Mary Rees: Good afternoon. Welcome to Moorpark College Campus Update. We'll wait just another minute or two, while the rest of the group come and join us. We'll wait just a minute.
Well, thank you for joining our Moorpark College Campus Update for November 1. I know, do you believe November 1 already?
I just wanted to remind you that the webinar is being recorded, and it is also closed captioned. If you are interested in seeing it closed captioned, please click the CC at the bottom of your screen.
For today's agenda, we're going to have an update from President Sokenu, information on our COVID dashboard from Allison,
as well as updates from business, academics, and student services. And we get to wonderfully kick off our Native American Heritage Month. So welcome everyone. Good afternoon Julius.
Julius Sokenu: Good afternoon Mary. Thank you everyone for joining us this
November 1. We start off by acknowledging our campus and the land in which this campus sits and acknowledge the community
that has bestowed this honor on to us. So this is our land acknowledgement statement.
We acknowledge Moorpark College occupies the unceded traditional land of the Chumash people who have stewarded it throughout generations.
As we honor the Chumash people with gratitude, we commit to learning how we may be better stewards of this land we inhabit as well.
We seek to build relationships with the Chumash community through academic pursuits, partnerships, historical recognitions, and community service as these relationships are foundational for inclusive and equitable education and community engagement.
Thank you to the folks on our social justice work dealing with curriculum who developed this language in partnership with Chumash elders. Special intention to
Professor Susan Kinkella,
whose stewardship and leadership on this particular project is much appreciated. Next slide please?
Okay, so as you know, we have new screening updates for employees and students. Today's November 1. We encourage you to please check in using your MyVCCCD app
and show your electronic pass to screeners. You can check in from home or your smartphone and the link is provided, and we'll send you this document and click on that, but you already have that. And you can show the email
that has been sent to you from the college, that is on your phone. You can also check in from home on your device and print out a pass to show our screeners.
You can check in from home on a device, and you can check the email and present that at the screener station. In addition, you can check in at a screening station using a laptop and show
your emailed pass to screeners. So you can work on the laptop. We have gloves available for folks who don't want to touch the laptop device, but you will have that opportunity as well.
This latter option might take several minutes. So you'd want to budget your time effectively and efficiently
as you come on to campus to do that.
Visitors or temporary campus guests do have a different process and they will have a wristband that designates them as visitors. So the encouragement is that folks who are working here or who are students here do not go in as a visitor,
but that they do go through the conducted screening as employees and as students of the institution.
I know that there's been some concerns and questions around the security of the app and of our website. And so joining us this morning is Associate Vice Chancellor of Information Technology, Dan Watkins to address those security concerns.
I pass it on to Associate Vice Chancellor Watkins.
Dan Watkins: Thank you President Sokenu. I appreciate it.
Thank you for inviting me to speak for a few minutes on the privacy of the
Ready Education mobile app and web apps that we've asked people to use. I wanted to let everyone know back when the pandemic started, the three colleges got together and I
worked to support the three colleges standardizing on a solution. And we looked at four different solutions
for starting to do this type of work, to screen people coming to our campuses, to keep our campus community as safe as possible. And the product that we landed on
was this ready education. The reason, one of the primary drivers of this for us was privacy and security.
Data security is critical to us. It's critical to our whole district. Making sure your data is as safe and secure as possible.
Preventing breaches. Preventing ransomware. Preventing malware. We spend a lot of time and energy and resources in protecting our data.
So a big reason we selected this particular thing was because of all the things they were doing for privacy and data, in terms of medical information. They actually developed the contact tracing peace with medical universities
as consultants and collaborators and those universities are using this app to meet the HIPAA compliant rules,
to meet the data and privacy rules. We're also considered financial institutions, because we disperse financial aid. So we're actually under very strict
data privacy laws around, because of distributing funds, Gramm Leach Bliley Act
requires us to do a lot of things that some companies don't have to do, because they're not financial organizations in terms of privacy and data security.
Everything is encrypted. The only people that have access to that data are the health professionals or HR professionals that are having to administer the workload and make sure they're doing what they can to
manage the vaccine mandate and the testing requirements. So I know that there's been questions and concerns about it. I have more information. There's a link that I shared earlier
to the US Department of Health and Human Services on exactly what HIPAA is, how it relates to COVID, and how it relates to testing, and how it relates to privacy. So again, the information is encrypted.
