********************************************* DISCLAIMER: THIS FILE WAS PRODUCED FOR COMMUNICATION ACCESS AS AN ADA ACCOMMODATION AND IS PRETTY CLOSE TO 100% VERBATIM. THIS IS AN EDITED FILE BUT MAY CONTAIN SOME ERRORS. THIS IS NOT A LEGAL DOCUMENT, IT MAY CONTAIN COPYRIGHTED, PRIVILEGED OR CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. THIS FILE SHALL NOT BE DISCLOSED IN ANY FORM (WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC) AS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OR POSTED TO ANY WEBSITE OR PUBLIC FORUM OR SHARED WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE HIRING PARTY. THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON FOR PURPOSES OF VERBATIM CITATION. ********************************************* May 2, 2025 Faculty Senate ---Denise Reilly: Welcome to May's faculty senate meeting... we'll get started right now... are we recording, Buck?   ---Kelly O'Keefe: Yes. ---Denise Reilly: Okay, great... so, we're going to try to do this... yes? This is old school... this is going back to, I don't know, Josie... 2019 or 2020, I believe was our last in-person only faculty senate meeting. ---Josie Milliken: February of 2020. ---Denise Reilly: There you go... so, over 5 years. [chuckles] So, we're going to try this... and I know some of you might have missed this for a long time... and some of you have never experienced taking a microphone around and sharing it. So, you have to be fast... we don't have time for uh, uh, um's. [chuckles] So, if you could introduce yourselves by just saying your name, the division you represent, and we'll go quickly through... my team said we could not do an icebreaker because it would take too long, I agree... so we're going to start with those in the "U"... those in the "U" are faculty senators or presenters... and then, those of you in the back can come up to the microphones back there, and share what division you represent, that you come... where you come from as guests... all right, we'll get started with Dennis. ---Dennis Just: Hello, I'm Dennis Just... I am the faculty senate vice-president and representing the Science division at the college... glad to see you all here face-to-face. ---Rita Lennon: Hello my name is Uh-uh-um... just kidding... [laughing] my name is Rita Lennon... sorry we haven't had jokes... I represent Health professions and I'm the Board of Governor's representative. ---Denise Reilly: Hello I'm Denise Riley, I'm your faculty senate president and I represent college readiness and student success. Just to let you know, Dennis will be the driver... so, he's going to share presentations... and we will be working on timing and facilitating... thank you. ---Kelly O'Keefe: Hi everyone... Kelly O'Keefe, and I am the president-elect and I represent the workforce development lifelong learning division... and I'll be holding up this minute sign, if you're a presenter... it's really official... so, just so you know that's when it is out... you got it... ---Denise Reilly: just make sure you turn it on. ---Rosanne Couston: I did turn it... on my name is Rosanne Couston... I'm the faculty senate secretary and I'm with the library. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Hi... I'm Kimlisa... oops, too loud... hi, I'm Kimlisa Duchicela... I am the faculty senator for Social Sciences and I'm a History faculty. ---Alex Armstrong: Howdy... Alex Armstrong, I represent Biology... I'm one of our department heads and my favorite class to teach is microbiology. ---Diane Lussier: Hello everyone... my name is Diane Lussier, I teach Mathematics and I'm a representative for the Mathematics division. ---Brooke Anderson: Hello Brooke Anderson, Communications senator and Writing and Literature faculty...   I'm also a proxy for Cynthia Howe today, who's also Communications ESL. ---Michael Radloff: Michael Radloff, acting Dean, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education. ---Jeff Thies: Jeff Thies, Dean of College Readiness and  Student Success. ---Michael Tulino: Michael Tulino, registrar... currently in External Relations and soon to be transitioning to Vice-Provost of Academic Operations. ---Elvia Bow: Hi, Elvia Bow, assistant director and registrar and what he said. ---Jane Hall: Hello everyone Jane Hall, I represent Business and IT... and I'm Business faculty and the department head for Human Resources   ---Padma Nair: Hi, my name is Padma Nair, and I'm a Chemistry faculty here at Pima, and I focus in the Science division.   ---Liz Rangel Arriola: Hello ...Liz Rangel Arriola, faculty senator for PimaOnline and Spanish faculty. ---Mayra Cortes-Torres: I am Mayra Cortes-Torres, I teach Spanish and I represent Communications. ---Mark Frederick: Hi, I'm Mark Frederick... I work for the Adult Basic Education for College and Career Program... and I believe in a senate that has time for jokes. [laughter] ---Denise Reilly: Then you're in the right place. ---Ally Stacey: Ally Stacey... I represent Mathematics ---Matej Boguszak: Hi, I am Matej Boguszak, Mathematics... and proxy for Maggie Golston. ---Patrick Moore: I'm Patrick Moore, Building and Bonstruction... I'm proxy for Sean Mendoza today. ---Adrian Snellgrove: Hi... Adrian Snellgrove... I'm with Aviation, faculty senator. ---Stacy Cousins: Hi... Stacy Cousins... I am faculty senator for Health Professions Nursing... and I'm acting as proxy for Nikki Robinson. ---Josie Milliken: Josie Milliken, Dean of Distance Education. ---Makyla Hayes: Makyla Hayes, Math faculty and here as PCCEA president. ---Sarah Robinson: Sarah Robinson... I represent the K12 education and instructional faculty for College Readiness and Student Success. ---John Gerard: I am John Gerard, department head Building Construction Technology. ---Margarita Youngo: Hi... Margarita Youngo and I represent  the Social Sciences and Education. ---Vanessa Arellano: Good afternoon... Vanessa Arellano, and I serve as the director of the Office of the Provost Initiatives. ---Raymond Ryder: I'm Raymond Ryder representing  Arts, Fine Arts, and Music. ---Denise Reilly: Okay... thank you so much senators... we're impressed by the timing here. So, if those of you that are guests could come up to the microphone and quickly share what area you represent... and by the way all the senators and presenters are in this area, because we have a lot of folks coming in late today,    due to other conflicting meetings happening... so, I want to make sure they don't interrupt our meeting but they could sit in the back over there... all right, take it away. ---Carolyn Sotelo: All of us? ---[Male Voice]: At one time ---Carolyn Sotelo: Hi... Carolyn Sotelo, faculty senator Dental Studies, Dental Hygiene. ---Nina Corson: We're just going to pass it around... I'm Nina Corson, Campus Vice-President here at Downtown Campus. ---Phil Burdick: I'm Phil Burdick, Vice-Chancellor for Marketing Communications and Strategic Outreach. ---Jeff Silvyn: Good afternoon everyone... Jeff Silvyn, general counsel... the other guest who's going to be joining me ---David Parker: for part of the agenda is David Parker, he's in charge of risk management. ---Tanner Grammar: Good afternoon, I'm Tanner Grammar... I'm representing web systems as a part of the presentation.   ---David Arellano: David Arellano, Dean for Student Services and Onboarding. ---Michael Nolan: Michael Nolan, Arts faculty, faculty center. ---Denise Kingman: Hello... Denise Kingman, I serve as the director for Employer Engagement and Career Services. ---Missy Blair: Missy Blair, Academic Director... Center for Transportation and Logistics ---Elliot Mead: Elliot Mead, Writing faculty and Reading department head. ---Tony Sovak: Hello... Tony Sovak, director of [unintelligible] ---Terry Filipowicz: Terry Filipowicz, communications division... just hanging out. [laughter] ---Heather Carlson: Hi everybody... I'm Heather Carlson, Student Success. ---Paulina Vega: Paulina Vega, Administration of Justice Studies. ---Chelsea James: Hi... Chelsea James, Open Educational Resources director under Faculty Affairs and Development. ---Kate Schmidt: Kate Schmidt... AVC, faculty affairs and development. ---[male voice]: All done. ---Denise Reilly: Oh, I thought you said "hold on"... [laughter] Sorry, I'm holding. All right... so, thank you so much for that... this is interesting... there's so many senators and people in this room I've never met face-to-face and wouldn't know what they look like... [chuckling] so, it's always an interesting one when you think... "Oh, what does someone look like in person?" So, I'm glad we're having this meeting in person today... I would like to take a look at reviewing our notes from the previous month's minutes, but I will encourage senators, we are 4 people short of a quorum right now...   we're thinking it's because several people haven't  signed in... including myself... [chuckles] so, if you can sign in... if you've got a laptop, that would be great, because we have to vote on the minutes,   and we need a quorum to do that... so, for right now, if you could take a look at the minutes, and then we'll come back to this item in a little bit, after we have quorum while people sign-in. So, let's go ahead and go to request for  agenda modifications or executive session Thank goodness... no request for executive session... [chuckles] because I'm not sure exactly what that would look like right now. Do we have... I know that we've opened the seal on this here, but do we have requests for open forum? I'm expecting that people want to make any  announcements or share some thoughts. Open forum... or not? Oh, Makyla... go ahead. ---Makyla Hays: It's on... it's hot... okay... we've done some things in the past, where we've honored people who have passed... just by kind of letting everybody know... and so, I don't recall us doing that at faculty senate, but one of our Math faculty, longtime Math faculty Cal Stanley, passed away... and his wife Teresa retired from the Downtown Campus Library after many, many years of service... so, yeah... just wanted to kind of honor them like by talking about it... so, Teresa is still around... made it sound like they both went... no, just Cal... Teresa is still here... so, Cal did pass away... I think it's been a month or 2 now... I can't tell time anymore after January. [chuckles] ---Denise Reilly: Thank you so much Makyla... anyone else for open forum? [loud bump] Go ahead. ---Rita Lennon: Hey, just real quick everyone... if you can turn off your mics when they're done... I've heard that the batteries won't last very long... so, please make sure you do that. ---Denise Reilly: My item for open form is just, there's an  open invitation to anyone after this meeting   that would like to have social time with faculty,  administration, staff, anyone at Brother John's... so, just throwing that out there... for this meeting, today, the hope is that we will end at sometime between 3:00 and 3:05... at that point we'll take a 5 minute break... those of you that need to leave or go elsewhere can... and then at 3:05 to 3:10 we'll be starting to honor our faculty emeritus... so, that's the kind of flow... Dennis is going to be presenting these slides over here... and then also, those of you that are presenters... if you could make sure to stand at this podium here, we will share a mic with you... [chuckles] you keep saying, turn to you... those of you, like... we've worked together a long time we're okay... [laughs] if you could come to the podium to present that would be great... and by the way, the first slide that you had... we're trying to set up the meeting as Mark mentioned, with a little humor and fun... so, the first picture that you saw by the way, it's just a throwback... because on All Faculty Day, we gave a onesie to our... Dr. Nasse, our Chancellor, for his new grandbaby... and they sent this picture recently that they... that he really likes his onesie... so, you got to start him off young, right?   There you go... [laughter] so, the new mascot is right there. All right... Dennis could you go ahead and share with us the request for faculty engagement? ---Dennis Just: Sure thing... so, we have 2 requests for faculty engagement on the agenda... you can find links to sign up if you're interested... there's also some descriptions there... the first is for the AI Faculty and Student Approval Workshop... it's a work group that's going to review possibilities for approving AI tools at PIma... and so, if you're interested   there's a form available for you... and there is also a request for volunteers for the strategic planning team... and so this is, you know, strategic planning... they'll be meeting on Fridays at 1:00-4:00 p.m at this Campus... and they have the list of dates in the fall '25 and the spring '26 semester already posted there in the Google form, that again you can access through the agenda, okay... and I also want to say that we did meet quorum now, so thank you. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you senators... if we could take a look at the minutes and someone go ahead and call for approval for the minutes... that would be great. ---Carolyn Sotelo: There needs to be a couple of adjustments on the guest list from last. ---Denise Reilly: Okay. ---Carolyn Sotelo: Please, as far as being senators, but being marked as guest. ---Rita Lennon: Carolyn can you come up for accommodation please? [noise in b.g. makes this hard to understand] Is not that our email. ---Carolyn Sotelo: There are a couple of us that were marked as guests last month, but we are actually senators... so, that would need to be adjusted please. ---Denise Reilly: Okay, thank you... can we make that adjustment Rosanne? [Mm-hmm] Thanks. And that is something I do want to point out, that we were trying to be as efficient as possible this semester... so, we have made some updates to our website for ease... and the other thing that we've made an adjustment to is in our minutes... we actually show who comes, who doesn't attend, who's a proxy, and who's a guest that comes to our meeting, just for transparency and clarity sake so if we have an error in there thank you for letting us know   and we will get that adjusted... can we approve  the minutes, aside from that being corrected? [Denise says something off mic] Just be really loud sir. [laughter] ---Unknown Voice1: I can teach... [loud single knock, chuckle] ---Unknown Voice2: I approve the minutes. ---Denise Reilly: Do we have a second... motion to approve, do we have a second? We have a second... Carolyn? ---Carolyn Sotelo: Yes, Denise. ---Denise Reilly: Carolyn Satello second. ---Carolyn Sotelo: Yes. ---Denise Reilly: All those in favor... oh my gosh, we're not using a fake hand. [laughter] All those in favor, could you raise your hand... and yeah, there you go... all right, who do we have... [cough] counting here... is that Dennis? Dennis is doing double duty here... I think that's all hands. Okay, motion passes... minutes are approved... thank you very much. [knock] Now, we're going to go on to move to our report section... can I go to you first report? Okay. We're going to start with the Board of Governor's report with Rita Lennon. ---Rita Lennon: Hello everyone... nice to see you in person... the Board actually has not met since we've had our last faculty senate meeting...   they're meeting the next time on May 14th... however,  they have had some... and I and I already gave you   the report on April 2nd... their board meeting... they have had 3 special sessions and 1 special session, an executive session. So, I'll start with the April 17th... the Board met to discuss a request from the Arizona Department of Education to complete an assurance form for Title 6, and Civil Rights Act and a second request to complete the assurance form related to familiy leave, FERPA... they deliberated in executive session and decided to come back for a April 23rd special meeting. They went into executive session almost  immediately and then they had a statement that   they were requesting that Chancellor Nassie would  create... or I'm sorry... to to pass on. I'm going to say that... because I think it's important for  all of us to hear... it's also however on my Board report... you can always watch... I have a link to the YouTube so you can always watch it... and I also have it verbatim... I like to listen to it  verbatim, so that it would be correct in my report...  and you know what for time sake I won't... [sneeze] I won't read it to you... I know you all can read, so if you are interested in seeing what the statement was, please do go to my report or watch it on the YouTube link. On April 28th, so just this Monday... so yes, I did have to quickly add this information into my report... the Governing Board also learned more about the customer relations management system... this was actually Phil Burdick who presented... so Phil thank you for that presentation... it was enlightening and had a lot of information I think that all of us would   benefit from seeing, about how the different CRM are utilized and which systems... I'm sorry, which groups or units use those systems, and how they are used... so again, the YouTube link is there for you, but also the presentation is also hyperlinked... and also, 2.2... the Governing Board learned more about the history, need, project scope, deliverables, and provided an   interactive view of the Comprehensive Integrated Energy Management System in operation. Again the presentation is hyperlinked, but you can also watch it on YouTube... and that concludes my report, thank you. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you Rita... so, I'm Denise Riley, your president... I have a president you like, Kelly... [chuckles]   coming in... she'll start her term in January... and I wanted to share with you a little bit about our officer goals, and where we're at with that, with some April highlights... so, I'm looking at my own timing here. Our officer goals have been to streamline systems and processes this semester... we've definitely been working with the different entities and groups across the college to streamline those systems and processes... probably the creation of the VPAO and the VPAA as being separate... 