BOARD REPORT OCTOBER 11, 2018 SPECIAL REPORT TO THE PUBLIC Trustee Mary Graham reported that she recently participated in a Trustee Advisory Council meeting where information on the San Diego Promise was shared. She also attended Word by Word, a fundraising gala held on October 10 for the public radio show A Way With Words, where Trustee Maria Nieto Senour was honored along with California Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins and the Old Globe Theatre’s Artistic Director Barry Edelstein. Trustee Bernie Rhinerson reported that he will be participating in a meeting of the Community College League of California’s Advisory Committee on Legislation, which he chairs, on October 12 and that he is up for reelection to the Association of Community College Trustees Board of Directors at the 2018 ACCT Leadership Congress in New York, October 24-27.
The governing board of the San Diego Community College District is composed of 5 elected members and 1 student trustee position. The student trustee position is filled on a rotating basis.
Trustee Peter Zschiesche shared that he attended an October 4 Manufacturing Day event held at Liberty Station where San Diego City College’s Advanced Manufacturing program was featured and thanked Vice Chancellor Stephanie Bulger for facilitating his participation. He also reported that the Los Angeles Times recently published a story on the seriousness of climate change and he requested, and the Board of Trustees agreed, to consider adopting a resolution expressing the District’s support of environmental literacy. Chancellor Constance Carroll indicated that a resolution would be prepared for the Board’s consideration at the November meeting.
BOARD MEMBERS Mary Graham Rich Grosch Bernie Rhinerson (executive vice president) Maria Nieto Senour, Ph.D. (president) Peter Zschiesche
Trustee Maria Nieto Senour reported that she, along with City College President Ricky Shabazz, Mesa College Acting Program Manager Leticia López, and Continuing Education President Carlos Turner Cortez presented on the District’s social justice initiatives at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Annual Conference held October 6-8 in Atlanta, and suggested that the presentation be shared at the next meeting of the Trustee Advisory Council. She thanked Director of Communications and Public Relations Jack Beresford for his assistance with the presentation and also thanked Executive Vice Chancellor Bonnie Ann Dowd and Vice Chancellor Lynn Neault for facilitating a recent visit with the team working on the Campus Solutions project.
STUDENT TRUSTEES Sofia Castellani-Staedler Alana Mahal Bermodes Susana Molina-Bibian
Chancellor Constance Carroll recapped several final items of state legislation that were recently signed into law by Governor Brown in addition to SB 1406 and SB 577: AB 2785 (requiring California’s community colleges to provide “reasonable accommodations” for lactating students); and AB 3186 (requiring community colleges to let contracts of $50,000 or more to the lowest responsible bidder or else reject all bids). The Chancellor reported that fall enrollment (FTES) is on track to reach the new targets, with 1% fewer class sections overall, and with somewhat lower productivity than desired. Also, Intersession and Spring Semester enrollment planning is underway, again with fewer class sections aligned with the reduced target level of 40,004 FTES for the year. Dr. Carroll congratulated Trustee Maria Nieto Senour for being honored by the public radio show A Way with Words. Last, the Chancellor shared her report with Vice Chancellor Will Surbrook who introduced the District’s new Director of Legal Services and EEO, Ljubisa Kostic. Student Trustee Alana-Mahal Bermodes reported that members of the City, Mesa, and Miramar College Associated Student Governments will be participating in Brown Act training on October 12 at City College, and that she attended a tour of Feeding San Diego with Trustee Peter Zschiesche.
CHANCELLOR Constance M. Carroll, Ph.D. (secretary to the board)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAN DIEGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT 3375 CAMINO DEL RIO SOUTH SAN DIEGO, CA 92108-3883 619-388-6957
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