And if you use any online system, all your health systems, to produce your paycheck, that's all on encrypted databases and systems that we're using at the district to keep your information safe. We're making sure this is secure as that as being good stewards of
personally identifiable information. So just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about that we've been committed to this from the start. And we continue to be committed to this,
and this is the thing that I spend most of my time on, is making sure we have secure processes and systems and that we're making privacy
one of the top priorities. So thank you.
Julius: Thank you so much Associate Vice Chancellor
Watkins. Are there any questions?
Let me see if there's any in the chat or Q&A.
Mary: Julius, mainly there was a concern that, we had some bad connection. So just let people know that this will all be recorded and if people want to see or hear the versions later, they can see it on the president's website.
Julius: I take it that there are no questions.
So if there are no questions, I will go ahead then and continue. Thank you so much Associate Vice Chancellor Watkins. Just
continuing this conversation around
compliance, I do want to make it very clear to folks that we are expecting that folks will utilize the devices
and they will utilize the app as well as our website to submit their test results when they do COVID testing. That is an expectation and we will help support you to do that, but that is where you will submit your information to this college district. Next slide please?
Okay Allison, take it away.
Allison Barton: Alright. Well good afternoon everybody. So
this is the latest
COVID dashboard. Excuse me. We unfortunately had five new cases last week, but the good news is, because so many of their classmates and teammates were vaccinated, it resulted in only 11 exposures. So that was really good news.
So we had
about 16 people in quarantine. A couple of them left quarantine today. So this is a slightly old number. That brings our cases up to 32, since the beginning of the school year of
students 35 total and then 101 since
we started collecting information over a year ago in September.
This number at the bottom, the total vaccines uploaded, is like so old. It's like so one hour ago. We have been really busy verifying vaccinations. I think we've done another 70 maybe this morning. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much to you and your students
for doing the uploads and this really truly does demonstrate that human beings need a hard deadline to get stuff done.
So alrighty, next slide please? So if you do not know how to upload your vaccine information on the app, you're just going to slide to the left and
click on the syringe and that's where you're going to put all your information. Just know that
if you upload within 14 days of the last dose of your vaccine that it's going to be in that pending vaccination state. And we had a couple of people try to come on campus today who hadn't
tested last week and who had pending vaccination status today and just weren't allowed to come on campus. So just be aware. We're very serious. Today starts in earnest,
the testing/ vaccine mandate and so that's important for you to get these things uploaded and understand the testing. Alright next slide please?
Alright, so this is where you can get tested if you've opted to test out or if you have a exemption. So this is the bottom floor of the parking garage right across from the
field hockey stadium. And they are going to be there again, this whole week from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. We're just gauging when they should be there still, based on
how many people are getting tested. I don't... oh wait... Oh, this is so funny. I called to ask how many people had been vaccinated and I just got. This is literally hot off the presses here. For people getting tested at Lab LINQ,
last Monday, 38.
Tuesday, 29, Wednesday, 47, Thursday, 46, Friday, 19.
And then the following week, 56, 34, 36, 41, 25. So people are going in. They're going each day. That's good news. That's not the only place where people can get tested. In fact, we have a second site on our campus. And if you do the next slide please?
The COVID clinics is in that observatory parking lot. They also have been doing testing for us and plenty of people have gone other places. We have some people that belong to Kaiser, they've gone to Kaiser. So different
places. As long as it's a PCR test, that it has your full name, date of birth, the date the test was taken, and the result,
that's great. That's what we care about. And that may I say, it needs to be printed on there, not you write your name on there either. So it has to come from a legitimate testing site, with all that information printed on there.
We cannot take results that don't have all that information, because we've had people, unfortunately upload
vaccine cards and testing things that were not theirs. They just used somebody else's and that kind of thing too. So, unfortunately, we have to be sticklers on this one. Alrighty next slide please?
New news this week is that we have a new form for uploading
your testing. You can actually upload both of your weekly test results on the same form. So you don't have to do this twice. So you can see here there's
report test results and then there's a second one. Now eventually, that second image isn't going to be required, but as of the last time I checked it, maybe yesterday afternoon,
it was still required to do a second image. If you have test results that have
one report but two different dates on there, that's great. That's fine and dandy. You can upload that and then upload it again, until this little glitch gets fixed.
