CSAC General Council Minutes
September 11, 2014
Meeting began at 1:00pm with a tour of the Native American Cultural Center (NACC)
Deaver, Alyssa
Lauer, Susan
Members Present:
Derryberry, Vickie
Ortega, Bobbi
Beckworth, Mary
Gallegos, Mark
Paddock, Charlotte
Carr, Michael
Goodfellow, Jessie
Shepard, Debbie
Chief-Yazzie, Sharon
Harrison, Felicia
Theiss, Dee Dee
Cook, Kinsey
Jones, Tammy
Carlson, Kelli
Members Absent:
Guests:
DelVecchio, Teresa
Campbell, Vickie
Frank, Kathleen
Joeke, Akaylah
Rice, Shannan
Talakte, Catherine
Parks, Jessica
Watson Daniella
Austin, Gary
Przydzial, Mike
Bohland, Laura
Strauss, Carly
Bowen, Shawna
Jenny Strickland
I.
I.
Guest speakers – Kathleen Frank of NACC and Catherine Talakte of Native American
Student Services
a. Building opened three years ago to all students
b. NACC partnerships across campus are given precedence for the meeting rooms, but if
available, are open to both on and off campus
c. Native American Student Services
i. Been here over 30 years
ii. Services are available to Nat. Am. Students as well as any other students
iii. One-stop resource center philosophy; makes navigating the university more
convenient for students
iv. Provide one-on-one support to students to address their individual needs
v. Host an annual Fall Stew Fest open to the entire campus
vi. Put on many celebrations for Native American Heritage Month
vii. Coordinate the Nat. Am. Convocation
viii. Invite high schools to come see NAU
ix. Over 1800 Nat. Am., Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian students at NAU; 109
different tribal nations or tribes
x. NAU is known nationally for its enrollment of Nat. Am. students and their
graduation rates
1. Hope for NAU to become leading institution in this realm
xi. Helped create a First Year Seminar course with a native American focus – idea is to
be proactive and help ease the transition from high school to university to keep
students from dropping out their first year
1. Can cover liberal arts requirements
xii. Work with prospective students, undergraduates and graduate students
xiii. Also offer a peer mentoring program
CSAC Business
a. Dee Dee will coordinate a phone conference in a couple of weeks to discuss the mixer
II.
III.
b. Committee Reports
i. Felicia –CSW—AWHE Conference June 11, 12, $120, great networking experience,
keynote = President Cheng; looking for third co-chair for next year
ii. Kinsey - Strategic Planning & Budget: Leadership Day Retreat: VPs presented top
priorities; discussed budget cuts—Ducey to cut $13.1M to NAU; projected that
budget issues will span two fiscal years; may have to increase tuition, a nationwide
dilemma; ABOR coming to NAU in March; IT goals: hiring qualified staff to do
more with less, make wifi 1G/sec in each building; no more new phone lines being
brought into buildings; campus preparing to switch over to the computer-based
Lync phone system; Extended Campuses—most affordable degree program in AZ,
home to NAU TV
iii. Vickie C/Sharon – Emp. Dev. Day committee: scheduled for May 20, 2015; are
seeking volunteers to work the event; Passport to Excellence: Develop U; held at
Franke College of Business
c. Mixer
i. Flyers passed out for people to hang up in their buildings
ii. 50/50 raffle tickets given out; members asked to sell at least 18 tickets each
iii. Members strongly encouraged to continue to solicit donations; it’s very important to
the staff that attend the mixer
iv. Also spread the word and/or nominate people for the peer recognition awards—
winners will get their picture taken with the president!
Guest Speaker - Green NAU Energy Initiative – Alex Gaynor
a. Presented items to show what is recyclable vs. what is not recyclable
Recyclable
NOT Recyclable
Plastic bottles –keep lids on if made of Glass is not recyclable; but at home
same materials
you can order a roll-off for $3.50/mo
(see City of Flagstaff website) in order
to recycle glass
Milk cartons
Wax lined items (e.g. coffee cups)
Paper and cardboard if not wet => do Plastic utensils, they are too small
not put liquids in the recycling!!
