[1.04 Comments from the Audience]
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          STAY IN TUNED. WHAT I'VE LEARNED FROM A TRAINING THAT I HAD WITH WITH NICHOLAS
HUMMINGBIRD, 
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WHO IS AN INDIGENOUS EDUCATOR WHO HAS TALKED ABOUT HOW OUR OWN PLANTS THAT WE HAVE NATIVE
IN CALIFORNIA ALREADY THRIVE IN THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S THERE SINCE THEY'RE NATIVE PLANTS THERE TO IN TUNE,
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO MOLD THEM INTO ANY DIFFERENT WAY THEY SURVIVE WITH US. 
          THE FELLOWS WILL BE PROPAGATING CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS,
MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING THE NURSERY, SUPPORTING HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS LEADING TOWARDS AN EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND
ASSISTING WITH WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE AND SUPPORT,
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR ENDEAVORS BY SHOWING UP TO THE NATIVE PLANT SALE AND ALSO SHOWING UP TO WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAMES. PLEASE. 
          BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 1.05 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM
CONSTITUENT GROUPS. 
          [1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]
FIRST, WE WILL HAVE TERRENCE MULLINS, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT DOCTOR WILL MITTENDORF CCFF PRESIDENT. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES,
DOCTOR FIERRO, COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT CCSF AND THE DISTRICT HAVE REACHED A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON THE
OUT OF CLASS PAY REOPENER. 
          AND OUR MEMBERS VOTED TO RATIFY THAT AGREEMENT WITH A 99.5% APPROVAL RATE. 
          I WANT TO START BY THANKING THE MEMBERS OF OUR NEGOTIATION TEAM. 
          THAT'S APRIL BRACAMONTES FROM COMMUNICATION STUDIES,
DE FLORES FROM ANTHROPOLOGY MIA, SARA WALSH FROM COUNSELING, AND TIEN TRAN FROM MATHEMATICS. ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO ORLANDO LOPEZ AND ALL OUR UNION
BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND SIBLINGS OVER AT CSEA FOR THEIR SUPPORT. 
          ALSO, TERRENCE MULLINS AND FACULTY SENATE FOR ALL THEIR ADVICE AND FEEDBACK. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT'S NEGOTIATIONS TEAM. 
          THEY'VE BEEN EXCELLENT PARTNERS WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS. 
          LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE DISTRICT FOR LISTENING TO OUR CONCERNS AND ADDRESSING SOME OF
THE INEQUALITIES INEQUITIES AMONG FACULTY ON THIS CAMPUS. 
          I AM INCREDIBLY PROUD TO WORK AT THIS COLLEGE,
AND EVEN MORE SO NOW THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A UNIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE. 
          PART TIME FACULTY WILL HAVE THE SAME STEPS AND COLUMNS AS FULL TIME FACULTY. 
          THAT MEANS MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES WILL MOVE TO A HIGHER COLUMN,
AND MANY WHO HAVE BEEN STUCK AT THE TOP STEP FOR YEARS WILL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE AGAIN. 
          THIS SCHEDULE WILL BETTER COMPENSATES FACULTY FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN AND OUT OF THE
CLASSROOM, AND REWARDS FACULTY FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE STUDY OF THEIR DISCIPLINE AND THEIR
COMMITMENT TO THIS COLLEGE. 
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OUR FACULTY ARE OUT THERE EVERY DAY WORKING HARD TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS,
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR FACULTY. 
          THIS AGREEMENT DOES JUST THAT, AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THIS BOARD APPROVE IT. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT, ORLANDO LOPEZ, CSEA PRESIDENT. SORRY HE HAS TO GO DOWN. I'M SHORT. 
          SO GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. AND TO OUR MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS HERE TONIGHT. 
          IT'S BEEN A BUSY DAY FOR ME. I WAS AT A TRAINING EVENT ALL DAY,
WHERE IMPROVEMENT AND COLLABORATION WAS THE MAIN FOCAL POINT OF WHAT WE DID. 
          THEY TAUGHT US A WAYS WHERE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR CSC IMPLEMENTED NEW STRATEGIC GOALS
AND PLANS, AND TODAY WAS ONE OF THOSE SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE BACK
AT OUR CHAPTER LEVEL. SO WE HAVE AS AS AN EXECUTIVE BOARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF WORK MOVING AHEAD. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BUSY. 
          YOU'LL SEE A BIT MORE MOVEMENT WITHIN OUR CHAPTER LOCALLY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL SEE MORE VIBRANCY AND MORE VISION FROM CSC WITHIN OUR CAMPUS. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS AWARE. 
          WHEN YOU SEE US GOING AROUND TALKING TO OUR FOLKS,
YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF OUR MISSIONS. 
          MEMBER RECRUITMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. OUR NUMBERS HAVE BEEN IMPROVING EVERY YEAR. 
          EVEN WITH JANICE COMING ON BOARD, WE'VE KEPT OUR MEMBERSHIP VERY STRONG. 
          AND IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE INITIATIVES FOR OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
          SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALWAYS DO THOSE. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING NEW
EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO TALK TO OUR NEW MEMBERS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM THE INFORMATION AND THE BENEFITS THAT CSA BRINGS. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO THANK CCF FOR WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH CSC. 
          WE WILL BE DOING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE SINCE OUR NEGOTIATIONS DO TEND TO PAIR UP
TOGETHER. 
          SO WE'LL BE HAVING THOSE TALKS TO ENSURE THAT BOTH OF THE UNITS ARE FULLY REPRESENTED. 
          AND THE DIALOG IS TRULY OPEN. SO THAT NO GROUP FEELS LIKE ONE IS GETTING BETTER THAN THE
OTHER. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN HAVING REALLY GOOD PARTNERSHIPS WITH CCF AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT
COLLABORATION. 
          AND WE DO ALSO ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE INCREASE THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU TONIGHT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO INTO OPEN 
          [2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]
SESSION AGENDA ITEM 2.01 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION RECOGNITION OF CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. 
          AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BE HONORING MONICA CASTRO,
FACILITY SCHEDULING SPECIALIST FROM THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AS OUTSTANDING CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR SEPTEMBER 2026. 
          MONICA CASTRO BEGAN HER FULL TIME CAREER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IN EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
AND PROGRAMS, WHERE SHE WAS INVOLVED WITH TEACHER TRACK FROM ITS INCEPTION. 
          AFTER 25 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THAT DEPARTMENT. 
          SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE FACILITY. SCHEDULING SPECIALIST IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT IN
OCTOBER OF 2025. 
          MONICA STEPPED INTO HER NEW POSITION WITH PROFESSIONALISM,
ENTHUSIASM AND AN IMPRESSIVE COMMITMENT TO POSITIVE CHANGE. 
          AS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY POINTS OF CONTACT,
SHE REPRESENTS BOTH FACILITIES AND CERRITOS COLLEGE TO STUDENTS, EMPLOYEES, VENDORS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SHE SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT LIAISON BETWEEN
FACILITIES AND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, AND PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN COORDINATING EVENTS AND ENSURING THAT THEY COME TOGETHER
SEAMLESSLY. 
          SEAMLESSLY. MONICA'S CUSTOMER SERVICE IS EXCEPTIONAL. 
          SHE IS DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE, AND CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS WORK OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD. 
          HER POSITIVE ATTITUDE, PROFESSIONALISM AND CHARISMA HAVE ALSO MADE A MEANINGFUL IMPACT ON
THE DEPARTMENT AND THOSE WHO WORK ALONGSIDE HER. MONICA, YOU EXEMPLIFY THE COLLEGE'S MISSION AND VISION THROUGH YOUR DAILY
COMMITMENT TO STAFF AND STUDENTS. FOR THIS, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS SEPTEMBER'S EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
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DOCTOR. WHAT'S THE GOOD PHOTOS OF. YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST A LITTLE SPEECH. 
          I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY BOSS, ELMER,
FOR NOMINATING ME. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU AND WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT. 
          COMING FROM ACADEMIC STUDENT SERVICES TO JUMPING ON THE OTHER SIDE IS,
IS BEEN AMAZING. 
          I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT THEY MADE IT. 
          MERRILLVILLE. THEY HAVE MADE IT A VERY COMFORTABLE AND PLEASURE TO. 
          TO WORK AT CERRITOS FACILITIES DEPARTMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR MY FAMILY TO BE HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. HEY. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 
          [2.02 Institutional Presentation: Bellflower State of the City Updates]
2.02 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION. BELLFLOWER STATE OF THE CITY UPDATES. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. SHALL WE GO TO THE PODIUM OR DO WE DO IT FROM HERE? I DON'T. KNOW. 
          IS IT FALCON BLUE? IT'S NOT IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS. 
          ALL THIS TIME. TRUSTEE RIOS AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THIS LAST WEEK TO SPEND TIME WITH A
LOT OF FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY AT THE STATE OF THE CITY. 
          FOR THE CITY OF CERRITOS OR SORRY FOR THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER,
FOR REPRESENTING CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TODAY TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME TO GO THROUGH WHAT,
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE THIS IS A, THERE'S A LOT MOVING AND WE'RE,
WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. THE REASON WE'RE HERE IN THE PODIUM,
INSTEAD OF JUST SEEING A VIDEO, IS THAT THERE'S AN EXTENDED PRESENTATION. AND MY GOAL AS A TRUSTEE,
AS I GO TO THESE EVENTS, IS FOR US TO SHARE WITH YOU THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE,
MY FELLOW TRUSTEES IN REGARDS TO THE CITIES THAT WE REPRESENT. 
          SO I'VE ALREADY BROUGHT THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD,
THE CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS, AND TODAY IT'S THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SHOW THE SLIDES UP TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDREA, FOR BEING MY HELPER AND MOVING THROUGH THE SLIDES. 
          PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THAT THE BELLFLOWER RESIDENTS IDENTIFIED
THE WHAT WAS MOST IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE DRUG USAGE AND DRUG ABUSE OR HOMELESSNESS. 
          UNSAFE DRIVING, LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING ARE SOME OF THE LEADING CONCERNS IN THE CITY. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT THE COUNCIL IS WORKING ON AND LET ME BACKTRACK. 
          I KNOW TRUSTEE BIRKEY MENTIONED MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OBVIOUSLY MAYOR SUNNY. 
          SANTA YNEZ, HE'S THE ONE THAT DID THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND SO I'M TAKING OVER HIS ROLE AND SHARING SOME OF WHAT I LEARNED AT THE,
AT THE LUNCHEON OF THE STATE OF THE CITY. 
          OF COURSE, MAYOR PRO TEM VICTOR SANCHEZ, HE WAS THE EMCEE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER RAY DUNCAN, COUNCIL MEMBER DAN COOPS,
IF YOU RECALL, HE WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY REQUESTED BOOKS FOR HIS LOCAL ELEMENTARY 
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SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS LEAVING HIS MAYORSHIP. AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN WENDY MORSE. 
          CAN WE KEEP GOING TO SLIDE? AND I'M IN THE PODIUM NOW IT'S MY TURN TO BE A LITTLE BIT
NERVOUS. 
          SLIDE SIX. THIS IS FUCKING BLUE. YEAH. SO IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY,
THE CITY REPORTED THAT YEAR OVER YEAR DECREASES IN SEVERAL PART ONE CRIME CATEGORIES, INCLUDING THE OVERALL CRIMES LIKE ROBBERIES,
AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS, BURGLARIES AND VEHICLE BURGLARIES. 
          SO THAT WAS AMAZING NEWS. AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THAT MOST OF THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, IF NOT ALL, AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE AT THE LUNCHEON. 
          SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN. IN REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERSHIP,
THEY'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT LAKEWOOD AND PARAMOUNT, THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY,
ARE SHARING RESOURCES. 
          AND THERE'S A PLANNED PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY OPERATING CENTER. 
          SO THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. WE WORK BEST THROUGH COLLABORATION,
OF COURSE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE NUMBER NINE. WHERE THERE'S LIKE 40 SLIDES. 
          SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THEM ALL. 42 IN REGARDS TO HOMELESSNESS,
THIS WAS AMAZING THAT THEY'RE CREATING A PARTNERSHIP WITH KINGDOM CAUSES IN BELLFLOWER AND BEAST AND YOU HOPE TO
HOUSE HOMELESSNESS. AND THEY ACTUALLY DECREASED HOMELESSNESS BY 53%,
WHICH IS AMAZING. 
          MOST CITIES COMPLAIN THAT IT'S GROWING, IT'S GROWING. 
          BUT IN BELLFLOWER THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, AN AMAZING WORK. 
          IT'S DECREASED THAT MUCH. I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LA MIRADA IS ON THAT GREEN PART. 
          WE NEED TO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM LA MIRADA. 
          BRING IT TO US. NOT QUITE AS GOOD. WE'LL TRY TO GET TO BELLFLOWER. 
          SLIDE NUMBER TEN. IN REGARDS TO HOUSING, AGAIN, THEY JUST HIGHLIGHTED THEY HAVE 12 AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS,
51% SUPPORT, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS ENTITLED AND 46 HOME TOWNHOMES ENTITLED,
AS YOU KNOW, HERE IN L.A. 
          COUNTY, HOUSING IS A MAJOR ISSUE. SO THAT THEY'RE CREATING MORE HOUSING IS JUST AMAZING. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO SLIDE NUMBER 12. YOU CAN SEE NUMBER 11,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SLIDE NUMBER 12 COMMUNITY FACILITIES. 
          THE OAK CENTER IS BEING DEVELOPED AND SHARED. 
          AND THEY HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING PLANNED FOR NOVEMBER 21ST,
2026. 
          AND I BELIEVE THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA CONTRIBUTED TO $1 MILLION FOR
THEM. 
          AND HE WAS THERE ALSO AT THE LUNCHEON. SO IT WAS VERY,
VERY NICE TO SEE HIM THERE. 
          SLIDE 13 AND 16. WE'LL JUST YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON. AND WE CAN STOP THERE. 
          WHAT WAS MOST IMPRESSIVE TO ME AND THE AUDIENCE BECAUSE WE ALL CLAPPED,
EVEN THOUGH THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING ON, IS THAT THERE ARE 250 NEW TREES PLANTED. AND WE JUST HAD A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR NATIVE
PLANTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS AMAZING, RIGHT? YOU CUT A TREE,
YOU PLANT 2 OR 3 MORE. 
          SLIDE 17. THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMING. SLIDE 18. 
          COMMUNITY SERVICE. SLIDE 20 TO 21. 
          OF COURSE, HUGE FOCUS ON ENTREPRENEURS AND SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          AND IT WAS PRESENTED HOW MUCH MONEY IS PRESENTED TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH THEIR
GRANTS? AND LAST YEAR THEY GAVE 421 $421,000 TO PROVIDE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. 
          SLIDE 27. AND TO GET AWESOME BUSINESSES, OF COURSE,
THERE HAS TO BE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY SERVICES AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR THEM TO GET RESPONSES. KEEP GOING TO SLIDE 30 TO 35. 
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OKAY. KEEP GOING TO SLIDE 37 THROUGH 40 SLOWER. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY'S CATCHING IT ON. BUT AND THIS IS JUST PRETTY MUCH CITY SERVICES,
RIGHT? ONE BIG HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT THERE'S WI-FI AT EVERY PARK IN BELLFLOWER,
AND I KNOW MOST CITIES ARE STRIVING TO DO THE SAME. 
          FOR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT ACCESSIBILITY. 
          SLIDE 37 THROUGH 40. THIS IS THEIR NEW CITY HALL IN TERMS OF NOT NECESSARILY NEW, EXCUSE ME, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO BETTER THEIR AUDIO AND VIDEO,
THEIR LIGHTING AND THEIR ACCESSIBILITY TO RESIDENTS. 
          AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED A PHONE NUMBER WHERE RESIDENTS CAN CALL IN AND REPORT ANY ISSUES AND
CITY STAFF WILL PROMPTLY RESPOND. 
          AND TO CONCLUDE, SLIDE 41. THESE ARE THEIR GOALS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. 
          AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO MAYOR SANTA YNEZ AND MY DOING THE BEST PRESENTATION. 
          SHORTEN HIS PRESENTATION TO THE CITY. THIS WAS LIKE A 40 MINUTE PRESENTATION. 
          I DID LIKE IN MUCH, MUCH LESS TIME. BUT OBVIOUSLY THEIR GOALS ARE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC
SAFETY, INCREASE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND CONNECTION,
CONTINUE INVESTING IN HIGHER PERFORMING AND EFFICIENT TEAMS AT THE CITY HALL, PROVIDE QUALITY OF LIFE AND VISUAL APPEAL IN THE CITY AND STRENGTHEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT,
OBVIOUSLY, THE BELLFLOWER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THERE. 
          AND, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN REGARDS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT. 
          AND SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA MENTIONED THAT HE WANTS TO COME AND VISIT OUR SITE. 
          SO WE WILL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THAT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE? TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SAY THAT WAS WAY FASTER,
MORE EFFICIENT THAN WHAT WE HAD FOR THE 42 SLIDES WHEN WE WERE. 
          BUT WE HAD GOOD FOOD, SO IT WAS FINE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE MAYOR APPROACHED US ABOUT
WAS RELATED TO A FEW OF THESE POINTS, ESPECIALLY NUMBER FIVE. AS THE CITY LOOKS TO FROM AN URBAN DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT EXPAND
BEYOND JUST HAVING A THRIVING DOWNTOWN. 
          THEY SPENT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER HAS ANYBODY EVER SPENT TIME IN DOWNTOWN
BELLFLOWER? YES. 
          THANK YOU PEOPLE. IT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TEN, 15 YEARS AGO,
IT WAS PRETTY VACANT. 
          BUT THEY SPENT A LOT OF ENERGY IN BRINGING THAT DOWNTOWN UP AND TO BECOME A VIBRANT CENTER
OF THE CITY, WHICH IS EXCELLENT IN A DAY WHERE THAT, YOU KNOW,
DOING THINGS IN PERSON IS KIND OF BOTH GONE AWAY, BUT THEN ALSO IS OF RENEWED VALUE. THAT BEING SAID,
IS THE CITY IS MUCH BIGGER THAN JUST THAT ONE STREET. 
          AND SO THE, THE MAYOR APPROACHED US SAYING, LOOK,
WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO INVEST IN REVITALIZING CERTAIN NODES OF THE CITY. 
          AND ONE OF THE. AND THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEBODY WHO'S A LOT OLDER THAN I AM. 
          AND I APPRECIATE IT WHEN PEOPLE OF ANOTHER GENERATION THINK THIS WAY. 
          IT'S LIKE, I WANT TO CREATE AN ARTS DISTRICT AND THIS ARTS DISTRICT,
WHICH IS AROUND THE HISTORIC RANDALLIA AREA. 
          I, I'M WONDERING, DOES THE COLLEGE HAVE ANY CONNECTIVITY TO ANY FOLKS THAT COULD HELP US
INVEST IN GETTING SOMETHING GOING HERE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ALL IT IS IS VACANT WAREHOUSES AND OLD STOREFRONTS. 
          AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK IF IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS 28 YEARS OLD WITH SOME,
YOU KNOW, LIKE RASTA CURLS, I WOULD BE LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S A COOL IDEA. 
          BUT WHEN IT'S A, YOU KNOW, 78 YEAR OLD MAYOR,
YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, MAYBE WE CAN, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. 
          SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT OUT THERE. IT'S ONE OF THE GREAT IDEAS AND INITIATIVES
COMING OUT OF A CITY ON THE MOVE. 
          OH, YEAH. AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME. THE DESSERT WAS GOOD,
TOO. I DON'T NORMALLY HAVE DESSERT WITH LUNCH, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR TRUSTEE RIOS OR
BIRKEY TRUSTEE BIRKEY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. OR DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? I WAS JUST GOING TO BE BANTERING WITH HIM. OKAY. 
          YOU CAN HIRE KINGDOM CAUSES IN LA MIRADA AS WELL. 
          HOLD THE THOUGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 
          [2.03 Institutional Presentation: KPI Update]
2.03 INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION WITH KPI UPDATES. 
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SO I AM HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU OUR NEW KPI GLASSES. 
