June 16, 2025

I. Call to Order

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Welcome

Erik Woodbury welcomed everyone to the last meeting for the school year.

Due to technical difficulty, the meeting was delayed until 2:48 pm

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Approval of Agenda and Minutes from June 9, 2025.

Erik Woodbury added to the agenda an item submitted after the agenda was published. “Confirmation: Chemistry Lab Technician Hiring Committee.”

Veronica Acevedo moved, Barbara Dahlke seconded to approve both minutes and agenda. No objection. Agenda and minutes approved by unanimous consent.

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Public Comment 

Mary Donahue: One of the Bay Area “No Kings” protests last Saturday had over 10,000 people forming a 7-mile human chain stretching from Sunnyvale to Palo Alto along El Camino Real. 

Mary Donahue, Red Cross First Aid instructor, shared the following link to a Centers for Disease Control on how to deal with being hit with tear gas in a protest.  

https://www.cdc.gov/chemical-emergencies/chemical-fact-sheets/riot-control-agents.html

Law enforcement may use tear gas (riot control agents) in any protests that block roads and highways. Read the article to learn how to manage hazards and severe reactions from exposure to tear gas.

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II. Consent Calendar

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Consent Calendar: (Attachment)

Tenure Review Committees 

Joshua McCluskey, Environmental Science/ERMPP

Gayatri Pal, Biology

Mary Pape moved to approve. Mark Landefeld seconded.

Liliana Wong pointed out that some faculty from environmental science have been mislabeled as biology faculty.

No objection. Consent Calendar approved.

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III. Needs and Confirmation

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District and College Needs (Attachment)

Tenure Review Committee At-Large Faculty members

They still need more tenure review committee at-large faculty members. There are people who have volunteered for 2 or 3 committees. Encourage colleagues to get engaged and sign up to serve.

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Confirmations

Chemistry Lab Technician Hiring Committee 

This is a classified position that does not require faculty on the hiring committee. The dean has extended an invitation to include a faculty member since the chem lab tech works closely with faculty.

Currently, the committee included:

• Mehrdad Khosravi, Dean 
• David Gray, Faculty 
• ACE rep, to be assigned
• EO rep, to be assigned

Lisa Mesh moved to confirm. Sherwin Mendoza seconded. No objection. The Hiring Committee confirmed.

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IV. New & Continuing Business

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Quick Notes:

FA Update

There has been a series of review sessions to go over the new contract and ask questions. Go to one of the review sessions to learn about the changes.

The ratification vote to approve the contract will be coming up this Tues/Wed 6/17- 6/18. 

Senate Executive Committee Service 2025/2026

Erik Woodbury sent an email to the Executive Committee to inquire about which members will be returning or stepping down for the next year. He urged those who have served more than 2 years to recruit new representatives from their divisions as a way to build strong faculty leadership and share the responsibility. 

Campus Climate Survey Reminder

Erik encouraged everyone to fill out the survey from the RP group by 11:59 pm tonight. The survey will assess how people feel about the campus environment and any needs for changes.

End of Year Celebration

The Senate hosted a luncheon on Monday 6/16 to honor the retirees and celebrate year end with the executive committee members.

Retirees: Vickie Annen, Catie Cadge-Moore, Judy Cuff-Alvarado, Emily Garbe, Byron Lilly, Lisa Mesh, Craig Norman, Eugene Rodriguez, and Dan Salah.

The Senate expressed appreciation for their service, wishing them the best in retirement, and looked forward to seeing some of them come back on Article 19.

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COOL Committee Update (2nd read)

James Capurso reviewed the COOL proposal to revise and streamline the COOL committee representation. There have been no changes to the proposal since last week.

James acknowledged and responded to suggestions to maintain the affinity group representation as well as having 2 seats for counseling. While their participation would be appreciated, the affinity seats have been vacant and only one counselor has occupied one of the 2 counseling seats.

The current committee composition has many vacancies. And meeting quorum has been an issue. The consolidated version will have 50% seats filled with confirmed continuation of its current members. James was optimistic that the new point service credit system in the new FA contract will encourage more participation in committee work.

There was a discussion on the committee getting more informed and communicating about compliance with the federal accessibility laws. The accessibility component will be a top priority for online education that includes RSI, captioning, and other compliance issues.