Aluminum foil
Paper towels, napkins, and toilet paper
Paper shredding if in a clear plastic bag
Soft plastics (plastic bags, candy
wrappers, etc.)
i.
Any coffee shop on campus will give you a $.50 discount on coffee if you bring
your own mug and ask for the discount
ii.
Make sure items put in the recycling are empty (do not need to be washed or
spotless)
iii.
Office of Sustainability has free reusable bags
b. Working on getting supply of clear bags for each department in which recycling should be
placed
c. Recycling pilot program going on in four buildings and will not be spread campus wide until
there is sufficient funding; while successful, the program is very expensive
d. Large bins for the pilot programs are $1500 per pair (pair = recycling and trash)
e. If department is looking to buy new bins, they are encouraged to buy bins like those used in
the pilot program (contact nau.edu/recycling) or at least match in color (brown for trash and
blue for recycling)
Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid Guest Speaker – Jeff Tellin, Financial Aid
Advisor, 3-8670; jeff.tellin@nau.edu
a.
IV.
Smartphone budgeting apps:
i. MINT
ii. BillGuard
iii. You Need a Budget
iv. CreditKarma –best for understanding your credit and how to build it
b. Credit Score
i. Payment History 35%
ii. Amount Owed 30% (how much of your credit line are you using)
1. Ideally should only use up to 25% of each line of credit otherwise it starts
looking like you’re relying on credit
iii. History of Credit 15%
1. Responsible credit over a long period of time; don’t close those oldest
accounts
iv. Inquiries 10%
1. Each time you apply for credit, it does affect your score but not greatly and
is realtively temporary
v. Account Diversity 10%
1. Installment loans (e.g. home mortgages), revolving debt (line of credit),
open accounts (utilities, cell phones— young people should consider paying
for own phone bills)
vi. Free credit checks
1. Freecreditreport.com - not actually free
2. Annualcreditreport.com – actually free
3. CreditKarma.com – free apps for Android and iPhone
vii. 18% of all consumers have a score at or better than 800 because they:
1. Maintain zero balances
2. Have credit diversity
3. Exhibit discernment
4. Practice isolationism/stinginess – don’t cosign for anyone
5. Are frugal—live beneath their means
c. Student Loan Repayment
i. If want to learn more, Jeff offers a class that anyone can take
d. Public service loan forgiveness
i. Eligible borrowers can cancel the remaining balance of their Direct Loans after
serving full-time at a public service organization for at least 10 years while making
120 qualifying monthly payments after October 1, 2007
Guest Speakers – Christy Farley, VP of Governmental Affairs & Diane Verkest, Director
of Human Resources
a. Health Insurance Benefits
i. University might have to offer benefits under a different system than the current
one; universities have requested independent authorization to decide on systems
b. Retirement – State to do away with ASRS for universities
i. No specific plan, no immediate changes to be made, and no effect on existing
employees; but if legislation is passed to give universities more flexibility, the
university will seriously consider allowing people to switch from ASRS to 401A
ii. NAU has focused on choice: employees already in ASRS would be able to switch
from state retirement plan to 401A type system; currently classified staff are
automatically enrolled in ASRS while faculty and service professionals have a choice;
all new employees would be put on a different system as the universities move away
from ASRS
iii. NAU will continue to match 401K contribution
iv. Employee costs are going up for ASRS (already at 12%)
c. What will happen to employees that will be depending on ASRS in the near future as they
retire?
i. There is a board that manages the ASRS that use actuaries to determine what needs
to come in to manage the current retirees being supported
ii. Goal is not to harm those currently in the ASRS
d. Cost of pension type programs not sustainable in the long haul
e. If there are questions, feel free to email Christy.Farley@nau.edu or she would be willing to
come back at another date and discuss the changes
Meeting adjourned at 3:05pm