PAPC
The President’s Advisory and Planning Council (PAPC):
- Advises the president on college-wide matters, particularly in the college’s annual and strategic planning process
- Handles the ongoing assessment of the governance system and oversees the creation of new committees
- Makes assignments to standing committees as needed
- Reports to the President
Contacts
Elizabeth Briggs, PAPC Chair, ebriggs@tcc.edu 757-822-5341
Mary Hanlin, PAPC Secretary, mhanlin@tcc.edu 757-822-1772
- Educate the college community on the governance structure at Tidewater Community College
- Review for currency the governance committees’ by-laws, memberships, and meeting minutes, and ensure they are up-to-date and accurate.
- Work on developing a communication process that is consistent and allows for tracking institutional work completed by governance committees.
PAPC Members 2023-2024
- Elizabeth Briggs, PAPC chair, College Faculty Senate Appointee
- Mary Hanlin, PAPC Secretary, Librarian elected college-wide
- Dr. Michelle Woodhouse, member appointed by the President’s Cabinet
- Misty Lyon, Chair of Administrative Association
- Beth Callahan, Administrative Association Appointee
- Gia Lawrence, Chair of the Classified Association
- Jennifer Wilkinson, Classified Association Appointee
- Thomas Stout, Chair of the Curriculum Committee
- Jennifer Hopkins, Judy Gill, Leah Hagedorn, Co-Chairs of the Distance Learning and Technology Committee
- Renee Hosang-Alleyne, Chair of the Faculty Professional Development Committee
- David Kiracofe, Chair of the General Education Committee
- Vacant, Chair of the Global and Intercultural Committee
- Novella Briggs, Chair of the Internal Relations Committee
- Michael Blankenship and Stacey Laney, Co-Chairs of the Instruction Committee
- Jennifer Perkinson, Chair of the Student Success Committee
- Alicia Voda, Chair of the Workforce Solutions Committee
- Vacant, Counselor elected college-wide
- Vacant, Student Governance Association Federation Chair
- Vacant, Student appointed by SGAFC
PAPC members include:
- Last year’s chair will serve as Past Chair
- One member appointed by the Executive Staff
- Chair of the College Faculty Senate
- Chair of the Administrative Association
- Chair of the Classified Association
- Chair of the SGA Federation Council
- One person appointed by the Faculty Senate
- One person appointed by the Administrative Association
- One classified employee appointed by the Classified Association
- One student appointed by the SGA Federation Council
- Chair of the Classroom Teaching and Learning with Technology Committee
- Chair of the Internal Relations Committee
- Chair of the Student Success Committee
- Chair of the Workforce Solutions Committee
- Chair of the Curriculum Committee
- Chair of the Instruction Committee
- Chair of the Global and Intercultural Learning Committee
- Chair of the Distance Learning and Technology Committee
- One librarian elected college-wide
- One counselor elected college-wide
- Three members appointed by the President.
- (If necessary the President is asked to use the appointments to ensure that each campus has at least one representative on the Council.)
The PAPC will meet a minimum of two meetings during the fall semester. During the second semester the PAPC meetings will be called as needed at the discretion of the President and the PAPC chair. The meeting location, unless otherwise noted, will be the District Office located in Norfolk. Every effort will be made to provide a synchronous virtual meeting option for PAPC members who cannot attend in person due to extenuating circumstances. Members who cannot attend should first seek to appoint a substitute prior to requesting virtual attendance. Members participating electronically must have adequate equipment to be able to communicate effectively via videoconferencing. Virtual attendees will count toward quorum and be noted in minutes as present electronically and not physically. The Chair and Secretary will attend meetings in person. PAPC members who plan to attend remotely should notify the Chair at least one day in advance so that necessary equipment for a virtual meeting can be arranged. A simple majority of the currently elected and appointed PAPC membership shall constitute a quorum. Elections will be held at the May meeting which should include both incoming and outgoing members to facilitate the transition from year to year with only incoming members eligible to vote. Special and summer meetings will be held on an as‐needed basis with no less than two week’s notification.
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
2016-2017
2015-2016
- Fall Convocation Week: Each governance committee will schedule a session to orient new members.
- September 15: By September 15 of each year, all committees will have received their charges, and the committee chairs will report those charges to the President’s Advisory and Planning Council. If a committee fails to receive a charge from the appropriate executive staff member, by September 15, the President’s Advisory and Planning Council chair will report this to the Executive Staff.
- October 1: By October 1 of each year, the President’s Advisory and Planning Council chair will consolidate all committee charges and ensure they are published on the web.
- January 31: By January 31 of each year, all governance committees will create a brief mid-year update to present to the President’s Advisory and Planning Council as well as the appropriate executive staff person. The President’s Advisory and Planning Council chair will consolidate these reports and publish them to the web. Constituent Groups are encouraged to submit a mid-year update as well.
- March 15: By March 15 of each year, each governance committee chair must send the President’s Advisory and Planning Council chair a list of membership openings.
- March 15: On March 15 of each year, the chair of the President’s Advisory and Planning Council must send out a TCC_ALL email to call on volunteers for all committee openings. This email should include a brief description of each committee’s responsibilities and the chairs’ contact information.
- March 15 : On or before March 15 of each year, or as soon as possible thereafter, all governance committees will hold their elections for general membership per the election procedures. Constituent groups are encouraged to do likewise.
- April 15: By April 15 of each year, each governance committee chair must have completed membership elections and must submit a complete roster of members for the upcoming year to the President’s Advisory and Planning Council.
- May 1: By May 1 of each year, governance committee chairs must send a list of new officers for the upcoming year to the President’s Advisory and Planning Council. This will mean that governance committees will need to meet in a timely fashion. If a committee fails to report new officers to the President’s Advisory and Planning Council, the PAPC chair will contact the committee members, solicit volunteers for officers, and hold electronic elections if necessary. By May 1 of each year, each committee must present an annual report of activities, accomplishments, goals, and recommendations to the College President, the appropriate member of the Executive Staff, and the President’s Advisory and Planning Council.
- May 15: By May 15 of each year, the President’s Advisory and Planning Council must meet to hold elections for the upcoming year.
Elections must follow the Governance Timeline. The Faculty Senate, the Classified Association, the Administrative Association, and the Learning Resources Centers will handle their own elections and appointments. The standing counselor on the President’s Advisory and Planning Council will coordinate elections for counselors throughout the Governance System. When the phrase “elected college-wide” appears on a membership list, the appropriate group will conduct the election — not the entire college community. For example, when a membership list calls for “one counselor elected college-wide” the counselors of the college will elect a counselor as their representative to the committee in question. Presidential appointments will be for one year only, but the president can re-appoint a person to the same committee as long as it will only be that person’s second consecutive year on that same committee.
Election of Officers
- The PAPC will hold elections of officers after the May 1 deadline for all governance committees to hold their own officer elections and before May 15. Constituency groups are requested to adhere to the Governance Timeline.
- PAPC officers will be elected by incoming members.
- On June 1 of each year, PAPC officers shall begin their one-year terms.