By Billy Gunn, FA President On August 20, the Faculty Assembly spoke at a Board of Trustees meeting for the first time in a long time. The goal was simple: welcome our new College President, Dr. Lennor Johnson, and signal that the FA intends to be more of a presence at Board meetings going forward. In the past, the FA and the Board kept each other at arm's length. We want to turn that page by showing up and being present as partners. Ahead of the meeting, we coordinated with

by dara, Faculty Assembly Vice President Just in case the reminder is useful, FACCC is the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, and their mission statement is, “To inform, educate, empower, and advocate for faculty in service to the students and the communities of California.” MiraCosta is now a Contract District, with FA Immediate Past President Mary Gross as our full-time representation on the FACCC Governing Board. On Friday, 9/25, The FA, in conjunction

by Jeanine Sepulveda, FA Executive Board Member The Academic Senate is leading a collaborative effort to revise AP 4021, our college’s academic procedure for educational program initiation, modification, revitalization, and discontinuance. As part of my role on the task force working on these revisions alongside Jim and colleagues from across the college, I’m sharing an update on our progress. Our goal is to create a clearer and more transparent set of procedures that outline

By Mary Gross, FA Immediate Past President As you may know, the Faculty Assembly, after a unanimous Council vote, entered into an agreement with the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges (FACCC) to become a Contract District. This means that the FA now fully funds the FACCC membership of each of its dues-paying members. But being a Contract District also comes with many more outstanding benefits that we are currently enjoying. First, we have a seat at FACCC’s