Houston City College Faculty Senate

With last Friday's election, the Executive Committee is now complete. Here they are:

President: DaeJan Grigsby
Vice-President: Stacey Higdon
President-elect: Nichole C. Boutte-Heiniluoma
Secretary: Katherine Fields
Treasurer: Nathan Smith
Immediate Past President: David White
Sergeant-at-Arms (appointed): Donald Parker

Transformation Analysis (Position Paper of the Senate) | HCCS Faculty Senate In May, the Senate met as a Committee of the Whole to workshop the tenure of Chancellor Maldonado, specifically with regards to the initiative known as Tran ...

FAQs on Shared Governance What is shared governance? Shared governance refers to the joint responsibility of faculty, administrations, and governing boards to govern colleges and universities. Differences in the weight of each group's voice on a particular issue should be determined by the extent of its responsibility for an...

A reminder...

"Shared governance refers to the joint responsibility of faculty, administrations, and governing boards to govern colleges and universities. Differences in the weight of each group's voice on a particular issue should be determined by the extent of its responsibility for and expertise on that issue."

Who would like to provide a definition of "to govern?"

FAQs on Shared Governance What is shared governance? Shared governance refers to the joint responsibility of faculty, administrations, and governing boards to govern colleges and universities. Differences in the weight of each group's voice on a particular issue should be determined by the extent of its responsibility for an...

Senate Compensation Goals for FY24 (link) | HCCS Faculty Senate On Friday March 10, the Senate sent an executive summary to all faculty regarding its approved compensation goals for FY24. A link to the full compensation ...

Did you remember that in March, the Senate adopted a Faculty Bill of Rights and presented it to the Administration? No?

Here it is again!!!

Faculty Bill of Rights | HCCS Faculty Senate Faculty Bill of Rights (adopted March 11, 2022) We, the Faculty of the Houston Community College System (HCCS), pronounce and establish that we have rights inherent to our positions as instructors, and that we shall exercise these rights without fear of censorship or punishment, and that these r ...

If you have not yet joined TCCTA, why not consider it? | HCCS Faculty Senate If you are not yet a member of the Texas Community College Teachers Association, you may wish to consider taking a few moments to visit their website and see all that they have to offer. TCCTA is the voice of all community college faculty across our state. They play a valuable role in championi ...

The Senate FB page has been quiet, as many faculty are now directly attending meetings via WebEx.

We do wish to announce that Prof. Antrece Baggett (HIST) has been acclaimed to serve as President-elect as a part of the Executive Council led by President Daniel Dylla. (Vice President: Nichole Boutte-Heiniluoma; Secretary: Stacey Higdon; Treasurer: Mary Lawson).

The Archivist, in the spirit of the times, will be hosting a Zoom-based Advanced Colloquium on Collegiality in the Era of the Quarantine, today Friday 3/27 at 7pm.

Please note that anyone not recognizable to the Archivist as a Senate member will NOT be allowed to join the meeting. This is to prevent the lamentable rise of "Zoomcrashing."

David White is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: HCC Faculty Senate Advanced Colloquium on Collegiality in the Age of Quarantine
Time: Mar 27, 2020 07:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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https://zoom.us/j/308582479?pwd=NS8zWE40V2RWTlBaeUJzMGpFMVVJQT09

Meeting ID: 308 582 479
Password: 030550

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