Cheryl Chapman, part of the Online Education team, has 30 years of experience working with accessibility and learning technologies.

This consolidated proposal was approved unanimously in the 6/2 COOL meeting.

Mary Pape moved to approve, Julie Hughes seconded. No objection. The updated committee representation was approved.

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SLO Process Update

Mary Pape, SLO/SSLO/AUO Coordinator

Mary opened the SLO page and went down to the powerpoint for the Presentation to Academic Senate June 16, 2025 (See slideshow for specific details.)

She started the update with “Accreditation.”  The ACCJC in January 2025 reaffirmed De Anza's accreditation for the full seven-year cycle through 2031, with no findings of deficiency. The website has a pull down menu for Student Learning Assessments by Division with data from the last three years.

Then, Mary reviewed the process for Student Learning Outcomes that are done on the Course Level (CSLO), Program Level (PSLO), Institutional Level (ISLO). Each course is assessed at least once per revision cycle, minimum once every five years. The Wheel of Success, slides 6-7, start with defining the outcome, planning the method, conducting the assessment, summarizing data, reflection, enhancement, and return to re-definition.

The other assessments are the Student Services Learning Outcomes and the Administrative Unit Outcomes.

Document the Assessment. The website has a direct link to Enter Course SLO Assessment. Slides 10 and 11 provide a step-by-step guide for completing the assessment.

Mary explained how faculty can use Canvas & Outcomes Assessments to do the assessment:

Finally, Mapping: From CSLOs (course level) to PLOs (program level) and from CSLOs to ISLOs (institutional level). Slide 13. Mapping – Making the connections in eLumen and Mapping Report from eLumen

In Summary: Must use the Student Learning Outcome verbatim from the Course Outline of Record. Enter Assessment directly into the Microsoft form, SLO Course Assessment.

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Financial Report

Academic Senate financial report for the 2024-25 year. 

The Senate income and expenses have been steady since 2023. Two years ago the Senate started the year with a proposed annual budget. The budget incorporated the Senate’s expressed goal to support students and faculty in addition to the ongoing Senate expenditures from previous years. The student support started with the plans for awarding Senate scholarships. The Senate scholarship committee worked to determine the criteria and application process for an award that was approved and ready for implementation. They discovered that the Senate has a separate scholarship fund. The Senate has committed to grow and distribute the scholarship fund. The Senate will designate and contribute some of its regular funds toward supporting the scholarship. 

The Senate also budgeted funds to support faculty and campus programs. On May 19, 2025, the Senate finalized and approved the Academic Senate Funding Guidelines and Request Process.

For the 2024-25 year, like the previous year, there are a great deal of pending expenses that will be paid in the summer. That will bring the 24-25 balance close to 23-24 balance.

Veronica Acevedo moved to accept the budget and financial report as presented. Barbara Dahlke seconded. No objection. Financial report accepted.

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Strategic Planning in 25/26

The college will be developing a strategic enrollment management plan with its new president, a new approach, and new leadership at the senior levels. This will be part of the college’s 6-year strategic plan that includes the Educational Master Plan and the Facilities Master Plan.

They will engage in discussions and call for faculty feedback to determine the college’s goals and direction for the next decade.

The education master plan will include credit, non credit, and community education. 

Next year, our president would like to revisit and recreate our strategic plan very intentionally. One of the goals would be to stay “Tops in Transfer.” To grow while maintaining the current level of excellence. To ask, “What aren’t we doing or what can we do better?”

One of the factors involved in strategic planning will be the Villages.

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Review of 24/25 work and goal setting for 25/26

What did we do this year that we're proud of? 

• Finalized the Senate awards to student
• Advocacy for compensation to part-time faculty for shared governance activity. (A special shout out to Ishmael and Mary and Sherwin, and Christina.)
• Resolutions: AP 1705, undocumented students/the vulnerable populations, sanctuary district
• Raise Senate dues to provide financial stability and flexibility to invest more in students and faculty.
• Conversations on AI
• GE committee work, update local GE pattern
• Community, social  engagement, Meet and Greet, Lunch
• Good, quality La Voz coverage 
• Listening Project, Erik would like to revisit and make it more impactful

Goals for next year

• Better marketing, communication and community engagement.
• Collaboration across divisions and departments 
• Foster and grow faculty and student leadership
• Recruiting, to get people more involved
• Do more for students

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Good of the Order

Erik Woodbury: A special thank you to those who served this year and will not return next year. Lisa Mesh, Julie Hughes, Ishmael Tarikh. 

