Academic Senate of...2017/11/09 · Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES UNAPPROVED Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., SU-137 MEMBERS: Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel

Academic Senate of

3600 M Street, Merced, California 95348-2898

(209) 384-6331

TO: Academic Senators and Staff

Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Stop #42 Area 5, Cohort A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Stop #46

Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Stop #42 Area 5, Cohort B Alana Perlin Stop #32

Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Stop #42 Counseling Isabel Cambridge Stop #10

Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Stop #42 Counseling Enriqué Renteria Stop #12

Area 2, Cohort A Travis Hicks Stop #35 Los Baños Scott Coahran Stop #53

Area 2, Cohort B Pam Huntington Stop #34 Los Baños Jazmin Serrano Stop #53

Area 2, Cohort B Keri Ortiz Stop #34 At Large Megan Igo Stop #42

Area 3, Cohort A Nikki Maddux Stop #38 At Large Ray Latham Stop #53

Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Stop #38 At Large Mai Meidinger Stop #42

Area 3, Cohort B Chris Pedretti Stop #33 At Large Gregory Soto Stop #19

Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Stop #37 Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Stop #35

Area 4, Cohort A Wanda Schindler Stop #37 Part-Time Faculty Stephanie Martin-Ward Stop #52

Area 4, Cohort B Michelle Pecchenino Stop #24 LRC Dee Near Stop #47

Area 4, Cohort C David Noblett Stop #24 Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Stop #34

Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris Stop #35

IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi Stop #42 Recorder Gabriela Garcia Stop #60

ASMC Cody Camacho Stop #55

CC: Chris Vitelli Stop #01 Joe Allison Stop #04

Brian Ellison Stop #06 Doug Kain Stop #42

Michael McCandless Stop #05 John Albano Stop #35

Jim Andersen Stop #38 Vince Piro Stop #34

Bobby Anderson Stop #37 Baba Adam Stop #60

Shelly Conner Stop #08 Arlis Bortner Stop #40

Brenda Latham Stop #53 Nancy Golz Stop #47

Raul Alcala Stop #12 Sylvia Ruano Stop #10

Regina Coletto Stop #59 Yer Yang Stop #12

Pamela Branch Stop #11 Patrick Mitchell Stop #42

FROM: Julie Clark (x6331)

SUBJECT: Academic Senate Meeting

DATE: Thursday November 2, 2017

ACADEMIC SENATE MEETING THURSDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2017; 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Student Union Meeting Room – 137 and Los Baños – B119 AGENDA:

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act)

3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF October 26, 2017 pg. 3-8

6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

A. Curriculum Committee – Myshel Pimentel B. IPRSLOAC – Edward Modafferi C. FLEX – Mai Meidinger D. Student Success – Carl Estrella E. Educational Master Plan Task Force – Julie Clark

7. SENATE PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Julie Clark 8. ACTION AGENDA

A. Resolution 13-17 AP Credit Hour – Myshel Pimentel pg. 9-11

9. BUSINESS A. 1st Reading: Resolution 14-17 Learning Communities Evaluation Process and Guidelines

Program– Myshel Pimentel pg. 12-16 B. Information: Tutoring Referral Button – Tomasia Drummond C. Information: Representatives Responsibilities on Shared Governance Committees – Julie

Clark D. Information: ASCCC Fall 2017 Plenary Briefing and Resources

http://www.asccc.org/events/2017-11-02-150000-2017-11-04-230000/2017-fall-plenary-session

10. PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Chris Vitelli

11. STUDENT’S REPORT – Cody Camacho

12. ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPEN FORUM A. Announcements B. Call for agenda items on the next agenda Thursday, November 30, 2017.

Items are due Tuesday, November 21, 2017 by 5:00 p.m.

13. ADJOURNMENT

Academic Senate Agenda 11-09-17

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Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES

UNAPPROVED Thursday, October 26, 2017

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., SU-137

MEMBERS:

Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Present Area 5, Cohort A Martina Marquez-Ramirez Absent

Area 1, Cohort A Caroline Dawson Present Area 5, Cohort B Alana Perlin Present

Area 1, Cohort B Carl Estrella Present Counseling Isabel Cambridge Present

Area 1, Cohort B Edward Modafferi Absent Counseling Enriqué Renteria Present

Area 2, Cohort A Travis Hicks Present Los Baños Scott Coahran Present

Area 2, Cohort B Pam Huntington Present Los Baños Jazmin Serrano Present

Area 2, Cohort B Keri Ortiz Present At Large Megan Igo Present

Area 3, Cohort A Nikki Maddux Present At Large Ray Latham Present

Area 3, Cohort A James Thornburgh Absent At Large Mai Meidinger Present

Area 3, Cohort B Chris Pedretti Absent At Large Gregory Soto Present

Area 4, Cohort A Kitty Cazares Present Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Present