I had one student who uploaded their two different results on one report and then said, "I don't have another report on a little piece of paper."
That was fine too, because we do review them. We review them and we have Pubseg is the company that we're using to monitor our serial testing. They just started yesterday. They did a great job, have done a great job so far.
So just be aware, we really do have people that are physically looking at the uploads.
I saw several yesterday that were like pictures of houses. Pictures of animals. So that's not going to pass. You have to put the real thing on there.
I think that's it for this side. What's the next one? Okay, just a brief review of the passes starting today no more grace period.
If you have an orange or a red pass, you may not enter campus. You have to have a blue or green to enter campus. And green means that you have successfully uploaded
your two tests from last week in order to be able to come on campus this week, and that they've been reviewed,
and they have been accepted. So that's what a green pass means. And then blue, of course, means vaccination verified.
If you have been vaccinated but again, you're within that 14 day period after your last one, you still need to test until you're done with the 14 days. So it's a lot.
It's a lot to do, but that's the policy and that's what we have to follow as we move along. All right next slide? Okay.
So this is kind of cool to know, that we have had, let's see, over the last week 180 people uploaded sufficient tests
to get that green pass. So thank you so much for doing that you guys. I appreciate it.
The second thing is that the percent of verified vaccinated folks coming on campus is rising steadily. So that's great news. Great news for
contact tracing but also just great news for you. You're protected and you're helping protect those who cannot be vaccinated. So that's wonderful news. So just to give you an idea,
last Monday, we had 71% of people coming on campus for verified vaccinated, Tuesday, it was 69%, Wednesday 82%, Thursday 88%, wow, and then Friday
87%, Saturday, it was about 62%. I expect those we're going to start seeing even greater increases just based on today's busyness at the Student Health Center. And also let me just let's just give a shout out to this awesome Student Health Center
staff. I mean we have just been really responding just
constantly almost during every day to everybody's calls. We're trying really hard to help you get things uploaded if you have a hard time doing that or whatever. So just a big shout out to our staff. Let's see if I have any questions here.
Mary: Allison people had asked on what does one do if one gets the booster.
Allison: So right now we don't have anything for you to do except
say, "Yea,
you got a booster." So hang on to your card, which you need to hang on to anyway, if and when we get to the point where the district requires
a booster, then we'll ask you to upload that. It'll probably be very similar to the way that we're doing it now. There might be a second. I don't know exactly. Well right now just be happy that you have your booster and hang on to your card.
Let's see. [Mary]: Thank you.
There was also a question where people worked were confused as far as what you said, exposed.
Allison: Okay, when we say exposed in the vernacular of contact tracing, that means that they weren't vaccinated and they were exposed to the people that were positive for COVID. That's what that means. If you're vaccinated
and you're in a classroom with somebody who has COVID, we don't consider you exposed
in terms of managing the case and quarantining you and all that stuff. You don't have to quarantine, unless you also become positive or develop symptoms or something like that. That's a good question, and I'm sorry that was confusing the way I said that.
Everybody is exposed, but in the vernacular of this, yeah it's just a matter of who has to quarantine and that sort of thing. Sorry for that.
Anything else?
Mary: I think we're good. Thank you.
Allison: All right, well, thank you. A+ Moorpark College.
Julius: Okay.
Thank you Allison. I appreciate you. Your work on this. I just wanted to address the questions regarding why the screeners need to know people's status
as virtue of what pass comes up and, as you know, the reason why we have the screeners, is to help monitor
access to the campus and to help make sure that we keep everybody safe and secure. The screeners are part of that process, and thus, when you come and show your green pass or you show your blue pass,
the screeners will see that. That's part of our mantra and insecurity, the campus community. So I just want to put that out there.
I also know that the folks who have submitted religious exemptions, and those who are waiting to get responses to those exemptions, I
am very sorry it's taking so long to get that information back to you. I really apologize, and I know that part of the work is that the college district who handles the employee,
religious exemptions were overwhelmed. And part of that is also that they want to make sure that they're making decisions
that are fully vetted and so after that group the district reviews it and then send that documentation of the decision to
attorney for the college district, and that attorney keeps that documentation to make sure that we are following protocol.