          IT'S EMBARRASSING. OH, GOOD. YOU COULDN'T HEAR ME? THE I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE NEW. OUR NEW KPI DASHBOARD. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO WITH THIS IS ENABLE US TO BETTER TRACK THE KPI,
THE COHORTS THAT WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND AS WE AS WE CAME TO THIS THIRD ONE,
WE FOUND THAT IT WAS GETTING DIFFICULT TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL THREE. AND FOR OUR SUCCESS TEAMS TO STAY ON TOP OF IT IN ORDER TO
CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO SERVE SO WELL. SO DOCTOR FIRO'S BEEN PUSHING US TO THINK ABOUT WAYS THAT WE CAN
USE AI EFFECTIVELY TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS. DO DO BETTER BY THEM. AND SO THIS DASHBOARD IS A,
AS A HYBRID BETWEEN JUST OLD FASHIONED COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
          AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THAT IS AS WE GO THROUGH. 
          BUT THIS FIRST PART HERE IS AN OVER AN INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW OF ALL THREE OF OUR COHORTS. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT YOU COULD SEE THAT ON THE LEFT,
WE HAVE FALL 2026 WITH 3743 STUDENTS IN THE MIDDLE, FALL 2025, AND THEN FALL 2024. 
          AND ALONG THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE OUR KPI. 
          SO WE. SO AT A GLANCE, WE CAN SEE HOW ALL THREE COHORTS ARE FARING. 
          WHEN WE SCROLL DOWN, WE CAN SEE OUR COHORT JOURNEY. 
          AND SO THAT CONSISTS OF FIRST ALL THREE COHORTS. 
          IT STARTS WITH FALL 2024 BECAUSE THAT'S OUR OLDEST COHORT AND IT HAS ARTS AND HUMANITIES
UP BY ACCIDENT. 
          I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON ALL LC. AND SO FOR NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION AND BELOW THAT, WHAT YOU SEE, AND THIS IS THE AI COMPONENT OF THIS DASHBOARD RIGHT HERE. 
          ONCE THE DATA HAS BEEN UPDATED EACH WEEK IT IS THEN THROUGH AN API,
THE DATA SUBMITTED TO CLAUDE AND CLAUDE THEN COMES BACK WITH KEY TAKEAWAYS AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. 
          AND SO THIS RIGHT HERE IS AGAIN INTENDED FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND FOR THE BOARD. 
          WE HAVE OTHER MATERIAL FOR THE LCC. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A SECOND. 
          THE SO OUR FALL 2024 COHORT HAS BEEN WITH US. 
          THEY'RE STARTING THEIR THIRD FALL. SO HERE WE CAN SEE YEAR ONE,
YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE. 
          AND, AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE THE MEASUREMENTS ACROSS EACH YEAR. 
          SO ONE, THE TOP ONE IS THE CSPS. YOU CAN SEE IN YEAR ONE WE HIT 86. 
          YEAR TWO WE'RE AT 87. SO WE'RE GOING BY A PERCENT EACH YEAR. 
          UNITS ATTEMPTED MILESTONE. WE HAVE 15 PLUS IN THE FIRST YEAR,
30 PLUS AND 45 PLUS IN THE THIRD YEAR. 
          KEEP IN MIND THE THIRD YEAR WE'RE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE THIRD YEAR. 
          SO WE EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO EXCUSE ME, INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          WE HAVE BELOW THAT THE COMPLETED MILESTONES THE 15 UNITS,
30 UNITS, 45 UNITS. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE PERSISTENCE BELOW THAT. IF I GO UP HERE AGAIN AND I GO TO FALL 25,
WE HAVE. 
          WE HAVE A NEW SET OF KEY TAKEAWAYS, NEW SET OF RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. 
          AND NOW YOU SEE 25 STARTED LAST YEAR. SO THEY ONLY HAVE TWO YEARS OF DATA. 
          AND SO THE DASHBOARD SHOWS TWO YEARS OF WHAT OF OF DATA FOR THIS PARTICULAR COHORT. 
          AND THEN WE CAN DO THE SAME FOR, FOR FALL 26. 
          AND AGAIN, NEW KEY TAKEAWAYS, NEW RECOMMENDATIONS,
ONE YEAR OF DATA. 
          THIS IS WHERE OUR NEWEST COHORT IS. WE SCROLL DOWN HERE,
WE AGAIN CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT THE DIFFERENT 
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KPIS, THE TRANSFER LEVEL, ENGLISH TRANSFER LEVEL,
MATH ATTEMPTED CT AND THEN WE HAVE THE ENGLISH COMPLETED MATH COMPLETED. 
          KEEP IN MIND THIS IS 26. THEY JUST STARTED. MOST OF THESE NUMBERS RIGHT HERE ARE FROM THE
SUMMER. 
          MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAVEN'T COMPLETED ENGLISH YET. 
          SO THE 9% IS A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER GIVEN THAT THAT'S STRICTLY A SUMMER NUMBER. 
          THE SUMMER WE WILL HAVE COMPLETIONS VERY SHORTLY WITH THE FIRST NINE WEEK. 
          AND THEN WE'RE, AND THEN AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SEMESTER,
WE'LL HAVE INCREASING NUMBERS OF COMPLETIONS UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE FINAL 18 WEEK SEMESTER. I WANT TO GO UP HERE. AND THIS IS WHERE I THINK IS THE REAL BENEFIT OF
THE DASHBOARD IS THAT THIS NOW GOES BY. 
          KP I'M SORRY LCP SO I'M GOING TO PICK. ARTS HUMANITIES AND COMMUNICATION. 
          AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS FOR THE LCP TEAMS TO HAVE A CLEAR INDICATION OF HOW THEIR
COHORT IS DOING WITH RESPECT TO THE KPIS. AGAIN, WE HAVE THE KEY TAKEAWAYS. 
          WE HAVE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PICK A MORE INTERESTING YEAR THAN
THE FIRST ONE. 
          I'M GOING TO PICK THE FOURTH. AND THEN AGAIN,
YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PARTICULAR LCP HAS 94%. 
          FRANK, WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING WHAT IS AN LCP? OH, YES. SORRY. LEARNING CAREER PATHWAY. SO WE HAVE ORGANIZED EIGHT LK AS A MEANS OF OF SUPPORTING THESE KPIS. SO WE HAVE THIS ONE HERE IS ARTS,
HUMANITIES AND COMMUNICATION. IT HAS A NUMBER OF. IT HAS THE MAJORS OF LIBERAL ARTS,
ENGLISH COMMUNICATION STUDIES. IT HAS FINE ARTS, THEATER ART. ART HISTORY HAS A NUMBER OF THOSE LCP. 
          I'M SORRY, THOSE MAJORS. AND WE HAVE, WE HAVE A STEM LCP WE HAVE A BUSINESS ACCOUNTING AND
LAW LCP. 
          SO WE HAVE EIGHT OF THESE LP, LCP THAT SPAN THAT GROUP MAJORS BY INTEREST. 
          AND WE. AND, AND THEN WE HAVE GROUPS OF STUDENTS THAT BELONG IN EACH ONE OF THOSE LCP. 
          OUR HIGHEST IS ABOUT 800. AND THAT IS THE SOCIAL BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 
          RIGHT BELOW IT IS THERE ARE ABOUT 700. YOU CAN SEE MY FAVORITE ONE IS AT 300 ARTS, HUMANITIES AND COMMUNICATION, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT 94% FINALIZED CS9797 ATTEMPTS FOR FOR THEIR ENGLISH IS 74. I'M SORRY,
THIS IS FOR THE 15 UNIT 74. THE THE COMPLETED NOT GREAT 86 ON THE ENGLISH ATTEMPTED. 
          BUT THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS FOR THE LCC TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEIR PARTICULAR STUDENT
GROUP AND, AND LOOK AND SEE, HEY, WE'RE OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT DOING WELL HERE. 
          AND THEN THEY START REACHING OUT TO THEIR STUDENTS AND HELPING THEM ACHIEVE OUR KPIS. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS DISAGGREGATING THE KPI DATA BY LCP. 
          EVERY ONE OF THOSE LCP TEAMS CONSISTS OF A DEAN,
A LEAD COUNCILOR. 
          THEY HAVE SUPPORTING COUNCILORS. THEY HAVE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES,
ALL OF THEM WORKING TOGETHER TO ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO GET IN THE MATH, GET IN THE ENGLISH, GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO PASS THOSE CLASSES,
AND THEN CONTINUE ALONG THEIR PATHWAY SO THAT THEY DO MEET THE 15 UNITS PER YEAR, THE 15, THE FIRST YEAR, 30, THE SECOND YEAR,
45, THE THIRD YEAR. 
          AND WE WERE STRUGGLING TO GET THAT KIND OF INFORMATION TO THE LCP. 
          WE CAN NOW DELIVER IT TO THEM. THEY WILL THEY EACH WILL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW THEIR
PARTICULAR COHORT IS DOING AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THOSE STUDENTS BASED ON THE DATA BEFORE THEM. I LOVE THAT. 
          YEAH. SUPER IMPORTANT. IF YOU LIKE HOW IT FEELS,
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU IN TERMS OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING, YOU JUST HAVE TO GO WITH YOUR GUT. YOU KNOW,
IF YOU'RE IN THE LCP POSITION. 
          SO THIS IS THIS IS THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL IN THAT WAY. 
          [00:40:03]
YES. SINCE WE USE AI ON THIS KPI DASHBOARD, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THE DATA THAT WE SEE IN
THERE ARE ACCURATE? WELL, THEY, THE DATA IS NOT ANALYZED IS NOT COMPUTED BY THE THE AI. 
          SO WE, THE, THE PROGRAM THROUGH PYTHON IS THE ONE DOING THE COMPUTATION. 
          SO AND WE HAVE TO, WE, WE HAVE TO VALIDATE THE DATA PERIODICALLY AND WHAT,
AND SO WHAT I'M SEEING HAPPEN ARE THE DEANS ARE LOOKING AT IT, THEY LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL DATA SHEET THAT WE GET FROM IPG. 
          THEY DELIVER, THEY DELIVER THAT DATA. WE DE-IDENTIFY THAT DATA FROM ANY STUDENT NAME OR
ANYTHING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO UPLOAD THAT INTO OUR DATABASE AND IT DOES THE CALCULATION. 
          WHAT AI DOES IS IT ANALYZES THE DATA. IT DOESN'T IT DOESN'T SORT IT. 
          IT DOESN'T DO ANY OF THE THINGS THAT A COMPUTER CAN DO,
BECAUSE A COMPUTER CAN DO IT FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN WHAT AI CAN DO. 
          AI ANALYZES. THAT'S IT. SO WE, WE SAVE AI FOR WHAT IT'S BEST AT. 
          AND THAT'S LOOK, ANALYZING DATA, NOT, NOT, NOT COMPUTING DATA. 
          AND THIS IS A CLOSED SYSTEM. THIS IS OUR DATA IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          IT'S NO, IT'S NOT GOING INTO THE UNIVERSE TO PULL ANYTHING. 
          IT'S, OR DATA OR FORMULAS IN THE BACKGROUND,
AS FRANK MENTIONED. 
          AND THE ANALYSIS IS DONE ON TOP OF OUR OWN INFORMATION. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE USING CLOUD, RIGHT? AND IT'S MOSTLY FOR THE SUMMARY,
RIGHT. 
          THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT EACH ONE OF THE TRUSTEE BIRKEY,
EACH ONE OF THE LCP'S GETS THEIR OWN KEY TAKEAWAYS AND THEIR OWN RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. AND, AND I'M STILL TRAINING AI TO,
TO THE TYPES OF KEY TAKEAWAYS AND AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. IT,
IT GETS BETTER AS WE TELL IT WHAT WE WANT. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I MEAN, MAYBE THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT. 
          TRUSTEE. SUSAN TRUSTEE FABIAN BUT LIKE, TO ME,
I ALWAYS THINK OF LIKE AN AI SUMMARY IS LIKE A REALLY AMBITIOUS HIGH ENERGY JUNIOR ANALYST, RIGHT? SO IT TENDS TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD KIND OF INITIAL
UNDERSTANDING OF THINGS, BUT ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE SOME FOLKS WITH SOME SENIOR
HUMAN EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO DISTILL THAT INFORMATION AND AGGREGATE, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GREAT THAT I HADN'T SEEN BEFORE. 
          BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE THIS IS PROBABLY BEING FLAGGED AS MORE OF AN ISSUE OR LESS OF
AN ISSUE THAN IT ACTUALLY IS. 
          AND THEN BEING ABLE TO ALSO SEE THINGS THAT I CAN'T SEE IN ORDER TO KIND OF CREATE A MORE
SENIOR LEVEL SUMMARY. 
          I'M GLAD THAT YOU LIKED IT BECAUSE I'VE HEARD YOU MENTION IT A FEW TIMES AND I'VE,
I'VE SAID TO DOCTOR PIERRO, WE'RE GOING TO GET HIM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SO FIRST COMMENT IS THAT I AM VERY IMPRESSED THAT AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR IS GIVING A
STATISTICS PRESENTATION HERE, AND IT'S VERY. FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT. AND HERE YOU ARE. 
          BUT NOT REALLY THAT. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. NUMBER ONE,
FIRST ON LIKE HOW WE PRESENT THIS DATA NUMBER ONE TO THE PUBLIC AND NUMBER TWO, SPECIFICALLY TO THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY SEE THEIR OWN SUCCESSES COLLECTIVELY AS WELL AS
INDIVIDUALLY TO SAY, OKAY, WHERE ARE WE AT? AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE A PART OF THE GOAL TO MEET OUR KPIS? AND I GUESS THEIR OWN KPI IN A SENSE, RIGHT? SO,
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS IN PUBLIC BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IN AN OPEN SESSION, BUT HOW CAN WE PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC AS HOW MUCH WE ARE DOING AS A COLLEGE TO
MEET THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE STATED THAT WE WANT TO MEET, ESPECIALLY THE 50% GRADUATION? I MEAN,
THAT'S THE OVERARCHING GOAL. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE NUMBERS ARE, YOU KNOW,
GOING TO GET LOST TO PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LAWYERS THAT DON'T LIKE NUMBERS TOO MUCH. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT. 
          HERE'S THE GOOD AND HERE'S THE NOT SO GOOD. AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO IMPROVE THE
NOT SO GOOD. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW,
I GUESS GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY GOOD, YOU KNOW, START TO DO THAT. 
          AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, DIVE INTO THE DATA AS WELL. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SHOW THE PUBLIC WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT SECOND QUESTION, 
          [00:45:04]
THOUGH, IS WHAT MODEL OF CLOUD WAS USED TO CREATE THIS? I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. IT WAS HIGH. WHATEVER IT WAS, HIGH EFFORT. 
          YEAH. YEAH. IT WAS HIGH EFFORT. BUT I DON'T,
I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 
          I'M SORRY. I'LL JUST SAY THAT OPUS 5 TO 5.5 HAS BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT
YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO. 
          AND BETWEEN A, A JUNIOR ASSOCIATE VERSUS, YOU KNOW,
SOMEONE THAT'S A JUNIOR. 
          WELL, SENIOR, IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE THERE TO,
AGI. 
          BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE ON THE FRONTIER OF. 
          I MEAN, WE'RE ALREADY TRAILBLAZING IN A NUMBER OF PLACES THAT I THINK,
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE NEED TO ALWAYS BE USING THE FRONTIER MODEL OF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CLAUDE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S THE BEST. AND, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO GET US TO THE PLACE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR BOTH TRANSPARENCY SAKE AND FOR MEETING OUR GOALS. BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO REVOLUTIONIZE HOW WE DO EDUCATION HERE. 
          SO KEEP IT UP. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING ITERATIONS OF THIS KPI DASHBOARD. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST ALSO WANT TO KIND OF SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT AS
TRUSTEE LEWIS, BUT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS AND THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS IS GOING TO BE SO POWERFUL AS YOU SAID,
SO THAT WE REALLY HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER, YOU KNOW,
DISAGGREGATING THE DATA AND LOOKING AT THE DATA, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GETTING MOMENTUM AND IDENTIFYING WHERE THE BARRIERS
MIGHT EXIST AND, AND THEN HAVING THOSE POWERFUL CONVERSATIONS,
RIGHT ABOUT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE MOMENTUM AND THEN HOW WE CAN REMOVE THE BARRIERS. 
          SO I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A PIVOTAL STEP IN US ACTUALLY IMPROVING,
YOU KNOW, THE DATA OVER TIME. 
          AND BY TRACKING, YOU KNOW, OUR COHORTS, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO,
YOU KNOW, BETTER MAKE DECISIONS OR USE DATA TO GUIDE THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. 
          DOCTOR. OH, DOCTOR SALAZAR, I HAD A QUESTION. 
          WHO WILL ACCESS THE DATA THAT COMES OUT OF THIS. 
          WILL IT BE. AND THEN HOW OFTEN WILL YOU GET THE DATA. 
          LIKE IS IT A CONTINUING ROLLING PROCESS OR IS IT LIKE A QUARTERLY? HOW DOES THAT LOOK? THE DATA IS UPDATED WEEKLY AND THIS IS THE EXACT PROCESS THAT WE'VE
BEEN USING FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          THERE'S A WEEKLY STUDENT LEVEL UPDATE. WE WE AGAIN,
DE-IDENTIFY THAT WE THEN UPLOAD IT INTO THE DASHBOARD AND IT IS INTRODUCED HERE. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'M LEARNING THIS AS I
GO THROUGH THIS WAS SORT OF A PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, DOCTOR FIERRO WANTED US TO DO THINGS. 
          SO I'M LEARNING AS WE GO. THIS WILL GET BETTER AS I GET BETTER. 
          AND, AND SEE, BEING AN ENGLISH MAJOR, I CAN READ A LOT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I KEEP DOING IS READING ABOUT THIS. 
          AND, BUT THEN I KEEP RUNNING INTO MATH, BUT BUT I,
BUT AS I IMPROVE, IT WILL IMPROVE AND WE, AND SO I SHARED IT WITH THE DEANS. LAST WEEK I SHARED IT,
I'VE BEEN SHARING IT WITH DOCTOR FIERRO AND EC AND THEY'VE BEEN GIVING ME INPUT AND, AND HOW TO DO IT. AND NOW WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN. 
          WE WANTED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEND IT OUT TO THE DEANS,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE IT WITH THEIR LCP TEAMS. AND NOW WE CAN SEE THE DATA AND THEY CAN START REACTING TO IT. 
          AND AND THIS IS HOW CHANGE CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE AWARE OF WHERE WE'RE WE NEED TO
IMPROVE AND THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON IMPROVING IN THOSE AREAS. SO IDEALLY, THEY'D BE GETTING WEEKLY DATA. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. EVERY WEEK. AND AND MY PLAN IS TO HAND THIS OVER TO THE ANALYST,
ONE OF THE ANALYSTS TO SHOW THEM HOW TO UPLOAD THIS AND THEN, AND THEN SEND THE LINK OUT TO THE LCP TEAMS. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I MADE A STRATEGIC
DECISION THAT THE THE AI COMPONENT OF THIS DASHBOARD WILL BE RUN BY ME OR WHOEVER'S UPLOADING THE DATA. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, JUST TYPING INTO THAT INTO A DATA WINDOW COSTS US MONEY EVERY TIME. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YET, BUT BUT THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCESSING
THIS. 
          AND RIGHT NOW I JUST WANT THEM TO LOOK AT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS,
LOOK AT THE LOOK AT THE THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. 
          AND THEN LATER ON, WE CAN START EXPLORING HOW WE,
HOW THEY CAN FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS DATA. 
          IS IT THROUGH A SUBSCRIPTION OR ARE YOU DOING API CALLS EACH TIME IT'S API CALLS,
BUT THAT REQUIRES A SUBSCRIPTION, 
          [00:50:07]
RIGHT. BUT WELL, ANYWAY, WE'LL STUDY THAT IN ANOTHER STUDY. 
          OKAY. HOW WE GET TO THAT. BUT DOCTOR FIERRO. THANKS. 
          YEAH. SO A COUPLE OF PIECES. THE FIRST ONE FRANK MAY HAVE BEEN AN ENGLISH MAJOR. 
          NOW HE'S A MAN OF SCIENCE. WE WE CHAIR. WE ACTUALLY NOW SHARE A READING LIST. 
          WE READ SOME OF THE SAME BOOKS. SOMEHOW HE'S BEEN LEARNING MATHEMATICS. 
          I KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT IT'S TRUE. THIS DASHBOARD ACTUALLY WAS CODED BY FRANK. 
          THE PYTHON LANGUAGE IN THE BACK END. THAT IS HIS OBVIOUSLY,
THE CLOTH DID THE LAYERED ON TOP, BUT THE ACTUAL CODING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT,
THAT IS, THAT IS HIS WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. THAT'S GREAT JOB ON THAT. 
          AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE STARTED THE CONVERSATION HERE IS BECAUSE,
YES, WE WANT TO EMBRACE AI. 
          NO, WE DON'T WANT TO REPLACE PEOPLE'S ACTIONS. 
          WE WANT TO ENHANCE WHAT PEOPLE DO. IT HAS TO BE A CO-DEVELOPMENT SO WE CAN ALL GROW TOGETHER. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT OF HOW WE CAN DO
AI AT THE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, MAXIMIZING OUR RESOURCES AND ALLOWING HUMANS TO DO THE HUMAN COMPONENT, THE TALKING, THE LOOKING, THE GUIDANCE,
THE BRINGING THE STUDENTS TOGETHER THAT FREE UP A LOT OF TIME. 
          WE HAVE HAD DATA LIKE THIS, BUT IT TAKES FOREVER TO BRING IT TO THIS POINT. 
          SO BY THE TIME YOU DO A BATCH OF THIS DATA, THAT DATA IS ALL. 
          AND THE REACTION TO THE OUTREACH TO THE STUDENT IS LONG GONE. 
          THE WINDOW HAS CLOSED. WHAT THIS DATA IS ALLOWING US TO DO RIGHT NOW IS EVERY WEEK WE GET
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS AND A FEW ACTION POINTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ACTIONABLE. SO THE OUTREACH CAN BE DONE ON TIME AND HOPEFULLY WITH A HIGHER LEVEL OF
SUCCESS. 
          SO THIS IS REPLACING SOME OF THE HARD LABOR WORK THAT SOME OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HAVE TO DO, AND LETTING THEM MOVE INTO A WINDOW IN WHICH THEY CAN DO THE TALKING,
THE ENGAGEMENT AND HELPING PEOPLE GET MOVING FORWARD BASED ON, ON, ON SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST HERE THIS IS ONE OF THE STEPS THAT FRANK WAS MENTIONING TO MOVE THIS TO THE DEANS AND TO THE LC AND
SO ON. 
          BUT PART OF THE CONVERSATION, AND I KNOW THE TERM HAS BEEN OVERUSED,
BUT IS THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE DATA. 
          WE WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA, BUT TO UNDERSTAND THE DATA TAKES A LOT OF TIME. 
          IF WE CAN DEVELOP SYSTEMS IN WHICH THE DATA CAN BE ALREADY KIND OF CHEWED OUT AND READY TO
BE CONSUMED, WE WANT TO GIVE IT TO EVERYONE. WANT TO GIVE IT TO FACULTY. 
          WE WANT TO GO TO DEPARTMENT CHAIRS. WE WANT TO GIVE IT TO THE BOARD. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT TO EVERYONE ON CAMPUS THAT IS ABLE TO SEE,
IDENTIFY SOMETHING AND SAY, HEY, I SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING. MORE EYES ON THE DATA,
BETTER THAN FEWER EYES. 
          AND ACTIONABLE DATA IS WAY BETTER THAN TONS AND TONS OF DATA. 
          SO GREAT JOB, FRANK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          WOULD IT BE ACCURATE TO SAY THAT THIS WOULD REPLACE LIKE,
FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE AMBER ROCKS, WHEN SHE WOULD COME PRESENT TO US, IT'D BE REPLACING THAT THE DASHBOARD, THE DASHBOARD WHEN WHEN AMBER ROCK WOULD COME
PRESENT THE DATA. 
          WHAT WHAT WE WANT IS THIS DASHBOARD TO BE ACCESSIBLE ALL THE TIME. 
          SO YES, WE STILL NEED TO PRESENT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IS THERE AND IS UPDATED EVERY
WEEK WITH WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE DASHBOARD AND TWO. 
          THE ANALYSTS CONSUME. TO PUT THIS TOGETHER EVERY WEEK. 
          I WILL SAY WILL BE EASILY 20 HOURS OF WORK OR MORE VERSUS A FEW HOURS. 
          AND THE TIME CAN BE THEN BE INVESTED. WORKING WITH THE LCP,
LOOKING AT THE KEY TAKEAWAYS, THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND DOING THE HUMAN OUTREACH. 
          BECAUSE THE PROBLEM WITH DOING TO HAVING PEOPLE CRUNCH THE NUMBERS IS THAT THEN THEY DON'T
HAVE TIME TO DO THE OUTREACH. 
          AND BY THE TIME THEY GET TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE LCP AND THE LCP TO UNDERSTAND,
THAT IS PROBABLY A MONTH. 
          THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IT PROBABLY IN A WEEK. 
          SO IT'S NOT REPLACING THE PEOPLE, IT'S REPLACING THE TIME CONSUMING WORK THE ANALYSTS AND
OTHERS WILL DO AND MOVE 
          [00:55:10]
THEM TO INTERPRETATION. INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO SO ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THIS AS OUR DASHBOARD INSTEAD OF WHAT WE
PREVIOUSLY WOULD SEE AS OUR DASHBOARD, BECAUSE THAT WAS STATIC. SO YOU WILL GET IT LIKE ONCE A,
ONCE A SEMESTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          SO THIS, THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE A LIVING DOCUMENT. 
          CORRECT. VERSUS WHAT WE WERE GETTING BEFORE. YES. 
          OKAY. SO I HAVE TWO THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO REITERATE,
I THINK THIS IS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR THE FOLKS THAT HAVE A PERSONALIZED YOUR POINT. 
          YOU HAVE A PERSONALIZED INTERPRETATION FOR SPECIFIC FOLKS ON THEIR PARTICULAR COHORT. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S VERY USEFUL BECAUSE THEN YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU PERSONALLY CAN DO
BETTER OR WHAT YOU PERSONALLY ARE DOING WELL AND YOU WANT TO HANG ON TO. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S BRILLIANT. THE, THE OTHER PIECE IS,
I DO THINK FOR US ALSO ON THE HUMAN SIDE REALLY HELPFUL FOR US TO BRING BACK THIS KPI CONVERSATION ON A REGULAR BASIS. 
          I KNOW WITH THE RESHUFFLING OF THE DECK. SOME OF THIS STUFF GOT MOVED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT AND MAYBE IT'S JUST BECAUSE I'M A VISUAL PERSON,
GRAPH GRAPHS ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT IN ADDITION TO THE NUMBERS. 
          BUT IT'S GOOD, I THINK FOR US AS A BOARD TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. 
          SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A LIVE BOARD OR DASHBOARD,
I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO STILL PRESENT REGULARLY TO THE BOARD. 
          YEAH. YEAH. AND IF I CAN, ONE LAST THING OR I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE HAS MORE,
BUT I APPRECIATE KAMALA'S POINT. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU RIGHT IN TERMS OF SAYING THAT THE DATA WAS PRESENTED,
BUT HOW DO WE KNOW IF THE DATA IS RIGHT BY THE AI AGENT? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AS A, AN INSTITUTION, WE'RE USING CLAUDE COLLEGE WIDE,
RIGHT? INCLUDING. EASTER. TRUSTEE. SO AS I'M MORE FAMILIAR WITH CLAUDE INSTEAD OF CHATGPT,
IT'LL BE EASIER TO INTERPRET THE DATA THAT IS THAT IS BEING PRESENTED. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? IS ONLY DOING THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA. 
          YEAH. SO ACTUALLY SO THE ANALYSTS, THE HUMAN ANALYSTS ARE STILL PULLING THE DATA REVIEWING THE, THE BASIC ACCURACY BASED ON HOW IT'S PULLED. 
          AND THAT DATA THEN IS UPLOADED INTO THE SYSTEM READ BY THE CODE THE FRANK WROTE,
AND THEN AI GRABS THAT READ CROSS-REFERENCE AND DOES THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT IT SEES. 
          SO, SO WHEN YOU SEE THE DASHBOARD, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT IS THERE,
BUT THE DASHBOARD WILL NOT BE LIVE FOR YOU TO RUN A QUERY. HOWEVER, WITH YOUR OWN CLOUD, YOU CAN RUN A REPORT,
A NEW REPORT ON TOP OF THAT. 
          I CAN, I CAN SHOW YOU THAT TOO. WELL, I JUST SIGNED UP FOR A COURSE ON CLOUD. 
          RIGHT. SOAPY. IT IS CERRITOS COLLEGE. WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IF THAT DATA IS WRONG,
IT IS NOT AI'S FAULT. 
          IT'S EITHER MY FAULT OR THE DATA GOT PULLED ORIGINALLY. 
          IF THE DATA IS TAKEN CARE OF BEFORE IT EVER GETS TO COURT. 
          YOU'RE BLAMING, BLAMING ORGANIC INTELLIGENCE? YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. AND AND CLAUDE DOESN'T GET OUT OF THAT WINDOW THAT WE GIVE. 
          WE GIVE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE GOING ELSEWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE,
BRINGING NEW DATA. 
          AND, AND DOING A REPORT IS ONLY READING WHAT IS INSIDE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WAS DESIGNED. 
          SO THIS IS THE FOUNDATIONAL PRESENTATION. THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT AREAS OF
SUCCESS AND FAILURE, RIGHT? YES. BASED ON WHAT? WHAT. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PLANNING BY
THEN. 
          WE'LL WORK ON THAT. LET THEM TAKE THE HEAT. WE HAVE. 
          IT WILL HELP US. I HAVE A NEW BOOK FOR FRANK. I'LL BE READY FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR NIXON. OKAY, NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTION 2.04 
          [2.04 Institutional Presentation: Serving Students in a Changing Policy Landscape: MSI Policy and Cerritos College]
INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION SERVING STUDENTS IN A CHANGING POLICY LANDSCAPE. 
          MSI POLICY AND CERRITOS COLLEGE. AND I JUST WANT TO START BY SAYING ABOUT LAST. 
          ALMOST A YEAR AGO, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE COLLECTIVE EQUITY IMPACT INSTITUTE. 
          AND SO THAT WAS WHEN AND THERE WERE A FEW OTHERS,
I KNOW DOCTOR FISHER WAS THERE. 
          AND WE WENT TO A VERY POWERFUL WORKSHOP IN WHICH THEY TALKED ABOUT OBSERVING THIS MODEL. 
          AND IT WAS THERE THAT I WAS JUST LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS,
YOU KNOW, WE NEED, I WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WE ARE A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTE AND WE ARE NOW ALSO A NEWLY
BLACK SERVING INSTITUTE. 
          [01:00:08]
AND SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS A BOARD,
WE UNDERSTAND THIS MODEL AND THAT WE WE GAIN AWARENESS NOT JUST OURSELVES, BUT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, EVERYONE ON THIS CAMPUS,
ON HOW WE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. SO AGAIN YES, WE FOCUS ON ACCESS,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENSURING HOW OUR STUDENTS DEVELOP A SENSE OF BELONGING, HOW THEY ARE SUPPORTED ALONG THE WAY,
AND THE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEM. 
          AND SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR PLAN IN HELPING THEM SECURE THEIR GOALS
AND REACHING THOSE KPIS AND MEASURES FOR SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE INDICATED. AND SO I AM VERY MUCH SO LOOKING FORWARD TO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIERRO. THANK YOU, DOCTOR GREEN. 
          SO THIS PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ORGANIC INTELLIGENCE. 
          THE ENTIRE THING WILL BE DELIVERED ORGANICALLY. 
          SO CERTIFIED. CERTIFIED. SO WHAT I WANT TO FRAME THE INITIAL CONVERSATION ON. 
          WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT GUESTS HERE TONIGHT,
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE PROTAGONISTS OF THE CONVERSATION. 
          BUT WHAT I, WHAT I WANT TO FRAME THIS IS IN TWO,
TWO PIECES. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT MAKES US A HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION AND WHAT MAKES US A BLACK
SERVING INSTITUTION. 
          AND THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE AND PROBABLY A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING TO MOST OF US. 
          WE BASICALLY MEET A GAP IN ENROLLMENT THAT ALLOWS US TO BE CERTIFIED HSA AND BSA. IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS THAT ARE HISPANIC AND BLACK. 
          THEY MAKE SURE THAT WE RECEIVE THE CERTIFICATION. 
          BUT THAT IS. THAT IS NOT WHAT SHOULD BE. WHY? BECAUSE THAT IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WE SERVING THE STUDENTS PROPERLY AND IS NOT GUARANTEEING
THAT WE ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO GRADUATION RATES, COMPLETION RATES, AND OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO WE'RE TAKING THESE CERTIFICATIONS VERY SERIOUSLY,
AND WE ARE FRAMING OUR SERVICES INTO BELONGING AND SUCCESS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY FOR US AS A DISTRICT, FOR US IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE DESIGNATED HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION,
BLACK SERVING INSTITUTION. 
          WE WANT TO BE GRADUATING INSTITUTIONS. WE WANT TO BE INSTITUTIONAL BELONGINGS. 
          WE WANT TO BE CULTURES OF EXCELLENCE. 
          SO AS I WAS MENTIONED, BY DEFINITION, IT'S JUST SIMPLY MEETING AN ENROLLMENT THRESHOLD. 
          BUT WE ARE NOT ABOUT THE DEFINITION. THAT IS JUST BASICALLY A STARTING POINT FOR US. 
          SO WHAT DOES IT MEAN SERVING. YOU WILL HEAR FROM OUR GUESTS THIS EVENING WHAT IT MEANS FOR
THEM. 
          BUT THE WAY THAT I LIKE TO SEE IT AND DIRECT IT IS WE ARE SERVING WHEN WE PROVIDE
EXPERIENCES OF BELONGING, WHERE WE PROVIDE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
WHEN WE ARE ENSURING THAT OUR STUDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS. WHY? BECAUSE WHEN THE STUDENT ACHIEVED THEIR
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL GOALS, WE ARE CHANGING THE OUTCOME LONG TERM, NOT ONLY FOR THE STUDENT BUT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. 
          SOCIAL UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. THAT IS JUST SIMPLY THE MAIN GOAL FOR ALL THE STUDENTS. 
          AND BECAUSE WE SERVE THEM, THAT IS THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF SUCCESS. 
          SO WHEN WE RECEIVE THE US NUMBER ONE ROI INSTITUTION,
IT IS GREAT TO HAVE IT, BUT WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS IS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE COMPLETING,
AND THEY ARE RECEIVING A GREATER RETURN ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL INVESTMENT THAN WHAT THEY PUT FORWARD. THAT IS A MEASURE OF SUCCESS FOR US. 
          NO, BECAUSE IT'S A RECOGNITION FOR THE COLLEGE,
BUT BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS IS ADVANCING THEIR GOALS. 
          [01:05:04]
SO DEFINING NERVOUSNESS HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY INITIATED BY LEGISLATION,
WHETHER IT IS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE SB 1348, SB 1255,
AB 2374, AND THOSE CREATE DESIGNATIONS. 
          AND THE DESIGNATION, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS JUST BASICALLY MET BY MEETING AN ENROLLMENT
THRESHOLD. 
          WHAT THE DESIGNATIONS AND THE CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE TRYING TO DO IS MOVE
FROM THE DESIGNATION TO CREATING LOCAL COMMITMENTS TO BUILD ANY STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE DEVELOPED WITH
MEASURABLE, MEASURABLE OUTCOMES AND WITH SOME LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          THE LEVEL ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ME IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT MEASURING,
WE'RE NOT ADVANCING. 
          IF WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE, WE'RE NOT TRYING. SO ESSENTIALLY,
NOT A SKIN IN THE GAME, NOT ENOUGH FORWARD MOVEMENT. 
          AT CERRITOS COLLEGE WE ARE NOT WAITING FOR THE PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED,
WHETHER IT'S AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OR AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          WE ARE CREATING THOSE BENCHMARKS TO ENSURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE BEST POSSIBLE
OUTCOME AND THE BEST CHANCE FOR SOCIAL UPWARD ECONOMIC MOBILITY. FEDERAL LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME CONTENTION AT THE
MOMENT AS TO HOW THE FEDERAL LANDSCAPE IS CHANGING AND WHAT IS DRIVING IT,
DRIVING IT. 
          SO A LOT OF THAT COULD BE SEEN AS A POLITICAL PLAY BY THE PARTY IN CHARGE. 
          SURE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS OBJECTIVELY,
THESE HAVE BEEN LEGISLATION THAT HAVE MOVED OR BEEN MOVING OVER THE YEARS BY BOTH PARTIES. 
          SO WHETHER WE WANT TO SEE IT OR NOT, FRAMES OF ACCOUNTABILITY THAT ARE CONNECTED TO
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES, THEY ARE COMING PRETTY QUICK TO US. AND THEY ARE VERY LIKELY HERE TO STAY. 
          IT IS A PROBLEM, SURE, BUT IT IS ALSO AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO HONE
OUR SKILLS AS TO HOW WE DEVELOPED OR THE STUDENT PIPELINE INTO THE WORKFORCE. 
          WE ARE ALREADY AHEAD. WE HAVE VERY GOOD AND CLEAR OUTCOMES,
NOT ONLY IN EARNINGS AND EMPLOYMENT, BUT ON RETURN ON INVESTMENT. AND THIS IS PUTTING CERRITOS COLLEGE AND OTHER STUDENTS IN A
GOOD POSITION TO CONTINUE THIS WORK MOVING FORWARD. SO NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS TO COME AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES HELP ME BY ANSWERING THE TWO QUESTIONS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS EMILY AND I CURRENTLY SERVE ON OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT SENATE. 
          I JUST LAST PAST WEEK WAS APPOINTED AS OUR SS TRIPLE C DELEGATE. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO START THAT POSITION. 
          BUT MOVING ON TO WHAT DOES SERVING THE STUDENTS MEAN? I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS QUESTION ON THE WAY OVER HERE AND I HAD ONE ANSWER ORIGINALLY,
BUT THEN I CHANGED IT BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, NO, LIKE THIS IS TRULY WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. AND SERVING MEANS GOING ABOVE THE BASELINE. 
          IT MEANS GOING ABOVE A JOB DESCRIPTION. IT MEANS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT YOU'RE
ALREADY TOLD. 
          AND THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO OUR FACULTY, TO OUR ADMIN,
TO OUR STAFF, AND EVEN TO THOSE, EVERYONE WHO'S WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR STUDENTS. 
          THAT IS WHAT SERVING MEANS TO ME BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE STUDENT TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH SOMEONE WHO'S SUPPOSED TO GUIDE THEM, AND FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEIR OWN SUCCESS STORIES HERE ON CAMPUS AND OUTSIDE AND
BEYOND. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I AM FRANCISCO GODINEZ. 
          I'M A SECOND YEAR. I HAVE A DIFFERENT FEW DIFFERENT TITLES. 
          BUT I MEAN, I THINK THE HIGHEST ONE IS PROBABLY FACULTY SENATE LIAISON,
WHERE I GET TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH SOME AMAZING FACULTY. 
          THIS WAS A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION TO ME. IT ALLOWED ME TO NOT ONLY REFLECT ON MY JOURNEY, BUT REFLECT ABOUT THE JOURNEYS THAT I'VE HEARD ALONG THE WAY. 
          AND WHEN I HEAR ABOUT WHAT IS A SERVING INSTITUTION MEAN,
I THINK THE THREE PRINCIPLES AND THE THREE PILLARS THAT COME TO MIND ARE ARE THOSE OF MENTORSHIP, OF RESOURCES AND OF COMMUNITY. I THINK CERRITOS COLLEGE IS UNIQUELY ABUNDANT
IN OUR RESOURCES. 
          I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM HERE THAT FIGHTS WELL AND GETS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES
FOR STUDENTS. 
          I WANT TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THE MENTORSHIP AND THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY PART. 
          AS FOR INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES, I WAS ABLE TO REFLECT ON THE FACT OF OUR AMAZING SPEECH AND
DEBATE TEAM HERE AND THE MENTORSHIP THEY PROVIDED ME, 
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NOT ONLY AS A STUDENT HERE IN MY ACADEMICS, BUT ALSO WHERE I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN MY
TRANSFER JOURNEY. 
          ALLOW ME TO CONNECT TO, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES. 
          I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I'D BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THOSE BEING PRIVATE EAST COAST SCHOOLS AND
SOME OF THE UK'S. AND THEN AS FOR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES LIKE OUR CLUBS AND OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT,
WHICH WE ALL SERVE HERE THOSE ALLOW FOR COMMUNITY TO BE PUT TOGETHER AND, AND ALLOW FOR THE MENTORSHIP AND THE GUIDANCE FROM THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO SERVE US. 
