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LPC Mission Statement

Las Positas College is an inclusive, learning centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning.

LPC Planning Priorities

Equity: Establish a knowledge base and an appreciation for equity; create a sense of urgency about moving toward equity; institutionalize equity in decision-making, assessment, and accountability; and build capacity to resolve inequities.

Student Success & Completion: Increase student success and completion through change in college practices and processes: coordinating needed academic support, removing barriers, and supporting focused professional development across the campus.

Health and Wellness: Establish a knowledgebase and an appreciation for health and wellness in the workplace; create a sense of urgency about wellness in decision-making, assessment, and accountability; and build capacity to support wellness

Technology Committee
Meeting Minutes

MEETING DATE: 02/03/2025

1. Call to Order

  • Meeting called to order by Drew Patterson at 1:33pm

 

2. Review & Approve Agenda

  • Motion to approve agenda
  • Agenda Approved by: Collin Thormoto and Howard Blumenfeld
  • Agenda Approved by Committee

 

3. Review & Approve Minutes

  • Motion to approve November Minutes
    • Minutes Approved by: Howard Blumenfeld and Collin Thormoto
    • Minutes Approved by Committee
  • Motion to approve December Minutes
    • Minutes Approved by: Howard Blumenfeld and Collin Thormoto
    • Minutes Approved by Committee

 

4. Action Items

  • None

 

5. Staff Reports

LPC: Computer/ Network/ Audio/ Visual

  • Steve Gunderson reported on the visual upgrades for both floors for 1850 are completed, including the Monitor system for the Mertes Center.
  • Near completion is the 1st phase of the computer replacement lifecycle with 500 systems put in by staff. The next order will be submitted for Board approval and the next phase will begin.
  • Audio upgrade for LPC Cafeteria and the Theaters audio visual upgrade there is a wait on parts.
  • Building 1600 will soon be scheduled, and a report will be provided when it’s underway.
  • Additional projects are still waiting for parts or scheduling.

LPC: Instructional Technology

  • Kathleen King began her report and mention the launch of the spring cohort on changing the status from home college with CVC to teaching college. Current status is identifying stakeholders from across the District and both Colleges that involves Student Services, Counseling, Financial Aid, and other areas to make the change happen. In addition, weekly meetings will begin in a week to get the process going.

  • Tech help events took place before spring semester began. One event was a Student Orientation to help students become familiar with Canvas, Zone mail and other things. A total of 50 students attended. For Faculty, a Canvas hackathon and new Adjunct Faculty Orientation that went well.
  • Couple technical issues took place at the beginning of the semester with the integrations of Canvas, Pronto, and Pope Tech
  • In the DE Committee they mentioned there are 60 web pages that have information about instructional technology, canvas, tools and dozens of individual canvas shells on singular topics which include hypotheses for digital annotation or AI. Work will be done over the break to consolidate lots of information into one tool for teaching canvas shell.

LPC: Website/ Home Page Analytics

  • Tim Druley reported that he is working on a couple of side projects that include working with EDCE. At the District Tim is working on trying to move their sites off of Word press and into Omni.
  • Dream Center website is being worked on after Financial Aid reached out to mention that information on the website is incorrect.
  • Additional web updates are in progress with moving other sites into the newer template.
  • Asked about the LPC App, we will be discontinuing it soon.

Distict: ITS - Bruce Griffin

  • Bruce Griffin discussed enrollment fraud as a significant issue at the state level and how various security measures are in place to combat it. The state applies a fraud filter at the application stage, blocking thousands of fraudulent attempts before they reach colleges. However, some fraudulent applications still get through, requiring further manual review at the college level.
  • He highlighted how fraud tactics continuously evolve, requiring constant updates to filtering systems. Statistics showed a significant increase in flagged applications, with Las Positas College (LPC) identifying 5,500 fraudulent applications this term and Chabot College flagging over 11,000.
  • Bruce also mentioned ongoing efforts to integrate AI tools to automate fraud detection more effectively, although AI alone is not a complete solution. He acknowledged concerns about decentralized systems making fraud prevention difficult and the state’s inconsistent approach to addressing the problem.
  • Other topics included preparations for a winter intersession in the 2025-26 academic year, IT improvements such as authentication for library databases, and potential future integrations of student email and authentication systems.
  • The discussion also touched on broader IT concerns, such as student email systems (Gmail vs. Microsoft), spam filters, and challenges in integrating third-party tools like Grammarly.

 

6. Old Business

My Portal Update

  • Discussion took place during previous agenda item #5 Staff Reports.

 

7. New Business

  • Committee Accreditation Engagement Form
  • CLPCCD Software Request Process – On hold

 

8. Updates

  • None

 

9. Good of the Order

  • None

 

10. Future Agenda Items

  • None

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:24pm

Next meeting: March 3, 2025

Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm

Location: Zoom

 

Membership

Chair:

  • Drew Patterson

Voting Members:

  • VP of Administrative Services: Sean Brook

  • Classified Professional 1: Hermina Sarkis-Kelly

  • Classified Professional 2: Yvette Nahinu

  • Classified Professional 3: Vacant

  • Classified Professional 4: Vacant

  • Classified Professional 5: Vacant

  • College Librarian: Collin Thormoto

  • Dean, Student Services: Tamica Ward

  • Faculty Member, A&H: Cindy Rosefield

  • Faculty Member, BSSL: Vacant

  • Faculty Member, PATH: Michael McQuiston

  • Faculty Member, STEM: Howard Blumenfeld

  • Faculty Member, Student Services: Michael Schwarz

  • LPCSG Student Representative 1: Isabella Qiu

  • LPCSG Student Representative 2: Vacant

Non-Voting Members:

  • CLPCCD Chief Technology Officer: Bruce Griffin

  • Director of Technology Services: SteveGunderson

  • Instructional Technology Coordinator: Kathleen King

  • Telecommunications Coordinator: Vacant

  • Webmaster: Tim Druley

Not Present:

  • Cindy Rosefield

  • Jared Howard
  • Shriya Shah
  • Yvette Nahinu
  • Isabella Qiu
  • Tamica Ward