So I just wanted to let you know that I just had a conversation with Vice Chancellor Laura Barroso and she assures me that there was
approval and some denial letters are going out. Mostly approval letters are going out, and folks who have not heard back from the district regarding their religious exemptions will be hearing momentarily. Also to remind folks that there is an appeals process. If you get denied
a religious exemption and again, that appeals process goes to the district. The district facilitates the process but they are not reviewing the documentation. That's an external
review group which consists of a representative from the unions. There's another individual who is a mutual agreed upon
individual and then there's a district representative. And those representatives are not from HR. And those folks will then review
the appeal and make a decision, and then that decision will be communicated to the individual appealing that decision. Okay, so I will move to, if there are no questions.
Mary: Julius, there is a couple of questions if you don't mind.
One says, "If there is any reason denials go out, do unvaccinated have 90 days before they are fired? As far as I understand people cannot be fired immediately."
Julius: They cannot be fired immediately. And, as you know, at the college district there's a grace period between October 15 and
the end of the semester. And so the folks do not have an exemption on file either religious or medical exemption,
those who do not have those on file and are not vaccinated by January 1, will be for the faculty,
well actually by November 15, for faculty will lose their assignment for the spring and will go on unpaid leave of absence as of January 1.
For the classified professionals, they will go on an unpaid leave of absence and then go on the 39 month rehiring list [indiscernible audio] things might change over the course of that period.
So again, nobody is right on the spot, just to make that very clear. There is a time frame.
Mary: Julius also the question is whether there's appeals for the religious and medical for students as well.
Julius: I believe there is.
Mary: Okay.
And thirdly,
just a concern about the delay in the exemptions. My understanding, the reason for part of that is from additional new information from lawyers, as far as defining criteria?
Julius: Yes. And I think it really is important folks to understand that we don't want to lose anybody. We don't want anybody to be fired. We don't want anyone to lose their positions.
We want to make sure that we're doing the very best by every single individual who applies for an exemption and in the case of religious exemptions, we get information from the attorneys
as to what is possible, what might be questionable and some of the review the decisions and make sure that they're validated. That takes time.
And I appreciate the patience. I know it is anxiety producing for people, but I do think it's very important for us to make it very clear
that we are trying our very best and HR is trying their very best to get all that information out to people prior to November 15.
Regarding appeals process, I just want to clarify that there is no appeals process for students and for religious exemption. They can reapply but there is no appeals process in that particular context.
Okay. So let's go on.
Mary: Two more
quick, Julius questions still on COVID, if you don't mind.
I think you did talk about the relationship between the screeners and the health office. I think you've addressed that's part of your process.
But there was a question that maybe it's more Allison it talks about, "I live with an immuno compromised person and worry about transmission, even though we're both vaccinated. As a vaccinated person if I come in contact with someone with COVID, does that mean, I will not be informed?"
And Allison maybe?
Allison: That does not mean that. We inform everybody and we give them very specific directions, if you know we really encourage people that are.
exposed whether they're vaccinated or not, that they should get tested within five to seven days, at days five through seven, so one of those days in there.
They're not required to, but we encourage them to, and/ or if they develop symptoms. If they develop symptoms, they should get tested right away anyhow. They shouldn't come to school if they have symptoms. So hopefully that clarifies.
Mary: Yeah I'm sure that may.
Allison: We let everybody know.
Mary: Thank you Allison. Julius one more clarification. As far as faculty who do not get approved for exemptions versus classified, who do not get exemptions, what happens to both of them in the spring?
Julius: Right so for faculty who do not get approved for exemptions and have not been vaccinated their assignment will be taken away from them as of November 15. So if that hasn't happened by November 15, they will lose that assignment come November 15. Full time or part time faculty members.
And they will have the opportunity to get vaccinated in the interim.
They will not get their assignments back, but if there are other opportunities that become available in the department, then those will be directed their way.
In terms of classified professionals who are not, again, who are not vaccinated or do not have exemptions, they will be going on unpaid leave and put on the 39 month rehire list.
[Mary]: Thank you. [Julius]: Sure.
Julius: And someone had asked the question about HR joining
this campus update. Unfortunately, they couldn't join us today because their in a meeting addressing religious exemption. So
my hope is that when we have the next one that they might be able to join us, but again, I hear your concern and we need to have a conversation. Just we couldn't make it happen.
Okay.
Next slide please?
Excellent.
