1 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x 3 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 4 5 SUFFOLK COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE AMMERMAN CAMPUS 6 MILDRED GREEN ROOM - BABYLON STUDENT CENTER 7 SELDEN, NEW YORK 8 October 19, 2006 - 8:30 A.M. 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Stenographer: 19 Stephanie Valder 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 October 19, 2006 2 2 A P P E A R A N C E S: 3 4 WILLIAM MOORE - CHAIRPERSON 5 BELINDA ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN 6 DR. JAMES CANNIFF 7 WALTER HAZLITT 8 JERRY KANE 9 JOHN KOMINICKI 10 TERI KOPP 11 DENNIS McCARTHY 12 ERNESTO MATTACE, JR. 13 DR. SHIRLEY PIPPINS 14 CHARLES K. STEIN 15 FRANK C. TROTTA 16 AVETTE D. WARE 17 JIAN ZHANG 18 *** ALL OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 October 19, 2006 3 2 (The meeting was called to order 3 at 9:28 a.m.) 4 MR. MOORE: Director says take 5 two. 6 (Laughter.) 7 MR. MOORE: Places everyone. 8 (Laughter.) 9 MR. MOORE: Okay. I'll 10 entertain a motion. 11 MR. KOMINICKI: So moved. 12 MR. MOORE: Don't get me out of 13 place -- 2006.76 through 2006.93, do 14 I have that motion? 15 MR. KOMINICKI: We already did 16 that. 17 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: John did 18 that. 19 MR. MOORE: John? 20 MR. KOMINICKI: Yes. 21 MR. MOORE: Okay. Second? 22 MR. MATTACE, JR.: Second. 23 MR. MOORE: All in favor. 24 (Whereupon, all those in favor 25 respond "aye".) 1 October 19, 2006 4 2 MR. MOORE: Item number 19 3 2006.94. 4 MR. MATTACE, JR.: So moved. 5 MR. KANE: So moved. 6 MR. MOORE: By Ernie. Seconded 7 by Dennis. All in favor? 8 (Whereupon, all those in favor 9 respond "aye".) 10 MR. MOORE: Let the record 11 reflect, Walter recused himself 12 based on a relationship with the 13 Water Authority. He did not vote 14 on item number 19. 15 Okay, we're done. No. 16 (Laughter.) 17 At this point, I will entertain 18 a motion to recess our Trustees 19 Meeting, and convene our Board of 20 Directors of the Association Meeting. 21 MR. MATTACE, JR.: So moved. 22 MR. McCARTHY: Second. 23 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 24 (Whereupon, all those in favor 25 respond "aye".) 1 October 19, 2006 5 2 MR. MOORE: And first order of 3 business is to approve our minutes 4 from September 14th Board of 5 Directors Meeting of the Association. 6 MR. KOMINICKI: So moved. 7 MR. MATTACE, JR.: So moved. 8 MR. McCARTHY: Second. 9 MR. MOORE: All in favor? 10 (Whereupon, all those in favor 11 respond "aye".) 12 MR. MOORE: Okay. I understand 13 that Vice-president Canniff is going 14 to give us a presentation on our 15 finance report. 16 DR. CANNIFF: Thank you. 17 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 18 DR. CANNIFF: Good morning all 19 of you. 20 DR. PIPPINS: Good morning. 21 DR. CANNIFF: I reviewed the 22 Association budget for the year, and 23 I'm happy to report to you that we 24 are on target for the fall, in terms 25 of the fees that we have collected 1 October 19, 2006 6 2 and the budgets for the three 3 campuses. And what - going forward, 4 what I'm going to be able to provide 5 to you with is a one-page document 6 that will have financial information 7 on it. 8 But on the bottom of it, 9 what it will also have is a list of 10 some of the student activities, that 11 all of our students across the three 12 campuses are involved in, for that 13 period of time, because this is what 14 this Association budget is all about. 15 It's all about our students. And I 16 would like to be able to have some of 17 that information in front of you. 18 Last month, when you met, 19 we had a discussion about the 20 Shakespeare Festival. I'm happy to 21 report to you, that we have put a 22 plan together, to deal with the 23 $17,000 deficit, and that would will 24 be taken care within the Association 25 budget. The second thing I would 1 October 19, 2006 7 2 report about that, is that we have 3 put the Shakespeare Festival on hold, 4 for the time being. 