University Executive Committee

February 22, 2007

Rollin Richmond

Steve Butler

Rob Gunsalus

Denice Helwig

Colleen Mullery (for Rick Vrem)

Carol Terry

Mary Greta, Staff Support

 

President’s Report

President Richmond reported on his trip to Camp Pendleton stating that interest has been expressed in having higher education courses (including on-line courses) offered on the base. The governor and the chancellor both agree that it is important that military personnel who are being discharged be offered incentives to stay in California. Humboldt is the only campus with a Veterans Upward Bound program.

President Richmond reported on Super Sunday, his trip to a San Francisco Pentecostal church. This was a CSU effort to reach African-American communities by seeking the help of religious leaders. President Richmond was joined by a graduate of HSU who talked about the wonderful education he received at HSU. Humboldt has made progress in the recruitment of African-American students over the last four years.

President Richmond reported on the February 20 and 21 CSU Executive Council meeting. Topics included:

  • The Accessible Technology Initiative – This initiative calls for a plan to be developed that will assist disabled students who experience technological difficulties. The campus has three to six years to develop and implement this plan, and the chancellor’s office wants to be informed of any concerns. A major part of the problem is that students do not self identify so instructors often do not know that a disabled student is in their class.
  • WASC - Ralph Wolff visited and talked about the campuses offering a doctoral program. Also discussed was the Spellings Commission report, which is a shift to performance-based accountability, and the College Learning Assessment (CLA). Some resources will be provided to each campus to institute this exam the first year; each campus will need to decide how to implement it.
  • Collective Bargaining – CFA and the CSU are now in a fact finding process; if settlement is not reached in the next few weeks, a strike is possible. In this event, the goal is to work with one another in a collegial manner. Any response to a demonstration should be restrained; safety is of paramount importance.
  • Evaluation of Teacher Preparation – According to this report, approximately 25 percent of student success in learning to read, learning language and learning math is linked to the teachers and the preparation of such teachers.
  • APLE awards – This is one method of providing scholarships for students for four to five years of teaching; HSU is doing rather well in this endeavor.
  • Budget – The Legislative Analyst’s Office will recommend that fees be increased by 2.4 percent rather than 10 percent. The final budget probably will be close to what the governor proposes.
  • PIQE – During a visit from David Valladilid, President and CEO of PIQE, it was announced that PIQE is successful throughout the state.
  • Board of Trustees Meetings – It has been suggested that presidents get faculty, students and alums to attend the meetings and spend time sharing their CSU experiences with the trustees. Humboldt will be doing this in May.
  • Academic Council – Several campuses have developed math boot camps so that students can brush up on math and complete college courses successfully, and a course for professional development for deans has been developed, which will assist people with acquiring administrative skills.
  • Another issue raised is the effort across the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from campus; only a few CSU campuses have agreed to do this. This item was sent to Vice President Coffey for his advice.
  • Several items regarding advancement were passed to Vice President Gunsalus including the issue that corporate entities claim they will match gifts but designate a different recipient.
  • Communications – The CSU is trying to get public service announcements out to help bring in students. What is being done locally in this regard? It is important that any product be captioned and of high quality.
  • Athletics Seminar - Cedric Dempsey has been hired by the chancellor’s office to work with a number of campuses regarding a seminar on athletics. An excellent manual has been developed and core values have been identified.
  • Access to Excellence – A delegation from each campus will be attending a system wide wrap-up session on strategic planning to be held April 24 and 25 at the Orange County airport.

 

Other Reports

Vice President Gunsalus reported:

  • that Advancement Foundation is doing well; the Foundation Committee will be meeting Friday, February 23; and new members are being recruited to the board.

Associate Vice President Mullery reported:

  • that the senate is making progress regarding the revision of Appendix J.

Vice President Butler reported:

  • that the housing plan is moving forward.
  • that the Education Summit is scheduled for next Friday.
  • that the audit of emergency response has been received. HSU was cited for some issues regarding training and preparation; HR will assist with this aspect.
  • that UPD will have an additional officer soon.

Associate Vice President Terry reported:

  • that as a bonding requirement of the housing project, HSU needs to take steps to bring its self-supporting enterprise debt into compliance with the executive order; the vice presidents will meet to discuss this item.