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Shared governance update: With deadline fast approaching, President Holmes asks College Council to try again

Kevin Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief | May 12, 2022

After a year-long review of De Anza College’s shared governance model brought about the first recommendation of its kind in over 20 years, President Lloyd Holmes has told College Council that he is not...

Work-to-contract update: Foothill-De Anza faculty reach salary agreement within four days of action

Yvonne Phan, Reporter | May 12, 2022

After carrying out a work-to-contract action in order to advocate for a pay raise, the Foothill-De Anza Faculty Association and the community college district have reached an agreement to increase faculty...

Chancellor Miner calls for ‘reimagining’ the Foothill-De Anza district from in-person to hybrid model

Abby Porter, Reporter | April 28, 2022

As some students return to campus and most others continue to prefer online learning, Foothill-De Anza Chancellor Judy Miner said a new enrollment management committee will be formed to “reimagine the...

Faced with rising costs while teaching during the pandemic, Foothill-De Anza faculty vote to withhold extra work until they get a raise

Yvonne Phan, Reporter | April 22, 2022

Beginning Monday, April 25, Foothill-De Anza faculty and counselors will begin a work-to-contract job action, limiting their job responsibilities to only what is in their job description and potentially...

De Anza President Lloyd Holmes must decide on whether to change college’s planning and budget processes

Kevin Nguyen, Reporter | March 23, 2022

“When I got here, people were saying over and over again that our shared governance model is terrible.” That is what Lloyd Holmes inherited when he was hired as De Anza College president in 2020,...

De Anza finally offers free on-campus PCR tests to all students and faculty

Michael Davis, Editor Emeritus | March 14, 2022

De Anza College has started free on-campus testing for all current students and faculty in Parking Lot A from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday. The site went live shortly before the Feb. 28 town hall...

De Anza College scales back plans to return in-person and announces new booster requirements

Maida Suta, Impulse and Opinions Editor | March 10, 2022

In December 2021, De Anza College announced that it aimed to be primarily in-person by spring. However, the omicron variant that surged at the beginning of the current quarter threw a wrench in those plans. On...

De Anza journalism students win awards at statewide conference

Cecilia Deck, Faculty Advisor | March 8, 2022

De Anza journalism students were awarded for their work on La Voz News in 2021, and for live contests held at a live college journalism conference in Long Beach from March 3-5. Six De Anza students...

Foothill-De Anza adopts a new redistricted map, with Cupertino and Sunnyvale up for elections first in November

Kevin Nguyen and Georgina Munoz-Villanueva | February 15, 2022

Feb. 14 -- After three years of laying the groundwork for such a change, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District’s board of trustees adopted a new map which will see its governing territory divided...

Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees leans toward existing city boundaries ahead of final vote on new district map

Georgina Munoz-Villanueva, Reporter | January 17, 2022

After their latest public hearing, the Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees is divided between two final draft maps that aim to redesign the current distribution of the areas within the college district,...