April 23, 2019 Minutes

Council of Department Chairs
  1. Present: Richard Behl, Curtis Bennett, Andreas Bill, Chris Brazier, Tangan Gao, Kris Slowinski, Barbara Taylor, Dessie Underwood, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Henry Wu, Babette Benken, Margaret Karteron, Valerie Bagley, Theresa Exum.
  2. Approve agenda (10:00)
    1. Approved as amended
  3. Approve minutes
    1. Approved as amended (Meeting Minutes for Tuesday, April 16, 2019)
  4. Announcements
    1. Operations updates
      1. Commencement speakers: student Jordon Ngo, Distinguished Alum Michael Schaadt
      2. College ballot going out today, voting deadline April 30.
    2. ASM updates, none
    3. Academic Senate/CEPC update
      1. New GE policy passed; new GE Evaluation Committee created. Extensive discussion of implications/ramifications. GE courses will have to be assessed and recertified every 5 years - suggested that we start assessment plan right away. Learning Outcomes for GE courses should be consistent with GE (LEAP).
    4. Deans' Council Updates
      1. Fundraising Campaign
        1. Please submit funding priorities - think big. Needs to blend with Beach 2030.
      2. UCI - PREPP: postdocs from UCI will apply to work with our faculty to learn about becoming a faculty member at a comprehensive university. Talk with department faculty to encourage.
      3. Enrollments/FTES- last year high number hits 2nd year
        1. Discussed downstream implications of increased enrollments on need for certain classes.
    5. Data Fellows posters on 9-12, Friday, May 3 at The Anatol Center. Encourage faculty to attend, even just for a little bit.
    6. There is a CPR training this Friday with 2 open spots (8:30am-12:00noon). Contact Dessie Underwood
    7. Microbiology building renovation will create space issues - don't make deals without Dean' s approval considering equity and college-wide balance.
  5. Associate Deans
    1. Graduate Director
    2. Research
    3. Development
    4. Academic Programs
      1. Lecturer Evaluations. Submit missing ones. Let Kris know if we made any changes to Rick van Kolen's spreadsheet.
      2. On-line advising modules. To be built with Articulate 360 software . We should get a free trial to assess for capabilities. Advise Kris Slowinski of other potential uses so we know about licensing needs.
      3. Transfer and Freshman admissions. UC rejection letters just went out, so will influence CSULB's matriculation this week (freshmen) and next month (transfers).
  6. Update on Safari Changes (Time Certain 10:45 - Val Bagley)
    1. Safari, Monday, August 19 (possibly extending into Tuesday, Aug 20) - in state of revision. Many topics discussed, but special focus on greater involvement of faculty and department chairs with interactive discussion/activities with incoming students.
  7. Enrollment Discussion
    1. Large increase in students this year and next.
      1. Many courses with wait-lists. More freshmen this past year started in CHEM111A.
      2. Of particular urgency is lower division courses - pay attention to sequences and number of students not yet registered, but ready to take the next course who may register late.
      3. IR daily comparison also helps
      4. Get Curt/Kris best/worst case so he can advocate for additional funds as there is likely to be an overwhelming increase in number of students.
      5. University drops students not meeting prerequisites on June 11, 2019.
  8. Fall workloads and Assigned Time
    1. Timeline
      1. Provide Dean's Office with the best estimate of Fall assigned time by middle summer.
      2. An important need is the development of the Category B courses in CNSM - get proposed assigned time for course development to Dean by June 7. (preference for Category B GE courses)
    2. Process
    3. Course Coordination & Excess enrollment
      1. If an instructor will get 1 wtu for coordination+ 2 wtu for excess enrollment, then present officially upwards as 3 wtu excess enrollment (>120).
      2. Reimbursed time (buy-out) from grants, Henry needs these to be requested several weeks before the start of the semester.
      3. S-factor allocation can be based on the entire previous year and allocated the next year in the semester when actually needed to work with students.
      4. Credit for UROP students need to be examined.
  9. . Hiring Discussion (deferred)
    1. Updates on next year's hiring
    2. Position Descriptions, Committees, Qualifications, etc.
  10. Early Tenure & Promotion
    1. University policy has recommendations to get external evaluations. Must talk with Chair and Dean ahead of time. Dean thinks that external evaluations are a very good idea. So does the Provost.
  11. Lecturer Range Elevations (deferred)
  12. Adjourn

Meeting Minutes were APPROVED on Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Upcoming Dates

  • April 24: Green Mixer at Japanese Garden (4 pm) May 3, Data Fellows Symposium, Anatol Center, 9AM May 10, Beach 2030 CNSM Planning Meeting
  • May 21: Commencement
  • July 20: CNSM Open House featuring Sharks @ The Beach