5 We are considering a couple 6 of things. One of them that was also 7 mentioned last, last month was that 8 the Stony Brook had some interests in 9 using the, the name, the Long Island 10 Shakespeare Festival. One of 11 possibilities is, is there a way for 12 us to jointly do something. And 13 that's one of the possibilities. 14 I don't like to let that 15 festival go. I think it's very 16 important. We haven't been able to 17 get the kind of the support, over the 18 years, that we need for that. But 19 academically, it's something I feel 20 that if, in the future, it can pay 21 for itself, that we should be doing 22 it. 23 The third item that I want 24 to report to you on are the kid's 25 cottages, on both of the campuses. 1 October 19, 2006 8 2 And I have reviewed their budgets. 3 And based upon what -- the figures 4 and the enrollments that we have for 5 this fall, both at the Ammerman 6 Campus and at the Grant Campus, our 7 budgets are on target. And I'll be 8 able to, again, as we go forward with 9 the spring enrollment, I'll be able 10 to give you additional information on 11 that. 12 I also want you to know that 13 in, in my getting to know a little 14 bit more about the child care 15 centers, I did contact our director 16 of our early childhood program, 17 Darlene Hockman (phonetic). And in 18 our conversation she said to me, you 19 need to be aware that we are 20 providing a very high level of 21 service for students who use the 22 child care centers, also faculty and 23 staff who use the child care centers. 24 The other thing I want to 25 mention to you is, the child care 1 October 19, 2006 9 2 centers are used as internships for 3 our early childhood program, our 4 occupational therapy program, it's 5 used for psychology courses, and it's 6 used for visual art courses. It is 7 also used as a work study site, for 8 some of our students. And in 9 particular, these are students who do 10 not have access -- who do not have 11 their own vehicle, or access to their 12 own transportation. So, this 13 provides a work site for them. 14 I just wanted to provide a 15 little broader perspective on what 16 these child care centers do. I will 17 be monitoring these on a monthly 18 basis. And, and if changes need to 19 be made in staffing patterns, either 20 up, because the enrollment is going 21 up, or that if some people have used 22 fewer hours than they originally 23 anticipated, if we need to make other 24 adjustments, we will make those. 25 I'll be happy to answer any 1 October 19, 2006 10 2 questions. 3 MR. MOORE: Thank you very much. 4 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you very 5 much. 6 MR. MOORE: I appreciate that. 7 DR. CANNIFF: Thank you. 8 DR. PIPPINS: Thank you. 9 DR. CANNIFF: Thank you, 10 Dr. Pippens. 11 DR. PIPPENS: Thank you, Dr. Canniff. 12 MR. MOORE: Yes. All right. 13 And I presume, we're making the 14 campuses and the community familiar 15 with this great product. This 16 high-quality child care is not easy 17 to find. 18 That's it for our Directors of 19 the Association responsibilities, for 20 the moment. And we'll adjourn that 21 meeting and return to the Board of 22 Trustees Meeting. 23 Chuck, you're up. 24 MR. STEIN: In your packet, you 25 have the -- the name is Charles Stein 1 October 19, 2006 11 2 for the record. In your packets, you 3 have the finance report. It's early 4 in the year. As you know we, we 5 still have the intercession, and we 6 still have the spring semester, and 7 the summer semester to look at. 8 As far as the fall is concerned, 9 revenues are up, expenditures are in 10 line with the budget at this early 11 stage. Enrollment are -- is up for 12 the fall semester, which is a 13 positive sign. And as we get deeper 14 into the year, the finance reports 15 will take on, you know, a more 16 adjusted presentation. 17 If you have any specific 18 questions, I will be happy to answer 19 them for you. 20 MR. KOMINICKI: Is there a 21 P and L in our packet? 22 MR. STEIN: Yes, there is. 23 You'll find this report, it has 24 revenues, and it has expenses. 25 MR. KOMINICKI: I'll find it, 1 October 19, 2006 12 2 thanks. 3 MR. MOORE: It may have been the 4 packet that was sent to you. It was 5 not necessarily in this morning's 6 packet. 