As you are aware, we are expecting a team of our peers from other colleges the week of March 2-5 for a site visit to reaffirm Norco College's accreditation, and we are ready! For information about accreditation, see the Quick Guide to Accreditation 2020. The Norco College ISER is available by clicking here. Accreditation is a true collegewide effort. Please note the following events and plan to attend if you are available.
SCHEDULE
Sunday, March 1
- Peer Review Team Arrives and Meets to Prepare for the Week (4:00)
Monday, March 2
- Campus Kick-off Team Introductions (9:00-9:30am, Art Gallery) ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME
- Campus Tour (9:30-11:00am) By Calendar Invite
- Campus Meetings and Interviews (12:30-5:00pm) By Calendar Invite
- Academic Senate (1:30-3:30pm, CSS-217) Team Members May Attend
- Board of Trustees Committee Meeting (6:00-9:00pm, District Office) Team Members May Attend
Tuesday, March 3
- Campus Meetings and Interviews (9:30-12:00pm) By Calendar Invite
- Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee Regular Meeting (12:50-1:50pm, IT-111)
- Program Review Committee (12:50-1:50pm, IT-218) Team Members May Attend
- Campus Meetings and Interviews (1:00-4:00pm) By Calendar Invite
- Guided Pathways Workgroup Regular Meeting (2:00-4:00pm, IT-218) Team Members May Attend
- ACCJC Open Forum (5:30-6:30pm, Art Gallery) ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME
Wednesday, March 4
- Campus Meetings and Interviews (9:00-11:00am) By Calendar Invite
- Norco Assessment Committee (9:00 – 11:00am, IT-218) Team Members May Attend
- ACCJC Open Forum (11:00-12:00pm, CSS-217) ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME
- Associated Student of Norco College Executive Committee Regular Meeting (12:30 – 2:00pm, IT-218) All Team Members Invited to Attend
- Institutional Strategic Planning Council (1:00-3:00pm, CSS-217) Team Members May Attend
Thursday, March 5
- ACCJC College Briefing (11:00-11:45am, CSS-217) ALL EMPLOYEES WELCOME
Peer Review Team Departs (12:00 noon)
Peer Review Team Visiting March 2-5, 2020
Julianna Barnes, Ed.D. President, Cuyamaca College, Team Chair
Dr. Julianna Barnes is the president of Cuyamaca College, a position she has held since October 2015. With an educational career spanning nearly three decades, Julianna is known for her inclusive leadership and deep commitment to student success and equity. Prior to her presidency, Julianna held various administrative leadership positions in the California community colleges, held various positions at the UC, San Diego (UCSD), and served as an affiliate doctoral faculty member of San Diego State University (SDSU). Additionally, she currently serves on the Board for the California Community Colleges Chief Executive Officers. She brings these experiences with her as an accreditation peer reviewer, a role she has served in for several community colleges. Julianna received her Doctor of Education in educational leadership with a community college specialization, a Master of Arts in education/multicultural counseling, both from SDSU, plus a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the UCSD.
Bri currently serves as Cuyamaca College's chief institutional effectiveness officer
and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO). She has over a decade of experience working
as an institutional research, planning, and effectiveness professional in a community
college setting. In her current role, Bri works closely with faculty coordinators
to provide training and develop resources for campus faculty, staff, and administrators
in system design and evaluation, data interpretation, assessment, planning, and program
review. Bri oversees an office that includes the campus assessment/accountability
management system coordinator, campus-based institutional research staff, various
faculty coordinators, and the College's equity dean. Bri also serves on the RP Group
Board as the Vice President of Membership and Professional Development. She has served
as an ALO since 2016 and, with a faculty co-chair, led Cuyamaca College's institutional
self-evaluation efforts in support of accreditation reaffirmation in Fall 2019. This
is Bri's second time serving on a peer review team.
Sharyn Eveland, Psychology Faculty Member, Academic Senate President, Taft College
Sharyn currently serves as a Professor of Psychology and Academic Senate President at Taft College. She teaches statistics, research methods, and biological psychology and previously served as the division chair for the Social Science Division from 2007 to 2017. Sharyn has extensive experience serving on a number of committees and councils at Taft College, including over 10 years on the Taft College Curriculum Committee and Governance Council, as well as the Institutional Research Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. In addition, Sharyn has served on a local elementary school district board, as a Learning Disabilities Specialist, Title V grant coordinator, and she currently serves as a C-ID reviewer. Sharyn has extensive experience with policy and procedure development and review. She has served on Taft College's accreditation self-evaluation leadership teams for three accreditation cycles and is currently engaged in institutional self-evaluation efforts for a fourth cycle. This is Sharyn's eighth time serving on an accreditation peer review team.
