1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:00,810 Amanuel Gebru: Good afternoon. 2 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:05,800 Good afternoon, and we'll wait about a minute or 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:12,040 so to let folks jump on our last Zoom session for 4 00:00:12,040 --> 00:00:15,690 our campus update, and we have a full agenda. So 5 00:00:15,690 --> 00:00:18,670 I'll just wait a few seconds to get people dialed 6 00:00:18,670 --> 00:00:19,860 in so we can get started. 7 00:00:36,260 --> 00:00:39,290 Just want to remind you, this meeting is closed 8 00:00:39,290 --> 00:00:42,620 captioned and you can access it by hitting the CC 9 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:46,940 button on the screen. So please make sure you do 10 00:00:46,940 --> 00:00:47,240 that. 11 00:00:52,480 --> 00:00:55,570 And then also this event will be recorded and put 12 00:00:55,570 --> 00:00:58,810 on the President's page for reviewing after this 13 00:00:58,840 --> 00:00:59,260 event. 14 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:09,050 Well, good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to 15 00:01:09,050 --> 00:01:12,380 another edition of our campus update. As many of 16 00:01:12,380 --> 00:01:14,510 you know me, Amanuel Gebru, Vice President of 17 00:01:14,510 --> 00:01:18,020 Student Support. We have a full agenda of 18 00:01:18,020 --> 00:01:20,660 announcements, activities, and then also our end 19 00:01:20,660 --> 00:01:25,850 of the year celebration. So as we get started, let 20 00:01:25,850 --> 00:01:28,250 me see if we have any special guest joining us 21 00:01:28,250 --> 00:01:31,850 today. So we have a surprise guest joining our 22 00:01:31,850 --> 00:01:34,150 webinar this morning before we kick everything off. 23 00:01:34,430 --> 00:01:36,170 So, Julius, we're going to have to tell you to hold 24 00:01:36,170 --> 00:01:41,150 off. Our chancellor, Dr. Greg Gillespie, is here 25 00:01:41,150 --> 00:01:43,670 to make an announcement and just say a few words 26 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:46,910 and say hello. So Dr. Greg Gillespie, the mic is 27 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:50,540 yours. [Dr. Greg Gillespie]: Yeah. Thanks, Amanuel. And hello, everyone. 28 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:53,960 Good to see you here today. But I just wanted to 29 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:59,210 take a few minutes and recognize your new 30 00:01:59,210 --> 00:02:03,290 President, Julius Sokenu, new in the permanent 31 00:02:03,290 --> 00:02:06,140 capacity now at Moorpark College. And I couldn't 32 00:02:06,140 --> 00:02:12,140 be any more thrilled than to have Dr. Sokenu moving 33 00:02:12,140 --> 00:02:14,600 from the interim position to the permanent 34 00:02:14,990 --> 00:02:20,390 position. He's really shown creative and effective 35 00:02:20,390 --> 00:02:22,940 leadership through all that we've gone through 36 00:02:23,330 --> 00:02:26,630 these last couple of years. And I know that he's 37 00:02:26,630 --> 00:02:30,320 really the right person to work with all of you to 38 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,130 continue to have Moorpark College be not just one 39 00:02:34,130 --> 00:02:36,380 of the best colleges in the state, but one of the 40 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:40,730 best community colleges in the nation. So, Julius, 41 00:02:40,730 --> 00:02:44,840 congratulations. And looking forward to the board 42 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:48,830 approving your new contract at the May 11 board 43 00:02:48,830 --> 00:02:53,840 meeting. So thanks, Amanuel, for letting me join 44 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:57,710 in briefly today. Julius, congratulations. [Julius Sokenu]: Thank 45 00:02:57,710 --> 00:02:59,780 you so much, Dr. Gillespie. I really appreciate 46 00:02:59,780 --> 00:03:03,380 the opportunity to continue to serve our district 47 00:03:03,380 --> 00:03:06,440 and to work with a phenomenal group of folks on 48 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,230 campus and at the district and our community 49 00:03:09,230 --> 00:03:13,610 stakeholder partners. As you well know, 50 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:15,860 this has been a challenging year for all of us. 51 00:03:16,580 --> 00:03:20,510 And we as a district and as a college, have not 52 00:03:20,510 --> 00:03:23,870 only been resilient and I'm proud and honored to 53 00:03:24,350 --> 00:03:26,900 continue this great work. Thank you so much, Dr. 54 00:03:26,900 --> 00:03:27,350 Gillespie. 55 00:03:30,470 --> 00:03:36,050 Okay, so I thank you to everyone for joining us this 56 00:03:36,050 --> 00:03:39,890 afternoon for our campus update on May 3 Campus 57 00:03:39,890 --> 00:03:43,460 Update for faculty and for those folks 58 00:03:43,460 --> 00:03:47,270 who will be going off contract. I'm guessing this 59 00:03:47,270 --> 00:03:50,330 is probably your last campus update 60 00:03:50,540 --> 00:03:54,290 for a while. We have one scheduled 61 00:03:54,330 --> 00:03:58,970 for the 19th, I'm sorry, the 17th of May, 62 00:03:59,270 --> 00:04:02,120 but we will continue to sort of do that. Look at 63 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,240 how we do it beyond that. So we'll keep you 64 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,380 updated. I do want to say a very big thank you to 65 00:04:09,380 --> 00:04:12,890 each and every one of you who sent me notes and 66 00:04:12,890 --> 00:04:15,560 letters of congratulations on the appointment to 67 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,370 the presidency. I wish I could have responded 68 00:04:19,370 --> 00:04:21,890 back to every single individual. I started 69 00:04:21,890 --> 00:04:24,650 trying to do that and then, of course, things 70 00:04:24,650 --> 00:04:26,960 happened and then I wasn't able to. But I really 71 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,540 do appreciate your generosity, your spirit. I 72 00:04:29,540 --> 00:04:32,600 appreciate your support. This college, as I said 73 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,810 earlier, has been resilient through this pandemic 74 00:04:35,810 --> 00:04:37,580 and resilient through everything that's happened 75 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,060 this year, and we continue to serve students, we 76 00:04:41,070 --> 00:04:43,520 continue to put students first. We continue to be 77 00:04:43,580 --> 00:04:45,920 kind and respectful of one another, and we continue 78 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,170 to challenge one another, to be better and to do 79 00:04:48,170 --> 00:04:51,050 the very best we can for all our students. And I 80 00:04:51,050 --> 00:04:54,020 look forward to continuing that work that we're 81 00:04:54,020 --> 00:04:58,280 doing and investing more and more in making sure 82 00:04:58,280 --> 00:05:01,180 that we as a college, not only continue being 83 00:05:01,190 --> 00:05:04,460 the excellent college that we are, but we let more 84 00:05:04,460 --> 00:05:08,030 and more people know, by being more visible in the 85 00:05:08,030 --> 00:05:11,300 college community, in higher education, and 86 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:14,450 particularly, in our local community. I want to 87 00:05:14,450 --> 00:05:19,220 also extend my appreciation to the members of 88 00:05:19,220 --> 00:05:23,870 our planning team, who planned our PRT visit that 89 00:05:23,870 --> 00:05:28,160 happened last week. I appreciate the work of the 90 00:05:28,340 --> 00:05:31,850 of the vice presidents, the work of the deans, 91 00:05:31,850 --> 00:05:35,030 the work of the classified professionals, the work 92 00:05:35,030 --> 00:05:37,520 of our student leaders. All of those individuals 93 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,740 who were part of making sure that this particular 94 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,970 effort continues to go smoothly. Kudos to Vice 95 00:05:43,970 --> 00:05:47,810 President Rees, who is our contact, as well as 96 00:05:51,020 --> 00:05:54,290 Linda Resendiz, who has done a wonderful job. This 97 00:05:54,290 --> 00:05:56,600 is her second time around doing this of making 98 00:05:56,600 --> 00:05:59,450 sure that we connect and we continue communicating 99 00:05:59,450 --> 00:06:02,450 very clearly to the team as well as to the campus 100 00:06:02,450 --> 00:06:05,810 as to our goals. I also want to extend my 101 00:06:05,810 --> 00:06:08,240 appreciation to all of you who participated 102 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,390 in the retreat, the campus planning retreat. 103 00:06:11,390 --> 00:06:13,940 Such great work has come out of that. And we 104 00:06:13,940 --> 00:06:17,150 continue to serve our students and our community, 105 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,840 with all of the work that's done and the planning 106 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:24,410 that's been done. So kudos to everyone on that team 107 00:06:24,430 --> 00:06:27,470 and particular emphasis to our planning team, which 108 00:06:27,470 --> 00:06:31,220 included Nenagh Brown and Oleg Bespalov, Erik 109 00:06:31,220 --> 00:06:34,850 Reese, Linda Resendiz, trying who else I'm missing, 110 00:06:35,470 --> 00:06:40,190 Tamarra Coleman and our student body 111 00:06:40,190 --> 00:06:45,860 president as well, David Katz. Returning to campus, 112 00:06:46,310 --> 00:06:49,700 as you know, we're working towards our returning to 113 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:54,590 campus in the fall. We know that the vaccinations 114 00:06:54,590 --> 00:06:58,230 are available and that they are widespread, 115 00:06:58,280 --> 00:07:01,130 they're available wide spread. And we hope that and 116 00:07:01,130 --> 00:07:04,340 encourage our campus community, our faculty, our staff, 117 00:07:04,340 --> 00:07:08,300 and our students to get to get vaccinated. And for 118 00:07:08,300 --> 00:07:10,010 those who do have health reasons for which they 119 00:07:10,010 --> 00:07:12,460 can not, we understand that, and we just need that 120 00:07:12,470 --> 00:07:16,790 to be documented. And as you also know, once you get 121 00:07:16,790 --> 00:07:19,580 vaccinated and you complete your sequence, please 122 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:23,930 upload that to the app. And Allison could give us 123 00:07:23,930 --> 00:07:25,820 some more information if people need that. But 124 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,790 it's pretty straightforward. And thank you to the 125 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,820 492 people who had updated 126 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:34,880 as of this weekend. I forgot to do mine, so I'll 127 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,480 have to do mine and update mine as well. But I do 128 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:41,060 think it's so important for us not to mandate 129 00:07:41,060 --> 00:07:43,880 stuff, but to encourage participation, because it 130 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:45,800 really matters for our campus community and our 131 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,920 safety. If we want to bring back as many people in 132 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:51,480 the fall and bring back as many people safely, 133 00:07:51,980 --> 00:07:54,620 that's one way in which we do it. And we're 134 00:07:54,620 --> 00:07:56,930 looking forward to continuing to increase our 135 00:07:56,930 --> 00:07:59,180 schedule and increase our capacity for folks to be 136 00:07:59,180 --> 00:08:03,050 on campus, but we really do need vaccination 137 00:08:03,050 --> 00:08:07,190 compliance to be able to scale that up. In 138 00:08:07,190 --> 00:08:10,640 terms of returning to campus, we're 139 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,520 looking at flexibility. We're looking at what the 140 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,070 needs of a particular office is as we make that 141 00:08:16,070 --> 00:08:21,530 decision. We're encouraging our faculty and our staff 142 00:08:21,770 --> 00:08:23,990 to start thinking of themselves as being returning 143 00:08:23,990 --> 00:08:27,140 back to campus and whatever the needs are that 144 00:08:27,170 --> 00:08:29,060 need to be addressed, please communicate that to 145 00:08:29,060 --> 00:08:31,410 the dean or to the supervisor or communicate that 146 00:08:31,410 --> 00:08:34,560 to me or Mary, Amanuel, whomever, but let us know 147 00:08:34,560 --> 00:08:37,500 what you need so that we can better help you feel 148 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:40,430 comfortable coming back to campus. In terms of 149 00:08:40,540 --> 00:08:44,460 vaccinations, and I'm not sure if Allison is going 150 00:08:44,460 --> 00:08:47,100 to talk about this, but we've been contacted by 151 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:51,890 the county Office of Public Health to 152 00:08:51,900 --> 00:08:54,840 as a pop up clinic center. So we're looking 153 00:08:54,840 --> 00:08:57,240 at doing that work and hopefully we're able to 154 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,280 sort of provide more vaccinations to people as 155 00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:04,250 they need. I also want to use 156 00:09:04,250 --> 00:09:06,360 this as an opportunity to say congratulations to 157 00:09:06,420 --> 00:09:09,300 the folks who are retiring. We'll have a robust 158 00:09:09,300 --> 00:09:11,970 celebration following the campus update 159 00:09:11,970 --> 00:09:15,330 segment and 166 years of 160 00:09:15,330 --> 00:09:18,210 service to this college and to this district. And 161 00:09:18,210 --> 00:09:21,570 each and every one of you has made a difference in 162 00:09:21,570 --> 00:09:23,520 the lives of our students. And I thank you for 163 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:27,510 that. And I know that you've more than earned your 164 00:09:27,510 --> 00:09:30,180 retirement and you are in our hearts and will 165 00:09:30,180 --> 00:09:34,290 remain so. Okay, I am going to pass it on to Allison, 166 00:09:34,290 --> 00:09:37,290 who will give us an update on the Covid dashboard. Thank 167 00:09:37,290 --> 00:09:37,800 you, Allison. 