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DO HAVE A QUORUM.>> SPEAKER: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
[1. Procedural]
SPEC YES, WE DO HAVE QUORUM.>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO THE MARCH 3 CERRITOS COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.
WILL BEGIN WITH OUR ROLE CAR -- ROLL CALL.
>> SPEAKER: BOARD PRESIDENT JAMES CODY BIRKEY?
>> SPEAKER: BOARD VICE PRESIDENT CHIN LOU?
>> SPEAKER: BOARD CLERK CARMEN AVALOS?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE MARIANA PACHECO?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE MARISA PEREZ?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE SANDRA SALAZAR?
STUDENT TRUSTEE JOHNNY WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: AND SUPERINTENDENT?
DR. SHIN LIU WOULD YOU PLEAD -- PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> SPEAKER: PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WOULD ANYONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS LIKE TO REORGANIZE THE AGENDA ANY WHICH WAY? SEEING NONE, MOVE TO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
ANDREA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS SUBMITTED FROM THE AUDIENCE?
>> SPEAKER: NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE STRAIGHT ON TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE GROUPS.
BEGINNING FIRST WITH PRESIDENT VALERY ESCOBAR.
OTHERWISE WE WILL GO TO JOHNNY WALLACE TRUSTEE WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE WALLACE, IS THERE A REPORT?
>> SPEAKER: A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK.
JUST CHECKING TRUSTEE WALLACE TO SEE IF THERE IS A REPORT TONIGHT.
I WAS HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH MY LAPTOP.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT THE SENATE FOR TODAY, WITHIN A SEC HAS INAUGURATED A NEW ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ASSOCIATE JUSTICE CONTRARINESS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MOVING UP IN LEADERSHIP, STUDENT LEADERSHIP.
ALSO THERE IS AN UPCOMING WEBINAR FOR THE COURAGEOUS LEADERSHIP WEBINAR SERIES THAT IS COMING, ORIGINATING FROM CHANCELLOR OAKLEY'S OFFICE.
IT IS THE FOOTHILLS COLLEGE THAT WILL BE PRESENTING MARCH 18 AT 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON.
I WILL BE PROVIDING THE CHAT, IN THE CHAT, THE REGISTRATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER FOR THAT EVENT.
ALSO, I MADE A SENATORS AWARE OF THE ASSEMBLY BILL 1216 FROM THE STUDENT TRUSTEE CAUCUS RECOGNIZING STUDENT TRUSTEE RIGHTS AS AN INITIATIVE, AS AN IMPERATIVE IN FRANCHISING ALL VOTERS THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION SYSTEM.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: PRESIDENT DENNIS FALCONE.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, SUPERINTENDENT FIYERO, PRESIDENT BERKEY, HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES.
IN THE SPIRIT OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, ALLOW ME AS FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT DENNIS FALCONE, A MEXICAN YAQUI ACKNOWLEDGE THE LAND OF THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESENCE OF ANY TONGVA KEYS IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
AS WE MEET TO LIVE AND WORK HERE TONIGHT.
AS YOU WILL HEAR TONIGHT FROM THE FACULTY OF CERRITOS COLLEGE, THROUGH ITS FACULTY
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SENATE AND THE MANY COMMITTEES THAT DO THE WORK OF THE SENATE, WHO CONTINUE TO WORK PROFESSIONALLY AND EFFECTIVELY ONE YEAR INTO THE COVID PANDEMIC, COMMITTEES SUCH AS THE SABBATICAL LEAVE COMMITTEE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PROFESSOR JULIE DAVIS.THEY HAVE WORKED HARD TO PROMOTE THE ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COLLEAGUES TO ENSURE THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY CONTINUE TO LEARN AND TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HONOR OF THE COLLEGE, IT STUDENT AND THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.
THE SENATE IS CONTINUING TO WORK IN THE AREAS OF FACULTY SERVICE AREAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL FACULTY HIRED AT THE COLLEGE ARE CORRECTLY RECOGNIZED TO TEACH IN THE AREAS OF THEIR EDUCATION EXPERTISE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ESPECIALLY RECOGNIZE THE LEADERSHIP OF SENATOR TIM WHO TIA AND A PROFESSOR APRIL BACCA MONTES IN THIS AREA.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO PROFESSOR NICK MATTHEWS WHO IS LEADING THE SENATE HIRING STANDARDS COMMITTEE, DOING IMPORTANT WORK THAT WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THE COLLEGE WILL CONTINUE TO HIRE THE BEST FACULTY AVAILABLE TO JOIN US AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
AND FINALLY, I AM FORTUNATE TO WORK WITH CAMPUS LEADERS REPRESENTING THE CSEA AND TONIGHT AND WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS HAPPENED YET.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT TO HER LINDA LOPEZ, MY COLLEAGUE, THE FIRST LATINA PRESIDENT AS FAR AS I KNOW OF THE CSEA IN THE HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE TREMENDOUS STRIDES AND INROADS INTO PROMOTING DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.
AND OF COURSE TO MY COLLEGE LYNN WANG, ALWAYS MY GOOD BUDDY.
A LOT OF PRESIDENTS ON THIS CAMPUS, AREN'T THERE? LYNN AND I AND THE CC FF AND THE FACULTY SENATE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND WORK VERY CLOSELY DURING THESE TIMES AS WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE IN OUR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES FOR OUR CONSTITUENT GROUPS.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
CCF PRESIDENT -- CT FF PRESIDENT DR. LYNN WONG.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERKEY AND THANK YOU DENNIS FOR YOUR REPORT.
TRUSTEES, CC FF WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THE FEDERATION IS EXPERIENCING WHEN REQUESTING ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR OUR UNIT MEMBERS WHO ARE UNDER DISCIPLINARY AND/OR TITLE IX INVESTIGATION.
MORE RECENTLY, THE DISTRICT HAS MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE FEDERATION TO REPRESENT OUR BARGAINING UNION MEMBERS.
FURTHERMORE, THE DISTRICT HAS IMPOSED A QUOTE UNQUOTE INTERIM TITLE IX POLICY WITHOUT ASKING FOR INPUT FROM THE FEDERATION.
THIS INTERIM POLICY WAS ADOPTED ON AUGUST 14, 2020, WHICH WAS THE FRIDAY BEFORE ACADEMIC YEAR OFFICIALLY STARTED.
SINCE THIS POLICY WAS ADOPTED BEFORE THE FALL SEMESTER, MOST OF THE FACULTY WERE NOT ON CAMPUS.
THEREFORE, FACULTY INCLUDING CC FF WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON SUCH POLICY.
THE FEDERATION DEMANDED TO BARGAIN OVER THE IMPACTS ON FACULTY OVER THIS NEW POLICY AS EARLY AS OCTOBER OF 2020.
HOWEVER, THE DISTRICT REFUSED.
CC FF WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGE TO THE INTERIM TITLE IX POLICY:
ONE, TO PROVIDE NOTICE -- >> SPEAKER: ARE WE NEGOTIATING HERE OR ARE YOU PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENTS? NEGOTIATION SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NEGOTIATION TABLE.
>> SPEAKER: WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING HERE BUT I JUST TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT.
>> SPEAKER: THE BOARD UNDERSTANDS THE CONTEXT.
I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SAVE THE SPECIFICS OF YOUR REQUEST FOR THE NEGOTIATION TABLE.
ALL IN ALL THE UNIONS HAVE THE DUTY TO REPRESENT ALL BARGAINING UNION MEMBERS UNDER THE EERA.
THE REASONS WHY CC FF WOULD LIKE THIS LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THIS POLICY IS BECAUSE THE DISTRICT IS REFUSING TO ALLOW FEDERATION INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT PENDING INVESTIGATION INVOLVING FACULTY, WHICH IS UNLAWFUL PERCENT -- PREVENTING THE ADVANCING ITS MEMBERS REPRESENTATION.
IN THE INTEREST OF PROMOTING HARMONIOUS LABOR RELATIONS, CC FF ENCOURAGES THE DISTRICT TO CONSIDER OUR FEEDBACK FOR THE INTERIM TITLE IX POLICY POSTED ON THE CERRITOS COLLEGE WEBSITE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU, DR. WONG.
AND NOW CSEA RESIDENT YOLANDA LOPEZ.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND GUEST.
IT IS GOING TO BE PRETTY BRIEF.
WE ARE JUST ENTERING OUR 2020/2021 NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE PRESENT TODAY.
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THIS WILL BE THE FIRST VIEWING.WE ALSO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR JANUARY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AND WE WILL HAVE RECOGNITION FOR THAT EMPLOYEE AS WELL.
WE ARE STILL WAITING ON OUR RETURN TO WORK IN LU AND WE DO HOPE FOR A POSITIVE DIALOGUE AND WE HAVE HAD POSITIVE DIALOGUE WITH THE DISTRICT SO WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT.
TO DENNIS, NOT ONLY AM I A LATINA BUT MY FAMILY IS -- HAS VERY INDIGENOUS ROOTS SO WE ARE NOT YAQUI, WE ARE PART OF THE TRIBE.
MY FAMILY COMES FROM VERY INDIGENOUS BACKGROUND, MY PARENTS DID NOT SPEAK SPANISH.
THEY ACTUALLY SPANISH WAS THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE.
THEY SPEAK SUPPLE TECO WHICH IS A DIALECT.
THEY HAD TO LEARN DIALECT -- HAD TO LEARN SPANISH AND THEN ENGLISH.
THAT IS WHERE OUR INDIGENOUS ROOTS TAKE FROM SO I TAKE MUCH PRIDE AND HONOR BEING THE FIRST LATINA CSA PRESIDENT AND I HOPE NOT TO BE THE LAST.
I JUST LEAVE YOU WITH THAT NOTE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
AND I SHARE CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN ON THAT.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO THE AGENDA.
DR. FIERRO, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WITH US THE INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION IN RECOGNITION OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.
>> SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BERKEY, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO GO BACK TO PUBLIC
[1.04 Comments from the Audience]
COMMENTS? WE HAVE A LAST-MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENT MADE RIGHT BEFORE THE CUT TODAY.WE GOT IT IN PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
IF IT'S OKAY WE COULD GO BACK TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ.
THIS COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE IS DATED MARCH 3, 2021, REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT MISMANAGEMENT ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, BY CERRITOS COLLEGE REPRESENTATIVE WINICK ANDREA, EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT TO THE CERRITOS JOSE FERRERO.
ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, I SUBMITTED A PUBLIC COMMENT VIEW OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIVE-STREAM BY CLICKING ON COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE.
I SUBMITTED MY PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE 7:00 P.M., MEETING START TIME WHICH IS TIME STAMPED EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED ON THE LIVE-STREAM THAT THERE WERE 28 WRITTEN COMMENTS AND FOUR VOICEMAIL, TO BE READ DURING THE FEBRUARY THIRD 2021 BOARD MEETING.
AT 2320 MINUTES INTO THE LIVE-STREAM THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THERE WOULD BE A PAUSE DUE TO REACHING THE 20 MINUTE MARK FOR, FROM THE AUDIENCE.
A MOTIONLESS UP SQUARELY PASSED BY TRUSTEE WALLACE AND TRUSTEE PEREZ TO EXTEND THE TIME TO READ ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DURING THE MEETING I E-MAILED THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT WHO MENTIONED MY PUBLIC COMMENT WAS NOT RECEIVED IN TIME.
MY TIMELY PUBLIC COMMENT WAS WITHHELD ON FEBRUARY 3, 2021, EVEN THOUGH A MOTION ALLOWED TIME FOR ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TO BE READ.
AS INDICATED WITHIN BOARD POLICY 2345 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS DURING THE NEXT BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 20'S -- FEBRUARY 17 READ MY PUBLIC COMMENT DURING FEBRUARY 23, 2021, WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT IT WAS WITHHELD FROM THE PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 23, 2021.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLEASE ENSURE STUDENTS FREEDOM OF SPEECH 2345 ACCREDITATION STANDARDS BENEFITS AND BROWN ACT RIGHTS OF STUDENTS ARE NOT OVERLOOKED, MISMANAGED OR NEGLECTED.
STUDENTS ARE COUNTING ON YOU TO ENSURE OUR ACADEMIC RIGHTS AND DUE PROCESS FOLLOW ALL LOCAL AND STATE REGULATORY BODIES MANDATES.
ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE REVIEW THE FOLLOWING WITH THE ALL TRUSTEES, PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDED AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TO ENSURE EXECUTION OF SAID POLICY IS NOT VIOLATED.
2345, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AT BOARD MEETINGS REFERENCES THREE EDUCATION CODE SECTION 72121.5, FOR GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 5494.3 AND 54957.5, BROWN ACT GOVERNMENT CODE 54950.
RESPECTFULLY, ALEJANDRA RODRIGUEZ.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MS. WHITNEY FOR SHARING THAT WITH US.
[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified Employee of the Month]
WITH THAT, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR EMPLOYEE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.[00:15:01]
IT IS -- IS MARILU IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT?>> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE SHE IS WATCHING FROM HOME BUT NOT IN THE ZOOM MEETING.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE SELECTION COMMITTEE NAMED MARILU GARCIA AS THE RECIPIENT OF THE OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARD FOR JANUARY 2021.
MARILU BEGAN HER CAREER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IN AUGUST 2019 AS THE PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO'S -- TWO.
MARILU HELPS OVERSEE AND PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OVER 3000 FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM.
MARILU WAS ESSENTIALLY TO WORKING FROM HOME.
SHE HAS BEEN INNOVATIVE IN HER IDEAS ABOUT CONNECTING WITH THE STUDENTS AND HAS HAD A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ATTITUDE THROUGH IT ALL.
MARILU EMBODIES CUSTOMER SERVICE TOWARD STUDENTS AND STAFF AND FACULTY.
MARILU, YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT AND WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE EXCEPTIONAL.
WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE A CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE.
>> SPEAKER: CONGRATULATIONS, MARILU.
I MISS TAKING PHOTOS AND ALL OF THAT.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL DO THAT AGAIN SOON.
IT SHOULD BE IN A BEAUTIFUL BOARD ROOM THAT MAKES EVERYONE PROUD.
[2.02 Institutional Presentation: Sabbatical Leave Reports]
MOVING FORWARD IT TO OUR INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION ON SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORT, IS JULIE DAVIS IN THE ZOOM MEETING YET? ALL RIGHT.WITH THAT, DR. FIERRO, IS THERE ANY INTRODUCTION YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE BEFORE JULIE INTRODUCES OUR SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORT?
>> SPEAKER: YES, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FACULTY FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
FOR EMBRACING THESE NEW TRADITIONS, THIS NEW TRADITION IS JUST A FEW YEARS OLD BUT IT HAS BECOME A -- A STRONG WAY TO SHOWCASE THE WORK THAT OUR FACULTY HAVE BEEN DOING DURING THEIR SABBATICALS.
WE HAVE LEARNED QUITE A BIT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS ABOUT THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BRAG ABOUT SOME OF THAT WORK.
I KNOW SOME HAVE ACTUALLY ADOPTED SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THEIR PRESENTATIONS, AND OTHERS IN THEIR PERSONAL LIFE.
I KNOW OF ONE THAT IS USED A GUIDE TO GO FOR EXPLORATION OF THE LAND AND I KNOW ANOTHER ONE THAT GOES AND TALKS ABOUT CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY PERFORMING WORK THAT IS AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT YOU WILL SEE AT OTHER COMPREHENSIVE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
SO THIS HAS BECOME VERY QUICKLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEETINGS AND FAVORITE NEW PRACTICES AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WHERE WE GET TO SEE THE WORK THAT GETS DONE BEHIND THE SCENES.
WITHOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT IT.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE FOCUS OF THE WORK IS TAKING PLACE ON THE SABBATICALS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, IT IS CLEARLY FOCUSED ON THE STUDENTS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE INSTITUTION AND EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO BE HERE AND THEY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THIS NEW TRADITION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PRESENTATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH THE MIC TO DR. JULIE DAVIS.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
BEFORE WE GET STARTED, THE SABBATICAL COMMITTEE AND I AND THE FACULTY SENATE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT SABBATICAL.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE MEETINGS TO ATTEND AS WELL.
