Academic Senate

Academic Senate

About the Committee

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Announcements

Guided Pathways Awards

Applications for ASCCC awards are now available on the ASCCC website. The deadline for the Exemplary Award is November 6th, 2017; the deadline for the Hayward Award is December 22nd, 2017; and the Diversity Award deadline is February 5th, 2018. Click the links below for more information about the Guided Pathways Awards program.

Change Leadership Summit

Senate Rostrum

Board of Governors Nominations

If you would like to nominate someone to the Board of Governors, visit this page to download a link to the application.

Annually the ASCCC calls for nominations for one of the two faculty seats on the Board of Governors. We seek your assistance in identifying outstanding faculty members who are knowledgeable about the issues facing faculty and others in the community colleges. While we are particularly interested in candidates who represent and who have shown commitment to issues of diversity, as you will see on the enclosed sheet, the Academic Senate has broadened the criteria to encourage leaders with a variety of experiences to consider applying for this position. Thus, it is important that all members of your faculty are aware of this opportunity to serve.

The Governor appoints members of the Community College Board of Governors. As you may be aware, two faculty members serve on the Board of Governors, serving staggered two-year terms. The Governor makes these faculty appointments from a list of recommendations put forward by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges. You can review the full policies and procedures here.

If you have any questions, please email info@asccc.org.

Role and Purpose

10+1 - Purpose of the Academic Senate

Title 5 §53200(b) states that the Academic Senate is to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. According to §53200(c), "academic and professional matters" means the following policy development and implementation matters:

  1. Curriculum, including establishing pre-requisites and placing courses with in disciplines;
  2. Degree and certificate requirements;
  3. Grading policies;
  4. Educational program development;
  5. Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success;
  6. District and College governance structures, as related to faculty roles;
  7. Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes, including self-study and annual reports;
  8. Policies for faculty professional development activities;
  9. Processes for program review;
  10. Process for institutional planning and budget development; and
  11. Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon between the Governing Board and Academic Senates.

Charge

The Senate is the sole voice of the faculty and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees or designee with respect to academic and professional matters [10+1]. District board policy states that the Board of Trustees shall rely primarily upon the recommendations of the Senate in these areas.

"Rely primarily" means:

  • Recommendations of the senate will normally be accepted
  • Only in exceptional circumstances and for compelling reasons will the recommendations not be accepted
  • If not accepted, board/designee shall communicate its reasons in writing, if requested (see Title 5.3 §53200)

Senate Charge Documents

Goals

  1. Focus on improving student success.
  2. Develop a process for the determination of appropriate class sizes.
  3. Foster a sense of community and improve collegial consultation and communication in college and district communities.
  4. Embed accredditation, assessment, curriculum, equity and program review into the culture of the college.
  5. Develop and focus on processes regarding new initiatives including Pathways and Dual Enrollment.

For more information, check out our Senate Goal Report.

Board Policies

Procedures

Chapter 4: Admin Procedures
Chapter 4: Board Policies
Chapter 5: Admin Procedures KCCD
Chapter 5: Board Policies KCCD

Awards

» About the Awards

Margaret Levinson Faculty Leadership Award

Kimberly Bligh - 2016/17 recipient

Kimberly Bligh

Jennifer Johnson, 2015-16 recipient

Jennifer Johnson

» Levinson Award Recipient List

» About the Award

» Award Guidelines

Shirley Trembley Distinguished Teaching Award

Reggie Williams - 2016-17 Recipient

Kenward Vaughan

Kenward Vaughan, 2015-16 Recipient

Kenward Vaughan

» Trembley Award Recipient List

» About the Award

» Award Guidelines

Nominations & Timeline

Statewide Academic Senate Awards

Fundraisers

Donations

Academic Senate Office Contact Information

Administration Building, Room 4
1801 Panorama Dr.
Bakersfield College

Phone: (661) 395-4300

Fax: (661) 395-4373

Tarina Perry, Administrative Secretary

Hours:
Monday-Thursday, 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
Friday: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Members

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Officers/Executive Board Members