Okay. So I just want to say a very big congratulations to Professor Brandon Elliot. Professor Elliot is a semifinalist for the Grammy, as in the Grammy Awards,
Professor of the Year Award. And this award recognizes faculty members who are using the field of music education,
not only to support an awareness of the discipline, but also the role of music education in diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We're very proud of Professor Elliot. Brandon is one of two individuals and is really the only community college professional who has been recognized in this role
this far. So kudos to Professor Elliot. And we are rooting for him, so that he is identified as the Grammy Professor of the Year. In terms of
accolades coming to the college, we have been identified once again, I believe this is our sixth year in a row, as a champion of higher education from The Campaign for College Opportunity.
And that organization identifies how the college creates and supports pathways to a baccalaureate degree and to ongoing education,
Higher Education. And it looks at the work that we do in terms of our completion. It looks at the work that we do in terms of completion for disproportionately impacted communities. It looks at the work that we do, in terms of the work that you do in terms of students
transfer and then further their experience at a university level.
We are very proud of this accomplishment. It is a select group of colleges that get to get this distinction, and we are honored to have been a consistent awarded.
On November 16 there will be a virtual award ceremony. And at that ceremony I would want to encourage folks who can attend to do so, but I certainly want to encourage
the co-chairs of our curriculum committee, I certainly want to encourage
our student leadership, as well as our Academic and Classified Senate leadership, because this is possible because of the work that you all do.
But I invite everyone who is interested to please join that webinar where the college is and we'll get acknowledged and identified, but this is an honor.
More honors for Moorpark College.
We have been identified as one of the best community colleges
awarding associate's degree and the top rated. We're number seven of the top 10
in California and given distinction nationally as a college that promotes associate degree completion. All of this is really the work that you do as our
faculty, our staff, our administrators, and the work that our students do to continue their success and their journey.
I do want to call attention when we talk about a journey, that our registration for the spring semester about to start. I'm sure that vice presidents will talk on greater detail as to how
they are working on this in their areas, but I just want to encourage folks to bear in mind that we're 9% down enrollment at this institution.
And we need every single body to return from the fall into the spring that they can.
And the more students and we need more of those students stay through census. And hopefully stay through the semester. And so it is a commitment by all of us to do that work of making sure
that our classes are full, whether they be on ground classes or online classes. And as always we're listening to the voices of students and their concerns, and so we will be
pivoting, we will be adjusting. If students want to take online classes, we'll provide more. So if they want to take on ground classes, we'll provide more to them, but there needs to be demonstrating demand that is available. We'll build schedules that are fluid and schedules that allows for
flexibility, but, as Mary will tell you, it's a third online, third on ground and a third person.
Give or take a little. And we are hoping that that will be part of the magic that allows us to bring more students back to this institution.
Okay I have all my notes. I will pass it on to Vice President Jennifer Clark.
Jennifer Clark: Thank you Julius. Good
afternoon everybody. Real quick update from me today. Just wanted to let everybody know that we are going to be extending
the outreach sort of
programs that we have for students. The $1,000 for carrying six or more units is going to also be available for the spring.
So please let your students know that if they are carrying six or more units in the spring semester, whether they have a FAFSA or not,
they will be eligible for $1,000 incentive from our HEERF funds. We are also going to be running again, the 805 program. So that is an additional incentive for students that...
This is a reengagement program, so this is really for students who were with us
for one class or many classes. Maybe they took an EW, they withdrew. They may not have finished necessarily.
It was for the spring of 2020, the fall of 2021, or the spring of. I'm sorry.
Let me say that again. The spring of 2020, the fall of 2020, or the spring of 2021. If they were with us at all in one of those three semesters,
but they have not yet been back with us. They were not with us this last summer, they are not with us now in the fall.
Those students again, as a reengagement program, those students will be eligible, if they register in the spring, for six or more units, they will be eligible for
$805. So those students will be eligible for actually the $1,000 plus the $805. So $1805 for those students that are reengaging with the campus. So that's it for me. I will
pass the baton on to Mary. Thank you.
Mary: Jennifer a question for you.
A question asking if the bookstore vouchers would be available.
Jennifer: So the bookstore voucher program to show your pass for being vaccinated, that ended
October 15. However, for everyone and we've had thousands of students take advantage of this, for all of those students that did get the $100 voucher,
those vouchers are good through the end of January 2022. So they are available to us for the spring semester for books or whatever else the bookstore.
