Board Minutes - Santa Rosa Junior College

12. ENHANCING THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS PROGRAM
Peg Saragina, Coordinator, International Student Program will make a presentation on plans
proposed to enhance and expand the International Student Program at Santa Rosa Junior
College. She noted the purpose of the program is to provide more global perspective for local
students, increase diversity among the student population and increase revenue for the
college. Her presentation included statistics on international student enrollment in top US
states, F-1 visa students in several California community colleges including SRJC and the
revenue generated. She then outlined the first steps in moving forward to expand the current
program at SRJC.
13. STATUS REPORT ON BOARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PROGRAM
APPROVAL AND EVALUATION
Mary Kay Rudolph, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Terry Shell, past president of the
Academic Senate, provided a status report of the first year of implementation of the policies
and procedures for Approval of Certificates and Majors and for Program Review, Evaluation,
Revitalization and Discontinuance. Terry presented the Academic Senate’s perspective and
reviewed the consultative process with the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Mary Kay
Rudolph noted the in-depth review and scrutiny of data regarding transfer options, student and
community needs and financial implications in making recommendations. This review will
continue with further recommendations forwarded from EPCC.
14. OUT-OF-STATE TRAVEL REPORT
Doug Roberts, Vice President of Business Services reviewed the out-of-state conferences and
meetings attended by district employees and the actual cost to the District,
15. REPORTS
A. Academic Senate
Robin Fautley gave the following report:
•meetings have been held regularly over the past month to discuss the Teaching Fellows
Program, that will be funded through the anonymous gift of $5 million to SRJC. Among the
discussion is how it will be set up and how will students be recruited, connecting students to
mentors, and shepherding students through the educational experience.
•Continued discussions about grants including recent participation in meetings on National
Science Foundation and Hanover grants.
•Attention is on events of this week: the Circle of Honor, the new faculty orientations for
regular and adjunct faculty, events scheduled for Professional Development Day.
•Robin looks forward to the beginning of a new academic year.
B. Classified Senate
Debbie Weatherly reported the following:
•the classified staff are looking forward to the Professional Development Day, that will include
the entire college staff meeting together on one campus throughout the morning. On Monday
Debbie attended a workshop on appreciative inquiry that will be the method used during the
breakout sessions.
•The Classified Senate is planning to join with Staff Development to set up a mentoring
program for classified staff. They will be recruiting seasoned staff members to team up with
new members of the classified staff.