What’s happening now – April 28-May 3, 2013
Highlight from Audio-Video page
Calendar Committee Meeting (April 25, 2013) (video)
- 2013-2014 Academic Calendar w/ a Winter Intersession was approved to go before the Board Trustees on May 1st.
- VP Bob Bell indicated that the calendar was sitting on his desk awaiting the signatures of himself, Bob Miller, and Mark Rocha to be placed as a consent item on the May 1st Board of Trustees agenda. (12:00)
- Matt Hennes, in a conversation with Mark Rocha, indicated that the latter had stated that Winter was “still on the table.” (39:40)
Highlights from “Interesting Reads”
- Students Ready to Fight Bill that would create higher-fee classes (LA Times, April 20, 2013)
- Long Beach City College Associated Student Body Vote of No Confidence on Board of Trustees (April 15, 2013)
- Austerity Education: The Real Agenda of Pathways, (Professional Staff Congress of City University of New York, Oct. 2012)
Save the date
Board of Trustees Meeting, this Wed. May 1 @ 6:45pm – Senate’s Vote of No Confidence to be delivered; get board packet and agenda here.
Info for Adjunct Faculty:
If you fall below your regular teaching load this year, you can apply for unemployment on or after the last day you have taught. Get more information here.
Info for new Full-Time faculty
If you have worked at another district prior to working at PCC, don’t forget to let HR or Fiscal Services know that you would like them to inform CalSTRS to transfer your sick leave to PCC. Also remember that what you don’t use before you retire will be worked in (“converted”) to your retirement benefit when you do. For more info from CalSTRS, click here.
Three new FA webpages in the works
An important message from FACCC – action requested
FACCC urges phone calls by April 30 to the Senate Education Committee advocating a NO vote on SB 520. Leave a message for the senators that MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) do not substitute for lower division courses in California Community Colleges.
Senator Lou Correa: (916) 651-4034
Senator Loni Hancock: (916) 651-4009
Senator Ben Hueso: (916) 651-4040
Senator Bob Huff: (916) 651-4029
Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson: (916) 651-4019
Senator Bill Monning: (916) 651-4017