7 MR. KOMINICKI: Oh, okay. Okay. 8 MR. HAZLITT: Did you ever do a 9 study -- 10 MR. MOORE: You have to wait for 11 me. 12 MR. HAZLITT: -- on the early 13 retirement system, over a long period 14 of time, the effect, financial 15 effect? 16 MR. STEIN: We actually issued 17 the Board a report, I think two years 18 ago -- 19 MR. HAZLITT: Oh. 20 MR. STEIN: -- on the impact of 21 the incentive that was offered some 22 years back. And yes, we were still 23 positive, in terms of the benefit to 24 the college. 25 MR. HAZLITT: How beneficial was 1 October 19, 2006 13 2 it? 3 MR. STEIN: I'm sorry? 4 MR. HAZLITT: How beneficial was 5 it? 6 MR. STEIN: From memory, I do 7 not recall. But I do know that when 8 there was the incentive for people to 9 retire, many people that -- 10 MR. HAZLITT: On an extended 11 period of time? 12 MR. STEIN: Well, on an extended 13 period of time, you will still have 14 your savings, because on an extended 15 period of time, those people would 16 have gotten raises, as well. So -- 17 MR. HAZLITT: Just curious. 18 MR. STEIN: Okay. 19 (Laughter.) 20 MR. MOORE: There's always been 21 an undercurrent, that they don't ever 22 pay off, as well as you anticipate. 23 MR. STEIN: Well, I think, I 24 think what we found was, we have 25 individuals who were at the college 1 October 19, 2006 14 2 for a number of decades who are -- 3 I'll leave it, I'll leave it at 4 that -- who are at the highest level 5 of pay, and they were replaced by the 6 very lowest level of pay. 7 MR. HAZLITT: I understand the 8 principle. 9 MR. STEIN: It takes an awful 10 long time to catch up. 11 MR. HAZLITT: I didn't know. 12 MR. MOORE: We'll come back to 13 that. 14 MR. HAZLITT: Holy Christmas. 15 MR. MOORE: There's certainly a 16 short-term impact, when that, when 17 that happens. 18 MR. HAZLITT: Okay. 19 MR. MOORE: All right. Thank 20 you, Chuck. I think I've covered 21 this stuff in my item K. You'll hear 22 more about Orlando and things I 23 learned from that, as we trot them 24 out. 25 I've got to give Dr. Pippens' 1 October 19, 2006 15 2 fair warning. I don't want to sit 3 there and surprise her too much. 4 (Laughter.) 5 MR. MOORE: All right. We'll 6 hop to item L. Any topics or items 7 that are of interest, that any of us 8 want to share. 9 MR. MATTACE, JR.: The only 10 thing that I'd like to say is that 11 I'm sorry, I missed the trip with 12 you. But we were successful in 13 negotiating the contract by 12,000 14 members, and we preserved our 15 healthcare and pension for the next 16 four and-a-half years. 17 MR. MOORE: Excellent. 18 MR. HAZLITT: And the prices in 19 Stop and Shop are going up. 20 MR. MATTACE, JR.: No, they're 21 not going up. 22 (Laughter.) 23 MR. MOORE: I'd be remiss, if I 24 didn't say it. George Gatta 25 (phonetic) came down to serve on a 1 October 19, 2006 16 2 panel. And the poor man flew down in 3 one night, popped into a panel, which 4 got totally discombobulated. And he 5 and I were the only people who 6 originally slated to be on that 7 panel, and they threw a whole bunch 8 of people on top of us. And George 9 still did a great job. One of 10 their panelists was a Floridian 11 congressman who joined us, and work 12 force development, and work force 13 training was the topic. 14 (Laughter.) 15 MR. MOORE: And it was very 16 interesting, because Florida has a 17 booming economy. And one poor fellow 18 sitting in the audience stood up and 19 said, it's very nice you're all doing 20 great in Florida, you got an easy job 21 as trustees, I'm from Detroit. And 22 that, that was a real slap in the 23 face and a wake-up call reminder of 24 the difficulties that are in 25 different parts of the country. 1 October 19, 2006 17 2 So, but George thank you 3 for coming down and making your 4 presentation. He presented himself 5 well and, and the college, so thank 6 you for that. 7 Sir? 8 MR. KOMINICKI: On Thursday last 9 week, I attended the inaugural 10 program of the Healthcare Heroes 11 Awards, at which Suffolk Community 12 College's nursing program was 13 recognized, and the dean of the 14 program spoke briefly. 