168 00:09:43,680 --> 00:09:47,850 Allison Case Barton: All right, sticky computer keys. Well, Julius gave 169 00:09:47,850 --> 00:09:52,230 my update. Just kidding. So it's good to see lots of 170 00:09:52,230 --> 00:09:55,200 zeros. Once again, we have a couple of exposure's 171 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,770 and those folks are in quarantine, but we're just 172 00:09:58,770 --> 00:10:02,790 clicking along like we should be. And A+ 173 00:10:02,790 --> 00:10:08,220 on the vaccine uploads. Michael has just put the 174 00:10:08,220 --> 00:10:11,370 instructions once again, in the chat, for those of 175 00:10:11,370 --> 00:10:15,510 you who haven't uploaded your vaccine information, 176 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:19,920 so that you have just a simple guide for to 177 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:24,870 follow, to upload. And it sounds like the 178 00:10:24,870 --> 00:10:29,760 county is providing us with a little mobile 179 00:10:29,760 --> 00:10:34,760 vaccine service. So this is hot off the presses. 180 00:10:34,770 --> 00:10:36,840 We don't know all the details yet, but just stay 181 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,510 tuned. If you haven't been vaccinated or students 182 00:10:39,510 --> 00:10:42,210 haven't been vaccinated, that that's going to be a 183 00:10:42,210 --> 00:10:46,590 great and convenient strategy for us. And that is 184 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:49,920 all my exciting news this morning. It's good 185 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:53,640 all around. Back to you, Julius or the next 186 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:59,240 person. [Amanuel]: Thank you. Thank you, Allison. And 187 00:10:59,290 --> 00:11:03,310 and once again, congratulations to our own college 188 00:11:03,310 --> 00:11:07,420 president, Julius Sokenu, for finalizing his 189 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:12,730 presidency and now removing that interim or 190 00:11:12,730 --> 00:11:16,060 temporary title. So congrats once again, Dr. Sokenu. 191 00:11:18,050 --> 00:11:20,000 So if you can go to the next slide? 192 00:11:22,010 --> 00:11:25,100 So this is one of my favorite and many folks 193 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:29,120 favorite times of the year graduation. We're not a 194 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,080 normal environment where we could do graduation in 195 00:11:32,090 --> 00:11:35,780 the in the same manner in the past years. But 196 00:11:35,780 --> 00:11:38,720 Kristen and her team have done a phenomenal job of 197 00:11:39,020 --> 00:11:42,140 planning and doing a lot behind the scenes to make 198 00:11:42,560 --> 00:11:44,930 this commencement happen in the best way for our 199 00:11:44,930 --> 00:11:48,080 students. So, as you already know, May 20, 200 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,450 2021 is our graduation from 9:00 to 201 00:11:50,450 --> 00:11:54,440 1:00 pm. Graduates will receive free 202 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:59,510 commemorative lawn sign and free diploma covers and 203 00:11:59,510 --> 00:12:02,390 there's going to be a drive through graduation. We're trying 204 00:12:02,510 --> 00:12:04,580 the best way we can support our students through 205 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:07,850 this process. But in the midst of doing all that, 206 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,370 we do need some volunteers. So there are some 207 00:12:10,370 --> 00:12:13,220 volunteer opportunities. If you want to help the 208 00:12:13,220 --> 00:12:16,810 day of the operation, please sign up at the link. 209 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,400 Michael will put that in the chat so that you can 210 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:23,150 sign up for to be a volunteer for the graduation. 211 00:12:23,510 --> 00:12:25,850 And also, this is probably the best part for you 212 00:12:25,850 --> 00:12:28,430 to cheer for our students during the drive through 213 00:12:28,430 --> 00:12:31,820 ceremony. We also recommend that you sign up, 214 00:12:31,820 --> 00:12:36,320 which is a link right there. So kudos to Kristen 215 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,510 and the committee for the phenomenal work you've 216 00:12:38,510 --> 00:12:40,820 done till this point to plan our graduation for our 217 00:12:40,820 --> 00:12:44,000 graduates this year. And if you have any further 218 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,510 questions, please email the MCcommencement@ 219 00:12:47,510 --> 00:12:50,360 vcccd and they will respond to you for any 220 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:52,880 questions that you may have. I know folks are 221 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:55,040 asking, do you have to wear your regalia and 222 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,470 those kind of things. I don't think Kristen is 223 00:12:57,470 --> 00:13:00,500 asking for that, since it'll be a drive through. 224 00:13:00,830 --> 00:13:03,080 But we hope if you have questions, please reach 225 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,180 out to the email below. So thank you. And the next 226 00:13:08,180 --> 00:13:12,030 slide, please? So now I have the pleasure of 227 00:13:12,030 --> 00:13:15,330 introducing Tamarra Coleman, who will speak about 228 00:13:15,330 --> 00:13:19,790 the curriculum summit, so. [Tamarra Coleman]: Thank you, Amanuel. 229 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:22,780 Good morning, or actually good afternoon, everyone. 230 00:13:23,830 --> 00:13:27,400 I'm really excited about another opportunity for 231 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:30,250 the campus community, particularly our faculty, to 232 00:13:30,250 --> 00:13:34,420 engage in the DEI work, the sort of ongoing DEI 233 00:13:34,920 --> 00:13:38,200 work that we've been doing specifically over the 234 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,880 last year. But I think in the bigger picture, many 235 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,470 of us have been doing for a long time, and we've 236 00:13:44,470 --> 00:13:46,480 also been doing work around equity for a long time 237 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:50,470 on our campus. This May, at 238 00:13:50,470 --> 00:13:55,630 the end of May, sorry, we are hosting a curriculum 239 00:13:55,630 --> 00:13:59,580 summit. We are calling this the Summer Sandbox, 240 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,930 right? Thinking about ways to bring faculty 241 00:14:01,930 --> 00:14:05,710 together and play nicely together, and work on 242 00:14:05,710 --> 00:14:08,770 curriculum. Equitizing, I'm not sure if that's a word, 243 00:14:08,770 --> 00:14:11,440 but that's the word we're using, our curriculum so 244 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:14,650 that we can reach more of our students. Thinking 245 00:14:14,650 --> 00:14:16,990 about the voices that are reflected in your 246 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:20,470 discipline, in your classroom, in the curriculum 247 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,360 that you're presenting to students and also 248 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,540 thinking about the student voices. Are they 249 00:14:25,540 --> 00:14:29,080 engaging and responding to that work? So part of 250 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:34,480 the curriculum summit will be about those things, 251 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:39,040 right? Thinking about voices. We'll have time to 252 00:14:39,040 --> 00:14:40,900 hear from presenters. You'll have some of your 253 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:44,020 colleagues from campus who have engaged in this 254 00:14:44,020 --> 00:14:47,110 work, share what they've been doing, strategies 255 00:14:47,110 --> 00:14:49,810 that they've used. We're also working on bringing 256 00:14:49,810 --> 00:14:53,890 in a outside speaker as well, to add another lens 257 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,640 to the discussion. So it will run for three days. 258 00:14:58,180 --> 00:15:00,790 Three hours on the first two days, which will be 259 00:15:01,060 --> 00:15:03,670 presentations and discussion. And then the final 260 00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:07,180 day will be a full day of work shopping. And we're 261 00:15:07,180 --> 00:15:10,060 hoping to have enough participants where you can 262 00:15:10,060 --> 00:15:12,970 workshop with other faculty members within your 263 00:15:12,970 --> 00:15:16,930 discipline and think about ways and ideas to 264 00:15:16,930 --> 00:15:20,410 equitize your curriculum for the fall. So if 265 00:15:20,410 --> 00:15:23,350 you're interested, you can sign up at the link 266 00:15:23,350 --> 00:15:25,600 that's there. But, Michael, could we put that in 267 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:29,440 the chat as well? For folks to grab that link? And 268 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,710 then we'll send it out again for you to access it. 269 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:36,130 We'll send out more specifics in terms of speakers 270 00:15:36,130 --> 00:15:40,030 and presentations about a week before, maybe a 271 00:15:40,030 --> 00:15:45,630 little bit longer for the event, it's coming pretty quickly. 272 00:15:46,180 --> 00:15:48,370 So think about what you have planned for the 273 00:15:48,370 --> 00:15:51,430 summer and make time in these three days to join 274 00:15:51,430 --> 00:15:55,690 us. I'd also like to solicit from the faculty in 275 00:15:55,690 --> 00:15:57,730 the STEM fields. If you have done some of this 276 00:15:57,730 --> 00:15:59,560 work and you have some ideas, you don't need to be 277 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,170 an expert, but if you have ideas and strategies to 278 00:16:02,170 --> 00:16:07,360 share, please reach out to me. We'd like to have 279 00:16:07,570 --> 00:16:09,910 more representation from STEM fields, because it's 280 00:16:09,910 --> 00:16:14,170 always the area, the math, the sciences, even also 281 00:16:14,170 --> 00:16:17,920 thinking about business, to incorporate these types 282 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:19,660 of things into the curriculum. So please let me 283 00:16:19,660 --> 00:16:21,460 know if you're interested in participating and 284 00:16:21,460 --> 00:16:24,340 maybe presenting and sharing some of the work that 285 00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:28,900 you are doing for this event. Thank you all for 286 00:16:28,900 --> 00:16:30,490 the work that you've done over the last year and 287 00:16:30,490 --> 00:16:32,500 for those of you who have been participating in 288 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:38,260 work around equity and curriculum on campus. 