SO I HOPE YOU WILL FIND TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION INTERESTING AND ENRICHING.
IT WAS CERTAINLY A PLEASURE FOR THE COMMITTEE AND I TO READ THE REPORTS COMING BACK THIS YEAR.
WITHOUT MUCH ADO, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTER THIS EVENING, MARK
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KEEGAN.>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT BERKEY AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT FIYERO, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO HAVE THE TIME AND THE MEANS TO TAKE A SABBATICAL LEAVE.
IT ALLOWED ME TO DO MATH FOR A YEAR INSTEAD OF HAVING ALL OF THEIR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OF TEACHING.
I LOVE MATHEMATICS, I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT OFTEN YOU GET STUCK DOING THINGS THAT YOU WOULD RATHER NOT DO AND YOU CAN'T DO WHICH WOULD LIKE TO DO.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IN MY SABBATICAL LEAVE, I EDUCATED MYSELF BY TAKING THREE SEPARATE PHYSICS CLASSES TO HELP ME BETTER UNDERSTAND MY MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS CLASSES AND THE PHYSICS PART OF THOSE CLASSES.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF MY SABBATICAL WAS USED BY CREATING ANIMATIONS TO SHOW SOME OF THE THEOREMS AND STUFF ABOUT CALCULUS SEQUENCE.
THE FIRST TWO SEMESTERS, OR THE FIRST SEMESTERS OF CALCULUS ARE JUST REGULAR OLD CALCULUS WHICH IS DONE IN TWO DIMENSIONS.
THE THIRD SEMESTER IS MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS WHICH IS DONE IN THREE DIMENSIONS.
I CREATED A BUNCH OF ANIMATIONS THAT I HAVE SINCE SHARED WITH THE FACULTY MEMBERS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE BY PUTTING THEM ON A MAP RESOURCES PAGE IN OUR CANVAS SITE AS A MATH DEPARTMENT.
LAST WEEK ON FRIDAY I LED A TWO HOUR WORKSHOP FOR OUR FACULTY AND FOR THE MATH CLUB MEMBERS AT CERRITOS COLLEGE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO SOME OF MY ANIMATIONS.
THIS COMING SATURDAY I AM GOING TO BE PRESENTING AT THE LOCAL CALIFORNIA MATHEMATICS COUNSEL FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES CONFERENCE.
I WILL BE GIVING A ONE HOUR PRESENTATION THERE AND THEN IN THE FALL I AM GOING TO BE PRESENTING AT A STATEWIDE CONFERENCE.
IT WILL BE A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE BUT I WILL BE SHARING WITH THE TEACHERS FROM THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME OF THE GRAPHS AND ANIMATIONS.
I WILL BE SHARING TWO DIFFERENT ANIMATIONS WITH YOU.
THIS IS THE FIRST ANIMATION WHICH IS FROM CALCULUS ONE.
IT IS NUMBER 23 ON PAGE 27 OF THE APPENDIX IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
IN CALCULUS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE USE A RELATED RATE PROBLEM.
THERE IS A PROBLEM SOMEBODY IS CLIMBING A LADDER AND THE BASE OF THE LADDER FALLS AWAY FROM THE BASE OF THE WALL AND THE PERSON FALLS DOWN AND THE QUESTION IS, HOW FAST IS HE FALLING AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IF YOU NOTICE, IN THE RIGHT TRIANGLE, AS IF THE LATTER MOVES, THE DISTANCE X GETS BIGGER.
THE ANGLE THAT IS MARKED DOWN IN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE GETS SMALLER THE ANGLE OF.
POOR ROMEO IS OUT OF LUCK TRYING TO SAVE JASMINE BECAUSE HE ENDS UP ON THE FLOOR.
AND SO IN CALCULUS, IF YOU KNOW THE RATE AT WHICH THE LATTER IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE WALL, YOU CAN FIND THE RATE AT WHICH IT IS FALLING DOWN THE WALL YOU CAN FIND THE RATE AT WHICH THE ANGLES ARE CHANGING, AND SO IT IS A RELATED RATE PROBLEM.
IF I CLICK ON THE LATTER AND THE BALCONY, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS THAT MAKE UP THE FOLLOWING LETTER.
IF I CLICK ON THERE IT DISAPPEARS SO YOU CAN SHOW AND HIDE THINGS AS YOU WISH.
IT IS A VERY NICE PROGRAM IN THAT REGARD.
THIS PROGRAM IS CALLED IS MOST AND IT IS FREE.
THE OTHER ONE THAT I WILL SHOW YOU IS ALSO A FREE PROGRAM.
STUDENTS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO BUY ANYTHING AND THAT'S GOOD.
ANOTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, AND THIS SPECIFIC EXAMPLE, IS OVER ON THE SIDE OVER HERE IT SAYS LOCUS OF ROMEO.
IF YOU WATCH ROMEO'S PATH AS HE FALLS, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT AS HE FALLS HE TRAVELS IN THE ARC OF A CIRCLE.
SOMETIMES WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL GIVE EXTRA CREDIT TO MY STUDENTS IF THEY CAN EXPLAIN WHY THE MIDPOINT WHICH DIVIDES THE LATTER INTO TWO 5-METER SECTIONS, ALSO IS ALWAYS 5 METERS AWAY FROM THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
THIS IS TRUE ON ANY LATTER THAT YOU STAND ON.
YOU COULD USE THIS FOR GEOMETRY CLASS OR ANY OTHER CLASS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.
THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU IS A PROGRAM CALLED GEODE YOUR
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BROTHER.THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS YOU CAN CREATE AN OBJECT AND YOU CAN CREATE IT FROM ANY ANGLE THAT YOU WANT.
TO THINK THAT IS BAD ABOUT IT IS YOU CAN'T ORGANIZE YOUR WORK.
I CAN'T TAKE ALL OF THESE EQUATIONS AND HIDE THEM.
THEY ARE ALL OUT HERE FOR THE WHOLE WORLD TO SEE.
THIS IS FROM OUR CALC THREE CLASS.
IT IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT ARE CALLED PARTIAL DERIVATIVES.
IF I TAKE THIS -- IF I CLICK ON THIS.
HERE IS A PLANE THAT IS INTERSECTING THIS SURFACE.
IT INTERSECTS ALONG A CURVE AND THE CURVE LOOKS LIKE THAT.
I MOVE THE POINTS ALONG THE CURVE AND I MOVE THE PLANE THROUGH THE SURFACE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE CURVE CHANGES AS IT MOVES TO THE SURFACE.
IN CALCULUS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS LOOK AT TANGENT LINES TO THE SURFACE AND THE SLOPES OF TANGENT LINES.
IF I LOOK AT THE TANGENT LINE HERE, THIS LINE IF I LOOK AT IT RELATIVE TO THE X AXIS, AT THIS POINT IT IS GOING DOWNHILL.
BUT IF I MOVE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OVER HERE, IT IS GOING UPHILL.
IN CALCULUS, IT IS CALLED THE PARTIAL DERIVATIVE WITH RESPECT TO X.
I DO THE SAME THING IF I TURN OFF THAT ONE.
I BELIEVE THE LINE THERE AND I WILL TURN THIS THING AROUND SO WE CAN SEE IT BETTER.
AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS ISN'T QUITE AS FRIENDLY AS DOES MOST.
BUT IT IS WHAT I HAVE TO WORK WITH.
IF I DRAW A PLANE PARALLEL TO THE Y AXIS, THEN THERE IS ALSO A CURVE THAT IS FORMED BY THAT ONE.
IF I MOVE -- I MOVE ALONG THAT CURVE AS WELL.
THERE IS A TANGENT LINE ATTACHED TO THAT CURVE AS WELL.
IF I HIDE THE PLANE, YOU CAN SEE THE TANGENT LINES MOVING AS THE CURVE MOVES BACK AND FORTH AS THE POINT MOVES ACROSS THE SURFACE.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LINES ARE CHANGING.
AS I MOVE THIS WAY, THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN IF I GO THIS WAY.
AS I TURN IT, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT NOTICE THAT THE TANGENT LINES WHICH IS HARD TO SEE FROM THIS ANGLE.
TO GET IT BACK TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THE FLAT SURFACE THAT THEY CREATE IS CALLED A TANGENT PLANE.
THAT TURNS OUT TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT THING IN THE FIELD OF CALCULUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN I WAS AN UNDERGRADUATE, WORKING WITH THIS, IS TRYING TO VISUALIZE THAT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ANIMATIONS LIKE THAT.
I CREATED A TOTAL OF 111 ANIMATIONS FOR THE CALCULUS SEQUENCE AND ANY TEACHER CAN ACCESS ANY OF THEM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
I THINK I MAY HAVE GONE OVER MY FIVE MINUTE TIME.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU, PROFESSOR.
I WISH THAT I HAD THAT WHEN I WAS NEEDING TO SPOUT OUT CALCULUS WHEN I WAS AT MIT.
I REMEMBER THERE WAS A COURSE WHERE I REALLY FELT LIKE I WAS FAKING MY CALCULUS BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS REPRESENTING.
I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE ROMEO BE PUSHED SO THAT HE BECOMES CLOSER TO JASMINE RATHER THAN SIMPLY FALLING AWAY? IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE HIM FALL.
FASTER AND FASTER SPEC THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE.
I HAD SEVERAL OF MY STUDENTS TELL ME TOMMY'S LETTER DOESN'T EVEN MAKE IT UP TO THE BALCONY SO HE IS SCREWED EITHER WAY.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THAT'S GREAT.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
MY PLEASURE SPEC I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS A STUDENT, I AM CURRENTLY USING DOES MOST AND IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
IT HAS HELPED ME A WHOLE LOT, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO SPENDING MONEY ON THE GRAPHING CALCULATOR.
>> SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BERKEY, MAY I SPEAK? REALLY QUICK.
TO MARK AND MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE PRESENTING TONIGHT, VERONICA, AND -- I'M TRYING
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TO SEE WHO THE OTHER PERSON WAS.DON'T FORGET, YOU HAVE AN OPEN INVITATION.
JUST LET ME KNOW AND YOU CAN COME DO THESE PRESENTATIONS AT THE FACULTY SENATE.
I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO SPEND 15 MINUTES AT A SENATE MEETING.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION?
>> SPEAKER: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, MISTER WHO CAN.
HAVING TAKEN CALCULUS AND UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING IT CAN BE, PARTICULARLY FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GO INTO MORE OF THE SPECIALIZED SCIENCE AREAS, AND CERTAINLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO BE MATHEMATICIANS, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE NOT ONLY HELPFUL BUT TRULY OPEN DOORS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE WHAT'S TAKING PLACE AND TO REALLY UNDERSTAND, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS THAT GO INTO BEING A GOOD MATHEMATICIAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND CERTAINLY TO OUR FACULTY AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY THE OTHER 109 ANIMATIONS?
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CLICK ON THE LINKS.
>> SPEAKER: JUST ONE CLICK AWAY.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
JULIE, IS IT ALL RIGHT IF WE MOVE FORWARD TO VERONICA?
>> SPEAKER: MY NAME IS VERONICA HERRERA AND I'M ONE OF THE COUNSELORS.
I HAVE BEEN WITH CERRITOS COLLEGE SINCE 2004 AND BECAME A FULL-TIME ARE IN 2008 AND NOW HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON THIS AMAZING JOURNEY DURING SABBATICAL.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS TRULY A PERFECT TIMING FOR THE SITUATION THAT WE FOUND OURSELVES IT IN IN SPRING SEMESTER WITH A PANDEMIC.
I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN.
WHEN I EMBARKED ON THE PROJECT, I REALLY WAS LOOKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND ACCESSIBILITY, UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING, AND AS I BEGAN TO ENGAGE IN THAT STUDY, I REALLY BEGAN TO REALIZE HOW BROAD AND HOW BIG THAT AREA WAS.
IT INCLUDES COURSE DESIGN WHICH IS A UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR INSTRUCTION.
AS I CONTINUE TO WORK ON MY PROJECT I REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE KIND OF DISABILITIES AND HOW IT IMPACTS INSTRUCTION.
I WAS LOOKING FOR STRATEGIES TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND REALLY THE GOAL WAS TO REMOVE BARRIERS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND WHAT I DISCOVERED AS WE KNOW WITH UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING, WHEN YOU ARE MAKING A CLASS THAT IS UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED, IT NOT ONLY BENEFITS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BUT IT BENEFITS ALL STUDENTS.
THAT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO ME BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO GO BACK INTO MY COURSES AND MAKE SOME CHANGES, SOME REDESIGNS, RETROFIT THE CONTENT.
THAT WAS FOR ME A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
THE MORE I LEARNED, THE MORE I REALIZED HOW MUCH WORK MY CLASS NEEDED IN MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE.
ONE -- WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY, WE ARE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MAKING CONTENT THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE SCREENREADER.
THAT IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, BUT WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT -- IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT WILL BE TALK ABOUT UNIVERSAL DESIGN, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IS THE LEARNING CONTENT ACCESSIBLE IN THE SENSE OF, CAN THE STUDENT COMPREHEND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT IS PRESENTED? THE EXAMPLES WE JUST SAW WITH MATH, THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF UNIVERSAL DESIGN APPROACH FOR LEARNING BECAUSE YOU ARE PRESENTING MATH IN A CONTENT THAT HELPS STUDENTS BETTER UNDERSTAND AND GRASP THE CONCEPTS OF MATH.
IT IS KIND OF LIKE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES OR OPTIONS TO PRESENT THE CONTENT.
THIS WAS A REALLY AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR ME BECAUSE I GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW TO TEACH ONLINE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISTANCE EDUCATION, HOW TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION IN A WAY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE NOT ONLY WITH REMOVING BARRIERS WHEN IT COMES TO ACCESSING THEM INFORMATION, BUT ALSO HOW TO ACCESS IT WITH RESPECT TO COMPREHENDING THE CONTENT
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THAT IS BEING PRESENTED.IF A STUDENT DOES NOT COMPREHEND THE LESSON, THEN IT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT I WORKED ON.
I DO WANT TO SAY, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS A PERFECT TIMING WITH RESPECT TO THE RESEARCH THAT I WAS DOING WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT.
I WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT A LOT OF FACULTY WHO BEGAN TO REACH OUT TO ME AND THEY BEGAN TO ASK FOR RESOURCES ON HOW TO CAPTION VIDEOS, HOW DO I UPLOAD CONTENT AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE ON CANVAS.
I EVEN HAD COLLEAGUES FROM OTHER COLLEGES WHO WERE REACHING OUT TO ME BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT I WAS ON SABBATICAL.
THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT RESOURCE.
AT THE END OF THAT EXPERIENCE, I WAS ABLE TO COMPILE THESE RESOURCES INTO A DIGITAL LIBRARY, WHICH I WILL SHARE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE TO HAVE THIS FOUNDATION BECAUSE WHEN I CAME BACK TO CAMPUS, WE FOUND OURSELVES WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S MANDATE WHICH WAS TO PROVIDE THE TRAINING, ACCESSIBILITY TRAINING FOR ALL FACULTY.
SO THEN I WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN DISTANCE EDUCATION COORDINATOR POSITION WITH A FOCUS OF ACCESSIBILITY.
THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT REWARD TO BE ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THE COLLEGE IN THAT AREA.
WHEN I STEPPED BACK AND I LOOKED AT THE PROJECT AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS COVERED, THAT FOURTH OR FIFTH BULLET REALLY COVERS THE IDEA BEHIND IT.
I WAS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND LEARN HOW TO CREATE ACCESSIBLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, INCLUSIVE, SUPPORTIVE, BARRIER FREE, AND A COMPONENT OF HUMANIZED LEARNING.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE INSTRUCTOR IS PRESENT, THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENT.
IT IS NOT LIKE A ROBOT TEACHING THE CLASS, IT IS AN INSTRUCTOR THAT THE STUDENTS CAN CONNECT WITH, THE INSTRUCTOR WILL REACH OUT TO THEM.