2 different groups, in charge of 2 different things that support faculty... will be really helpful with those systems and processes... also, we are talking with FAC... or we're talking with administrative leadership about all the different ways that we... the different systems that we operate in... and the different systems that are time-consuming or need an update or the constant training involved in those systems. So, we're really trying to streamline things and I know that with those VPAO or VPAA, that can help. Our other goal is to increase communication... and we've done a lot... I feel like our faculty senate officer team and faculty senators... we have done a lot to make sure that we are being as transparent as possible, and we are being as clear as possible... [chuckles]   I track every meeting I go to related to faculty senate... not because I want to show that I go to a lot of meetings, but moreover, that all of us kind of, divide up our time whenever there's a faculty member needed at meetings... and so, we have tried to increase that communication... we are in constant communications with our new acting Provost, Dr. Ian Roark... I think it's kind of ironic that in my top 10 phone... like, you know, the people that you call the most, but I don't talk to on the phone very often... Ian is in my top 10 right now... that has never happened... [chuckles] so, at this point I think that shows that he's calling us, he's wanting our opinion about things, he's wanting your general faculty input on different things... so, it's really appreciated. But our own communication out with you guys, if you take a look at our web page, we have term limits, and when everybody's term ends, so it's not so confusing, I do realize that... [chuckles] our terms are in the actual academic or our terms are in the calendar year, not the academic year... so, it is very confusing... so, we put that in there... we also made sure that we have faculty engagement forms, so if you have questions and you want to email us   you know exactly where to go... so, we've just tried to increase our communication overall and then, pretty soon we'll be getting invites for next semester's faculty senate meetings.  Shared governance has been a major topic at the college and we have been really, at the forefront of that... along with some of our other governance  groups, like AERC and All College Council that have really pushed for a definition of shared governance, which is to come in May... sometime in May...  we're on May 2nd... so, sometime in May... and there have been continued talks about that... the great news is, we have Chancellor support for shared governance... and really, really he's interested in finding out about what's working right now and what's not. One thing that he has done is, he's brought a group of... a group of faculty, staff, and administrators that are the communication group... [cough] and he wants to know about, where are the gaps in communication... and so, that group just met yesterday at the district office... and one of the things we're trying to figure out is... what type of system we need for calendaring,   and communication in general... because we can't just go by emails all the time... we missed an email you missed a lot. So, going on to April highlights... I wanted to say that it is very well noted, all the... and just look at all the people coming to... to observe in here as guests... communication has ramped up significantly since we've gotten this new Chancellor, and we've heard about his 100 day report and the goals... we appreciate that, we like that... however, [chuckles] with this communication ramp up, has been a lot of areas that support the college and support faculty, that want faculty to come to meetings, but we get notification like, a week before... 2 weeks before, sometimes...   sometimes we don't know what the meeting is for...  is it mandatory, is it required, is it going to be recorded? So, I'm really pushing for anyone in this room, anyone that works at this college, to start thinking through the academic year... we operate on a calendar system... we have our classes probably scheduled fairly soon for the spring already... so, we operate so far in advance... so, if we have STAR, the business office, student affairs... anyone who wants to add in things that they want faculty to attend... our calendars are booked already, months in advance... and one thing that we've noticed this year, especially some of my officer colleagues and I, is that... [chuckles] people are getting double and triple booked   because they're not talking to each other... so, remember when Chancellor Nasse said, these vertical kind of silos? I'm asking administration... those vertical silos... can you get together over the summer and figure out... if you know there's going to be a symposium for teaching and learning... if you know there's professional development... if you know there's going to be an academic forum... put it on the calendar for a save the date. Now whether they're creating... this is up to administration... whether there's going to be a creation of some sort of master calendar, that has events and certain things... and someone's got to vet that, and make sure that that's, you know, one person kind of making sure that that is clear... or I've asked if we can even build off the instructional calendar that's   already in existence right now, that just really has dates and deadlines... so with the communication wrap-up is great, but we need more clarity in that communication... who, what, when, where, why... going back to basics. Higher Learning Commission Conference was another highlight this last month... Kelly and I, President elect and myself, were able to attend... we had lots of conversations with our acting Provost, Dr. Ian Roark, and Chancellor Nasse about the direction of the college... and the last thing is strategic alignment that I have written here... I wanted to say that, for the first time in a long time... and those of us who have been up here for a...  [chuckle] couple years and doing a lot of this... and those of you that have been in your roles supporting this... this is the first time that I have actually   seen the college moving together in a direction... I have felt like we've had pockets and pieces   moving in a direction, but I've never felt like the whole ship is cruising... [chuckles the same direction...   and so for now, I think this is a great sign  of what's to come... I know that right now things   are really tenuous in education in general...  with the federal government and changes... but I really appreciate all the things that Pima is  doing and I really appreciate the clarification   and communication from administration about  those federal changes... like the FAQ document... Dave Bea's budget forms... so that we're in the know  about how those potential things could impact us,   I have not shared much about my thoughts about government changes and things like that, but the one thing I will say... I read a lot of articles...  every morning first thing in the morning... and one article I read really resonated with me, and basically discussed that we cannot be on a countdown to next term next administration... we cannot be just waiting and put... waiting... waiting the days out for changes to come... and one of the things that was mentioned in this article, it was a New York Times opinion article... but one of the things that was mentioned is... to really understand that there's others that have a different opinion of higher ed and education in general... and one of the things that we can do is have discourse and conversations about what it is that higher ed is... what it is that Pima does for students... what it is for, in terms of education? And I think that I haven't necessarily always been very vocal about my thoughts and opinions about things... but I think I can do a better job of just sharing with  general people that I am in communications with...   my family and friends... about what education is  about right now... because I think that there are   some perspectives that are quite negative about  higher ed and I think that that's one thing we can do,  is start having those conversations about all the different programs here at Pima... all the different offerings... and so, I vow to do that... and that's the conclusion of my report, thank you. Moving on we have Makyla Hayes with  the PCCEA report... thank you Makyla. ---Mike Rom: Give her the microphone... there should be a stand there, you know. ---Makyla Hays: She handed it and said "It's off"... and then I talked in it anyways. [laughter] Sorry... [laughs] oh, well... that's okay... okay... so, this is the same report structure I've given you the last month or 2... but... [cough] I had a similar thing that Denise gave about the definition of shared governance... and governance... and how that's going to be forthcoming... we're working on it, I don't have anything to give you yet, but I'm encouraged by the conversations happening about what... before we can define shared governance, let's kind of look at what governance is... who are the places... who are the committees that are governing what... and then, how do we work together to  share both governance and responsibility.  Accountability... there's a couple pieces on here that I just want to make sure... especially one of them based on timing...    we've had conversations surrounding grading deadlines... and they're due 4 days after the end of the semester... and so, as you are approaching the next 2 weeks, be sure to make sure you're getting your grades in at that 4 days past the end of the semester deadline... and good luck... do  the best for your students... I know I have a ton of grading,   and I'm sure you all do too thank you for being here... [noise] the big thing is we want to make  sure that we have the time for us to get those grades in and done thoughtfully and correctly... and so, just making sure that you know what time you have and if there's any issues with deadlines that you have, that you're in communication with your leadership. Compensation for course development... so, there's been some conversations throughout different divisions, and I love that we're kind of crossing... crossing vertical lines and  talking to each other... but there's been different interpretation on course development and what the pay should be for the subject matter expert   to develop those courses... so, that conversation is  going to be starting soon to better just define in policy...    what is a significant course redesign, what is a new course, what compensation should there be for course outlines, curriculum process? Do you have an advisory committee, is it just an internal transfer, is it transfer to the university? and then, that conversation... I've already brought it to the Deans and let them know that this is something that we would like to make sure is normed across all the areas... so that we're  all paying similarly and then have a good outline in policy...  and so, that conversation is coming... we'll probably kind of start outlining some of the conversation topics we want during the summer... but this will be a fall conversation, so you will be here... we will reach out and get input from all of you as well. Funding priorities because I'm sure everybody wants to know what does the funding stuff mean for me for next year... after the May Board meeting ,I will send out the Faculty Salary Calculator again, like I have before... and I think HR is actually going to be sending it out as well, through My Career Center to faculty...   but it looks like we're going to have... back when we did the class and comp study, there was a market study to look at what the market medians were for everybody... they redid that because they agreed to do that every 3 years, and it has been 3 years, somehow... and so, [chuckles] they redid that, and everything except for the doctor column seems to be below... okay, let me let me phrase what is below what... our scale was below market value for everything except for the doctorate level... and so, that... the first 6 bands will be lifted up for faculty about 1.7%... the doctoral level is going to stay as is... it's not going down or anything like that... it's going to stay. Everybody should get a year of service that's up through step 15... so, you'll move up to step 16... if you're there...   if you're at step 16, you stay at step 16, you're at the top... there is going to be a 1% minimum increase...   so, if you don't move up based on either the move of the market adjustment or the minimum increase... no... or the year of experience... there you go... then you'll get the minimum increase of 1%. So, everybody should see a 1% increase on their salary for next year. The further asks that we've asked them to look into, is adjusting our supplemental pay rate... so, we're looking at going to $33 an hour instead of 31, and we're going to have further conversations next year, about supplemental rate usage... what is it for... and  making sure that we have a good systemic look at it... and then possibly is there more adjustment that's needed... the other things we've talked about is professional development and possibly a paid parental leave, but those don't look like they will be happening this year... and lastly, sick leave... I did this last time, it's at the bottom... so, I went really quick... there's going to be a change in calculation of sick leave... we've always done 5.8 hours for a day for faculty... well, I don't know about always... always it has been, therefore always right... anyways, it's going to 8 hours ...so, you're going to get credited for 8 hours, but then, when you use a day of sick leave, a full day will be 8 hours... a half day will be 4 hours, instead of 2.9...   if you miss an hour and a half class, you put in an hour and a half... there's there was some weird calculations that were going on that were happening for some people, and not for other people... so, this is just to make it all even... you take the time off that you are off... and then, also whatever you've accrued... you've accrued a certain number of days... basically at 5.8 hours per day... that is going to be adjusted to the same number of days... so, if it was 10... 100 days at 5.8 hours, it will now be 100 days at 8 hours... so, you'll see an increase in your sick leave balance, because we're not going to be doing an 8 hour day calculation... so, with all of that, I think I'm... ---Denise Reilly: Thank you Makyla.. ---Makyla Hays: Ask me if you've got questions. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you Makyla... so, as we move on to our next presenters, which I believe we have Dr. Michael Radloff and Kimlisa Duchella with our division spotlight... I do want to say, and I know that some of you came in late, we do have name tags for all senators and presenters to sit in the "U"... we do have, like I said, more people coming in late... as they come up, I want to say this is interesting... having the in-person meeting again... I'm paying so much more attention to what people are saying because I'm not letting people in the room... [chuckles] and concerned with tech... so, it's kind of nice... okay, while they're gearing up for division spotlight, this is our last meeting of the year and one of the ways that we decided that we wanted to communicate more with faculty senate is, we wanted to find out what our own colleagues are doing... we often get... have meetings about different areas of the college, but we don't know data, statistics, anything about our different divisions so that we can share with our students... so one thing we decided to do is add division spotlight to every meeting...   and the smaller divisions are grouped together... so, today we have Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education... and then later on in the meeting, we have Workforce Development... so, this is our last round of division spotlight. I will ask you after this... because, you know, we can see hands quickly... if we're interested in continuing this for next year. All right, take it away. ---Michael Radloff: All right, great, thanks... can you hear me? ---Denise Reilly: Mm-Hmm. ---Michael Radloff: All right... Kimlisa and I are so excited that you're going to learn something about the division you didn't know... and if not, we're going to give you a full refund... [laughter] so, Kimlisa is going to start now. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: All right... [clears throat] the [noise, click] that I want... all right... well, oh... he's taller than me... okay... well first of all, we are not one of the small divisions... we are, as you can see up there by the numbers... this year the biggest division... and you can see that part of that reason is that we have quite a few disciplines... we have basically 23 of them, and you can see them up there... we've got archaeology, anthropology, early childhood, economics,   ethnic and gender studies... and sociology, history, philosophy, humanities, religion, political science, psychology, social science services, and teacher education... so, we are quite the eclectic place for us... and part of that... doing all of that... being such a large division, we also have, kind of, in the lower end of the faculty resources... only 38% of us are full-time faculty, the rest of them are adjunct faculty... we love our adjunct faculty but it would be nice   to see a little bit of equity on that... see our full-time faculty numbers come up... where's David Bea? He's not in here... he's listening right now... so, it would be nice to see some of that and despite the fact that we are the largest, with the  less resources, with all of those effective things...  