CHANCELLOR'S OPENING SESSION

August 15, 2005

WELCOME With a speech fashioned after David Letterman's “top ten list,” Chancellor Raghu P. Mathur welcomed everyone to the beginning of the new academic year. Click on [Opening Session 05] to view the PowerPoint presentation. He concluded with the following comments. “I have examined my leadership style and I am prepared to make some changes for the better. I want to see greater involvement of all faculty and staff in decision-making. None of us are perfect. I want to see greater collaboration, collegiality and cooperation among all concerned parties. I promise to you that I'll do my share in working with you. Let us move forward as we work shoulder-to-shoulder in serving students. Have a great semester and a great year.”	Gathering before the Opening Session were from right, Trustee John S. Williams, Trustee William O. Jay, Saddleback Professor William Heffernan, and Chancellor Mathur.   Vice President Nancy M. Padberg was in attendance and President David B. Lang gave greetings from the Board via video.
TRANSCRIPTION OF PRESIDENT LANG'S COMMENTS      The start of a new academic year brings fresh hope and excitement for all of us. Fresh faces of students in classrooms. New faculty and other employees to the Colleges. New construction and facelifts of buildings on campus. And, refreshed batteries for those lucky enough to have enjoyed some vacation time. That I'll confess is the reason I'm not standing before you.      On behalf of the Board, it's my privilege and pleasure to welcome you back. At the same time, I want to thank all of those individuals who worked so diligently on behalf of the Colleges and the District over the summer months in a variety of areas critically important to our physical and educational health and well being. Thanks to those who worked on accreditation matters, facilities maintenance, enrollment issues, security, and a host of other areas that serve our students and local communities.      Some of the capital infrastructure projects in progress include TAS building repairs, Library renovation, BGS and Math/Science buildings at Saddleback College; the Performing Arts and Business Science Technology buildings and the new Barranca Parkway entrance at Irvine Valley College. We are preparing for the launch of the ATEP campus and focusing on the long-term plans for the Tustin property. In this vein, I encourage all of you to actively participate in the updating of our mater plan that our consultants are assisting us with that is scheduled to be completed by March of 2006.      These and other initiatives make it important for us to focus and recommit to the disciplined approach of allocating our precious basic aid dollars for one time need and systematically rank our priorities. I will be working with the Chancellor, the Board and all constituent groups in finalizing this policy.      IVC and Saddleback are also concentrating their efforts on improving enrollments to enable the Colleges to maximize their allocations of overall district resources under our established budget allocation model. In this respect, a committee has been hard at work, with the benefit of seed money from basic aid, developing marketing strategies for the Colleges. The Colleges have been independently developing enrollment management plans that will include more robust distance education and offsite offerings. In this regard, we would encourage you to accommodate as many students as practical in your classes.      Student learning outcomes has been a major focal point of our accreditation efforts and our desire to provide the best possible experiences for those we work so hard to serve. I am dedicated to seeking your participation and feedback as we strive for academic excellence.      I thank you again for your dedication and efforts and wish you, and all of us, the best of success in enjoying what I hope will be a wonderful and satisfying academic year.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER The highlight of the Opening Session was Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist from The Los Angeles Times (pictured at right). The topic of his speech was “Journalism, Citizen Politics and Multi-Cultural Fractionalization in a New World Order.” He emphasized looking at all sides of an issue when creating his cartoons.  He kept everyone laughing and thinking, particularly at the end when showing examples of his work.