I LEARNED SPECIFIC STRATEGIES THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO REALLY HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS.
AND SO ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES AND PRACTICES THAT I LEARNED AND ABLE TO ME THEN TO COME BACK TO CAMPUS AND BEGIN TO PROVIDE SOME TRAININGS AND SOME WORKSHOPS.
I WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A TRAINING DURING OUR TALK IN DAY WHEN WE HAD THE SUPERHERO THEME WHICH IS REALLY FUN.
AND THEN WE MOST RECENTLY I PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH AND APRIL I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE TRAINING.
I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING, THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO KIND OF GET THIS TRAINING AND THEN COME BACK TO CAMPUS AND BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT AND TO SUPPORT THE FACULTY.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE LIBRARY AND THE E-BOOK THAT I WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.
I DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
LIMIT GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT INTO THIS.
THIS IS A RESOURCE THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL FACULTY.
RIGHT NOW IT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR COUNSELING FACULTY BUT AS A RESULT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT I RECEIVED, I AM ACTUALLY GOING TO MODIFY THE HOMEPAGE AND MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FACULTY.
JUST LOOKING AT THE HOMEPAGE ALONE, THIS IS HOUSED IN CANVAS.
IT GIVES YOU A REALLY NICE IDEA OF WHAT A UNIVERSITY -- UNIVERSAL DESIGN PAPER LOOK LIKE.
YOU GIVE LEARNING PREFERENCE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS.
STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A VIDEO VERSION OR A TEXT VERSION OF THE CONTENT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO PRESENT YOUR CONTENT TO STUDENTS, PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THEM TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP RIGHT IN.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT FOLDERS OR MODULES THAT CONTAIN THE RESOURCES.
AS FACULTY NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS, THEY ARE ABLE TO JUMP TO THE AREA THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.
I ESPECIALLY LIKE THIS MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES FOLDER BECAUSE IT REALLY PROVIDES A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR FACULTY.
THEY CAN UPLOAD THE MODULES DIRECTLY INTO THEIR OWN CANVAS SHELL OR THEY CAN JUST COPY THE RESOURCES RIGHT INTO THEIR COURSES.
IT GIVES REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT COUNSELING, CONFIDENTIALITY, AND THESE ARE RESOURCES THAT I OBTAINED WHEN I WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE COURSES THAT I COMPLETED DURING THE SABBATICAL.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES, HOTLINES.
I ALSO CONNECT TO OUR STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE, OUR STUDENT HEALTH CENTER.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE ARE MORE RESOURCES.
FACULTY CAN REALLY TAKE THIS MODULE IF THEY WANTED TO AND IMPORT IT INTO THEIR CANVAS
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SHELL.THE REASON WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISABILITIES WHICH INCLUDE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, THERE IS A LOT -- STUDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING A LOT OF STRESS RIGHT NOW.
SOME CAN BE CHRONIC AND SOME ARE JUST TEMPORARY.
BUT WHATEVER THE CASE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
SOMETIMES STUDENTS DON'T KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM.
EVEN THOUGH THEY EXIST AND THEY ARE ON CAMPUS, THEY MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THEM.
SO IF WE COULD MAKE THEM AVAILABLE AT THEIR FINGERTIPS OF STUDENTS, THEY WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO FIND THEM OR TO USE THEM WHEN THEY NEED THEM.
I ACTUALLY IMPORT THIS INTO MY CLASS AND THE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THESE RESOURCES.
YOU CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO USE AND YOU CAN ADD WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT.
THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES THAT FACULTY AND COUNSELORS HAVE ACCESS TO.
I HAD THESE ORIGINALLY ON A LOT OF GOOGLE DOCS AND I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT ALL TOGETHER INTO THIS LIBRARY, DIGITAL LIBRARY I'M CALLING IT.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME TEMPLATES IF INSTRUCTORS WANT TO DESIGN THEIR COURSE IN A WAY THAT IS UNIVERSALLY DESIGNED, THERE ARE SOME TEMPLATES THAT THEY CAN USE AND THEY CAN EDIT.
THESE ARE SOME RESOURCES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
SHE SHARED THAT WITH ME AND IT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU.
FINALLY, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE HOMEPAGE.
THE LAST THING THAT I WORKED ON THAT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS I WORKED ON AN E-BOOK.
THE IDEA BEHIND THE E-BOOK IS THAT I WAS ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER ALL OF THESE RESOURCES AND STRATEGIES AND KIND OF PUT THEM INTO A LIST OF TEN PRACTICES, TEN BEST PRACTICES.
SO A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE E-BOOK.
FACULTY AGAIN ARE ABLE TO JUMP RIGHT IN HERE AND CONTINUE TO ACCESS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR FACULTY.
THIS TO ME IS ALWAYS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A WORK IN PROGRESS BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS LEARNING AND GATHERING NEW INFORMATION.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I WILL GO BACK AND CONTINUE TO EDIT AND TO BUILD ON.
AND ALSO, IT IS -- UNDER A COMMON LICENSE SO ANY FACULTY CAN TAKE IT AND MODIFY IT AND EDIT AND USE HOW THEY WOULD LIKE.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GIVE ATTRIBUTION TO THE COLLEGE.
I WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND JUMP OVER TO MY POWERPOINT AGAIN.
SO THAT I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT I HAVE FOR THE CAMPUS.
AS A RESULT OF THE SABBATICAL, I REALIZE THAT WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB IN PROVIDING THE FOUNDATION INACCESSIBILITY AND EFFECTIVE AND REGULAR CONTACT FOR THE TRAINING MODULES THAT ARE PROVIDED FOR THE FACULTY.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED.
I REALLY BELIEVE AND I REALLY HAVE SEEN THAT AS FACULTY WE REALLY HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT OUR FACULTY NEED TO CREATE THESE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE, THAT REMOVE BARRIERS, THAT ARE INCLUSIVE.
THERE IS A LOT OF LAYERS TO DESIGNING A COURSE.
LOOKING AT IT BACKWARDS DESIGN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, IDENTIFYING THE DIGITAL TOOLS FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU WANT TO USE DIGITAL TOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO BEST TO REACH THAT GOAL, BUT REALLY IT IS LOOKING AT IT FROM A BACKWARDS DESIGN.
REALLY WALKING FACULTY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, PROVIDING TRAINING, RENEWAL OF SKILLS.
OUR TECHNOLOGY IS QUICKLY CHANGING.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE ONGOING TRAINING.
PERMANENT STAFF THAT HAVE THE BACKGROUND IN COURSE DESIGN, TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO TRAIN, THAT CAN MENTOR, THAT CAN WALK ALONG FACULTY SO THAT FACULTY CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THEIR CURRICULA, SHARING THEIR COURSES WITH THE MENTOR AND THE MENTOR CAN KIND OF WALK THROUGH THEM IN DESIGNING THE LESSONS IN A WAY THAT REALLY ALLOWS STUDENTS TO ACCESS THE CONTENT FROM DIFFERENT MODALITIES.
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AGAIN, THIS TRAINING I THINK, WE ARE AT THE BEGINNING PART OF IT.PART OF TRAINING OUR FACULTY -- IS ALSO PART OF TRAINING OUR STUDENTS.
RIGHT NOW ALL OUR STUDENTS WERE KIND OF FORCED INTO THIS DISTANCE EDUCATION LEARNING ENVIRONMENT BUT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT PROVIDING THE TRAINING FOR STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE.
IN FUTURE SEMESTERS WHEN WE ARE BACK ON CAMPUS AND STUDENTS ACTUALLY HAVE A CHOICE IF THEY WANT TO BE ON CAMPUS OR ONLINE, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAKING AN ONLINE COURSE IS SYNCHRONOUS OR ASYNCHRONOUS.
IS IT HYBRID? IF IT IS ON GROUND, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WITH THE EXPECTATION? WHAT IS EXPECTED FROM THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CLASSES? I THINK THAT IS THE MAIN CHALLENGE IN EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS ON WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN THEY ARE TAKING A DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE.
HAVING A PERMANENT, MORE INFRASTRUCTURE IS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT FOUNDATION THAT WE NEED AS A COLLEGE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, TO SUPPORT FACULTY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LAUNCH OUR COLLEGE AND TO BE LEADERS IN THIS AREA.
WHEN I DID MY SABBATICAL RESEARCH AND BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HIT, NOT A LOT OF CAMPUSES, COLLEGES HAD VERY ROBUST PROGRAMS. THERE WERE A FEW OF THEM.
NOW EVERYONE WAS KIND OF FORCED TO DO THE MINIMUM TRAINING, BUT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE LEADERS IN THIS AREA.
WE DEFINITELY NEED AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF MY TIME IS UP AT THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I REALIZE THE NEED TO HAVE THE STUDENT SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES MORE READILY AVAILABLE IN THE ONLINE CLASSES.
LIKE WITHIN THE CAMPUS SHALL LOWER THAN THE KANDIS MENU BAR, IF WE CAN HAVE A LINK OR TAB OR SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS THERE THAT STUDENTS CAN ACCESS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, VERONICA.
ANY OF HER COLLEAGUES HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE?
>> SPEAKER: I THINK THAT'S REALLY USEFUL VERONICA.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY OCCURRED TO ME AS YOU LEAD INTO THAT PRESENTATION IS THE WAY THAT A LOT OF THESE THINGS NOT ONLY ARE ADVANTAGEOUS TO A CORE GROUP OF PEOPLE BUT A LOT OF ADVANTAGES TO A BROAD SET OF PEOPLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, URBAN DESIGN THEY CALL IT THE CURB CUT EFFECT.
EARLY ON IT WAS LIKE, DOING ALL OF THIS WORK JUST FOR THESE PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS WHO NEED CURB CUTS.
AND NOW WE PUT THEM EVERYWHERE IN EVERY BLOCK IN THE U.S.
AND OF COURSE NOW WE ALL ENJOY THE BENEFITS EVEN THOUGH -- THEY BENEFIT ALL OF US WHEN WE ARE DADS WITH STROLLERS OR KIDS TRYING TO GET UP ON THE CURB OR TRYING TO MAKE YOUR WAY TO A HOTEL AND HAVE LUGGAGE.
ALL OF THESE CASES IT BENEFITS EVERYBODY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THAT THIS HAS ALLOWED YOU TO DO THE SAME THING.
>> SPEAKER: HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT AND RESPECT TO MY COLLEAGUE, VERONICA.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT ON THEIR, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COLLEGE, WE HAVE RICK MORAN IN THE ROOM AND PRESIDENT FIYERO.
AND WE HAVE PRESIDENT BERKEY AND WE HAVE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE AND YOU HAVE A FACULTY SENATE THAT WOULD BE THE VEHICLE.
BRING THAT TO US, WE WILL SEND IT TO THE RIGHT COMMITTEES AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS WORKED ON AND MOVED AS QUICKLY AND AS EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.
LIKE I SAID, AS SOON AS RICK GETS BACK FROM STAR WARS LAND, WILL GET A LOT OF GOOD STUFF DONE.
>> MARTHA CAMACHO-RODRIGUEZ: THANK YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER GREAT PRESENTATION? ALL RIGHT.
JULIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE FINAL PRESENTATION?
>> SPEAKER: OUR LAST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING IS JAMES MACDEVITT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MARK AND VERONICA IN THANKING YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE SABBATICAL LAST YEAR.
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IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME AND I AM GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.I TEND TO OVERDO THESE THINGS AND I APOLOGIZE.
I GAVE A TALK AT UCLA ON FRIDAY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 20 MINUTES AND ENDED UP BEING AN HOUR AND A HALF.
SO PLEASE STOP ME IF I GO OVERBOARD.
I DO HAVE QUITE A LOT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
IN ADDITION TO BE A PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY AND VISUAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES AT CERRITOS, I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR AND CURATOR OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE ART GALLERY SO I WEAR A LOT OF HATS.
I DECIDED TO SORT OF DIVIDE MY TIME AMONGST A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS WHILE I WAS ON SABBATICAL.
HERE IS JUST A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT I WORKED ON.
THE FIRST ONE WAS A FREE DIGITAL TEXTBOOK FOR USE IN MY ART SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CLASS.
I ALSO WORKED ON AN EXHIBITION PROPOSAL THAT INCLUDED AN APPLICATION TO THE GETTY PACIFIC STANDARD TIME INITIATIVE.
I WENT TO A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES BUT I ALSO PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE AT OREGON STATE, SPECIFICALLY ON AN ARTIST WHO I HAVE COLLABORATED WITH ON A COUPLE OF EXHIBITIONS HERE AT CERRITOS IN THE PAST, WHO HAS GONE ON TO WONDERFUL AND AMAZING THINGS SINCE THEN.
AND I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURABLE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE AN ESSAY FOR AN ACADEMIC PUBLICATION THAT I WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SHARE WITH YOU.
I WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT THE TEXTBOOK, WHICH I CALLED DISCIPLINARY ENTANGLEMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO THE TEXTBOOK GREW OUT OF MY ARTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CLASS WHICH ITSELF IS A PART OF THE RELATIVELY NEW VISUAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES PROGRAM AT CERRITOS.
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM, IT IS THE FIRST OF A KIND IN THE STATE.
WE ARE THE FIRST COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE A DEGREE IN VISUAL CULTURAL STUDIES.
IT IS KIND OF AN ADVANCED FORM OF ART HISTORY.
A LOT OF THE ART HISTORY PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITY, THE RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES, GRADUATE UNIVERSITIES IN CALIFORNIA ARE SWITCHING FROM ART HISTORY TO VISUAL AND CULTURAL STUDIES.
WE KNOW THAT IT'S EVENTUALLY GOING TO TRICKLE DOWN TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL.
WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND JUMP IN.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND SEXUALITY, SUCH AS OUR BLACK IMAGES AND POPULAR CULTURE AND MEN AND MASCULINITY.
WE ARE ADDING CLASSES THAT FOCUS ON NONTRADITIONAL VISUAL MEDIA THAT MAY INCLUDE TELEVISION, ANIME, MUNGO, COMIC BOOKS, VIDEO GAMES.
THE PLACES WERE REALLY OUR STUDENTS LIVE.
AND ALSO AND THIS IS MY PARTICULAR FOCUS, ON THE VISUAL CULTURES OF SCIENCE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT WE JUST LANDED A NEW ROVER ON MARS.
THAT ROVER IS OUTFITTED WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CAMERAS.
THE CAMERAS HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CAPABILITIES.
THE IMAGES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC OF MARS ARE ACTUALLY COMPOSITED IMAGES FROM ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT CAMERAS THAT ARE FEEDING DIFFERENT INFORMATION AND ASSEMBLING IT TO CREATE AN IMAGE THAT WE CAN SEE WITH OUR HUMAN EYES BUT THAT OFTEN CONTAINS MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAT IS REALLY ONLY MACHINE READABLE.
ALSO JUST THIS WEEK, A COMPANY ANNOUNCED A NEW PRODUCT CALLED DEEP NOSTALGIA THAT ALLOWS YOU TO UPLOAD AN OLD FAMILY PHOTO AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS WILL MAKE THAT PHOTOGRAPH COME TO LIFE.
THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY PRACTICES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL ART HISTORY BUT THEY ARE SO RELEVANT TO THE LIVES WE LEAD AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THOSE IMAGES AT THIS MOMENT.
A KEY FACTOR HERE IS I THINK THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY THOUGHT.
THE SCHOLAR CP SNOW IN 1959 GAVE A REALLY IMPORTANT LECTURE AT OXFORD CALLED THE TWO CULTURES.
IN WHICH HE LAMENTED THAT THERE WAS THIS GROWING CULTURAL DIVIDE BETWEEN THE SCIENCES AND THE ARTS.
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HE ENCOURAGED BOTH COMMUNITIES TO BUILD BRIDGES, TO CREATE MORE QUOTE UNQUOTE AND IS ON'S MEN LIKE LEONARDO DA VINCI.CONVENIENTLY I HAPPEN TO GO TO A CONFERENCE ON LEONARDO AT UCLA DURING MY SABBATICAL BREAK.