289 00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:41,000 Thanks Amanuel. 290 00:16:43,810 --> 00:16:50,470 Amanuel: Thank you Tammy. And now we have Erik Reese and... 291 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,940 joining us to do welcome for our Academic Senate 292 00:16:54,940 --> 00:16:58,600 Brunch Campus Celebration. [Erik Reese]: Welcome, everyone. It's 293 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,000 my pleasure. We're going to switch gears a little 294 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,480 bit from the usual updates to have a celebration, 295 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,500 for the last campus update while everyone's still 296 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:11,620 on campus before the faculty flee into the great 297 00:17:11,620 --> 00:17:14,410 unknown. The summer should be interesting as 298 00:17:14,410 --> 00:17:16,360 things are changing, but we're going to celebrate 299 00:17:16,360 --> 00:17:21,360 retirees and discuss a little bit about the boards, 300 00:17:21,400 --> 00:17:24,310 the Classified and Academic Senates and the 301 00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:28,720 student board and also the annual Academic Senate 302 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:33,130 awards. So with that, why don't we start the 303 00:17:33,130 --> 00:17:36,740 celebration of the retirees? Thank you. [Jennifer Clark]: Good 304 00:17:36,740 --> 00:17:40,430 afternoon, everybody. It is my honor to be able to 305 00:17:40,430 --> 00:17:43,400 talk today about the classified professional 306 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:47,270 retirements in our midst. We have three of them 307 00:17:47,270 --> 00:17:50,150 that we'd like to highlight today. So I'm going to 308 00:17:50,150 --> 00:17:53,990 go ahead and get started. So the first couple that 309 00:17:53,990 --> 00:17:56,570 I'd like to recognize is Suzanne Gerhardt from 310 00:17:56,570 --> 00:17:59,930 our Student Health 311 00:17:59,930 --> 00:18:04,490 Center. She's been with us for 13 years, actually I 312 00:18:04,490 --> 00:18:08,120 knew Sue before she came to Moorpark. So I 313 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:10,400 personally have known her for over 20 years, but 314 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:13,310 13 years here in the district at Moorpark. And 315 00:18:13,310 --> 00:18:16,940 Yvonne Ackerman, a student services assistant in, 316 00:18:16,940 --> 00:18:20,450 I believe, in the EOPS Office, and she was with us for 317 00:18:20,450 --> 00:18:24,800 nearly 40, 38 years she was with us. So just 318 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,380 those two ladies alone. What does that more than 319 00:18:27,380 --> 00:18:29,750 50 years between those two ladies alone? 320 00:18:30,110 --> 00:18:32,690 Unfortunately, they can't, neither one 321 00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:35,240 were able to join us today. But I wanted to just 322 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:38,930 take a minute to just, again, recognize and thank 323 00:18:38,930 --> 00:18:42,050 them for their service to the students and 324 00:18:42,050 --> 00:18:45,200 community of Moorpark College and the district. 325 00:18:46,730 --> 00:18:49,190 You know, they're, they will be sorely 326 00:18:49,190 --> 00:18:53,570 missed, I'm sure. So the next slide, please? I'd 327 00:18:53,570 --> 00:18:56,060 like to recognize our last retiree from the 328 00:18:56,060 --> 00:18:58,910 classified ranks. She's actually a supervisor, our 329 00:18:58,910 --> 00:19:02,690 zoo operations supervisor, Michlyn Hines. Most of 330 00:19:02,690 --> 00:19:05,600 you probably know her. She's been with our campus 331 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:08,090 for almost 20 years. You can see that 332 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,680 years of service 19. And she's 333 00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:13,640 just a wonder. 334 00:19:15,650 --> 00:19:18,290 Fortunately, today we have Brenda 335 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:21,410 Woodhouse, who knows Michlyn, a heck of a lot more 336 00:19:21,410 --> 00:19:24,680 than I do that. And I'm honored to introduce 337 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,340 Brenda, who is going to say some words and help us 338 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:31,040 celebrate Michlyn's retirement. So take it away, 339 00:19:31,040 --> 00:19:35,480 Brenda. [Brenda Woodhouse]: Okay, I am so happy to be able to represent 340 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:39,050 the EATM faculty and ATZ staff in celebrating 341 00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:41,660 Michlyn today. We're really excited for her to 342 00:19:41,660 --> 00:19:44,210 finally have some uninterrupted time to go camping 343 00:19:44,210 --> 00:19:46,730 and traveling, but we're also a bit sad on our end. 344 00:19:47,270 --> 00:19:49,940 This poor lady, she had planned to retire last 345 00:19:49,940 --> 00:19:52,850 September, and was asked to postpone till December and 346 00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:55,520 now it's been moved to May, and we're lucky enough 347 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:57,680 to be able to hire a replacement, and she has 348 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:01,330 kindly agreed to stay on and mentor our new hiree. 349 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,610 Maybe we won't really allow her to retire. This is 350 00:20:04,610 --> 00:20:06,950 just a fake. But her staying longer is just an 351 00:20:06,950 --> 00:20:09,590 example of the dedication she has to the zoo and 352 00:20:09,590 --> 00:20:12,200 the people that work with her. When she started 353 00:20:12,200 --> 00:20:15,320 her position as Zoo Supervisor 19 years ago, this 354 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:18,110 was a position that was not clearly defined. I 355 00:20:18,140 --> 00:20:20,750 mean, she was actually the first zoo supervisor. 356 00:20:21,140 --> 00:20:23,840 She molded this position as well as the zoo over 357 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,360 the years. And when she first started at Moor- 358 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:30,170 park, things like communication amounted to people 359 00:20:30,170 --> 00:20:32,510 yelling from the front of the zoo, hoping people 360 00:20:32,510 --> 00:20:34,940 at the back of the zoo could hear. We had no 361 00:20:34,940 --> 00:20:38,300 technology whatsoever to speak of. She could be 362 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:40,790 seen every day on the zoo with a clipboard and a 363 00:20:40,790 --> 00:20:43,760 yellow notepad, taking notes and making lists of 364 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,790 all the things that needed to be done. And I have 365 00:20:46,790 --> 00:20:49,160 to say, just last week, the staff actually was 366 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,410 wondering how many notepads she's actually gone 367 00:20:51,410 --> 00:20:55,070 through in those 19 years here. When she first 368 00:20:55,070 --> 00:20:58,130 arrived, we all agreed that our facility was more 369 00:20:58,130 --> 00:21:01,670 of a compound, but she is leaving it a zoo. And 370 00:21:01,670 --> 00:21:03,860 this includes the technology we didn't have. 371 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:07,130 Radios that we replaced our tired voices. 372 00:21:07,460 --> 00:21:10,220 Computers to replace all our handwritten notes. 373 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:13,430 Formalized record keeping systems, vet techs, a 374 00:21:13,430 --> 00:21:16,550 ten year master plan, and even hiring zoo advisors 375 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,820 to guide our zoo and fundraising efforts to the 376 00:21:19,820 --> 00:21:22,850 next level. We all know that making changes here 377 00:21:22,850 --> 00:21:25,760 can happen a little bit slowly. And as department 378 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,130 chair, when I worked with her, our mantra was one 379 00:21:28,130 --> 00:21:30,860 or two changes a year and we'll be happy. Well, 380 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:33,170 she definitely surpassed that when you look at 381 00:21:33,170 --> 00:21:35,120 all of the changes that happen at the zoo under 382 00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:38,930 her direction, Michlyn is dedicated, she's smart, 383 00:21:38,930 --> 00:21:40,880 she's passionate. She's a strong leader and a 384 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,330 logical individual. She's also a cancer survivor. 385 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,510 And during that time, she never faltered. The zoo 386 00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:50,210 never suffered from a lack of leadership. She has 387 00:21:50,210 --> 00:21:53,480 grit, determination, and is a great example to our 388 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:56,900 students of resiliency. She continues to be a 389 00:21:56,900 --> 00:21:59,330 support for other survivors, celebrating a group 390 00:21:59,330 --> 00:22:02,990 every year at the zoo. In 2017, we had 391 00:22:02,990 --> 00:22:05,930 requests from Fish and Wildlife to create a home 392 00:22:05,930 --> 00:22:09,260 for a confiscated tiger Neil, many of you may 393 00:22:09,260 --> 00:22:11,960 have heard about him. Michlyn spent hours 394 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,480 working out the logistics of permitting housing 395 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,020 and funding that allowed Neil and his companion, 396 00:22:18,020 --> 00:22:21,410 Karma, to move to Moorpark College. We now have 397 00:22:21,650 --> 00:22:24,770 plans and funding toward a new habitat that one 398 00:22:24,770 --> 00:22:28,400 day those tigers will be moving into. We are 399 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,040 extremely grateful for everything, Michlyn, that 400 00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,810 you have done. And even if she had to deal with 401 00:22:33,810 --> 00:22:36,560 us kicking and pouting at times, we got a two 402 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,910 for one deal with Michlyn because her husband, Pete, 403 00:22:38,930 --> 00:22:41,930 was an amazing volunteer and worked on many of our 404 00:22:41,930 --> 00:22:44,600 projects here at the zoo. We're going to miss both 405 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,060 of them tremendously, when it's time for her to 406 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:49,670 actually leave. She's been a friend to all of us 407 00:22:49,670 --> 00:22:51,650 and the animals at the zoo. And we want to thank 408 00:22:51,650 --> 00:22:52,130 you again. 409 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:01,500 Michlyn Hines: Thank you very much, Brenda, that was wonderful. 410 00:23:01,530 --> 00:23:05,820 Can you guys hear me? I hope, it's truly been my 411 00:23:05,820 --> 00:23:08,970 pleasure to work not just at EATM and the zoo, but 412 00:23:08,970 --> 00:23:10,920 for Moorpark College and the Ventura Community 413 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:15,390 College District. It's been an amazing experience, 414 00:23:15,390 --> 00:23:19,050 and I am grateful to have touched as many lives as 415 00:23:19,050 --> 00:23:23,100 I have and helping our next generations of animal 416 00:23:23,100 --> 00:23:26,940 care professionals move to the next generation. I 417 00:23:26,940 --> 00:23:28,950 can't believe it's been 19 years. It certainly 418 00:23:28,950 --> 00:23:32,970 doesn't feel like it. And I am looking forward to 419 00:23:32,970 --> 00:23:35,760 retirement, but also will be missing the people, 420 00:23:35,760 --> 00:23:39,900 the animals, the students. So visiting frequently. 