October 25, 2024 Minutes

CNSM College Council

Attendance: Ashley Carter, Curtis Bennett, Amy Ricketts, Raisa Hernandez-Pacheco, Deepali Bhandari, Jeffrey Pair, Ben Hagedorn, Margaret Karteron, Prashanth Jaikumar

Guests: Kelly Young, Lisa Martin

  1. Approval / Additions to Agenda – Added Pretty Darn Good Professor (PDGP) Update & Items to Dean's Report
  2. Approval of Minutes from 10/11/2024
  3. Announcements: Need for College Council Alternates, PDGP AWARD
    1. Departments Need to Find College Council Alternates
    2. PDGP – Nominations due December 6 – Council will decide in Spring 2025. (Approved this plan)
  4. College RTP Policy Revision Updates
    1. Current Working Version – With all latest updates
      1. Section 2.1 - Revised last paragraph.
      2. Examination of DEI References in Teaching Section
    2. Service, continued:
      1. Section 2.4 Intro - Revised and approved paragraph changes
        1. Tabled discussion of cultural taxation text
      2. 2.4.1 - Strike sentence from end of second paragraph.
      3. Cultural taxation discussion.
        1. Added paragraph to section 1.2
        2. Added paragraph in 2.4.1
      4. 2.4.2 - Decided not to include new minimum service paragraph
      5. 2.4.3 - Revision and approval of changes, new cultural taxation paragraphs
      6. 2.4.4 - Revisions to introductory paragraph. Discussion of list of shared governance and service activities. Approve list down to 2.4.4.2.8
  5. Dean's Report
    1. State-Side Summer
    2. Budget
      1. Projected Shortfall
      2. Hiring Chill
    3. CSUs System-wide Enrollments, Integrations
  6. Dean's Review Committee: Election of Lecturer Position
    1. Chemistry rep? – email forwarded to faculty in hopes of finding member
      1. Might have to find a member from another college (Bio or Math)
      2. Postpone election of lecturer to next meeting.
  7. Next Meeting – Friday 11/1/24 @ 2:00pm
  8. Meeting Adjourned
     

Please note that these minutes reflects discussion on the date of the CNSM College Council meeting about policies, not actual policy. Faculty and staff should wait for official communication on each subject before acting.