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Dear Faculty Colleagues,<\/p>\n
Welcome back! Are you as excited about the Spring 2020 semester as I am? I hope your break was restful and rejuvenating, and that you have wonderful things to look forward to this semester.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the first Senate Standard of the new decade!<\/p>\n
12\/13\/19 Senate Meeting \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Because of the break, we are a little behind on posting minutes. They are out for approval now, and I will have them available in the next Senate Standard.<\/p>\n 1\/24\/20 Senate Meeting \u2013 noon to 2pm \u2013 HBC 301<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This is the SECOND CALL for agenda items for our January meeting. Please send any issues you\u2019d like added to\u00a0\u00a0facultysenateofficers@austincc.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 before end of business January 15. I\u2019ll be posting the agenda to you all early next week.<\/p>\n The Academic Master Planning (AMP)<\/strong>\u00a0process will kick off Tomorrow, January 15, with meetings for Department Chairs, Deans, and the Steering Committee. The Faculty Senate requested more representation in the AMP process, and was pleased to be offered several spots on both of the groups overseeing this work. We now have Senate representatives on the Steering Committee (Wayne Butler, Samantha Croft, and Yam Tolan) as well as on the Executive Committee (Missi Patterson). Please reach out to these Senate representatives if you have thoughts about the AMP process. In addition, you can keep an eye on all that is being done on the new\u00a0AMP website<\/a>. Reach out to your department chair or dean if you want to be a part of your Area of Study team!<\/p>\n Thanks to Dr. Rhodes!<\/strong>\u00a0At our December 13th<\/sup>\u00a0Senate meeting, the Senate voted to formally thank Dr. Rhodes for his December 10 memo on ACC Values. We have now sent an email to Dr. Rhodes sharing our appreciation for his work highlighting collaboration at the college, and also shared our gratitude at last night\u2019s ACC Board meeting.<\/p>\n ACC Board Meeting \u2013 1\/13\/20 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0agenda<\/a><\/p>\n Items of note from the meeting:<\/p>\n \u2022 An agreement with KRLU (Austin PBS) has been signed. They will move in to Highland Campus in Fall of 2020, and will begin partnering with ACC to offer opportunities for students and others.<\/p>\n \u2022 A report was given on the success of the\u00a0TAMU Chevron Engineering Academy<\/a>. It ensures that ACC students have automatic admission into the Texas A&M Schools of Engineering if they successfully complete this program. Do you have students who want to become engineers? Let them know about the program – applications are open now!<\/p>\n \u2022 The ACC board approved a list of Federal Legislative priorities. You can take a peek at the agenda above to see the complete list.<\/p>\n \u2022 The board also approved some new local policies on preventing Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation for both employees and students. You can see the specific language adopted in the agenda above.<\/p>\n \u2022 SCHOLARSHIPS!!!<\/strong>\u00a0Something I learned at the board meeting is that the ACC Foundation has ONE APPLICATION for all 700 scholarships they offer our students. Applications open on January 15, so please let your students know about them. There is help to complete the applications available at every ACCelerator. Students can view\u00a0THIS PAGE<\/a>\u00a0to see the application, and to get help to apply.<\/p>\n Academic and Student Affairs Council (ASAC) items out for comment [due February 3, 2020]<\/strong><\/p>\n The items below are available for review and comment by College employees.\u00a0 These items are posted on the\u00a0ASAC website<\/a>.\u00a0 (https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/asac\/<\/a>).\u00a0 Comments may be entered into the related comment form (link to comment form found directly above Items Under Review drop-down menu, and beside each individual item). You can review the email from JoAnn Nunez on January 6 entitled \u201c[ACC Employees] Academic and Student Affairs Council Items Open for Comments\u201d for more details. You may now comment on:<\/p>\n \u2022 Proposed Modifications to Certain Processes Related to Dual Credit<\/p>\n \u2022 Proposed Institutional Definition of a Student<\/p>\n \u2022 Proposed Revisions to Administrative Rule 4.04.021 – Assessment, Placement and Remediation Requirements for ESOL<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I hope you all have a spectacular semester! Please let me know how I can help you in your quest to best serve our students.<\/p>\n Best,<\/p>\n ++missi patterson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE SENATE STANDARD – ISSUE 17 ACC Full-Time Faculty Senate Website Dear Faculty Colleagues, Welcome back! Are you as excited about the Spring 2020 semester as I am? 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New Action Items [please check due dates below!]<\/strong><\/h2>\n