Area 4, Cohort A Wanda Schindler Present Part-Time Faculty Stephanie Martin-Ward Present

Area 4, Cohort B Michelle Pecchenino Present LRC Dee Near Present

Area 4, Cohort C David Noblett Absent Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Present

Area 5, Cohort A Ralph Morris Present

STAFF:

IPRSLOAC Edward Modafferi Present Recorder Gabriela Garcia Present

ASMC Cody Camacho Present

GUESTS:

Chris Vitelli, Superintendent/President Michael McCandless, VP of Student Services

Vince Piro, Dean of Area 2 Regina Coletto, Acting Dean of Student Equity and Success

Patrick Mitchell, MCFA President Raul Alcala, Acting Dean of Student Services

Jon Stocker, Educational Media Specialist Nicki Harrington, Collaborative Brain Trust Team Member

Joey Merritt, Reference Librarian

1. CALL TO ORDER

Julie Clark called the meeting to order at 11:00 a.m.

2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA (An item may be pulled, but not added unless in compliance with Brown Act)

Approve the agenda.

M: K. Cazares S: S. Coahran Y: 24 N: 0 A: 0

3. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS

4. PUBLIC COMMENTS Pumpkin Story Time event will be on Friday October 27, 2017 at 1:00 p.m.

GUESTS:

Jon Stocker

Academic Senate Minutes 10-26-17 (Unapproved)

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5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of October 12, 2017 Remove: Item 2 on page 3, the statement about moving item 10 was from the

September 14, 2017 meeting. Correction: Item 5 on page 4, should say September 28, 2017 date instead of

September 14, 2017.

Approve the minutes October 12, 2017, with minor modifications.

M: S. Coahran S: T. Hicks Y: 23 N: 0 A: 1 K. Cazares

6. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES

A. Curriculum Committee – Myshel Pimentel At the next meeting they will be talking about a steering committee for the

curriculum part of eLumen and also a cutoff date for CurricUNET. At the first meeting of the special problems and independent study taskforce they mainly discussed some of the issues and questions people had. The Math changes will be on the next curriculum committee agenda. The changes will affect other programs and courses so there may be programs that will have to do a program change. The learning community evaluation guidelines will be coming to the next Academic Senate meeting.

B. IPRSLOAC – Edward Modafferi

At the last meeting they talked about some of the issues with the eLumen implementation. They are still on track but just ran into some issues with the data that needs to be uploaded.

C. FLEX –Mai Meidinger

The proposal forms have been sent out to everyone; some have already been received and the committee will be reviewing them in November. FLEX days will be January 11 and 12.

D. Student Success – Carl Estrella No report. E. Educational Master Plan Task Force – Julie Clark

No report.

7. SENATE PRESIDENT’S REPORT – Julie Clark The Fall Academic Senate Plenary is next week in southern California. Send comments

on the resolutions to Julie. Julie presented the rankings for the hiring prioritization; welding came in first and Math in second. Those interested in running for Academic Senate President or Curriculum Chair should contact Chris Gaugler.


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8. ACTION AGENDA A. Request for Sound Amplification, Students for Social Justice will be in the Merced

College IAC Amphitheater area November 3, 2017 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. – Cody Camacho

Approve the request for sound amplification on November 3, 2017.

M: G. Soto S: K. Cazares Y: 24 N: 0 A: 0

B. Resolution 11-17 Program Investigation on Humanities – Julie Clark

Approve Resolution 11-17.

M: C. Gaugler S: S. Coahran Y: 24 N: 0 A: 0

C. Resolution 12-17 Update to AP 4105 Distance Education – Ray Latham

http://www.mccd.edu/faculty-staff/online-classes/handbook.html Patrick Mitchell recommended that Senators vote this down and let the negotiations

committee handle this since the resolution involves some items that should be negotiated. Senators asked a lot of questions about the details of the resolution. Some concerns expressed included the requirements of the trainings, the fee that will have to be paid and that it may have to be negotiated, and the fact that the resolution went to College Council before coming to Academic Senate. Overall Senators agreed that the resolution is a good idea and necessary but there needs to be some cleaning of the language done and a lot more planning about the details of the trainings that will be required.