          I WILL ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION LATER BECAUSE I'LL LET EMILY COME BACK AROUND. 
          YEAH. HELLO. MY NAME IS PRICE. I'M A BUSINESS STUDENT HERE,
AND I'M ALSO A ACC SENATOR. 
          ANSWERING THE FIRST QUESTION, I FEEL LIKE I REFLECT A LOT OF WHAT EMILY AND FIRST CISCO
HAVE ALREADY SAID. 
          IT REALLY IS LIKE AN INSTITUTION IS LIKE MY SECOND HOME. 
          AND CERRITOS COLLEGE REALLY IS LIKE THAT. TO GIVE A PERSONAL EXAMPLE LAST YEAR I WAS A
CORPORATE FINANCE INTERN AT A LARGE JAPANESE COMPANY. 
          AND I REMEMBER STAYING AT THE, AT THE OFFICE UNTIL LIKE 8 P.M. 
          ON SOME DAYS DURING MONTH END CLOSING AND JUST REMEMBERING BEING SO,
SO TIRED. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER IN LAST SPRING WHEN I CAME TO MY ADVISORS DEAN MILLER AND CHRISTOPHER
DE LA CRUZ AND LORENZO PALLAVICINO NOW, AND I ASKED HIM, IS THERE ANY CHANCE LIKE,
DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ON CAMPUS WHO YOU CAN ASK FOR A CAMPUS JOB? BECAUSE I FEEL SO TIRED. IT'S HARD TO COMMUTE. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER REMEMBER BEING SO HAPPY WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND IN THEIR BUDGET A
JOB AT THE OFFICE OF STUDENT LIFE. 
          SO NOW I'M ABLE TO COME TO SCHOOL FIVE DAYS A WEEK WITHOUT NEEDING TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING
MONEY FOR MYSELF. 
          AND SO IT REALLY HAS, YOU KNOW, GIVEN ME A SECOND HOME TO COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE EVERY
DAY TO FOCUS ON MY STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES AND THEN ALSO MY ACADEMICS WITHOUT FEELING SO TIRED ALL THE TIME. SO YEAH. 
          HI, MY NAME IS CARMELLA FABIAN AND I'M A PRE-NURSING MAJOR HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          A SERVING INSTITUTION MEANS TO ME IS THAT A COLLEGE DOES NOT ONLY ENROLL OUR STUDENTS,
BUT ALSO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THEIR JOURNEY HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I COULD THINK OF IS OUR TUTORING SESSIONS THAT OUR CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT HOSTS HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          I DO APPRECIATE OUR TEACHERS SENDING OUT CONSISTENT EMAILS WHENEVER THEY HOST TUTORING
SESSIONS IN MESA OR IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. AND IT DOES DEFINITELY HELP OUR STUDENTS ACE THEIR EXAMS AND QUIZZES. 
          AND AS I SAID SERVING INSTITUTIONS IS LIKE HELPING THEM NAVIGATE AND AS A PRE-NURSING
MAJOR, WE DO NEED MORE SUPPORT AS BASING IT ON VOLUNTEERING OR ANY,
ANY CLINICALS THAT WE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. SO I APPRECIATE TEACHERS THAT THAT TELLS STUDENTS IN
THEIR CLASSES ABOUT CLUBS WE HAVE HERE ON CAMPUS THAT GIVE THOSE KIND OF OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN COMING BACK AROUND FOR THE SECOND QUESTION,
LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OPPOSITE PERSPECTIVE ON ONE WAY A COLLEGE CAN ENROLL A STUDENT WITHOUT TRULY SERVING THAT STUDENT,
AND WHAT CAN GET IN THE WAY OF A STUDENT FEELING SUPPORTED OR BEING ABLE TO SUCCEED. 
          I THINK IT COMES BACK AROUND TO CONNECTIONS THAT STUDENTS CAN HAVE AND RELATIONSHIPS
STUDENTS CAN HAVE WITH OUR COUNSELORS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, OUR COUNSELORS ARE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT OUR STUDENTS SEE WHENEVER THEY'RE
GOING TO BE SIMPLY ENROLLING INTO CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          HOWEVER, WHAT COMES OUT OF THAT FIRST COUNSELING APPOINTMENT IS SO IMPORTANT. 
          IT COMES OUT WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR KNOWING HOW ME AS A STEM MAJOR,
HOW I CAN NAVIGATE TO MEZA, OR ME LEARNING HOW TO GET INVOLVED MORE ON CAMPUS. 
          BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS BE MORE INVOLVED WITHIN A
PUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR. 
          SO JUST WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THAT FIRST COUNSELING APPOINTMENT OR WHATEVER COMES OUT OF
WHAT YOU FIRST MEET, WHENEVER YOU FIRST MEET SOMEONE WHO IS WORKING WITH THE COLLEGE OR HAS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE COLLEGE. 
          IT DOESN'T JUST START WITH THAT ONE BASELINE OF SIMPLY ENROLLING THEM. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALSO GOES BACK AROUND INTO A STUDENT FEELING SUPPORTED IS HAVING THAT
CONNECTION, BUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP FROM THAT FIRST APPOINTMENT THAT YOU HAVE OR FROM THAT FIRST
COMMUNICATION OR THAT FIRST LINE OF CALL THAT YOU HAVE WITH SOMEONE HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          SO THANK YOU. YEAH. TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT EMILY WAS SAYING FOR THAT SECOND QUESTION,
I THINK THAT WE LOOK TOWARDS THOSE TWO OTHER PILLARS BECAUSE 
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WE HAVE RESOURCES HERE. LET'S LOOK TOWARDS MENTORSHIP AND COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK THAT I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE BECAUSE I AM THAT TYPE OF STUDENT WHERE I WANT
TO GO HAVE BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER WITH THE PROFESSOR. BUT I THINK COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ESPECIALLY
CERRITOS COLLEGE, HAS A UNIQUE TASK OF HAVING TO CHASE DOWN STUDENTS FOR OPPORTUNITIES,
HAVING TO CHASE DOWN STUDENTS FOR MENTORSHIP, HAVING TO CHASE THEM DOWN FOR COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW,
WHILE I'VE BEEN PRIVY TO, TO MENTORSHIP AND TO THOSE THINGS LIKE COMMUNITY,
RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH IS BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO LIMITATIONS ON THAT, RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S HARD TO SAY,
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE X AMOUNT OF FACULTY, BUT FIVE X AMOUNT OF STUDENTS. AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THOSE THINGS HAS TO BE RESOURCE
AWARENESS. 
          THAT'S ONE THING THAT I'VE ADVOCATED FOR. AND,
AND JUST TO PUT THIS IN PERSPECTIVE AND PUT THIS. 
          AN EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS DISHEARTENING AND SURPRISING TO HEAR
WHILE WE WERE ALL CAMPAIGNING. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR STUDENT GOVERNMENT WAS, HEY, HAVE YOU STUDENTS HEARD ABOUT OUR TRANSFER
RESOURCES, ABOUT TAG AND TAP TAP BEING A, AN ENTRANCE GUIDANCE TO UCLA AND TAP TAG BEING A GUARANTEED
ADMISSION TO SOME OF THE UCS. 
          AND WHILE WE FOUND MANY STUDENTS WHO DID, YOU KNOW,
SOME STUDENTS DIDN'T. 
          AND THAT KIND OF RANGE AND DISPARITY IN SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE OBVIOUSLY JUST ANOTHER
REASON TO WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND MAKE THIS INSTITUTION BETTER. 
          YEAH. TAKING THAT, PIGGYBACKING ON EMILY AND FRANCISCO WHEN READING THIS QUESTION,
IT REMINDS ME OF MY LAST YEAR. SO LAST YEAR I WAS ALSO THE TREASURER AND I'M THE STUDENT REP
FOR THE PLANNING AND BUDGET COMMITTEE. 
          SO I LOVE DATA. I LOVE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND CONCENTRATING ALL OVER IT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS AND THE BOARD CAN ALSO REALLY BENEFIT FROM GOING
PAST THE KPIS AND GOING PAST THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME ENROLLED STUDENTS. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WE'RE A MIDDLE,
A MIDDLE SIZE, WE'RE ALMOST TO LARGE SIZE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S AN AMAZING ACHIEVEMENT TO LOOK AT THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE ARE ENROLLING OR THE, THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO ARE PERSISTING THROUGH THEIR CLASSES. BUT IT'S VERY
IMPORTANT THAT JUST LIKE WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS TO LEARN ABOUT THE STUDENTS AND THEIR STORIES. I THINK WALKING AROUND OR FOR EXAMPLE,
DOCTOR FARRELL'S PRESENTS HOURS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GO PAST THE DATA AND THE METRICS AND THE QUANTITATIVE EVIDENCE,
BUT ALSO LOOK FOR THE QUALITATIVE STORIES THAT STUDENTS HAVE AND TO LEARN ABOUT THE STUDENT'S SUCCESS FROM THEM PERSONALLY. 
          HI. ONE WAY A COLLEGE CAN ENROLL A STUDENT WITHOUT TRULY SERVING THAT STUDENT. 
          I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO WHAT DOCTOR DON GREEN SAID ABOUT. 
          WE CANNOT JUST GIVE OUR STUDENTS THE ACCESS,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO HELP THEM NAVIGATE THOSE RESOURCES. 
          ONE OF OUR EXAMPLE IS OUR TAP CARD THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS. 
          WE, WE PROVIDE FREE TAP CARDS TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE USING THE BUS,
METRO BUS. 
          ONE OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT,
I WAS HOSTING A VITALS WORKSHOP FOR OUR RECENT HEALTH FAIR LAST MONTH, AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW AM I GOING TO THIS SPECIFIC
LOCATION WHERE WE ARE GONNA, WHERE WE WERE GOING TO MEET UP TO GO TO THE HEALTH FAIR. 
          AND I TOLD HER ABOUT THE TAP. OH, DO YOU HAVE A TAP CARD? AND SHE SAID, OH, I DON'T HAVE IT. SO I WALKED HER THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GETTING A TAP
CARD. 
          SO I ASKED HER, DO YOU HAVE AN ID WITH YOU, A GOVERNMENT ID? SHE SAID, NO. I TOLD HER, OH, YOU SHOULD WAIT FOR IT TO ARRIVE AT YOUR HOME AND AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE, GET YOUR TAP CARD FROM THE SCHOOL. BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE OUR UPCOMING, OUR UPCOMING HEALTH FAIR LAST MONTH WAS LIKE TWO DAYS BEFORE. 
          SO WHAT I HAD TO DO IS I MADE HER BORROW MY TAP CARD AND I TOLD HER,
YOU CAN USE MY TAP CARD. 
          AND AFTER YOU GET YOUR OWN TAP CARD, YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO ME. 
          SO AFTER THE HEALTH FAIR, THE NEXT DAY AFTER LORENZO,
OUR COURT ADVISOR FOR OCC, HE HANDED ME THIS TAP CARD AND HE WAS LIKE, IS THIS YOURS? AND I SAID, YES. WHERE DID YOU GET THIS? AND HE SAID,
OH, A FELLOW STUDENT CAME TO OUR OFFICE AND GAVE THIS TO YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU. SO AS A STUDENT TRUSTEE, I REALLY WANT TO HELP SERVE OUR FELLOW STUDENTS
HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          THANK YOU. DON'T GO ANYWHERE. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. 
          SO WE I DID NOT PREP THEM AND I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THEM PRIOR TO THIS. 
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SO MY QUESTION IS ONE, DID YOU HAVE FUN COMING HERE? AND TWO, NOT TO THIS MEETING, BUT TO CAMPUS,
NOT TO THIS MEETING. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. THAT WAS BUT WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY AND MAKES YOU LOOK
FORWARD TO COMING TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY? I FEEL LIKE THIS IS SUCH A NATURAL AND EASY QUESTION TO ANSWER,
BUT IT DEFINITELY HAS TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEHIND ME IN THIS ROW, AND ALSO THE PEOPLE WHO I HAVE MET ALONG THE WAY
SINCE MY FIRST YEAR BEING AT CERRITOS LAST YEAR. 
          SO A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKSTORY IS ORIGINALLY I WAS GOING TO COMMIT TO A FOUR YEAR
UNIVERSITY, BUT AFTER ALREADY BEING ENROLLED IN CLASSES AT CERRITOS AND HEARING ABOUT ALL THE AMAZING
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WERE THAT WERE PRESENT HERE, I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE I ALSO PLAN ON I'M
APPLYING TO TRANSFER THIS YEAR. 
          BUT AT THAT TIME, I WAS LIKE, OH, I'M JUST, I'M GOING TO DO MY TWO YEARS,
GET INVOLVED AS MUCH AS I CAN, TRY TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN AND MAKE THIS MY COMMUNITY,
HENCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          SO I, I DID THAT AND THOSE EXPERIENCES OF FIRST MEETING WITH MY COUNSELOR AND TELLING HER
LIKE, HEY, LIKE, I REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN POSSIBLY MORE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AS PART OF
X, Y, Z IN HIGH SCHOOL. AND I REALLY WANT TO CHANNEL THAT WORK HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT I
HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S WHEN I HEARD ABOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT AND THAT'S WHEN I BEGAN MY OR CO-FOUNDED
HEALTH CLUB ON CAMPUS AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT AND BRING A COMMUNITY OR BRING A COMMUNITY TOGETHER OF LIKE,
FOR ME TO BE INVOLVED IN, BUT ALSO FOR OTHERS AND CREATING A SPACE AND FEELING LIKE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING,
BUT ALSO THAT FEELING THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED HERE AND I'M MOTIVATED TO BRING MORE PROSPEROUS THINGS INTO MY LIFE AND HOPEFULLY CARRY AND OPEN
THAT DOOR FOR OTHER PEOPLE. 
          SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I HAVE FUN HERE. YEAH. IT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW UP YOU KNOW,
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I AM HAVING A BIT OF FUN HERE. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO HEAR ABOUT KPIS AND
WHATNOT, RIGHT? HEAR SOME ABOUT THAT IN FACULTY SENATE AND WHATNOT. 
          I THINK, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO STEAL HER ANSWER,
SO I'LL GIVE A BIT OF A DIFFERENT ONE. 
          BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THESE PEOPLE MAKE ME HAPPY. BUT I THINK ALSO OTHER
COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE ON CAMPUS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT STUDENT GOVERNMENT TONIGHT,
BUT WE HAVE CLUBS. WE HAVE AMAZING CLUBS. ONE OF THOSE CLUBS BEING THE SPEECH AND DEBATE TEAM. I MEAN, I'M LOOKING TO BE PRE-LAW. SO THAT RESOURCE HAS JUST BEEN,
YOU KNOW MONSTER AND HOW IMPACTFUL IT'S BEEN. 
          AND WE DO HAVE PRIVATE ACCESS TO OUR OWN KIND OF SQUAD ROOM. 
          SO THAT HAS ALLOWED ME TO COME TO SCHOOL, KNOW THAT THERE'S A SAFE PLACE ON CAMPUS AND BE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING SERVING MY JOURNEY AND EMBOLDENING MY
VOICE THROUGH SPEECH AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD AND DEBATE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS WERE HAVING A LITTLE BACK AND FORTH ABOUT AI,
THERE'S A MILLION THINGS RUNNING IN MY HEAD JUST BECAUSE I KNOW WAY MORE ABOUT IT THAN I ANY STUDENT PROBABLY SHOULD. BUT BECAUSE THAT'S A SPEECH AND DEBATE,
YOU KNOW, SO I THINK, YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY,
THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE. AND WHAT MAKES ME EVEN HAPPIER IS KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE MY FINAL YEAR HERE, BUT I'M LEAVING OFF THOSE COMMUNITIES TO
WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE MADE SOME SORT OF IMPACT TO GROW THOSE COMMUNITIES. 
          SPEECH AND DEBATE HAS JUST HAD THEIR RECORD AMOUNT OF ENROLLED STUDENTS. 
          I THINK WE'RE UP TO 30 SOMETHING NOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. 
          I MIGHT BE LYING. THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO FACT CHECK FOR ME. 
          BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE ME HAPPY. THE COMMUNITIES,
THE MENTORSHIP AND THE RESOURCES THAT CERRITOS YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE FOR ME. 
          YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THE STRAIGHT ANSWER IS LIKE MY FRIENDS AND MY ADVISORS AND MY MENTORS
HERE. 
          I REMEMBER, I THINK THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE,
BUT I USED TO HAVE A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP. 
          I DIDN'T TALK UNTIL MAYBE I WAS 2 OR 3 OR, OR REALLY LATE. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER BEING VERY QUIET IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL,
THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I WAS NOT A VERY LOUD OR OUTSPOKEN PERSON. SO JUST COMING TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND I
THEY'RE NOT HERE ANYMORE, BUT THE UPPERCLASSMEN, THEY JUST GAVE ME SUCH A GREAT HOME IN THE OFFICE OF THE STUDENT
GOVERNMENT. 
          AND I JUST REMEMBER LIKE, EVEN NOW, LIKE, I JUST FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE HERE AND. 
          YEAH, I JUST, IT'S JUST LIKE THE, THE FRIENDS HERE AND THE MENTORS,
THEY MAKE ME FEEL VERY HAPPY. 
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YEAH. I HAVE THE SAME ANSWER AS THEM. WHAT I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HERE ARE MY FRIENDS, MY MENTORS, ADVISORS,
TEACHERS. 
          I HAVE WONDERFUL TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY PROFESSOR BARNES. 
          I LIKE, I LIKE HIM. YEAH, AND I ALWAYS LOVED SCHOOL. 
          I ALWAYS LOVED GOING HERE ON CAMPUS, EVEN BACK THEN IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          I USED TO BE IN SPORTS MEDICINE, SO THAT PROGRAM REQUIRED ME TO STAY ON CAMPUS THE ENTIRE
DAY UNTIL 10 P.M. 
          OR 11 P.M.. AND MY MOM WOULD ALWAYS TELL ME,
WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS ON CAMPUS? DO THEY PAY YOU? YOU WORK LIKE A NURSE WORKING 16 HOURS A SHIFT. 
          AND YEAH, AND I DON'T KNOW, I JUST LIKE GOING THERE. 
          AND EVEN TO THIS DAY I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD SPEAKING TALKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES,
MY MEMBERS FOR MY CLUB. I LIKE SOCIALIZING AND DEFINITELY IT ALWAYS MOTIVATES ME TO PURSUE NURSING WHENEVER I INVITE GUEST SPEAKERS HERE ON CAMPUS TO TALK
ABOUT THEIR JOURNEY WITH THEIR NURSING NURSING JOURNEY. SO YEAH THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. SO THERE IS NO WAY I COULD HAVE EXPLAINED THAT BETTER THAN THEY DID. 
          AND, AND THE QUESTION THAT I ASK ABOUT HAPPINESS AND WHY YOU WANT TO COME BACK,
IT WASN'T A SOFTBALL QUESTION. 
          IT IS WHAT IT GIVES ME INSPIRATION TO FRAME WHAT WE DO BECAUSE YES,
WE CAN RECEIVE A DESIGNATION. 
          YES, WE CAN RECEIVE AN AWARD. YES, WE CAN GRADUATE MORE PEOPLE. 
          BUT IF WE'RE NOT CREATING THE BONDS THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE DESCRIBING TODAY,
WE ARE NOT SERVING THE ENTIRE STUDENT. SO WE BEGAN WORKING A FEW YEARS BACK ON BASIC SERVICES,
RIGHT? SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE CARMELLA MENTIONED THE TAP CARD THAT IS STARTED A WHILE BACK,
BUT WE KNEW THAT COMING TO SCHOOL WAS A PROBLEM. 
          IT WASN'T THAT THE STUDENTS DIDN'T WANT TO COME TO SCHOOL OR WERE NOT PERFORMING. 
          IF THEY CAN COME TO SCHOOL, THEY WILL KNOW WELL,
SO HOW DO WE FIX THAT? HOW WE DO THE PANTRY. WELL, SAME STORY. IF WE DON'T DO THE SUPPORT,
HOW DO WE EXPECT THEM TO DO WELL? WHY DO WE HAVE DO HOUSING? WHY WE SUPPORT A STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND WHY OR FACULTY,
STAFF AND EVERYONE ON CAMPUS ARE WELCOMING, CONNECTING AND FRIENDLY TO THE STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT FRIENDSHIP,
THAT CONNECTION CREATES AN EXPECTATION OF RETURNING, WHETHER IT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY BUILT AMONG THEM OR A CONNECTION THEY MAKE WITH ANY
ONE OF US. 