421 00:23:40,770 --> 00:23:44,760 And I also am really looking forward to seeing 422 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:49,050 where my successor takes the EATM Program and America's 423 00:23:49,050 --> 00:23:52,290 Teaching Zoo to the next level and to our 424 00:23:52,290 --> 00:23:56,940 capital campaign to build a beautiful zoo. Thank 425 00:23:56,940 --> 00:23:57,510 you so much. 426 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,800 Amanuel: Thank you, Michlyn and congratulations once again, 427 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,070 to you and all of our classified staff that do 428 00:24:11,070 --> 00:24:13,530 tremendous work to support our students and our 429 00:24:13,530 --> 00:24:16,890 community. So kudos to our classified staff. So 430 00:24:16,890 --> 00:24:20,310 now I have the pleasure of recognizing the faculty 431 00:24:20,310 --> 00:24:23,310 retirements. So if we can go to the next slide? 432 00:24:24,810 --> 00:24:28,830 First person is Paul Kores, professor of biology, 433 00:24:29,340 --> 00:24:33,120 who served 17 years to the Moorpark College 434 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:36,480 community and our students, so they couldn't be here with 435 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,580 us. These three faculty members. But I just want 436 00:24:38,580 --> 00:24:42,000 to say a big kudos to you, Paul, and thank you for 437 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,820 serving Moorpark and our students. And we truly 438 00:24:44,820 --> 00:24:48,040 appreciate you, and hopefully we'll see you 439 00:24:48,090 --> 00:24:50,130 when we come back on campus to be able to really 440 00:24:50,130 --> 00:24:52,260 celebrate you since you weren't able to join us 441 00:24:52,260 --> 00:24:57,180 today. The next person is Sally Ponce-O'Rourke, who's a 442 00:24:57,180 --> 00:25:00,600 professor of psychology, who served for 27 443 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,970 years here in the psychology department at 444 00:25:02,970 --> 00:25:05,520 Moorpark College. I've actually had the pleasure 445 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,250 of working with Sally as the Dean of Behavioral 446 00:25:08,250 --> 00:25:11,730 Social Sciences. So congratulations, Sally. We 447 00:25:11,730 --> 00:25:14,100 will miss you. And thank you for your service to 448 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,560 our students, our Spectrum Club, and everything 449 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:20,910 you've done. So thank you, Sally. And the other 450 00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:24,300 faculty member is James Song, professor of music, 451 00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:28,140 who served 30 years in our music department and 452 00:25:28,140 --> 00:25:31,230 our campus, our community. I didn't get a chance 453 00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:33,180 to work with you personally, James, but you've 454 00:25:33,180 --> 00:25:35,270 been a phenomenal community member and a 455 00:25:35,290 --> 00:25:38,280 phenomenal faculty, and just getting to know you 456 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:39,900 a little bit on campus. So thank you for your 457 00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:43,050 service and our phenomenal faculty for all the 458 00:25:43,050 --> 00:25:45,870 years of service in giving our students their best. 459 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,150 And we wish you the best retirement. And our 460 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:54,680 congratulations once again. And the next slide is 461 00:25:55,820 --> 00:26:00,080 Erik Reese. Dr. Erik Reese will be speaking on 462 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,530 behalf of Ronald Wallingford. So Dr. Reese, you 463 00:26:03,530 --> 00:26:08,270 jump on board. [Erik]: Thank you. I'm back. Did you guys 464 00:26:08,270 --> 00:26:12,020 miss me? Well, as the most senior full time 465 00:26:12,020 --> 00:26:14,420 faculty member in the physics and astronomy 466 00:26:14,420 --> 00:26:18,230 program, it is my pleasure to say a few words with 467 00:26:18,230 --> 00:26:20,780 a happy, I guess, bittersweet, really, but really 468 00:26:20,780 --> 00:26:23,660 happy occasion of Ron Wallingford's retirement as 469 00:26:23,660 --> 00:26:26,720 of last summer. He was hired full time on Moorpark 470 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,060 College in 1998, serving 22 years on 471 00:26:29,060 --> 00:26:32,630 behalf of students. However, he started part time at 472 00:26:32,630 --> 00:26:34,490 Moorpark in 1987, adding 473 00:26:34,490 --> 00:26:37,850 another 11 years for a grand total of 33 474 00:26:37,850 --> 00:26:40,880 years of service to students at Moorpark College. 475 00:26:42,010 --> 00:26:44,020 Over that time, he's taught every course we 476 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:46,180 currently offer in both physics and astronomy, 477 00:26:46,180 --> 00:26:49,330 providing quality instruction to thousands of 478 00:26:49,330 --> 00:26:52,600 students, served on numerous committees and 479 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,810 contributed to all aspects of our program. I have 480 00:26:56,810 --> 00:26:58,940 to say, if you've ever visited his classroom, 481 00:26:58,940 --> 00:27:01,900 you've seen his ability to toss extra credit form 482 00:27:01,910 --> 00:27:04,100 wrapped candy to students during class without 483 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:06,860 missing a beat. It's truly amazing and a sight to 484 00:27:06,860 --> 00:27:07,270 behold. 485 00:27:11,010 --> 00:27:13,230 He helped hire me in the department when he was 486 00:27:13,230 --> 00:27:16,170 the only full time faculty member in the program. 487 00:27:16,180 --> 00:27:19,380 So you can partially blame room for my being 488 00:27:19,380 --> 00:27:22,410 here talking to you today. During this critical 489 00:27:22,410 --> 00:27:25,110 period where he was the only faculty member and 490 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,660 then I was the second full time faculty member, he 491 00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:29,880 served as a department chair for, I think, roughly 492 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,520 five years, keeping the program afloat as it was 493 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,190 in transition. From those that had been with the 494 00:27:35,190 --> 00:27:38,880 department for decades, including himself, to 495 00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:41,880 this, "new generation of instructors" 496 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:46,380 that now continue, all the foundation work that he 497 00:27:46,380 --> 00:27:50,740 and his colleagues had set up for us. He valiantly 498 00:27:50,740 --> 00:27:53,230 mentored myself and other hires, always making 499 00:27:53,230 --> 00:27:55,420 time to talk and keep the atmosphere of the second 500 00:27:55,420 --> 00:27:58,660 floor of the physical science building fun and 501 00:27:58,660 --> 00:28:01,600 inviting, which is not easy for a physics 502 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:05,530 department, for students, classified and faculty 503 00:28:05,530 --> 00:28:09,630 alike. Ron and I spent quite a bit of time in each 504 00:28:09,630 --> 00:28:11,580 other's offices catching up and chatting on a 505 00:28:11,580 --> 00:28:14,340 variety of professional and personal items every 506 00:28:14,340 --> 00:28:17,580 day. Like we talk to each other every day. I had 507 00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:21,150 the opportunity to go on a trip with Ron and Jim 508 00:28:21,150 --> 00:28:23,820 Artero, our lab tech in 2017, to see 509 00:28:23,820 --> 00:28:27,030 the solar eclipse. It was truly quite the 510 00:28:27,030 --> 00:28:30,240 experience. The return trip turned into quite an 511 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:33,240 adventure when missing our flight home, due to even 512 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,790 more excessive traffic than we had planned 513 00:28:35,790 --> 00:28:39,870 for, well beyond our imagination. I shudder to 514 00:28:39,870 --> 00:28:41,850 think about that many people being so close 515 00:28:41,850 --> 00:28:44,010 together, both inside and outside of cars, in the 516 00:28:44,010 --> 00:28:47,550 current Covid times, quite frankly. It's a true 517 00:28:47,550 --> 00:28:50,820 pleasure to call Ron, both a colleague and a 518 00:28:50,820 --> 00:28:53,940 friend. Thank you for everything you've done for 519 00:28:53,940 --> 00:28:57,000 students, colleagues, and the college, and 520 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:00,840 congratulations. You very much earned and deserve 521 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:02,790 retirement. I wish you all the best in your new 522 00:29:02,790 --> 00:29:07,060 life of leisure. [Ronald Wallingford]: Well, thank you so much. It's 523 00:29:07,060 --> 00:29:11,320 really nice to you. Working at Moorpark College is 524 00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:15,550 a real pleasure. I started back in 1987, 525 00:29:15,550 --> 00:29:19,540 and as a part timer and I was a freeway 526 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:24,280 flyer. And I had hoped that I would actually get an 527 00:29:24,310 --> 00:29:28,930 opportunity to work full time at Moorpark when I 528 00:29:29,020 --> 00:29:31,570 first went in for my interview for part time. It 529 00:29:31,570 --> 00:29:33,730 was funny because of the other faculty members, 530 00:29:33,810 --> 00:29:37,960 Fred Meyer, Balazs Becht, and Clint Harper, and I 531 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,330 look sort of disappointed, because they were all 532 00:29:40,330 --> 00:29:42,790 young. And I was like, "Ah, man, none of these guys 533 00:29:42,790 --> 00:29:45,140 are going to be retiring." So it's like, you know, 534 00:29:45,460 --> 00:29:48,340 there's no opening. But anyhow, they hired me in 535 00:29:48,340 --> 00:29:51,610 and I really enjoyed the experience. And being a 536 00:29:51,610 --> 00:29:55,630 freeway flyer, I get to teach at. Here's a list of 537 00:29:55,630 --> 00:30:00,670 schools I've taught at. Santa Monica, Citrus College, 538 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:04,030 Orange Coast College, Golden West College, 539 00:30:06,010 --> 00:30:08,830 Glendale College. So I got to teach in all these 540 00:30:08,830 --> 00:30:13,120 schools. But the one thing that really set 541 00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:18,190 Moorpark apart is that it was the friendliest and 542 00:30:18,250 --> 00:30:22,150 most congenial environment. And so I really wanted 543 00:30:22,150 --> 00:30:25,810 to teach full time. So fortunately, Fred Meyer 544 00:30:25,810 --> 00:30:28,810 retired and I had an opportunity for a full time 545 00:30:28,810 --> 00:30:31,030 position here, and it was a really great 546 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:33,430 opportunity. So I get to do that and work with 547 00:30:33,670 --> 00:30:37,240 Fred and Balazs and Clint. They're all really 548 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,970 great. They mentored me and they were very 549 00:30:39,970 --> 00:30:43,360 nice. And I really appreciate that. And the other 550 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,840 aspect of Moorpark that I really like, is the 551 00:30:47,350 --> 00:30:50,230 administrators that I got to work with. I got to 552 00:30:50,230 --> 00:30:54,730 work with President Walker and President Conrad 553 00:30:54,730 --> 00:30:59,140 and now, even President Sokenu. So they're all 554 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:03,070 very nice. But in the interim, we also got to have 555 00:31:03,070 --> 00:31:06,670 different deans. And one of my deans was Dr. 556 00:31:06,670 --> 00:31:11,770 Hoffmans, which he's now over at Ventura. And we 557 00:31:11,770 --> 00:31:17,530 also got Dr. Sanchez. So it's really nice to work 558 00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:20,350 with all these people. Again, they're all they 559 00:31:20,350 --> 00:31:22,930 wouldn't always listen to you, don't always have to pay 560 00:31:22,930 --> 00:31:25,570 attention, which is probably a good thing, but 561 00:31:25,750 --> 00:31:28,960 they were wonderful to work with. And so from my 562 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,650 point of view, it was a very, very warm and 563 00:31:32,650 --> 00:31:35,620 hospitable environment. And even when we were 564 00:31:35,620 --> 00:31:39,460 going through the Covid-19, you know, we all had 565 00:31:39,460 --> 00:31:43,030 to pivot from being on campus, which is more of my 566 00:31:43,030 --> 00:31:46,630 modality to online. And yet people were willing to 567 00:31:46,630 --> 00:31:50,000 help me. And so I was able to make that transition. 