Erik acknowledged Danielle who will join the Senate in the fall to represent history and social science.

Lauren Gordon expressed her appreciation for Shagun Kaur’s dedicated service as one of the language art representatives. Shagun will return as the Senate vice president next year. 

Bob Singh: Curriculum committee will need to recruit 3 more faculty members.

Mary Donahue:

De Anza Outdoor Club trip to Grand Teton National Park in August.  The next Q&A or sign up meeting will be during finals week, Friday, June 27 noon to 2 p.m.  Classroom S56. 

To find S56, go to: https://www.deanza.edu/maps-and-

Look for the S5 building. S56 is in the bottom left hand corner of the S5 building.

Links to info are:

Main trip webpage:  https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons

Driving directions and options for flying and other public transportation are at Grand Tetons trip transportation https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-trip-transportation

Recommendations for things to do in advance to have a better trip: https://marydonahue.org/in-advance-of-the-outdoor-club-grand-teton-national-park-trip

Equipment: https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-trip-equipment

Backpacking is optional, but people on the trip usually have done short and/or multi day backpack trips.       

Soooo many locations to choose from:

https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-backpacking

People think that the hike into Cascade Canyon is the best hike in the park (especially since we get up early and get ahead of the crowds)

https://marydonahue.org/cascade-canyon-grand-teton-national-park

The campground that students have campsites for

https://marydonahue.org/map-of-colter-bay-campground-grand-teton-national-park

And cabins to share at

https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-cabins-grand-teton-national-park

Colter Bay tent cabins: https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-tent-village-grand-teton-national-park

And perhaps you could use these to plan your own vacation: Colter Bay RV park

https://marydonahue.org/colter-bay-rv-park-grand-teton-national-park-including-maps

or other hotels

https://marydonahue.org/grand-tetons-hotels-cabins-lodging

https://marydonahue.org/jenny-lake-lodge-grand-teton-national-park-cabin-photos-descriptions-and-maps

other campgrounds include:

https://marydonahue.org/map-of-jenny-lake-campground-grand-teton-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/headwaters-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/lizard-creek-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/signal-mountain-campground-map

https://marydonahue.org/gros-ventre-campground-map

and perhaps also of interest:

https://marydonahue.org/teton-range-peak-names

https://marydonahue.org/rocky-mountain-mammal-size-comparisons

https://marydonahue.org/gas-stations-in-grand-teton-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/string-lake-grand-tetons

https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-boat-launch-access-ramps-boat-trailer-parking-boat-in-campsites-with-maps

https://marydonahue.org/grand-teton-national-park-birds

https://marydonahue.org/cascade-canyon-grand-teton-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/wolf-pack-territories-in-grand-teton-and-yellowstone-national-parks-and-wolf-watching-tips

https://marydonahue.org/top-reasons-not-to-speed-in-a-national-park

https://marydonahue.org/before-a-bison-charges

https://marydonahue.org/your-safety-in-grizzly-bear-territory

https://marydonahue.org/safe-distances-from-wildlife

https://marydonahue.org/fatal-near-fatal-or-close-call-incidentsaccidents-in-camping-backpacking-climbing-and-mountaineering

https://marydonahue.org/wildlife-jams

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Adjournment

Bob Singh motioned, Mark Landefeld seconded, to adjourn, no objection.

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Attendance

In person

Erik Woodbury, So Kam Lee

Veronica Avila Acevedo, James Capurso, Barbara Dahlke, Mark Hamer, Kevin Glapion, Lauren Gordon, Julie Hughes, Rusty Johnson, Mark Landefeld, Sherwin Mendoza, Lisa Mesh, Mary Pape, Christian Rodriguez, Jesus Ruelas, Lakshmikanta "LK" Sengupta, Ravjeet Singh, Sukhjit Bob Singh, Ishmael Tarikh, Felisa Vilaubi, Lianna Wong

Online

Mary Donahue, Jamie Pelusi

Absent

*Deborah Armstrong, Viviana Alcazar, *Sam Bliss, Patty Guitron, Shagun Kaur, Alicia Mullens, *Victor Pham, Jayanti Roy, Leah Smith 

*Non-voting members