Brown Bag Meetings
Faculty Senate Brown Bags are informal sessions focusing on topics of special interest to faculty.
In order that the faculty may participate effectively in the formation of district educational and professional policies and in the selection of major administrative personnel and faculty for the Peralta Community College District, the Laney College Faculty Senate (an organization formed in accordance with Section 131.6 of Title 5 of the California Administrative Code) shall make recommendations to the College Administrators, District Academic Senate (DAS), district administration and/or the Peralta District Board of Trustees on matters of educational and professional significance pertinent to the College and/or the District. (Article I of the Faculty Senate Constitution)
The functions of the Faculty Senate are delineated in Article IV of its Constitution.
President
Eleni Gastis
Email: eegastis@peralta.edu
Vice President
Bill Trego
Email: wtrego@peralta.edu
1st & 3rd Tuesdays
12:35pm – 1:25pm in room T-450 & on Zoom
(See BoardDocs) The meetings are open to all.
Special meetings are held on alternate Tuesdays unless they are deemed unnecessary. Until further notice, senators and members of the public will only be able to participate via Zoom.
The Faculty Senate is subject to the Brown Act.
The Laney College Faculty Lounge is room is in the Tower Building, Room 450. It is a place for faculty to meet, lounge, eat, relax, etc. It is also when the Faculty Senate meetings are held (under normal circumstances).
The room is equipped with a touch-screen, a whiteboard, a microwave, a copier/scanner, and a Scantron machine.
The Faculty Lounge is not to be used for classes or student meetings.
President | Elected | 2 year | Eleni Gastis | |
Vice President | Elected | 2 year | Bill Trego | |
DAS Representative | Elected | 2 year | Kimm Blackwell | |
Secretary | FS President | 1 year | TBD | |
Parlemantarian | FS President | 1 year | ||
Treasurer | FS President | 1 year | TBD | |
Past President (non-voting) | — | — | Leslie Blackie | |
Biology | Elected | 2 year | Rajeev Banerjee | 25-27 |
Business | Elected | 2 year | Kim Glosson | 25-27 |
CE | Elected | 2 year | David Santamaria | 25-27 |
CE | Elected | 2 year | Sydney Thomas-Windham (2) | 24-26 |
CIS | Elected | 2 year | Johnnie Williams (2 yrs) | 24-26 |
Culinary Arts | Elected | 2 year | Chantal Martin | 25-27 |
English | Elected | 2 year | Ian Latta | 24-26 |
ESOL | Elected | 2 year | Barbara Yasue | 24-26 |
Kinesiology | Elected | 2 year | John Beam | 25-27 |
Liberal Arts | Elected | 2 year | Bill Trego | 25-27 |
Liberal Arts | Elected | 2 year | Donald Moore | 24-26 |
Liberal Arts | Elected | 2 year | Mariela Thaning | 24-26 |
Liberal Arts | Elected | 2 year | Daniel Devere | 25-27 |
Mathematics | Elected | 2 year | Kathy Williamson | 25-27 |
Music | Elected | 2 year | John Reager | 24-26 |
Social Science | Elected | 2 years | Nat Pyle | 24-26 |
Service | Elected | 2 year | Janelle Tillotson | 25-27 |
Service | Elected | 2 year | Nate Failing | 25-27 |
Service | Elected | 2 year | Yiping Wang | 24-26 |
Service | Elected | 2 year | Maricella Zambrano | 24-26 |
Part-Time | Elected | 2 year | Francis Howard | 24-26 |
Part-Time | Elected | 2 year | Jacquiline Burgess | 24-26 |
Part-Time | Elected | 2 year | Vina Cera | 25-27 |
Per California Education Code, the Faculty Senate has the responsibility to make recommendations with respect to academic and professional matters. These are the areas of work that the faculty senate deals with. They are called “10+1.” More information can be found on the Statewide ASCCC website.
Brown Bag Meetings
Faculty Senate Brown Bags are informal sessions focusing on topics of special interest to faculty.