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Chaparral 2023-2024: Springing Forward with Senate President Cameron Hastings

This is the Chaparral, Glendale Community College's campus newsletter for the academic year 2023 to 2024.

Springing Forward with Senate President Cameron Hastings

 

The theme of this issue of the Chaparral is “Spring back into GCC.” I think of this as what we have done and where we are headed.  In fall, the Academic Senate got up and running and passed our usual motions but I think the “springing forward” is probably more important. Both state legislation and the California Community College Chancellor’s Office directives are leading us to make some changes that will have significant impacts on GCC.  This includes a new transfer pathway for students (CalGETC) that will offer them a singular way to complete their requirements for both UCs and CSUs, common course numbering that will create a degree of uniformity of courses across the California community college system, new Title 5 requirements,  and many other changes to the status quo. 

As we spring forward on these issues, it will be important for all of us to engage in conversations about how we can make these required changes while retaining what makes an education at GCC so valuable.  It might be tempting to rush these changes but we would be best served by having all stakeholders provide input and feedback on the best way to make them even if this takes a bit longer.  These mandated changes will impact different parts of the campus to varying degrees and we need to listen to our colleagues’ concerns as we work to implement them.  These aren’t the first top-down mandates we have been given and they won’t be the last but the constant is a culture at GCC of shared governance and a willingness to do what is best for students even when it makes us uncomfortable.  If you have any questions about these new changes or any other issues related to the Senate’s work, feel free to reach out anytime.

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