Title Name Email Ext.
President
(2 yr term, ends Spring 2019)		 Steven Holmes sholmes@bakerfieldcollege.edu 4289
Vice-President
(1 year term, ends Spring 2018)		 Andrea Thorson athorson@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4216
Secretary
(1 year term, ends Spring 2018)		 Matt Garrett matgarre@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4586
Treasurer
(1 year term, ends Spring 2018)		 Charles Kim charles.kim@bakersfieldcollege.edu 2017
ASCCC Rep.
(2 year term- ends Sp. 2019)		 Deborah Rosenthal deborah.rosenthal@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4404
Member at Large Lisa Harding lharding@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4389
Administrative Secretary Tarina Perry tperry@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4300
Accreditation (AIQ) Co-Chair
(3 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 Jessica Wojtysiak jessica.wojtysiak@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4060
Assessment Co-Chair
(2 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 Dianthe "Di" Hoffman dianthe.hoffman@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4282
Curriculum Committee Co-Chairs
(2 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 Jennifer Johnson jlwilson@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4372
VACANCY    
Equal Opportunity & Diversity Advisory Committee Co-Chair
(2 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 VACANCY    
Information Systems & Instructional Technology (ISIT) Co-Chair
(2 year term, ends Spring 2018)		 Richard Marquez rmarquez@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4217
Program Review Committee Co-Chair
(2 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 Kimberly Nickell knickell@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4654
Professional Development Committee Co-Chair
(2 year term, ends Spring 2019)		 John Giertz jgiertz@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4544
Enrollment Management Co-Chair

 

(2 year term, ends Spring 2018)

 David Koeth dkoeth@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4674
Budget Co-Chair (Academic Senate President) Steven Holmes sholmes@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4289

Fall 2016-Spring 2018

Department Name Email Ext.
Adjunct Representative Glen Samples glen.samples@bakersfieldcollege.edu  
Allied Health Sarah Baron sarah.baron@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4447
Biology Chad Newton cnewton@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4085
BMIT Phil Whtiney

pwhitney@bakersfieldcollege.edu

 4042
Communication A. Todd Jones atjones@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4406
English Neal Stanifer nstanife@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4264
EMLS Susan McQuerrey smcquerr@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4587
Health & P.E. Carl Dean cdean@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4265
Industrial Technology Klint Rigby krigby@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4579
Math Michael Frdenberg michael.fredenberg@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4244
Nursing Shae Johnson shae.johnson@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4742
Performing Arts Robby Martinez robby@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4546
Philosophy Reggie Williams rwilliam@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4439
Physical Science Dan Kimball dkimball@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4242
Student Services Faculty Victor Diaz vicdiaz@bakersfieldcollege.edu  4052

Fall 2017-Spring 2019

Department Name Email Ext.
Academic Development Teresa McAllister teresa.mcallister@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4432
Agriculture Bill Kelly wkelly@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4097
Art Jeff Huston jeffrey.huston@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4693
Behavioral Science/Criminal Justice Karimeh Amin kamin@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4521
English Laura Peet lpeet@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4644
Family & Consumer Education Gayla Anderson gaanders@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4815
Foreign Language/ASL Qiu Jimenez yqiu@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4292
Industrial Technology Ron Grays rgrays@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4368
Library Matt Jones matt.jones@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4332
Math Kurt Klopstein kklopste@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4624
Nursing Alisha Loken aloken@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4420
Social Science Paul Beckworth pbeckwor@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4028
Student Services Barbara Braid bbraid@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4619

Other Committee Chairs

Title Name Email Ext.
Facilities & Sustainability Co-Chair (2 yr. term - Sp. 2018) Pam Kelley pkelley@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4419
Scholarship Co-Chair (2 yr. term - Sp. 2018) VACANCY    
Equivalency Committee Michael Ivey mivey@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4363
Shirley Trembley Distinguished Teaching Award Becky Head rhead@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4050
Margaret Levinson Faculty Leadership Award Nick Strobel nstrobel@bakersfieldcollege.edu 4526

 

Committee History

Meeting Times

Every other Wednesday, 3:30-5 p.m, Collins Conference Center. The full committee calendar for all BC committees can be found on the BC Committees Homepage.

Next Meeting

Academic Senate Meeting - September 27th, 2017

Last Meeting

Academic Senate Meeting - September 13th, 2017 Supporting Documents:

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