Whatever products they sell, whether it's food or school supplies, etc. So January 31, 2022 to redeem the $100. Thanks Mary.
Mary: Thank you.
So on the next slide?
One of the things we just want to make sure is just with all that's going on, we want to make sure that we just start asking everyone to be sure, and be
open to their students. Make sure that what we're here is this is our students first, we're here for our students. And with the testing and the vaccine mandate, timing
to re sign up for the next spring, there's a lot of unknowns. So please make sure that we're doing everything we can to support our students on this.
Tutoring reviews. I know that the math department does reviews. I know many of the different departments do. Tutoring is available.
In the chat there's a link. Do remind your students, that we have both on ground and online tutoring. We really want to help our students finish strong.
As Julius was talking about with enrollment starting and running throughout the, from now, through the month of November and then beyond.
It's not just that the number of the enrollments down, it's each of those students that are not back are not moving forward on their drive towards their educational goals. You see all the time in the paper and the literature talking about the number the certain groups that particularly.
Number of males in college right now is down in the community college system. Many of our DI populations are particularly down. These are students we need to really focus and try to help get them back
on their path. Encourage them that we're here for them. Whatever type of pedagogy they're interested in. We're offering spring,
we've got about a third of our courses are going to be completely on ground, about a third are completely online, and about a third are hybrid or HyFlex.
We will be monitoring trying to see where the student demand is and responding if the students are more interested in one
type or another, and if the others aren't filling, we might have to make some adjustments absolutely, because we want to meet the students where they're at.
So that we can encourage them to back to college continue on their educational goals towards the certificates, degree, skills that they're looking to
gain. So it should be an interesting time with spring, but we need to try to help our students and be there and support them.
The district's role is right there with the whole state big focus on state conferences, equity at our core. A big focus
for the rest of this year and for the future on our AB 705. You're going to be hearing a lot of conversation about students
English and math their first year and about ethnic studies, where that fits into our degree plans and about the requirements
at the CSU's, as well as in the K-12 and in the community college. So there'll be a lot of more information coming forth on that. There's gonna be a lot of technology updates. Just kind of a heads up to everybody.
Over the winter break, we're going to be switching from Skype to Teams. If you're not comfortable with that, in the chat there's a nice
webinar training tutorial on how to use Teams, because we're going to be switching from Skype to Teams. I know you need one more thing, right? So now we have a whole lot of technology changes coming.
So that Teams will be coming. We moved over to a new website. There's going to be a new portal.
And our programs. The pages for your programs are being updated and put into this new format. So be sure and work with your deans and department chairs on those program pages.
We're going to have a new software for schedules. You probably have noticed that it's a little clunky for our students for trying to schedule.
We're going to have much more automation in the future. So students can, in fact use their Degree Works or their map,
and select which courses they want, what time of day, what days they're working and that, and it can generate some schedules for them. So hopefully that will be easier.
I think it'll probably be easier in the long run, but for a while it's going to take us getting comfortable and learning how to use some of this software.
Over the spring we're going to be putting in our catalog online. So in the fall we'll have our catalog online. So in the future, our catalog will be online. Our schedule will be a much more updated. And on our
web pages you're going to see something called our Mappers. That's something the whole campus has been working on and we're having a soft rollout and soon it will be out for everyone
for the students to use those maps that you generated on what courses students should take with what order. So that's going to all be on the Internet and be available to help our students in that.
I see a question asking what Teams is. So instead of Skype for how we communicate, how we do our group meetings and that
and phone calls and that, you're going to use Teams instead. And there's a tutorial there that will explain and help walk you all through that.
So there's a lot of additional things happening. Spring will be exciting. A lot of new technology that will really, I think, be transformative for our students. I think it will, but a little bit of work for us getting up to speed on it.
Amanuel?
Amanuel Gebru: Thank you, Mary.
Good afternoon everyone. Good to see you all. Just a few updates on really registration and our efforts to help with enrollment with our students.
As you can see on the slide and we'll also send these out, registration starts November 1 for our special population.
And then also November 8 for continuing students, that will be receiving priority registration and then new students will begin on
November 15. So a lot of this work is in terms of working with outreach and our registration folks to help students get really settled in and register for the next semester. And also,
sorry, for the updates for our continuing students. In addition to that, we're doing Registration Rocks for spring events. They're being held on Tuesday, November 16 and also Wednesday, November 16.