          THEY KNOW SOMEONE IS WAITING TO SEE THEM TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK AND THE WEEK AFTER. 
          SO THEY KEEP SHOWING UP. AND OUR JOB THEN IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY TRANSFER,
THEY COMPLETE, OR THEY JOIN THE WORKFORCE IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. SORRY TO TRICK YOU AT THE END,
BUT YOU DID A GREAT JOB. 
          SO AS WE SAID BEFORE, IT'S NOT A DESIGNATION. 
          IT'S TRULY A COMMITMENT OF WHAT WE DO. OUR PHILOSOPHY OF WHAT WE FEEL IS DOING THE RIGHT
THING AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXCELLENCE, WHICH IS A GREAT,
GREAT SEGUE TO CALL A DOCTOR PAIGE, TO KICK OFF THE SECOND PART OF THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. CAMPUS LEADERSHIP. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL. MY NAME IS DOCTOR MICHAEL PAGE. 
          I'M THE DEAN OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND MATH. 
          WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION JUST TO UNPACK A BIT. 
          OUR RECENT DESIGNATION AS A BLACK SERVING INSTITUTION. 
          ALSO WITH ME ARE SOME FANTASTIC COLLEAGUES WHO YOU'LL ALSO HEAR FROM DOCTOR DAMON
CAGNOLATTI, DOCTOR CHERYL CARTER, DOCTOR SHEILA HILL, AND ALSO SUPPORTING IN THE ROOM. 
          JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DOCTOR CLAIRE ROSS,
DOCTOR SELENA FISHER AND CAPTAIN HILL. 
          THANKS FOR BEING HERE. ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS REPRESENT A GROUP ON CAMPUS KNOWN AS THE
BLACK EXCELLENCE COLLABORATIVE IN 
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THAT THIS IS A COLLECTION OF BLACK BLACK MANAGERS,
FACULTY AND STAFF THAT WILL BRING A LITTLE BIT OF A HUMAN VOICE TO SOME OF THIS DESIGNATION THAT IS IS SET TO SUPPORT AND SERVE OUR STUDENTS AS WELL. 
          DOCTOR FIERRO OPENED UP, MENTIONING SOME RECENT LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED IN THE
ASSEMBLY. 
          SENATE BILL 1348 HAS TO DO WITH ADVANCING BLACK STUDENT SUCCESS. 
          AND CERRITOS COLLEGE WAS ONE OF THE 31 CAMPUSES ACROSS THE STATE THAT WERE AWARDED THE
DESIGNATION OF BEING A BLACK SERVING INSTITUTION. 
          AND IN THE PIPELINE BEHIND THIS ARE SEVERAL OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION SIMILAR TO THIS. 
          IN THE LAST SESSION, THE, THE FUNDING THAT WAS GOING TO GO ALONG WITH THIS DID NOT PASS. 
          HOWEVER, I THINK THIS IS A MONUMENTAL DAY FOR US TO REALLY UNPACK WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
SERVING AND SET SOME OF THOSE DEFINITIONS SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT OUR DIFFERENT METRICS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH,
AND ALSO INFLUENCE THE VERY PERSONAL LIVES OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON EACH DAY. WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO. 
          I'LL START WITH SOME OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF SOME OF THE POLICIES. 
          OUR CAMPUS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. IT CAME OUT OF A I E PG,
OUR PLANNING ARM OF THE OF THE CAMPUS. 
          BUT I WANTED I WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF A VOICE TO THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. 
          MANY THINGS THAT WERE EARMARKED WITHIN. THERE ARE GOALS THAT THAT THAT A CAMPUS NEEDS TO
BE ASPIRATIONAL IN ACHIEVING OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THROUGH 2930, WHICH ALIGNED VERY MUCH WITH OUR SUCCESS MARKS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED FOR
OUR CAMPUS. 
          SO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WERE LISTED WITHIN THE APPLICATION TALKED ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT THE RETENTION OF BLACK STUDENTS GROWS BY 1010 PERCENTAGE POINTS. 
          FALL TO FALL. AND, AND AND AS I CALL OUT OUR BLACK STUDENTS,
IT MAY BE A VERY SMALL PORTION OF STUDENTS, BUT ANY EFFORTS WE PUT INTO THOSE STUDENTS SERVES THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT THESE ARE STUDENTS WITHIN THE COLLECTIVE BODY OF OUR CAMPUS. 
          OUR COMPLETION GOAL THAT WAS IN THE APPLICATION MATCHES OUR VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL OF 50% OF
OUR STUDENTS GRADUATING IN FIVE YEARS OR LESS. 
          ALSO LOOKING AT HOW, HOW WELL OUR STUDENTS ARE COMPLETING HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE,
AND AT WHAT RATE ARE THEY TRANSFERRING TO A FOUR YEAR INSTITUTION IF THAT IS THEIR GOAL? HOW WELL ARE THEY TRANSFERRING AND EVEN MAYBE EVEN ATTAINING THAT BACHELOR'S DEGREE? SO AS WE COME OVER TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE CURRENTLY SERVE IN THE 24,
25 YEAR, 3071 BLACK STUDENTS ATTEND CERRITOS COLLEGE. THAT'S 70% OF OUR STUDENT BODY. 
          SO AS I READ THAT AGAIN, 3071 STUDENTS IN THAT A A A CONVERSATION I HAVE WITH MANY FACULTY
IN THE DIVISION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THERE FOR OUR INVISIBLE STUDENTS,
OUR STUDENTS WHO MAYBE SHOW UP EVERY DAY TO CAMPUS? WE MAY NOT HEAR THEIR NAME, WE MAY NOT HEAR THEIR STORIES,
BUT WE SEE THEM IN CLASS, BUT WE DON'T REALLY HEAR A LOT FROM THEM. 
          ONE QUICK TWO, TWO STORIES. I WAS RECENTLY CALLED INTO A CLASS WHERE A FEMALE STUDENT WAS
BEING DISRUPTIVE. 
          WHEN I ENTERED THE CLASS, I SAW THE STUDENTS ORGANIZED IN TABLES OF FOUR. 
          ONE TABLE ONLY HAD TWO STUDENTS AT IT, AND TWO OF THE STUDENTS WERE AT THAT. 
          AT THAT TABLE WERE BLACK FEMALE STUDENTS. THEY LOOKED A LITTLE DOWN AND I THOUGHT TO
MYSELF, I THINK I KNOW THE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN ASKED TO COME TO THIS PARTICULAR CLASS. 
          I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO START MY CONVERSATION. 
          AS I WENT UP TO THE STUDENTS, AS THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT DOWN,
I SAID, GOOD MORNING. 
          HOW'S IT GOING? TELL ME YOUR NAME. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF. 
          AS I FIGURED OUT WHO I NEEDED TO SPEAK TO THAT DAY,
I SAID, CAN YOU MEET ME OUTSIDE? ONE THING THAT THAT STUDENT HADN'T BEEN ASKED TO THAT POINT IS WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE YOU
CAME INTO THIS CLASS AT 10:00. 
          SHE LET ME KNOW SHE HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT WORKING. 
          SHE HADN'T EATEN ANYTHING YET, BUT SHE WAS IN CLASS AND SHE WAS GOING TO BE THERE FOR
ALMOST FOUR HOURS. 
          AND THERE WERE RULES. THERE WERE PROCEDURES THAT SHE HAD TO FOLLOW TO BE ABLE TO KEEP HER
SAFE. 
          AND I, AND I, AND I KIND OF TALKED TO HER AND I SAID,
WELL, WELL, DO YOU HAVE TO WORK THOSE HOURS? YES. THAT'S ALWAYS THE ANSWER THAT COMES. YES,
I HAVE TO WORK THESE HOURS. 
          AND AND TALKING TO HER, I WAS ABLE TO SAY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU BEING
HERE IN THESE FOUR HOURS? WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO TO HELP YOU MEET THAT CAREER GOAL? DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? PART OF MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EACH ONE OF YOU GO HOME SAFE EVERY
DAY. 
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SAME NUMBER OF TOES, FINGERS, ARMS, EARS, ALL THOSE THINGS. 
          I WANT YOU TO BE BETTER WHEN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR FAMILY BECAUSE YOUR MIND HAS GROWN. 
          AND SO FOLLOWING THAT, THE FACULTY MEMBER KIND OF TOOK THAT LEAD AND STARTED SENDING AN
EMAIL. 
          HOW'S MY NEW FUTURE NURSE DOING? HOW WAS YOUR SHIFT LAST NIGHT? HAVE YOU READ TODAY'S EXPERIMENT? ARE YOU READY FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? AND STARTED AND AND SHE STARTED TO COME AROUND AND SAY,
I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE THIS MOUNTAIN I HAVE TO CLIMB. 
          I HAVE TO DO WELL IN THIS CLASS. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OF THAT ESSENCE OF WHAT
THAT 3000 NUMBER MEANS. 
          ONE MORE QUICK ONE. MY FIRST DAY ON CAMPUS, DOCTOR MIXON AND I WERE ACTUALLY WALKING
THROUGH THE LIBRARY, AND ONE OF MY STUDENTS FROM MY LAST INSTITUTION SAW ME AND I MADE EYE CONTACT. 
          AND WE BOTH LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND I SAID,
EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR, I GOTTA TALK TO THIS STUDENT. 
          SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE SAID, I GO HERE. 
          I SAID, I WORK HERE NOW TOO. SO WE'RE ON THE SAME TEAM AGAIN. 
          HE CONTINUED WORKING. I SAID, DO YOU DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A JOB ON CAMPUS,
BUT CAN YOU COME WORK IN OUR BOOT CAMPS OR MAP BOOT CAMPS? CAN YOU TUTOR OUR STUDENTS? CAN YOU BE A ROLE MODEL TO THESE STUDENTS? SO I MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND ALL YOUR FINANCES ARE TAKEN CARE OF. 
          NOW HIS BROTHER GOES HERE. HIS BROTHER HAS CHOSEN A MAJOR THAT I'M VERY FOND OF. 
          I WON'T I WON'T MENTION IT HERE IN JUST IN CASE HE HEARS THE STORY. BUT HE STOPS IN THE
OFFICE AND HE SAYS, YOU'RE MY. HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, BUT YOU'RE MY MENTOR. 
          I'M SITTING DOWN. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO MEET WITH YOU EVERY COUPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT
THE SEMESTER. 
          AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE A JOB YET? NO, BUT I'M DOING REALLY WELL IN THE CLASSES. 
          WHOSE CLASS ARE YOU IN? I SAID, I BET YOU SHE'S GOING TO ASK YOU TO BE HER TUTOR NEXT
YEAR. 
          NEXT SEMESTER. HE CAME BY AND SAID, I WAS INVITED TO APPLY TO BE AN EMBEDDED TUTOR. 
          AND SO I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE GAPS THAT ARE IN THESE STUDENTS LIVES,
BECAUSE I KNOW THEM PERSONALLY, ARE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE FILLED. SO I USE ALL OF THAT TO THEN PAINT THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE OF THIS PICTURE AND THAT WE HAVE AN EMOJI EMOJI PROGRAM ON CAMPUS THAT THE COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HERE ARE GOING TO SPEAK. 
          THEY'RE THE ONES WHO LEAD THAT PROGRAM. THEY KNOW THE STUDENTS THEIR HOPES,
THEIR FEARS, THEIR CHALLENGES AND THE SUCCESSES THEY'RE GOING TO RISE TO. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, THE STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN A COHORT. 
          THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE MAYBE AN ENGLISH. AND MY DREAM IN THE FUTURE IS MAYBE A MATH CLASS
TOGETHER SO THAT THEY CAN DO WELL IN OUR KPI METRICS, BUT WE CAN ALSO KEEP AN EYE AND BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM EACH DAY OF THE WEEK AS THEY'RE
PROGRESSING THROUGH THEIR STUDIES. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, AS A STUDENTS MENTIONED, A BLACK STUDENT UNION. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE AGREEMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER. 
          AND THROUGH TWO HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES,
OUR LOCAL FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES. 
          BUT I THINK WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF STRENGTHENING THAT. 
          AND THAT'S ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH WE CAN SERVE OUR STUDENTS. 
          IN CLOSING, FOR MY PORTION JUST A LITTLE BIT THERE IS A DASHBOARD. 
          I KNOW THAT'S LIKE THE WORD OF THE NIGHT. BUT THERE'S ANOTHER DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN CHECK
OUT. 
          THAT IS HOSTED BY USC. ALL OF THE 31 CAMPUSES,
ALL OF THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE THERE. 
          AND MANY METRICS ARE THERE TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE HOW WELL EACH OF THE DESIGNATED COLLEGES
ARE DOING IN CLOSING. 
          THE DESIGNATION IS THE START. WE'RE GOING TO BE JUDGED BY OUR NUMBERS IN SOME YEARS TO
COME. 
          FUNDING MAY FLOW FROM IT AS WELL, BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE US,
AND MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO DO MUCH MORE TO DEFINE WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SERVE AND ACTUALLY CARE FOR OUR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE IN A PORTION THAT ARE IN THAT
INVISIBLE, MAYBE VOICELESS STUDENTS, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT. 
          WITH THAT, I WELCOME MY COLLEAGUE DAMON. THANKS. 
          HOW'S EVERYONE DOING THIS EVENING? GLAD TO BE HERE. 
          THANK YOU. SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CHECK ON IN WITH FOLKS. 
          EXCELLENT TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY STANDS OUT TO ME,
MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOUT THIS C DESIGNATION IS IN ORDER FOR US TO CHART OUR PATHWAY FORWARD,
WE HAVE TO START BY LOOKING BACK. AND REALLY, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS WITHIN THE LARGER TRADITION OF AFRICAN
AMERICAN RHETORICAL THINKING AND EVEN JUST THE TRADITION OF LITERATURE AND TRUTH SPEAKING, LOOKING BACKWARDS IS ALWAYS THE BEST PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD,
BECAUSE LOOKING BACKWARDS HELPS US TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT IS THAT WE MAY HAVE SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT. I BELIEVE ARISTOTLE CALLED THAT CRITICAL THINKING. 
          SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT I WANT TO START, FIRST AND FOREMOST BY LOOKING BACKWARDS IS BY
SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF A BRIEF STORY WITH MY OWN SELF AND MY OWN 
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EXPERIENCE, AND LEARNING WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE,
AND HOW I EVEN CAME INTO AN AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT SERVICE MEANS AND WHY I CHOSE SERVICE OVER LEADERSHIP. I WAS 12 YEARS OLD WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY A GOOD OLD
CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOY. I HAD A BOOKS IN A HISTORY AND READING THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED. 
          AND IN FACT ONE OF MY BOOKS IN PARTICULAR ACTUALLY WAS A HISTORY BOOK THAT SAID SLAVE
MASTERS TREATED THEIR SLAVES WITH THE UTMOST CARE, KINDNESS AND COMPASSION AND LOVE. MY DAD SAW THIS BOOK IN. 
          WELL, LET ME JUST SAY THAT HE WASN'T HAPPY. HE SAID,
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ACTUALLY WRITE ANY BOOK REPORTS THAT COME DIRECTLY FROM THIS BOOK OR ANY OF THOSE BOOKS THAT YOU HAVE AT YOUR SCHOOL. 
          I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU OVER TO. OUR LOCAL BOOKSTORE IS A BOOKSTORE IN AN AREA WHERE I GREW
UP, A PARK CALLED ESSER BOOKSTORE. AND FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT ACTUALLY BE FAMILIAR WITH ESSER
BOOKSTORE, IT'S A PRETTY FAMOUS BOOKSTORE. BUT AT THE LEAST,
AT THE VERY LEAST, IT HAD A BOOK IN THERE CALLED THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO BY CARTER G. WOODSON. I'M 12 YEARS OLD. THIS MAN WROTE THIS BOOK IN 1935. 
          CARTER G. WOODSON IS THE SECOND BLACK MAN TO GET A PHD FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY,
THE FIRST BEING W.E.B. 
          DU BOIS. I'M 12 YEARS OLD READING THIS GUY'S BOOK. 
          I HAVE NO CLUE HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, FROM WHEN,
WHERE, OR HOW, BUT MY DAD SITS WITH ME AND HE WORKS WITH ME TO HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE PARTS THAT I DO GET. AND I GET TO ONE PART IN THE BOOK CALLED SERVICE RATHER THAN
LEADERSHIP. 
          I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY, ACTUALLY. A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS HERE TALKED ABOUT SERVICE,
AND ALL OF US HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SERVICE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST,
PART OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE LEARN ABOUT SERVICE FROM DOCTOR CARTER G. 
          WOODSON IS THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE MEANS TO BE PRESENT. 
          I WANT TO ACTUALLY EXTEND JUST THAT ONE PART OF THE UNDERSTANDING TO SHOW YOU ALL A QUOTE
FROM DOCTOR CARTER G. 
          WOODSON TO JUST KIND OF LIVEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE,
RIGHT? THE REAL SERVANT OF THE PEOPLE MUST LIVE AMONG THEM,
THINK WITH THEM, FEEL FOR THEM, AND DIE FOR THEM. 
          SO FOR ME, WHAT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS A FACULTY MEMBER,
AS A BLACK FACULTY MEMBER HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE CAMPUS, SOMETIMES, RIGHT, IT ACTUALLY GOES EVEN IN REVERSE. 
          AND OUR STUDENTS END UP ACTUALLY PASSING AWAY. 
          THEY'RE NO LONGER HERE. JUST BEFORE I ACTUALLY ATTENDED HERE,
I WAS ATTENDING A FUNERAL FOR ONE OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAD ENDED UP TRAGICALLY PASSING AWAY HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE IN MY VERY CLASS. I HAD TO SHOW UP FOR THAT STUDENT AND THEIR
FAMILY. 
          PART OF THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE NOT ONLY A STUDENT,
BUT ALSO TO A FACULTY MEMBER, AN EMPLOYEE. A MANAGER MEANS THAT YOU SHOW UP FOR YOUR STUDENTS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          YOU SEE, WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE LOSS OF BLACK LIVES AT THE HANDS OF SYSTEMATICALLY
FLAWED POLICIES AND TARGETED VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT HISTORY IS A PART OF THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF BOTH STUDENTS AND ALSO TO FACULTY
AND EMPLOYEES AND MANAGERS, NOT ONLY HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES. 
          WHAT WE ALSO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE AND REALIZE IS THAT THOSE STUDENTS,
FACULTY, EMPLOYEES, AND MANAGERS ALSO HAVE A VOICE. 
          AND THAT THAT VOICE IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKING THE DATA MAKE SENSE. 
          YOU SEE, AS MY, AS MY, MY, MY MANAGERIAL COLLEAGUE,
DOCTOR PAIGE ACTUALLY DESCRIBED, RIGHT. 
          SOMETIMES OUR STUDENTS GET INVISIBILIZED, THEY GET MADE INVISIBLE,
SOMETIMES THEY GET LOST IN THE SAUCE OF NUMBERS AND DATA AND METRICS. 
          AND THOSE THINGS ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT. HOWEVER,
THE STORIES FROM THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, OUR MANAGERS, ALL EMPLOYEES FROM THE GROUNDSKEEPERS TO THE FOLKS WHO WORK AT
THE FRONT DESK. 
          ALL OF THOSE STORIES ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HELP TO TELL THE PARTS OF
THE STORY THAT THE DATA ACTUALLY MISSES, OR THAT THE DATA ENDS UP NOT FOCUSING IN ON. AND SO PART OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BEGIN
TO CHART OUR WAY FORWARD WITH THIS NEW BSI DESIGNATION IS TO BEGIN BY TELLING THE STORY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR DATA. 
          WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY WORK TO INCLUDE STUDENT VOICES. 
          NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO INCLUDE STUDENT VOICES,
BUT IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE FACULTY VOICES AS WELL. 
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YOU SEE, WHILE OUR STUDENT VOICES CAN ACTUALLY HELP TO GIVE VOLUME,
DIMENSION, BREADTH, AND DEPTH TO THE DEGREE TO WHICH THEY FEEL SEEN, OR AS MY MANAGERIAL COLLEAGUE DOCTOR PAIGE ACTUALLY EXPLAINED,
MADE INVISIBLE. 
          WHILE STUDENTS VOICES CAN HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THAT,
THEY CAN ALSO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND AND EXPLAIN THE WAYS IN WHICH FACULTY MEMBERS MADE THEM FEEL LESS INVISIBLE AND MORE IMPORTANT,
LIKE THEY ACTUALLY BELONG ON CAMPUS. 