15 I just want to -- the, the 16 program is designed to recognize the 17 unsung heroes of healthcare, 18 including, especially nurses. But it 19 was, it was a great, a great program, 20 and from the standpoint that really I 21 believe healthcare workers are in -- 22 feel at least, I think there really 23 are a lot of unsung heroes in that 24 profession. But they especially feel 25 that, and where the sort of the love 1 October 19, 2006 18 2 in the room, if you will, was really 3 incredible. 4 And it was, it was great that 5 the college was part of that. And it 6 was nice. 7 MR. MOORE: Okay. I hope it 8 gets a lot of coverage and the word 9 gets spread out, so that they're 10 loved even broader. Anybody else? 11 MS. WARE: Yes. 12 MR. MOORE: Yes, ma'am, Avette. 13 MS. WARE: I just wanted to say 14 that I have had the opportunity to 15 attend all of the student government 16 association meetings, on each of the 17 three campuses. And just wanted to 18 kind of report back on some great 19 things that are going on with the 20 students. 21 For instance, all of the 22 campuses are trying to get involved 23 in the recycling program. And that 24 would be beneficial, because it will 25 generate some dollars to the campuses 1 October 19, 2006 19 2 too, once they get it up and running. 3 So, it's seems something that they 4 are trying to work out for all three 5 campuses, starting with paper and 6 then moving on to other things, if 7 that's successful. 8 Out on the eastern campus, 9 they have a few great programs lined 10 up, one of which is called 11 Green Energy. And what they're 12 trying to do there is to actually 13 look into having some windmills 14 possibly erected, that will cut down 15 and, and conserve. You're smiling, 16 but, listening to their proposals on 17 it, I mean it really sounds great. 18 That along with solar, solar panels 19 could actually generate a rebate of 20 seventy to eighty percent back from 21 LIPA, which would be good, because 22 LIPA is always going up, and up, and 23 up, so if there's a way to save some 24 monies on it -- so they're looking 25 into working on that. That's 1 October 19, 2006 20 2 something that they're doing. 3 Now, one thing they need 4 some help with -- and this is 5 something I believe is effecting all 6 three campuses -- the Eastern Campus 7 is trying hard to work on it now, in 8 particular, but I know that it is an 9 issue across the board -- and that is 10 smoking. There is, of course, we 11 know, the no smoking ban. 12 We know that there's supposed to 13 be a fifty feet foot from the 14 entrance -- but that's not being 15 observed at all. And what's 16 happening is, a lot of students are 17 starting to complain, because 18 students who don't smoke -- and I 19 know I have experienced it. You're 20 walking out of the building, and 21 especially as the weather gets 22 colder, it seems like people are 23 getting closer and closer to the 24 doorways, because they're trying to 25 kind of just blow out the smoke, and 1 October 19, 2006 21 2 stay inside where it's warm. 3 (Laughter.) 4 MS. WARE: So, the result is a 5 person who is a non-smoker has their 6 clothing, their hair -- I mean 7 they're really dealing with this 8 smoking. So, what they're asking is 9 for public safety to get more 10 involved in implementing, because I 11 believe that there are -- I have to 12 look into this more, but it seems 13 that there is some type of ticketing 14 system, that they can actually issue 15 a fine. Am I correct in that? 16 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Yes, you 17 are. 18 MS. WARE: Okay -- to students 19 who are not observing that fifty foot 20 law. And so, you know, I would like 21 to see if -- whatever way we can make 22 sure that is started to be -- you 23 know. 24 MR. MOORE: Not just students 25 I'm sure. 1 October 19, 2006 22 2 MS. WARE: Yeah, yeah. Yeah, 3 but that's something I would think 4 would be good to show that it is 5 serious, that we're taking it as 6 serious as it should be. So, you 7 know, whatever help we could get in 8 that, I would appreciate that. 9 And lastly, transportation -- 10 very important. It started last 11 year. I think you remember 12 we had Anna Geraldo and 13 Vivian Gloria Fisher, met with us and 14 spoke about the transportation. And 15 the student government on this campus 16 in particular, has picked that up 17 again, to continue moving forward. 