June 25, 2019 Minutes

Council of Department Chairs
  1. In attendance:  Dessie Underwood, Chris Brazier, Richard Behl, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Tangan Gao, Andreas Bill, Curtis Bennett, Margaret Karteron, Barbara Taylor, Henry Wu, Kris Slowinski, Maryanne Horton. Guests in attendance: Theresa Exum; Valarie Bagley.
  2. Agenda approved. (9:30)
  3. SOAR (Theresa Exum – Time Certain 9:32) – Distributed SOAR schedule. July 10th is the largest attendance day.
  4. GE issues – See the memo regarding GE pattern placement. Continuing CSULB students are eligible for the new catalog (2019) similar to incoming transfers who are eligible for the new catalog (2019) pattern. Our recommendation is that it can be either 2012 or 2019. We will not generally allow substitutions – only one pattern or another pattern.    
  5. Student Orientation/Peer Mentor Training (Val Bagley – Time Certain 9:45). New freshman and also transfer students handbooks are ready and will be handed out at SOAR. The name of SAFARI was changed to "CNSM First-Year Welcome" (the agenda was shared). The students will be organized into major-based small groups. Department chair or faculty member will speak to the majors. Students are needed from physics and geological sciences to assist with the discussions from student perspectives. Workshops – peer-led, student-led, CNSM majors (faculty/chair/credential sessions), faculty panels. The items highlighted in yellow on the CNSM First-Year Welcome sheet are the ones that are All faculty are invited to attend the resource fair. We also need tables from programs. We are changed the peer mentor training. Valarie will do the tutoring training with just CNSM students (more targeted training for the CNSM courses and SAS center).  
  6. Minutes Approved from May 7th with suggested changes.
  7. Announcements
    1. Operations updates (Margaret)
      1. Volunteers – Mandated Limited Reporting Requirement. All volunteers are required to sign a limited reporting form and return it. If it's not signed, they cannot continue as a volunteer.   
      2. Tech Office Changes – There are some office shifts going on. Allie will be here Wednesday, Thursday, and every other Friday. 
      3. Open House Updates were shared. Events are first-come, first-served. Shark shack will be in the parking lot. People will rotate in and out of the labs. Video in 100 and 102 are offered with live-streaming. 
    2. Dean updates:
      1. AT files to Kathy – send those forward now. 
      2. Fall Faculty Workload to Dean is due now.
      3. Summer schedule to Lane if you haven't gotten it to her yet.
      4. Signatures (read the forms & "alarm bells") – look at those carefully before they go forward. Please help lecturers (and faculty) understand protocols for partnerships, internships, working with minors. Contact Event Staff for any type of event that involves minors coming in to campus or room reservations.  Let Kris know if you have difficulties with reserving those events as it’s possible that other colleges are having the same difficulty. 
      5. Food drive for Beach Pantry will be held in October.
      6. Dean's Council Report
        1. Space Audit  - CSULB does better than other CSUs. There is also a recommendation that classes meeting in common-use rooms be put on one of our multiple grids – not an oddly-timed course. 
        2. Emergency debrief – discussion regarding the potential shooter social media message (in May). CSULB is putting together a plan for how to respond to media quickly. 
        3. Discussion of salary compression to happen at retreat (both TT and Lecturers). The Dean's retreat will be discussing those items.
        4. Staff evaluations are due the end of August. We can ask for input from faculty on our staff performance.  
        5. We are hoping that pathways will be open for the Open House event.
  8. Associate Deans
    1. Undergraduate/Programs
    2. Research
      1. BEACH2030 papers – review and let Barbara know if there are items that are not agreeable. The electronic document was sent out previously by Barbara.
  9. Budgets
    1. Audit of CSU – In the Sacramento Bee and the LA Times, the system has been reported as having $1 billion while tuition doubled during the time. 
    2. RS funds of $25,000 and more should be decreased as much as possible. The Dean shared the RS Committee Report and the Dean’s RS contingency plan as well as a new CNSM Faculty RS Account Plan.
  10. Adjourn

Minutes submitted by Lisa Martin-Hansen 6/25/19.

CDC Meeting Minutes were APPROVED on Tuesday, September 10, 2019.

Upcoming Dates

  • June 14: First draft of faculty workload due to Dean's Office
  • July 10: Transfer SOAR
  • July 20: CNSM Open House featuring Sharks @ The Beach
  • August 19: CNSM First Year Welcome
  • Aug 20-21: New Tenure-Track faculty events
  • Aug 22: New lecturer faculty events (8-12)
  • Aug 23: Convocation/College Annual Meeting
  • Sept. 20: Student Research Symposium