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Academic Senate discusses curriculum and changes for majors

Alex Woolner, Staff Reporter | November 2, 2019

The De Anza College Academic Senate is considering curriculum review changes and a new way to organize majors. One change discussed at the Oct. 28 meeting was re-organizing majors into a new Guided...

Presidential search committee includes part-time representative

Bhuvaneshwari Natarajan, Staff Reporter | October 23, 2019

The De Anza College Academic Senate voted in members for the college president search at the Oct. 21 meeting. Ishmael Tarikh was voted as the part-time representative, Tim Shively as the faculty association...

Academic Senate: Semester system for district, academic renewal, enrollment

Ethan Bennett, Managing Editor | October 15, 2019

Semesters at Foothill and De Anza colleges? It could happen. Karen Chow, Academic Senate president, presented a letter from vice chancellor Dorene Novotny and Kathy Perino, chief negotiator of the faculty...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,”...

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...

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...

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