February 12, 2019 Minutes

Council of Department Chairs

Present: Richard Behl, Curtis Bennett, Babette Benken, Andreas Bill, Chris Brazier, Tangan Gao, Maryanne Horton, Lisa Martin-Hansen, Kris Slowinski, Barbara Taylor, Dessie Underwood, Henry Wu, Margaret Karteron

  1. Approve agenda (10:00). Approved as modified
  2. Minutes discussion. Approved as submitted
  3. Announcements
  4. Operations updates
    1. Commencement. Alumni are now in charge, not Academic Affairs. Will take place at track, 1 PM . No tickets required for CNSM ceremony. 24-hour security.
      1. Banners. Margaret proposed a concept for new design for banners, logos, and possibly tablecloths. Now is time to discuss modification of department logos.
      2. Regalia. Announcements will be sent out soon.
      3. Speaker . Distinguished Alum,, Mike Schaadt, retired director of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
      4. Grand Marshall. Agreed to ask: 1. Margie Merryfield, 2. Robert Mena, 3. Laura Kingsford.
    2. ASM updates. Nothing to report.
    3. Dean update
      1. BEACH 2030. College Council- 4 subgroups will make reports on: student success, research, inclusive excellence, and science in the community.
      2. Good things. Allie Puz will contact Departments for news. CNSM soon will launch a form on our website for input of new papers or activities to publically highlight and record.
    4. Academic Senate Report,
      1. New RSCA grant policy approved for next year. Lot of flexibility at college level to implement changes. The College Council is given the duty to make specific policies for the College . The Academic Senate policy's defaults will be for up to 6 wtu of release time request and will be for possibility of separate deadlines for RSCA/SFG vs. Mini-grants /Summer Stipend. The college currently has a restrict ion on receiving reassigned time and sabbatical in same year. (Note: College does better financially when faculty take 1-year sabbatical vs. 1-semester). Overall, if the college wants to continue funding most proposals that the review committee considers worthy, there can only be a few awards of more than 3 WTU.
      2. The senate made progress made on GE policy.
    5. Marketing and Public Affairs merged together under new AVP Cook (from CSU Fullerton).
  5. Associate Deans
    1. Research (Barbara)
      1. ORSP lag times. ORSP can set up an account and allow anticipatory spending before moneys are transferred by funding agency to ORSP. If timing of funds availability appears to be a problem, contact Barbara Taylor for help.
    2. Academic Programs (Kris)
      Deadlines and Updates
      1. Evaluation of Lecturers. Files due to Department March 1. Deadlines for evaluation (April 12 from Dept to College) and range elevations (March 25 from Dept to College) are different, but any Lecturer submitting for both range elevation and regular evaluation should be completed at same time.
      2. Chairs should share required file content to all lecturers being evaluated. (Excel file from Kris and File Content list)
      3. Unconscious Bias training on Friday, March 22, by Alex Madva. Encourage that Chairs of search committee attend.
      4. Mandatory advising is underway.
      5. EO 1110. CNSM good success in some classes, not others. New assessment of students' college readiness is good, but not effective for math preparation.
      6. HVDI proposal, spreadsheets shared for Support for Current HOVI and Plans for 2019-2020. Reviewed what allocations need to increase or can decrease.
  6. SEF
    1. Must finish list by 2/19 and student presentation on 2/26
    2. Units need to send spreadsheet list to Henry by Friday noon, separated in Designated ($198k) and Competitive ($407k received for FY 18-19)
    3. The college also needs each unit to provide a 1-page report on last year's spending
  7. Hiring for Diversity - discussion postponed until our next meeting.
    1. Position statements
    2. Diversity/Student Success statements
  8. Office Schedules. Any hours shift (like leaving 1-2 hour early) need to be made up that same week to not incur overtime in a following week.
  9. Adjourn

Respectfully submitted by Dr. Richard Behl, Chair, Geological Sciences.

Meeting Minutes were APPROVED on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

Upcoming Dates

  • Jan 31: Fundraising menu due Feb 5: President's Cabinet
  • Feb 15: Multidisciplinary Mixer
  • Feb 18: Alumni Grant Proposals due
  • Feb 22: CSULB Student Research Competition Mar 1: Chairs retreat
  • Mar 22: Alex Madva talk ll-2pm Apr 1-5: Spring Break
  • April 9: Nobel Lecture - Dr. Robert H. Grubbs May 21: Commencement