we also are up in the high numbers for our student success... so, we are doing something correct and we have fabulous faculty we have fabulous support... and so, our student success is above the mean at the college... our students do well, we work very hard, we have very innovative classes... and so, we're doing something really great there. So, let me pass this over. ---Michael Radloff: How much time do I have to go? ---Kelly O'Keefe: You have planty ---Michael Radloff: Okay, great... let me share some initiatives, some things that are going on in the division... oh, and on that faculty note... we are super excited that we are adding a philosophy  faculty, full-time faculty member this fall. ---Unknown Female Voice: Mm-hmm. [random talking] ---Michael Radloff: We're very excited... I think he's a great guy. [some laughter] So, the undergraduate research symposium started in... in the division about 15 years ago, ironically it's tomorrow at West Campus...   I think it starts at 9:00 a.m, right... so, there's a plug... the library has kind of picked it up and we're still actively engaged... the social services area has a bunch of events that, you know, helping students, health and wellness... and food and refugee services... and food drives, and payroll deduction for the ARC... so, there's a lot going on there... speaking of the ARC... the ARC is essentially a food pantry at West Campus, Desert  Vista... we have a distribution site at East and some pop up pantries associated with Northwest... gets a lot of action... there are some numbers that are pretty alarming I think...   lots of food, lots of individual incidents with students, high increases...   we surveyed students and there's a connection  they believe to their academic performance...   and experiencing food insecurity... so, that's a super positive thing going on. [clears throat] The Liberal Arts is of course housed in the division... it obviously stretches across the college, across all disciplines essentially... but it is housed in this division... there's about 11,500+ enrollment and about 1,200+ FTSE in those disciplines... within the Liberal Arts... the Ethnic, Gender, Transborder Studies in Sociologies area does a lot... do a lot of events... this year we didn't run the lecture series because of various things, but hopefully in the future we can retool that   to something beneficial... we're working on that... the summit is something I know a lot of you support and have been involved in some capacity over the years... I see Brooke over there, she's been deeply involved in that... so, that's a incredible event... they also are super engaged with the community stakeholders university partners in shaping curriculum and ensuring we have students prepared... and then, they they do a lot of professional development in terms of conferences, like a lot of people, but they do brown bag sessions when they come back to share things like that. so, that's interesting. Social Services... we have the associate of applied science and certificate... they have lots of partnerships... and going back to... [cough] the ARC another little element of the ARC is, it's not just about food insecurities, but it also serves an academic purpose, as an internship platform for different degrees... [scraping noise] in social services... and a lot of students as you can see here, [thumping] benefit from that... so, that's a positive non food related piece. Archaeology... super successful and recognized program... I was just talking to Tineke recently... got back from a conference... a national conference... and she was inundated with people talking to her about... hey, I know you guys, like,   how do I do this and how do I do that? So, they're well respected, they have a lot of partnerships within all of those areas...    also, they're leaders in the field, they present at conferences, there are discussion panels, they publish... so, they're just a great group. Early Childhood Education... lot of partnerships... and one thing I'll note about them is, they're nationally accredited... it's kind of a big deal in the sense that, if you think  about our HLC accreditation and how it impacts us in terms of improving self-reflection, quality, all those components on a smaller scale, that's exactly what that does... and so you can kind of connect to the value of that... ---Kelly O'Keefe: Time. ---Michael Radloff: Am I done? Yeah, I'm good... I'm on my last slide. Teacher Education... last but not least... that's my home area so I don't want to brag too much... but lots of, you know... there's some... there's some data on, you know, program students, local schools, partnerships... how many teachers we have... how many graduates... all that stuff... so, I think I'm within my time limit... if you have any questions, have your people get with our people... [laughter] I want to give you all a heads up. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Wait, wait. ---Michael Radloff: Oh, sorry. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: I want to... I want to... in our last few seconds I want to officially thank Michael Radloff for stepping in and being our Dean for the last 2 years? ---Michael Radloff: Yup. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: And having our backs and and all the things that he's done... so, thank you so much Michael. ---Michael Radloff: Ahhh. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Ahhh. [clapping] ---Denise Reilly: From baby pictures to hugs... [laughter] this is your... this is your entertainment... [laughing] thank you so much... and thank you so much for a report with all that, that data of such a comprehensive department... I won't write on that. All right... next we have... and I apologize, I skipped over this and I... that was unintentional, but before we go to Dr. Vanessa Arellano's report on the HLC, I did want you to know that in the written report section... we just don't have time for everyone to have oral reports at these meetings, especially with the communication ramp up... everyone wants a seat at the table, or to talk to faculty in it... but we do have great reports from the TLC regularly...   there's an adjunct faculty report, the SA is a student affairs report, and the SLA is the... did I say that right... SLA? That's right... okay... Student Learning Assessment Group Report... so make sure to take take some time to look through those reports during our meeting today... take it away Dr. Vanessa Arellano ---Dr. Vanessa Arellano: Thank you so much Madam President. Good afternoon faculty senate and guests... I'm here to provide an update on the HLC accreditation status... but before I get started I really want to take the moment to thank our faculty senate officers... our current and our prior officers, who have been just such amazing incredible partners in the HLC accreditation process... everything from the assurance argument to the actual visit itself... so, I just want to take a moment to thank you all. [laughter] It's easier virtually... the college is a shining star and that really came up in the HLC visit and the report itself. our commitment to student success and excellence was top priority... and everybody from our governing board to our faculty, staff, students, and administrators, really demonstrated that commitment to student success and community. We do have... Dennis, can I get the slide changed? ---Dennis Just: Okay ---Dr. Vanessa Arellano: All right, thank you. We do have 2 areas of continuous improvement and this is important as we go through our accreditation process, this is one of the reasons why we have an accreditor... we always want to find an area of continuous improvement... and the HLC did identify 2... and I'm going to go over those in detail. We do have criterion 3A the rigor of the institution's academic offerings is appropriate to higher education... because we have 2 particular areas that we have to improve upon, we do have an HLC corrective action framework that we quickly started working on and I just want to give a huge kudos to our faculty senate officers, our Provost leadership team, and various other stakeholders that have already began to address these particular issues and come up with a strong plan, so that when we submit  our 2 monitoring reports in January of 2027, we have the data... we also have the strong evidence to demonstrate that we have closed these particular gaps. So, the framework that we have is going to be grounded in accountability, communication, and consistency across the board, that is our foundation... there will be 11 individual action items to address, to help close these particular gaps... and I'm going to just high level just for the sake of time... go over a few of these... one of them will be that we identify that we need to standardize our faculty orientation... we need to develop one and standardize it across our offerings, whether you're in dual enrollment... whether you're here at a branch campus site or a teaching site... we need to have standardized faculty orientation, especially for our dual enrollment and teaching sites... that is something that was identified. We will require and track faculty participation, and that's part of our data... we want to collect that data and see how we can continue to improve that faculty onboarding process. We are reviewing all intergovernmental agreements and educational agreements, we want to visit that... what did we commit to and how can we be more strategic and purposeful, as we continue to engage in our partnerships with K through 12 and other entities. For our HLC corrective plan 4B we have additional action items, and one of them is that we want to improve that application and registration process for our dual enrollment students... our registrar will be the lead for that. We have our communication plan between Pima and our teaching sites... we want to ensure that we have strong communication, that we have... we are thoughtful, and purposeful, as we engage in that. We want to expand our training and have some type of consistency when we provide training for our department heads... we want to provide service excellence to our faculty as well... especially as it pertains to assessment curriculum and data use. How are we utilizing that data and how can we use it to improve teaching and learning. So, just in closing... we will have a finalized HLC corrective action plan... I did share out the draft with you... you're able to look at all of the individual action items... and we will also ensure that we share that with you via email and other communication methods... but thank you faculty senate officers for your input in that corrective action plan as well. and I will stick around for questions just for  time sake after faculty senate... thank you all. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you Dr. Vanessa... [clapping, laughing] It's part of what we missed in the online  environment, right... you don't have any cheering, you just have those little emojis, or yeah...  there you go... thank you... [laughing] I'm like, that's not Sean, but he's acting as Sean, right now. so, as we have Dr. Jeff Thies coming up for our next presentation of that glorious update and he actually has the floor for the  next 2 presentations... I think there's Jeff  and company coming in for the second one...   I do want to say... I don't know what I was going to say... there was something I was going to say... [laughs] I forgot...  Yeah, completely... [unintelligible] ---Rita Lennon: Tada. [unintelligible] ---Denise Reilly: Brother John's... [laughing] 4 p.m, if you're interested... baby pictures... whatever... [laughs] It is kind of nice seeing people's faces... I'm not going to lie... there's some people I've never met... seen your face... even in the Zoom meetings... and I've tried... you all know I've tried to say, "put your cameras on, I love to see your faces." So, a lot of you, some of you in the back, and some of you in the... you, it's kind of nice to see faces... I see this one enough... [laughing] see there's my... ---Jeff Thies: Yes you do. ---Denise Reilly: Now see, that was me... no, no, no... that was a joke for her. Okay... Dr. Jeff Thies is going to talk to us about baccalaureate updates... draft SOP... take it away. ---Jeff Thies: We good? ---Denise Reilly: You're a good call. ---Jeff Thies: Thank you... welcome... good afternoon... I want to start off... since Michael didn't do it... I want to shout out, the education group... Michael, Tirza Sanders, Maya Eagleton ... they've done incredible work to get the curriculum piece of our first baccalaureate at the college through the Arizona Department of Ed... that's the third party accreditor, in this case for   teacher education... so, kudos to that team, they've done a lot of great work... and that's been led by Michael... so, thank you Michael and thank your team for us please... as I mentioned Arizona Department of Ed has been approved... so next steps, we take things through HLC and then the Department of  Ed. And last fall we had a work group that started  looking at a lot of the backend priorities   the college is going to have to shift, because this is the very first time, A) we're offering 3 and 400 level courses... and B) we're going to be, you know, providing students a baccalaureate degree... that's a big lift, right... that's a big jump from what we have been for many years, to all of a sudden adding this particular piece. So, excited about the opportunity but realize there's a lot of things on the back end that we need to be thinking about... specifically some BPs and APs... so, there's at least, I want to say, 10 APs, that we're going to start recommending for work to be done over the next year in anticipation of that fall '27 launch of the baccalaureate degree, BP 330... it's titled "student success"... that one is going to be a significant lift as well... we already have a work group working through that particular piece... and we have a couple of faculty on that... Darla Aguilar and Rebecca Cohen   are on the... on that work team, in the early stages... so, what we wanted to focus today on is getting a little feedback   from faculty on the SOP, that's titled the baccalaureate SOP... so as you know we have BPs and APs that go through the formal procedures that is spelled out in AP, I think it's 101, 102... SOPs have a little more flexibility in that they don't need to go to the Board we can change things a little... with a little more ease  as things get going, but we'd like to put our first... our best first foot forward on this particular one... so specifically, what's new is 3 and 400 level courses... so you have access to this document and so there's 2 things on this particular page that I want to focus this short amount of time on, but I do want you to know that if you have questions on any of the other pages, I've got it set up into 4 different pages for you...   you can get that feedback to me at any time... there'll be an opportunity for that here, if you have some comments using the Menti here in just a sec... so, the 2 big pieces defining what a 300, 400 level course should do... and we have 3 priorities and 3 purpose statements we want to look at real quick... and then secondarily, should we be discussing or what are the thoughts from faculty on, what are the requirements to teach a 3 and 400 level course... and should those be any different than what we already do, right... I can tell you that from that perspective, the majority of our colleges in the state,  as they've moved to 3 and 400 levels   don't have anything significant that says that faculty qualifications have changed to teach 3 and 400 level courses, but like what you'll see in this SOP, they do have the information that says a 3 and 400 level course are very different, right, thinking from a Bloom's taxonomy standpoint, we're at the synthesis and evaluation levels and the course material is not introductory, it's now moving beyond those kind of first stages... so, what does that imply to us? and I'll just, you know... thinking of it in terms of what  we currently do, we do have a difference in math...   I'm not sure if it's a difference in writing Reilly can help me out... there is a difference in faculty qualifications between 80 and 90 level, which we used to call Developmental Ed... we really don't have 80 anymore a little bit of it... and what you're able to teach if you're 100 and 200, right... there are some differences there... so, there is a precedent in that we do acknowledge that different preparation for faculty may be in place for different levels... and so the question is... does this 3 and 400 level come  to that level... so, we're going to move to a quick Menti. And so, if we hit present on the far right for me, thank you... all right, so 3.25.11, which is the  AP on degrees and certificates that went through last year... that actually defines the BA and the BAS... we currently do not have a BAS, but the second baccalaureate that we're looking at will have that... and so, we're looking at the BA and education specifically. [answering Rita] Yeah, we'll get it on the next slide... the Menti number will be on the next slide thank you. That's what I'm focusing on, is those 3 and 400 level courses... next slide please. So, if you use Menti.com on your phone, laptop, device, whatever you have. If you've been to any of Nic Richmond's things you used this... Menti.com... the 8-digit code is 96022834, again Menti.com 96022834... so, the first question I'm posing is for you to think about your particular discipline... and if 3 and 400 level courses are supposed to have at least one of these purposes, are we all encompassing? And you're going to see them again on the next slide... but those are the 3... so, let's give them a chance to kind of, read through those 3... Menti doesn't now... does not allow me to increase the font, so my apologies in advance. Nice thing about this room is you got plenty of TVs to look at. So, essentially 3... one of these purposes... it could be more than one... evaluate and apply theories... specific professional skills designed for employment... or the development of cognitive skills that serve as prerequisite to graduate programs... 