18 They're trying to get shuttle service 19 between the three campuses and even 20 to expand further, possibly to 21 Stony Brook, because students do take 22 classes there as well, and even 23 possibly the Sayville Center. So, 24 these are some great efforts -- 25 MR. MOORE: It really is. 1 October 19, 2006 23 2 MS. WARE: -- and you know, any 3 support that we can render in that 4 area I think would be good, too. 5 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 6 MS. WARE: You're welcome. 7 MR. MATTACE, JR.: Just one 8 other added note. This is from the 9 foundation. We're looking for a 10 couple of areas, if anybody here has 11 any suggestions about any individuals 12 who might like to work on the 13 foundation, whether it be on a 14 subcommittee or -- we would like to 15 go and talk to them. We're also 16 looking for constituent groups -- new 17 constituent groups, you know, to be 18 able to request their assistance 19 financially. 20 So, again, anyone who has 21 any potential ideas, please let us 22 know. Walter and I are working on 23 memberships, our first vice-president 24 will be retiring. Mary Ann Neal 25 (phonetic) is -- will be leaving. 1 October 19, 2006 24 2 She has sold her home here, and is 3 moving down south. So that's 4 official -- 5 MR. MOORE: Wow. 6 MR. MATTACE, JR.: -- that she 7 has made us aware of it, at the last 8 meeting we had. So, please feel free 9 to give me a call or Walter, and let 10 us know, and we'll be glad to go 11 visit people. 12 MR. MOORE: Okay, thank you. 13 Dr. Pippins, it's all your's. 14 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: I just 15 have something. 16 MR. MOORE: I'm sorry. Go 17 ahead. 18 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: No. I 19 was just going to say that yesterday, 20 I had a meeting over in the Suffolk 21 County Police Department, with the 22 police commissioner. And he gave me 23 five hundred applications for the 24 upcoming police exam. 25 And the applications were to 1 October 19, 2006 25 2 see if I could at least distribute 3 them here in Suffolk Community, here 4 at the college. So, I said yes, I 5 would. I use to do that recruiting. 6 So, I do have applications. I 7 do have applications inside my car. 8 I spoke with Dean McKay (phonetic) 9 yesterday, and I also mentioned 10 that I would go over to the Western 11 Campus, and just kind of work over 12 there, if it's possible. I mean I 13 don't know if it's okay with 14 everybody, with me doing that, with 15 recruiting for the police department. 16 Is that all right. 17 MR. HAZLITT: Great. 18 MS. WARE: I can help you out on 19 that. 20 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: That's 21 fine. Okay. And there was also a 22 meeting yesterday -- and it's on the 23 board up there -- Relay for Life. 24 The American Cancer Society is 25 planning now, to go next year -- I 1 October 19, 2006 26 2 believe it's April 21st, that's the 3 date that they've, that they have 4 right now -- to have Relay for Life 5 over in the Western Campus. And so, 6 I'm involved with that, as well. 7 And again, Sean McKay was 8 very, you know, he was very good with 9 that. So, it's just another 10 community project there, on the 11 Western Campus. And don't forgot, 12 you know, we have lunch here on 13 October 30th. 14 MS. WARE: What was that date 15 the 11th? 16 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: I believe 17 it's the 21st of April. That's my 18 other hat, too. 19 MR. MOORE: That's right. Thank 20 you. Okay. 21 DR. PIPPINS: Just a few quick 22 things in the interest of time. One, 23 just a reminder to the board members, 24 that we will take a board photo 25 immediately -- I don't know if we're 1 October 19, 2006 27 2 ever going to get everybody together. 3 I think that Gale may have to find a 4 way to insert faces of people in the 5 picture who aren't here -- 6 (Laughter.) 