ONE OF THE PRESENTERS THERE WAS ROGER MOLINA WHO IS THE SON OF FRANK MOLINA.
FRANK WAS THE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY.
HE ALSO FOUNDED A REALLY IMPORTANT SIGH ART JOURNAL, EIGHT ACADEMIC JOURNAL THAT FOCUS ON ARTS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY., CALLED LEONARDO.
SOMEONE BROUGHT UP THIS IDEA OF WHO ARE THE NEW RENAISSANCE PEOPLE, THE NEW LEONARDO PEREZ.
HE SUGGESTED WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS, WE WILL ALWAYS HATE -- WILL ALWAYS HAVE SPECIALISTS FOR WHAT WE NEED IS PEOPLE WHO CAN WORK IN DIFFERENT FIELDS AND COLLABORATE ACROSS DISCIPLINES.
WE NEED TO BUILD ENOUGH MENTAL PLASTICITY IN OUR STUDENTS SO THEY ARE NOT CONFINED TO JUST EXISTING IN DOGMA SO THEY IN EFFECT CAN CREATE THE NEW DISCIPLINES OF THE FUTURE.
AS AN EXAMPLE DISCIPLINES THAT DIDN'T EXIST TEN YEARS AGO BUT NOW ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.
IF NOBODY, NANO SCULPTURE, DIGITAL HUMANITIES, DATA VISUALIZATION.
WE JUST SAW AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THAT IN A NUTSHELL IS WHAT THIS CLASS IS ALL ABOUT.
IT'S A BRIDGE BETWEEN DISCIPLINES.
HERE IS JUST A SAMPLING OF THE READINGS THAT I DID FOR PREPARATION.
THE TEXTBOOK ITSELF USES AN INTERFACE THAT WAS PROVIDED BY USC CALLED SCALER TO CREATE SMALL SCALE PRESENTATIONS.
IT'S FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT YOU CAN CREATE PUBLICATIONS WITH IT AS WELL.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MY WEB BROWSER TODAY SO I QUICKLY RECORDED A VIDEO THAT SHOWS THE INTERFACE.
>> SPEAKER: THE TEXTBOOK ITSELF IS ORGANIZED INTO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THEMATIC CHAPTERS, AS YOU HAVE JUST SEEN.
I WILL QUICKLY RUN THROUGH -- JUST TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR REALLY OF WHAT'S IN EACH CHAPTER.
AS I MENTIONED, CHAPTER 1 WE TALKED ABOUT CABINETS OF CURIOSITIES.
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR, THEY WERE KIND OF THE EARLY ORIGIN OF CONTEMPORARY MUSEUMS. THEY WERE PLACES WHERE WEALTHY BENEFACTORS AND SPECIAL SCHOLARS WOULD GET TOGETHER AND SORT OF BUILD TO THESE ASSEMBLAGES OF INTERESTING FINDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT COULD INCLUDE BOTH NATURAL OBJECTS, PACKS OF DEMISED ANIMALS ALSO PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURES AND OBJECTS FROM FAR OFF LANDS.
THERE REALLY WASN'T MUCH ORDER TO IT, IT WAS WHATEVER WAS INTERESTING.
OVER TIME THEY BECAME MORE SPECIALIZED AND MORE REFINED AND SO THEY BROKE INTO WHAT TODAY WE WOULD CALL A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OR AN ART MUSEUM.
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THESE KIND OF SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS THAT WEREN'T REALLY SO SPECIALIZED IN THE BEGINNING.JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT EARLY CABINETS OF CURIOSITY BY JOHN DESK AND IS BASICALLY THE ORIGIN FOR THE ASH MILLION MUSEUM AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
THERE IS BOTH A THEORETICAL LINK AND ALSO AN ACTUAL LINK TO CONTEMPORARY MUSEUMS. IN CHAPTER 2 I TALKED ABOUT TECHNIQUES OF THE OBSERVER, LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT REALLY ARE SHARED BY ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS, WHICH IS THIS PRACTICE OF DEEP LOOKING AND LOOKING FOR PATTERNS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DISCOVERED THROUGH MY RESEARCH WAS HOW BOTH ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS KIND OF EVOLVED TOGETHER IN THEIR THINKING, OFTEN BUILDING OFF ONE ANOTHER.
FOR EXAMPLE, BRUNELLESCHI HELPED TO DISCOVER LINEAR PERSPECTIVE IN FLORENCE IN THE 15TH CENTURY, AND THEN ALBERTI HELPS TO REFINE THAT AND DEVELOPS IT INTO A SYSTEM THAT CAN BE REPRODUCED.
THAT THEN LEADS TO A COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING OF SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
YOU GO FROM TAKING THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD AND REPRESENTING IT ONTO A FLAT SINGLE PLANE, AND THAT THEN HELPS SCHOLARS LIKE COPERNICUS TO TRANSITION AWAY FROM THE PTOLEMAIC MODEL OF THE UNIVERSE TO THE HELIOCENTRIC MODEL, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE EARTH IS MOVING AROUND THE SUN, WHICH GALILEO ALSO FROM FLORENCE VERIFIES BY RECOGNIZING THE SHADOWS ARE CAST ONTO THE MOON.
OBVIOUSLY, OPTICS COME INTO PLAY AS WELL.
IN THE 19TH CENTURY, COLOR THEORY WAS REALLY IMPORTANT, BOTH FOR SCIENTISTS AND FOR ARTISTS.
THOMAS YOUNG FOR EXAMPLE STARTS UNDERSTAND HOW LIGHT IS TRANSMITTED, BUT ALSO HOW
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IT IS PERCEIVED BY THE HUMAN I.THE DISSECTING CELLS WITHIN THE HUMAN EYEBALL THAT PERCEIVED LIGHT AND HELP US SINCE IT HAS COLOR.
AND THEN EUGENE SEVERAL HELPS SEE THE RELATIVITY OF COLOR WHICH LEADS TO GEORGE SURRATT NEO IMPRESSIONISM.
AROUND THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE THE BIRTH OF ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY.
COLOR IN THE 19TH CENTURY WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ACROSS DISCIPLINES.
THE FIRST -- THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR THINKING SPATIALLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY.
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY YOU HAVE THE INVENTION OF THE X-RAY, WHICH LEADS TO SOME INTERESTING CULTURAL SIDE EFFECTS.
THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISTS, THEIR POINTS START TO SUGGEST THAT THEY CAN SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T THERE BECAUSE THEY HAVE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS THINGS THAT THE HUMAN EYEBALL CAN'T PERCEIVE.
BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE SCHOLARS LIKE EDWIN ABBOTT WHO CREATES FLATLANDS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS WHICH THEN ALLOWS PEOPLE TO SPECULATE ABOUT THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND ESPRIT ZHU FREI, A FRENCH MATHEMATICIAN, CREATES THESE DIAGRAMS REPRESENTING HYPERCUBE'S IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION AND BEYOND.
WHEN PABLO PICASSO IS GIVEN THIS BOOK BY ZHU FREI, IT LEADS TO HIS INVENTION OF CUBISM IN WHICH HE CREATES NOT THE SINGLE POINT LINEAR PERSPECTIVE OF BRUNELLESCHI BUT MULTIPOINT PERSPECTIVE, WHERE YOU ARE LOOKING AT AN OBJECT NOT FROM A SINGLE VANTAGE POINT BUT FROM MULTIPLE VANTAGE POINTS SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE INFLUENCE GOES THE OTHER DIRECTION AS WELL BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT THAT ONE OF PICASSO'S GREAT FRIENDS, JOHN MESSINGER, WHO ACTUALLY WRITE A BOOK ON CUBISM, THE BOOK IS CALLED ON CUBISM, WHICH EXPLAINS WHAT CUBISM IS ALL ABOUT, MESSENGER PAINTED WHICH WAS COLLECTED BY NONE OTHER THAN NIELS BOHR.
NIELS BOHR ACTUALLY SUGGESTS THAT IT WAS HIS READING OF MESSINGER'S ON CUBISM AND THIS PARTICULAR PAINTING THAT HELPED TO INSPIRE HIS UNDERSTANDING OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AND THE PRINCIPAL OF COMPLEMENTARITY.
I WILL JUST RUN THROUGH THE OTHER CHAPTERS REAL QUICK.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE MACHINE AESTHETIC, VIDEO ART, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS, IMAGINING THE FUTURE.
WHICH INCLUDES SPECULATIVE DESIGN, A BRAND-NEW DISCIPLINE.
USC JUST CREATED A DEGREE IN SPECULATIVE DESIGN.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOME OF THE FUTURE, THE MONSANTO HOME OF THE FUTURE IN DISNEYLAND.
WE LOOKED AT WORLD'S FAIRS AND EVERYTHING FROM PALEO-FUTURISM TO AFROCENTRISM.
AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE ANTHROPOCENE WHICH WOULD BREAK UP INTO ANIMAL STUDIES AND ECOLOGICAL ART.
WE TALK ABOUT SORT OF THE ETHICS SURROUNDING OUR COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WITH ANIMALS.
HELPS TO SORT OF COMPLICATE THE NOTION OF CREATIVITY.
THIS WAS A MONKEY THAT GOT A HOLD OF A CAMERA AND TOOK THE SELFIE AND THEN THERE WAS A COPYRIGHT LAWSUIT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS THE HUMAN WHO OWNED THE CAMERA OR THE MONKEY WHO TOOK THE PICTURE THAT ACTUALLY OWNED THE COPYRIGHT.
WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING -- WE GO DEEP AND LOOK AT RACIST TROPES FROM THE TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY AND THE WAY THE ANIMALS ARE USED TO DEHUMANIZE OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS SYMBOLICALLY.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ETHICS OF LAB RATS BUT ALSO THE USE OF ANIMALS AS MATERIALS IN ARTISTIC PRODUCTION.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CYBORG, LOOKING AT ARTISTIC PROJECTS LIKE THE LARK WHO IS GROWING AN EAR ON HIS ARM.
WE TALK ABOUT THE CYBORG IN POPULAR CULTURE AND WE LOOK AT THE WAYS IN WHICH THE CYBORG IS ALREADY HERE WITH US AND WE ARE ALREADY CYBORG.
OUR BODIES ARE QUANTIFIED MEASURABLY THROUGH THE ELECTRONICS THAT WE HAVE ATTACHED TO OURSELVES AT ALL TIMES.
WE LOOK AT ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
GENERATIVE ART AND DATA VISUALIZATION.
WE TALK ABOUT NET ART AND VIDEO GAMES.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS TO INTRODUCE MY STUDENTS TO IS JOY BUBBLES.OUT OF CURIOSITY, HAS ANYBODY HEARD OF JOY BUBBLES BEFORE? NO? LET ME SHARE JOY BUBBLES WITH YOU.
IN THE 1970S, SOME OF YOU WILL REMEMBER WE USED TO HAVE PHONES THAT INVOLVED PITCH.
THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD DIAL OUT.
THERE WERE SERVERS THAT WOULD INTERPRET THOSE PICTURES.
JOY BUBBLES WAS A BLIND COMPUTER HACKER EFFECTIVELY.
HE IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FIRST HACKERS.
HE HAD PERFECT PITCH AND HE LEARNED HOW TO HACK HIS TELEPHONE SO THAT HE COULD CALL ANYONE FOR FREE.
HE WOULD JUST WHISTLE INTO THE PHONE AND THE SERVERS WOULD RESPOND.
HE WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE DIRECTLY WITH THE MACHINES.
WE TALK ABOUT VIDEO GAMES INCLUDING VIDEO GAME HACKS OBVIOUSLY.
LIKE ANNE-MARIE SHINER WHO SORT OF IS AN ANTIWAR ACTIVIST AND SHE HACKS THE COMPUTER GAME COUNTERSTRIKE, CREATING A HACK FORTE CALLED VELVET STRIKE.
WHENEVER YOU PULL THE TRIGGER ON THIS FIRST PERSON SHOOTER, INSTEAD OF A BULLET THAT CAME OUT IT WOULD CREATE ANTIWAR GRAFFITI ON THE WALL OF THE GAME THAT YOU ARE PLAYING.
WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THESE DAYS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND DISINFORMATION AND THE HISTORY OF THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE COTTINGLY FAIRIES HOAX.
WE TALK ABOUT SURVEILLANCE STUDIES.
THIS IS A WORK BY A FRIEND OF MIND, A ONE MONDAY SOMEONE WHO HAVE SHOWN THAT THE ART GALLERY BEFORE.
HE DID AN ONLINE PROJECT WORK YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF.
JUST GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN I KNOW WHERE YOUR CAT LIVES.
WHAT OWEN DID IS HE BASICALLY DUMPED ALL OF THE FREELY ACCESSIBLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CATS THAT ARE ONLINE AND WHAT PEOPLE DON'T OFTEN REALIZE IS THAT YOUR PHONES ARE NOT JUST CAMERAS, THEY ARE GPS COORDINATES AS WELL.
ALL OF THAT GETS WRITTEN INTO THE METADATA OF THE DIGITAL FILE.
WHEN YOU UPLOAD A PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUR CAT, IT INCLUDES THE EXACT LOCATION WHERE THAT PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN.
UNLIKE A DOG, MOST PEOPLE ONLY TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF CATS AT THEIR HOME.
SO WHAT HE IS REALLY SAYING WHEN I KNOW WHERE YOUR CAT LIVES AS HE IS SAYING I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.
HE OVERLAYS THAT ON TOP OF A MAP.
VERSUS HASSAN LAGGY, WHO IS AN ARAB-AMERICAN PROFESSOR FROM SAN JOSE STATE WHO AFTER 9/11 WAS CONSTANTLY BEING PULLED IN AT THE AIRPORT FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONING.
INEVITABLY HE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THAT HIS CALENDARS AND INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE HE HAD BEEN.
HE DECIDED THAT HE WAS JUST GOING TO GO THE OPPOSITE WAY OF OWEN AND TRACK EVERYTHING THAT HE DID.
YOU CAN GO TO HIS WEBSITE TRACKING TRANSIENT AND YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE FOOD THAT HE ATE TODAY, AND ALL OF THE TOILETS THAT HE VISITED AND ALL OF THE HOTEL ROOMS THAT HE HAS BEEN IN.
IF THE FBI EVER DECIDES TO PULL HIM OVER AGAIN THEY CAN JUST GO TO THE WEBSITE AND SEE WHERE HE HAS BEEN.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT DIGITAL HUMANITIES, CULTURAL ANALYTICS, MEDIA ARCHAEOLOGY.
THINGS THAT DIDN'T EXIST TEN YEARS AGO BUT THAT ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY COMMON.
DIGITAL HUMANITIES IS USING ADVANCED COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES TO ANALYZE SORT OF PRE-EXISTING CULTURAL DATA.
YOU CAN USE CALCULATIONS AND MACHINE LEARNING THAT LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OF TIMES A PARTICULAR AUTHOR USES A CERTAIN WORD.
FOR EXAMPLE I'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF SCHOLARS WHO USE FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE TO ANALYZE PAINTINGS FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO HELP IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE BACKGROUNDS OF PAINTINGS WHO -- NORMALLY SCHOLARS WOULD GO AND LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTS FROM THE CREATION OF THAT PAINTING, THE RECEIPT RECORDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE PATRON GAVE TO THE ARTIST.
BUT IF THAT INFORMATION ISN'T THERE WE NOW HAVE THE TOOLS THAT ALLOW US TO DELVE A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THEN HUMANITY SCHOLARS TRADITIONALLY WOULD HAVE.
AND MEDIA ARCHAEOLOGY IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT AS WELL.
WE BLOW THROUGH ALL OF OUR TECH VERY QUICKLY.
IN SOME CASES THAT FROM A HISTORICAL STANDPOINT A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE -- IS AN EXAMPLE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT FLASH WAS JUST DISCONTINUED.
FLASH WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT IN THE 1990S AND EARLY 2000S TO NET ART.
THERE ARE A WHOLE HOST OF NET ART PROJECT THAT BASICALLY DISAPPEARED THE MOMENT THAT ADOBE FLASH NO LONGER WORKED ON PEOPLE'S COMPUTERS.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD EMULATORS AND RE-CREATE THOSE HISTORICAL
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OBJECTS BEFORE THEY ARE DISAPPEARED FOREVER.HOPEFULLY THAT WASN'T TOO OVERWHELMING.