          WE CAN ACTUALLY, THEIR VOICES CAN ACTUALLY HELP TO TELL THE STORY OF HOW FACULTY,
A MANAGER, AN EMPLOYEE. THE GROUNDSKEEPER USED TO BE MY GIRL,
MISS SHARON. 
          SHE USED TO ACTUALLY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS BACK AND FORTH. THAT
HELPED TO KEEP THEM ON TRACK. 
          THAT HELPED TO MOTIVATE THEM WHEN THEY FELT LIKE,
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO GO TO CLASS TODAY. 
          I USED TO TALK TO MISS SHARON, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR GROUNDSKEEPERS. SHE WOULD ACTUALLY TELL
ME ABOUT STUDENTS THAT SHE WAS TALKING TO AND HOW SHE ACTUALLY WENT AHEAD ON AND TOLD THEM, NO, LOOK, MAN, YOU BETTER GO ON AND GO TO CLASS. 
          HOW SHE WOULD GIVE THEM AN EXTRA, JUST A LITTLE PUSH,
A LITTLE NUDGE, RIGHT? OUR STUDENTS VOICES CAN ALSO HELP TO TELL THE STORY OF MICROAGGRESSIONS AND THE ROLE THAT
THEY PLAY IN CREATING A DEMOTIVATING ENVIRONMENT THAT HELPS THEM TO ACTUALLY SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE A MISS
SHARON TO HELP TO TURN THAT STUDENT AROUND? FOR FACULTY VOICES WHO'VE SEEN STUDENTS ACTUALLY BECOME DISENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM,
WELL, WE KNOW THAT I'LL SPEAK FOR MATH AND ENGLISH JUST BECAUSE I'M REPRESENTING ENGLISH RIGHT
NOW JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND AGAIN, MY MANAGERIAL COLLEAGUE DOCTOR PAGE ACTUALLY REPRESENTS OUR MATH BRETHREN AND
SISTREN. 
          RIGHT. THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF AB 1705 AND AB 705,
HELPS TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY ABOUT ACCESS AND ABOUT WHAT SUCCESS OUR STUDENT SUCCESS CAN LOOK LIKE WHEN WE REMOVE
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS. 
          BUT WHAT THE DATA DOESN'T CATCH, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BRAND NEW UPDATED DATA,
THE ONE ON THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE, THE ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY DONE AS A RESULT OF THE STUDIES AT UCLA AND ALSO TO USC,
RIGHT. 
          WHAT THE DATA DOESN'T ACTUALLY CAPTURE IS WHY DO THEIR DOES THEIR PERSIST? WHY DO EQUITY GAPS CONTINUE TO PERSIST IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT COMPLETION,
IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT TRANSFER AND IN TERMS OF OUR STUDENT GRADUATION RATES, PARTICULARLY AMONG BLACK STUDENTS. SEE THIS HERE IS EXACTLY WHY FACULTY VOICE IS
NECESSARY. 
          HERE'S WHY. BECAUSE FACULTY MEMBERS DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEY GET INTO THE
CLASSROOM. 
          NOT ALL FACULTY MEMBERS TEACH THE SAME. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST ASK ANY STUDENT WHO'S
TAKING AN ONLINE COURSE AND THEY'LL TELL YOU, MAN, THIS FACULTY, THIS PROFESSOR, I CAN GO AHEAD ON AND GO DIRECTLY HERE AND I CAN FIND
OUT HOW TO DO EVERYTHING. 
          AND THEN THIS PROFESSOR MAKES ME WANT TO GO AND READ EVERYTHING. 
          NO, THAT'S JUST MY STUDENTS WHO SAY THAT ABOUT ME. 
          OKAY, SO I'LL LEAVE MYSELF OUT OF THIS. BUT AT THE VERY LEAST,
FACULTY VOICES NEED TO BE INCLUDED TO HELP TO TELL THAT STORY. 
          WHAT ABOUT OUR CLASSIFIED FACULTY? WHAT ABOUT OUR STAFF WHO ARE REALLY AT THE FRONT LINE
OF EVERY SINGLE PART OF THIS INSTITUTION WHO GET TO MEET THE STUDENTS FIRST? WE GET TO MEET THE STUDENTS EVEN BEFORE THE FACULTY ACTUALLY DO. WE NEED TO ACTUALLY
INCLUDE THOSE FOLKS VOICES AS WELL TO HELP TELL THE STORY THAT THE DATA ACTUALLY SHOWS. 
          AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE VOICES OF THE STUDENTS WHO DID NOT YET PERSIST AS A RESULT OF
COVID 19? LET ME TELL YOU, COVID TOOK A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS OUT. 
          THERE WERE A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS WHO. I MEAN,
IT'S KIND OF PAUSE AND STOP FOR JUST A QUICK SECOND. 
          WHY WOULD WE WANT TO EVEN INCLUDE THOSE VOICES OF THE STUDENTS WHO ACTUALLY LEFT? SEE, FOR STUDENTS WHO STOPPED AND CHOSE FOR WHATEVER THE REASON IS TO ATTEND EITHER A DIFFERENT SCHOOL OR TO STOP ATTENDING SCHOOL TO GO AND WORK. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT, WELL, WHY DID YOU WHAT,
WHAT WHAT HALTED YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY? WHAT STOPPED YOU? WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET THOSE STUDENTS VOICES,
BECAUSE THEY HELPED TO REVEAL EXACTLY WHERE OUR SHORTCOMINGS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE THAT THE DATA WON'T CATCH. DATA ONLY TELLS A STORY. THEY DROPPED OUT. 
          THEY DIDN'T CONTINUE. THEY DID NOT PERSIST. BUT THEY DON'T HELP TO EXPLAIN WHY OR HOW THEY
WERE MADE, POSSIBLY BY NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, POSSIBLY BY. 
          AS A RESULT OF THE CONDITIONS, ECONOMICALLY,
OR POSSIBLY EVEN AS A RESULT OF THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE EVEN BEEN FACED WITH IN THEIR FAMILY AS THE PRIMARY CAREGIVERS. AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST FOR THEIR
CHILDREN, MAYBE EVEN FOR THE ADULTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY IN THEIR FAMILY. SEE,
THAT WAS A STUDENT WHO I ACTUALLY JUST WHOSE SERVICES I JUST 
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LEFT. YOU SEE, SHE WAS A VERY TRANSFORMATIVE YOUNG LADY. 
          SHE WAS SO TRANSFORMATIVE THAT SHE ACTUALLY INSPIRED HER STUDENTS,
HER FELLOW STUDENTS AROUND HER WHO DID NOT WANT TO EXERCISE THEIR VOICE AND WHO FELT LIKE THEY SHOULD ACTUALLY KIND OF HIDE AND SILENCE THEIR VOICE. 
          MY STUDENT, HER NAME IS CONNIE, WAS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYBODY AROUND HER. 
          AND THOSE AREN'T EVEN MY WORDS. THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF HER FELLOW STUDENTS WHO I WAS JUST
TALKING WITH THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, WHO SAID, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I WAS REALLY INSPIRED BY CONNIE'S STORY. 
          AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT ACTUALLY MADE ME WANT TO KIND OF MADE ME WANT TO SPEAK OUT MORE IN
CLASS. 
          AND THE WORDS OF HER FAMILY MEMBERS WHO I JUST ACTUALLY HEARD SPEAK NOTHING BUT GOOD WORDS
ABOUT HER AND HOW MUCH HOW INSPIRATIONAL SHE ACTUALLY WAS. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GO AND GET ALL OF OUR STUDENTS VOICES,
THOSE FOLKS WHO CONTINUE TO PERSIST, AND ALSO TO THOSE FOLKS WHO DO NOT CONTINUE TO PERSIST,
RIGHT? THEIR VOICES ALONGSIDE THOSE WHO STAYED, HAVE TO INFORM HOW THE CAMPUS DEFINES AND
MEASURES WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE, ESPECIALLY OUR BLACK STUDENTS, BECAUSE AT THE VERY LEAST,
WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE, AT LEAST FROM WHAT THE 12 YEAR OLD ME LEARNED. THE ONE THING THAT I LEARNED OUT OF READING THE SECOND MAN TO GET A PHD'S BOOK
OUT OF HARVARD. 
          WHAT IT MEANS TO SERVE. MEANS, AT THE VERY LEAST,
TO BE PRESENT. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TRANSITION ON OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE,
DOCTOR CARTER. 
          GOOD EVENING. SO ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE DOCTOR HILL FOR THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. YES. YES. YEAH. YEAH. 
          SO A STUDENT DOESN'T IN ANY STUDENT DOESN'T REALLY CARE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
TEACHING UNTIL THEY KNOW YOU CARE ABOUT THEM. STUDENTS. AT THE CORE OF IT IS MORE THAN JUST. 
          IT'S MORE THAN LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THAT ARE ENROLLED. 
          IT'S MORE THAN COUNTING THE 3071 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          WHAT IT IS, IS ABOUT CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO BE SEEN AS HOLISTIC
INDIVIDUALS, SO THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY NEED, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THINGS. 
          SO NOT JUST THEIR ACADEMIC COURSEWORK, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT PERHAPS THE TAP
CARD IS WHAT GETS THEM TO CAMPUS. 
          PERHAPS IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT CAMPUS,
THEY CAN FIND SOME FOOD THAT THEY CAN NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE. 
          PERHAPS IT IS THAT THEY CAN GO TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S WELCOMING AND THEY ARE INVITED IN AND
NOT THE FIRST QUESTION IS NOT WHAT IS YOUR ID NUMBER? THE FIRST QUESTION MAY BE, HOW ARE YOU DOING? DO YOU NEED ANYTHING? WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? THIS IDEA THAT WE TALK ABOUT BASIC NEEDS AND A NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS ARE IN NEED OF. 
          BASIC HUMAN RESPECT AND SUPPORT. AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY FEEL THAT THIS IS A PLACE
WHERE THEY CAN OPEN UP. 
          THEY'RE LIKE THE FLOWER BEFORE IT BLOOMS. BUT YOU KNOW,
A FLOWER BLOOMS BECAUSE IT'S IN SUNLIGHT. 
          IT GETS ENOUGH RAIN. IT GETS ENOUGH ATTENTION. 
          IF YOU'RE LIKE MY MOM, YOU TALK TO IT AND IT COMES TO LIFE. 
          BUT IF YOU DON'T TALK TO IT, IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT,
A FLOWER WON'T BLOOM FULLY. 
          IF YOU EVER WALKED THROUGH. I HAVE A DOG. SO WHEN I TAKE HER ON A WALK,
SOMETIMES I'M ABLE TO. 
          WHILE SHE'S SNIFFING AT THINGS, I CAN LOOK AT FLOWERS AND SEE. 
          SOME STARTED TO BLOOM, BUT THEY DIDN'T COMPLETELY OPEN. 
          THE ENVIRONMENT DID THAT TO THEM. SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND,
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF CREATING A RESPONSE TO A DESIGNATION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE STUDENTS WHO MAY BE SMALLER IN
NUMBER 3000, 
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YOU KNOW, BUT THEY HAVE SUCH VITALITY IN THEM. 
          THEY WANT TO DO THINGS THEY WANT. THEY HAVE DREAMS. BUT WHO ASKS WHAT THEIR DREAMS ARE? WHO SPENDS THE TIME TO FIND OUT THAT I REALLY WANT TO? I'M GETTING MY COSMETOLOGY LICENSE RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT THE GOAL IS I WANT TO WORK WITH PEDIATRIC KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN SCARRED,
AND I WANT TO DO THAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DO. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THE STUDENT,
I'M A COSMETOLOGY MAJOR AND THEY JUST KEEP WALKING, YOU GOT TO STOP THEM AND PULL THAT OUT OF THEM. 
          YOUR PROGRAM IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE SUPPORT PROGRAMS IN,
IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE STAND ON THE BELIEF THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE, FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
THEY ARE OUR GIFT. 
          THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE AS A A MOTION INSTRUCTOR. 
          AND SO AS A RESULT, WE WE PRACTICE THIS THING WE CALL AN ETHIC OF LOVE. 
          THE ETHIC OF LOVE ALLOWS ME TO BE IN THE STUDENTS LIVES IN WAYS THAT PERHAPS SOMETIMES MY
SIBLINGS ARE NOT REALLY COMFORTABLE WITH. AND WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? I MEAN THAT IF A STUDENT IS HOMELESS AT 6:00 AND EVERYTHING IS CLOSED FOR THE CAMPUS,
AND THE STUDENT REACHES OUT TO ME AS THE COORDINATOR, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR THAT STUDENT NOT TO BE HOMELESS THAT
NIGHT. 
          IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE ETHIC OF LOVE THAT OUR PROGRAM
EXISTS. 
          ON THE ETHIC OF LOVE THAT OUR PROGRAM POURS INTO THE STUDENT IS THAT IT'S ABOUT
CONNECTING. 
          IT'S A RELATIONAL PROGRAM. AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS HAVE OFTEN. 
          IT'S OFTEN NOTED THAT THEY THRIVE IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RELATIONAL DYNAMICS ARE FOSTERED TRUST CONNECTION, THE ABILITY TO TRUST THAT I. 
          THAT I'M GOING TO DO WHAT I SAY. AN EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. 
          ONE OF OUR STUDENTS NEW TO THE PROGRAM FOUND OUT THAT SHE WASN'T ELIGIBLE FOR SOMETHING. 
          SO I MADE SOME CALLS, OTHER COLLEAGUES, WE CALLED AROUND AND FOUND OUT. 
          YEAH. YOU ARE, YOU ARE THAT WHAT YOU. AND WE SAID IN THE EMAIL I SENT,
HEY, THE INFORMATION YOU YOU WERE GIVEN IS NOT CORRECT. 
          I NEED YOU TO COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THIS. 
          OKAY? SHE COMES BACK ONLY FOR THAT NEXT EXPERIENCE TO BE. 
          NO, YOU CAN'T GET THIS. WHAT? AND THEN SHE SAYS TO US,
I DON'T NEED A PROGRAM THAT LIES. 
          AND ALL I COULD SAY TO HER, I CAN SAY I'M SORRY,
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE STUDENT IS ELIGIBLE. 
          BUT THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS HAS CREATED A DISTRUST. 
          THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY STUDENTS BECOME QUIET. 
          SHE LET HER VULNERABILITY THAT SHE NEEDED SOMETHING,
THAT SHE DESPERATELY NEEDED SOMETHING, AND WE COULDN'T MEET THAT. BUT SHE IS INDEED ELIGIBLE FOR WHAT SHE'S ASKING FOR. 
          SHE'S NOT WILLING TO FIGHT ANYMORE BECAUSE SHE'S ASKED TWICE. 
          SO WHEN WE SERVE OUR STUDENTS, WE TALK ABOUT SERVING OUR STUDENTS. 
          THE ETHIC OF CARE HAS TO BE TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. 
          THE STUDENT THAT STANDS BEFORE YOU IS NOT A 2.4 STUDENT MAJORING IN BIOLOGY. 
          KNOW THAT STUDENT IS A CAREGIVER WITH HER MOM AND HER GRANDMOM,
AND HAS A CHILD OF HER OWN WHO WORKS EXTREMELY HARD JUST TO GET HERE. AND THE 2.4 WILL NOT GET HER INTO FULLERTON. 
          BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL GET INTO FULLERTON. PHONE CALLS,
ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT. 
          THAT STUDENT IS AT FULLERTON THIS SEMESTER, FIRST SEMESTER. 
          DOING EXTREMELY WELL SO FAR. THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE RELATIONAL APPROACH TO SERVING
STUDENTS AND CONNECTING WITH THEM. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT SPECIFICALLY TO THE SLIDE,
A DESIGNATION AND FUNDING 
          [02:00:04]
IS IS IMPORTANT. BUT WHAT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT,
I BELIEVE, TRULY IS TO CREATE A DYNAMIC AND AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL THAT THEY CAN FLOURISH, AND THAT COMES FROM THE HEART. HOW WE INTERACT WITH THE STUDENTS ON A DAY TO
DAY BASIS. 
          THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT SOMETIMES THAN BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM A T SHIRT OR GIVE THEM A
BOOK VOUCHER. 
          SO NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO CHERYL. 
          DOCTOR CARTER. THANK YOU. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO REDEFINE WHAT IT MEANS TO CARE FOR
STUDENTS. 
          WE HAVE THIS DESIGNATION NOW OF A BLACK SERVING INSTITUTION. 
          BUT NOW WE NEED TO INSTITUTE THE PRACTICE OF CONTINUED CARE AND SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          SO SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT FOR OUR STUDENTS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE
SEEN. 
          WE WANT TO CHECK UP ON THEM WHEN THEY'RE MISSING FROM CLASS AND ALSO CELEBRATE THEIR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE FEELING THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTED AND ARE PART OF THE CAMPUS. 
          FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT,
DIRECT THEM TO THE TUTORING SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 
          WE DO A LOT OF THAT WORK IN CONTINUING ED, PROVIDING SUPPORTIVE MATH AND ENGLISH COURSES
FOR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM BE ABLE TO PERSIST. WE ALSO WANT TO AFFIRM THEIR PRESENCE ON CAMPUS,
AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL VALIDATED, SUPPORTED, SEEN AND HEARD, AND THAT THEY KNOW THEY HAVE THIS A SENSE OF BELONGING AND
SUPPORT ON CAMPUS. 
          AND MUCH MORE THAN THAT, NOT ONLY RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAVE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET AND
SUPPORTED THROUGH OUR CAMPUS RESOURCES, BUT ALSO HELPING THEM TO CONNECT WITH THOSE RESOURCES. 
          A LOT OF TIMES, STUDENTS ARE RELUCTANT TO SEEK OUT THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. 
          BUT IF WE'RE THERE AND WE CAN CLEARLY LOOK AND IDENTIFY THAT THERE'S A NEED,
WE HELP THEM TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT NEED AND SUPPORT THEM IN THAT WAY. AND THEN ALSO, WE WANT TO CREATE A CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE SET AN EXPECTATION AND A STANDARD SUCH AS WHAT WE HAVE WITH MAKING SURE STUDENTS GRADUATE WITHIN
THEIR FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CREATE AN EXPECTATION SO THEY WILL RISE TO MEET THAT
EXPECTATION AND MEASURE OUR CARING FOR STUDENTS BY THE OUTCOMES THAT WE SEE,
SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN STUDENTS AND HELP THEM MEET THEIR GOAL OF GRADUATING. 
          SO THIS BSI DESIGNATION, EVEN THOUGH IT CURRENTLY DOES NOT COME WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT. 
          THE SUPPORT THAT WE CAN OFFER NOW AT THIS TIME IS CARE,
ACCOUNTABILITY AND AFFIRMATION. 
          AND SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM,
IN THE OFFICE, AND IN THE PLACES ON CAMPUS WHERE STUDENTS GATHER. 
          AND HOW WILL WE KNOW HOW STUDENTS FEEL AND IF THEY'RE SUPPORTED. 
          AND WE'LL KNOW THAT BY THEIR FEEDBACK. I ENCOUNTER STUDENTS ALL THE TIME,
AS WE ALL DO, AND THEIR FEEDBACK WILL TELL US HOW WELL WE'RE DOING WITH THIS. AND THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT, CAN WE GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THE CHAIR? TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. WE CAN WRITE THIS IN MANY WAYS,
BUT TO BE PRESENT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SEEN. 
          TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AFFIRMED, SUPPORTED, AND WE ALL HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE WOULD BE
SOME DEFINITIONS, I THINK. SHOULD WE FEEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN A SERVING DESIGNATION? ANY QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I DO APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          I CAN CONNECT I DID HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE TO YOUR SECOND SPEAKER AND THAT IN A HIGH
SCHOOL CLASSROOM, SOMEBODY SAID, REMEMBER THE ALAMO? AND I WAS LIKE,
WHAT? OKAY. 
          BUT WHEN I TOOK A CHICANO STUDIES CLASS, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF A RACIST STATEMENT
THAT WAS. 
          AND NOW I'M ABLE TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND SEE IT,
BUT I'M, I'M AT A LOSS AS TO WHY ISN'T AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IN YOUR PRESENTATION? BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY EXTENDS WELL BEYOND A ONE SINGULAR YOUR PODIUM,
PLEASE. 
