LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE

2002 – 2003 Faculty Senate

APPROVED Minutes of the October 9, 2002 Meeting

James Goodman, Chair

Warren Imada, Vice Chair

Jack Pond, Secretary

SENATORS PRESENT: N. Buchanan, L. Currivan, M. Dobson, Z. Estrada, R. Flegal, C. Ganne, J. Goodman, K. Hill, C. Hochstein, W. Imada, J. Kappenberg, P. Kennedy, G. Levy, P. Lococo, C. Martin, M. Nakano, S. Palombo, R. Pfeiffer, J. Pond.

SENATORS EXCUSED: . C. Yokotake, K. Khan.

GUESTS: Aulii Silva, Director of Student Activities.

CALL T0 ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 3:25 p.m. with a quorum.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: The minutes of the September 25, 2002 meeting were read and approved (Flegal/Pfeiffer) with the suggestion that the Opticianary and Educational Assistant Programs be specifically named in questions nine and eleven.

INTRODUCTIONS: The Chair introduced new Senator Zeny Estrada from the Social Science Division. Senator Estrada will be filling the empty seat of Senator Pat Neils this year.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

FACULTY – Senator Currivan reported that this committee is still forming.

ELECTIONS – Senator Hochstein reported that the committee has sent out the call for nominations via the Bulletin and hard copies in each faculty member’s mailbox. She has also contacted all Senators in their second year to ask if they intend to run. Senator Lococo noted that no presently sitting Senator would be impacted by the term limit rule.

ACADEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT – Senator Martin reported that there will be a colloquium held on Thursday, October 31 in BE-108 from 12:30 to 1:30 to discuss issues and concerns related to academic and institutional support.

PROGRAM REVIEW – Senator Levy reported that an open forum, to be held on Thursday, October 10 in GT-105 from 12:30 to 1:30, will discuss the progress of the AIC (Accreditation Implementation Committee) on Curriculum Review. The meeting will discuss a review process for all the courses offered by the College and their syllabi. At present, only courses that are added, modified or deleted are reviewed by the Curriculum Committee, but courses that do not undergo that review should also be evaluated. Another AIC on Program Review is currently developing a broader review process for the College’s programs and services and will hold an open forum at a later date.

STUDENT – Senator Hill reminded the Senate about the next Opening Day Experience to be held immediately prior to the first day of instruction for the Spring Semester (January 9, 2003). She also put out a call for photographs that any person might have taken at past Opening Days.

SENATE SERVICE COMMITTEE (ad hoc) – Senator Nakano reported that she is meeting with the former chair (Ray Tanimoto) to establish this committee.

CHAIR’S REPORT:

Chair Goodman reported on the meeting of the All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs (ACCFSC) at Manoa on September 13. In a letter to the ACCFSC, CAO Neubauer informed the group that it will meet once a month, that the administration will attend only if invited, and that the President wishes to put together an Advisory Committee to be made up of five Senate Chairs (UHM, UHWO, UHH, and UHCCs (one from Oahu and one from the outer islands). The constituency may change after January 1, 2003.

Finally, the Chair gave details of the resolution on articulation that passed HCC last year calling for the community colleges to accept all core area course requirements from other UHCCs as passed by the individual curriculum bodies. This would eliminate the need for further review by system-wide standing committees or by curriculum bodies at receiving institutions. The resolution called for all Faculty Senates to expedite policies that guarantee ease of transfer. To date, a similar resolution has been passed by the Senates of HCC, KapCC and WCC, but only HCC’s administration has approved resultant policy. The Senate asked to see the entire resolution and to have further discussion on the issue. To that end, the Chair agreed to invite Dave Cleveland and Jerry Saviano of HCC to speak on this issue at a future meeting. Some expressed an interest in having the meeting open to all interested faculty. On a related issue, Senators Currivan, Palombo and Kappenberg volunteered to organize and advertise a campus visit by the new UHM Chancellor Peter Englert to discuss undergraduate teaching and articulation/transfer issues in the very near future.

OLD BUSINESS:

HITES FOUNDATION offers scholarships for community college students who are transferring to a four-year institutions. The foundation will match funds raised by area community colleges. Leeward needs a few faculty to take the lead in handling this effort on our campus. Leeward’s goal will be $30,000. Senator Flegal volunteered; Senators Estrada and Pond volunteered to assist.

REVISION OF CHARTER AND BY-LAWS – It was agreed by most present that the Senate Charter and By-laws are in need of revision. Specific problems include term limits and the statement that the “Provost shall be the honorary chair of the Faculty Senate.”

NEW BUSINESS:

ü There has been a request from Student Services to hold Commencement only once per year in May. Student Activities Director, Aulii Silva, spoke to the Senate on the advantages and possible disadvantages of such a decision. Several points were raised. The numbers of students attending graduation overall (fall and spring) has been declining recently. LCC is the only CC that offers fall graduation exercises. The decision could be made allowing students to march in the spring if they intend to graduate at the end of the summer or the following fall semester. The manpower needs and costs (about $1100) to stage the fall ceremonies are becoming a drain on College resources. Crowd control at the theater is always difficult as there are not sufficient seats to accommodate the number that wishes to attend the ceremonies. The numbers attending graduation could be expected to rise over the next few years as overall enrollments are increasing. A decision to suspend the fall ceremonies could be made for a year or two, and then later reviewed. Student government and the Campus Council have also been asked for input, but some Senators felt that Graduation was a function of Faculty Senate, and it was inappropriate to ask the other governing bodies on campus for input.

Motion 02-29 (Kappenberg/Levy): It is the Faculty Senate’s sentiment to support the Student Services request to hold graduation once a year on a trial basis for the academic year 2003-04.

MOTION PASSED

Y = 14; N = 0; Ab = 3

ü The Secretary asked the Senate whether it would prefer the approved Senate minutes be published on the Senate Homepage only, in the Campus Bulletin, or as a hyperlink to the Homepage in the Bulletin. The Senate requested the Secretary to ask the Provost’s secretary to include the full text of the Senate minutes in the Bulletin noting that the Campus Council minutes were published there. The dates of future Senate meetings should be published there as well.

ü The question was raised whether there should be faculty representation on the Merit Pay Increase Review Committee. It currently has none although faculty has the opportunity to participate in review at the division level. Most Senators agreed that this would be a very difficult role for faculty to play. No decision or recommendation was made.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Future meetings: November 6, 27, December 11.

ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 5:45 pm.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED: Jack Pond, Secretary.