We'll provide the link and the information for that as well. These are interactive workshops that are designed to help all type of students looking to enroll at the college for the spring semester.
Participants will have access to departments, including Financial Aid, Admissions and Records, as well as Counseling to get help with
choosing their classes, registering for their courses for the upcoming term.
In addition to that, we are also having our open house this Wednesday, November 3. We'll be hosting our second annual virtual Guided Pathways open house. This event will allow
prospective new and current students to learn about the eight areas of interest through faculty panel, students, as well as alumni, and have an opportunity to ask questions and get some answers. And then on Thursday, November 4,
students will have the option to attend one of the eight Guided Pathways area of interest campus tours on campus. So our Outreach staff is going to be busy helping with that and other staff as well.
And then on Thursday, November 4, students will have the option to attend
one of the Guided Pathways areas of interest campus tours that will be provided for them as well.
In addition to that, in honor of Veterans Day on November 11, there will be a Moorpark College veterans alumni student success video aired on the 9th of November.
More information will be provided to the campus, but if you have any questions, please reach out to Johnny Conley who is assisting with that.
I also want to say great job to Karla and the committee on their great work on the Undocumented Student work Action Week. So thank you for the work that you're doing in supporting our DREAMers students. And that's all I have Mary. And I'll pass it right back to you.
Mary: Thanks Amanuel.
In order to kick off, I think we've got Tammy here to kick off our Native American Heritage Month.
Tamarra Coleman: Good afternoon, everyone.
We do have a couple of events this month, and thank you Julius for reading the land acknowledgement, and thank you to all the faculty and staff who worked on developing that acknowledgement, and also the relationship with our Chumash community. Next slide?
We have two events this month, both on Mondays. Next Monday November 8 at 3:00 pm Alan Salazar who is very familiar to our campus, he
did the opening prayer for a Multicultural Day last year and actually on campus the year before that, and he's also done sessions during our Multicultural Day events over the years.
He has a book out. So we're excited for him to come and talk about his book. Tata the Tataviam Towhee is the title of the book.
So we invite you all to join in. Michael is putting the links in the chat and I think we'll have another flyer sent out with
the links actually on the flyer. Some of you may have gotten the flyer without the links. We'll make sure that goes out again.
So please join us for that on Monday. The following Monday, November 15, we have representatives from the American Indian, I'm sorry, from the
Indian Health Services, coming along with our nursing faculty and talking about health and healthcare, and the implications for our Native American communities.
I think we'll also have some discussion about COVID and how that's impacted that community, particularly within the context of
reservations and places, in which
native people don't have access to adequate healthcare. So we're excited about that as well.
I'd also like to thank the folks who helped to put together the events for Native American Heritage Month and I want to encourage folks if you are interested in
planning or have really good ideas for Women's History Month, which is in March, or and/or
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which is in May, please contact me, shoot me an email, and we'll form a small
subcommittee or work group to work on planning those two months for our campus.
And the last thing is for faculty members, this is also for staff as well, but particularly for for getting this out to our students, we do have a design contest for Multicultural Day.
Our Multicultural Day theme for 2022 is critical conversations and we're looking for a student design to use as a part of that event, and there are cash prizes, pretty big cash prizes.
That might be in the chat as well, the link to that flyer, but I did send that out to deans, I believe. So please send that out to your division areas for them to tell their students all about it. They could win some money. That's all I have.
Mary: Thank you Tammy. Those are some really exciting events. That's gonna be very cool. I want to thank everyone. There is a lot going on. Julius do you have any last comments for everyone?
Julius: Yes, I just want to say again, thank you to everyone for the work that you do on this campus to keep us safe and to make sure that the community continues to innovate and excel.
We're doing a presentation to the city of Moorpark city council on Wednesday. It will be the exec team and I and John Loprieno. And what was so
apparent when we put that PowerPoint together for the city, is how much we are doing as a college, in making sure that we are not this isolated institution, but that we're part of the fabric of the communities in which we serve.
A lot of that work is really what you're doing in your classrooms, in your offices. What you do as you keep our campus landscape an environment engaging, clean,
welcoming. And so I just want to sort of another shout out and thank you to the campus community,
because when we go out and talk to people about the excellence of Moorpark College or when we get awards like the ones we're getting, we're all sharing it. And so I wish you a great week and please stay safe. Thank you.