1, 2, or 3, right. Next slide please. So, you've got these slides... 3 and 400 level courses in your particular discipline, where your subject matter content is top of mind. Would a 3 and 400 level course, if we offered it here at Pima in your discipline, support the development of cognitive skills that would serve as a prerequisite to graduate programs? And you should be able to slide left and right on that... then the same for the next 2, The idea for none of these is to suggest  that maybe we need to have a fourth bullet...   and if that's the case we will go down that path as well... because right now, the SOP does state it must serve 1... at least 1 of these 3... so, if it doesn't serve any of these 3, we would ask, you know... where does that fit? Do we need to expand the definition to include a fourth bullet, or is that a discipline that just may not be in that space? All right we are up to... see that number  in the bottom right... up to 20 responses. [cough, squeak] We'll provide an opportunity to take a  deeper dive on these, at a future date as well. So, we're close to... I've got a couple of dozen responses... so, that's a good... that's a good stopping point...  if, you know... keep working on it if you  need to, but it looks like, for the most part,   people agree that courses in their discipline would support at least 1 of those 3, if not all 3, right... cuz we're at that 4.2 or above. Those that said, "none of these," perhaps offline send me an email... let's have a discussion about what we may need to add to the SOP to ensure that courses in your discipline in the future, whether your particular discipline  is looking at a BAS or a BA in the future, would have that in there... again, doesn't have to be there right away... SOPs, you have a little more flexibility for change... as we look into the next... all right, next slide. Let's think about it from the faculty perspective... right now this statement is in there... there is a statement in the Arizona Revised Statute that references that, as an institution we have to submit information about how we're going to afford new doctoral faculty. That doesn't say you must bring on doctoral faculty or have doctoral faculty teach your courses. So, the question here is, this would add a new layer of things, right. If we say that to teach 3 and 400 level you need to have a terminal or specialized degree.. that's taking things to another level, right? Next slide please. So, what do you think? 3 and 400 level courses... should they be expected to have a higher level of subject matter expertise? All right, the majority of you agree that, yes, you should have a higher level of subject matter expertise.   Good, because the next question was counting on the fact that we have at least some say yes. [chuckling] Next question please. So, if that is the case, how do we ensure it... and I'll read your 4 options... set a minimum standard in the AP that Kate Schmidt  and her team has recently revised, or an OP. Ask DFC's to add a new level in the Faculty Minimum Qualifications... or just rely on scheduling from our DHs, right? As a DH that schedules courses, if I have a 400 level specialty course I'm going to make sure the person that teaches it has that subject matter expertise, right... that put a lot of emphasis on the individual to be able to say... I can have the right person teach the right course. ---Unknown Voice: [off mic talking about acronym] ---Jeff Thies: Sorry for the acronyms there... you just can't put a whole lot of content in there... FMQR is the Faculty Minimum Qualifications... SOPs are Standard Operating Procedures and APs are Associated... or Administrative Procedures. All right, thank you very much... next slide. Yup, we are at time... so, as I mentioned, if you're  still in it and you read in advance the SOP draft, and you have comments you were thinking of... please add them in here. If for some reason you think about something later when you're looking at it, feel free to reach out to me at that time.   Thank you... and I'm going to be staying with you, but I'm going to invite a new colleague up. ---Denise Reilly: All right, while Dr. Jeff Thies switches gears, thank you for your presentation... I now recall what I was going to say earlier... [chuckles] but I couldn't remember... and oh, look at... look at... we have a... we have a superstar guest in the house...   [laughs] Dr. Nasse... talk about coming in late... and then he has to sit in the front row... that's what happens... but actually, as they're queuing up the next presentation, I did want to mention something in   communication that I forgot to mention earlier in my top 10 calls with Dr. Ian Roark... or top 10 most frequent people  that I talk... communicate with over the phone... one of the things I've mentioned, which I really appreciate what a big group we have here today... and we will have our December meeting in-person only as well...   one thing I've mentioned is, faculty senate cannot be the only avenue where faculty get communication about things... so, it can't just be email... and it can't just be are you a senator or do you go to the meetings? It's got to come through in different ways and different modalities... so, I'm really hopeful, and I know that Dr. Roark has listened and hopeful that there will be communication flowing, not just if you attend a faculty senate meeting... and by the way, I think it's kind of funny that 3 people have messaged me and they're in the Zoom room like what... I tried several ways and several times to mention this was face-to-face and in-person only... but I think doesn't always work... all right, you're up again and I like to see you again... ---Jeff Thies: Yes. ---Denise Reilly: I didn't mean that earlier, like... I see you enough... god I feel bad. ---Jeff Thies: And I do evaluations for faculty [laughing] ---Unknown Voice: You can redo it. ---Denise Reilly: This is all for you Michael. ---Unknown Voice: You have to go to John's. ---Jeff Thies: All right, changing gears... looking at the areas of interest web pages and the redesign. So first, I want to thank the marketing team led by Liz Jurman and the web systems team led by Tonica... uh... Kanika... and obviously Tanner, who's the guy behind me, that's going to be driving things. A lot of work has been done over the last couple years, to redefine what our areas of interest are,   and I just want to kind of put them in perspective as to what they are, right, first because I think there was some confusion... not necessarily with this group but in general... the idea of the area of interest is more of a marketing tool... it's not an advising tool... so, these web pages are not going to direct a student to what courses they're going to take... the institution moved to a space where we did not want course sequencing and information like that in 2 different places, run by 2 different people, or two different groups, right... so, the catalog is where that information sits... and like a lot of our sister institutions that have very similar areas of interest, or meta major concepts similar to the one you're going to see... they do the same thing, they drive people to the catalog... that's where the curriculum has been approved and lives... and is the official document... and so, that's one piece I wanted to make sure everybody was a part. The other is that... last fall, the Department of Ed came out with a "dear colleague" memo/letter that they like to do... and in this particular one, it referenced misrepresentation of information... and at that time... we, like many colleges, we listed salaries for programs, right... we said... oh, yeah... you can get this salary and ours was no different than many, right... you often times... you would list a median salary... was that the salary that a student could get leaving our institution the next day? Most likely not, right... because they were going to be a first- time person... and that median salary might have reflected the state of Arizona, the nation, etc... and so, because that could be seen as misrepresenting what the student will bet from us when they complete that particular degree... we have since scrubbed any salary information from the website... so you will not see that here as well... I will note that STAR is working on a statewide project... so, thanks to Nick and Noah from their team to where they are trying to capture local data... salary data of our recent graduates... and it's something that has been going on statewide for a while... and they're getting really close to that being the case.   At that point, I would ask the ELT of the strategic cabinet to rethink whether or not our actual salary data, once we have it, could be displayed in a way that would no longer be considered misrepresenting salary data... because I think that is an important piece, right... we include the costs for programs where that's necessary... and so, understanding the types of salaries, how we can make sure that students say... yes, I'm getting to that livable family wage with this particular credential, or not... will be something in the future that we hope we can add back. All right... so, let's jump in, Tanner... let's dive in, all right... so, this is the standard academics and programs page... what you see different across the bottom there is... there's 3 options... so, a student has 3 things they're thinking through... probably more obviously, but I know the program, I'm going to hit "explore programs"... I'm going to go find welding... or I'm going to go find aviation... I know the program I'm looking for... so, I'm going to go hit that "explore programs"... and we'll show you that at the end... they've added some great filter features that'll make that a lot easier to navigate. The one we're going to focus most of time on today is the middle one... and that's... I kind of know what I want to do... I know I want to work with my hands... I know I want to work in science...   I know I want to work in arts... I'm a... really, I'm an IT person, I want to jump into IT... I just don't know what's available in those... and that's where the areas of interest fall in, right... so, the student will be able to jump into what those... I'm going to make up a word, "bucketized" programs are... where the programs fit under a common theme... and then the third would be, "I have no clue," right... I know there's plenty of students out there like, "I have no clue"... and thanks to the student affairs team for getting that career coach up and running this past year... thank you David and his team... David Arellano... that career coach provides students with that immediate ability to  investigate what their career interests are asynchronously through that particular device,   and then connect to our career counselors if need be. Focusing on the middle, areas of interest... so you'll see when you jump to area of interest, a lot less text than the text heavy options that we have now... opportunities for us to give some shoutouts to the great work that's being done... any sort of data that we think is valuable for students to be seeing right off the bat... those are just kind of mock spaces right now... and then you would scroll down through the areas of interest... we've added Adult Basic Ed... that used to not be part of the AOI list. We've renamed some things, so instead of Arts, Communications, and Humanities, which used to be this very, very large one, it's really focused on Arts and Digital Media... if you highlight over the top of any of these titles, like communication or culinary and hospitality, you're going to see a quick blurb and and the ability to immediately go to that particular space. So, as we scroll down... the goal right now, working with program leads, department heads, and Deans... is to get all of the information you're about to see that we can display for auto. So, we're going to jump to Industry, Manufacturing, and Construction... as you can imagine, that's got a lot of different disciplines within it...   and so we're going to have a tight little blurb at the top and then students would be able to say I'm looking for a degree certificate or workforce... that would be our FastTrack at this point... and they can either select or deselect what they are... if they want something quick it might be workforce and certificates that they select... and then it would automatically filter to only those programs... you can see AIT Automotive,  another quick blur lets you know what types of programs exist... you look at logistics and supply chain, that's a great one to think about... at some institutions that might be thought of... that's a business degree, right... and, or CAD might be thought of as a STEM degree, or an IT degree, depending on what, you know, the thinking is... so, we want to be able to definitely have dotted lines to those... it's going to live in one of the areas of interest, but you might see it in the other ones... as, oh, you might be looking for... and then it'll relocate them to the ones they're looking for. Towards the bottom has some more information... always giving them that opportunity to go back and find somebody to help, to talk to, right... in this case... see an advisor... so, we're going to dive into Automotive... the Automotive or the discipline landing page...   a little more text, but not as text-heavy as they  currently are... right away, best of the best...   what's that shining thing that you want to make sure every student sees when they land on that first discipline page? So, every discipline has the opportunity to add whatever that piece of information is... and then there's a very short visual supported understanding of the types of programs that are in there... so, certificate, the AAS is listed, and then Automotive has a special program it's called the Ford Asset Program... so, that's listed there as well...  and then of course Pima FastTrack is an Automotive option as well... all of them have again, quick little visuals   to let you know... do I need to physically be somewhere to do this? Yes. What's the modality that I have to do, right? So, we don't list every modality because yes, they could take a class virtually or online... but you have to be in-person to complete the Automotive program... you can't do that fully online... so, we let them know, this is the expectation, right... same with the campus, we know they can take some courses for their GenEd requirements in the AAS anywhere, online included... but I've got a minute left... jumping to it. All right... so, let's jump in... [laughing] certificate... very similar function... I want to call out here, the "what will you learn" or "what you will learn"... this is not the close... we're going to send you... you can see underneath there, there's a catalog link... go to the catalog link if you want to hear the education "e"... you know, the talk... the speak... the language that we use... but for the website we just want to let them know... here's what you're going to learn in this program... you're going to learn how to diagnose an engine and repair an engine... not, you know... "the student will be able to"... and then go on. A lot of great callouts for students... videos, etc... and as we scroll down, you can see that if a program has any sort of third party accreditation, we link to that as well... we just  don't want to spend a bunch of time on the main page talking about their accreditation... it's not that it's not available, it's just not the priority that we're looking for.  Let's jump to the AAS until I get the hook. [laughter] ---Denise Reilly: She give you the evil eye? ---Dr. Jeff Thies: She did... [laughter] I'm not sure anything's new here... how about this... how about this channel, let's jump to the mobile app... and then I'll just run from anybody that comes to approach me... so, just a very, a very same look... but this is what they would see if they're scrolling through on their phone... and last... in my last 20 seconds... this is early, we're still building all the other ones out... once we have all the other ones built out, meaning all the other programs, we'll be taking this out to current and future students... so, we use the summer connecting orientations, perhaps our summer preps,   other opportunities to connect with future students as well... working with dual enrollment to get into high schools, etc... to get feedback from those that are actually going to be the core users... to make sure that the friendliness and the accessibility that we know from research and what other institutions are doing, is the way to go... but we want to hear from our folks as well, before we go live with the launch. Any questions, send them my way via email and I'll make sure that the other parts that are doing all the great work actually get the information, thank you for that extra time... appreciate it. ---Denise Reilly: We can give them a round of applause... [applause] thank you Dr. Jeff Thies. So, you mentioned that once you get all the  information in there, is there a predicted start date? ---Dr. Jeff Thies: I can't tell you, I'm sorry. ---Denise Reilly: Oh... [laughing] it's funny but is this fall is a predicted start date of having the information in there or am I just making that up? ---Dr. Jeff Thies: Yeah, we can... [laughter] turn it off... yes... [laughter] Paul. ---Denise Reilly: Yes, Paul... okay... no, I appreciate the visuals and how much better looking that's going to be... really... ---Unknown Voice (Paul): Yeah, [unintelligible] ---Denise Reilly: Yeah, great... much appreciated and thank you so much for that presentation. It looks like we have next up Kate Schmidt are you on your way up here? Great. ---Kate Schmidt: Yeah... ---Denise Reilly: I'm kind of cozy in this seat... I don't know if I want to stay. [laughs, unintelligible] ---Kate Schmidt: At least I know... I know that... Oh, [laughs] So, I think Denise and I wanted to come and  report on the work we were here in December   or at least virtually in December... talking  about the work that the fact group had done   we wanted to come here and give an update of the decisions that have been made and what hires have actually happened...   