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Participatory Governance & Decision Making

Participatory governance is a college-wide process that provides opportunities for all constituent groups to contribute to the College decision-making process.

The following are helpful documents about Participatory Governance at Golden West College:

*pending final revisions

Committees

Committee Name Committee Chair(s) Recorder MS Teams/Website link

President's Cabinet

2nd and 4th Wednesday
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

College President Diana Retes

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Budget Council

1st and 3rd Wednesday
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Janet Houlihan
Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)
Dawn Dittmer

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Planning Council

1st and 3rd Wednesday
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Meridith Randall
Claudia Lee
Yadira Lopez-Daly

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Enrollment Management
Committee (EMC)

2nd and 4th Tuesday
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Christina Ryan Rodriguez
Faculty Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)

Committee Member

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

2nd and 4th Wednesday
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Susana Castellanos
Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)
Logan Shreve

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Council of Chairs and Deans (CCD)

1st and 3rd Monday
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Rick Hicks (Term: 2021-22)
Bern Baumgartner (Term: 2021-22)
Committee Member

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

College Technology Committee (CTC)

1st and 3rd Tuesday
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

 

Kevin Harrison
Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)
Committee Member

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Safety, Sustainability,
and Facilities Committee (SSFC)

2nd Friday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Joe Dowling
Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)
Monica Rodriguez Prado

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Institutional Effectiveness Committee (IEC)

1st and 3rd Thursday
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Kay Nguyen
Faculty Committee Member (Term: 2022-24)
Uyen Tran

Committee Page

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

College Senates

Senate Name President Recorder MS Teams/Website Link

Academic Senate

2nd and 4th Tuesday
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Damien Jordan (Term: 2022-24) Patty Fonseca

Website Link

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Classified Senate

Every other Friday
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Jill Kiefer (Term:2021-22)  TBD Website Link

Student Senate

Every Friday
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Roseleen Gerges (Term: 2021-22)

TBD Website Link

Academic Senate Committees

Committee Name Committee Chair(s) Recorder MS Teams/Website link

Council for Curriculum and Instruction (CCI)

1st and 3rd Tuesday
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Meridith Randall
TBD (Term: 2022-24)
Charissa McCord

CCI Website

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Distance Education Advisory Committee (DEAC)

2nd Monday
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Alex Miranda
Jodie Butler (Term: 2022-23) 
M. Reza Mirbolooki (Term: 2022-23)

DEAC SharePoint

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

Institute for Professional Development (IPD)

1st and 3rd Thursday
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Kate Green (Term: 2021-23)

Patty Fonseca

IPD Website

Member Workspace (MS Teams)

ASGWC Committees

Committee Name Committee Chair(s) Recorder MS Teams/Website link

ASGWC Executive Student Council

Every Friday
10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Mary Avalos
ASGWC President (Term: 2022-23)
ASGWC Secretary

College Life Committee

Every Friday
9:30 am - 10:30 am

TBD
VP College Life (Term: 2022-23)

Publicity Committee

Every Monday
3:00 pm - 4:00 am

TBD
VP Public Relations (Term: 2022-23)

Student Interest Committee

Every Monday
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

TBD
VP Student Advocacy (Term: 2022-23)

Sustainability Committee

Every Thursday
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

TBD
VP Sustainability (Term: 2022-23)

Finance Commission

Every Friday
9:00 am - 10:30 am

Paul Wisner

Carla Martinez

VP Financial Affairs (Term: 2022-23)

*This page is currently in the process of being updated, please check back soon

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