Council of Chairs

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

CSUN Grade Distribution 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 of the university's department chairs. An Executive Committee made up of one representative from each College, Oviat Library and Tseng College serves the Council. Each College elects a representative in staggered, alternating years to serve on the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee elects the Chair of the Council of Chairs from the committee.

Council of Chairs 2011-2012 Executive Committee Members

Executive Member	Department / College *	Ext.	Email Address
Shari Tarver-Behring (Chair)	EDU	2599	starver-behring@csun.edu
Ali Amini	E&CS	2190	ali.amini@csun.edu
Sheryl Low	HHD	2203	sheryl.low@csun.edu
Sheena Malhotra	Humanities	7217	sheena.malhotra@csun.edu
Herman de Bose	S&BS	3591	hdebose@csun.edu
Vicki Pedone	Science & Math	6694	vicki.pedone@csun.edu
Jon Stahl	AMC	3192	jon.stahl@csun.edu
Paul Lazarony	COBAE	2461	paul.j.lazarony@csun.edu
Jennifer Kalfsbeek-Goetz	Tseng	5943	jennifer@csun.edu
Helen Heinrich	Oviatt	7830	helen.heinrich@csun.edu

Meeting Dates

The Executive Committee normally meets on the third Monday of each month from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon each semester. Department chairs are invited to attend.

2011 - 2012 Meeting Dates

Meetings for the 2011-2012 Academic Year. Meetings with no agenda items will be cancelled.

Fall 2012	Location	Spring 2013	Location
September 17		February 18
October 15		March 18
November 19		April 15
December 17		May 20

 

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
COBAE	College of Business & Economics
EED	Education Elementary Ed
EDU	College of Education
E&CS	College of Engineering and Computer Science
HHD	Health and Human Development
HUM	College of Humanities
ME	Mechanical Engineering
PAS	Pan African Studies
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 California State University Department Chair Survey Report

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Last updated: June, 2011