RECOGNITION TO HR The Chancellor presented “Certificates of Excellence” to 13 members of the District Human Resources Team because of their dedication in handling the extraordinary workload during 2004-2005 in hiring: 35 full time faculty, 148 associate faculty, 10 administrators/ managers, 44 classified staff, and 429 non-bargaining unit staff (short-term, temporary, student help, substitutes, and professional experts).	Congratulations to Leitha Duvinage, Grace Garcia, Patricia Helton, Bic Jensen, Sandy Jeffries, Toni Lakow, James Laurie, Teddi Lorch, Lori Mangels, Frances Miller, Jake Munns, Lexie Sullivan, and Elaine Waiksnis.
INTRODUCTIONS AND PRESENTATION OF SERVICE PINS Saddleback College President Richard McCullough introduced 24 new faculty members and one new administrator. Irvine Valley College President Glenn Roquemore introduced 11 new faculty members and one new administrator. ATEP Provost Robert J. Kopecky and Chancellor Mathur introduced one new manager, each. To honor service from five to 35 years, service pins were presented by the Chancellor, Presidents, Deputy Chancellor Gary Poertner, and District Director of Human Resources Teddi Lorch. All pin participants are listed at the end of this update.	Receiving the pin for longest service (35 years) was Saddleback College Professor Bob Ferguson.
MARKETING AND OUTREACH Tracy Daly, District Director of Marketing, Government and Community Relations, gave an update on the summer marketing campaign targeted at 18 to 22 year olds. She concluded with three things that everyone can do to promote the Colleges.   1)   Be positive. 2)   Think what you can do (take as       many students as possible in your       classes, submit articles to       professional journals and       publications, attend       campus events [like Welcome Day       this Friday], participate in a       speaker's bureau, and volunteer to       help promote your College). 3)   Keep 5 schedules in your car (there       are potential students everywhere in       hair salons, gyms and shopping malls       who would appreciate information).	Click on RADIO AD to listen to the 60 second spot that aired on KROQ-FM.
WONDERUL MUSIC Opening and closing the session was the Laguna Community Concert Band. They gave an impressive performance of patriotic music. Many thanks go to IVC's David Anderson for arranging the Band's participation.
2004-2005 SERVICE PIN RECIPIENTS   Thirty-Five Years Bob Ferguson, SC   Thirty Years Nancy Bessette, SC        John Cederquist, SC Zane Johnson, SC Rich Potratz, SC   Twenty-Five Years Bill Brummel, SC Bill Cunerty, SC Jeanne Egasse, IVC Pete Espinosa, SC Ginny Giguere, SC Craig Grossman, IVC Ron Hastings, SC Larry Kaufman, IVC Helen Locke, IVC Francisco Marmolejo, IVC Mark McNeil, IVC Miki Mikolajczak, SC Frank Pangborn, IVC Chris Riegle, IVC Bill Riley, SC Rebecca Rollins, SC Kaz Tarui, SC   Twenty Years JoAnn Alford, SC Juanita Baltierra, SC Barbara Belyea, SC Lisa Cavallaro, IVC Susan Corum, IVC Bill Hewitt, IVC James Phaneuf, District Susan Nawa Raridon , SC Mike Reed, SC Dan Rivas, IVC Will Summers, SC   Fifteen Years Shu-Yung Chen, IVC Patty Kay Evans Wallin, SC Dorothy Garant, SC Rich Goodman, SC Rob Henry, SC Carmenmara Hernandez Bravo, SC Jane Horlings, SC Jeff Horn, IVC Roni Lebauer, SC Ron Manuel, IVC Jeanne Mazique, SC Marilyn Radenovic, IVC Stephen Rochford, IVC Alannah Rosenberg , SC Priscilla Ross, IVC Bari Rudmann, IVC Gita Satyendra , SC Kathy Smith, SC Gary Stakan, SC Susan Stern, IVC David Titus, SC Julie Willard, IVC   Ten Years Miriam Castroconde, IVC John Ozurovich, SC John Pettus, IVC Kathy Schmeidler, IVC Robert Stewart, IVC Rick Van Leeuwen, District   Five Years Amy Ahearn, SC Mark Blethen, SC Zina Boratynec, SC Claire Cesareo-Silva, SC Ilknur Erbas White, IVC Patricia Flanigan, SC Antoinette Geldun, IVC Donna Gray, IVC Matthew Hunt, SC Hoa Nguyen, SC Joyce Quade, SC Vito Scarola, SC Dave Shinnick, IVC Donna Sneed, IVC Amy Stinson, IVC Jovan Stojanovski, IVC Don Taylor, SC Tiffany Tran, IVC Pamme Turner, SC

Update Prepared By

Tracy Daly
SOCCCD Marketing, Government & Community Relations
949-582-4920
e-mail: tdaly@socccd.org