but if you will indulge me, I'd like to be, I think, in particular because we have a new Provost and a new Chancellor just do a little bit of history that I'm not totally prepared to do... so chime in if I've got it wrong... but it's been about 10 years where we have been working with no increases in the faculty lines... and several years where we've had significant decreases... and in that 10 years, we also moved from a camp... very campus based systems where faculty hiring decisions were made at the campuses to a college-wide system, where we were making decisions but they were really about either closing positions or reallocating positions. So, I think in... 2 years ago '23, '24... the then provost Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa charged us to convene a group to look at how we could put together some data metrics... a system that... where we could continue to make decisions about faculty hiring colleg-wide, that were more data informed... and so, our group successfully did that... we've reported that several times in the last couple years... we worked with STAR... I think maybe... maybe we start the slides here... oh, I've got that right here... okay. So, we mentioned that we... that the... a group of  faculty and me, with Denise Reilly, chair, met in '23, '24... gathered a lot of data... looked at at work that had been done done in the past... and ultimately came up with a tool, that used data from STAR... in fact they were very helpful in us creating that tool... and then for this academic year, used that tool as a starting point for better data informed decisions... so, that was used in the fall... in, I think, mid September, every division had to put in their proposals for what positions would be they were requesting. and then the office of the Provost looked at those proposals, made some decisions, and then we were approved to hire particular positions... and so now, I think we are... oh, I think I did put the tool in here on the next page... ---Denise Reilly: Okay. Just a show of hands... how many of you are in that FACT  group? Because we... it was pretty well represented by several different disciplines, as you know in here... so, here comes the faculty allocation tool, right? ---Kate Schmidt: And I think everybody's got a copy of that and we've reviewed it a couple times in this and other meetings... so I think, just unless you. ---Denise Reilly: No, it looks really complicated but really, the things that we were looking at is... what is the growth of the program, how many students have been in the program? And then, we took into factoring... we took into consideration, all the other factors, that many faculty said like... well, I have an external  accreditor... or I have a limited amount of space... or I have this or this or that... so, we tried to take  into account a formula... a general formula... but at the same time something that could be tweaked for those specific disciplines, programs, or groups that it was quite different... okay, next, go on. ---Kate Schmidt: So, we're moving ahead... these were the positions that were approved to be filled... and really, this is an update... we actually had an update yesterday of positions that are recruited and filled... so, these are faculty that will start with us on... in the fall... with the exception of one, who I think started in... actually started in January... we've got 4 full-time recruitments that are still in progress, but we expect those also to be filled in order for... in order to have those faculty on board by fall. We've got a provisional position that will be a 2-year provisional position in gaming, because gaming is a.... is a teach-out... so that's... that one is being recruited as well... and then very recently we had an offcycle approval for an Ed Tech and Food Science... I see Matej's hand... oh. ---Matej Boguszak: Yeah... am I seeing... [mumbling about mic behind him] Hi... thank you... am I seeing this correctly... 5 biology faculty members? ---Kate Schmidt: That is correct. ---Matej Boguszak: In one recruitment cycle? ---Kate Schmidt: That's correct... those were all positions that had been allocated... I think... don't quote me on this completely, but somebody else in the room might know... those were all had been long-term provisional positions. ---Unknown Voice: That's correct. ---Denise Reilly: We have a hands up from the former Dean of Sciences... [laughing] hands up, with... ---Kate Schmidt: Thumbs up... yeah ---Denise Reilly: Thumbs up, sorry. ---Unknown Voice: Thank you... [random radio sound] ---Unknown Voice: And the most important part of this... I know we're on our one minute time limit... the most important part of this is that our job was to create a tool... our job was not to make any decisions about where faculty apply whether any positions were reallocated we were just simply looking at all the variables that needed to be considered and something that could be used long term instead of just every year... well, are we going to have a faculty go here or here and having the different, what it seemed like at some point maybe the different Deans having those conversations,  which needed to be a little bit more transparent   is what we're trying to do, by creating that tool...  so, I just want to say thank you... I saw Liz raise her hand  I know there's a couple others and I'm sorry... Makyla, Liz... who else was part of that team? Kelly was part of that team... myself... so, just  a large group of people from all disciplines   that wanted to look at all these factors here... and the committee is going to make recommendations to the Provost  on May 14th... so that's where we are right now... thank you so much and that is our time... [applause] Thank you Kate Schmidt... and now we have our next  presentation... remember I said that I would ask this...   so I'll ask this at the end of the division spotlight... so, we had to split division spotlight this time we have 15 minutes allocated 746 per meeting, and when we have smaller divisions and not smaller... [chuckling] based on the number of disciplines I'm bringing up for you... not smaller based on that, but the number of faculty... remember, there's the number of faculty senators... so, we have one senator per 10 full-time people, rounded up... so, that's why some divisions have to speak the time. So, we have Amanda Abens, who's going to talk to us about Workforce Development... and take it away. ---Amanda Abens: Awesome... I'm so glad to be here and I have a couple of team members in the back that I'd love to come up   and join me up here... you know who you are... please, come up... and while we're doing it, I just want to use part of my time to give a quick shout out... we heard Michael... Dr. Radloff's presentation and the ARC Food Pantry... wow, what an incredible  resource... really want to thank you all for that...   and a quick reminder... our Pima Foundation does accept donations for that... and you can do payroll deduction for that.  So, thank you all for what you do... so, we're going to do a really fast and furious overview of everything that we do in the division, because I realize, many of you may not know what the workforce division has all in it. I see many of you who we partner with, and many of you who I don't know and I haven't met, and we haven't partnered yet... but I hope we will in the future... so, we are made up of some academic divisions, transportation and logistics and public safety... and then, we have a variety of areas that we do cross college collaboration and support. So, we'll start with Center for Transportation and Logistics training... so, we have Logistics and Supply Chain Management certificate and AAS degree... our truck driver training... our autonomous vehicle driver certs... and in that...in that area... in that academic division they do IBEST integrated basic education skills training, noncredit... and they do training at the Gospel Rescue Mission Center of Opportunity as well... if you see our leaders in there... Missy Blair, the academic director, wanted you to put a face to the name... Chris Therlot, who's not with us, who serves as department head... and Thomas Hamilton, who serves as our truck driver training lead... and so, if you have any questions about that academic area please talk to Missy... and she's located at M&S, is where that is... and if you ever want to see the cool trucks that they have, that's where you can go out and talk to her about. So then, Public Safety... so, Public Safety... and we do have a newly created Academic Dean for Public Safety position, that we utilized our PCN from our Academic Director that retired earlier this year... and in that Public Safety we have 5 disciplines... and we have Paramedic, EMT, Fire Science, and our Administration of Justice Studies and our Law Enforcement... and we're very fortunate today to have our Administration of Justice Studies   department head, Paulina... Paulina wave... [chuckles] and so, if you have any questions about that program please   see Paulina she's located at the East Campus... so, that's at the East Campus... and a lot of online   programming in that department as well... our Public  Safety Center of Excellence is slated to be at East Campus...   we're working now with the East Campus planning team and facilities to really do a feasibility study on what that campus can look like incorporating Public Safety into that area. We work at a number of different locations, including 29th Street, where Paramedic is at... as well as external site locations, where we do  Fire Science and Law Enforcement training as well.  We do... we have lots of, lots of contracts... we're highly embedded into our local fire, EMS, and law agencies... we do fastTrack, non-credit, certificates,  degrees... we kind of do it all in that area. All right... so, next is not an academic area but a support area... that's our Business Development and Engagement... and that's headed up by director, Victoria Clark... and Victoria and her team really manage a number of relationships and partnerships with business and industry... working in collaboration with many of you out there... working with the academic divisions... we work with the Applied Technology division in the Flexible Industry Training lab at the M building, the manufacturing building... we also develop a number of grants and initiatives that are cross college collaborations... and one thing that we do, which also is really exciting in growing third-party billing and tuition reimbursement... so that we're really maximizing employers out there that have programs to help support their employees to up-skill through tuition reimbursement or just direct payment of their tuition... we work with them so that a student coming in doesn't have to front the money upfront... so that we can work with that business and industry partner, because that's often a barrier we find, of course, to learners coming into the program... and so Victoria's department does that in conjunction with business and industry. Perkins grant... if you get funds from Perkins grant... we oversee the Perkins Grant Advisory Committee regimen... and work in conjunction with Lifelong Learning, and Program and FastTrack development... and a number of you, we've worked in that area with. Lifelong Learning... and that's our director Dionne Billick... awesome, thank you for being here Dionne. One of the things that we do, top on that list there, is Prison Education... we have today, our HLC site visit for the Prison Education program... and that is Pell grants to those individuals currently incarcerated... so, I came a little bit late to this meeting Vivian Knight and Dionne and I... all came in late because we were across the courtyard in the RV building meeting with the peer reviewers... so, huge shout out to our partners Vivian and others, who work with us on that project doing the basic business first in the state prison... it's incredibly powerful it's very hard work... it is very hard work... Vivian's shaking her head, yes... we really appreciate everything multiple departments across the college have done to make that successful... so, you can see on this list there's a number of things that we do... PLA... all of our non-credit and FastTracks working on... Dionne's leading a group across the college working on badging and working towards a comprehensive learner record... not familiar with what a comprehensive learner record is?   Come talk to Dionne, talk to Michael Tulino... we'll share with you what that is... they head up a group of community and corporate navigators, our partnership with the OneStop... and they oversee our relationship with the Gospel Rescue Mission Center of Opportunity programming, delivering career tech education programs through the academic divisions, John Gerard is a huge partner in that one, thank you for that... and that all happens through Lifelong  Learning... many of you... some of you at this table, partner with that area... please reach to out to Dionne with any questions about that... then our Employer Engagement and Career Services led by Denise Kingman... she and her team work across the college   to connect learners with employment... employment,  apprenticeship, work-based learning, all of those things   preparing learners to be able to be ready  to enter that job... interviewing skills, resume...   the MyCareerLink that students have available to  me... to them... that's run by Denise's area as well. In addition, we have Pima for Youth Program supporting opportunity youth... that's 16 to 24, not employed, not in school...   as well as other youth in our community... creating a career and college-going culture for youth...   and I'm sorry, I hope I'm not running  out of time... this is the last one... Innovation and Small Business Development Center our SBDC... our new incubator SATech in the manufacturing building...   and our brand new department, the innovation department, that is overseeing innovation framework and implementation... and so, lots of stuff happening in the Workforce Development Division... please come and see us to learn more about any of these areas... awesome, thank you. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you. [applause] And thank you for bringing the team... I see that Jeff Silvyn and David Parker on the way up... are on their way up. I do want to note, a thank you that I want to share... Katy Hernandez was the one that provided the sweet snacks that some of you are... [clapping] on the side, so feel free to get up and have a snack as they make their way up...   and the other thing that I wanted to mention, other than that... our apologies... apparently there are a few senators without name plates... we will get that fixed... we tried to double and triple check our  records but apparently we made some errors...   so, our apologies to the couple of senators that didn't get a name plate here. We ready? ---David Parker: We are all coordinated. ---Denise Reilly: Okay, great. ---David Parker: By the way... I have been contributing to the ark for a number of years and it comes out of the paycheck and you don't notice it... for anybody who goes to Starbucks or Dutch Brothers or whatever the Bisbee Coffee Company... one large probably is saving money if you just give it to the ark and it makes bigger difference... [chuckles] so please consider it... and you don't have to wait for open enrollment... I think everybody here knows me, but today I actually get to talk to you in light of all 4 hats... enterprise risk management... not just evaluating downside, but opportunity. Ethics... we don't talk a lot about it, but it's a consideration of what we're doing today... compliance and title 9... where can I get all 4 of those at once? We have 4 documents that we're moving through the process... I've talked to you about some of them... I've talked to so many groups, I can't remember who I talked to which about... so, I'm going to give a real fast overview... I'm the guinea pig for the new policy development form... a new form collecting additional information... and that's where this document comes from... it tells you about every BP, AP that's going through the process... what it's  about... why we're doing it... whether it's new/old...   who's been involved... and who we're still meeting with? So, it's a great summary document that will be provided in the future, as I understand it, and you can get it all in one place... if you can jump to BP 2.01... I think all of you have heard that we've got a federal changes group that meets every week... and if you can scroll down just to the language... there you go... we have a group that meets every week... we joke that trying to do an agenda beforehand is difficult because no matter what we do, the day before or the day of, there's new things coming out... and we're watching executive orders, guidance from the department, FAQs, legislation court cases... and one of the things that came out that was the most challenging right up front, was a heavy focus on DEI... and we watched a lot of our peers immediately cut out anything that had to do with DEI, remove the letters, remove the words, everything... we felt that ethics side is  important as everything else... we also looked at it as... if you read it carefully, they're not saying DEI is bad... what they're saying is, some of the DEI programs go too far... and they're evaluating that in light of a concept of a closed system... if I give priority to somebody, that means I'm taking priority from somebody else... and so, the college's commitment to DEI and diversity, equity, and inclusion... and those those concepts, has not waned... our policies have not written anybody out... we have changed because of the interpretation   that Title 9 only involves sex and not gender... that  the process for gender just follows a different pattern. We haven't said, you can discriminate on gender basis... it just means that we have to look at it...  make sure, is it really sex instead of gender,  couched in gender that defines the direction to go? We've also defined the concepts of diversity,  equity, and inclusion... and what they mean... if you go to the diversity page, you'll see that wrapped in, not just the definition, but what does it mean at the college...   