I WILL JUST QUICKLY -- I DID PROPOSE AN EXHIBITION FOR THE GETTY PACIFIC STANDARD TIME INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING A $100,000 GRANT TO IT WAS A NO-BRAINER FOR ME TO APPLY.
IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THE THEME FOR THE NEXT INITIATIVE IN 2024 IS ART AND SCIENCE.
SO OBVIOUSLY I AM BARKING AT THE RIGHT TREE.
WHILE THE APPLICATION MADE IT TO THE SECOND ROUND, THE FINAL ROUND, IT ULTIMATELY WAS NOT AWARDED.
NO COMMUNITY COLLEGES OTHER THAN THE LACK WITH THE VINCENT PRICE ART MUSEUM MANAGED TO GET AN AWARD.
THEY TEND TO WORK WITH THE SAME PEOPLE, LACHMAN, MOCHA, THE HAMMER.
PLACES THAT HAVE A LOT OF MONEY ALREADY.
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BUT IT IS WHAT THEY DO.
THAT BEING SAID, I AM GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE EXHIBITION ANYWAY.
I DESIGNED IT SO THAT IF I DIDN'T GET THE MONEY I WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO PUT ON THE EXHIBITION.
A NUMBER OF ARTISTS I WORKED WITH BEFORE AND I WILL WORK WITH HERE AGAIN.
MOST OF THEM ARE LOCAL SO THERE IS NOT A LOT OF COST TO SHIPPING THE WORK.
THE THEME FOR THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBITION IS CALLED ANTHROPOCENE EXPLORING THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN HUMANS AND BOTANICAL AGENTS.
AND IT ACTUALLY GOT US ONTO THE GETTY'S RADAR AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OVER THE WINTER BREAK CONTACTED ME TO ACQUIRE A COPY OF OUR RECENT EXHIBITION IN A BOX.
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR, LAST FALL SINCE OUR GALLERY WAS CLOSED DOWN I CREATED AN ALTERNATIVE TO JUST A WEBSITE EXHIBITION, AN EXHIBITION IN A BOX.
INVITING CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TO CREATE REPRODUCIBLE WORKS IN MINIATURE THAT RELATED TO THE ANXIETIES AND THE HORRORS OF THE LAST YEAR.
THE BOX IS CALLED HINDSIGHT IS 20/20, DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE OF AN APOCALYPSE.
AT THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE NOW HAS A COPY IN THEIR COLLECTION, WHICH I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT.
I PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE ON THE WORK OF THE ENTRIES CORTEZ.
THIS IS -- BEAH TREES WAS ONE OF OUR ART AND TECH ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE IN ONEFIFTEEN WORKING WITH AUTOBODY TECH DOING METAL SHAPING AND METAL PAINTING.
SINCE THEN SHE HAS MOVED ON TO A NUMBER OF OTHER PROJECTS.
SHE REALLY WORKS WITH WHAT WOULD BE CALLED LATINO FUTURISM.
SHE CREATES THESE CAPSULES SO THAT WHEN YOU ENTER THEM THEORETICALLY YOU ARE GOING TO DIFFERENT TIME IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.
AND I PUBLISHED ON MACHINE LEARNING AND ALGORITHMIC IMAGERY.
THIS IS THE PUBLICATION ALGORITHMIC CULTURE, HOW BIG DATA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ARE TRANSFORMING EVERYDAY LIFE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM TRAN-03 THAT WAS FANTASTIC.
>> SPEAKER: SORRY TO OVERWHELMING.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: IF I HAD SOME MORE DAYS I WOULD ASK YOU TO GO BACK AND SLOW IT DOWN.
>> SPEAKER: YOU CAN TAKE MY CLASS.
>> SPEAKER: AND YOU ARE AN MIT GRAD.
>> SPEAKER: I DIDN'T GRADUATE BUT I TOOK SOME CLASSES.
>> SPEAKER: AS PART OF MY PREPARATION FOR THE SABBATICAL ACTUALLY TRAVELED TO MIT AND VISITED.
THEY HAD AN EXHIBITION ON CALVES, THE CENTER FOR ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES WHICH WAS CREATED AT MIT IN THE '70S AND BECAME A KIND OF INSPIRATION FOR THE ART AND TECH RESIDENCY THAT WAS STARTED IN 2014.
I LOVE WHAT MIT HAS DONE WITH THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO ART.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT PARTICULAR KIND OF HERITAGE.
ANY PARTICULAR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUE?
>> SPEAKER: I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY THANK EVERYBODY.
I REALLY ENJOYED AND APPRECIATED THE THREE PRESENTATIONS AND LEARNED A LOT.
I'M JUST VERY, VERY GRATEFUL THAT ALL THREE OF YOU ARE FACULTY MEMBERS HERE AT THE COLLEGE AND THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.
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THEY ARE AMAZING, YOU ARE AMAZING.I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU WORK HERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN AND CONGRATULATIONS.
VERY REDUCTIVE SABBATICAL YEAR.
THIS HAS BEEN VERY ENLIGHTENING.
I KNOW MANY OF US ON THE BOARD HERE WOULD BE TAKING SO MANY OF THESE CLASSES TO SEE EVEN MORE IN DETAIL THE FRUITS OF THE LABOR FOR THE SABBATICALS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TODAY.
IT'S VERY INSPIRING TO SEE SUCH TALENTED FACULTY AT OUR UNIVERSITY AND I HOPE MANY GENERATIONS OF STUDENTS CAN FURTHER PROPAGATE WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TODAY.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: DR. LOU DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY?
>> SPEAKER: I JUST REALLY LOVED THE PRESENTATION.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES ESPECIALLY TO SHARE A LOT OF THE VERY DEEP AND BROAD LOOK THAT YOU TOOK ON THE CREATION OF THAT TEXTBOOK.
MY HOPE IS THAT IT CAN BE A RESOURCE NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS BUT FOR THE STUDENTS EVERYWHERE.
THE TEXTBOOK IS ONLINE HOSTED BY USC OR -- SPEC USC HAS A PROGRAM CALLED SCALER.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: SO YOU HAVE TO USE.
>> SPEAKER: BUT IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO ANYBODY WHO NEEDS TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THAT'S FANTASTIC.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET, ENABLE YOU TO HAVE SOME PLATFORM TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT MORE BROADLY WITH FOLKS OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR INSTITUTION.
LIKE YOU SAID, SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO BE OVERLOOKED.
DOING THE KIND OF WORK THAT ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE DONE IN THIS CONTEXT REALLY HELPS TO KIND OF MAKE A DIFFERENT ARGUMENT.
WHICH I THINK IS REALLY FANTASTIC BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN ALL SORTS OF THINGS, THESE TYPES OF INTELLECTUAL PRESENTATIONS.
BEING ABLE -- FOR MY OWN PART BEING ABLE TO REALLY RECOGNIZE THE QUALITY OF THIS WORK SUCH THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT IT IS ON PAR WITH ANYBODY WHO WOULD DOUBT WHAT COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THEIR FACULTY BRING.
I JUST REALLY AGAIN WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR THAT.
EVEN FROM THE REPRESENTATION OF A COLLEGE STANDPOINT IT IS VERY HEARTENING TO SEE YEAR AFTER YEAR THE WORK THAT THESE SABBATICALS BRING BACK.
IT'S STRONGER AND STRONG ARE TESTIMONY TO THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.
SO I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN.
ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PRESENTATIONS.
THANK YOU AGAIN ALL THREE OF YOU.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FUTURE.
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY BE MORE CLASSROOM ORIENTED THAN THESE.
JULIE, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE?
>> SPEAKER: I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR GIVING OUR REALLY BRILLIANT FACULTY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
I WILL SAY, I REMEMBER WHEN ALL THREE OF THEM SHOWED UP TO MEET WITH THE COMMITTEE IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS.
IT WAS QUITE SPECTACULAR EVEN WATCHING THEM SPEAK THAT THEY CAME TO DO THEIR PROPOSALS.
THIS IS THE END OF THEIR SABBATICAL EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS A SPECTACULAR EVENING.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND TO ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THIS EVENING FOR GIVING US THIS TIME.
>> SPEAKER: CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK.
IT OCCURRED TO ME AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT IT WOULD BE -- I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE A NEW EXHIBITION FROM THE GALLERY ONLINE.
FOCUSING SPECIFICALLY ON OUR ALUMNI.
IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE CHECK OUT THE GALLERY'S WEBSITE WHICH YOU CAN ACCESS FROM CERRITOS.EDU.
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YOU COULD SEE THE WORK OF SOME OF OUR GREAT ALUMNI WHO HAVE GONE ON TOO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS.WE HAVE ALUMNI THAT HAVE GONE ON TO UCLA AND ART CENTER AND CAL ARTS AND EVEN
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HAVE A STUDENT WHO WENT ON TO YALE'S CELEBRATED MFA PROGRAM.WE TRAIN AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEY GO ON TO AMAZING CAREERS.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.
I ALMOST AND DISAPPOINTED TO BRING THAT SECTION OF THE EVENING TO A CLOSE.
ESPECIALLY FOR THE SUBJECT MATTER WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IT WITH, WHICH IS OUR REGULAR UPDATE ON OUR COVID-19 CAMPUS SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
DR. FIERRO, WOULD YOU MIND SHARING WITH US THE UPDATE FOR THIS MEETING.
WE HAVE A BRIEF UPDATE THIS EVENING.
WE CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATIONS AND EFFORTS TO BRING STUDENTS BACK TO CAMPUS.
IT SEEMS IT IS CLOSER TO HAPPENING.
YESTERDAY WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A WALK-THROUGH ON OUR CAMPUS TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL LOCATIONS.
WE ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP A PLAN AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO FINALLY BRING A SITE NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT FOR AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO GET VACCINATED.
AS ALL OF US KNOW, MARCH 1 WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY IN THE STATE WHERE EDUCATORS WERE ABLE TO SECURE VACCINES.
I DON'T MANY -- I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MULTIPLE STAFF MEMBERS, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATORS, ON CAMPUS STATED THAT THEY HAD ALREADY RECEIVED -- NOT RECEIVED BUT GOT AN APPOINTMENT AND WERE IN THE PROCESS AND A FEW THAT HAD ALREADY RECEIVED THE VACCINE.
AS OF NOW I HAVE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION THAT MANY HAVE RECEIVED TO THEIR VACCINES.
WE DEPLOYED A COVID-19 BASELINE SURVEY WITH THE SURVEY WE ARE LOOKING TO GATHER INFORMATION AS TO THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT, THOSE WHO WISH TO BE VACCINATED, AND LATER ON WILL DEPLOY A SECOND SURVEY WITH SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO GAUGE HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS WORKING AT THE COLLEGE HAVE BEEN VACCINATED PRIOR TO THE FALL SEMESTER.
WE HAVE ALSO BEGAN GATHERING INFORMATION TO DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF COMFORT WITH COMING TO CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO PLAN HOW WE ARE FACING THAT PARTICULAR RETURN AS WE MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION.
HOWEVER, WE WILL INCREASE OUR SERVICES IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES STARTING ABOUT FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW IN WHICH WE WILL DO -- WE WILL BEGIN SOME OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES, CLASSES, ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES.
OUTDOORS, MINIMUM CAPACITY, NO CONTACT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH EXPANSION DURING THE SUMMER SEMESTER UNTIL WE EXPAND TO OUR MAXIMUM CAPACITIES HERE DURING THE FALL SEMESTER.
OF COURSE ALL THAT DEPENDS ON THE NUMBERS.
IF THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO DECLINE, IF WE GET OUT OF THE PURPLE TEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY LIKELY THAT WE WILL IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, I THINK THAT WILL BE POSITIVE.
THE NEXT PORTION OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL TALK ABOUT THE CARES ACT FUNDING, HOW WE HAVE INVESTED DOLLARS FROM THE CARES ACT AS IT RELATES TO COVID-19
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GUIDELINES.THE LAST PART OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE ON THE STUDENT AND -- AND OF THE INVESTMENT.
THE SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED OUT OF THE INVESTMENT OF COVID-19.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FELIPE TO BEGIN HIS SECTION ON THE BUDGET RELATED TO THE CARES ACT AND COVID-19.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, DR. FIERRO AND THANK YOU BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU WILL SEE HERE I WILL ALLOW THE STUDENT PORTION OF IT IN THE PRESENTATION AFTER ME.
REGARDING THE CARES ACT, THE CARES ACT WE GOT ACTUALLY THREE SEPARATE ALLOCATIONS FROM THE CARES ACT.
THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT FIRST CAME AS WHAT THEY CALL THE DIRECT EMERGENCY AID TO STUDENTS.
AND THEN WHAT WE CALLED THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE.
BOTH OF THEM WERE IDENTICAL, A DOLLAR MORE TO THE DIRECT STUDENTS.
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE $766,000.
BECAUSE WE ARE A MINORITY SERVING INSTITUTION.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE.
OF THE $6000, $6 MILLION ALLOTMENT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, WE HAVE SPENT WHICH GIVES US A REMAINING ALMOST $4.8 MILLION OF THAT.
PART OF THE RULES REGARDING THE CARES ACT WAS THAT WE HAD TO SPEND NO LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE ALLOTMENT TO THE STUDENTS.
THE ALLOTMENT WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER $12 MILLION.
IT DID NOT INCLUDE THE MINORITY SERVING INTO TUSCHE.
BUT WE ALSO, PART OF OUR PLAN ON THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ALLOCATE ROUGHLY $3 MILLION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE TOWARD STUDENTS AS WELL.
ALTERNATELY, OF THE ORIGINAL ABOUT $12.1 MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED, NEARLY MORE THAN $9 MILLION OF IT WAS GOING DIRECTLY INTO THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS.
WE ARE REQUIRED AT LEAST ON THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE WE ARE REQUIRED TO FILE QUARTERLY REPORTS TO THE FEDS.
IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT THEY WANT US TO PUT THE AMOUNT IN.
I WILL SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT REPORT WAS THAT WE SUBMITTED IN DECEMBER.
WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING THESE OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THESE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
OUR AUDITORS, WE DO HAVE OUR AUDIT REPORT ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL TODAY.
IT NOTES THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY AUDIT EXCEPTIONS REGARDING OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS.
THESE ARE CLOSELY LOOKED AT AND SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED PROPER PROCEDURES TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND SAFEGUARD THAT WE ARE SPENDING THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES HAVE.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE SPENT SO FAR.
THE THREE MAIN DOLLARS -- I WILL ALLOW DESSIE TO SPEAK ON THAT.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DOING ANOTHER DISBURSEMENT THIS SEMESTER.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON THAT AND LOOKING AT HOW MUCH AND WHAT THAT GOES.
BEFORE I SWITCH OVER TO THE ACTUAL REPORT ITSELF, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND ALL OF THESE DOLLARS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THESE FUNDS WERE ONLY ELIGIBLE -- WE CAN ONLY SPEND THESE WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
BUT THEN THE FEDS CAME BACK AND DID EXTEND IT LONGER AND SO WE HAVE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME TO SPEND THEM.
WE ARE ON TRACK TO SPEND ALL OF THIS BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
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THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE REPORT THAT WE SUBMITTED IN JANUARY REGARDING OUR FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.AS YOU CAN SEE, IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS ONLY REPRESENTS THE INSTITUTIONAL PEACE OF THAT.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES HERE THAT WE JUST POPULATE.
SO FAR THE BULK OF THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE SPENT FITS INTO THIS CATEGORY.
A LOT GOES INTO THIS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT SAYS HERE PROVIDING AND SUBSIDIZING THE COSTS OF HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TO STUDENTS OR FACULTY TO TRANSITION TO ONLINE ENVIRONMENT.
A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE GOES INTO THIS AMOUNT.
