keefe:
Brooke, my link was put in
right before yours... okay.


---Brooke Anderson:
Oh, perfect... perfect... okay.

All right... so, we'll just let
you vote as as we go here

and then I'll just kind of
check occasionally.

Oh, awesome... looks like we already have
lots of responses on the form I submitted.

So, fantastic.

Okay. All right... well, that was fast... we already
have... of course, keep the voting going,

but we already have lots and lots more votes than we need
to elect Brandi and Kelly and Lisa into our officer position.

So, by all means... for the record,
keep filling out this form... the form...

and then Kelly can let us know how it's
going on her end, as she looks at that.

Okay... and so, next item of
business here is... yeah...

and I know we don't have a ton of time,
but I did want to open the floor to,

to discuss maybe for 2 to 3 minutes...
faculty senate communications...

and just pose the question to the body here...
how is the faculty senate doing with communication?

Where are we...where are officers doing well?
Where aren't we?  Where's the college doing well?

Where isn't it?   Where are senators
doing well?  Where aren't they?

And what might be some things we
could do to improve communication?


---Rita Lennon:
Looks like there's a communication
breakdown right now.  [chuckles]

Or maybe because doing so well, you don't
feel that we need to do anything different.

I highly doubt that.

Do you feel we email enough or not enough?
We'll start with that... James


---James Sheldon:
Oh yeah... I, I had something else
to say just before you started this....


---Rita Lennon:
Great.


---James Sheldon:
question... just... I really enjoyed the study
sessions last year, so I wanted to say that

continuing that in some form I think would be helpful...
just... especially to get people who want to weigh in

on a particular topic and meet
with like, key people working on it.

I think it's a great way
to have that happen.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... and study sessions... 
will continue this year, I promise.

Anyone else?


---Sean Mendoza:
I have my hand raised.


---Rita Lennon:
Oh, I'm sorry... Sean, you
have something like...


---Sean Mendoza:
I know... it's like... it's a guitar.


---Rita Lennon:
So... it's a guitar... I'm sorry...
please, go ahead.


---Sean Mendoza:
So, I guess I wanted to ask if it's possible
for us to vote on minutes ahead of time.

So, this way we're not spending time during our
meeting... to... you know, going through the minutes...

just kind of hashing them out... because I think,
you know, we could conceivably just do it all online

and then just... and then focus in on the topics that,
you know, that are near and dear to my heart.

Just a thought.


---Rita Lennon:
 Very good... so, is that a motion?
Are you...


---Sean Mendoza:
I motion that we... thank you for that.

I motion that we start approving minutes online
via email, utilizing maybe Google forms.


---Rita Lennon:
Very good.


---Brooke Anderson:
And I second that motion.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... and there's several
on chat as well... so ,very good.

Okay.


---Brooke Anderson:
Did we want to motion to continue study
sessions?  I guess I will... I will motion.


---Rita Lennon:
That's a good point...
I didn't ask James that...

but... you will... you will move to
continue study sessions this semester.


---Sean Mendoza:
Shouldn't we... shouldn't we finish one?


---Rita Lennon:
We should... we need to... we need to actually
do a formal vote for chance... but Brooke is...


---Brooke Anderson:
Oh, sorry.


---Rita Lennon:
That's okay...


---Brooke Anderson:
jumping down there.


---Rita Lennon:
That's okay.

So, now there is a vote on the floor for moving
approval of meeting minutes to an electronic format.

[laughs]  Okay... I appreciate
a yes for both,

but let's go ahead and just do one at a
time, so that we can have a formal vote.


---Brooke Anderson:
So, do you want us to put it
in chat, or to vocalize?


---Rita Lennon:
Please... let's go ahead and do a formal vote...
formal virtual vote by chat... I appreciate that.


---Matej Boguszak:
As people are voting,
I was just going to throw out there...

maybe... do we need a formal vote to continue the
study sessions... and any objections from anybody?


---Rita Lennon:
I don't think we do because it's already
something we've done before.

And we had there was no motion
to remove them from our priorities.

So, thank you, Matej, for that clarification.

I do not believe that we need to have a formal
vote for those, but it is nice to see support

at least in a few voices... so, I appreciate
those who have attended in the past.

And you know, it's something that officers
brought up is... do we have to attend them?

And... absolutely not... you know,
the idea... the goal is that,

you are at least sending someone
from your division or your department

to the study sessions when
it is going to be of interest of you.