7 DR. PIPPINS: -- so I don't know 8 if technology can do that, Kevin -- 9 (Laughter.) 10 DR. PIPPINS: -- but, as I said, 11 Gale might have to find a way insert 12 the faces of the board's members who 13 are here -- not here, into the 14 picture, because we've got to get a 15 board picture. And I don't, I don't 16 know what -- everybody was coming 17 until about 3:00 yesterday. So, we 18 got that set up, and I don't know 19 what happened. 20 And I have some, I have some 21 awards here that I would like to 22 distribute. They are signed by the 23 presiding officer of the Legislature. 24 They are service awards. The first 25 one goes to Williams Connors, Junior, 1 October 19, 2006 28 2 who is not here; right? 3 MR. HAZLITT: He was here 4 before. 5 DR. PIPPINS: Yeah -- for 39 6 years of service -- 7 MR. MOORE: Wow. 8 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Wow. 9 DR. PIPPINS: -- Phil Christiansen, 10 for 38 years of service, 11 Azareen Albert (phonetic) for 34 12 years of service, and Joanne Braxton, 13 A.V.P. Braxton, who is here for 29 14 years of service. 15 MR. KOMINICKI: Wow. 16 (Applause.) 17 DR. PIPPINS: One -- or two 18 actually, board members to please 19 remember to save May 20th for 20 graduation. This year, for the first 21 time, we will be having an 22 all-college graduation, so I 23 certainly hope that all of you will 24 be there. We are working with our 25 publicists, narrowing down some 1 October 19, 2006 29 2 possibilities for a nationally-recognized 3 speaker, to be a speaker at that 4 event. So, please keep that on your 5 calendars. 6 Perhaps, at the next 7 meeting, Dr. Canniff can talk a 8 little bit more about that. I 9 realized we did have a really 10 well-attended dual-enrollment 11 meeting, with superintendents from 12 around the County and Legislators 13 Horsely (phonetic) and Montano 14 (phonetic) were also there. So, 15 maybe we can give you an update on 16 that next meeting. 17 And finally, now, 18 Dean Jian Zhang, who is back from her 19 A.C.E. fellowship will just share a 20 few minutes of information about her, 21 her tenure as an A.C.E. fellow. 22 We've been really pleased with 23 the benefits of that experience. 24 She's come back energized, and ready 25 to move forward. And she's already 1 October 19, 2006 30 2 moved -- gotten a promotion, and 3 moved up within the organization. 4 So, with that, I'll move, so you can 5 see. 6 MS. ZHANG: I would like to 7 thank Dr. Pippins for her nomination. 8 And I would like to thank the Board 9 of Trustees, for your allowing me to 10 be away from -- for a whole year for 11 my fellowship. 12 And this whole year of 13 tremendous experience has changed my 14 perspective towards the United States 15 higher education, and significantly 16 enhanced my skill and ability to 17 serve, as a member of the 18 Suffolk County Community College 19 Administration team. I'm bringing 20 back a tool box, for building a 21 college of excellence. And I have 22 gained tremendous knowledge about 23 community college leadership. And I 24 have gained a holistic view of higher 25 education. And also, I have built a 1 October 19, 2006 31 2 valuable national network. 3 This is my class, A.C.E. 4 Fellows 2005/2006 Class. The photo 5 was taken on the Capitol Hill with 6 Honorable Ralph Regula (phonetic) 7 here (indicating) -- 8 (Laughter.) 9 MS. ZHANG: -- Congressmen of 10 United States House of 11 Representative. There were forty 12 fellows from -- mostly from 13 throughout the United States, senior 14 faculty members, department chairs, 15 deans, and also, four of them are 16 from South Africa, and two are from 17 Mexico, and seven of us are from 18 community colleges. 