LCC Faculty Senate
Welcome to Luna Community College Faculty Senate (LCCFS)
All employees and students at LCC, and all members of the greater Las Vegas community are welcome to attend Faculty Senate meetings. Additionally, All adjunct and full-time faculty at LCC are automatic members of the Senate, and all LCC employees, students, and members of the greater Las Vegas community are welcome and encouraged to attend Faculty Senate meetings.
In order to promote continual improvement toward excellence at LCC, the Faculty Senate seeks to:
- solicit faculty insights, suggestions, and recommendations
- promote productive communication and collaboration among faculty and between faculty, staff, students, and administration
- advocate for faculty viewpoints on all issues in which faculty holds a stake
- make recommendations on college policy
- improve faculty salaries and working conditions
- facilitate appropriate faculty participation at all levels of college governance
Meeting times change by semester based on Officers' and Senators' teaching schedules. During the Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters, the Senate is meeting on the second Friday of each month at 2:30pm in the Media Education Center (MEC) Building. Meetings typically last 1 to 2 hours.
The current meeting schedule is as follows:
- Tuesday, August 14, 2018*
- Friday, September 14, 2018
- Friday, October 12, 2018
- Friday, November 9, 2018
- Friday, December 14, 2018
- Friday, January 11, 2019
- Friday, February 8, 2019
- Friday, March 8, 2019
- Friday, April 12, 2019
- Friday, May 17, 2019*
Elected members of the faculty Senate for the 2018-2019 academic year are as follows:
Kenneth Bachicha | Chair | kbachicha@luna.edu |
Breanna Gould | Vice Chair | bgould@luna.edu |
Sara Vigil | Secretary | savigil@luna.edu |
Sierra Fernandez | Senator of Associate Members | sfernndez@luna.edu |
Gene Sandoval | Senato of Trades | gmsandoval@luna.edu |
Daniel Twitchell | Senator of Humanities, Adult Basic Education, and Early Childhood | dtwitchell@luna.edu |
Geno Castillo | Senator of STEM and Business | gcastillo@luna.edu |
Sherry Goodyear | Senator of Satellite Campuses | sgoodyear@luna.edu |
Linda Salazar | Senator Ex Officio, Learning Resource Center | lsalazar@luna.edu |
Kimberly Sena | Senator of Allied Health Sciences and Nursing | kisena@luna.edu |
Join us! There is a place for you at LCC Faculty Senate meetings.
You can contact the Faculty Senate at lccfacultysenate@luna.edu.
*Please contact the Secretary or Chair if you would like to request to be added to our agenda for any meeting, or make the request at the beginning of the meeting and you can be added to the agenda before it is approved.* If you have a department-specific question or concern, first attempt to contact the Senator associated with that particular department.
Shared Governance-Power Point Presentation
October 12, 2018 - Regular Meeting
September 14, 2018 - Regular Meeting
August 17, 2018 - Special Meeting
August 14, 2018 - Regular Meeting
May 16, 2018 - Regular Meeting
April 13, 2018 - Regular Meeting
March 9, 2018 - Regular Meeting
March 2, 2018 - Special Meeting
February 16, 2018 - Special Meeting
February 9, 2018 - Regular Meeting
January 10, 2018 - Regular Meeting
September 14, 2018 - Regular Meeting
August 17, 2018 - Special Meeting
August 14, 2018 - Regular Meeting
May 16, 2018 - Regular Meeting
April 27, 2018 - Regular Meeting
April 13, 2018 - Regular Meeting
March 9, 2018 - Regular Meeting
March 2, 2018 - Special Meeting
February 16, 2018 - Special Meeting
February 9, 2018 - Special Meeting
January 10, 2018 - Regular Meeting