Minutes 11-1-2007

Student Development Committee
Meeting Minutes, submitted by Pattie Hill
Sylvania, Cedar Room
November 1, 2007

Attendees:  Stephen Arthur, Laurie Bales, Cami Bishop, Stedman Burroughs, Laurie Chadwick, Heidi Edwards, Joe Fischer, Pattie Hill, Erin Petrequin, Amber Stoecklin, Joanne Suguitan, Dee Wilson

Icebreaker, introductions and welcome to new members and visitors

EAC Update—Heidi Edwards reviewed the following approved recommendations.

  1. Tobacco Taskforce—Tobacco policy issue still alive despite Smoking Recommendations approved on 9/26/07. Joe Fischer considers it a student conduct issue and recommends that public safety ticket offenders to effectively enforce existing tobacco policy. Student government will focus on education, and the Union has also formed a taskforce to examine issue.
  2. Textbook Taskforce—Laurie Bales reported that bundling of texts and complementary materials is no longer permitted by legislation passed in June 07. The bookstore continues to try to control costs by educating faculty, creating a bigger used book market, and investigating alternative purchasing options, such as custom publishing. Erin Petrequin says that the library is also sensitive to text-related costs and is working with instructors through the Copyright Clearinghouse to get reduced cost materials, though only limited funds are available for that purpose.
  3. Credit for Prior Learning—More information will be available shortly.
  4. Honors Taskforce—EAC is forming taskforce to go forward with develop district-wide honors program, and is looking for representation from campuses other than Sylvania.

Other Updates:

  1. Bursar: Dee Wilson reported that Parking & Transportation has purchased 500 term bus passes per campus to provide a $25,000 subsidy per term. Monthly permits will no longer be subsidized, but can be charged to student accounts on the 50/50 payment plan. Faculty and staff may purchase bus passes through pre-tax payroll deductions.
  2. Dee also reported that there may be future discussion of registration fees rather than admission fees. New photo ID cards are required for purchase of the subsidized bus passes; many students have had difficulty getting one due to erratic hours. Joe and Dee will talk to Veronica Garcia about posting hours for photo ID application at the district’s Registration offices. There are no plans to issue photo IDs to non-credit, ESL or ABE students.
  3. Library: Erin Petrequin reported that the Library is also pushing for the use of photo ID for library services. Library is now using the same computer reservation system used by CRC to provide uniform access for students. Students have $25 printing on account automatically. Dee will find out which account pays for students printing fee and whether other campus areas can opt in. Erin will get additional updates from Donna Reed, new Director of Library Services, for our next meeting.
  4. Title III: Heidi reported on the MyPCC upgrade that will provide a superior email and calendar host and greater simultaneous client access as of Tuesday, November 13. The system will be down from Users will be required to create a new security question.

Discussion:

Should the SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) be added to Students Rights and Responsibilities? While most students first become aware of SAP when they are in Financial Aid warning or disqualification, Joe Fischer stated that the SRR is probably not the appropriate place for it. After extensive discussion the committee identified Satisfactory Academic Progress in regards to Financial Aid Standing to be a primary retention issue that needs to be communicated and clarified in a variety of contexts and media, in print MyPCC, Panther Tracks, and on-line orientation. The Committee will form a taskforce to work on this issue.

Cami Bishop announced that the SDC needs to recruit faculty, and asked SDC members to make suggestions before the next meeting if possible.

SDC will meet on 1st Thursday of the month and rotate among campuses.  The next meeting will be on December 6 from 2:00-4:00pm at Rock Creek campus, location to be announced.

Other Issues for discussion tabled until next meeting:

  1. Grading policy
  2. Pass/No pass
  3. Drop v. Withdrawal deadline
  4. Interim suspension

New agenda items for discussion:

  1. Cafeteria
  2. Boards, Bikes & Blades
  3. CPN
  4. New ID cards and sustainability