19 My learning project -- 20 that's one project all fellows have 21 to do, which will benefit to the 22 nominating institution -- is to study 23 the leadership role in building a 24 learning-centered college. And by 25 that, I mean, it's a college that 1 October 19, 2006 32 2 focused on student learning, and 3 college success. That's exactly what 4 Dr. Pippins is proposing and we are 5 trying to do. And my distinguished 6 mentor team includes Dr. Glasspar 7 (phonetic), the Chancellor for 8 Maricopa Community College District, 9 and Vice-chancellor for academic 10 affairs, Dr. Hoffermerinic (phonetic), 11 Chancellor Meredith of Community 12 College at Maricopa. Dr. Paul Elsner, he 13 was a chancellor for 22 years, in 14 building Maricopa Community College 15 from a three-college district to ten. 16 And these (indicating) two 17 are my president mentors. I spent 18 the fall 2005 semester in Paradise 19 Valley Community College with 20 Dr. Kickles (phonetic), and the 21 spring semester 2006 in 22 Chandler-Gilbert Community College 23 with President Hessey (phonetic). I 24 literally followed the presidents, 25 and attended all their meetings, and 1 October 19, 2006 33 2 interviewed all the people at their 3 district. And I also attended the 4 Chancellor C.E.C. meeting. That's 5 the chancellor's executive board 6 meeting, the vice-chancellors, 7 chancellor, and the ten community 8 college presidents. 9 Also, included in my 10 mentor team are two board members, 11 Ms. Linda Rosenthal and 12 Mr. Don Campbell (phonetic), 13 who is not in the picture. They have 14 given me tremendous insight on what 15 an important role board members are 16 playing, in running a community 17 college, as well as a university. 18 And the Maricopa Community 19 College is one of the models for 20 community colleges in the nation, and 21 it also one of the largest community 22 college districts in the nation. It 23 has ten independently-credited 24 community colleges, the largest, 25 Mesa Community College (phonetic) has 1 October 19, 2006 34 2 27,000 students. So it's a humongous 3 [sic] district, ten colleges, two 4 skill centers, multiple sites, and 5 all together, they serve a quarter 6 million students in the Phoenix area, 7 in Arizona State. 8 And talking about the things 9 I learned, there are so many. I want 10 to share with you, a few. I learned 11 a lot of best practices in how to 12 engage students in, in active 13 learning, in critical thinking, and 14 also activities I participated in, 15 encouraging students to join the 16 civic engagement, called Service 17 Learning, and also the E-learning is 18 big, and the globalization of their 19 curriculum. 20 And also, how to design our 21 classrooms, to enhance our student 22 learning. You can see on the 23 left-hand side, these are the modern 24 classrooms. All the tables are 25 moveable with high-technology 1 October 19, 2006 35 2 equipped, with white boards 3 throughout the room, so students c 4 an have group activities, also 5 participating in teaching. 6 And besides Maricopa Community 7 College, I also had visited thirty 8 other universities and the colleges 9 throughout the nation, interviewed 10 over 160, I think people, including 11 over 30 presidents in universities 12 and colleges, and vice presidents, 13 deans, faculty members, students, and 14 I also interviewed security guards. 15 I just wanted to learn how a 16 college is running. And I have 17 learned so much, and now I'm back. 18 And I want to serve as a catalyst, in 19 helping Dr. Pippins, and the board, 20 and the whole community, to build our 21 college into a college of excellence. 22 So far, I have given about nine 23 presentations on a variety of topics, 24 ranging from leadership challenges, 25 to dual enrollment, and to all the 1 October 19, 2006 36 2 other topics enhancing student's 3 learning. And I am going to all 4 three campuses through the T.L.C., to 5 share with the faculty members the 6 best practices in the nation. And I 7 also would like to encourage more 8 faculty members, administrators, to 9 participate in this excellent 10 program. So, I'm fully back to the 11 trenches. 12 (Laughter.) 13 MS. ZHANG: Thank you so much 14 for your time. 15 (Applause.) 16 DR. PIPPINS: As you can see, 17 Jian Zhang has come back with a lot 18 of energy and ideas. When she left, 19 she was an assistant dean. She is 20 now the new associate dean for 21 college success for Suffolk County 22 Community College. We're very proud 23 of her work and progress. Thank you. 24 Any questions? 