A summary of the September 26, 2012 PAC meeting follows:

 

Addressing the Needs of Under-Prepared Students - At their last meeting, the Student Success Committee broke into groups to brainstorm on the six initiatives approved by PAC. At their next meeting, they will begin working on action plans.

 

Strategic Plan - The Strategic Plan Action Plans are being collected from the Deans to include in the annual report, which will be presented to the board on November 27.

 

Accreditation - The coordinating group will be meeting next week to develop a timeline. Faculty Senate has appointed representatives to the two workgroups for recommendations #2 and #4. A progress report is due to the board by the end of November.

 

Research - The Accountability Report for Community College (ARCC) will be presented to the board at the October 23 meeting.

 

Fullerton College Planning Process - The Budget and Planning Calendar is being updated, and a workgroup will be formed to draft the Integrated Planning Manual.

 

Enrollment Management Committee - The council suggested changes to the draft of the Enrollment Management Committee's mission and purpose. This item will be brought back to the next meeting.

 

On Thursday, September 27, the California Community Colleges Board of Governors announced the unanimous selection of former Los Rios Community College District Chancellor Brice W. Harris as the 15th chancellor to lead the 112-college system, the largest system of higher education in the country.

 

Harris was the longest-serving chancellor at Los Rios, with nearly 16 years at the helm, and led two local bond measures that funded facilities improvements and allowed the district to serve thousands of additional students. The Los Rios district includes American River, Cosumnes River, Folsom Lake and Sacramento City colleges, and enrolls more than 85,000 students each semester. Harris oversaw the establishment of the district's fourth college, Folsom Lake, and provided the vision that made it home to a regional performing arts center, which was recently renamed in his honor.

 

Harris previously served as president of Fresno City College, and was a faculty member and vice chancellor in the Kansas City community college system.

 

Harris has served on a host of local, state and national boards and commissions.  He was the first educator to serve as president of the Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and also served as president of the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization (SACTO).  Harris serves on the American Council on Education (ACE) board, and was a member of the California Community College Chancellor's Office Student Success Task Force. 

 

Harris did his post-doctoral study at the Harvard University Institute of Educational Management, received his doctorate in education at Nova Southeastern University, his master's in communication from the University of Arkansas, and his bachelor's in communication from Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

 

Harris lives in Fair Oaks with his wife, Barbara, who is an elementary educator and he has three adult children. He will begin his new assignment on Monday, November 6.

Health Services is offering the flu vaccine Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 9 am - 12 noon and 2 pm - 6:30 pm; and Fridays from 9 am - 12 noon and 2 pm - 4:30 pm. No appointment is necessary and the vaccine is free of charge for students and $20 for current faculty and staff. This year's flu vaccine protects against seasonal flu, as well as, H1N1. 

 
At risk for the flu are children younger than five, but especially children younger than two, adults 65 and older, pregnant women, and people with certain medical conditions.

This Tuesday, October 2, Fullerton College will screen the film Patriocracy at 5:15 pm in room 521. The film provides a non-partisan examination of Washington's dysfunction and explores the extreme polarization in America that cripples the country and prevents it from tackling its most serious problems.

 

After the film, a panel discussion at the University of Colorado, Boulder will be live-streamed for the audience. The panel will feature Mickey Edwards, former Republican Oklahoma Congressman; David Skaggs, former Democratic Colorado Congressman; and Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause.   

The Cadena Cultural Center is hosting its 4th Annual Sidewalk Art Festival on Thursday, October 4, from 8 am to 3 pm on the walkway between the 400 Science building and the PE Complex. The event is held in conjunction with California Arts Day.

 

California Arts Day was created by the California Arts Council and established by Proclamation of the Governor in recognition of National Arts & Humanities Month. The purpose of Arts Day is to demonstrate the role and value of arts and culture throughout California.

The Classified Senate is accepting nominations for the Fall 2012 Classified Employee Recognition Award during the entire month of October. Nominations may be submitted by administrators, faculty, staff or students, and are designed to recognize a classified professional that is knowledgeable, committed to the college mission, and has provided service that is above and beyond "the call of duty."  Nomination forms are available on the Classified Senate website  

 

The winner will be announced at the Classified Senate Meet & Greet, scheduled for  Thursday, November 15.  

Over 60 Fullerton College students registered to vote at last week's Register to Vote Day sponsored by the League of Women Voters.  

 

The Public Information Office won three bronze Medallion Awards at the recent National Council for Marketing & Public Relations District 6 Conference. The awards recognized the 2011 Annual Report, Buzz Newsletter, and Centennial logo. 

If just 2% more of Californians earned associate degrees and 1% more earned a bachelor's degree, our state's economy would grow by $20 billion, state and local tax revenue would increase by $1.2 billion a year and 174,000 new jobs would be created.  

 

Learn more at www.nocccd.edu/BudgetNews.htm.

Americans eat approximately 17.3 billion quarts of popcorn every year.