568 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,330 And now you guys are going to be pivoting back 569 00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:54,740 again. So now it won't be a pivot, it'll be a 570 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,390 pirouette. So but anyhow, I again, thank you guys 571 00:31:58,390 --> 00:32:01,740 for letting me work with you. It was a real honor. 572 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:02,440 Thank you. 573 00:32:05,890 --> 00:32:08,140 Amanuel: Congratulations, Ron, and thank you for your 574 00:32:08,140 --> 00:32:10,660 service to our campus and our community. 575 00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,000 So next slide? 576 00:32:22,690 --> 00:32:25,120 Linda Resendiz, you'll be joining us to do this 577 00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:25,510 piece? 578 00:32:28,190 --> 00:32:31,370 Linda Resendiz: Yes, good afternoon, everyone, thank you for 579 00:32:31,370 --> 00:32:35,480 joining us today in this celebration. I would like 580 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:40,280 to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all of 581 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:44,900 our classified professionals and faculty for their 582 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:48,020 retirement, for their service to our students and 583 00:32:48,020 --> 00:32:52,010 service to our Moorpark College community. Thank 584 00:32:52,010 --> 00:32:55,520 you very much. Enjoy your retirement. Well, this 585 00:32:55,520 --> 00:33:00,500 year was our first year as your Classified Senate 586 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:07,450 Board, Vice President, Gabby Chacon, Treasurer 587 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:11,710 Deb Brackley, Secretary Daniella Rodriguez, and 588 00:33:12,100 --> 00:33:16,120 yours truly, Linda Resendiz, as President. We've 589 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,010 enjoyed our first year, although we've held our 590 00:33:21,010 --> 00:33:25,000 meetings through Zoom. We look forward to serving you 591 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,880 again in 2021-2022. And 592 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:34,750 we look forward to seeing you in our meetings and 593 00:33:34,750 --> 00:33:38,050 providing you with all the necessary updates and 594 00:33:38,050 --> 00:33:42,880 opportunities to be involved in our 595 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:48,010 governance meetings. And just want to say thank 596 00:33:48,010 --> 00:33:52,120 you for the support during this year. I and our 597 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:56,470 board really, really appreciate your participation 598 00:33:56,470 --> 00:33:59,290 in our meetings and look forward to continue 599 00:33:59,920 --> 00:34:03,460 seeing you all participating in 2021- 600 00:34:03,460 --> 00:34:06,430 2022. Now I will pass it on over to 601 00:34:06,820 --> 00:34:09,820 ASB President David Katz. 602 00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:16,410 David Katz: Thank you, Linda. So the names you see before you 603 00:34:16,410 --> 00:34:18,540 are the members of the Associated Students Board 604 00:34:18,540 --> 00:34:20,520 of Directors for this academic year, 2020- 605 00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,980 2021. I would like to 606 00:34:22,980 --> 00:34:25,530 acknowledge all their hard work to provide for the 607 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:28,020 Moorpark College student body as best we could in 608 00:34:28,020 --> 00:34:30,000 this virtual format. And I would like to thank 609 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,850 each of them for their individual contributions. I 610 00:34:32,850 --> 00:34:34,530 would also like to recognize and thank all of the 611 00:34:34,530 --> 00:34:36,870 faculty here at Moorpark College for working with 612 00:34:36,870 --> 00:34:39,930 this ASMC Board. You listen to our voices, you 613 00:34:39,930 --> 00:34:42,810 encouraged our ideas, and you saved chairs of the 614 00:34:42,810 --> 00:34:46,110 tables of our shared governance committees, so ASMC 615 00:34:46,110 --> 00:34:48,540 could provide a student perspective in making our 616 00:34:48,540 --> 00:34:51,480 college better. The opportunities provided to each 617 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,450 of us will not be forgotten, nor will each of the 618 00:34:54,450 --> 00:34:56,670 smiles from faculty members when we join each 619 00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:58,580 Zoom committee meeting. Next slide? 620 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:03,840 The names here, are the members of the incoming 621 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,210 ASMC Board of Directors. I would like to thank 622 00:35:06,210 --> 00:35:08,160 them as well for stepping up to the plate and 623 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,680 declaring their leadership for this upcoming year, 624 00:35:11,130 --> 00:35:14,910 as we venture forth from the pandemic. I think 625 00:35:14,910 --> 00:35:20,550 it's important to acknowledge them and really 626 00:35:20,550 --> 00:35:24,270 just express our gratitude for their 627 00:35:24,270 --> 00:35:27,840 leadership, their confidence, and leading us into 628 00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,880 the next year. So thank you. 629 00:35:40,490 --> 00:35:45,220 Erik: I'm back. Hello again, I get the privilege of 630 00:35:45,220 --> 00:35:47,520 talking about the Academic Senate leadership, 631 00:35:47,890 --> 00:35:52,710 your current year of officers has been re-elected 632 00:35:52,830 --> 00:35:55,350 for the next two years and we will continue into 633 00:35:55,350 --> 00:35:57,570 2021-2022, that's 634 00:35:57,570 --> 00:36:00,330 my self serving as President, Vice President 635 00:36:00,330 --> 00:36:03,870 Tiffany Pawluk, professor of chemistry, Secretary 636 00:36:03,870 --> 00:36:07,020 Nicole Block, professor of Film and Television and 637 00:36:07,020 --> 00:36:09,630 Media Arts, and Treasurer Ruth Bennington, 638 00:36:09,810 --> 00:36:13,380 professor of accounting. It has certainly been a 639 00:36:13,380 --> 00:36:16,260 pleasure serving all of you through what was a 640 00:36:16,260 --> 00:36:19,410 very challenging year. I remind everyone that 641 00:36:19,410 --> 00:36:21,600 you're all invited to Academic Senate Council 642 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,240 meetings that are always open and public and just 643 00:36:24,240 --> 00:36:27,510 really want to take a brief moment to thank my 644 00:36:27,510 --> 00:36:30,270 fellow officers for their hard work this year and 645 00:36:30,270 --> 00:36:33,030 for I know what will be continued hard work in the 646 00:36:33,030 --> 00:36:36,390 upcoming year. I daresay we've actually had some 647 00:36:36,390 --> 00:36:39,690 fun along the way, despite all the challenges, 648 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:43,290 it's been quite the experience and we'll have more 649 00:36:43,290 --> 00:36:45,240 opportunities to learn and grow from each other. 650 00:36:45,870 --> 00:36:48,060 We look forward for to the upcoming year and please do 651 00:36:48,060 --> 00:36:51,390 not hesitate to reach out to any of us if we can 652 00:36:51,390 --> 00:36:54,750 be of service in any way, shape or form. Thank you. 653 00:37:00,690 --> 00:37:05,750 Academic Senate Annual Awards. Academic Senate 654 00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:07,850 celebrates the exceptional contribution to 655 00:37:07,850 --> 00:37:10,700 Moorpark College over the preceding academic year 656 00:37:11,060 --> 00:37:13,850 for classified employee of the year, manager of the 657 00:37:13,850 --> 00:37:16,790 year, adjunct faculty of the year, full time faculty of 658 00:37:16,790 --> 00:37:20,760 the year, and the President's Award. Exceptional 659 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,550 contribution can be demonstrated in areas such as, 660 00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:26,310 job performance, concern for students, concern 661 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:30,120 for colleagues, contributions to campus, leadership, 662 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:34,020 professional development, and general awesomeness. 663 00:37:34,450 --> 00:37:38,280 Okay, I might have made that last one up. But other 664 00:37:38,280 --> 00:37:41,310 areas where they also contributed. Nominations for 665 00:37:41,310 --> 00:37:44,130 the awards are made by any non-student employee of 666 00:37:44,130 --> 00:37:46,920 the college and Academic Senate Council votes, 667 00:37:47,250 --> 00:37:49,530 always having to make very difficult decisions 668 00:37:49,530 --> 00:37:51,660 every year because so many colleagues make 669 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:53,760 exceptional contributions. And this year is no 670 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:57,180 exception. Each recipient is honored at the 671 00:37:57,180 --> 00:38:00,150 Senate's year end event, which is today's update, 672 00:38:00,810 --> 00:38:03,060 receives a letter of nomination and a plaque 673 00:38:03,060 --> 00:38:06,810 commemorating the award. Can't get 674 00:38:06,810 --> 00:38:09,450 the words out, and their name is recorded on the 675 00:38:09,450 --> 00:38:13,380 Academic Senate's board of recognition, boards of 676 00:38:13,380 --> 00:38:15,270 recognition, rather, that are housed in the 677 00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:17,550 President's conference room. Remember when we used 678 00:38:17,550 --> 00:38:20,100 to meet in these tiny little rooms? Yeah, it's one 679 00:38:20,100 --> 00:38:22,740 of those rooms. We certainly all miss sharing a 680 00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:26,130 meal together, while we celebrate retirees and 681 00:38:26,130 --> 00:38:28,080 exceptional work across campus. And very much 682 00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:30,750 appreciate you all attending yet another Zoom to 683 00:38:30,750 --> 00:38:33,990 help with this celebration. The first award will be 684 00:38:33,990 --> 00:38:36,150 presented to the classified employee of the year 685 00:38:36,330 --> 00:38:38,100 by Vice President Tiffany Pawluk. 686 00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:47,290 Thank you very much, Erik. It is my very, very 687 00:38:47,290 --> 00:38:51,070 distinct pleasure to introduce to you the 688 00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:56,530 classified employee of the year. A few comments 689 00:38:56,530 --> 00:38:58,630 that I read from the nomination letters, I 690 00:38:58,630 --> 00:39:01,900 wanted to quote here, describing this particular 691 00:39:01,900 --> 00:39:07,090 person. He is a superhero. He is a wealth of 692 00:39:07,090 --> 00:39:11,550 knowledge. Amazing colleague. Extraordinary. A 693 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,970 pleasure to work with. Humble. Selfless. 694 00:39:16,510 --> 00:39:21,010 Unbelievably patient. Epitomizes the idea of 695 00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:26,440 community and collegiality. Exceeds expectations at 696 00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:31,450 every single turn. This particular award recipient 697 00:39:31,630 --> 00:39:34,720 has led countless canvas certification courses 698 00:39:35,050 --> 00:39:38,680 and seventy five webinars, including Convocation, 699 00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:42,910 town halls, Campus Updates, presidential forum, 700 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:46,900 social justice forums, Multicultural Day and 701 00:39:46,900 --> 00:39:53,770 Guided Pathways, sorry, Guided Pathways forums. So 702 00:39:53,770 --> 00:39:56,380 if you happen to recognize by now, you probably 703 00:39:56,380 --> 00:39:58,630 are guessing that today's recipient of the 704 00:39:58,630 --> 00:40:01,510 classified employee of the year is the 705 00:40:01,510 --> 00:40:04,700 instructional technologist, Michael Ashton. 