Council of Chairs

Welcome to the official website of the Council of Chairs at California State University, Northridge.

CSUN Grade Inflation Study

Handbook of the CSUN Council of Chairs

Role of the Council

The Council of Chairs is an important constituency for academic planning and implementation at the university. It serves as an advisory group to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and helps to shape academic planning and implementation at the university. The Council also serves as a forum for information sharing and input on innovations and change that relate to the quality of academic programs and initiatives at the university, as well as a platform for discussion of issues that fall within the responsibilities of department chairs. The Council is a member of the University Planning and Budget Group chaired by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the University Calendar Planning Committee chaired by the Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs, and participates in official functions of the university to which it is invited.

Membership

The Council of Chairs consists of all department chairs from the eight Colleges at the university, and representatives from the University Library and the College of Extended Learning. An Executive Committee made up of one representative from each College, the Library and Extended Learning serves the Council. Each College elects a representative each year to serve on the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee elects the Chair of the Council of Chairs from the committee.

Council of Chairs 2007-2008 Executive Committee Members

Executive Member	Department / College *	Ext.	Email Address
Craig Finney	Recreation & Tourism Mngt / HHD	3202	cfinney@csun.edu
Lynn Lampert	Technical Services/Library	7104	lynn.lampert@csun.edu
Paul Skolnick	Psychology/S & BS	2800	paul.skolnick@csun.edu
Darrick Danta	Geography/ S & BS	3532	darrick.danta@csun.edu
Melanie Williams	Business/ B & E	3390	melanie.williams@csun.edu
Taeboem Oh	Science & Math	3381	taeboem.oh@csun.edu
Nagi El Nagi	Electrical & Computer Engineering / E&CS	2190/3204	nagi.elnagi@csun.edu
George Uba	English / HUM	3431	george.uba@csun.edu
Juana Mora	Asian American Studies	7713	juana.mora@csun.edu
Peter Grego	Theater/ Arts & Media	3086	peter.grego@csun.edu

Meeting Dates

The Executive Committee meets on the third Monday of each month from 10:00am-12:00noon during each semester. Department chairs and the university community at large are invited to attend these meetings.

2007 - 2008 Meeting Dates

Meetings for the 2007-2008 Academic Year will be held in Redwood Hall, room 274, on the following dates:

Fall 2007	Spring 2008
September 17	February 18
November 19	March 17
December 17	April 21
	May 12

Minutes of the Council

* Colleges

All the department chairs are members of this council. However, each College elects a representative to serve in its executive committee.

Abbreviation	Expansion
AMC	College of Arts, Media and Communications
B&E	College of Business & Economics
EDU	College of Education
E&CS	College of Engineering and Computer Science
ExL	Roland Tseng College of Extended Learning
HHD	Health and Human Development
HUM	College of Humanities
SC&M	College of Science and Mathematics
S&BS	College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
LIB	Oviatt Library

Additional Resources

• American Council on Education for Department Chair resources
• The University of North Carolina Professional Development Portal

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Last updated: June 12th, 2008