Faculty Senate Minutes, January 20th, 2026 

Date, Time and Place

• Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
• 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
• Virtual Meeting-Teams

Call to Order and Roll

• Call to order
  • Call to order at 2:31pm
• Present.
  • Aguliar, Monica (SCS)
  • Aranda, Darlene (SA)
  • Casale, Gar (SCS)(S)
  • Clampit, Marinn (SCS)
  • Grauel, Jessica (SCS)
  • Heath, Glenn (SCS)
  • Herrera, Arlene (SA)
  • Kirk, Karla (SCS)
  • Laudenslager, Cruz (SCS)(C)
  • Lewis, Spencer (SA)(VC)
  • Quiroga, Jose (SA)
• Absent.
  • Chang, Crystal (SCS)
  • Martinez, Chelsie (SA)
  • Vega, Camille (SA)

Approval of November minutes

• Motion by Spencer Lewis, second by Jose Quiroga.
• Send any edits or corrections to Gar Casale.

Guest

• No guest.
• Elizabeth Callahan will be guest next meeting

Chair’s Report

• BOR activity.
  • Chair Cruz Laudenslager Attended first in-person board meeting. Topics discussed were the student fee increases and the purchase of an office in SA for carson.
• Chancellor activity.
  • Chair Cruz Laudenslager didn’t meet with the chancellor.
• Chair of chairs.
  • Also considering student fee increases.

Old Business

• None.

New Business

• Emeritus notification.
  • Donna Healy has been granted emeritus.
• Faculty Senate website update.
  • Jessica Grauel noted that the documents on the Faculty Senate website are not currently ADA compliant. They will need to be corrected and converted to PDF format.
  • Cruz Laudenslager suggested that a working group convene to correct issue.

Adjournment

• Next meeting.
  • Tuesday February 20^th at 2:30pm
• Motion to adjourn.
  • Motion to adjourn by Gar Casale, second by Glenn Heath.
  • Meeting adjourned at 3:31pm.