Academic Senate

About the Committee

Academic and Professional matters means the following policy development matters.
  • Curriculum, including establishing prerequisites
  • Degree and certificate requirements.
  • Grading policies.
  • Educational program development.
  • Standards or policies regarding student preparation and success.
  • College governance structures, as related to faculty roles.
  • Faculty roles and involvement in accreditation processes.
  • Policies for faculty professional development activities.
  • Processes for program review.
  • Processes for institutional planning and budget development.
  • Other academic and professional matters as mutually agreed upon

Members

 The Academic Senate legislative body consists of the Academic Senate President, Vice President, President Elect, Past President, Secretary, and representatives of 9 divisions. Non-voting members include ASCCC OER Liaison, Curriculum Chair, Distance Education Committee Chair, PC Foundation Faculty Representative, CCA Representative, Classified Representative, Dual Enrollment Liaison, and Student Representative.

Officers

Position Member
President Sherie Burgess
Vice President Sarah Rector
President Elect Vacant
Past President (Advisory) Rebecca Baird
Secretary/Treasurer Rickelle Syrdahl

Representatives

Division Member
Adjunct Faculty Representative Roberto de la Rosa
Career Education James Carson
Fine and Applied Arts Sarah Rector
Health Careers Lupe Guillen
Language Arts Joy Lawrence
Natural Sciences Rickelle Syrdahl
Mathematics Miguel Ruelas
Kinesiology Dave Kavern
Social Science Vira Lozano
Student Services Ana Ceballos

Advisory Members
(Ex-Officio, non-voting)

Committee/Area Member
Curriculum Chris Vanni
Outcomes Melissa Long
Distance Education Joy Lawrence
PC Foundation Kendra Haney
CCA Jeff Keele
ASCCC OER Liaison Ben Makino
Classified Samuel Perez
Student Lizbeth Ramirez
Dual Enrollment Liaison  Rebecca Baird

 

Past Senate Presidents

Year Senate President
1996-97 Young Kim
1997-98 Mike Rost
1998-99 Jacinto Gardea
1999-00 Jacinto Gardea
2000-01 Valerie Lombardi
2001-02 Ann Marie Wagstaff
2002-03 Ron Glahn
2003-04 Susan Regier
2004-05 Stewart Hathaway
2005-06 David Bezayiff
2006-07 Bill Henry
2007-08 Craig Britton
2008-09 Susan Regier
2009-10 Jeff Keele
2010-11 David Bezayiff
2011-12 Stewart Hathaway
2012-13 Joel Wiens
2013-14 Buzz Piersol
2014-15 Buzz Piersol
2015-16 Stewart Hathaway
2016-17 Stewart Hathaway
2017-18 Jeff Keele
2018-19

Jeff Keele
2019-20

Miles Vega
2020-21 Miles Vega
2021-22 Robert Simpkins
2022-23 Robert Simpkins
2023-24 Rebecca Baird
2024-25 Rebecca Baird
2025-26 Sherie Burgess

 

Meeting Times

Fridays twice per month 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Last Meeting

October 10, 2025

Regular Meetings
Fall 2025

8/29, 9/12, 9/26, 10/10, 10/31, 11/14, 12/5

Constitution and Bylaws

Recent Documents

Agendas




All Senate Docs are in the Cloud located below

Senate Resource Documents

All Documents

You can access all of the committee's documents here: Academic Senate Document Cloud Storage.

Links

Faculty Position Request
Presentations

Video of 10-11-24 Meeting
Video of 10-13-23 Meeting
Video of 10-14-22 Meeting

Video of 10-8-21 Meeting 

Video of 11-15-19 Meeting

 
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