Over Kenneth's 20 years at Butte College, he has taught English and Humanities courses,
served as the Curriculum Committee Chair, SLO Coordinator, in leadership positions
on his local Academic Senate, and on two college accreditation self-evaluation teams
(as the faculty co-chair for Standard II and Standard IV). Kenneth has served on a
number of college committees, including Planning and Budget, Enrollment Management,
Participatory Governance, Distance Education, Program Vitality, Equivalency, and many
other task forces and ad hoc committees. Kenneth currently serves as the Butte College
Academic Senate President. This is his first time serving on an accreditation peer
review team.
Evelyn currently serves as the Head Librarian and Systems Librarian at Laney College.
Evelyn also serves as the Peralta CCD Sierra System Administrator and District Lead
for the migration to a new Library Services Platform. Evelyn has previously served
as the President of the Laney College Faculty Senate, Curriculum Committee Chair,
Technology Committee Chair, and Tenure Facilitator. In addition, Evelyn has served
as a member of various district and college committees, including the Peralta District
Technology Committee, Laney College Technology Planning Committee, Laney College Facilities
Planning Committee, Laney College Learning Assessment Committee, and Laney College
Foundation Skills Committee. Evelyn has served as a Board Member for the Council of
Chief Librarians, President of the Academic Section of the California Libraries Association,
and Chair of the California Clearinghouse on Library Instruction. She has served on
the leadership and writing teams for five college accreditation self-evaluation cycles
and has also served on five previous peer review teams.
Jean currently serves as the Vice President for Academic Affairs at El Camino College.
Her professional experience includes a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from New Mexico
State University and 20 years of community college teaching experience. Jean previously
taught chemistry at El Camino College and served as the Dean of Natural Science at
El Camino College for seven years. In addition, Jean has served as the Director of
the Honors Transfer Program, on the Academic Senate and El Camino College Senate Executive
Board, and as a National Science Foundation Title III STEM grant administrator. She
also recently participated in a one-year Digital Fellow program sponsored by the Association
of Chief Academic Officers. Jean has previously served as the El Camino College Accreditation
Co-Chair for its institutional self-evaluation report and currently serves as the
Accreditation Liaison Officer for El Camino College. This is Jean's third time serving
on an accreditation peer review team.
Leticia has over 20 years of experience in community colleges, including a teaching
career that spans a variety of faculty roles and disciplines, including basic skills,
political science, and career education, credit and non-credit courses, and program
development, curriculum development, and workforce partnerships. Leticia has previously
served as a department Student Learning Outcomes lead and has served as both a dean
and vice president. In addition, Leticia has served on accreditation self-evaluation
teams at four different colleges and served as the ALO for Los Angeles Trade Tech
College from 2013 to 2017.
Val currently serves as the Vice President of Student Services at West Hills College
- Lemoore, overseeing financial aid, admissions and records, categorical programs,
outreach, counseling, dual enrollment, and federal grants. Val has previously served
as an instructional dean, overseeing variety of discipline areas and divisions. In
addition, he has experience overseeing budget and planning, SLO assessment, Title
IX, student complaints, financial aid, admissions and records and other student services
areas. Val has previously served on two accreditation peer review teams.
Aaron McVean, Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Planning, San Mateo Community College District
Aaron currently serves as the Vice Chancellor of Educational Services and Planning at San Mateo Community College District. His responsibilities include the development and implementation of the district-wide strategic plan, overseeing academic affairs and student support services across the District, innovation and resource development efforts, and policy and administrative procedure development and review. Aaron has previously served as the Interim Vice President for Instruction at Skyline College and Dean of Planning, Research, and Institutional Effectiveness at Skyline College. In this prior role, his responsibilities included all levels of college planning, from program review to educational master planning. In addition, Aaron has experience with development, implementation and assessment of SLOs and has taught psychology courses both online and in-person at two California community colleges.
Dan currently serves as the Assistant Superintendent/Vice President of Administrative
Services at Cuesta College. In this role, he oversees fiscal services, facilities,
information technology, public safety, general services, and the college bookstore.
Dan holds a Bachelor's Degree in English and a Master's in Public Policy. His professional
experience includes budgeting and other fiscal services areas, institutional planning,
facilities services, information technology, and general administrative services.
Dan has experience serving on a number of college committees, including the Planning
and Budget Committee and Institutional Program Plan and Review Committee. He is also
currently serving on the accreditation self-evaluation writing team at Cuesta College.
This is Dan's first time serving on an accreditation peer review team.
Gohar joined the commission staff in September 2017. Accreditation is the cornerstone
of her 20+ years' experience in higher education. As Associate Vice Chancellor of
Institutional Development, and ALO for City College of San Francisco from July 2012
until June 2015, she helped to lead the College's improvement processes. Most recently,
she served as Interim Director of Operations at Cañada College. Prior to that, Momjian gained
in-depth knowledge working with the WASC Senior College and University Commission
as the ALO for the American University of Armenia. She holds a B.A. in Psychology
with a specialization in Business Administration from UCLA, and an M.A. in International
Education, Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford University. Ms. Momjian also supports
the Commission's Evaluation and Planning Committee and Policy Committee."
We are excited to give the visiting team a warm Norco College welcome and to showcase all of the great work we do!