25 MR. HAZLITT: No. 1 October 19, 2006 37 2 DR. PIPPINS: Okay. I'm 3 particularly interested in the 4 information about designing the 5 classrooms, because we're now doing 6 renovations. We're building new 7 facilities, and it's really important 8 that we don't just replicate what we 9 had, historically. It's important 10 that we use this information to 11 redesign our learning space, so that 12 we make it more effective. 13 Okay. That concludes my 14 report. 15 MR. MOORE: Okay. Linda we took 16 care of you. 17 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: We sure 18 did. 19 MR. MOORE: Excellent. 20 (Laughter.) 21 MR. MOORE: All right. 22 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Yes. 23 MR. MOORE: I'd like to ask one 24 last thing. If this meeting were -- 25 versus the year -- there's an update 1 October 19, 2006 38 2 on our articulation agreements. You 3 mentioned dual enrollment. And I 4 think it's great for the board to -- 5 I, I saw that attendance list. I 6 was curious as to see who, for the 7 east end, had gone out. I was happy 8 to see the Southold principals out 9 there, and I'm going to chase down a 10 few more. That's, that's one cool 11 piece of it. And it made me think of 12 articulation agreements, which we 13 haven't heard about in a while. So, 14 maybe we can just get an update on 15 it. 16 DR. PIPPINS: I think we will do 17 articulation agreements and dual 18 enrollment at the next meeting -- 19 MR. MOORE: Thank you. 20 DR. PIPPINS: -- but I think 21 we're well positioned. And my 22 understanding is that we probably 23 will do a pilot, a very small pilot, 24 in the spring, and then try to go on 25 a larger scale in the fall, with the 1 October 19, 2006 39 2 dual enrollment. So, with the new 3 contract in place, we have a 4 mechanism that we've -- Ellen and I 5 worked very hard on, that will allow 6 us to do this. There's lot of 7 interests that I think will do a 8 really good job in that area. 9 MR. MOORE: Very exciting. All 10 right. That basically wraps us up. 11 Now, we have anticipated no action 12 after executive session. And the 13 dedication ceremony is at what time? 14 MR. HAZLITT: Eleven. 15 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Eleven. 16 MR. MOORE: We're in good shape. 17 DR. PIPPINS: Yes. 18 MR. MOORE: My, my, my, after 19 all that fumbling and bumbling to 20 begin, we got going pretty good. 21 MR. HAZLITT: Madam President, 22 where is the picture going to be 23 taken? 24 DR. PIPPINS: I have no idea. 25 MS. WARE: Montauk Room. 1 October 19, 2006 40 2 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: Montauk 3 Room. 4 DR. PIPPINS: Montauk Room. 5 MR. MOORE: It's right across 6 the hall. 7 MR. HAZLITT: You can brush this 8 up and all that stuff, because I have 9 a photo from 1947, I'd really like to 10 have put in. 11 (Laughter.) 12 DR. PIPPINS: They do a great 13 job. I always blink, and Gale always 14 electronically opens my eyes. So, 15 they can do lots of things -- 16 MR. KOMINICKI: Beautiful. 17 DR. PIPPINS: -- so they can do 18 lots of great things. 19 MR. KOMINICKI: In uniform? 20 MR. HAZLITT: In 1949, I 21 certainly -- 22 MR. KOMINICKI: We can put a 23 younger head on your body -- 24 (Laughter.) 25 MR. KOMINICKI: -- but I'm not 1 October 19, 2006 41 2 sure what that would accomplish. 3 (Laughter.) 4 MR. MOORE: All right. We're 5 going to go into executive session. 6 We're discussing litigation and some 7 personnel issues. Anything else that 8 we have there? No? Okay. Entertain 9 such a motion? 10 MS. ALVAREZ-GRONEMAN: So moved. 11 MS. WARE: Second. 12 MR. MOORE: And like I said, we 13 are doing no business afterwards, so 14 you're free to go. Thank you all. 15 (Whereupon, the meeting of the 16 Board of Trustees adjourned at 10:00 a.m.) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 1 42 2 CERTIFICATION 3 4 I, STEPHANIE J. VALDER, a Notary Public 5 in and for the State of New York, do hereby 6 certify: 7 THAT the foregoing is a true and 8 accurate transcript of my stenographic notes. 9 10 11 12 13 14 ____________________________ 15 STEPHANIE J. VALDER 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25