and how does it promote our values? In every one of these, we've looked at it in light of, what's the context? Then what's the purpose? And then, how can we make an adjustment or statement that actually helps us say it better...  so, this is the first one... Board policy on diversity and inclusion... as we looked through it, we decided, you know the language is still good for the title... it shouldn't have those words written out, they're critical to the college and to our community... but we also noticed a sentence and a half in the middle that was causing some challenges,   and might make us also a little bit of a focus from elsewhere... one of the challenges with this language is, some people think that it means, we consider your demographic information when we decide who to hire and who to admit... we don't... we do however make sure that we are looking broadly in the community where we might be missing something... where people aren't necessarily thinking of us as a place to apply... and we do extra efforts to expand the pool... but when we get to the hiring decision, it's based upon the individual. So, when we looked at it, we asked the question, should we revert it... we took the language out... we realized, the emphasis was just the same without it... and so, this is the one that I'm hearing is getting the most comments... the college's commitment has not waned... it's just, read it without that... that's the one I think is the most challenging...  does anybody have any questions or comments  on that before I go to the others? I see a mic... [unintelligible comments from Denise] oh, okay... catch me afterwards... the next one is AP 2.03.01... I think this is one we talked about in detail last time... it's just updating the language... we've inserted... we've inserted some language that recognizes... in certain places, there's statutory rights for certain people that we've always acknowledged it wasn't in the policy... also if you notice in 1.2, it no longer just references unlawful discrimination because there's some things that the current   interpretation of the law may not clearly say, "you can't do this"... but our policy does... so, it's either unlawful or prohibited discrimination... if you can go to 3.47... 06... oops, the next one... this was some language that was required by the 2024 update to the Title 9 regulations... it really is looking at accommodating pregnancy and the academic side... but also a little bit on the employee side... the court didn't just strike down the regs, it vacated the regs like they never happened... but when we looked at it, we realized, there's good stuff here... [chuckles] so, we have kept just about everything that's in there, it's just gone to our commitment instead of a legal requirement... so, everything's still there. And the last one is just updating our hazing prohibition... there's now a Stop Campus Hazing Act... it's really focused more on the big institutions with lots of sororities, fraternities, major athletics programs, where you tend to see more hazing... didn't change what the law says or what our policy says, it's just a reporting and assessment...  if you scroll down just a little bit to the blue, you'll see that we will be evaluating, how do we do hazing prevention and awareness programs? And that those have to be research and evidence-based... so, we'll be working on that and moving it forward. Jeff do you have anything? ---Denise Reilly: He does... we'll take your question at the end, just FYI... I just wanted to make sure to give the time to finish with Jeff's part here... go ahead. ---Jeff Silvyn: Thanks... so, real quick, a couple updates on some changes to the AP process... or more accurately, to kind of, how we're communicating about that...so, earlier you saw, there was a new form that has additional information about what stakeholders were consulted as part of an AP or BP review has some other information... those forms are now attached to the back of the draft proposal that you'll see on the... so, if you go to the college web page, that has APs or BPs up for review, the last page on each of those documents is this form... so that people have that information available when they make a comment... so, for example someone could look at that form and say...   hey, we think there's an important stakeholder  perspective that you didn't... that wasn't included...   and include that as a comment, so we could see whether in fact we needed to directly engage with a particular perspective or group. We are working on a calendar... so, what we'd like to do is try and spread out the work on AP, BP's reviews, and also group thematically. So, I do have some feedback from that from faculty... Dennis, and if you could send me some dates and times   in the next week or two, where we can chat that would be really helpful, so I can better understand your feedback. So, just something to keep in mind as we go forward and we think about governance of the college, and how do we make this process even better... if you take the current number of APs and BPs, and you divide it out by the number of faculty senate meetings that you have in a year... we would have to... we'd have to do eightish of these every month, every meeting... that's a lot... and you just heard Jeff Thies crew are going to add another 10 related to...  [whoo]  [laughter] to our expansion into the world of baccalaureate degrees... so, it's something for us to think about going forward   is how many should we have... do we need to do some streamlining... and how do we make a process? How do we strike the right balance between making  sure we're inclusive... we're having thorough review...   we're having appropriate stakeholder input... but  we are not overloading everyone, and we can keep this   in a sustainable manageable format... so, I don't... I'm not here to propose a solution, I just want everyone to start thinking about that because my proposition to you would be, if we keep going in the current way, and with the other areas  people want to add... we're probably already pushing   the boundaries of sustainability... and I think we're going to rapidly cross over the boundary of sustainable action...  so, just something to think about... we need to address that as we go forward... the idea is to have at least a draft calendar available, so that it's probably more of a summer project at this point... so that we... there's some predictability, people can see what's coming   but like I said I think we need... there will be more  work and refinement needed to keep it manageable.  One last thing I'll mention on the update... so, we have a software platform that we use to manage Board meetings and Board meeting materials... that company was bought out by a bigger fish... they've completely changed the platform... we're in the process of learning the new system... you'll see it... it was used for the study sessions that was easy... those are easy agendas we're using it for the main meeting for the first time, so we're... some of us are on a steep learning curve... that platform though, also has a policy management system... so, when we have mastered the new Board system, we're going to turn on the policy management system and work with lots of folks to incorporate the BP/AP process   and SOPs into that platform... that will provide us with a place to post all of those... to have a library of all those... and have structured workflows... so, I think that that's not going to solve our challenge to manage all this material... it will make it somewhat easier... so, stay tuned but for the moment... be patient, because first we have to get our hands around how the new Board packet management system works... once we do that over the summer, we will probably start working on how we implement what... what a process would look like, and training would look like, to implement this software tool that will help us with the BP/AP process. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you Jeff... one thing to mention... this is something that we faculty senate officers, and all of you, have kind of driven... because this, you know... 10 is difficult to manage, but 40 is really difficult to manage, per month... and so, now that we're caught up, based on the HLC visit... we're saying... okay, moving forward, we need to have a   different way to do this... this is way too much... so, 8 to 10, if we have a system... we just we know, it's not going to be developed overnight but the fact that  we're actually making progress, and we have people   dividing up... you know, Dennis has spent a lot of  time dividing up similar APs and BPs together...  we're really hopeful that that will make the workflow go by better... and I do want to point out that where it says in there like  the units and kind of the stakeholders there, you know, one thing for shared governance that we need to point out is that just... you know, sending an email is not necessarily the checkbox of... I looked this over and I thoroughly agree with that... that can't be the form of communication... it has to be, you know, faculty senate in a structured way... but we thank you for that. We still have a few... 3 more minutes for your presentation... so, Matej, I believe you had a question... or someone over there in the corner had a question for David Parker. ---Matej Boguszak: Hi... thank you... so, one question is regarding AP 3.46 the pregnancy and related... under section 6.2 for employees there's 2 sections that are struck out, having to do with leave and reinstating the employee to a similar position that they were at prior to the leave... is that something having to do with the Title 9 changes... or is it... why are those needed? ---David Parker: That was specific language that was required in the regs that were vacated... made like they never happened. We had included the language because it was required... our policies are already very broad in most of those areas, but what this encompassed was part-time employees... student workers, who don't necessarily have benefits... under federal law, pregnancy leave would have extended to those... and we took that piece out, because it... our policies are very broad as it is... if that's something you believe would be appropriate, it would be appropriate to put it in as a comment... and then, we can take it back to consideration... appreciate it. ---Matej Boguszak: Yeah... thanks for the clarification... my other question was on the BP... so, I imagine you've heard quite a bit in terms of comments my question is... have you considered the hiring APs that  fall under this BPs because they also have quite a bit of DEI adjacent language... and so, wondering how you're thinking about those? ---David Parker: We have reviewed pretty much every one that's out there, including word searches... not just EDI but very broad word searches, trying to make sure we've identified everything. Once again... we don't want to lose the important elements and concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion... we may also not want those words right next to each other for a while... but how we say it, and the policy behind it, the values that drive it... those are the important things... and so, if you think there's some language we ought to look at, please let me know... we have a team looking at it, but we were moving fast. ---Matej Boguszak: Thank you. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you. ---Jeff Silvyn: We just wanted something that's helpful to know... part of what was actually a positive outcome of all the missives coming out of DC is, it really did force a lot of conversations about DEI... what is the value of Pima and how do we communicate that in the most clear, accessible way possible? So, if you do have suggestions about language, by all means, because we're hoping that what we've achieved strikes the right balance and is better description what those principles   mean at the college, that's the ultimate goal. ---Denise Reilly: All right... thank you to Legal and Risk Management, yeah, yeah... [applause] got to keep it going. All right... about 20 more minutes or so... okay... so, let's take it away... we have a register updates from Elvia Bow and Michael Tulino... new application. ---Michael Tulino: Thank you very much... hello everybody... thank you for spending a few minutes with us today... and allowing us to share some information on behalf of, not only the registrar team, but also a cross-functional team of I think it's about 40 individuals, during a implementation the last few months and the work that's going to continue this year. I'm happy to introduce to you assistant director, Elvia Bow...  she's going to share some information... we're also going to be available for questions... this is  going to be specifically related to the upcoming   new admission application for students. ---Elvia Bow: Hi everyone... I'm Elvia... you may know me from attendance emails but I promise we do fun things in the register office too. So, you may have heard that we are implementing a new admissions application... and there's a lot of interest and possible consternation with our current application... and that's understandable... the current tool that we have,  we've been using it for about 10 years... and there are some technological limitations with that application    but also a design element that we kind of committed to and have been trying to make the best of... so now, implementing this new tool, which is called Element 451... we are taking advantage of the new interface, the AI tools that it has available... but we're also taking that opportunity to reimagine the application in general. As Michael stated, it is a cross-functional team led up by registrar, admissions, and IT we're bringing in folks from   Workforce, Dual Enrollment, Student Affairs...  some of you here are on that task force... and we're making sure that this is a robust and cross-functional team... we will be working on this throughout the summer... so, we will be back here in the fall, showing you a little bit what it looks like... so, if you saw in the areas of interest where you have different pictures for each area of interest... we're looking to do that similarly with our applicant type, so a student knows exactly what path to take if they are a dual enrollment student versus workforce versus returning to Pima student.   