THINGS LIKE -- ONCE THE LOCKDOWN HAPPENED, SHORTLY BEFORE -- RIGHT AROUND THE EARLY SUMMER TIME, WE ISSUED OUT STIPENDS TO ALL FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME FACULTY REGARDING, TO SUPPLEMENT ANY TECHNOLOGY NEEDS FROM THEIR HOMES.
WE ALSO PURCHASED AND DISPERSED LAPTOPS TO ALL OF OUR FACULTY TO ASSIST IN ONLINE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ALSO PROVIDED SOME HOTSPOTS TO THOSE THAT NEEDED IT.
WE ALSO PROVIDED HOTSPOTS TO STUDENTS AS WELL.
IF YOU LOOK DOWN TO THIS CATEGORY HERE, THE NEARLY $25,000, WE DID BUY SOME FOOD GIFT CARDS TO PROVIDE OUT TO STUDENTS AS WELL.
WE DO HAVE A BULK OF THE MONEY IN PUBLIC SAFETY AND OPERATIONS.
WHAT ENCOMPASSES THIS IS REALLY A LOT OF OUR SAFETY PROTOCOLS THEY WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED ON CAMPUS.
ALL OF OUR SANITIZING MACHINES, THE NON-TOUCH SANITIZING MACHINES THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS, IF YOU VISIT THE CAMPUS TO SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.
WE ALSO PURCHASED ALL OF OUR HANDS-FREE DIGITAL TEMPERATURE KIOSK STATIONS.
WE DIDN'T WANT FOLKS -- IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO JUST WALK UP AND GET THEIR TEMPERATURE ON THAT.
WE ALSO PURCHASED A SOFTWARE MECHANISM TO TRACK ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
PART OF WHAT WE REQUIRE STUDENTS TO DO BEFORE THEY COME ONTO CAMPUS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO ACCESS ONE OF OUR SOFTWARE PLATFORMS AND DO A SELF CERTIFICATION HEALTH SCREENING.
WE CALL IT OUR SELF SCREENING TOOL.
ARE STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES USES THAT PLATFORM TO DO ALL OF THE CONTACT TRACING AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
ANY RETROFITS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO ANY OF THE CAMPUSES, ANY OF THE PLEXIGLAS THAT WE NEEDED TO INSTALL THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS, ALL OF OUR SIGNAGE THAT WE HAVE DONE IS MADE UP FROM THIS NUMBER.
THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY SPENT SO FAR ON THAT.
THE NEXT PAGE JUST GETS US TO THE TOTAL.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THESE CATEGORIES HERE.
WE DIDN'T MEET ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES YET.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU KIND OF WHAT THE REPORT LOOKS LIKE ON THIS.
WE DO POST THIS ON HER WEBSITE.
I ACTUALLY CAN SHARE THAT WEBSITE ON THAT.
WEBSITE THAT WE DO HAVE THAT ALSO HAS OUR STUDENT INFORMATION.
I DON'T WANT TO STEAL MY COLLEAGUES THUNDER IF I SHOW IT TWO -- TOO EARLY.
I WILL WAIT FOR HER TO GIVE HER PRESENTATION ON IT AND IF HE DOESN'T TOUCH ON IT THAN I WILL COME BACK AND SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, PHILIPPE IT.
YOU ARE WELCOME IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PULLING IT UP THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
I'M EXCITED TO BE BEFORE YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CARES ACT AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH STUDENTS.
MANY OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE UTILIZED AND PHILIPPE IS PULLING IT UP ON THE SCREEN, WE HAVE TYPICALLY GIVEN OUT ABOUT 3 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION IN CARES FUND'S TO OUR STUDENTS OVER THE PAST FEW SEMESTERS EACH SEMESTER.
WE HAVE DECIDED THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE A GRADUAL -- THE WORDS ARE ESCAPING ME, ELEVATED OR ESCALATED MODEL.
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ARE FULL-TIME STUDENTS RECEIVED A THOUSAND DOLLARS, THREE-QUARTER STUDENTS RECEIVED 500, HAVE TIME, 300 AND LESS THAN HAVE 200.WE ARE READY TO DISPERSE FOR THIS SEMESTER AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT ACTUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD DISPERSE IS ACTUALLY BETWEEN $4,000,000.4.5 MILLION.
OUR FINANCIAL AID TEAM DOES AN AMAZING JOB OF NOTIFYING STUDENTS AND REALLY SENDING THEM REMINDERS THAT THIS MONEY IS THERE FOR THEM AND WANTING THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
THAT WILL PROBABLY BE GETTING TO STUDENTS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AS SOON AS THEY CAN CERTAINLY WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE WILL ALSO DO ANOTHER DISBURSEMENT AS PHILLIPE MENTIONED IN THE SPRING.
ONE OF THE THINGS -- IN THE FALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE MINDFUL OF IS HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE MONEY TO THE STUDENTS THAT NEED IT THE MOST? AND HOW CAN WE ALSO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE PURSUING HER EDUCATIONAL GOAL? WE ARE HAVING SIMILAR -- SOME REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS.
IS $1000 MAKING A DIFFERENCE? IS THE 200 MAKING A DIFFERENCE? ARE AMAZING DOING -- OUR EMERGENCY AID TEAM ARE DILIGENTLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING FOR STUDENTS.
I AM ALSO REALLY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR FALCONS NEST TEAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PAMELA CIPOLLA, WHO IS OUR CASE MANAGER WITH FALCONS NEST CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE GROCERY FOOD CARTS TO STUDENTS, CONTINUES TO RUN OUR HOMELESS AND HOUSING PROGRAM AND THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THE VILLAGE.
WE ARE UP TO ALMOST 15 STUDENTS IN THE VILLAGE AND IT CONTINUES TO RISE.
WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO STUDENTS WITH THE MASTER LEASE AGREEMENTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MONTHLY SUPPLEMENTS TO STUDENTS FOR RENT, AS WELL AS WE HAVE A PREVENTION PROGRAM WHERE WE HAVE GIVEN $100,000 TO HELP STUDENTS PREVENT THEM FROM LOSING THEIR HOMES AND BECOMING HOMELESS.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR REFERRALS INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THAT AREA.
THE OTHER THING THAT PAMELA AND HER TEAM CONTINUE TO DO IN AN AMAZING WAY IS THERE NOW PROVIDING WEEKLY SERVICE LINK SUPPORT.
AFTER OUR MONTHLY FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, THEY ARE TAKING ANY OF THE EXTRA FOOD, THEY ARE TAKING IT TO THE FALCONS NEST AND THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS EVERY WEDNESDAY TO STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT HELP AND SUPPORT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
YOU WILL SEE MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW AS THE FALCONS NEST CONTINUES TO GROW AND TO EXPAND AND AS WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE FOUNDATION TO GET AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN IN THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS IN ORDER TO HELP SUPPORT THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS.
DID WE COVER EVERYTHING, FULLY PAID, THAT ON THE SLIDES?
>> SPEAKER: YES, I BELIEVE SO.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT DR. PEREZ WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I DID MENTION BEFORE THE INSTITUTIONAL PORTION WE ALSO ADDED OUR QUARTERLY REPORTS ON TO OUR WEBSITE AND SO IN THIS ONE PAGE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE FULL USE OF THE CARES ACT RIGHT HERE ON THIS WEBSITE.
>> SPEAKER: AND I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF OUR FINANCIAL AID DEPARTMENT AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS.
AS WELL AS OUR STUDENT ACTIVITIES TEAM, AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION.
WE REALLY HAVE ACROSS COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS IN REALLY GETTING THE EMERGENCY AID OUT TO STUDENTS.
JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT, WE WILL IMPACT THE SEMESTER WITH CARES ACT AND EMERGENCY FUND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6500 STUDENTS TO 7300 STUDENTS.
SO THAT IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WILL RECEIVE CARES ACT FUNDS THIS SEMESTER.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ.
AS YOU CAN SEE WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS WITH SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY IT WAS -- IT DESERVES TO BE HIGHLIGHTED ON ITS OWN IS THE ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THAT WAS MADE ON STUDENTS.
AS PRESIDENT LOPEZ MENTIONED, THE REQUIREMENT WAS ONLY 50 PERCENT OF THE ALLOCATION TO GO TOWARD STUDENTS AND WE MAKE AN INTENTIONAL DECISION TO USE
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NEARLY 75 PERCENT OF THE ALLOCATION FOR STUDENTS.WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO MAXIMIZE THAT AID FOR THE STUDENT.
WHAT I MEAN WITH THAT IS WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DATA TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON OUR RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE STUDENT IN A VERY SPECIFIC SITUATION THAT WILL PRODUCE THE BEST RESULTS.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE TRYING TO ALIGN THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES WITH THE STUDENTS ABILITY TO COMPLETE THEIR ACADEMIC PROGRAM.
WHAT IS GOING TO PUT THEM IN A GOOD POSITION TO GET THEM THROUGH THEIR CLASSES? WE HAVE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THIS.
WE ALLOCATED DOLLARS INITIALLY JUST BASED ON THE FINANCIAL ELIGIBILITY.
AND THEN WE DID IT LOOKING AT HOW MANY CLASSES THEY WERE TAKING AND WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE OUTCOMES OF EACH ONE OF THOSE AND WE ARE GETTING READY TO REEVALUATE AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT.
WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT IT SEEMS TO BE A SWEET SPOT IN WHICH THE STUDENT RECEIVES A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF MONEY AND HE OR SHE IS ABLE TO DEDICATE MORE TIME TO THEIR STUDIES AND OBVIOUSLY DO BETTER.
AGAIN, WE ARE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THAT.
AS I SAID, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH A NUMBER OF HEALTH PROVIDERS TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO BECOME A VACCINATION CENTER.
I THINK YESTERDAY'S MEETING WAS VERY POSITIVE AND IT SEEMS THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE -- GET US TO THE FINISH LINE.
AS I KNOW MORE, I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION THAN WHAT WE HAVE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, SO AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
BUT IT SEEMS THE MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WITH A POTENTIAL LOCATION AND MAYBE LESS THAN A MONTH.
SO MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TO COME.
THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE AT THE CERRITOS COLLEGE IN SOME PLACES -- IN SOME WAYS MAY SEEM A LITTLE BIT STRICT.
THEY ARE FOR A REASON, FOR THE PROTECTION OF MANY OF US.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ON CAMPUS AROUND 1100 STUDENTS, WE HAVE HAD EXPOSED AND POSITIVE CASES ONLY 146 STUDENTS.
THIS IS BOTH POSITIVE AND EXPOSED, THAT WE HAVE DONE CONTACT TRACING.
THE ACTUAL POSITIVITY RATE ON THE STUDENTS IS LOWER THAN THE 146 THAT I MENTIONED.
FOR EMPLOYEES, WE HAVE HAD ONLY 18 POSITIVE CASES, AND THIS IS COUNTING SOME OF OUR CONTRACTORS AND ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT WORKED ON CAMPUS BUT NOT ACTUALLY EMPLOYED BY CERRITOS COLLEGE.
OUT OF THAT, WE HAVE HAD EXPOSED ANOTHER 20 WHO HAVE QUARANTINED OUT OF PRECAUTION BUT HAVE NOT TESTED POSITIVE.
AS WE EXPECTED IN EARLY JANUARY, WE WERE EXPECTING SOME CASES.
IN THIS YEAR SINCE WE RETURNED WE HAVE HAD FIVE CASES ON EMPLOYEES, FOR STAFF -- FOUR ON STAFF AND ONE ON FACULTY.
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THEY HAVE BEEN DECREASING IN A SIMILAR MATTER AS THE CASES IN OUR COMMUNITY.FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION WE CAN GO INTO A LITTLE MORE DETAIL AS TO HOW WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THE CONTACT TRACING AND SOME OF THE IDENTIFICATION OF WHO NEEDS TO BE QUARANTINED WHEN, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT POSITIVE AT THE TIME, AND IT ALLOWED TO RETURN WHAT THEY PRODUCE A NEGATIVE TEST RESULT AND WE WILL LOOK TO WALK US THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE ON COVID-19.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, DR. FIERRO, THE 18 THAT YOU MENTIONED OF POSITIVE CASES, THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY CONTRACTED ON CAMPUS JUST WITHIN THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY OF FACULTY AND STAFF AND OTHER CONTRACTORS?
>> SPEAKER: RIGHT PICK THOSE ARE CASES FOR THE MOST PART WE BELIEVE WERE CONTRACTED OUTSIDE BUT SINCE THEY ARE WORKING ON CAMPUS ONCE THEY BECOME POSITIVE OUR RULES AND PARAMETERS OF -- REQUIRE ALL OF US TO REPORT ANY POSITIVE CASES SO WE CAN DO THE APPROPRIATE TRACING.
IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD A POSITIVE OUTBREAK ON CAMPUS, KNOCK ON WOOD.
BUT EVERYONE HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY CAREFUL ON THEIR DIFFERENT INTERACTIONS ON CAMPUS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN A LOW POSITIVITY RATE.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN AN OUTBREAK ON CAMPUS WHICH BY DEFINITION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEANS THREE OR MORE CASES THAT ARE RELATED IN ONE LOCATION.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO OUR CONSENT
[3. Consent Items]
CALENDAR.DO I HAVE A VOTE THEN TO MOVE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS OR ARE THERE ANY -- TO ANY OF MY TRUSTEE COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO PULL?
>> SPEAKER: I WANTED TO SEE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PULL THEM, ITEM 3.29 AND 3.30.
IT IS THE CREATION OF THE TWO NEW POSITIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US BRIEF DETAILS WORK I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT JUST I WANTED TO HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY WERE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: DR. PACHECO -- DR. FIERRO.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL ASK VICE PRESIDENT PEREZ, GIVE US THE OVERVIEW OF 3.29.
SHE HAS BEEN LEADING THIS INITIATIVE AND THEN I WILL ASK VICE PRESIDENT FLOREZ CHURCH TO HELP US WITH 3.30.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, DR. FIERRO.
I WILL ASK VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ TO JOIN ME AS THIS HAS BEEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHO PARTNERED WITH.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A NEW POSITION TO COLLEGES, BUT IT IS NEW TO CERRITOS AROUND THE TITLE OF BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST.
YOU MAY KNOW AND REMEMBER THAT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS CONDUCTED QUITE A FEW ASSESSMENTS AROUND OUR TECHNOLOGY AND THE USE OF PEOPLESOFT.
WE HAVE UTILIZED A COMPANY NAMED ERP A WHO HAVE HELPED US REALLY BEGIN TO IDENTIFY HOW WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE USE OF PEOPLESOFT TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STUDENTS.
THIS ASSESSMENT THAT THEY CONDUCTED OCCURRED PROBABLY IN 2019, 2020 ACTUALLY.
AS THEY CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF PEOPLESOFT, THEY IDENTIFIED A GAP THAT OFTEN HAPPENS ON CAMPUSES BETWEEN THE IT TEAM AND THE FUNCTIONAL USER TEAM.
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A DEPARTMENT SUCH AS ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS, COUNSELING, THAT ARE UTILIZING PEOPLESOFT AND THIRD PARTY SYSTEMS, AND HOW THE BUSINESS PRACTICE OF ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS, THAT'S THE EASIEST ONE TO USE.SO ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS HAS A LOT OF STUDENT PROCESSES.
APPLICATION PROCESS, REGISTRATION PROCESS, FINANCIALS, ROSTERS, GRADES.
MANY OF THOSE PROCESSES HAVE FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS INSIDE OF PEOPLESOFT.
SO MANY CAMPUSES ACTUALLY HAVE A PERSON THAT IS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, SO ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS, THAT IS KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE BUSINESS PRACTICE THAT IS WHAT WE CALL A BOUNDARY SPANNER THAT WORKS WITH IT TO TRANSLATE THE BUSINESS PRACTICE INTO THE SOFTWARE.
SO ON OUR CAMPUS, WE HAVE NOT PARTICULARLY HAD THIS LEVEL OF A POSITION.
WE DO HAVE ONE MCARDLE WHO IS IN FINANCIAL AID WHO HAS DONE A FINANCIAL -- PHENOMENAL JOB IN THE FINANCIAL REALM OF HELPING TO BE THAT TRANSLATOR AND THAT BOUNDARY SPANNER.