          [02:05:04]
SO THIS DESIGNATION EXTENDS WAY FURTHER BEYOND JUST A SINGULAR CLASS. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ADDING CLASSES. WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS WHAT DO WE DO
MOVING FORWARD? HOW IS DOCTOR FIERRO ACTUALLY MENTIONED EARLIER? HE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE DATA CAN ACTUALLY REVEAL NOT ONLY KPIS,
BUT THE DATA STORY THAT WE TELL WRIT LARGE CAN REVEAL OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER, OR WE CAN PULL MARSHAL RESOURCES AND HELP TO
ACTUALLY FORGE A PATHWAY FORWARD. 
          THIS BSI DESIGNATION IS A LOT BIGGER THAN JUST ADDING A CLASS. 
          AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES ISN'T NECESSARILY EXCLUDED FROM THIS PRESENTATION. 
          HOWEVER, IT'S ONE OF THE COURSES. IT'S ALSO TO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE THAT WE ACTUALLY
HAVE AS A PART OF THE BLACK EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE. BUT IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN JUST ADDING ONE CLASS. 
          SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T PROBABLY SEE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AS A PART OF THIS
PARTICULAR PRESENTATION. 
          CERTAINLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY INCLUDE IN THE DATA STORY. 
          BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRESENT HERE IS AN APPROACH,
NOT JUST SPECIFIC COURSES, THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADD TO HELP TO MARCH FORWARD. 
          WOULDN'T IT BE AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP? AND IT'S AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES IS NOT JUST ONE
CLASS. 
          IT'S IT'S AS I UNDERSTAND, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
DOCTOR FIERRO. 
          IT'S A WHOLE INCLUSIVE PROGRAM. THAT WOULD BE AFRICANA AND HAVE A CERTIFICATE FROM. 
          SO IT'S NOT JUST ONE CLASS. SORRY. THAT WOULD BE AFRICANA STUDIES. 
          AFRICANA AND BLACK STUDIES, NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES. 
          OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. I GOT YOU. 
          SO WE HAVE AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AS A CLASS,
AND THAT'S AN ACTUAL CLASS. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE AFRICANA STUDIES. AFRICANA STUDIES. 
          I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PROGRAM I GOT YOU NOW. YEAH,
YEAH. 
          BUT THAT'S THE REASON WHY. IT'S NOT, IT'S MORE THAN JUST CLASS. 
          RIGHT. SO WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT COLLABORATIVE WITH THIS PROGRAM? IN REGARDS TO YOUR BSA BSA DESIGNATION. I THINK THAT,
I THINK THAT IT'S A PARTNERSHIP AND IF PLEASE DO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG,
BUT I DO BELIEVE NATALIE IS PART OF BEC. 
          YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S YEAH. I MEAN, SHE'S NOT HERE. 
          I DON'T SEE YOU HERE ANYWHERE. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE ANOTHER EVENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW
WHERE THEY'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE N WORD AND HOW THE POLITICS OF USING LANGUAGE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES. SO THEY HAVE A SIMULTANEOUS SHE'S BEEN HERE PRESENTING ALL THIS TIME AND
YOU KNOW. 
          YEAH. AND I, I DON'T SEE HER HERE. YEAH. SO,
SO SO NATALIE IS PART OF BEC AND HAVE BEEN PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INITIATIVE AS WELL, I BELIEVE INITIALLY. NOT SURE IF SHE STILL IS,
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. 
          SHE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE ENGLISH FACULTY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN,
ON THE PROGRAM. 
          YES. SO. SO THERE IS A PARTNERSHIP AND CROSS POLLINATION WITHIN THE PROGRAM. 
          GOOD TO HEAR. THANK YOU. WE'RE ALL CONNECTED. 
          OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT. 
          YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS SAID, I THINK IS BECAUSE IT'S 7% OF THE STUDENT
POPULATION IS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A SMALL GROUP, BUT I THINK IT'S,
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHEN THE COLLEGE KEEPS GROWING, YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU'RE LIKE, 3000 STUDENTS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. 
          RIGHT. IN SOME PLACES, THAT'D BE A WHOLE, YOU KNOW,
CITY OR TOWN, RIGHT? HOLY SCHOOL OR WHOLE SCHOOL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT,
YOU'RE LIKE, THIS IS A LOT OF HUMAN BEINGS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE,
I THINK. 
          WELL, THIS HAS GIVEN US IN SOME WAYS, LIKE, EVEN IF THERE'S NO MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH BEING
A BLACK SERVING INSTITUTION, THE IDEA THAT WE CAN LIKE, STOP AND SAY, LOOK,
THERE'S A LOT OF HUMAN BEINGS RIGHT HERE. 
          AND WE HAVE AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW IN A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY. 
          AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY VALUABLE. THE OTHER THING THAT I,
THAT HIT ME WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE BOTH THIS ONE AND THE PREVIOUS CONVERSATION AROUND CULTURE. LIKE, HOW DO WE HAVE A CULTURE THAT DOES SOMETHING FOR THE
HUMAN EXPERIENCE THAT'S BEYOND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, THE DATA IS IMPORTANT. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, LIKE IF WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD ANECDOTES,
BUT, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WERE FAILING. 
          LIKE WE'D WANT TO KNOW THAT, RIGHT? SO THE DATA IS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO
THE DATA OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT, IT STARTS WITH THE CULTURE. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          ALL THE PRESENTERS TODAY REALLY CAME BACK AROUND ON THAT BECAUSE THE TYPE OF INSTITUTION
WE ARE REQUIRES THAT. 
          SO I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 
          [02:10:05]
LIKE ALL OF YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE MONEY. 
          SO WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT I WILL NOT WANT TO GET THE MONEY,
AND I WILL NOT ADVOCATE FOR THE MONEY, BUT THINGS THAT DO NOT COST MONEY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CULTURE. 
          GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU DOING? FREE. AND THAT IS TO BE SEEN. AND I THINK THAT APPLIES TO ALL OF THE STUDENTS. 
          I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER. AND I
TRY TO DO IT. 
          AND SOMETIMES OBVIOUSLY I DON'T AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WORK,
BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL DO THIS WHEN WE WALK FROM THE PARKING LOT OR WHEN WE WALK FROM ANYWHERE AND WE RUN INTO THE STUDENTS JUST SIMPLY GOOD MORNING. 
          AND THAT APPLIES TO ALL TO BE SEEN TO BE A FIRM ALSO. 
          $0. YOU CAN DO THIS. THESE ARE THE SUPPORTS. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE. 
          WHAT CAN WE DO TO CONNECT YOU TO SERVICES? SEE ALSO. 
          CLUBS. CLUBS. ANYTHING. ANYTHING. RIGHT AWAY. 
          THE SUPPORT WHERE WE CAN EXPAND. SURE. AND THE DOLLARS COULD BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT. 
          I FOR ONCE, LIKE EVERY TIME I'M INVITED TO BE PART OF A MERGER. 
          I LOVE TO GO THERE BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS, ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT I LEARN. 
          AND THAT TRANSLATES TO EVERY SINGLE GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT I CAN INTERACT WITH. 
          AND THAT SUPPORT IS PALPABLE, AND IT COSTS NOTHING TO BE DONE WHEN WE INTERACT WITH
PEOPLE. 
          SO AGAIN, I WILL WANT THE MONEY, DON'T GET ME WRONG,
CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT. 
          BUT THIS CAN BE DONE TODAY AT NO COST AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          I LOVE SINCE THE MOMENT THE NAME BEC WAS CHANGED TO BLACK EXCELLENCE. 
          AND I KEEP REPEATING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE WHAT WE DO ACROSS THE
CAMPUS CONSISTENTLY. 
          BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT ONLY FOR THE STUDENTS. 
          AND I DO ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT WE SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE
LEARNING OUTCOMES, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT. DOES THE STUDENT NO GOOD TO PUT THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM WITHOUT THE
SKILLS THEY NEED TO TRULY BE SUCCESSFUL. 
          BUT I THINK THE ACCOUNTABILITY ALSO NEED TO APPLY TO US AND HOW WE HOLD OURSELVES
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE STUDENT, TO THE SUPPORT OF THE STUDENTS, TO THE AFFIRMATION OF THE STUDENT TO SEE THE STUDENTS,
AND TO THE SUPPORT AND CREATION OF THAT CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE. SO GOING BACK TO THAT, IT IS COMMUNITY BUILDING,
COMMUNITY BUILDING, THE BASICS OF THAT WE CAN DO AND WE CAN GET BETTER AT IT. THE ADVOCACY OF THE DOLLAR. 
          SURE. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. BUT WE SHOULD NOT DEFAULT TO WAIT. 
          BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE DOLLARS. ALL THOSE ACTIONS CAN BE DONE AT THE SAME COST
THAT WE ARE INCURRING TODAY, JUST BY SMILING AND BEING FRIENDLIER TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE SERVE. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE QUICK QUESTION. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, IF I MAY. YES. I NOTED THAT AB 335 WAS GOT STUCK IN COMMITTEE. 
          HAS IT BEEN REINTRODUCED FOR THIS NEXT APPROPRIATION? DO YOU KNOW? ARE YOU AWARE? I'M SO SORRY. WELL,
THE PROGRAM WASN'T FUNDED, RIGHT? CORRECT. CORRECT. THE BILL DIDN'T GO THROUGH. 
          I LOOKED IN OUR GOVERNMENT SITE AND IT SAYS THAT IT GOT STUCK IN COMMITTEE. 
          YES. RIGHT. SO IT DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M WONDERING IF IT HAS BEEN REINTRODUCED OR IS
IT JUST DEAD. 
          AND THAT'S THEY'RE NOT PUSHING IT FORWARD. TO MY KNOWLEDGE,
IT'S STILL THERE, BUT IT'S LIKELY TO BE REINTRODUCED IN A DIFFERENT WAY NEXT YEAR. 
          THERE IS PLENTY OF SUPPORT TO BRING IT FORWARD,
PLENTY OF SUPPORT TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. 
          I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN. COMPLICATED TO DO IS THE CURRENT POLITICS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THE DESIRE OF SOME OFFICIALS TO PURSUE FEDERAL OFFICE. SO PERHAPS NEXT YEAR THINGS WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. 
          BUT THE NEXT ROADBLOCK THAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE IN ALL THESE BILLS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OKAY IF WE DO THIS. 
          THEN YOU COME AND ASK FOR MONEY, AND IF YOU ASK FOR MONEY,
YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THIS SUPPORT. 
          AND THE NEXT YEAR YOU WANT TO WANT MORE. SO. SO I THINK THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LONG TERM 
          [02:15:08]
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THOSE BILLS, GIVEN THE THE POLITICS. 
          SO I WILL SAY THINGS WILL NOT CLEAR UP FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS DEPENDING OF THE 2028
ELECTION RESULTS. 
          ALL THREE BILLS? YES. ON A PC. YEAH. BUT WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY IN THE LEADERSHIP OF IT, TO COUNTER, TO ADD TO THE SERVANT, THE SERVANT APPROACH TO IT AS A CAMPUS FOR US TO
STAY IN THE LEAD, TO BE A MODEL FOR OTHERS TO, TO LOOK TOWARDS AS LEGISLATION CATCHES UP TO THAT PART. 
          SO HOPEFULLY YOU TAKE THAT APART FROM OUR PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE INFORMATION SHARED WITH US
TONIGHT. 
          IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN BEST SERVE,
YOU KNOW, OUR STUDENTS AND HONESTLY, OUR COMMITMENT AND OBLIGATION, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE THE STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          AND I DO WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT TONIGHT WE HEARD ABOUT THE BSI AND THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT BEC HAS DONE IN IDENTIFYING THOSE KEY PRIORITIES AND ACTIONS THAT CAN
BEST SERVE, YOU KNOW, OUR BLACK STUDENTS HERE ON CAMPUS. BUT THE VISION OR THE VISION THAT I HAVE IS
ALSO FOR US TO BE IN COALITION TOGETHER WITH THE BSI DESIGNATION, THE C DESIGNATION, AND REALLY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS AND THE,
YOU KNOW, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS KIND OF ANSWERED TONIGHT. 
          AND SO I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY, I KNOW THE TIME IS DWINDLING GOING,
BUT I DO WANT TO BRIEFLY JUST BRING ACROSS THE SERVICE 2.0 THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND THIS WAS IN ESTABLISHED AS A MODEL FOR C AS WELL. 
          BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THE PARALLELS IN THIS. AND SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DOES A COLLEGE
ORGANIZE ITSELF. 
          AND IN OUR CASE, SINCE WE'RE BOTH BSI AND C IT WOULD BE HOW DOES OUR COLLEGE ORGANIZE
ITSELF TO HELP OUR LATIN STUDENTS AND BLACK STUDENTS SUCCEED AND THRIVE? AND SO THIS TREAT, SERVING AS ONGOING INSTITUTIONAL WORK THAT WE ARE ALL
COLLECTIVELY RESPONSIBLE FOR. 
          AND SO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE ASKING OURSELVES INCLUDE WHAT HAS
THE COLLEGE BUILT TO SUPPORT STUDENTS? HOW DO WE ACTIVELY TURN OUR COMMITMENTS INTO PRACTICE? YOU GUYS SHARED THAT WITH US TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          HOW DO WE KNOW STUDENTS ARE BEING SERVED. WE HAD STUDENT VOICE PRESENT TONIGHT. 
          WHAT FORCES SHAPE OUR ABILITY TO SERVE? AND THEN WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT GETS IN THE
WAY. 
          AND YOU SPOKE VERY YOU KNOW, SPOKE TO THAT. WE HAVE TO UNCOVER THE WHY. 
          WE LOSE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS. WE HAVE TO TAP INTO THAT VOICE SO THAT WE CAN BETTER PROVIDE
SERVICES AND SUPPORTS TO KEEP THEM HERE. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHAT YOU HAVE
PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT. 
          I ALSO WANT TO JUST REALLY THANK THE STUDENTS. 
          DOCTOR FERRO, YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE INSPIRED BY WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY,
BUT I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE STUDENTS HAVE TO SAY AT PURPOSE TO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING,
THE WHY, WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          AND SO YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS ARE THE WHY BEHIND THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          THE STUDENTS ARE WHY I SERVE ON THE BOARD. I BELIEVE OUR STUDENTS AND I HOPE THIS IS THE
CASE FOR EVERYONE. 
          THIS IS WHY OUR FACULTY AND STAFF DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO CERRITOS COLLEGE,
AND WHY THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE ON THE BOARD ARE SO IMPORTANT AND THEY TRULY MATTER. 
          AND SO, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE THAT SENSE OF BELONGING. 
          YOU GUYS REALLY BROKE IT DOWN WONDERFULLY. THEY NEED TO BE SEEN. 
          THEY NEED TO BE AFFIRMED. THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. 
          AND THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THAT. 
          AND SO THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          CAN CLOSE THE MEETING IN MEMORY IN HONOR OF THE STUDENT. 
          ALSO, I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT TONIGHT WE WILL BE CLOSING THE MEETING IN HONOR OF
STUDENT CONNIE BALTIERRA. 
          I THINK THAT'S HER NAME. AND I DO APOLOGIZE IF I PRONOUNCE THAT INCORRECTLY. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE SORRY. NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON 
          [3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]
          [4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]
          [5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]
          [6. Consent Items - Office of the President]
TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO WE HAVE ITEMS 3.01 THROUGH 3.08 UNDER OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS. 
          [02:20:09]
WE HAVE SECTION FOUR CONSENT ITEMS UNDER OFFICE OF BUSINESS SERVICES,
WHICH INCLUDES 4.01 THROUGH 4.13. 
          WE HAVE SECTION FIVE CONSENT ITEMS. OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ITEMS 5.01 THROUGH 5.03. 
          WE ALSO HAVE CONSENT ITEMS IN SECTION SIX. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 6.01 THROUGH 6.02. 
          DO I HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEPARATE ANY OF THESE ITEMS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? A MOTION APPROVAL. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY TRUSTEE RIOS. 
          DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO SECTION SEVEN. 
          [7.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: May 4, 2026; May 11, 2026; August 24, 2026; September 14, 2026]
          [7.02 Revised Administrative Procedures 4235, 5700, 7210, 7240, 7343, 7345]
          [7.03 Review of Board Policy 7345]
          [7.04 First Reading Revised Board Policy 5700 titled Intercollegiate Athletics]
          [7.05 First Reading Revised Board Policy 7230 titled Classified Employees]
INFORMATION ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEMS SEVEN OR ITEM 7.01 COLLEGE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
MINUTES. 
          MAY 4TH, 2026. MAY 11TH, 2026. AUGUST 24TH, 2026 AND SEPTEMBER 14TH,
2026. 
          I'M ANDREA, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. ARE WE GOING TO VOTE ON EACH OF THESE
INDIVIDUALLY, OR WE'RE JUST GOING TO RECEIVE AND FILE, RECEIVE AND FILE THE INFORMATION? OKAY. AND CAN I GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER? OKAY. 
          SO AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO GROUP ALL INFORMATION ITEMS 7.01,
7.03. 
          7.04 AND 7.05 COLLECTIVELY FOR A APPROVAL TO OH NO VOTE JUST TO FILE RECEIVED AND FILED. OKAY. WE WILL NOW WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO SECTION EIGHT. 
          [8.01 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution No. 26-1007A in Recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month]
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ITEM 8.01 CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 26 DASH 107
A IN RECOGNITION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH. THANK YOU. 
          TONIGHT, I ASK THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO SUPPORT THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH AND TO STAND WITH OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY AND RAISING AWARENESS AND SUPPORTING SURVIVORS THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. 
          CERRITOS COLLEGES OFFERING MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS,
FACULTY AND STAFF TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, SURVIVOR PROTECTIONS, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND LABOR TRAFFICKING,
PERSONAL SAFETY, AND BYSTANDER INTERVENTION. 
          THESE ACTIVITIES ARE ABOUT MORE THAN AWARENESS. 
          THEY HELP CONNECT OUR COMMUNITY TO INFORMATION,
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT. 
          THROUGH OUR CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL ADVOCATE, INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY INTIMATE PARTNER
VIOLENCE AND RELATED INCIDENTS CAN ALSO ACCESS ADVOCACY SERVICES, SAFETY PLANNING, EDUCATION, AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. 
          I HOPE THE BOARD WILL JOIN US IN AFFIRMING THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE IS COMMITTED TO
EDUCATION, PREVENTION, ADVOCACY AND ENSURING THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'D LIKE TO MOTION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT THE LA MIRADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
IS HAVING A GOLF TOURNAMENT TO SUPPORT DVAP, WHICH IS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS PROGRAM BASED OUT OF RIVERSIDE THAT USES COMBAT
VETERANS AND OTHER FORMER CONTRACTORS. 
          IN THE MOST LIBERAL SENSE OF THAT TERM, CONTRACTORS LIKE CIA CONTRACTORS TO HELP WITH
THOSE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FILLING, SO TO SPEAK, THE GAPS THAT A RESTRAINING ORDER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PREVENT. 
          AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT AWARE, AS WE HAVE THIS RESOLUTION,
THAT THERE IS A TANGIBLE WAY THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT IT, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOOD AT GOLF, TO HELP THAT PROGRAM AND MAKE THAT AWARE FOR ANYBODY THAT
DOES NEED ANY OF THOSE SERVICES. 
          THANK YOU. SO I SO MOVE. THANK YOU. SECOND. SECOND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. 
          NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 8.02. CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER
26-1007B 
          [8.02 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution No. 26-1007B in Recognition of Filipino American History Month]
IN RECOGNITION OF FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. 
          AND TONIGHT WE WILL HAVE CONRAD SOLORIO, OUR BUDGET MANAGER,
AND ELMER GOMEZ, DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANT AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, PROVIDING REMARKS. 
          LET ME CUE IT UP FOR THEM. THIS RESOLUTION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE
AND CELEBRATE THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 
          THAT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. 
          OUR FILIPINO AMERICAN STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE,
CONTRIBUTE EVERY DAY TO STUDENT SUCCESS, EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP SERVICE IN THE LIFE OF OUR COLLEGE. 
          IN FACT, THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZES 74 CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES WHO IDENTIFY AS FILIPINO
AND FILIPINO STUDENT POPULATION HAS GROWN OVER 27% IN THE 
          [02:25:10]
PAST FIVE ACADEMIC YEARS. BY RECOGNIZING OCTOBER 2026 AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH,
WE HONOR THE RICH HISTORY, HERITAGE, RESILIENCE, AND THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF FILIPINO AMERICANS WHILE STRENGTHENING
OUR COMMITMENT TO BELONGING IN THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY AND THE. 