So, trying to make sure that that is very clear to the student... and while we're implementing all of these voices, we're going to have a very robust testing phase... our overwhelming focus is ease of student access. So, we want to make sure that students get through quickly and easily, while you know, getting all of the information that we need for the students, so we can connect them with the appropriate right next steps. at the end of this presentation there's a lot of helpful links... there's one for the application where if you'd like to weigh in on some feedback you have in the application, or things that you think that we should consider for the new application,   please weigh in there... we are considering all of that information and making sure that we are considering all the input and making the best new application as possible... do you have any other comments...anything else from the group? Okay. ---Denise Reilly: We do have a question... one question from Makyla Hayes. ---Makyla Hays: Hi... can you hear me? Apparently I didn't turn this off... so, I had heard from one of our blind students that in our current application process they did really well... could get all the way to the end of the application using the screen reader... and then the final step asked them to sign their screen... and it wasn't accessible to them for visuals... so do we have like, ADR or somebody working with you on this? [unintelligible] ---Elvia Bow: ADR is one of the offices we're working with. ---Makyla Hays: Perfect. ---Elvia Bow: So, we're working individually with each section as we build it out as well as functional areas... so we're going to make sure that we have not only a robust set of staff and faculty testing it out but students of all kinds too, so we'll make sure to speak with ADR and that they have students that can test that piece out too. ---Denise Reilly: All right, thank you so much... let's give him a round of applause... [applause]. We can do updates and things going on... so, our next presenter we have Dr. Josie Milliken, who's not unfamiliar with this area... in fact she was probably last, when we had a face-to-face meeting as faculty senate president, was sitting right over here with Tal Sutton, right? ---Josie Milliken: Right... so... [laughing] It was also a lot colder that spring... remember? That we adjusted the air situation... ---Denise Reilly: So, go for it. Okay, today I am here to speak with you on behalf of the Distance Ed committee, about the criteria for faculty members teaching online courses... how many of you are familiar with the criteria for faculty teaching online courses... Okay, thank you... and on review it looked like about 70, 80%. So, a little bit of context and history is... the criteria for faculty teaching online courses were initiated about 8 years ago by PimaOnline department heads, several of who are in this room... Kimlisa and Vivian back there... and Tony Sovak in the back... and then, over time those faculty continued to revise them and Brooke is here and Liz is here as department heads, who also contributed to that effort... and so, these criteria  were really helpful as a tool for department heads to use to be able to mentor and evaluate faculty in their teaching of online courses... and they also were a tool for faculty members to understand the standards for teaching quality online courses... and in addition, they align with accreditation requirements, and that specifically RSI, that Regular Substantive Interaction in the department head language. And so, as many of you know, last year we had a reorg of the faculty leadership structure... and so, we no longer have PimaOnline department heads... in some divisions there are dedicated department heads overseeing solely online courses... and in other areas we have divisions where department heads oversee a variety of different modalities, meeting the needs of, specific to the division... and also new in the wake of that change is the development of a distance education committee... the charge of that committee has... is not official yet... we started in August and it's taking time to really determine   what that charge should be... and so, our next meeting  is next week and we're... the goal is to revisit that charge,   and make sure that it's an appropriate fit for where we are now, and what the committee can do... and how it can be of service to the college. So, that committee picked up on that work of revising the criteria, just like the department heads, the PimaOnline department heads in the past... and so, by the end of the fall, we had a good update ready to go out... and so, the challenge is that because of this the new structure, it's difficult to actually know how to communicate these out... how to make sure that people who benefit from using them, have an understanding of them... and so, one of the members of the Distance Ed committee recommended that we bring them to AERC... and so, I met with Makyla and Aubrey as a first step, and they've been incredibly helpful in engaging with this conversation. And so, their recommendation was to tweak some of the language in the employee handbook... specifically in the faculty area, to reference the criteria for faculty teaching online courses, an external document... and there's a precedent for that, as Makyla pointed out... and so, that did go to the AERC in the end of fall, and it elicited a lot more conversation and discussion than was anticipated... so then, the next determination was to have a meeting with our provost Dr. Dolores Duran-Cerda at the time... and our acting VPAA and others of our chief online learning officer Michael Amick in the back there... and so, that meeting was heading in a direction, and then it halted... and we were going to meet again, and then it stalled... and so, I met again with Makyla and Aubrey and then determined that it would be great to present this item to faculty senate... and there is a form attached to this agenda item on the schedule and so, please use that form if you have any input... it's grown a little bit so I don't think we're going to be able to talk about it at depth today... but I just wanted to provide you an overview of the context, how it developed, how it evolved, and how we'd love to get your feedback on the criteria as we move forward... and in moving forward, that could happen in a couple   of different ways... number 1... we simply work on  communication and make sure that the information   and appropriate training go out to those who will benefit from having the criteria and using it as a tool.  Number 2... we move forward with the handbook item, which still could occur. Number 3... a combination of all of those... or number 4  is that we revise the handbook but don't reference the criteria,  so that we don't duplicate different items that are in both the handbook and in the criteria. So, with that... does anyone have any questions... or Makyla or anyone else here, would you like to offer input? We have several distance ed committee members here today as well. ---Makyla Hays: I can just add a little bit... one of the thoughts behind  putting it in the handbook... referencing it in the handbook, and then putting a link to the criteria, so that it's easily found, is so that, if it's a criteria that people are going to need to abide by, then it's found by people who might need it... and so, having a place, I think, is crucial for us to look at these... there's not currently, though we did hear from Jeff... there's not currently a place , a common place, for SOPs... and so, this would... this could potentially be a stop gap measure, where we put it in there, link it, and then, when there's a solid place for SOPs we can move it, and we can edit policy again if need be... or there's some way around that... but if it's something that's going to be used to determine whether or not people can teach online... or even kind of grade them on their  online teaching, we felt it should be available to faculty to look at at any point... and easily found...  and I figure most people look at faculty workload   when they're looking to see what... or expectations,  when they're looking to see what they're doing.   Seems like a logical place, but please put  your feedback, so we know what you're thinking. ---Denise Reilly: I appreciate the feedback form and I also have asked that anyone who comes to present at faculty senate, that has a major item, please have a space to offer feedback... because oftentimes, it's not a I'm going to send an email about this... one of the concerns I had shared and I think it was shared with the Provost or the Acting Provost as well, is that this reads   much more like an SOP rather than a policy... and unfortunately, we don't have that level of detail with our hybrid or virtual classes... so, it appears to have a 4-page, you know, a 4-page document of all the criteria necessary for online teaching... but we don't have anything similar for the other modalities of teaching... so, when you look at this language versus the language in the handbook,   it's very different... and so, one of the things would be to side-by-side, create potentially, criteria for teaching, for teaching online, and for others... yes, Kimlisa. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Well, I think part of this is... and we look at it now through the lens of now... but all of that was put together by PimaOnline... and so, when Pima Online came apart... we had the unfortunate experience of having to figure out what to do with all of that. I think it's really important that we understand that, we need to maintain the quality in every area... and this is the online area but one of the things also is that, virtual and other types of distance education have grown, will continue to grow... and so, yeah... we need to do that... but we don't need to hold up online while we catch up the other parts... we need to use... I mean, number 1 in the state, number 5 in the nation for community colleges... we need to use that position to maintain that quality, while bringing along the rest of the college... so, wherever we put it, for me is like, okay... but we need to put it somewhere, and we need to maintain it. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you so much... and with that, let's give a round of applause to Josie... [applause] and next we have Dr. Ian Roark... I did see a special guest come inside... come in the house back there... honorary... looking nice and blue there. He's coming up... is that your mom following you? Very exciting... so, we have one of our faculty... our faculty emeritus nominee Robin Mother, it's so cute... Dr. Ian Roark now I told you the meeting would go till 3:05 to 3:10... so, this is Dr. Ian Roark, Provost is going to give... end with the Provost report, and then we will take a short break. ---Dr. Ian Roark: Good afternoon... good afternoon... [good afternoon from audience] it is a beautiful day in southern Arizona... I spoke to staff council this morning and said similar things, and hope that tomorrow you get outdoors, before the windy Sunday comes and makes it more difficult for those who suffer from allergies... I have really enjoyed this meeting being face-to-face and it... I enjoy it virtually as well, but this has just really been refreshing and we do... I know that we've been giving other people lots of hands of applause at the end of their presentations, but I think that we need to give our officers a round of applause for how they've facilitated this meeting... [applause] Including Dennis behind me... I've been amazed at how Dennis has been running... this is going in and out a little bit   battery charging thing, but Dennis has been back there... but at first I thought he was a DJ... [laughter]   having a little bit of a dance... there we go...  thanks, yeah... that was. Is that where we're going now? So, I may not go through everything that's on this particular report in extraordinary detail, given that Brother John's students await... and we also have Theresa Riel here as well... for that recognition.   So really, Dr. Nasse asked me soon after the appointment, the role of acting Provost and Vice Chancellor of Workforce Development & Innovation Skills... you know, what are you thinking about and be prepared to have a conversation with me after... after 100 days, he goes... but really, you don't get 100 days, because you've been here for 10 years... [laughter] and so, really spent a lot of the last 10 weeks... today culminates 10 weeks, 68 days if you're actually counting... but 10 weeks of of really listening and learning but also um understanding perspectives, that in my current hold position really oftentimes didn't get to go into a deep dive on one of those, for example, is the shared governance component that I'll address... and so really, this is the opportunity for us right now,  with our Governing Board ,with our Chancellor,  who has set out a vision in the first 100 days   that really resonates with me, both in terms of how that vision was put together and conducted, but also how he's charged us, who report to him, with implementing it, in being really diligent about building on all of the successes that we've had at Pima Community College... we are known for example to be online... all... lots of other areas... we are known nationally for very many things... and at the same time I really appreciate the intentional focus from Dr. Nasse, around... and what are our outcomes, if teaching and learning is the core and the heart of the institution, which it is... then what are the results of those experiences for students   this conversation that we just had for example  about... we have these standards around PimaOnline...   what are... what are the expectations for all of the modalities? And how do we know that all of the learners who come to Pima Community College, no matter which modality they're choosing, or program type, are having that core experience that's not only about being taught but how do we know they are learning?   And what is the application of that learning to their career pathways, their transfer goals and dreams, and also, their role as citizens and participants in greater society. So, really been thinking intently during these 10 weeks, about what we need to do through the Provost Leadership Team, in service to those who report up to us, on reporting line in service, to ensure that we make things more seamless, more collaborative, more clear, than they already are... to ensure that we can focus on the heart and soul of the institution, which is teaching and learning... and that directed towards student success. So, really... who you have on the team really matters for that sort of direction, right? And so, we have the VPAA and the VPAO searches underway right now... Dr. Nasse and I've also been talking a lot about... I didn't realize this, but we have a... I don't know if it's his favorite book... it's one of my favorite books... but Jim Collins, "Good to Great"... really a classic with respect to organizational theory.. organizational improvement... and one of the terminologies on there... you've probably heard this before... the lexicon is, who you have on the bus, and in what seat, really matters when you want to go somewhere... and so, who we hire, right... especially in these sorts of roles... are among the most important decisions that we have to make. So, we're thinking about it very intently, and I want to thank all of the folks, some of whom are in this room... who have served on the search advisory  committees for those roles. We will soon, I hope, have an announcement around the VPAO and the VPAA role... that recruitment is still open and hope... we hope to have finality around that by the middle of May... preferably before faculty or 9-month go off contract. I'm not going to repeat all of the things that Dr. Arellano did with respect to the HLC monitoring report... I just want to thank her and all of you and the team for putting that together and the direction that we charted... so that we can have the data we need to show our best to the higher learning commission in January 2027. I need a sip of water, please pardon me. Shameless plug for 3 of my favorite vendors... Yeti, Ridge Wallets, and Shop Local Summit Huts... all right. [chuckles] For the upcoming academic year, right... context is important... a number of us... Emily, Theresa Riel, actually... Dr. Nasse, and myself, others... we were at a lunch, where it was the unification of two very important organizations within Tucson... that is Sun Corridor Inc, which is our regional economic development organization... if you want to know all about that afterwards... if you don't know what they do, talk to me... I'll be at Brother Jones as well... and Tucson Metro Chamber of Commerce, the oldest business organization... over 100 years old... 125, 126 years old... did something that most organizations like that don't do... they decided to set aside their egos and merge   as an organization and come together, so that they could drive economic growth through policy in our community. and really, when I think about all of the upheaval that we are experiencing, even just today, right from inside higher ed, the proposed budget from the Trump administration really, really is not friendly to higher education... and specifically to PELL recipients... what that's going to do for us... and it's really a challenge... time for us to come together... and we really need to... I'm going to skip over some of the demographics and economic development things now, so that I can remain on time... but that coming together can  really be better done through what the faculty leadership, both through AERC and faculty senate, have been persistent and consistent, and I mean in a good way, about we need better definition around what shared governance looks like and operates at Pima Community College. And at first, I admittedly said... what do you mean? We have policies, we have the groups, we have all of this structure... and it was... no, we really need to give clarity around the level of input versus the level of authority along a spectrum, that really better defines who makes what decision... how... and who gets to be involved in that process? If I'm misrepresenting your perspectives, faculty center leaders, let me know and I will be... I will correct... self-correct.  So really, we are going to be working... this is going out to... but we are going to be working together through this group... through AERC, and others, to better define shared governance... not only for faculty, but for everybody, including staff, right... and so, I will be leading the efforts with respect to the faculty direction on that... Dr. Aubrey Conover will be leading those efforts with respect to staff... and we are discussing whether or not we need to bring in a third-party expert to really help walk us through that process... or whether or not we have the ability, the capacity,   the bandwidth, and the trust, to be able to do  it internally without a consultant. And so, those are some of the things that we're thinking about there. In terms of the structure I've already talked about, just really, there's going to be second and third order impacts, right? After we bring on a Vice-Provost of Academic Affairs and a Vice-Provost of Academic Operations... there will certainly be other organizational considerations that we will be discussing... have been discussing...   