706 00:40:10,980 --> 00:40:13,470 Michael Ashton: Thank you so much, Tiffany. Thank you Academic Senate 707 00:40:13,470 --> 00:40:17,460 and thank you Moorpark College community. There 708 00:40:17,460 --> 00:40:20,460 really are no adequate words to express the 709 00:40:20,460 --> 00:40:24,300 gratitude I feel in receiving this honor. I am 710 00:40:24,300 --> 00:40:26,370 beyond humbled to have been nominated by my 711 00:40:26,370 --> 00:40:28,980 colleagues and peers for consideration of this 712 00:40:28,980 --> 00:40:32,250 award, and even more so by the words that were 713 00:40:32,250 --> 00:40:35,220 spoken just a few moments ago. Honestly, though, I 714 00:40:35,220 --> 00:40:37,080 don't feel that this would have been possible were 715 00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,270 it not for the unique and positive environment 716 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:42,270 that is the Moorpark College community. Since my 717 00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:44,580 very first day at Moorpark over a year ago, I 718 00:40:44,580 --> 00:40:47,490 have felt supported and valued by everyone here. 719 00:40:47,940 --> 00:40:50,520 And because of your support, I have thrived in 720 00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:53,490 ways I've never imagined possible. And because of 721 00:40:53,490 --> 00:40:57,060 that, it has and will continue to be a genuine 722 00:40:57,060 --> 00:41:00,000 privilege to serve you, our students, and our 723 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,330 community. Therefore, I feel this award is a 724 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:05,100 reflection of the positive energy and 725 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,390 collaborative spirit you all bring to Moorpark. 726 00:41:07,740 --> 00:41:10,680 It is these qualities and more that inspire me to 727 00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:13,590 give the best version of myself every day. So from 728 00:41:13,590 --> 00:41:15,900 the bottom of my heart, I thank you all for making 729 00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:16,590 this possible. 730 00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:28,200 Tiffany: Our next award will be presented by Ruth 731 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:28,740 Bennington. 732 00:41:36,810 --> 00:41:39,840 Ruth Bennington: Hi, everybody. I'm not sure if you can either see 733 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:42,810 or hear me, because all I can see is Tiffany 734 00:41:42,810 --> 00:41:46,740 Pawluk up on the screen. But I am hoping that you 735 00:41:46,740 --> 00:41:52,180 can hear me present the manager of the year award. 736 00:41:52,620 --> 00:41:55,050 Can somebody tell me? Oh, excellent. Thank you, 737 00:41:55,050 --> 00:41:59,580 Linda. I would just again, like to read out a 738 00:41:59,580 --> 00:42:02,760 couple of the comments about this person who 739 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:07,470 richly deserves the award. He has assisted me with 740 00:42:07,470 --> 00:42:09,720 professional development and other projects, 741 00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,380 always, quote, "with remarkable professionalism, 742 00:42:13,380 --> 00:42:19,050 kindness and patience." He has brought such a clear 743 00:42:19,050 --> 00:42:22,650 point of view to our department. He came at a time 744 00:42:22,650 --> 00:42:26,040 we were rebuilding and his leadership has helped 745 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:30,510 us transform. He asks important clarifying 746 00:42:30,510 --> 00:42:34,050 questions to help us streamline our objectives. 747 00:42:34,650 --> 00:42:37,350 While he provides guidance, he gives us the 748 00:42:37,350 --> 00:42:41,820 freedom to use our skills and abilities in ways 749 00:42:41,820 --> 00:42:45,990 that make us shine. He sees a bigger picture and 750 00:42:45,990 --> 00:42:48,990 communicates this across departments so that we 751 00:42:48,990 --> 00:42:53,070 work together to support one another. And if I 752 00:42:53,070 --> 00:42:58,050 tell you that his workload is described as a, 753 00:42:58,050 --> 00:43:02,850 quote, "staggering amount of departments," I am sure 754 00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:05,940 you will realize that the recipient of a manager 755 00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:10,020 of the year is Dean Matt Calfin. Congratulations, 756 00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:10,380 Matt. 757 00:43:14,050 --> 00:43:17,830 Matt Calfin: Thank you so much, Ruth. Thanks. I just want to 758 00:43:17,830 --> 00:43:22,960 thank the Academic Senate for this award and for 759 00:43:23,560 --> 00:43:26,590 Danielle and Brian for the nomination, and I'm 760 00:43:26,590 --> 00:43:29,020 just really grateful and honored to receive this 761 00:43:29,020 --> 00:43:31,450 award and having the privilege of working with 762 00:43:31,450 --> 00:43:34,690 amazing professionals, one of which just received 763 00:43:35,110 --> 00:43:37,330 the previous award, Michael Ashton, in our 764 00:43:37,330 --> 00:43:39,430 division. That even just makes this award possible 765 00:43:39,430 --> 00:43:42,220 today. But first, I really wanted to recognize 766 00:43:42,220 --> 00:43:45,670 Linda Sanders. She is the unsung hero of our 767 00:43:45,670 --> 00:43:49,270 division, and she ensures that our division, 768 00:43:49,270 --> 00:43:51,880 faculty and staff and all the students that 769 00:43:52,600 --> 00:43:57,400 encounter our courses thrive. Linda, I couldn't do 770 00:43:57,400 --> 00:44:01,360 my role without you. You simply are the best. And 771 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:05,140 so this award is really for you as well. In 772 00:44:05,140 --> 00:44:07,060 addition to Linda, there are so many other 773 00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:10,120 colleagues who are committed to excellence in our 774 00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:13,990 division and in on all that they do. I'm so 775 00:44:13,990 --> 00:44:16,900 grateful for department chairs and coordinators 776 00:44:16,900 --> 00:44:20,170 and supervisors, whether that's Phil in the math 777 00:44:20,170 --> 00:44:23,380 department or Adam and Health Ed Kinesiology, I 778 00:44:23,380 --> 00:44:25,570 actually should say. Dr. Black in Health Ed 779 00:44:25,570 --> 00:44:28,810 Kinesiology. Matt Crater our new Athletic Director 780 00:44:28,810 --> 00:44:31,870 and Vance, our former Athletic Director. Danielle 781 00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,900 in the library. Silva in ACCESS. Deb in the 782 00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:37,870 Teaching and Learning Center. Anasheh our DE 783 00:44:37,870 --> 00:44:41,590 Coordinator. And Cindy, our ZTC Coordinator. Thank you so 784 00:44:41,590 --> 00:44:44,410 much for all your support and your patience with 785 00:44:44,410 --> 00:44:47,530 me. I really appreciate it. I just also wanted to 786 00:44:47,530 --> 00:44:50,530 thank all the faculty and classified professionals 787 00:44:50,530 --> 00:44:52,900 in our division and others that I've had a 788 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:55,810 chance to work with over the last year for the CVC 789 00:44:55,810 --> 00:44:59,560 grant, the DE Committee and other work groups. I 790 00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,980 appreciate how you welcomed me to Moorpark. And 791 00:45:02,980 --> 00:45:05,710 in fact, it's really because of your support and 792 00:45:05,980 --> 00:45:08,800 the collaborative nature of Moorpark College that 793 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,800 I'm in the process of relocating my family up here 794 00:45:12,700 --> 00:45:14,620 and they've been very supportive. You can see the 795 00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:18,160 balloons behind me and the sign above, my family is 796 00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:21,340 just thrilled about this nomination and this award. 797 00:45:21,580 --> 00:45:24,490 And of course, I couldn't do it without their 798 00:45:24,490 --> 00:45:28,870 support as well. A couple other quick thank you's, 799 00:45:28,870 --> 00:45:31,680 I'm just grateful for my dean colleagues. I 800 00:45:31,690 --> 00:45:33,880 appreciate how that they've always been there to 801 00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,810 help. And we have really the best group of deans. 802 00:45:36,820 --> 00:45:41,020 A really collaborative group of professionals. So 803 00:45:41,020 --> 00:45:44,040 we're really fortunate here at Moorpark. And 804 00:45:44,050 --> 00:45:46,600 last, I just wanted to thank Julius and Jennifer, 805 00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,090 Amanuel and Mary for giving me the opportunity 806 00:45:49,990 --> 00:45:52,450 that encourages my professional growth and support 807 00:45:52,450 --> 00:45:55,060 to me along the way. I really thank you so much 808 00:45:55,060 --> 00:45:58,180 for your support, for your leadership, and again, 809 00:45:58,180 --> 00:46:00,580 thank you Academic Senate for this honor. 810 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:13,190 Tiffany: I have the pleasure of introducing our next award 811 00:46:13,190 --> 00:46:17,600 winner. And this is for the adjunct faculty of the 812 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,930 year. In the nomination letter, I'm going to quote 813 00:46:20,930 --> 00:46:25,580 from, "He is a true work for college equity agent 814 00:46:26,210 --> 00:46:29,000 committed to equity and advancing social justice 815 00:46:29,000 --> 00:46:33,150 on our campus. He is the co-advisor for the 816 00:46:33,150 --> 00:46:35,910 student charter of A2MEND and the Black Student 817 00:46:35,910 --> 00:46:40,620 Union. He is a basic needs specialist with Raider 818 00:46:40,620 --> 00:46:44,790 Central and a core member of both TWMOCA's and 819 00:46:44,790 --> 00:46:48,270 VCCARA. All of this, in addition to being an 820 00:46:48,270 --> 00:46:51,150 outstanding instructor who embodies a student's 821 00:46:51,150 --> 00:46:55,490 first philosophy. This adjunct faculty member 822 00:46:55,500 --> 00:46:58,230 teaches in the criminal justice department. And 823 00:46:58,230 --> 00:46:59,970 I'm sure if you know him, you will not be 824 00:46:59,970 --> 00:47:03,330 surprised to hear that the winner of the adjunct 825 00:47:03,330 --> 00:47:05,910 faculty of the year is Tim Lumas. 826 00:47:10,450 --> 00:47:12,940 Tim Lumas: Thank you. Thank you very much. I'd like to thank 827 00:47:12,940 --> 00:47:15,880 the Academic Senate and especially the staff, 828 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:18,460 faculty, and administration of Moorpark College, my 829 00:47:18,460 --> 00:47:21,700 wife, Rochelle, and my daughters, Myesha and Malaykah, my family and 830 00:47:21,700 --> 00:47:24,160 all those people that had made it possible for me 831 00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,400 to work at our college, including Cynthia Barnett, 832 00:47:27,400 --> 00:47:29,800 who took a risk in giving me a job here. I 833 00:47:29,800 --> 00:47:33,690 appreciate that. I'd like to thank everyone that's 834 00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:35,890 helped me with Raider Central and also Ruben 835 00:47:35,890 --> 00:47:38,050 Castro Charities, which includes 836 00:47:38,260 --> 00:47:43,150 Ruth Bennington and Alejandro Castro. And it's 837 00:47:43,150 --> 00:47:45,730 been my pleasure, my honor to be a part of this 838 00:47:45,730 --> 00:47:48,550 campus. I hope to do so forever. And I'll leave 839 00:47:48,550 --> 00:47:50,700 you like I leave my children. Always leave a 840 00:47:50,740 --> 00:47:52,860 positive difference in someone's life each day. 841 00:47:53,210 --> 00:47:54,760 Have a nice day. Thank you very much. 842 00:48:05,330 --> 00:48:07,430 Tiffany: Okay, if we could go to the next slide, please? This 843 00:48:07,430 --> 00:48:11,120 will be presented by Nicole. It is the full time 844 00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:12,650 faculty of the year. 845 00:48:16,240 --> 00:48:18,640 Nicole Block: Our colleague who nominated this full time English 846 00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:21,460 professor said it best when he wrote that, 847 00:48:21,460 --> 00:48:23,530 "It would be impossible to list all of her 848 00:48:23,530 --> 00:48:25,900 leadership and contributions to the campus and our 849 00:48:25,900 --> 00:48:28,000 community without making this nomination letter 850 00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:31,270 several pages long." So since we don't 851 00:48:31,270 --> 00:48:33,370 have time for that long list, just a few of those 852 00:48:33,370 --> 00:48:35,470 contributions include leadership roles on the 853 00:48:35,470 --> 00:48:38,290 Multicultural Day Committee, Black History Month 854 00:48:38,290 --> 00:48:41,320 Committee, social justice work groups, Women's 855 00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:44,140 Herstory Month and the upcoming curriculum summit. 