But this is the way that we get to work on
things... get people's voices heard in a...

in a way that we can work with
the provost and move these out.

And we've strategically placed our study sessions
in between senate meetings, formal senate meetings,

and our meetings with the administration... so that
we can continuously move these things forward.

Even though sometimes we feel
that they're slowly moving forward,

but that, you know, that we are
still at least working on them.

So, Amorette, does that answer your question
about what the purpose is for...

I assume that you meant the purpose of
study sessions... but maybe you had another...


---Tiffany Amorette Young:
Yes, thank you... no, that was...
I needed just some clarification.


---Rita Lennon:
Very good. Thank you. Yeah.

So, we started use... last semester, we were
doing an executive session off-cycle of our...

our Senate meetings, that didn't
seem to fit the bill of what we wanted.

And so... Sara Janssen had made the suggestion of
study sessions in place of... and I think it works very well.

Okay... so, it looks like... I'm scanning here and... oh, I haven't
put my hand down... and so... looks like we have a unanimous.

Yes... fantastic... thank you so much... so, we will now
move to approving our meeting minutes electronically.

That's phenomenal... so...
thank you so much.

That will take up... or use up some of
our time that we meet... so, that's great.

All right... we have 5 more minutes in our meeting and we do have
1 more thing to discuss... and so, this looks like it's good timing.

Brooke, would you like to go ahead
and put this on the floor?


---Brooke Anderson:
Sure... yeah, so I did also... because I know,
it's... time ends up being so short,

if you're thinking or chewing on some ideas... I did actually create
a form to collect feedback from all of you, on communication.

So if you would like to fill that out,
by all means do so.

And then we can always continue
to have that conversation, if needed.

So then, the final thing
is to discuss Roe v Wade...

and I'd rather... you know... Rita and I have
shared our personal perspectives on this.

And so... I would love to just give other people
the opportunity to say anything they'd like to say.

And then... I do have a proposal from a fellow faculty
member, that... to bring forward to the Senate as well, but...


---Rita Lennon:
Amorette... your hand is up.


---Tiffany Amorette Young:
Thank you... so, I don't want to sound self-serving.

However, I would appreciate
a statement like, for me.

Like, not just for students, but like all
my sisters... I feel very unprotected.

I, myself, as a faculty member, feel unsafe...
and this impacts how I teach my students

I've had a lot of students request information
and modules... specifically on abortion...

the experiences of it, as well as the constitutionality of
its law... and what that would mean for our state.

So, I just want to let folks know that it's not just
important that we make a statement for students,

but ourselves, administrators, literally the community...
so, that... that was all I wanted to say.


---Rita Lennon:
You know, I really appreciate that...
thank you so much... and great...


---Brooke Anderson:
Yeah, I see some comments in the chat...

Sarah's mentioning the Tulane statement and
how it did include "on the behalf of faculty", right?

Yeah... and Carmen is talking about how it's been the focus
of many student papers... so, it does need a statement.

Yeah... just give others a minute or two
to share anything they'd like to share.


---Matej Boguszak:
Thanks for taking the
initiative on the letter.


---Brooke Anderson:
You're welcome.

Yeah... Rosanne is saying she's so glad
to see students posing these questions.

Yeah... and James is asking if AEA slash NEA
is doing something on this.

I don't know the answer to that...
it would be a nice thing to look into.


---Rita Lennon:
So then, as a business item... what we were wondering is,
if we would want to endorse this as the Senate.

And the purpose of that would be...
we could compel our administration

to actually take action on the items we've
requested in one of our final paragraphs.

1:57:42.955,1:57:51.197
So, we could take collective action to center
ourselves on what our learners needs are...

and I do appreciate that also,
our employees needs as well.

Clearly labeled lactation rooms
that are available all the time,

not just during business hours,
but when our learners might be there

over the weekend or in the evening hours
when they're taking courses.

Daycare is not... you know...  phenomenal that we
finally have re-opened our daycare at Desert Vista.

Let's do that at all of the campuses....
let's look into how we can do that.

And again, not just available to students,
but also to our employees and staff, for sure,

And other ways that are
listed in the letter as well.

But if we don't endorse it, then we don't
necessarily...we can't ask to take action.

We can't ask them... or we can't
compel them to take action on this.

So, would there be someone willing
to a motion to endorse this?


---Brooke Anderson:
Yes... and just to... thank you I see
some things coming in in the chat.

