Board of Trustees Meeting

Location

Hybrid Meeting Format: offering both in-person and virtual meeting access

Minutes

Attendees

Board of Trustees: Vice Chair Johnson, Trustee Bowman, Trustee Swenson, Chair Exstrom absent

Executive Cabinet: President Mosby, Danielle Slota, Emily Lardner, Josh Gerstman, Maribel Jimenez, Michael Pham, Steve Sloniker, Tim Wrye 

Assistant Attorney General: Bruce Marvin present

Study Session call to order: 9:10 a.m.

Discussion Topics

• Legislative priorities (10 min)
  • Thursday, Jan. 25 is Hill Climb day with SBCTC. Trustee Johnson will be in attendance. Trustee Swenson is tentative based on schedule. Trustee Bowman tentative. 
  • Trustees Swenson and Exstrom attending legislative summit in Washington DC in February with Shakira and will be visiting the Dept of Education.
  • Procurement processes and inflation – aiming to get traction on updating some long time rules that have not been adjusted with inflation
  • Meeting with Rep. Reeves next week re Weyerhauser Headquarters and a proposal she has put forth
• Tenure process review (10 min)
  • Dr. Larder walked through the 2024 timeline for tenure review, the list of files for review, and invited questions. 
• ITS security board report / presentation w discussion (30 min)

Unscheduled Business

• In reference to proposed faculty senate constitution changes:
  • Recommendations to clearly distinguish that Faculty Senate and the HCEA have clear responsibilities. Updated language will be sent to the trustees to review.
  • Requesting clarification from Senate in article 6 about meeting reference to personnel matters, requesting a definition of “personnel matters”. 
  • Requesting language change around compensation to align with best practices and the HCEA contract. 

Meeting adjourned at 9:59 a.m.

Board of Trustees Meeting

Location

Virtual Zoom meeting: 10:00 a.m.

General Session Minutes

Roll Call

Board of Trustees: Vice Chair Johnson, Trustee Bowman, Trustee Swenson, Chair Exstrom absent

Executive Cabinet: President Mosby, Danielle Slota, Emily Lardner, Josh Gerstman, Maribel Jimenez, Michael Pham, Steve Sloniker, Tim Wrye 

Assistant Attorney General: Bruce Marvin present

General Session called to order: 10:07 a.m.

Approve minutes

Approve minutes of the regularly scheduled meeting of December 14, 2023

Trustee Swenson motioned to approve, Trustee Bowman seconded, motion carried

Opportunity for public comment

Student Gordon Harris, request for a reparations committee at Highline College for black and brown individuals. 

Student Ying Tran offered congratulations to Dr. Penn for her permanent position. Wished everyone a happy new year and is excited to celebrate in June.

Standing reports

• Associated Students of Highline College – Council meetings have resumed with a contingency fund of just under $110k to fund student lead clubs and various requests from around campus. Council continues to learn more about permissible use of S&A funds which are intended for further educational use and to ensure a robust student life that sustains excellence. Fifty student clubs by end of academic year. Spoke to the success of the student legislative breakfast as well as other upcoming activities that are coming in February.
• Washington Public Employees Association – No report
• Highline College Education Association – James Peyton spoke to current work of faculty this time of the quarter. Spoke to the start of the legislative session, the need for competitive pay and what we need to effectively serve our college communities. Spoke to the recent movement of offices and the amount of work that went into that both up front and behind the scenes.
• Faculty Senate – No report
• Highline College Foundation – Sharon Vail spoke to the first executive board foundation meeting for 2024. The Foundation will be hosting a casual conversation on campus for students next month to meet one of Highline’s largest donors. Legends Retirees event planning proceeding for the event scheduled this winter.

Action items

None

Area reports

• • Administrative Services: VP Dr. Michael Pham
    • Report stands as submitted https://trustees.highline.edu/01-11-24-as/
    • Next month a request for a budget revision will be presented
  • Academic Affairs: VP Dr. Emily Lardner
    • Report stands as submitted https://trustees.highline.edu/01-11-24-aa/
    • Celebrated the faculty community space that opened on campus this week
  • Student Services: VP Dr. Jamilyn Penn
    • No scheduled report this month
  • Institutional Advancement: VP Josh Gerstman
    • Report as submitted https://trustees.highline.edu/01-11-24-ia/
    • Spoke to legislative updates and current grant opportunities that continue to move forward
  • Equity, Diversity & Transformation: VP Dra. Maribel Jimenez
    • Report stands as submitted: https://trustees.highline.edu/jan-11-2024-equity-diversity-transformation/ 
    • Celebrated Edwina Fui and Krystal Welch for statewide work in support of serving students and conference management

Discussion

None

President’s remarks

Spoke to presentation submission for the upcoming Students of Color Conference. Spoke to the importance that these opportunities continue to exist for our students, staff, and faculty. Celebrated Dr. Penn’s permanent position, Vice President of Student Services. 

Unscheduled business

None

New business

None

Adjournment

General Session was adjourned: 10:58 a.m.

Minutes Signed and Approved

The meeting minutes from January 11, 2024, were approved and signed into record by Chair Exstrom and President John R. Mosby on February 22, 2024.

Mission Statement: As a South King County college striving for social justice, Highline College partners with global students as they envision, plan and achieve their educational and professional goals.