Taft College Academic Senate Minutes <\/strong><\/p>\n Monday, October 6, 2014 Cougar Conference Room<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Attendees: President Tony Thompson, Vice President Vicki Jacobi, Secretary Linda West, Jennifer Altenhofel, Megan Andrews, Kanoe Bandy, Michelle Beasley, Paul Blake, Adam Bledsoe, Jill Brown, Kamala Carlson, Candace Duran, Geoffrey Dyer, John Eigenauer, Sharyn Eveland,<\/span><\/p>\n Tori Furman, Shelley Getty, Greg Golling, Jessica Grimes, Daniel Hall, Brian Jean, Mike Jiles, Diane Jones, Danielle Kerr, David Layne, Mariza Martinez, Janis Mendenhall, Michelle Oja, Ruby Payne,<\/p>\n Stacie Rancano, Kristi Richards, Becky Roth, Sonja Swenson, Karen Ziegler The meeting was called to order at 12:14 p.m.<\/p>\n Review of September 2, 2014 Senate Minutes<\/p>\n A motion was made by Jennifer Altenhofel and seconded by David Layne to approve the minutes as presented. The motion carried unanimously.<\/p>\n Division Chair Presentations for Faculty Positions<\/p>\n The following division chairs or designees presented the rationale for new faculty positions:<\/p>\n Liberal Arts \u2013 Bill Devine<\/p>\n Studio Arts<\/p>\n Learning Support \u2013 Vicki Jacobi<\/p>\n Librarian<\/p>\n Social Sciences \u2013 Becky Roth<\/p>\n Sociology<\/p>\n Math\/Sciences \u2013 Kanoe Bandy<\/p>\n Kinesiology<\/p>\n Applied Technology \u2013 Kanoe Bandy<\/p>\n Industrial Health & Safety Energy Technology<\/p>\n Liberal Arts \u2013 Kamala Carlson<\/p>\n English<\/p>\n Presentation materials for each position are attached to the minutes.<\/p>\n Tony stated he will be distributing the ranking sheets electronically. He said he hadn\u2019t received any input from the administration regarding the number of new faculty positions that would be approved, if any.<\/p>\n Meeting was adjourned at 12:55 p.m.<\/p>\n