856 00:48:44,860 --> 00:48:47,200 In addition to all that this year, she is also our 857 00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:50,140 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Coordinator. She's 858 00:48:50,140 --> 00:48:51,850 doing the urgent and important work of 859 00:48:51,850 --> 00:48:54,160 facilitating the social justice work groups and 860 00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,320 integrating those ideas and strategies into our 861 00:48:56,320 --> 00:48:59,440 campus. She's also serving as a liaison with the 862 00:48:59,440 --> 00:49:02,710 District and Ventura County College's Anti-Racism 863 00:49:02,710 --> 00:49:06,130 Alliance VCCARA, and other groups both 864 00:49:06,130 --> 00:49:09,550 inside and outside the college. The nomination 865 00:49:09,550 --> 00:49:12,790 letter concluded, "Her passion for social 866 00:49:12,790 --> 00:49:15,880 justice, her commitment to equity, her dedication 867 00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:18,790 to her students, her skills as an organizer and a 868 00:49:18,790 --> 00:49:22,000 leader are all beyond compare. 869 00:49:22,210 --> 00:49:24,850 She works tirelessly to contribute to 870 00:49:24,850 --> 00:49:27,430 Moorpark College through many different projects, 871 00:49:27,730 --> 00:49:30,640 all with the goal of helping our students achieve 872 00:49:30,640 --> 00:49:34,060 and find success." It is my honor to congratulate 873 00:49:34,060 --> 00:49:36,840 Professor Tamarra Coleman, full time faculty of the 874 00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:37,000 year. 875 00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:47,500 Tamarra: So thank you. Thank you. First to the Academic 876 00:49:47,500 --> 00:49:51,820 Senate for acknowledging. So I just have to say 877 00:49:51,820 --> 00:49:54,340 that right now I'm having anxiety and heart 878 00:49:54,340 --> 00:49:58,030 palpitations. You would think as much as I speak 879 00:49:58,030 --> 00:50:00,940 and as much as I'm in front of audiences, that I 880 00:50:00,940 --> 00:50:03,580 would be okay with this. While I have a fairly easy 881 00:50:03,580 --> 00:50:05,650 time doing the work, I have a really hard time 882 00:50:05,650 --> 00:50:09,160 accepting recognition. So I'm struggling a little 883 00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:13,510 bit here. I was tempted to jump out of the meeting 884 00:50:13,510 --> 00:50:17,710 so I wouldn't have to speak. But I just want to 885 00:50:17,710 --> 00:50:18,580 say that 886 00:50:20,850 --> 00:50:23,010 everything you said, Nicole, is true. I do have a 887 00:50:23,010 --> 00:50:25,200 passion for this work. This is very important to 888 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:28,890 me. It's a big part of who I am. But I also want 889 00:50:28,890 --> 00:50:31,740 to share that in the last four years, which is the 890 00:50:31,740 --> 00:50:34,140 time in which I relocated back to California and 891 00:50:34,140 --> 00:50:37,980 started at Moorpark, I've had lots of challenging 892 00:50:37,980 --> 00:50:41,460 things in my personal life with my family. I've 893 00:50:42,240 --> 00:50:45,750 lost two brothers. I know many of you know, I was 894 00:50:45,750 --> 00:50:48,210 in the hospital. My son was hospitalized for five 895 00:50:48,210 --> 00:50:50,760 months last year. And so while I was trying to 896 00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,970 organize the Ventura County Colleges Anti-Racism 897 00:50:53,970 --> 00:50:56,550 Alliance, I was doing it from a hospital room in 898 00:50:56,550 --> 00:51:00,840 Los Angeles. And I tell that story. And then there 899 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:02,850 were other things that were happening in my life. 900 00:51:02,850 --> 00:51:06,240 I tell that story to say that while for those of 901 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:08,210 you who think that the work that I've done have 902 00:51:08,250 --> 00:51:12,210 benefited the campus, in many ways, the work has 903 00:51:12,210 --> 00:51:15,480 really helped me to be able to continue to move 904 00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,630 forward with all of the challenges that I've had 905 00:51:18,870 --> 00:51:22,560 outside of work. So it sort of provided a space, 906 00:51:22,560 --> 00:51:24,900 believe it or not, for me to feel like I'm 907 00:51:24,900 --> 00:51:27,120 actually doing something and that my life is 908 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:29,670 actually working, right? I'm doing something 909 00:51:29,670 --> 00:51:32,820 meaningful for other people. So I wanted to 910 00:51:32,820 --> 00:51:34,920 share that. Sometimes we don't what 911 00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:38,610 what pushes people and motivates people or what's 912 00:51:38,610 --> 00:51:41,940 happening in people's lives, and I think sometimes 913 00:51:41,940 --> 00:51:46,140 it's helpful to really connect with others and 914 00:51:46,140 --> 00:51:47,940 kind of speak our truths, right? That's what civic 915 00:51:47,940 --> 00:51:49,740 engagement. That's what advocacy. That's what 916 00:51:49,980 --> 00:51:53,280 social justice is about. Is all of our voices 917 00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,860 being heard and speaking our truth. So thank you 918 00:51:55,860 --> 00:51:58,440 to to the Academic Senate. And I also want to say 919 00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,180 thank you to all of the folks that I've worked 920 00:52:00,180 --> 00:52:03,300 with on that long list of things. I didn't do any 921 00:52:03,300 --> 00:52:06,660 of that work alone. There were many people around 922 00:52:07,410 --> 00:52:09,030 also contributing. Thank you. 923 00:52:17,620 --> 00:52:19,660 Erik: I think this might be my final appearance, so you 924 00:52:19,660 --> 00:52:23,680 can rest assured. I have the pleasure and the 925 00:52:23,680 --> 00:52:26,290 curse to present the Academic Senate President's 926 00:52:26,290 --> 00:52:30,310 Annual Award. This is the one award that is 927 00:52:30,310 --> 00:52:33,190 actually still kept secret this year in this 928 00:52:33,190 --> 00:52:35,710 online environment. It's really hard to do that. 929 00:52:36,610 --> 00:52:38,800 Like we normally do on ground, we like to surprise 930 00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:41,860 people at the event. This one will keep that 931 00:52:41,860 --> 00:52:45,400 tradition. So much amazing work has been done by 932 00:52:45,400 --> 00:52:48,820 so many, very, very many people this academic year, 933 00:52:48,820 --> 00:52:51,220 that was incredibly difficult to decide, as I'm 934 00:52:51,220 --> 00:52:54,040 sure it is every year. And what a year it has been? 935 00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:59,480 Covid-19. Systemic racism bursting onto the scene 936 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,030 in the worst possible way, not to say that it 937 00:53:02,030 --> 00:53:04,850 wasn't there before, but sparking long overdue 938 00:53:05,180 --> 00:53:08,750 conversations and action across the country on 939 00:53:08,750 --> 00:53:11,810 certain budgets. Continued danger from possible 940 00:53:11,810 --> 00:53:14,360 active shooters, winds and fires, just to name a 941 00:53:14,360 --> 00:53:20,020 few. An entire year online. Innovative solutions 942 00:53:20,020 --> 00:53:22,870 to services, academic and administrative, and 943 00:53:22,870 --> 00:53:25,480 online instruction continue at a rapid pace to 944 00:53:25,480 --> 00:53:28,970 advance student equity and success. Creative ways 945 00:53:28,970 --> 00:53:31,400 to continue collegial dialogue, such as with 946 00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:34,220 online committee meetings, which I know we all 947 00:53:34,220 --> 00:53:37,280 love. The Strategic Planning Retreat. Our 948 00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:41,150 innovative Convocation. Regular campus updates, 949 00:53:41,150 --> 00:53:44,630 keeping everybody informed with integrity. Always 950 00:53:44,630 --> 00:53:48,020 striving for excellence, regardless of modality. 951 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:51,440 True to a student's first philosophy, Moorpark 952 00:53:51,440 --> 00:53:53,570 College has continued to provide the best possible 953 00:53:53,570 --> 00:53:56,390 experience for students, so that they can continue 954 00:53:56,570 --> 00:54:00,230 on their academic and professional journeys. There 955 00:54:00,230 --> 00:54:03,650 was a huge shift to redouble our efforts on equity 956 00:54:03,650 --> 00:54:06,710 and social justice, inviting everybody into the 957 00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:10,220 conversation. We formed social justice work groups with 958 00:54:10,220 --> 00:54:13,040 leaders from all four stakeholders, students, 959 00:54:13,580 --> 00:54:16,640 classified professionals, managers, and faculty. 960 00:54:17,670 --> 00:54:20,670 Worked, we worked and continue to work tirelessly 961 00:54:21,060 --> 00:54:23,130 to help move the college forward, reducing 962 00:54:23,130 --> 00:54:26,550 barriers and becoming more diverse, equitable, and 963 00:54:26,550 --> 00:54:30,510 inclusive. Reaching out to the community. Making 964 00:54:30,510 --> 00:54:34,260 sure everybody is safe. The list is endless, but I 965 00:54:34,260 --> 00:54:36,780 will stop here and simply thank the recipient of 966 00:54:36,780 --> 00:54:39,050 this year's Academic Senate President's Annual 967 00:54:39,060 --> 00:54:42,510 Award. A person that has been and has been integral 968 00:54:42,510 --> 00:54:46,080 to all of our work over the very difficult past 969 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:50,340 year, supporting the college, its people and most 970 00:54:50,340 --> 00:54:53,160 importantly, keeping the focus on students as we 971 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:56,610 keep moving forward together. This year's 972 00:54:56,610 --> 00:55:01,080 Academic Senate Annual Award recipient is President 973 00:55:01,200 --> 00:55:03,840 Julius Sokenu. Thank you for guiding us through 974 00:55:03,840 --> 00:55:05,640 an exceptionally difficult and tumultuous, 975 00:55:05,760 --> 00:55:09,450 tumultuous. I can't even say it. I'm getting so 976 00:55:09,690 --> 00:55:12,420 flummoxed, tumultuous year, the likes of which we 977 00:55:12,420 --> 00:55:14,490 hope not to see again any time soon. 978 00:55:15,030 --> 00:55:18,020 Congratulations. [Julius]: Wow. 979 00:55:20,810 --> 00:55:27,680 Thank you so much, Erik. Wow, I am just, yes, I'm 980 00:55:27,680 --> 00:55:33,140 surprised. Goodness. Okay, I really do 981 00:55:33,140 --> 00:55:38,240 appreciate the work that we as a community have 982 00:55:38,240 --> 00:55:42,560 done at Moorpark College this year. And I can only 983 00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:46,040 say a very big thank you to each and every one of 984 00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:49,140 you. This is work that we've done together. 