THIS IS AN EXPANSION ON THAT POSITION THAT REALLY WOULD LOOK AT ALL OF THE A AND ARE FUNCTIONS AND THE PEOPLESOFT ELEMENTS AND TRANSLATE ONE HELPING THE FUNCTIONAL AREA TO DOCUMENT ALL OF THE BUSINESS PRACTICES FIRST.
AND SO WE USE THE TERM, AND SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO PUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG.
WE WANT TO HAVE A CLEAN BUSINESS PRACTICE AND TRANSLATE THAT INTO THE SOFTWARE SO THAT IT FUNCTIONS WELL TOGETHER.
THESE POSITIONS WILL HELP DOCUMENT THE BUSINESS PRACTICE, HELP TRANSLATE INTO THE SOFTWARE, AND THEN WRITE THE BUSINESS AND RESOURCE GUIDES AND THE TRAINING TO HELP THE TEAMS LEARN HOW TO UTILIZE THAT SYSTEM.
ON A LOT OF CAMPUSES, THEY HAVE SOME OF OUR SISTER CAMPUSES HAVE A BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYST FOR EVERY FUNCTIONAL ELEMENT OF PEOPLESOFT.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROPOSING AS WE START AND CONTINUE TO DO THIS MASSIVE OPTIMIZATION PROJECT IN PEOPLESOFT, THAT WE WILL HAVE ONE POSITION THAT WILL FOCUS ON PEOPLESOFT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING BECAUSE YOU ALL AND DR. FIERRO TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, WE NEED SOMEONE TO HELP US ALSO UTILIZE OR WORK THROUGH NAVIGATE.
WHICH WE PURCHASED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS WHERE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS ONLINE, THEY -- THE EARLY ALERT SYSTEM WILL BE THROUGH THAT, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO REGISTER FOR CLASSES EVENTUALLY IN ONE STEP.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PROGRESS IN THESE AREAS TO STRENGTHEN THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THESE BOUNDARY SPANNERS BETWEEN THE AREAS, BETWEEN THE FUNCTIONAL AREA AND IT.
PHILIPPE A, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?
>> SPEAKER: NO, I THINK YOU HIT ALL THE MAIN POINTS.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS, WE ARE PART OF OUR IT MASTER PLAN AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS PROVIDE RESOURCES IN THE HANDS OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND ALSO OUR STUDENTS.
WE ARE INTENTIONALLY MAKING A LARGE INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY AND WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE POSITIONS, NO MATTER HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE SOLUTION THAT WE WANT.
AND SO THESE ARE CRITICAL TO THAT IMPLEMENTATION THESE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? IN REGARD TO THAT ITEM?
>> SPEAKER: THE SECOND POSITION.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ITEM, THE 3.29, THIS IS CLASSIFIED, A NEW CLASSIFIED POSITION.
BASED ON THE CSEA COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, CSEA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE POSITION AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY AGREED TO INCLUDE IT IN THEIR JOB CLASSIFICATION.
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE GOING TO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT IS CALLED THE 610 POLICY PROCESS.
THAT IS WHY WE ARE PRESENTING THE ITEM TO BE APPROVED, BOARD APPROVED PENDING THE 610 PROCESS THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE.
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IN REGARDS TO 3.30, WHICH IS A CONFIDENTIAL POSITION, THIS IS A POSITION THAT ACTUALLY THE NEED WAS IDENTIFIED BACK IN 2019.BASED ON THAT NEED, WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS WE REQUESTED THAT POSITION.
OF COURSE EVERYTHING WAS PROPOSED DURING THAT TIME AND IT WAS APPROVED.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE DISTRICT HAD CHANGING LEADERSHIP ON THE DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE, AND THAT POSITION BECAME VACANT.
DURING THE FALL SEMESTER, WE DECIDED NOT TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE REPLACED THAT POSITION.
SO WE DID THAT AND WE HIRED SOMEONE EARLY IN JANUARY AND THAT IS WHY NOW WE ARE BRINGING THAT POSITION TO BE APPROVED.
THE NEW DIRECTOR CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE HIRING OF THIS POSITION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE HELPING HER WITH INVESTIGATION AND TRAINING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THOSE TWO ITEMS? THANK YOU, ALL THREE OF YOU.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: T HAVE A SECOND?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ANDREA, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE REGARDING THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> SPEAKER: STUDENT TRUSTEE WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE LOU ROOKIE I TRUSTEE PACHECO?
>> SPEAKER: AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK TO TRUSTEE AVALOS.
I'M LOOKING AT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ITEM THAT WAS GOING TO BE PULLED.
IS THAT CORRECT, DR. FIERRO, ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE? IT IS ON CONSENT.
>> SPEAKER: IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.
>> SPEAKER: THE MOTION PASSES.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ALL RIGHT.
[4. Information Items]
THANK YOU.MOVING ON INTO OUR INFORMATION ITEMS. WE HAVE AN AES CC REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2020.
>> SPEAKER: YOU COULD DO A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE FILE BUT USUALLY WE DO IT IT'S A FORMALITY.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: I DON'T THINK WE NEED THE MOTION ON ANY OF THESE INFORMATION ITEMS THEN?
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT.
THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.
[5.01 Independent Audit Report for the Cerritos College Measure G Proposition 39 General Obligation Bond for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2020]
OUT OF -- ITEM 5.01, OUR INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT.LIKEWISE, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PRESENTATION ON ANY OF THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS? CAN REMOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THESE ITEMS?
>> SPEAKER: EXCUSE ME, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, FOR CLARIFICATION?
>> SPEAKER: THOSE WILL REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS AS ACTION ITEMS. 5.01, TO 5.02, I SUGGEST YOU TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND MAKE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ALL RIGHT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION REGARDING THE AUDIT REPORT, 5.01?
>> SPEAKER: WE DO IT -- WE USUALLY DO A DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THAT.
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CAN WE JUMP TO THE FINDINGS?I DO -- WE DO HAVE COLLEAGUES HERE WITH US THAT CAN -- MR. BILL RAUCH, HE IS THE AUDIT PRINCIPAL FOR I BAILEY.
HE IS OUR AUDIT PARTNER ON THIS ENGAGEMENT.
I COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
HE WILL GO OVER SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME OF THE AUDIT REPORT.
THE FIRST ONE ITEM, 5.01, IS THE INDEPENDENT AUDIT REPORT ON OUR MEASURE G.
LET ME PULL THAT ONE UP AND SHARED ON THE SCREEN.
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO BILL RAUCH.
LIKE I SAID, HE IS THE AUDIT PARTNER WITH I BAILEY, WHO ARE OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.
I WILL LOOK -- I WILL THAT BILL GO OVER THIS.
LET ME KNOW WHAT PAGE YOU WANT ME TO FLIP TO, BILL.
>> SPEAKER: IF YOU COULD GO TO PAGE 21, PHILIPPE IT.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO GO OVER THE CERRITOS COLLEGE DISTRICTS BOND BUILDING MEASURE G FUNDS.
IS THAT PDF PAGE 21 OR THE ACTUAL PAGE 21? GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT FARTHER.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS WE WERE REQUIRED TO BY THE LAWS WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT ON MEASURE G FUNDS.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE WHAT WAS CALLED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE THAT BASICALLY STATES THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR MEASURE G ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, PART OF THE AUDIT REQUIREMENTS ARE IS THAT MEASURE G IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A PERFORMANCE AUDIT WHERE WE LOOK AT A SAMPLE OF EXPENDITURES AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BALANCE OF THE TEXT.
AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 21, OUR SAMPLE INCLUDED $24,382,000 IN TRANSACTIONS THAT WE SELECTED TO LOOK AT.
THAT REPRESENTED ABOUT 48 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF A LITTLE BIT OVER $51 MILLION.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY EXCEPTIONS OF NONCOMPLIANCE NOTED WITH THE MEASURE G FUNDS.
AND PHILIPPE IF YOU SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE ON PAGE 22.
AS IT STATES THERE, IN THE CONCLUSION IT SAYS THE RESULTS OF OUR TEST INDICATED THAT IN ALL SIGNIFICANT RESPECTS, THE SWEETEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HAS PROPERLY COUNTED FOR THE EXPENDITURES HELD IN THE BOND BUILDING FUND MEASURE G AND THAT SUCH EXPENDITURES WERE MADE FOR AUTHORIZED BOND PROJECTS.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS TO HEAR.
THE VOTERS THAT PROVE THESE FUNDS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE FUNDS ARE BEING SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BALLAD OF THE TEST AND NO AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE.
THAT IS MY REPORT ON MEASURE G AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THIS REPORT ON THE AUDIT FOR MEASURE G? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.
I AGREE AND VERY PLEASED WITH THIS RESULT.
IN REGARD TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEASURE AUDITS, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE IN TERMS OF THE UNMODIFIED OPINION?
>> SPEAKER: I WANT TO SEE THAT'S QUITE COMMON.
IN ORDER FOR US TO NOT HAVE A MODIFIED OPINION THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PROBABLY MATERIAL NONCOMPLIANCE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
USUALLY MOST DISTRICTS ESPECIALLY REGARDING BOND FUNDS THEY WANT AN
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UNMODIFIED OPINION OVER THE BOND FUNDS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SO STRICTLY REGULATED BY THE BALLAD OF THE TEXT.ALSO THAT'S WHY THE DISTRICT HAS BOND COUNSEL.
WHENEVER THERE IS SOMETHING OF AN EXPENDITURE WHERE IT MIGHT BE QUESTIONED, WE ARE REALLY NOT EXPERTS ON THAT.
WE ALWAYS ADVISE MANAGEMENT TO GO TO BOND COUNSEL BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT RIGHT THAT LANGUAGE AND THEY INTERPRETED.
AND SO I THINK JUST MOST DISTRICTS KNOW THAT THESE BOND FUNDS ARE SO HEAVILY SCRUTINIZED THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE SPENDING THE MONEY CORRECTLY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INVESTIGATION.
>> SPEAKER: DO YOU WANT TO DO A MOTION ON THIS ITEM AND THEN WE CAN DO A PRESENTATION ON THE NEXT AUDIT REPORT.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU I BELIEVE WE HAVE A MOTION ALREADY.
>> SPEAKER: STUDENT RUSTY WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: >> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE AVALOS.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ WILL ENTERTAIN A PRESENTATION
[5.02 Independent Audit Report for the Cerritos Community College District for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2020]
AHEAD OF THE MOTION FOR THIS AUDIT REPORT.AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, HERE IS THE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, AS OF JUNE 302020.
AGAIN I WILL ALLOW BILL RAUCH TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS AND LET ME KNOW WHAT PAGE YOU WANT ME TO TO.
>> SPEAKER: WE WILL GO TO PAGE 96 OF THE AUDIT REPORTS AND THAT GIVES US A GREAT SNAPSHOT OF THE AUDIT.
>> SPEAKER: SUMMARY OF AUDIT REPORTS -- RESULT?
>> SPEAKER: I THINK IT'S PAGE 101.
IT'S THE ACTUAL PAGE 96 IN THE AUDIT REPORT.
PAGE 96 REALLY GIVES A REALLY GREAT SNAPSHOT ON WHAT WE DO AS AUDITORS.
FIRST I WANT TO PREFACE THIS AND EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF THIS PROCESS IN THE PAST IS WONDERING, WHY ARE WE BRINGING THIS AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR JUNE 30, 2020, TO THE BOARD IN MARCH? THE REASON IS, RELATED TO COVID.
WHEN COVID FIRST HIT BACK IN MARCH, AS WAS TALKED ABOUT AT SOME OF THE PRIOR PRESENTATIONS, THERE WAS SOME MONEY GIVEN OUT TO THE COLLEGES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
PROBABLY BACK IN THAT APRIL TIME PERIOD.
BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS IS THE MONEY WAS GIVEN OUT AND THERE WAS REALLY NO SPECIFIC GUIDELINES ON HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
MORE IMPORTANTLY THERE WAS NO GUIDELINES FOR US AS AUDITORS ON HOW TO AUDIT THAT MONEY.
AND SO WE WERE WAITING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE LONGEST TIME TO RECEIVE GUIDELINES ON WHAT THEY WANT US TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT OR SOME OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE AUDITING WERE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH.
WE GOT WORD PROBABLY LIKE IN AUGUST AND THEY SAID, THIS GUIDANCE IS IS GOING TO COME OUT IN SEPTEMBER AND IT WAS OCTOBER AND WE SAID WILL HAVE IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND THEN THANKSGIVING CAME AND NOTHING.
WE FINALLY GOT THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON DECEMBER 23, THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE, ON WHAT THEY WANTED US TO AUDIT FOR COVID FUNDING.
SO OBVIOUSLY IT WAS KIND OF A LITTLE LATE IN THE BALLGAME.
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE REALIZED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO EXTEND THEIR DEADLINE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE DEADLINE BY DECEMBER 31 SO THE CHANCELLORS MOVED THEIR DEADLINE TO THE END OF FEBRUARY.
THIS WAS TO ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THOSE FUNDS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT WAS EXPENDING THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE DID ACTUALLY NOT START LOOKING AT THOSE COVID DOLLARS UNTIL JANUARY AND HAD A WEEKLY GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS TO WRAP ALL OF THAT UP TO ME THE
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CHANCELLORS DEADLINE BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.I'M HAPPY TO SAY WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE CHANCELLORS OFFICE DEADLINE AND COMPLETE THE AUDIT IN A TIMELY MANNER IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CHANCELLORS GUIDELINES.
I WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE A BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHY WE ARE TAKING SO LONG TO GET THIS AUDIT COMPLETED.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL BAKE BACK ON TRACK THIS YEAR AND HAVE THIS BOARD REPORT GO TO THE BOARD AGAIN IN DECEMBER AS USUAL.
BACK ON PAGE 96, AS AUDITORS WE GIVE THREE OPINIONS.
ONE OPINION IS OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THE SECOND OPINION IS OVER THE FEDERAL AWARDS, AND THE THIRD OPINION IS OVER THE STATE AWARDS.
REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE AS YOU SEE THERE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
LIKE I STATED EARLIER, THERE IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN GIVE AS AUDITORS.
IT BASICALLY STATES THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE DISTRICT ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT? THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE FIRST THING WHEN ACCREDITATION TEAM COMES OUT, THE FIRST THING THEY ASK IS THEY SAY LET US SEE YOUR AUDIT REPORT.
LET US SEE WHAT TYPE OF OPINION YOU RECEIVED.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COLLEGE IS RECEIVING AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
IT IS ALL TRIGGERED OFF OF YOUR OPINION OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YOU WILL HAVE A HIGHER BOND RATING.
HE WAS ASKED EARLIER IS THAT COMMON? YES, IT IS COMMON.
BUT I HAVE SEEN IT IN SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS WHO ARE NOT AS I WOULD SAY CLEAN AS CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT THAT THAT OPINION COULD BE A QUALIFICATION OF OPINION.
JUST BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE ISSUES GOING ON WITH THEIR NONCOMPLIANCE OVER THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, THEY MIGHT HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAD NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCY NOTED, AND NO NONCOMPLIANCE.
SO BASICALLY THAT IS THE BEST YOU CAN GET ON YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WHICH IS AN UNMODIFIED OPINION WITH NO DEFICIENCIES NOTED AT ALL.
WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT, WE HAD NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
THE 311 THAT PROBABLY THE BOARD RECEIVED BACK IN NOVEMBER TIME PERIOD, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THAT 311, ABLE TO VOUCH ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, BACK TO SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, AND WE WERE ABLE TO BASICALLY VERIFY THAT THOSE WERE ALL MATERIALLY CORRECT.
AGAIN, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IS THAT THERE ARE NO AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS.
THAT YOU SHOULD GIVE THE BOARD RELIANCE ON THE INFORMATION THEY ARE GETTING FROM MANAGEMENT IS GOOD INFORMATION IN ORDER TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE.