even with some in this room... and making some key decision over the... decisions over the coming months the other piece of it is, and Dr. Nasse said this... it's all workforce development... whether it's transfer, whether it's workforce, whether it's short-term... yes... and we also really need to ensure that our outcomes are what they should be... the reality is that the majority of the students who attend Pima Community College say, they want to have a 4-year degree... and see us as the best vehicle to get there... that's why they chose us... but the reality is that the vast majority of those who say they want that 4-year degree don't get it... and so, what can we do better at Pima Community College to ensure that we are helping to fulfill those college dreams of all of the learners in our community... and so, really going to be looking at transfer rates, as well as... as some of the key out... some of the key outcomes... and finally, with education, I was going to touch on a little bit education and facilities master planning, and safe-guided pathways, and those sub-bullets for another day... we've talked about those in this context and other... others...   is really answering that question... who are we now? We're in a great place... we've got lots of great things going on... but given demographic challenges with respect to aging, perhaps now as we've seen changes in immigration patterns... because of the budget situation and the need to reduce annual operating expenditures... and because we are the community's best hope for upward mobility... what do we need to do to be the best 10 years from now... and 20 years from now, in a community and an economic development context? And so, we will be spearheading that effort starting in the fall... and it will be done in a shared governance manner with lots of collaboration and coordination... there is external facilitation on that process, it is the Smith group, who led that process 10 years ago for the education and facilities master plan... so, really starting to think about how can we execute on the centers of excellence that have already been stated in the 100 day report from Dr. Nasse? How do instructional models look today... and what do they need to look like 10 years from now, due to the impacts of things like generative AI? And then, how do we ensure that we are providing those career pathways to all of our learners with integrity, with fidelity, and most of all, with care and love? So, with that... I don't know if I have time for any questions, but we... but that that is a brief summary of my first 10 weeks. ---Denise Reilly: No we'll just give him a round of applause... [applause] Dr. Ian Roark, we agree with you on all that stuff, so much appreciated. I do want to take a moment to say... we have... we've done this both ways, but according to Robert's Rules of Order, we do not need a quorum to end the meeting... so, what I do want to say is thank you all... thank you faculty senators... thank you staff administration everybody who's in support of faculty senate... it is great to hear these updates... it's really great to be in this room to be honest with you...  and see so many of you... I hope that some of you   plan to attend the event at Brother John's, it's for everyone... so, at this point we are going to take a very short... let's see how about a 4 minute break... 4 minute break... so, 3:17 we will start to honor faculty emeritus... [unintelligible talking] ---Kelly O'Keefe: We are going to recognize some very important people that are with us today and a couple of people who are not with us today. So again, my name is Kelly and we have of course this, the cutest baby picture up here again, right... shout out to the grandfather there. [applause, chuckle] So, go to the next slide please. ---Dennis Just: Sure. ---Kelly O'Keefe: There we go... so the 2 faculty emeritus that were not able to join us today, and they really really wanted to... Elena Grajeda and Nan Schmidt... and both of them are traveling in their retirement... lucky ducks, right... so, let's give a round of applause for them even though they're not here today. [applause] So, we do have one of our esteemed guests here today, Theresa Riel... and I'm going to hand the mic over to our president, Denise Riley, to give us a little bit more information about Theresa. ---Denise Reilly: Thank you so much Kelly you can give her a round of applause, we're all applauding. [applause, chuckles] So, I'd like Theresa Riel to come on up... and you can stand right there... we've got our X marks the spot in my vision here. So, faculty emeritus is such an honor and all 3 faculty emeriti this year were honored at the April board meeting... received a big plaque, it was very nice... but since faculty emeritus actually starts and goes through faculty senate, and faculty nominate their colleagues for that... we thought it'd be nice every year to do an honoring at the end of the year for the faculty of emeriti for that year... of course those 2, the other 2 honorees are traveling internationally... cool, right? Okay... so, a few words about Theresa Riel, and then we are going to ask if anyone else has a minute and wants to say something... a few words... Theresa Riel has been at the college for over 22 years, has served over 22 years... she's a natural collaborator, problem solver, communicator, and phenomenal teacher... and those of you that got to work with her in the Math department, or closely at East Campus already know that... it wouldn't  surprise anyone to find out that during her tenure   she was committed and dedicated Math faculty,  with tons of leadership roles college-wide, and in the Math department... during her 10 years plus...  during her 10 years plus... sorry, change this here...   so, in addition to her time here at Pima, she also spent over 10 years in local public schools like elementary and middle schools... so yeah, we shake our heads, because we also know that typically our K through 12 teachers are, you know, underfunded and don't have as many resources, and that really is a heavy lift... so, that's Teresa here... so, she taught a plethora of Math courses in all modalities from Basic Foundational Math to Calculus to Differential Equations and possibly, probably, what I wanted to highlight here is, this is a true giver... so, in your retirement, you could be doing a lot of different things... and this woman right here, I met when she ran for Governing Board, which we thought... oh, my goodness, gracious, this is amazing... a former Math teacher and someone who really is dedicated to public education. And so during the last few years, she has single-handedly changed the dynamic of the entire Board, and has facilitated... yeah, I see the heads nodding... she has facilitated those in the highest leadership position at the college to communicate effectively, kindly, and really, really, really... just really push for change... but in such a positive way... and that's just been instrumental... and those of us that have been around a while, and watched our differing Governing Boards... and our differing leadership... can attest to the amazing work that she has done... and she's still doing, as you know, a Board Member right now... today, until 2028, is that correct? ---Theresa Riel: 20... yeah. ---Denise Reilly: Oh, yeah... I read it on the website... [laughs] until 2028... okay... so, we want to thank you and we really, as faculty senate, and faculty senate officers, we really want to recognize the great work done with faculty and faculty emeritus is just one of those honors... and it's not just about longevity at the college it's about your commitment to student success, your commitment to mentoring other faculty, and then, your commitment to further be a leader for the college, and work with folks like ourselves that just... you've just been like a ray of sunshine... and so, it has It's been a pleasure to work with you in this capacity... and we wanted to honor you... Rita is going to give a little gift here... we have a faculty emeritus, you see that blue apple... it's all there... and some flowers... and let's give her a round of applause. [applause] Oh, we have a standing... we could start that too... oh, you just... [laughing] I thought you were starting ovation... I'm saying yes, the wave... something here would be great... I want to give Teresa a minute... but I also, to speak... and I want you to... and to acknowledge the family members... it looks like you brought here today, to kind of watch you get this honor... so, you're not foreign to the microphone... [laughs] ---Theresa Riel: Thank you so much Denise... super sweet... one of my greatest pleasures being on the Governing Board has been getting back together with all the faculty and employees at the college... it was, you know, I think COVID hit everybody in different ways, but I retired, I was at home alone watching a bunch of TV... learned how to quilt... and then Makyla called me up in 2021, November of 2021... and she said "hey, long time ago you said that if you were queen you would do things differently... and we're just wondering if you want to run for the Governing Board?" And at first I said "well let me think about it"... I had a pro and con list, there were 3 things on the con side, sorry...   3 things on the pro side and a page on the con side... [laughter] but then the more I thought about it... I didn't include things like, getting to meet Denise, and the faculty senate exec committee... and you know, it's been just a pleasure... I knew you before, but I didn't... I didn't really know you... so, thank you for this award and thanks, free tuition... that's such a cool thing, right... free lifetime library card... so, thank you so much I appreciate it. Oh, my mom is here from the White Mountains... Joe Metzger... [applause] and my niece, Ruby O'Brien-Metzger... [applause] Ruby went to Pima her first 2 years... mostly at the East Campus... but at all of the Campuses... and she ended up getting a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the UofA... [cheers, applause] and so, she's one of your success stories... she only has great things to say about Pima and its faculty, and all of the support she got... so, you know, we live and breathe this every day... making significant impacts in young people's lives... so, thank you for doing all you do. [scattered applause] ---Denise Reilly: Thank you so much... a mic that works... [chuckles] oh, quick photo, we're getting this part down here. While we take this quick photo, just wanted to ask... we ave a few minutes so if anybody wants to come up and say a word about Teresa that would be great... come on up. [random talking] ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Okay... 1, 2, 3, smile. ---Denise Reilly: Okay... at Pima College... straight up here... so, here we go. ---Makyla Hays: Sorry... I wanted to say something about Teresa but I didn't want to jump in the picture... I was like, I'm just waiting... I called... when I was hired at East Campus, Teresa was in this corner office... right when I came to work... and she was always so happy to be there... she was just like... this is what I'm doing in my class, if you need anything just let me know and I'll help you out... and if you need notes... if you need this... this is how I do my test this is how I do my reviews... and I learned so much from her... and I was in this little closet area with no windows... I had a little tiny space, right across from the break room, so I saw everybody... but this tiny little office, I could say, fit one student in my office to work with me... and then some of our fun colleagues retired, I was sad  to lose Barb and Sue... but Theresa moved down the hall   and I got to move into her office, so I  got to be in her office for 6 years... and she always still would come down the hall and we  would just chat about class and how things would go, and how are we doing this... and it was the most welcoming thing like she watched my kids grow up,    from the time they were 1, now they're 15... and so, it's so cool to be your friend and to have you back at the college. And the one thing that has never ever changed you is how much you care about your students and the success they have... and so thanks for... [unintelligible] [applause] ---Dr. Jeffrey Nasse: Good afternoon... I was excited, I thought, am I really going to get through a meeting where I don't have to say anything? [laughter] I would be remiss if I didn't say something... so, I've only known Theresa 10 months or so? Not even quite a year... and I first met her as a candidate, right? And that was scary for me I was, you know, meeting the Board of course for the first time... but when I came to Tucson, and my wife was back in Florida, kind of, getting things settled... I didn't know anyone... I was all alone, literally knew no one here... and I met Theresa very early...   a couple days where I kind of hit the ground... and we met for coffee... and she just sat... and since that time...   yes, she's my boss, as a Board Member, for sure... but has been so supportive... giving me so much guidance about so many different things...  and continues to be just a great friend to me personally...   a great mentor, teaching me so much about the college... but also to my family, has really extended hand... I think it really speaks to you... first I love the faculty background, and how much you care about Pima... and gives you so much perspective and history... but just as a person, you're awesome, and you've been so supportive and so grateful for your friendship... so, thank you. [applause] ---Theresa Riel: You're a good friend, thank you. ---Denise Reilly: Now I think at this point, since I thought Matej was giving a standing ovation, I think we should just do it... because I think... [laughing, applause] that it's such an honor to have someone here this long, giving back... and continuing to give back... so, and of course  you and your mom and your niece are all welcome at Brother John's afterwards... is there anyone else  that needs to speak or are we closing up shop here.   ---Kelly O'Keefe: That's everybody. ---Denise Reilly: Oh, I'm sorry for that... okay, thank you so much  that's appreciated... [unintelligible] yes. And then we have another honor that we wanted to... we know you haven't left yet... [laughing] we know you haven't left... you still have a little bit left of time... she's going like... "what... why is my picture up there?" But as former faculty senate president, a long time ago... [chuckling] I don't know when... I get... well, I don't know how long ago... I'm like counting people... once upon a time ago... and someone who's been a staunch advocate for students as well... and here at Pima... we'd like to honor Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa... come on up... [applause] don't worry, there you go about it... [applause] In honor of this being our last faculty senate meeting of the year and our last faculty senate meeting that Dolores will be at... we thought it was going to be virtual, but how cool that we have in person, we decided to... yes... just kind of honor her with all her years of service and contribution from a faculty perspective here... so, we will take a picture right now... [chuckles] I think... trying to get this right... [chuckles] picture right now... but just, thank you so much for all your leadership, all your years here at the college in a faculty role, and then to move into Provost... and through... through a long time... through a whole decade, basically, here... so, and much longer time... has it been 20... how many years total? ---Mike Rom: Have them back up a little bit. ---Denise Reilly: 27 or 28? ---Mike Rom: Have them back up a little bit. ---Denise Reilly: Another round of applause for Dr. Dolores Duran-Certa. [applause] ---Kimlisa Duchicela: Back up a little and smush it in. ---Mike Rom: To the right a little bit... there you go, yeah. ---Kimlisa Duchicela: All right... 1, 2, 3... all right got it. [applause] ---Denise Reilly: Do you have any words that you would like to impart? ---Dolores Duran-Cerda: Yes. [unintelligible] ---Denise Reilly: I know I did, sorry... not sorry... sorry, not sorry.... here's a... here's one that works, here. ---Dolores Duran-Cerda: Thank you Denise this was a big surprise, so thank you so much for your words and your support... and your leadership as faculty senate officers... and actually my journey to administration started here at faculty senate, when I was a senator and then became president-elect and president... Diane Porter and Jeannie Arbogast remember those names? ---Unknown Voice: Yes, yes. ---Dolores Duran-Cerda: Yes, we were our little trio... so, it's been an amazing journey and I think about it every day... now that I'm going to be retiring on June 30th... and Pima has given me so many opportunities... and you are the heart and soul of Pima... and I thank  you for your support, your kindness, your diligence, your dedication to the success of our students... and Theresa, thank you... when I was interim chancellor, you really helped me and supported me and facilitated the process that I was... when I was there... so, I thank you... I'm very grateful for your leadership... and it's been an amazing experience and I will never forget that you're in my heart and I'm going to come and visit you... I was just sharing a picture still of the baby who's now 10 weeks old in the surrogate and it's exciting... [applause] I'm trying to do squats and and lifting weights in my arms, [laughing] so I can get strong to hold the baby... but anyway thank you again... and Pima's given me so much oppor... so many opportunities... but it wouldn't have been possible if it hadn't been for you... all of you... and I will miss you greatly... but I'll be around in Tucson... and I'll... maybe I'll pop in and see you... so, thank you. ---Denise Reilly: [applause] Thank you... I told her that the arm muscles will come very naturally to the baby over time. So, thank you so much for all joining us, please... and if you would like to join the after social... woo, woo... but this time we won't have to talk shop or watch any presentations or look at anything. Folks are meeting at Brother John's and it's open to everyone... so we hope to see you there. Have a great rest of your day... happy May.