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http://www.mccd.edu/faculty-staff/online-classes/handbook.html

Approve Resolution 12-17.

M: C. Gaugler S: S. Coahran Y: 6 S. Coahran C. Gaugler T. Hicks R. Latham D. Near J. Serrano

N: 18 I. Cambridge K. Cazares G. Cuarenta-Gallegos C. Dawson C. Estrella P. Huntington M. Igo N. Maddux S. Martin-Ward M. Meidinger R. Morris K. Ortiz M. Pecchenino A. Perlin M. Pimentel E. Renteria W. Schindler G. Soto

A: 0

9. BUSINESS

A. 1st Reading: Resolution 13-17 AP Credit Hour – Myshel Pimentel The college is now required to have a formal policy on how credit hours and units

are awarded and must include the total learning hours in the course outline. Senators expressed concerns about the fact that zero out of class hours for labs are required since faculty feel that their students spend a lot more time.

B. Collaborative Brain Trust Listening Session with Academic Senate – Julie Clark

Representatives from the Collaborative Brain Trust were present and asked Senators for their input regarding the Educational Master Plan. Senators expressed some of their concerns and pointed out some things that would be important to address in the development of the Educational Master Plan.

9. RESIDENT’S REPORT – Chris Vitelli

No Report. 10. STUDENT’S REPORT – Cody Camacho

ASMC is trying to promote their food pantry; they will be sending some supplies to the Los Baños campus and are also considering donating food to Santa Rosa Community College due to the fires. ASMC supports and encourages the use of open source course materials.


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11. ANNOUNCEMENTS and OPEN FORUM A. Announcements

There is an art show at the art gallery on display until November 9, 2017.

B. Call for agenda items on the next agenda Thursday, November 9, 2017. Items are due Wednesday, November 1, 2017 by 5:00 p.m.

12. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 12:08 p.m.


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A B C D E

Cohort 1A Gabriel Cuarenta-Gallegos Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 1A Caroline Dawson Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 1B Carl Estrella Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 1B Edward Modaferi

Cohort 2A Travis Hicks Y Y Y Y Y

Cohort 2B Pam Huntington Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 2B Keri Ortiz Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 3A Nikki Maddux Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 3A James Thornburgh

Cohort 3B Chris Pedretti

Cohort 4A Kitty Cazares Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 4A Wanda Schindler Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 4B Michelle Pecchenino Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 4C David Noblett

Cohort 5A Ralph Morris Y Y Y Y N

Cohort 5A Martina Marquez-Ramirez

Cohort 5B Alana Perlin Y Y Y Y N

Counseling Isabel Cambridge Y Y Y Y N

Counseling Enriqué Renteria Y Y Y Y N

Los Baños Scott Coahran Y Y Y Y Y

Los Baños Jazmin Serrano Y Y Y Y Y

At Large Megan Igo Y Y Y Y N

At Large Ray Latham Y Y Y Y Y

At Large Mai Meidinger Y Y Y Y N

At Large Gregory Soto Y Y Y Y N

Part-Time Faculty Chris Gaugler Y Y Y Y Y

Part-Time Faculty Stephanie Martin-Ward Y Y Y Y N

LRC Dee Near Y Y Y Y Y

Curriculum Chair Myshel Pimentel Y Y Y Y N

A: Approval of Agenda Y Yea

B: Approval of Minutes 2017.10.12, with minor correction. N Nay

C: Approve request for sound amplification. A Abstain

D: Approve Resolution 11-17. Absent

E: Approve Resolution 12-17.

Voting Records Academic Senate

October 26, 2017


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Academic Senate of

MERCED COLLEGE

3600 M Street Merced, CA 95348-2898

Telephone (209) 384-6095

RESOLUTION

First Reading: October 26, 2017

Second Reading/Action (Date): November 9, 2017 Pass/Fail

RESOLUTION NO. 13-17

Subject: AP Credit Hour

Mover: Myshel Pimentel Division/Area: Curriculum Chair

Seconder: Caren Col-Hamm Division/Area: Area 4: Allied Health

Whereas Merced College has established consistent practices for awarding units of credit based

on a relationship between units and hours and has consistently applied those practices in

determining the number of units awarded per course;

Whereas California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Section 55002, requires creation of a formal

calculation document to define the relationship between units and hours as part of the College’s

curriculum development and approval process;

Therefore be it resolved Merced College Curriculum Committee recommends that the

Academic Senate recommend adoption of the Administrative Procedure Credit Hour to the

Board of Trustees.