I WILL DEFINITELY SAY THAT BUT WE ALWAYS HAVE AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS IN A LOT OF MY CLIENTS.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER DIFFERENT REASONS, BUT DO NOT HAVE ANY AUDIT ADJUSTMENTS THAT SOMETHING TO BE VERY PROUD OF.
GOING BACK TO FEDERAL AWARDS, CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT HAD TOTAL EXPENDITURES OF ABOUT 47 -- ALMOST $48 MILLION OF FEDERAL EXPENDITURES.
WE AUDITED APPROXIMATELY 46 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 96 PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS WE AUDITED.
WE AUDITED BASICALLY TWO PROGRAMS THAT HAD THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS.
YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE CLUSTER.
THAT IS BASICALLY YOUR PELL GRANTS, YOUR STUDENT AID GIVEN TO STUDENTS, FEDERAL WORK STUDY.
THAT CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY $43 MILLION.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAD NO ISSUES OVER STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, THERE WAS NO AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE, AND THE SECOND BIG PORTION WAS THE COVID MONIES THAT WERE RECEIVED THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER ABOUT $3.2 MILLION AS OF JUNE 30.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THERE WAS NO AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE OVER THE COVID MONEY RECEIVED.
WE DID HAVE SOME DISTRICTS THAT I DID AUDIT THIS YEAR THAT THERE ARE SOME REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MISSED ON THAT DEADLINE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CERRITOS WAS ABLE TO MEET THOSE REPORTING DEADLINES AND LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THOSE INFORMATION, IT WAS GIVEN OUT BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T GIVE ANY GUIDANCE AND SO PEOPLE HAD TO GO THROUGH IT AND INTERPRET IT HOW THEY THOUGHT.
ONE OF THE AREAS OVER THAT WAS THE GUIDANCE WAS AS SOON AS YOU HAD ACCESS TO THOSE FUNDS, THAT'S WHEN THAT 30 DAY REQUIREMENT WAS REQUIRED.
AND SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES OUT THERE TOOK THAT LIBERTY TO SAY, WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY DRAW DOWN THAT MONEY UNTIL 40 DAYS LATER OR 60 DAYS LATER, SO THEY THOUGHT THAT'S WHEN THE CLOCK STARTED.
IT'S JUST NUANCES LIKE THAT WHERE THINGS WEREN'T QUITE AS CLEAR.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD, WE ENDED UP HAVING TO WRITE FINDINGS WITH SOME OTHER DISTRICTS AND CLIENTS.
I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED REPORT AND OPINION OVER THE FEDERAL AWARDS RECEIVED.
WE HAD NO INTERNAL CONTROL WEAKNESSES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES.
NO SIGNIFICANT DISCREPANCIES IDENTIFIED AND NO COMPLIANCES.
THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN DO OVER FEDERAL REWARDS.
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AND THE LAST OPINION WE GIVE IS OVER STATE AWARDS AND A NOTE THERE, WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE STATE AWARDS.THE STATE CHANCELLORS OFFICE GIVES US A LIST OF REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE REQUIRED TO AUDIT EVERY YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY ATTENDANCE IS THE BIGGEST FACTOR THAT IS IN THERE.
WE LOOK AT COMPLIANCE AREAS SUCH AS DS PNS, WE LOOK AT THE 50 PERCENT LAW AND OTHER DIFFERENT AREAS OF COMPLIANCE.
AGAIN I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAD NO AREAS OF NONCOMPLIANCE TO REPORT.
THAT IS THE BEST YOU COULD DO.
I WILL SAY THIS AND I TELL EVERYBODY THIS, WHEN YOU DO SEE THREE UNMODIFIED, THAT'S NOT COMMON.
USUALLY WHENEVER WE HAVE AN AREA OF NONCOMPLIANCE WEATHER'S FEDERAL OR STATE WE AUTOMATICALLY HAVE TO HAVE A QUALIFIED OPINION.
IT IS KIND OF RARE SOME TIME TO SEE THREE UNMODIFIED OPINIONS.
YOU PROBABLY WILL REMEMBER THE LAST YEAR THE DISTRICT DID HAVE A STATE COMPLIANCE FINDING WHAT SHE WAS A FEDERAL COMPLIANCE FINDING.
IN THE PRIOR YEAR AND I'M HAPPY TO NOTE THAT THAT WAS IMPLEMENT IT.
THINGS DO HAPPEN FROM YEAR TO YEAR SO I ALWAYS TELL MY CLIENTS, DON'T REST ON YOUR LAURELS THIS YEAR JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD NO FINDINGS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS PERFECT.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF ALL THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS BECAUSE THINGS CAN SLIP, PEOPLE COME AND GO IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU STAY ON TOP OF THINGS.
LIKE I SAID, I DON'T REST ON YOUR LAURELS JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO FINDINGS.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP UP TO DATE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE KEEPING ON TOP OF THINGS.
PHILIPPE YOU CAN TELL YOU THAT, BEING A FORMER AUDITOR.
THREE UNMODIFIED OPINIONS, NO FINDINGS, WHERE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS, NO FEDERAL FINDINGS AND NO STATE FINDINGS THIS YEAR.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, THIS WAS KIND OF A DIFFERENT YEAR FOR US AS AUDITORS IN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT.
THE AUDIT WAS CONDUCTED REMOTELY SO IT'S ALL DONE VIRTUALLY.
WE HAD TO HAVE A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH UPLOADING DOCUMENTS TO A SECURE PORTAL, HAVING A LOT OF ZOOM CALL TO GO OVER INFORMATION.
ICE -- I WANT TO THANK PHILIPPE AND HIS DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING WITH US.
WE LEARNED A LOT OF US -- ON HOW TO CONDUCT AN AUDIT VIRTUALLY.
WE STILL HAVE TO DO OUR JOB TO GET THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION THAT WE NEED TO SEE.
IT TOOK A LOT MORE WORK ON THE DISTRICT PART TO MAKE COPIES OF THINGS, UPLOADING DOCUMENTS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS IN GETTING THIS AUDIT COMPLETED.
I JUST WANT TO THANK PHILIPPE A AND HIS TEAM OVER IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
AND EVERYBODY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CAMPUS, THE PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL AID AND MISSIONS AND RECORDS.
IT TAKES EVERYBODY'S INVOLVEMENT IN ORDER TO GET AN AUDIT OF THIS RESULT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH SPEC THANK YOU, BILL.
I WOULD SAY THIS IS A COMPLETE TEAM EFFORT ON THIS.
THIS ISN'T JUST FISCAL OR THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT, AS YOU NOTICE.
THERE ARE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, MOST OF THE STATE AWARD PROGRAMS ARE OUTSIDE MY DEPARTMENT.
ESPECIALLY STUDENT FINANCIAL AID BEING ONE OF THE LARGEST FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS.
KUDOS TO EVERYBODY ON CAMPUS WHO WAS PART OF THIS.
WELL DONE WE WILL TAKE ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.
VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DID ALL OF THE WORK THAT FEEDS INTO THIS.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BILL.
EVERY YEAR IS A NEW YEAR BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON AN OUTSTANDING YEAR WORK AND KEEPING THE HOUSE IN ORDER IN A YEAR WHERE IT WAS NATURAL IT COULD HAVE GONE INTO DISORDER BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY NEW FACTORS AT PLAY.
EVERYBODY JUST DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
IN TERMS OF REALLY BEING ON THE BALL, ON TOP OF THINGS AND TO THE BENEFIT OF NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS DIRECTLY WITH PAYMENTS THAT WENT OUT, WITH COVID THROUGH PELL GRANT THROUGH EVERYTHING.
ALSO IN TERMS OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND TAXPAYERS THAT ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN STATE-FUNDED THROUGH OUR VARIOUS BOND PROGRAMS AND TO BACKUP THE STUDENTS.
THEY REALLY REINFORCED BY BEING ABLE TO SEE THESE BOND RATINGS THAT WE HAVE ENJOYED SO FAR AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO ENJOY.
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THE LESS EXPENSIVE THE BONDS, THE MORE MONEY CAN ACTUALLY GO TOWARDS THE INTENDED OUTCOME.IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT HAS A LOT OF MAYBE'S NUMBERS AND REPORTS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT THE IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: W NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.
[5.03 Sabbatical Leave Reports for 2019-2020 Academic Year]
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: NOW I HAVE 5.03, THE ITEM WITH SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORTS FOR THE LAST YEAR.
THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE SABBATICAL LEAVE REPORTS.
DO I HAVE -- ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: T HAVE A SECOND?
>> SPEAKER: STUDENT TRUSTEE WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: TRUSTEE LOU? TRUSTEE LOU?
>> SPEAKER: I WILL GO ONE MORE TIME TO TRUSTEE WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: >> SPEAKER: I SEE YOU SAYING YES.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
5.04, THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION PROPOSED REVISION BOARD POLICY 4235 CREDIT FOR
[5.04 Second Reading and Adoption: Proposed Revision to Board Policy 4235 – Credit for Prior Learning]
PRIOR LEARNING.THIS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT REVISED POLICY 4234.
AS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD ON THE JANUARY 20 MEETING.
DURING THIS SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.
>> SPEAKER: I THINK TRUSTEE BERKEY.
DURING THE LAST MEETING WE PRESENTED YOU WITH THE POLICY AS THE NAME SAID FIRST READING.
WE COLLECTED YOUR FEEDBACK AND AFTER THAT HAD A CONVERSATION.
DR. CLOWARD AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK INCORPORATING THE FEEDBACK TO THE BOARD ON THIS POLICY OF CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING.
I WILL LET DR. KLUWER'S WALK US THROUGH THE CHANGES AND THEN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FIYERO.
I WILL JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALL THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE.
WHAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE WAS ESSENTIALLY MOST OF THIS LANGUAGE I JUST ADDED A LEAD-IN SENTENCE TO REFLECT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE BOARD WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN OUR STATEMENT ABOUT TAKING STEPS TOWARDS EQUITY WITH REGARD TO STUDENTS.
WE INSERTED A SENTENCE, A LEADING SENTENCE IN AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO PROMOTE STUDENT EQUITY AND PROVIDE INCREASED ACCESS FOR STUDENTS TO RECEIVE COURSE CREDIT IN PURSUIT OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS, CERRITOS COLLEGE OFFERS CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING.
AND THEN WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT STUDENTS MAY DO THAT.
YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE THAT WAS DROPPED IN HERE.
AS WE WERE PREPARING THE FORM, THE CERTIFICATION FORM FOR THE CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING DOCUMENTS, WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO ACTUALLY DROP IN SOME TITLE V LANGUAGE.
IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE REGULATIONS AND IT JUST NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE BOARD POLICY ITSELF.
ESSENTIALLY STATES THAT WE DO REVIEW THE CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING POLICY EVERY
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THREE YEARS AS WE DO OUR OTHER BOARD POLICIES.AND THAT WE WOULD REPORT OUR FINDINGS TO THE CHANCELLORS OFFICE AND THOSE FINDINGS WILL INCLUDE THE ITEMS THAT ARE BULLETED HERE.
THIS AGGREGATED DATA BY GENDER AND RACE THAT RELATE TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED CREDIT, NUMBER OF CREDITS THAT WERE AWARDED, RETENTION AND PERSISTENCE RATES, DATA COMPLETION AS WELL AS PAULA TATE OF ASSESSMENT I STUDENTS OF THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.
AGAIN, JUST TO NOTE, THIS LANGUAGE COMES DIRECTLY FROM TITLE V AND IT WAS JUST A REQUIREMENT ON THE CERTIFICATION FORM THAT WE INCLUDE IT IN THE ACTUAL BOARD POLICY.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: NONE FOR ME.
ANY OF MY FELLOW TRUSTEES? ALL RIGHT.
DO HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM?
>> SPEAKER: MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: T HAVE A SECOND?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: CAN WE DO A LITTLE RECALL VOTE?
>> SPEAKER: STUDENT TRUSTEE WALLACE?
>> SPEAKER: THE MOTION PASSES.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FEEDBACK AND FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU DR. FLOWERS.
WE ARE AT ITEM 6.01 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS.
[6. Reports and Comments from District Officials]
WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE STUDENT TRUSTEE WALLACE.>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: ALL RIGHT.
>> SPEAKER: I'M SORRY, I HAVE NO REPORT.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: DR. SALAZAR?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: DR. LOU?
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: KRISTI PACHECO?
>> SPEAKER: YES, I PARTICIPATED IN THE LA CTA MEETING AND IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT THE ASSEMBLY BILL AND SENATE BILL 886 AND RETURN TO SCHOOL.
THAT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR EXACTLY GOING BACK AND FORTH AND THE LEGISLATION WASN'T COMPLETE.
LOOKS LIKE IT IS -- THEY ARE EITHER VOTING ON IT AS TO HOW THEY WILL REOPEN THE SCHOOLS.
AND I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT GOT DONATED TO THE SCHOOL.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS OF THE RECIPIENTS THAT GOT THE SCHOLARSHIP AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT TYPE OF PROGRAM.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ALL OF THE FACULTY AND STAFF WHO ARE GOING OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS THIS SEMESTER.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH ACCOMMODATIONS AND OUTREACH AND JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTRA CARE AS OUR STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING WITH ANOTHER SEMESTER BEING AT HOME LEARNING.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE HARD WORK.
I ALSO WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING THAT TRUSTEE WALLACE MENTIONED EARLIER.
HE HAD MENTIONED AB 1216 ON THE STUDENT TRUSTEE RIGHTS.
I'M WONDERING I'M A DR. FIERRO, WILL WE AGENDAS THAT FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING? THAT WOULD GREAT.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU, TRUSTEE PEREZ.
>> SPEAKER: I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE, RECEIVE $1 MILLION GIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAINS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION GIFT ON BEHALF OF THROUGH THIS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION.
THIS GIFT IS GOING TO BE USED IN MULTIPLE WAYS WITH SET UP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR
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STUDENTS IN PERPETUITY AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES FOR US TO FUND SOME FACULTY PROJECTS.WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO RECEIVE $1 MILLION GIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RECEIVE SOME SIGNIFICANT GIFTS AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: THANK YOU.
IF I COULD ALSO ECHO THAT I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT GIFT FROM THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JAMES.
IT IS AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE A GIFT LIKE THAT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FULFILLING OUR END OF THAT COMMITMENT.
ULTIMATELY AROUND ADVANCING THE BEST INTERESTS OF STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT.
FURTHERMORE, I JUST WANT TO CHARACTERIZE, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE KINDS OF MEETINGS WHERE I FEEL LIKE DESPITE OTHER MEETINGS WITH A LOT OF TOUGH STUFF TO GET THROUGH, THIS IS ONE WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE GET SNOWBALLED WITH A LOT OF REALLY GOOD STUFF.
I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE AGAIN ALL OF THE WORK THAT WENT IN OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO TO SABBATICAL RESEARCH AND WORK PROJECTS THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN.
I WANT TO ALSO COMMEND ALL OF THE STAFF WORK RELATED TO OUR COVID-19 PROTOCOLS AND THE ADVANCEMENT THAT IS GOING ON THERE RELATED TO ACTUALLY VACCINATION SITE, ETC. AND DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO REALLY BE A LEADER IN THE COMMUNITY IN REGARD TO THAT.
FURTHERMORE, LOOKING AT A LOT OF THESE, THE AUDIT WORK THAT WAS DONE, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR GOOD HOUSEKEEPING ON OUR END AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT THE CASE.
JUST REALLY COMMEND THE COMMUNITY, OUR CERRITOS COLLEGE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, FOR ALL OF THE GOOD WORK THAT MAKES US EXCEPTIONAL.
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A FANTASTIC MEETING.
ON THAT NOTE, OUR OPEN SESSION IS ADJOURNED.
WE WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION.
[7. Closed Session]
>> SPEAKER: WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SECTION EVENING.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: WHY DON'T WE COME BACK IN SEVEN MINUTES.
>> JAMES CODY BIRKEY: SEE YOU ALL MOMENTARILY.
>> SPEAKER: ANDREA, WOULD YOU HELP US WITH THE TRANSITION?
>> SPEAKER: YES, I WILL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.