October 22, 2024 Minutes

Council of Department Chairs

In attendance: Curtis Bennett, Krzysztof Slowinski, Kelly Young, Jesse Dillon, Lijuan Li, Lora Stevens, Will Murray, Prashanth Jaikumar, Jim Kisiel, Christine Whitcraft, Babette Benken, Jeanine Pociask, Christina Hall, Margaret Karteron, Lindsay Aymar, Tatiana Avila

  1. Approve agenda (10:00am) - Approved
  2. Approve minutes from October 1 - Approved as amended
  3. Announcements
    1. ASM
      1. Budget could lead to potential hiring freeze
        1. Any vacancies should be filled ASAP
        2. Waiting on approval for requests that have been sent it – no further action required
        3. Any questions should go to Jeanine Pociask
    2. Operations
      1. Sabbatical eligibility notifications have been sent out
        1. Applications are due November 6 2024
        2. RTP documents are being transferred to College Committee
        3. Convening November 1, 2024
        4. RSCA applications in progress
        5. New scholarships currently being added to Beach Scholarships through November
    3. Communications
      1. No updates
    4. Dean
      1. Budget updates
        1. At the CSU Science Dean's Meeting in Fresno, the Vice Chancellor for Budget and Finance presented
          1. Budget process for next year has already started
          2. Final budget plan to be ready in September (2025?)
          3. Preparing to lobby to be funded properly
          4. Every state agency received 8% cut - CSU could be next year
          5. $200M in unavoidable costs (insurance, utilities, etc.)
        2. Enrollment admissions must be done prior to knowing the full state budget and thus what the CSU will get
      2. President meeting updates
        1. Open meeting - spoke about budget and stateside summer
        2. The deans brought concerns about the difficulties with purchasing directly to the president
        3. President Conoley wants to start meeting with Deans and Chairs every other month
      3. Tribal Relations Survey
        1. For now, survey your own space to determine if you need an official inspection (until we get more clarification)
          1. IIRMES will need official inspection
      4. Importance of letting dean's office know when faculty/staff are hurt
        1. Need a report on anyone who is taken to the hospital from campus
          1. Additionally, if you know that they are in the hospital (even if not from campus), you need to let us know.
        2. If you contact the safety office about an incident, that will work, but best practice is to CC the Dean when contacting safety about a report that includes someone going to the hospital.
      5. Personal Holidays
        1. Personal holidays are decided upon in advance by mutual agreement. This is different from faculty just telling you they want to take a personal holiday a day or two (or even a week or two) in advance. If someone needs to see the doctor or take care of a family member, they should take a sick day.
        2. ASM to get more information from Faculty Affairs about this matter
  4. Associate Deans
    1. Academic Programs
      1. Early Alerts
        1. Breakdown of Fall 2024 Early Alert Updates for tutoring
        2. CNSM does not automate, which is good
        3. Faculty have really been on top of this
      2. Tutoring
        1. Breakdown of tutoring appointments by major/tutoring center + appointment vs. drop-in
        2. Over half of all tutoring on campus is in CNSM
      3. Summer '25
        1. We will know more in a week – for now, continue planning for Summer as usual
    2. Research
      1. ORED has new grant submission deadlines
      2. Pilot of the One Drive in CNSM went well
      3. Purchasing requests should be made with college-level budget cuts in mind
      4. Continuing to develop Share Site - check for updates
      5. Ground floor of MICRO has a new all-gender bathroom
      6. October Research Snapshot is live
      7. New faculty PDP meeting
        1. First-years with service credit could still attend meeting
      8. Remind faculty phones are now through Teams Voice
    3. Graduate Programs
  5. BeachEdge (a.k.a. blended degrees) - Deepali Bhandari Time Certain 11:00am
    1. CNSM Graduate Programs
    2. Challenges:
      1. One of the smallest grad programs (but one of the best for completion)
      2. Time to complete/attrition rate looks bad
        1. Science & Math Ed - system doesn't distinguish between Post Bac and Graduate - they have to hand-write reports
      3. Money is a barrier to timely completion
        1. Is shifting Green Funds an option? DoD to check
    3. Opportunities:
      1. Increase capacity for growing enrollment
      2. Decreases time to graduation by adding more options for culminating activities
      3. Not two new programs - just a new pathway that connects two existing programs
        1. Merging an existing BS and MS program into a single pathway
      4. Undergrads can double count up to 12 courses towards both
      5. Pays undergrad tuition for courses until units needed for bac degree are met
      6. Avoids the $75 fee on the normal application website
      7. Adds higher value to their degree, higher chance of timely graduation, higher-level engaged research and more productivity
    4. Minimum eligibility
      1. Matriculated undergraduate/completed 60 unites/enrolled in 12 discipline-specific units
      2. Met major-specific requirements
      3. 2.5 GPA minimum (although individual programs can require higher)
    5. Individual programs need to create an internal application and review committee to decide deadlines and procedures
      1. Make a roadmap, prepare application form, consider advising model and capacity, and input information into Curriculog by the fall deadline
    6. Extended Curriculum Committee to discuss proposal further
  6. Adjournment - 12:01pm

Upcoming Dates

  • October 25, 2024 @ 2:00 pm: (Friday) College Council Meeting in HSCI 156 - RTP Policy Revisions Discussed
  • October 28, 2024: (Monday) Reappointment, T&P Department & Department Chair's Reviews due to Interfolio
  • November 11, 2024: (Monday) Veteran's Day - Campus Closed
  • November 12, 2024: (Tuesday) Promotion Only Department & Department Chair's Reviews due to Interfolio
  • November 18, 2024: (Monday) Open Period begins for Periodic Mini Reviews and ETF (through Monday December 9)
  • November 25-27, 2024: (Monday-Wednesday) Fall Break - No Classes, Campus Open
  • November 28 - December 1, 2024: (Thursday-Sunday) Thanksgiving Break - Campus Closed
  • December 6, 2024: (Friday) CNSM End of Semester Party, 2:00pm-4:00pm
  • December 11, 2024: (Wednesday) Last Day of Classes
  • December 12-18, 2024: (Thursday-Wednesday) Final Exams
  • December 24, 2024: (Tuesday) Last Day of Fall 2024 Semester
  • December 25, 2024 - January 1, 2025: (Wednesday-Wednesday) Winter Break
  • January 2, 2025: (Thursday) Winter Session Begins
  • January 17, 2025: (Friday) Winter Session Ends
  • January 20, 2025: (Monday) Martin Luther King Holiday - Campus Closed
  • January 21, 2025: (Tuesday) First day of Spring Semester - First day of classes
  • May 20-23, 2025: (Tuesday-Friday) Commencement at Angel Stadium

Meeting minutes were APPROVED Tuesday, November 5, 2024.

Note: The minutes above reflect discussion on the date of the CDC meeting about policies, not actual policy. Faculty and staff should wait for official communication on each subject before acting.