Just to again, kind of clarify, you know,
Rita and I are our leaders in the Senate,

and this was something we felt was
important to say something about... right.

But this letter is from us,
not from the Senate... right.

And so that's why... if the Senate wanted
to endorse something like this,

that would be something... that would be up to all of you
to vote on... and we would need a majority vote on that.

So, just to clarify that... and then also I did to say, you know,
a lot of this was... my impetus to write this letter

was based on Francisca's calls to the chancellor
and administration to say something.

And then after drafting the letter, I must say...
this woman, I think Rita, identifies with this woman...

I do want to just say... Elliot Mead graciously and beautifully
pointed out that, not all people who get pregnant are women.

And so I did... so, I just wanted to acknowledge them and say,
I did not mean to exclude those who do not identify as women...

I do also feel like those people need to be included.

And that's why I have made some amendments yesterday
afternoon after it was already sent out publicly.

So I don't know if anybody is
keeping track in the chat.


---Rita Lennon:
Well, we have a motion to
endorse... we have a second.

We did not move into a formal vote, but
I do see that there's been lots of support.

We will take this.... let's take a minute.

We're over... but let's go ahead and take
a minute to actually formally vote in chat.

Yes, if you do support the endorsement of this letter...
and no, if you do not... and abstain if you choose to do so.

Okay, this one will take
more time for me to count.

I know that we are behind time...
we know we're past time now.

So, what I think we should probably
do is motion to end the meeting.

You know what?

Honestly, I don't know if we can do that with a
vote on the floor... I don't think we can.


---Denise Reilly:
Rita..


---Rita Lennon:
Yes.


---Denise Reilly:
Just say that the NEA does have an endorsement...
I just wanted to let you know that... the... [unintelligible]

Not that... I couldn't find anything for the Arizona
Education Association for whoever asked...

but the National Education Association
has a president message statement.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you.


---Brooke Anderson:
All right. So, where are we,
Rita... on the vote?


---Rita Lennon:
So, we only have 22, 23, 24...
[chuckles]


---Brooke Anderson:
So, we need... we need at least
19 senators, for it to be endorsed.


---Rita Lennon:
We have 26... we have 26 yeses...
so we will move this to endorse.


---Brooke Anderson:
Fantastic.

And I do just want to make sure to invite all
senators... obviously, it's totally your choice.

But, to share this letter with your constituents and invite your...
the faculty you represent to share with their students.

And... I don't want to throw us into
anything that would keep us longer...

but, one thing we might do next month is,
actually, write a statement for the Board

or for the Chancellor... right...
saying what we would like to do.

So anyway, something to
consider adding to the...


---Michael Juell:
Because you and I...
[unintelligible]


---Brooke Anderson:
agenda next month... uh... someone...
someone, I think, is not muted.


---Rita Lennon:
I muted them.
Thank you. 


---Brooke Anderson:
Okay, thanks.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... so now we need...


---Brooke Anderson:
I don't want to throw too much out there... I know
we're at our time for our... today's meeting,

and I want to respect
everybody's time, so...


---Rita Lennon:
Okay... so, we'll go ahead and wait
for a motion to adjourn the meeting.


---Sean Mendoza:
Motion to adjourn.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you...
second please.


---Lisa Werner:
Second.


---Rita Lennon:
Thank you... okay,
 meeting is adjourned... 3:05.

We are going to move into
executive session now.

So, senators if you can stay, please do...
everyone else, please leave the room.

I appreciate you being here.

All right... I'm going to go ahead and stop recording.


---Brooke Anderson:
Oh, wait... have you stopped recording already?


---Rita Lennon:
No, I have not.


---Brooke Anderson:
Okay. I just want to... I just want to know,
was I voted out?  Was everybody like boo, hoo?

What... what?


---Rita Lennon:
Oh, oh...


---Kelly O'Keefe:
Brooke, I. Put it in the chat.


---Brooke Anderson:
Oh, okay.


---Kelly O'Keefe:
100% of those who voted were in favor of you
being the next president elect... so, congratulations.


---Brooke Anderson:
Okay... thank you, everyone...
I really appreciate the support.


---Rita Lennon:
Okay, so I think everyone received their... Brandy was
crying, but everyone else was... [laughing] fine... great.

We will definitely make a formal announcement
however at next Senate meeting.

Thank you... okay... so, I'm
going to stop recording now.