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Submitted Ideas, Comments and Responses:

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Suggestion:
Electronic bulletin boards located prominently, such as outside the BSC or at each end of the campus, that carry information such as BSC events, transfer fairs, sporting events, advising workshops, gallery openings, application deadlines.
Currently many events are  poorly attended and important opportunities missed because people do not know they exist.  Events are hidden in the paper blizzards that are bulletin boards.

Response:
We very much agree that electronic bulletin boards (and/or digital display monitors) located in prominent areas outside and inside Olympic College buildings would be an excellent way to communicate information about special programs, events and important upcoming deadlines, as well as emergency notifications such as campus closures due to inclement weather.    ASOC representatives have been working together with staff on a proposal to design, purchase and implement an integrated digital display system that will include all three campuses.  We are hopeful that we are on target to purchase and install the system by the beginning of fall quarter, 2012. 

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Suggestion:
OC should implement mandatory end of quarter assessments of Instructors by students.

Response:
In response to the suggestion of implementing mandatory end-of-quarter assessments of instructors by students is that faculty assessment is governed by the Collective Bargaining Agreement and would thus need to be negotiated. Information regarding the faculty assessment process can be found in the following sections of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Appendix D – Academic Employee Assessment Procedures pg. 51-55 and Appendix C – Section 4.3 pg. 46 for probationary faculty. Briefly, tenured faculty undergo a review process every five years as outlined in the CBA. All probationary faculty are mandated to have student evaluations for each course taught quarterly up through the 9th quarter of the tenure process. Adjunct faculty are evaluated through the student assessment process in this manner:

Quarters 1 – 3 – Student assessments are completed for each class taught.
Quarters 4-6 -  Student assessments are completed for each class taught.
Quarters 7-9 – Student assessments will be completed for each class taught during one quarter of the adjunct/full-time temporary faculty’s choice.

To view the Collective Bargaining Agreement in its entirety, click on the link below.
faccba.pdf

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Suggestion:
It has become very difficult to be a resource to students when it is unclear who is doing which job currently at OC.  I’m not sure who is in charge of the career center, who is taking over Tech Prep and/or where to send students who want information about Worker Retraining (this is just a few examples of the confusion this past week). We need to have a new Org chart that is easily accessible to all.  Random emails sent out to “all” about staff changes are too difficult to follow.

Response:  
We are exploring combining the Campus Directory and the OC org chart together so that you would be able to browse, search and learn about the functional areas.  In the meantime, you can discover all of the people in a functional area by selecting the Department/Division dropdown box on the Campus Directory.

The Campus Directory is available here: http://apps.olympic.edu/onlinedirectory/Default.aspx.
The OC org chart is available here: http://www.olympic.edu/StaffFaculty/HumanResources/staffpage.htm.

While these are helpful tools that can tell you who works at the College, what title they hold, and how they fit into the organizational structure, it will not necessarily tell you what they DO.  Your examples point out that staff functions are not always clear from their titles.  Getting a functional understanding of responsibilities can only come from experience built of interaction with your fellow employees – we encourage you to call and ask.

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Suggestion: 
Would it be beneficial for the Cafeteria to include an order and pay online system? Personally, I think it would be great for the grill area. The one thing that deters me from eating at the Cafeteria is the time it takes to wait for the food to be ready and the long lines to pay. If there was a mechanism in place that would allow me to order and pay online, then pick-up the food when it is ready I would be more inclined to frequent the cafeteria.
On a side note – fresh eggs from the shell tastes better than the eggs from a carton. Please have this as an option for scrambled eggs, not just for fried. Thank you.

Response:  
Some years ago, we (Olympic College) explored the idea of a student I.D. card attached to a financial account which could be used to charge not only food, but books, library services, etc.  Kind of like the systems used at the big 4 year institutions.  It was deemed extremely expensive, with little or no return on investment, and the idea was dropped.  In the modern world, on-line ordering and payment would be highly desirable.  The infrastructure investment is the only obstacle.  As for fresh eggs, we not only have fresh eggs but they’re from CAGE FREE chickens.  
There are breakfast burritos made from pasteurized liquid eggs (from a carton), but the customer only has to ask for the items to be made with fresh shell eggs, and it shall be done.