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Book Administrative Procedures

Section 4000 - Academic Affairs

Title Credit Hour

Number 4XXX

Status Up For Revision

Legal Title 5 Section 55002

Title 5 Section 55002.5

Title 5 Section 55256.5

Title 5 Section 58050

Title 5 Section 58051

Merced College grants units of credit for courses based on a relationship between the number of units and the number of hours as

identified on the Course Outline of Record (COR). The table below shows the relationship of in-class hours and expected outside-

of-class hours for each instructional category offered at Merced College.

Instructional Category In-Class Hours Outside-of-Class HoursLecture

(Lecture, Discussion, Seminar, &

Related Work)1 2

Laboratory

(Traditional Lab, Natural Science

Lab, Clinical, & Similar)3 0

Work Experience1 unit of semester credit shall equal 75 paid hours work experience.

OR

1 unit of semester credit shall equal 60 non-paid hours work experience.

(§ 55256.5. Work Experience Credit)

To determine the Units of Credit for a course,* Merced College will utilize the formula:

[Total Contact hours + Outside-of-Class Hours] = Units of Credit

Hours-per-unit Divisor

Because Merced College follows an 18-week semester, the Hours-per-unit Divisor is 54. For example, a course that meets for 3 hours

each week would have 6 additional outside-of-class hours each week. The formula to determine the Units of Credit for this course is as

follows:

(54 + 108)/54 = 3 units of credit

The Course Outline of Record (COR) shall indicate the In-Class Hours, Outside-of-Class Hours, and the Total Student Learning Hours.

Short-term offerings of courses should adhere to the same hour/unit calculation as the 18-week equivalent course.

Merced College may elect to award credit in increments of .25 but not less than .5. For example, a course may be 2.25 units, but cannot

be less than .5 units in total. When increments are utilized, the College cannot award credits unless the total student learning hours

have reached the minimum threshold for that number of units. If application of the aforementioned formula resulted in 3.33 units of credit,


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the highest number of units the College could award for the course is 3.25. In order to reach 3.5 units, the College would need to adjust

the hours for the course.

The instructional categories defined above and the units of credit calculations are specific to the units a student can be awarded for a

Merced College course and should be separated from faculty workload considerations.

Definitions for terms used above:

Total Contact Hours: The sum of hours in a given term that a student is under the direct supervision of a professor or other

qualified employee as defined in Title 5, §58050-58051.

Outside-of-Class Hours: The sum of hours in a given term that students are expected to engage in coursework outside of the

classroom. Standard practice in higher education is that for each hour of lecture or related course format, students should

spend two hours outside of class. All other course formats, including laboratory, activity, clinical, studio, etc. must provide an

equivalent number of Total Student Learning Hours. The ratio of in-class to outside-of-class time should be defined appropriately

for the instructional category and should fall adhere to standard practices in higher education.

Total Student Learning Hours: The sum of Total Contact Hours and Outside-of-Class Hours in a given term.

*This applies to all Merced College courses except cooperative work experience courses. Cooperative Work Experience courses will

adhere to the hour requirements as define in Title 5, §55256.5.

Last Modified by Julie Clark on October 19, 2017


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Academic Senate of MERCED COLLEGE

3600 M Street Merced, CA 95348-2898 Telephone (209) 384-6095

RESOLUTION First Reading: November 9, 2017

Second Reading/Action (Date): November 30, 2017 Pass/Fail

RESOLUTION NO. 14-17

Subject: Learning Community Evaluation Process and Guidelines

Mover: Myshel Pimentel Division/Area: Curriculum Chair

Seconder: Sue Norris Division/Area: Criminal Justice

Whereas Academic Senate Resolution 2-10 identifies Learning Communities are a proven method for increasing student success and are an effective method of staff development for faculty; Whereas Administrative Procedure 4260.II.C.3 states that Learning Communities will be assessed at the end of every 6-years of offering; Whereas Merced College does not currently have established guidelines in place for the assessment of Learning Communities; Therefore be it resolved that Merced College Learning Communities adhere to the evaluation guidelines as established by the Merced College Curriculum Committee.


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Learning Community Review Guidelines

Recommendations for the Review Process:

1. The assessment will be completed by the faculty and dean(s) involved in

the Learning Community. The Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE) will

assist with the assessment.

2. The assessment will occur at the end of the semester for which the

Learning Community pairing is up for review. Only Learning Communities

that have been offered for six years will be assessed.

3. The results of the assessment will be reviewed by the dean(s) and faculty

teaching in the learning community. If the Learning Community crosses

areas, both deans will participate in the review in the discussion.