          SHARED BY PRESIDENT GREEN HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ARE TWO OF OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT, TRUSTEES AND SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT. 
          I'M ELMER GOMEZ AGAIN, THE DIRECTOR OF PHYSICAL PLANNING CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. 
          I'M HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY AT THE COLLEGE. 
          WE'RE ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF DOCTOR LOUIS AMADOR,
THE DEAN OF STUDENT SUCCESS AND EQUITY. 
          AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AS A FIRST GENERATION FILIPINO AMERICAN FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATE. 
          AND I COME FROM A LONG LINE OF FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THEIR HEART,
WHO COME AS IMMIGRANTS IN THE 60S AND 70S WORKING IN THE FIELDS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. 
          AND NOW WE HAVE OUR FIRST GENERATION STUDENT AS A GRADUATE STUDENT AT CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ
HILLS, ONE OF MY SONS. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD AND HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY TO HELP PRESENT THIS
BOARD RESOLUTION. 
          AND I HAVE A COLLEAGUE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS WELL. HELLO,
TRUSTEES. 
          PRESIDENT. PIERRO. MY NAME IS CONRAD SOLORIO. 
          I'M THE BUDGET MANAGER HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS. 
          A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF IS THAT I CAME HERE WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD. 
          BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES. CAME HERE AT THREE YEARS OLD. 
          FAMILY OF IMMIGRANTS HERE. IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR FAMILIAR WITH LA,
THERE'S THE HISTORIC FILIPINO FILIPINO TOWN. 
          THAT'S WHERE MY DAD STAYED FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE GOT HERE. 
          SO A LOT OF HISTORY THAT FILIPINOS HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY YOU KNOW,
I'M VERY PROUD OF BEING FILIPINO. 
          YOU KNOW, I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF EDUCATION HERE WENT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS WELL
BEFORE I MOVED ON TO USC FIRST GENERATION FILIPINO AMERICAN MAKING IT THROUGH THE EDUCATION PROCESS. 
          SO I'M REALLY EXCITED AND HOPEFUL THAT YOU GUYS APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION. 
          THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AT CERRITOS COLLEGE RESPECTFULLY ASKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF
RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-1007B RECOGNIZING FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH. THIS RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGES THE SIGNIFICANT
CONTRIBUTIONS FILIPINO AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR NATION, OUR STATE, AND THE COMMUNITIES SERVED BY CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          IT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE FILIPINO AMERICAN STUDENTS,
EMPLOYEES, ALUMNI, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS PLAY IN ADVANCING EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, AND STUDENT SUCCESS. CERRITOS COLLEGE SERVES A GROWING FILIPINO
STUDENT POPULATION AND IS FORTUNATE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FILIPINO FACULTY,
CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONALS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERS. THIS RESOLUTION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CELEBRATE FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ACHIEVEMENT WHILE REAFFIRMING THE COLLEGE'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY,
INCLUSION, BELONGING AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. 
          ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR FAVORABLE VOTE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          SO WE WILL NOW GO INTO VOTE. HOWEVER WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 
          YES. I MOTION THIS TO APPROVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ITEM 8.028.008.8.02. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. NONE. OPPOSED. 
          MOTION PASSES. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I KNEW THERE WAS A VOTE COMING,
BUT I KNOW FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WE HAD VARIOUS EVENTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY FOR FILIPINO MONTH, FILIPINO AMERICAN MONTH NOTED IN OUR WEBSITE. 
          I'M SORRY, MADAM TRUSTEE, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION,
PLEASE? SURE. USUALLY WHEN WE ACKNOWLEDGE, LIKE RIGHT NOW,
PRIOR TO YOU, WE ACKNOWLEDGE DOMESTIC AMERICAN, I MEAN, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS. AND WE HAVE THREE EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE COLLEGE. 
          ONE HAPPENED OCTOBER 1ST. AND WE HAVE TWO UPCOMING DO WE HAVE ANY EVENTS FOR FILIPINO
AMERICAN MONTH? 
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NOT THAT I KNOW OF. WE HAVE A LUNCHEON COMING UP FOR THE FILIPINO AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 
          YES. I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER 25TH. WE'RE GATHERING AS COLLEAGUES TO CELEBRATE FILIPINO
AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH TOGETHER FOR LUNCH. 
          WILL THERE BE SAMOSAS? THERE WILL BE LUMPIA AND LUMPIA. 
          DELICIOUS FOOD. YES, YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM
DISTRICT OFFICIALS. 
          AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE FIRST. 
          HI, EVERYONE. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
AND CELEBRATE THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY ON OUR CAMPUS AND THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. MABUHAY ANG MGA PILIPINO. 
          I'M ALSO THE PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO COBRA CLUB,
AND WE HAD OUR MEETING YESTERDAY WHERE WE LEARNED ABOUT FILIPINO CULTURE. 
          WE TAUGHT OUR MEMBERS HOW TO COUNT NUMBERS IN TAGALOG. 
          WE ALSO HAD FILIPINO WORD OF THE DAY AND THEY ALSO LEARNED HOW TO DANCE TINIKLING WITH THE
BAMBOO STICKS. 
          SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT GIVES STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
LEARN ABOUT AND CELEBRATE FILIPINO CULTURE. 
          AND ON MONDAY, I ATTENDED A LOBBYING WORKSHOP WITH OUR LOBBYIST,
MISS MISS ESPERANZA AND DAVID ANDREA, DOCTOR FERRO, AND OUR FELLOW STUDENTS WHO SPOKE EARLIER AND,
AND THE PROCESS OF THE WORKSHOP WENT REALLY WELL. 
          IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. WE LEARNED A LOT HOW THE BILL GOES THROUGH THE COMMITTEE HOW IT
TAKES 72 HOURS TO GO THROUGH AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE LEARNED A LOT HOW TO MAKE BILLS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT IT
SUCCEEDS TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. 
          I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE ACC HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          SHE GOT SWORN IN AND HER NAME IS BROOKE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND SEEING
THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH IN THIS POSITION. I WAS SO EXCITED,
YOU KNOW, THAT I, I KIND OF GAVE YOU THE SPOTLIGHT IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR YOUR WONDERFUL REPORT AS OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE AND AMAZING STUDENT LEADER HERE ON CAMPUS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT, BUT I AM GOING TO PAUSE THE REST OF THE REPORT TO
RESUME SECTION EIGHT, BECAUSE THAT IS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SECTION. 
          AND I KNOW DOCTOR MEYENDORFF IS LOOKING AT ME LIKE EXCUSE YOU. 
          HELLO. AND AND MR. MULLINS, I GOT YOU. I WE'RE GOING BACK. 
          EVERYTHING WILL SWEAT SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 8.03 TO APPROVE
THE 
          [8.03 Approve 2025-2026 Retroactive Salary Rate Adjustment and 2025-2026 Salary Retroactive Schedules for Select Represented Employees]
2526. WHAT RETROACTIVE SALARY RATE ADJUSTMENT IN 2020 526 SALARY RETROACTIVE SCHEDULES FOR
SELECT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. BUT BEFORE THAT,
DO I HAVE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. 
          MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM 8.04. 
          [8.04 Approve 2025-2026 Salary Rate Increases and 2025-2026 Salary Schedules for Selected Non-Represented Employees]
WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE 2526 SALARY RATE INCREASES IN 2526 SALARY SCHEDULES FOR
SELECTED NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. 
          ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE CAN GO INTO A VOTE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ITEM 8.05 APPROVED 
          [8.05 REVISED: Approve 2026-2027 Salary Rate Increase for Select Represented Employees]
2627. SALARY RATE INCREASE FOR SELECT REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          MOTION PASSES. ITEM 8.06. REVISED TO APPROVE 2627. 
          [8.06 REVISED: Approve 2026-2027 Salary Rate Increase for Select Non-Represented Employees]
SALARY RATE INCREASE FOR SELECT NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY. SEEING NONE. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. 
          YOU HAVE A SECOND? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS ITEM,
I. 
          MOTION PASSES. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW GOING TO GO BACK TO SECTION NINE REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT
OFFICIALS. 
          [9.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]
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AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH DOCTOR SALAZAR. NO REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. PACHECO. YES. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE ARK 70
70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND WE CELEBRATED THE ARK AND DOWNEY BEING THERE
FOR 70 YEARS. I ALSO WENT TO BELL GARDENS FOR THE GRITO DE INDEPENDENCIA,
SO HAD FUN THERE. 
          I ALSO ATTENDED THE GOVERNMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS CONFERENCE. 
          THAT'S WHY I MISSED MY LAST BOARD MEETING. I HAD TO DO WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
AND ALL THE DIFFERENT INSURANCE CARRIERS AND HOW THEY TREAT IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH. 
          I ALSO WENT TO THE I LOVE DOWNEY EVENT. THAT WAS AGAIN CELEBRATING THE CITY OF DOWNEY. I ALSO WENT TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WHITTIER EVENT CELEBRATING THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE A BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THAT IT'S GREAT TO HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DO TO HELP THE
KIDS. 
          I ALSO WENT TO AN ALZHEIMER'S EVENT IN DOWNEY,
WHICH WAS AGAIN, IT HAS TO DO WITH HEALTH TO ME. 
          WHENEVER THERE'S SOMETHING RELATED TO HEALTH,
I TEND TO GO TO THOSE. 
          I ALSO WENT TO THE KIWANIS INSTALLATION AGAIN,
I'M A KIWANIAN. 
          SO OF COURSE THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO ME TO GO TO THE INSTALLATION CEREMONY BECAUSE I'M
PART OF THE KIWANIS CLUB IN DOWNEY. 
          AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE GOOD GOLF TOURNAMENT DINNER,
AGAIN, MEETING WITH THE POLICE OFFICERS. 
          AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE RICKY GALVEZ. WHO WAS KILLED IN OUR CITY. 
          AND SO WE HOLD A GOLF TOURNAMENT EVERY YEAR TO RAISE FUNDS AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE
SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUR STUDENTS IN DOWNEY. 
          I THINK THAT'S ENOUGH. THANK YOU. I THINK SO,
NO, NO. 
          I THINK THAT WAS ENOUGH. TRUSTEE. LEWIS. NOT QUITE AS EXHAUSTIVE AND EXTENSIVE AS TRUSTEE
PACHECO LIST, BUT I DID GO TO THE COFFEE WITH A COP HOSTED ON OCTOBER 1ST BY HERE AND THERE COFFEE IN LA MIRADA, RIGHT BY THE STATE OF BROTHERS ON IMPERIAL AND LA MIRADA BOULEVARD. 
          AND THEN THE LA MIRADA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON TUESDAY EARLIER THIS WEEK,
WHERE WE HEARD DIRECTLY FROM THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE PROTECTION WHICH IS THE PROGRAM THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER AND GOT TO HEAR ALL ABOUT HOW THEY ARE
FILLING. 
          INCREDIBLE GAP FOR A LOT OF DV VICTIMS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THEIR GOLF
TOURNAMENT ON OCTOBER 17TH. WILL I HIT PAR? YOU WILL HAVE TO COME AND FIND OUT ON HOW MANY HOLES I HAVE AN
ALBATROSS ON. 
          THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITH TRUSTEE RIOS TO THE STATE OF
THE CITY. 
          FOR FOR BELLFLOWER, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL EVENT EVERY YEAR. 
          AND AND THERE'S A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS THAT WE GOT TO REPORT ON AS IT RELATES TO THAT. 
          I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AT THE THE CAR SHOW WITH THE BELLFLOWER CAR SHOW,
WHICH IS A VERY BIG ANNUAL EVENT FOR US. 
          BELLFLOWER. AND AND, AND THAT, THAT WAS GREAT AS WELL. 
          THAT'S ALL FOR MY REPORT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR LIU. 
          NO REPORT. THANK YOU. JUST LIKE TRUSTEE BIRKEY MENTIONED I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT
BELLFLOWER, AND WE GOT TO. WE GOT TO SIT WITH VALLEY CHRISTIAN PRINCIPAL. 
          RHONDA, DO WE DO ANY WORK WITH OUR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS? YEAH. OH, AWESOME. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, KINGDOM CAUSES THAT WE MENTIONED. 
          SO MENTIONED. SO IT WAS AMAZING. I DID WANT TO REPORT THAT I JOINED AND PLAYED PICKLEBALL, BUT IT SO HAPPENS THAT WHEN I SAY IT, I BROKE MY TOES. 
          I'M LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? SO I HAVE TO WAIT ON THAT REPORT. JOINING THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS HERE AT OUR COLLEGE. 
          I UNDERSTAND YOU PLAY TWO TIMES A WEEK, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY I GOT TO GO TO THE FALCON ROOM AND HAVE LUNCH WITH OUR PRESTIGIOUS
PRESIDENT. 
          [02:40:05]
THAT WAS AMAZING. LOVE THEIR FOOD AS ALWAYS. AND NOW I ACTUALLY GET TO JOIN THEIR
SPECIALTY MEALS THAT THEY HAVE TO RAFFLE OFF FROM. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S EVER GONE, BUT I ALWAYS SEE THOSE EMAILS AND I'M LIKE,
I WISH I COULD GO. 
          I WISH I COULD GO. SO NOW I GET TO JOIN THE RAFFLES AND SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT TO ANY OF
THOSE EVENTS. 
          SO INTERESTING. HEY I DO WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS. 
          IN REGARD TO A B 1636 CREATING SEAMLESS PATHWAYS FROM OUR K-12 TO COLLEGE. 
          THAT WAS PASSED AS WELL AS A B TWO, 466. WHICH GIVES PAID WORK WORK BASED LEARNING FOR OUR
STUDENTS. 
          SO THOSE ARE TWO HUGE SUCCESS SUCCESSES FOR OUR STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO GO TO
SACRAMENTO TO REALLY ADVOCATE FOR, ON BEHALF OF CERRITOS COLLEGE AND USE YOUR VOICE TO BRING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, THE DESIRED OUTCOMES FOR US. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR FIERRO, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID,
AND YOU LED ALONG WITH THE VARIOUS ASSEMBLY PERSONS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE AND GOVERNORS WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE, YOU KNOW, FOR THESE BILLS. I ALSO HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ATTENDING THE
JESSE MIRANDA PRAYER BREAKFAST IN CELEBRATION OF LATINO HERITAGE MONTH LAST WEEK. 
          AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT AT LEAST FOR ME TO CELEBRATE CULTURE AND TO ALSO CONNECT TO A HIGHER BEING. AND THAT'S ALSO A PART OF,
YOU KNOW, WHY I SERVE AND MY PURPOSE IN SERVING. 
          SO IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL EVENT FOR ME. AND IT REALLY HELPED ME AS A LEADER. WHILE THERE. HEY DOCTOR FIERRO THANK YOU,
DOCTOR GREEN. 
          FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK WILL. APRIL FOR THE COLLABORATION, GETTING THE, THE NEGOTIATIONS ON PART TIME FACULTY TO A GOOD RESOLUTION WILLINGNESS TO LOOK AT ISSUES FROM AN OVERLAPPING AND COMMON POINTS RATHER THAN SITTING ON STRONG SIDES ON OPPOSITE ENDS. 
          AND I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION AND HOW BEING WILLING TO,
TO LOOK AT PROBLEMS FROM MULTIPLE ANGLES HELP US TO PRODUCE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'LL ALSO LIKE TO THANK IRLANDA LOPEZ BECAUSE AS WE BEGAN
CLARIFYING HOW THE CONTRACTS WERE GOING TO WORK AND HOW WE WE WANTED TO, TO, TO WRAP EVERYTHING TOGETHER,
WE REALIZE THAT IT WAS NOT JUST A MATTER OF MEETING DEADLINES, BUT WE NEEDED TO MEET SOME EXTERNAL DEADLINES IN ORDER
TO BE ABLE TO, TO GET EVERYONE PAID ON TIME. AND THAT REQUIRED IRLANDA TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND, AND HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH US OVER THE PHONE LATE IN THE EVENING,
EARLY IN THE MORNING TO ALSO WORK WITH KSI TO TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT IS WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR EVERYONE? WHAT IS FAIR AND HOW CAN WE DO IT QUICK? SO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES COULD RECEIVE THE RETRO
PAYMENTS BY THEIR FIRST CHECK IN DECEMBER AT THE LATEST BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY,
THAT THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR EVERYONE. 
          SO THAT WAS GREAT COLLABORATION TO, TO GET THAT TO THE FINISH LINE. 
          SAME THING WITH SONY. THEY REPRESENTS OUR MANAGERS AND JULIE WHO REPRESENTS OUR
CONFIDENTIAL. 
          EVERYONE REALLY PULLED TOGETHER AND IN THE BACK END,
ALL OF FELIPE AND MERCEDES TEAM, THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS CORRECT, PUT TOGETHER, THE LANGUAGE IS DONE. BECAUSE,
WELL, IT SEEMS RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO UPDATE THOSE TABLES. 
          IT IS REALLY NOT THAT SIMPLE. THE WORK ON THE BACK END. 
          SO THANK YOU TO TO BOTH OF YOU AND YOUR TEAMS FOR DOING THAT. 
          [02:45:05]
AS ROSIE MENTIONED, THERE WERE TWO BILLS SPONSORED BY CERRITOS COLLEGE THAT WERE SIGNED BY
THE GOVERNOR. 
          AND THAT IS REALLY GREAT. BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT MAKE IT EVEN GREATER. 
          THE FIRST ONE OUT OF ALL THE BILLS THAT WERE INTRODUCED AND SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, ONLY THREE GOT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AND ONLY TWO WERE SIGNED. 
          AND THE TWO THAT WERE SIGNED WERE THE TWO FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          SO. SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR GRIMM, FOR MENTIONING ME RECOGNIZING MY F4, BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THINGS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. 
          I SUPPOSE THE PERSON THAT SHOWS UP TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT,
BUT THE SUCCESS OF EVERYTHING. 
          REQUIRES AN ENTIRE TEAM DOING THAT WORK AND THAT TEAM FOR THAT ADVOCACY AND ALL THAT WAS
LED BY ANDREA. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BECAUSE SHE WAS THE ONE MEETING WITH OUR ADVOCATES IN SACRAMENTO. SHE WAS THE ONE MAKING THOSE PHONE CALLS. 
          SHE WAS THE ONE RALLYING THE LETTERS AND SO ON. 
          SO. WELL, I GOT TO GO AND TALK TO PEOPLE THERE AND KNOCK AT THE DOORS AND SO ON. 
          ALL THAT WAS SET UP FOR ME TO SHOW UP AND PERFORM. 
          BUT THE ACTUAL SUCCESS IS DONE BY THE TEAM. SO THANK YOU. 
          AND THAT IS CONNECTED TO OUR NEXT STEP, WHICH IS WHAT TRUSTEE FABIAN MENTIONED. 
          THERE WAS THE ADVOCACY WORKSHOP, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAVE OUR TEAM FROM
SACRAMENTO COME AND TRAIN STUDENTS AND FACULTY AS TO HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE LEGISLATION ACROSS THE STATE IN A WAY THAT
HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR THE COLLEGE. AND THAT, AGAIN, WAS SOMETHING THAT I LIKE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR. 
          BUT OBVIOUSLY, ANDREA LED TO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. ANDREA. IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING, I KNOW WE HAD OUR TRUSTEE,
GUSTAVO, ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS WORK FROM LAST YEAR, BUT WE NEED TO DO SOME SORT OF BIG CELEBRATION,
INVITE ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO OUR CAMPUS AND JUST DO SOMETHING BIG. 
          I MEAN, TWO BILLS OUT OF ALL THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 
          IT'S AMAZING. YES, THEY ALL HAPPEN TO BE CERRITOS COLLEGE. 
          WHAT CAN WE SAY? YES. AND YES, WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR OUR,
YOU KNOW, OUR ADVOCATES AND CHAMPIONS, YOU KNOW, OF OUR COLLEGE AND THOSE WHO TRULY SUPPORT THE WORK THAT WE DO AND SEE YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE AND YOU KNOW, JUST SUPPORT OUR WHY. 
          OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT IS NOW TIME TO BREAK INTO CLOSED SESSION. 
          [10. Closed Session]
WE HAVE THREE ITEMS, 10.01, 10.02 AND 10.03. WE DO NOT HAVE A READOUT TONIGHT. SEVENTH 2026 MEETING. IN ADDITION, WE ARE CLOSING THIS MEETING AGAIN IN MEMORY OF AND IN MEMORY AND HONOR OF OUR STUDENT,
CONNIE BALTIERRA.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.