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April 16, 2001
Participate in The Big Picture!
I would like to encourage the entire campus community - students,
faculty, staff, and alumni - to participate in "The Big Picture" at
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noon on Tuesday, April 17, on the front steps of the Oviatt
Library.
This oversize group photograph will complement a similar photo
taken of
the campus family in the 1980s. The new photo will be made into a
poster
and be available for purchase about a week later at $5 each in the
Matador Bookstore.
Triumphs like the selection of one of our faculty, biology
professor
Maria Elena Zavala, for the Wang Family Excellence Award; the
success of
the men's basketball team in reaching the NCAA championship
tournament;
our 10-year reaccreditation by the Western Association of Schools
and
Colleges; and, the end of earthquake recovery activities have given
rise
to a real sense of pride and self-confidence at the University. For
these reasons, I look forward to posing with all of you, my friends
and
colleagues, for "The Big Picture" at this wonderful moment in our
history.
Light refreshments (cookies and lemonade) will be available
afterward. I
know that many student groups and departmental staff have made
plans to
be part of the picture, and I hope many others will join us. The
group
photo is, of course, one of many events planned as part of
inaugural
week festivities. My thanks to the Inaugural Committee for planning
and
organizing these activities.
I also hope many of you will attend the noon Thursday, April 19
inauguration, which is planned as a celebration of the entire
University
community. We will be joined by many distinguished guests,
including
Chancellor Charles B. Reed, members of the California State
University
Board of Trustees, CSU presidents, local and state officials
including
California Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg, members of the
student
body, faculty, staff, and alumni, and many other friends and
supporters.
For further information about other inaugural-related activities,
link
to CSUN's home page at www.csun.edu.
University Goals and Initiatives
In recent years, university goals and initiatives have been
developed in
various arenas by different groups. In order for the university to
best
accomplish its major objectives, we felt those varying approaches
needed
to be focused into a single uniform vision. As part of that, we
have
also looked at consolidating the two major groups on campus charged
with
leading the development and implementation of those goals. After
campus
consultation, I have accepted the attached set of university goals
and
the establishment of a new campus entity, the University Planning
and
Budget Group, to guide our work in this area.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to those who worked on
this
project. This kind of teamwork sets the standard for how faculty
and
administrators can come together to accomplish meaningful results.
Jolene Koester
President
(04/16/01)
Goals and Initiatives / University Planning and Budget Group
At the fall meeting of the Strategic Planning Governance Group
(SPGG),
it was proposed that the University combine the various priorities
and
goals laid out in four University documents: the WASC
Recommendations,
the Accountability Performance Areas, the President's Priorities,
and
SPGG's University Themes and Goals. A subcommittee of SPGG was
formed
and charged with reviewing and integrating the various goals and
priorities. This subcommittee, named the Integrated University
Planning
Group, was made up of faculty and administrators. The group met
several
times between January and March 2001 to develop a proposal to
integrate
the priorities and to propose a structure that would address them.
The
following are the results of that integration, which have been
approved
by the President in consultation with the Cabinet.
University Goals and Initiatives
I. Student Achievement
- Increase graduation rates (including undergraduate, graduate,
credential students).
- Enhance quality of the baccalaureate degree (including review
of GE
and advisement).
- Enhance quality of the graduate degree and credential
(including
review of advisement).
- Increase the level of student preparedness/decrease the need
for
remediation.
- Focus student learning/assessment criteria in curricular and
co-curricular arenas.
II. Campus Environment
- Develop user-friendly academic, business, and personnel
processes
for students, staff, and visitors.
- Enhance internal communications.
- Enhance physical environment (including safety issues,
buildings,
parking, signage).
- Develop a campus culture that promotes personal engagement in
communities, thereby fostering excellence in all faculty, staff,
and
student endeavors
- Develop greater pride in the University.
- Enhance support for diversity in all areas of campus life.
III. Research, Scholarship, and Creative Achievement
- Provide support for research, scholarship, and creative
achievement
for all within the campus community.
- Focus on and promote outcomes: instructional innovations,
publications, presentations, creative work.
- Enhance faculty, administrative, and staff development.
- Honor professional recognition and distinction.
IV. Resources/Institutional Effectiveness
- Establish budget priorities to support excellence in
educational
programs.
- Increase external funding (including grants and scholarships).
- Increase sources and levels of financial aid.
- Enhance information technology and technology in general.
- Maximize effectiveness of facilities utilization.
V. Serving External Community
- Serve as intellectual, cultural, and artistic resource for the
community.
- Develop and enhance partnerships in service to the community.
- Enhance external communications to promote knowledge of the
University's contributions to the community.
- Attend to areas of special state need.
University Planning and Budget Group (UPBG)
Committee Charge and Structure
The University Planning and Budget Group (UPBG) will serve in an
advisory capacity to the President by assisting with the
development and
prioritization of campus goals and advising on the allocation of
resources.
As a starting point for developing and setting goals, UPBG will use
the
approved list of integrated campus goals and initiatives.
The UPBG will:
- assist in developing long-and short-range plans to accomplish
prioritized goals and initiatives;
- consult on the status of ongoing campus goals and initiatives;
- evaluate information, including key performance indicators, and
use
them in the development of the programmatic and resource
priorities;
- advise on communication plans regarding budget and planning;
- review and comment on budgets prepared by University officers.
The UPBG's 15 members will be:
1. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (chair)
2. Vice President for Administration and Finance
3. Vice President for Student Affairs
4. Vice President for University Advancement
5. Chief Information Officer
6. President of the Faculty
7. Chair of the Council of Chairs
8-9. President and student member of Associated Students
10. Staff member designated by the President
11-15. Five faculty members designated by the President of the
Faculty
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