4. A follow‐up report will be generated at the conclusion of the review by

deans and faculty that includes a brief description of the discussion that

ensued, any recommendations for improving the effectiveness of the

learning community, and a decision to continue/not‐continue offering the

learning community.

There are three possible outcomes of the review:

i. Continue the Learning Community without Modification;

ii. Continue the Learning Community with Modification;

iii. Discontinue the Learning Community.

If the outcome of the review is to continue the Learning Community with

Modification, possible recommendations to strengthen a Learning Community

may include, but are not limited to:

iv. Staff Development

v. Improved Scheduling

vi. More Effective Advertising

vii. Other

5. A report generated by OIE will be sent to the Curriculum Committee as an

informational item upon conclusion of all Learning Community reviews

each semester in which Learning Community pairings are evaluated. This

report will be a general report that includes a summary of all learning

communities evaluated, not singling out any one Learning Community

Pairing.


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6. Subsequent Reviews:

a. If the Learning Community is deemed effective, the next review will

occur after the next 6 years of offering.

b. If recommendations are made to increase the effectiveness of the

learning community, a follow‐up review will occur after 2 more years

of offering the community.

Assessment Tools:

1. For the purpose of evaluating a Learning Community, success and

completion rates will be measured against the average of the non‐Learning

Community sections of the course. Institutional benchmarks for success

and completion will be used to guide the review.

2. A student survey will also be completed to help gauge the effectiveness of

the Learning Community. (See survey questions in Appendix A).


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APPENDIX A: Learning Community Sample Survey Questions

Students’ Feedback

a. Please indicate your level of agreement to the following statements about the

registration process (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree, N/A):

i. The registration process to enroll in all Learning Community Courses was easy.

ii. The registration process to enroll in all Learning Community courses was

successful.

iii. Comments

b. Indicate you level of agreement to the following statement about teaching and

collaboration (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree, N/A):

i. Collaboration across courses existed.

ii. Teaching was effective across courses.

iii. Assignments were aligned across courses.

iv. Connection was improved between faculty members and students.

v. Your academic and social opportunities were enhanced.

vi. You were more involved in the learning environment when compared to non‐

Learning Communities.

vii. Comments

c. How have Learning Communities helped you? (Select all that apply.)

i. Received higher grades

ii. Became a better student

iii. Received valuable feedback

iv. Increased motivation or self‐confidence

v. Increase knowledge in specific areas

vi. Learned better study skills

vii. Learned better time management skills

viii. Provided different point of view of perspective

ix. Provided a study partner(s)

x. Other (please specify)

d. Indicate your level of satisfaction with the course pairing in the Learning Community?

(Very Unsatisfied, Unsatisfied, Neither Satisfied or Dissatisfied, Satisfied, Very Satisfied,

Don’t Know/Decline to State)

e. Revisiting: Would you plan on re‐enrolling in a Learning Community in future semesters?

( ) Yes ( ) No ( ) Don’t Know/Decline to State Comments

f. Which of the College’s other student support centers have you visited? (Select all that

apply.)

i. Math Lab

ii. Study Central

iii. Tutorial Center


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iv. Library

v. ILC

vi. Never Visited

g. Location: Generally, where do you take most of your classes? (Select one.)

i. Merced Campus

ii. Los Banos Campus

iii. Off‐Campus Locations

iv. Distance Education/Online

h. Additional Comments

Faculty Members’ Feedback

a. Indicate your level of agreement to the following statement about teaching and

collaboration. (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree, N/A):

i. Collaboration between faculty members existed.

ii. Assignments were aligned across courses.

iii. Connection was improved between faculty members and students.

iv. Students’ academic and social opportunities were enhanced.

v. Students were more involved in the learning environment when compared

to non‐Learning Communities.

vi. Other (Please specify.)

b. In your opinion, how has the Learning Community helped students? (Check all that apply.)

i. Received higher grades

ii. Became a better student

iii. Received valuable feedback

iv. Increased motivation or self‐confidence

v. Increase knowledge in specific areas

vi. Learned better study skills

vii. Learned better time management skills

viii. Provided different point of view of perspective

ix. Provided a study partner(s)

x. Other (please specify)

c. In your opinion, how has the Learning Community helped you as an instructor?

d. Additional Comments


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Academic Senate of...2017/11/09 · Academic Senate of Merced College MINUTES UNAPPROVED Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., SU-137 MEMBERS: Area 1, Cohort A Gabriel