985 00:55:49,430 --> 00:55:52,760 This is a vision that we have crafted together. We 986 00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:56,150 have built an understanding of the work that we're 987 00:55:56,150 --> 00:55:58,790 doing around social justice and equity. We have 988 00:55:58,790 --> 00:56:00,680 built an understanding around the work that we're 989 00:56:00,680 --> 00:56:03,320 doing and to make sure that our campus is safe and 990 00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:06,950 secure for everyone. We have built together as a 991 00:56:06,950 --> 00:56:10,130 campus community, a commitment not only to student 992 00:56:10,130 --> 00:56:12,260 excellence, but to faculty excellence, to classified 993 00:56:12,260 --> 00:56:14,690 professional excellence, and an equally as 994 00:56:14,690 --> 00:56:17,570 important to manager and administrative 995 00:56:17,570 --> 00:56:23,210 excellence. I am honored. I am stunned. And I 996 00:56:23,210 --> 00:56:27,500 am grateful not only for your recognition, but for 997 00:56:27,500 --> 00:56:30,890 your acknowledgment of the work that it takes to 998 00:56:30,890 --> 00:56:32,840 sustain this college and sustain this college 999 00:56:32,840 --> 00:56:35,930 community. Each and every one of you really 1000 00:56:35,930 --> 00:56:40,130 alongside me, are honored with this award 1001 00:56:40,130 --> 00:56:42,750 and not just me, I am just a 1002 00:56:42,890 --> 00:56:46,430 representative of the energy and the love on this 1003 00:56:46,430 --> 00:56:48,590 campus to make sure that we create a learning 1004 00:56:48,590 --> 00:56:51,590 community that's inclusive, that's safe and 1005 00:56:51,590 --> 00:56:56,840 invested in human development. Thank you to the 1006 00:56:56,840 --> 00:57:00,340 Academic Senate. You've grappled 1007 00:57:00,340 --> 00:57:03,710 with the great issues of our day, of our time, 1008 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,840 and you continue to do that work and I 1009 00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:09,080 appreciate it, you continue to do it with respect and 1010 00:57:09,750 --> 00:57:12,500 you continue to do it with a curiosity of spirit 1011 00:57:12,500 --> 00:57:16,790 and curiosity of mind. I thank the leadership of 1012 00:57:16,790 --> 00:57:20,630 the Senate for this honor and this recognition. I 1013 00:57:20,630 --> 00:57:22,460 thank the leadership of the classified 1014 00:57:22,460 --> 00:57:26,330 professionals and the Classified Senate. We often 1015 00:57:26,330 --> 00:57:28,640 forget that the first people our students meet, 1016 00:57:29,270 --> 00:57:32,240 not managers, they may not even be faculty 1017 00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,240 members they're either other students or they are 1018 00:57:35,690 --> 00:57:38,390 classified professionals. And I am I am honored to 1019 00:57:38,390 --> 00:57:41,390 serve alongside you in doing this work. I'm 1020 00:57:41,390 --> 00:57:44,660 surprised. I have to say. I wasn't. 1021 00:57:44,660 --> 00:57:47,360 Thank you. Thank you to our student leadership. 1022 00:57:48,410 --> 00:57:51,260 Thank you to all of you who support our students, 1023 00:57:51,260 --> 00:57:53,890 whether you are in student services or you're in 1024 00:57:53,900 --> 00:57:57,140 instruction or in the business office, each one of 1025 00:57:57,140 --> 00:58:01,310 us and each one of you make the experience of our 1026 00:58:01,310 --> 00:58:04,310 students a complete and a full one. And we 1027 00:58:04,310 --> 00:58:06,290 challenge one another every single day to make 1028 00:58:06,290 --> 00:58:09,800 sure that that experience is worthy of our 1029 00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:14,030 mission and our mission statement. I am more than 1030 00:58:14,030 --> 00:58:17,090 grateful for all of this because as many of you 1031 00:58:17,090 --> 00:58:18,830 know, these past couple of weeks have been very 1032 00:58:18,830 --> 00:58:23,270 challenging for me and your support, 1033 00:58:26,010 --> 00:58:29,030 your prayers and your love have sustained me. 1034 00:58:31,610 --> 00:58:36,320 I'm sorry. I appreciate this honor. Thank you so 1035 00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:38,870 much Erik. Thank you so much to the Senate. Thank you 1036 00:58:38,870 --> 00:58:42,500 so much to the college community. I can only hope 1037 00:58:42,500 --> 00:58:45,710 that in the years to come that I live up to the 1038 00:58:45,710 --> 00:58:48,080 honor and I continue to live up to the honor that 1039 00:58:48,080 --> 00:58:50,780 you have bestowed upon me. Thank you. 1040 00:58:54,120 --> 00:58:56,700 Amanuel: Congratulations, Julius, and I'm going to let you 1041 00:58:56,700 --> 00:59:00,230 catch your breath for a moment. We appreciate you. 1042 00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:02,970 And before you do the closing remarks, I'll just 1043 00:59:02,970 --> 00:59:07,320 do a quick announcement that I want to say we have 1044 00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:11,880 an event that is for our AAPI month, which we'll 1045 00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:16,410 have a guest speaker, author Pam Zhang, this Friday 1046 00:59:16,410 --> 00:59:19,440 at noon. We will be sending out emails if you 1047 00:59:19,440 --> 00:59:21,930 haven't seen it. You'll see emails coming out. So 1048 00:59:21,930 --> 00:59:24,720 please register for this event that we have. And 1049 00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:28,050 our guest speaker is Pam Zhang. And it will be at 1050 00:59:28,050 --> 00:59:30,780 noon this Friday. And I just want to say 1051 00:59:30,780 --> 00:59:33,570 congratulations to all of our awardees, our 1052 00:59:33,570 --> 00:59:38,640 retirees, and thank you to our campus community 1053 00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:41,550 and the faculty for all that you do in supporting 1054 00:59:41,550 --> 00:59:43,620 our students as we get ready for finals and 1055 00:59:43,620 --> 00:59:46,680 graduation. I just can't say enough thank you 1056 00:59:46,680 --> 00:59:48,720 from everyone, our part time faculty, our 1057 00:59:48,720 --> 00:59:51,870 classified staff, full time faculty, and all of our 1058 00:59:51,870 --> 00:59:55,260 administrators who continue to do phenomenal work 1059 00:59:56,100 --> 00:59:58,200 in supporting our students and our community during 1060 00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,370 this difficult year. So kudos to everyone. A great 1061 01:00:02,370 --> 01:00:05,550 way to end the year. Congratulations to our award 1062 01:00:05,550 --> 01:00:08,580 winners for all those areas from the Academic 1063 01:00:08,580 --> 01:00:12,260 Senate. And now I will pass it back to you, Julius, 1064 01:00:12,270 --> 01:00:14,970 if you're ready, to kind of do the closing remarks. 1065 01:00:16,810 --> 01:00:19,930 Julius: Thank you Amanuel, and thank you to the college 1066 01:00:19,930 --> 01:00:24,100 community. A couple of words come to mind as we go 1067 01:00:24,100 --> 01:00:28,840 through this day and as people are expressing 1068 01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:31,780 their gratitude and their thanks for 1069 01:00:31,810 --> 01:00:37,150 either for their retirements or for 1070 01:00:37,150 --> 01:00:40,390 the awards. Words like collegiality, words like 1071 01:00:40,390 --> 01:00:43,810 excellence, words like humility, words like 1072 01:00:43,810 --> 01:00:47,860 resilience, student focused, making a positive 1073 01:00:47,860 --> 01:00:52,870 difference, and we will need all of this and 1074 01:00:52,870 --> 01:00:55,570 each and every one of us our commitment to making 1075 01:00:55,570 --> 01:00:59,800 sure that this campus community is not only safe 1076 01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:01,870 and secure place to learn, but it's a safe and 1077 01:01:01,870 --> 01:01:05,440 secure place to work as well. And we will need 1078 01:01:05,440 --> 01:01:09,310 this in the coming year as we transition. 1079 01:01:09,310 --> 01:01:13,870 And I love the expression that Ron Wallingford, 1080 01:01:14,410 --> 01:01:17,210 articulated, he said we would pirouette, we will 1081 01:01:17,260 --> 01:01:20,200 pirouette into the next phase 1082 01:01:20,200 --> 01:01:24,130 of our lives as a campus community, that we are 1083 01:01:24,130 --> 01:01:26,980 here for one another. We are here to support one 1084 01:01:26,980 --> 01:01:30,610 another in that movement towards returning to 1085 01:01:30,610 --> 01:01:35,680 campus. And I want to acknowledge the fact that it 1086 01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:37,840 is going to be a challenge for some of us to come 1087 01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:40,780 back to campus, after not having been on campus for 1088 01:01:40,780 --> 01:01:44,530 a year. And so I ask you and I welcome you 1089 01:01:44,770 --> 01:01:46,900 to start talking to your managers about coming 1090 01:01:46,900 --> 01:01:49,090 back to campus and just coming to visit the campus, 1091 01:01:49,090 --> 01:01:51,970 and walk on the campus, and come back to your offices, 1092 01:01:52,120 --> 01:01:54,790 and come take a look at the space, and visit the 1093 01:01:54,810 --> 01:01:58,420 space, because we know that we are a multi-service 1094 01:01:58,420 --> 01:02:01,840 campus and we exist on ground and we exist online, 1095 01:02:02,140 --> 01:02:04,600 and we cannot fully serve all the needs of our 1096 01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:08,260 students, unless we are doing both. I also thank 1097 01:02:08,260 --> 01:02:11,050 those of you who have already been vaccinated. And 1098 01:02:11,050 --> 01:02:13,300 for those of you who have not, I encourage you to 1099 01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:16,420 do so. And if you can't, I fully understand and we 1100 01:02:16,420 --> 01:02:19,540 just ask that you be safe and that you continue to 1101 01:02:19,540 --> 01:02:22,810 support our campus community. This college and this 1102 01:02:22,810 --> 01:02:25,330 campus community is not only invested in equity 1103 01:02:25,330 --> 01:02:28,420 and inclusion, but this campus community is 1104 01:02:28,420 --> 01:02:31,330 willing to ask itself the tough questions as to 1105 01:02:31,330 --> 01:02:34,840 how committed are we. And I know that we will 1106 01:02:34,840 --> 01:02:37,570 continue to do this work over the summer and over 1107 01:02:37,570 --> 01:02:40,420 the years to come. The folks who are retiring 1108 01:02:40,420 --> 01:02:42,460 today with that 166 years of 1109 01:02:42,460 --> 01:02:47,080 service, their legacy is us. We're their 1110 01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:49,660 legacy. We're their dreams. And they're were someone 1111 01:02:49,660 --> 01:02:51,730 else's legacy and someone else's dreams. And I 1112 01:02:51,970 --> 01:02:55,300 hope and I pray that we continue to support our 1113 01:02:55,300 --> 01:02:58,240 campus community with their spirit and with their 1114 01:02:58,240 --> 01:03:02,580 energy and with their innovative effort in mind. 1115 01:03:03,010 --> 01:03:05,200 Have a great summer for those of you who will not 1116 01:03:05,200 --> 01:03:07,300 be here for the summer and for those of you who 1117 01:03:07,300 --> 01:03:09,100 will be here for the summer, we will certainly be 1118 01:03:09,100 --> 01:03:10,780 getting together and we'll certainly be moving the 1119 01:03:10,780 --> 01:03:13,240 work forward. And we look forward to having 1120 01:03:13,240 --> 01:03:17,050 everyone back, either virtually or on ground. For 1121 01:03:17,060 --> 01:03:20,440 Convocation in August, my goal is that we have 1122 01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,720 about 80 percent, if not more of our folks on 1123 01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:26,710 campus on that first Convocation day in August. 1124 01:03:26,710 --> 01:03:29,380 And that over the course of the 1125 01:03:29,380 --> 01:03:31,990 summer, more and more of us will be on campus 1126 01:03:31,990 --> 01:03:35,200 visiting and celebrating the beautiful campus that 1127 01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:39,820 our FM & O folks have made it home for 1128 01:03:39,820 --> 01:03:42,100 incredible learning. Thank you to the 1129 01:03:42,100 --> 01:03:44,770 college, to the college community. Thank you to 1130 01:03:44,890 --> 01:03:48,250 Mary and to Jennifer and to Amanuel and to Erik, 1131 01:03:48,250 --> 01:03:50,260 and to Linda, and to David for being the 1132 01:03:50,260 --> 01:03:52,780 President's Council this year and holding us 1133 01:03:52,780 --> 01:03:55,240 accountable for the work that we do. And thank you 1134 01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:57,730 to each and every single one of you, because it is 1135 01:03:57,730 --> 01:04:01,810 in you that Moorpark College exemplifies excellence. 1136 01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:04,960 Have a great rest of the semester and please do 1137 01:04:04,960 --> 01:04:06,610 come back and visit with us for those of you who 1138 01:04:06,610 --> 01:04:08,200 will not be here during the summer. And for those 1139 01:04:08,200 --> 01:04:09,850 of you who are here during the summer, we'll see 1140 01:04:09,850 --> 01:04:10,300 you around. 1141 01:04:12,430 --> 01:04:16,960 Thank you. [Amanuel]: Thank you, Julius, and that concludes 1142 01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,710 our campus update and awards recognition. So have 1143 01:04:20,710 --> 01:04:21,730 a wonderful day, everybody.