November 20, 2025 Meeting

Agenda

Information/Discussion:

  • Welcome
  • Approve minutes from October 16, 2025
  • Enrollment Numbers (Fall 2025) (Spring 2026)
    • Fall 2025 – 1009 ftes currently
    • Fall 2024 – 956 ftes at the end
    • Spring 2026 507 ftes today
    • Spring 2025 497 ftes this day last year; 895 ftes at the end of the semester
  • Enrollment Opportunities
  • Marketing: Engineering, Medical Assistance, Court Reporting, Dental Hygiene Bachelor’s, and?
  • Five- year Strategic Action Plan Data Presentation
  • SEMCOM survey updates
  • Other

Minutes

Information/Discussion:

  • Welcome

The group was welcomed and an ice breaker was done.

  • Approve minutes from October 16, 2025

The group approved the minutes via consensus.

  • Enrollment Numbers (Fall 2025) (Spring 2026)
    • Fall 2025 – 1009 ftes currently
    • Fall 2024 – 956 ftes at the end
    • Spring 2026 507 ftes today
    • Spring 2025 497 ftes this day last year; 895 ftes at the end of the semester

Greg reviewed the enrollment numbers from Fall. We ended up roughly 6% up in the Fall semester.

  • Enrollment Opportunities

Greg went over an email sent by Jeanene Garcia that outlines enrollment opportunities for the Spring Semester. The email was shared with Marketing as well as to Student Services and Counselors. Please review the list for any other opportunities for marketing. The list highlighted new course offerings as well as the 1st half, 2nd half paired offerings. Discussion also included the need for a 2-year schedule. This will be an agenda item in the future.

  • Marketing: Engineering, Medical Assistance, Court Reporting, Dental Hygiene Bachelor’s, and?

Greg said there is an opportunity to use MESA funding to advertise engineering and math. CSUB is also wanting to develop a pipeline with us for Engineering. Vicki stated that there is a CSUB Convening regarding STEM in February. Other updates were given: medical assisting has started with a small cohort and is ready to scale up; court reporting will be leaving WESTEC and moving to our campus possibly as early as Fall 2026.

Other marketing needs were discussed such as Financial Aid. There needs to be greater awareness for the Finish Line Scholarship and other programs. Discussion was also had regarding current Financial Aid Workshop offerings and how to better market those.

  • Five- year Strategic Action Plan Data Presentation

Xiaohong went over the Strategic Action Plan that is being sent to Academic Senate and the Board for approval. The plan goes from a 3-year plan to a 5-year plan. She reviewed the presentation with the group, and states that SEMCOM will need to develop goal-aligned strategies. This will be a future agenda item.

  • SEMCOM survey updates

The group was asked to remind their students to take the survey for a chance to win a gift card. The survey is posted in Canvas and has been emailed.