ASC President Blog
Over and Out!
We have a part time representative position on the Academic Senate Council! Thank you so much to everyone who voted to change the ASC constitution and by-laws! While much of the changes were ‘clean up’, I’m so excited that we now have a part-time representative on the ASC. Thank you to Amanda Choi (former part-time…
One more week – still lots to do!
In our 15th week of the semester, there always seems to be a flurry of tasks to get done! There are also the big decisions: Which things from my list should I finally make space to complete? Which should I put on my list for next semester? Which ideas that seemed good at one point…
April showers bring …
Graduation Celebration!! I’m looking forward to sharing a few of our faculty words of wisdom with the 2021 CCC graduates. It’s a 2 minute recorded speech, and I have received a bunch of great ideas already. Please send along any you’ve been holding onto today (Friday) to my email. I have to turn in the…
Bonus Blog! Reminders that remind us about making progress in our processes
I’m writing today because there are so many reminders about various processes to share. I notice, though, that most of these align with positive steps in making our work towards racial and social justice more systematic. On July 1, 2020, CCC’s Academic Senate Council passed 21 powerful resolutions that set the course for intentionally institutionalizing…
Committees, Hiring, Appointments: A busy mid-April missive
Appointments to campus-wide committees – one year mark Your ASC is trying to improve communication about faculty service on campus-wide committees. Remember that the idea of participatory governance is that we believe decisions affecting our college’s work for students are better made when perspectives from all of us are considered. If faculty voice is missing…
Bringing our hearts to our work and each other
Support our Asian Pacific Islander community CCC’s Academic Senate Council is absolutely committed to anti-racism, and these recent events directed against the API community remind us of the need to stay committed to this and how essential it is to be supportive of each other. I cannot know how it feels to feel targeted as…
March 12 : Four important things
Submit Questions! Vice President of Business and Administrative Services Since there will be virtual fora for the finalists for the position of VPBAS, we need to have some questions to pose ahead of time. I’ll be meeting with Dr Bell and the other constituent leaders (classified and student) on Monday. We will select a good…
The 5th week already?!
Please make time for Joint anti-racism forum at DVC Monday Although only 12 folks from CCC have taken the anti-racism pledge so far this month, I know that we actually have so many more personal and professional commitments to this work here at the college! Please take a moment to share your own plans and…