Board of Trustees considers future of Flint Center
Francisco Medina, Staff Reporter
June 3, 2019
Judy Miner, Foothill-De Anza District Chancellor, presented three options to maintain, close or replace the Flint Center at the May 15 DASB senate meeting. The three options came from the Board of Trustees after reviewing an assessment report. “The Board of Trustees will be deciding from three option...
Admission policies revisited for young students, students facing expulsion
Mehek Kapur, Staff Reporter
May 28, 2019
The De Anza College academic senate discussed the possibility of allowing younger high school students to enroll and admitting students who have been expelled or are undergoing expulsion charges at the May 6 meeting. The senate discussed these prospects in light of district updates to Admin Policy...
Utah researcher discusses project, students ask for mentorship at Academic Senate
Ella Shih, Staff Reporter
May 22, 2019
The De Anza College academic senate presented information on higher education organization and student governance success on May 13. Sean Crossland, director of the Thayne Center for Service and Learning at Salt Lake Community College, presented his research project, “On Becoming a People’s C...
Academic Senate supports student safety in overnight parking resolution
Abhiram Rishi Prattipati, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2019
De Anza College’s Academic Senate endorsed a resolution to allow overnight parking and other necessary services for students facing housing insecurity at the March 18 meeting. “We are more than ‘Here is a textbook and go read it,’” said Rob Clem, a counselor at De Anza. “To me, emergency ...
New W grades for students who withdraw
Abhiram Rishi Prattipati and Maryam Golkar
February 21, 2019
If you are planning to drop a class because of an emergency or any other circumstance, a W grade can potentially help you out. The California Board of Governors passed the EW, or “Excused Withdrawal,” in January 2018 to help students withdraw from courses for reasons beyond their control. “One...
Academic senate votes to support smoke ban
Michael Nijmeh, Staff reporter
December 5, 2018
De Anza College’s academic senate approved a proposal to support a 100 percent smoke-free campus policy, voting 14-0 with two abstentions on Monday, Nov 26. Currently De Anza College’s smoking policy allows for smoking in a few designated areas, but completely prohibits it elsewhere. Smoke, whether i...
DASB: senators criticized for unprofessional messages; vote ‘no confidence’ in state chancellor
Andrew Shinjo, Staff Reporter
June 11, 2018
*Editor's note: La Voz has removed the names of the three senators implicated by Brandi Madison. A DASB senator on Wednesday, June 6 denounced the senate president and three other senators for sending unprofessional material and profanity through a DASB senate business group chat. The senate also ...
