California State University, San Bernardino President’s Office
Administrative Council Minutes
July 29, 2002
Present
Aguilar, Arlin, Carlson, Conley, Delgado, DeMauro, Fallis, Fernandez, Jackson, Karnig,
McGowan, McNamara, Moran, Patzer, Rincon, Robinson, Ruml, Takehara, Vicknair,
Wang, West, Yasuhara, Young
Absent
Clark, Kamusikiri, Pritchard, Wilson
Others Present
Cynthia Flores, Joe Gutierrez
President Karnig introduced Sid Robinson as Director of Public Affairs. With the arrival
of Mr. Robinson, Cindi Pringle will transition full time to the T.V. initiative.
President Karnig announced a reorganization of the President’s Office. First, because of
his significant successes in helping the university secure federal funding and the
opportunity for far greater success in the future, Dr. Clifford Young will concentrate even
more effort and time on federal initiatives, further develop his community- and staterelations activities, and assume responsibility for implementing and administering major
technology transfer grants that the university has received.
Second, to fill some key responsibilities shifted because of Dr. Young’s new
assignments and to assume some of the responsibilities that formerly were undertaken
by the Vice President for University Advancement, Dr. Jan Jackson has agreed to serve
in a major new capacity in the President’s office. In this role, she will assume reporting
responsibility for the Development and Alumni Affairs Offices, serve as the campus
ombudsperson, and coordinate many of the major initiatives undertaken by the
university.
Informational Handouts
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President Karnig discussed the following informational handouts:
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An article from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities,
dated July 2002, entitled “AASCU offers to aid INS with SEVIS database.”
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An article from The Press-Enterprise, dated June 30, entitled “Foreign
Students Feel a Chill.”
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An article from The San Bernardino Sun, dated July 3, entitled “An Ill Wind for
Latino Kids.”
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An article from the American Council on Education, dated July 15, entitled
“Empty Promises Report: College Access is a Myth.”
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An article from Higher Education and National Affairs, dated July 15, entitled
“One in Five Undergraduates Faces Unmet Need Greater than $5,000,
According to U.S. Department of Education Data.”
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An article from Higher Education and National Affairs, dated June 24, entitled
“NCES Report Examines Perceived Impact of Work on Learning.”
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A letter from Director of University Relations, Joan Hemphill, dated June 4,
regarding “California State Student Association Resolution on Equitable
Student Parking and Transportation.”
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A memorandum from Vice Chancellor of Human Resources, Jackie McClain,
dated July 15, entitled “Management and Confidential Benefit
Enhancements.” Enhancements include:
o An increase in bereavement leave to five days of leave with pay for each
death of an immediately family member or a significantly close relative.
This leave is no longer tied to a travel requirement;
o Maternity/paternity/adoption leave is increased to thirty days of paid leave
commencing within 60 days of the arrival of a new child on or after July 1,
2002. This leave applies to the birth of an employee’s own child or the
placement of a child with the employee in connection with adoption or
foster care; and
o Family medical leave enhancement. An eligible MPP or Confidential
employee may now take Family Medical Leave (FML) to care for his/her
domestic partner who has a serious medical condition. In order to access
this benefit, the employee’s domestic partnership must be registered
through the Secretary of State designated process.
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A notice from the Board of Trustees of the California State University dated
July 19, regarding a proposal to delegate authority to campus presidents and
the chancellor to adopt rules regarding smoking on campuses and properties
of the California State University. Copies of the text are available at
http://www.calstate.edu/Title/index.shtml. There is a public hearing scheduled
for September 18 in Long Beach.
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An article from The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education,
dated June 26, entitled “Profiles of American College Students.”
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A letter from President Gaston Caperton of the College Board, dated June 27,
regarding a new SAT I to be administered for the first time in March 2005.
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A document distributed at the Society for College and University Planning
(SCUP) annual meeting entitled “State Trends.”
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An article from The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education,
dated February 2002, entitled “Coping with Recession: Public Policy,
Economic Downturns and Higher Education.”
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An article from Change, dated March/April 2001, entitled “Evaluating State
Higher Education Performance.”
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An article from The Pew Learning and Technology Program entitled
“Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Redesigning Large-Enrollment
Courses, Case Studies.”
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Year End Gift Financial report dated June 30, 2002, prepared by the CSUSB
Office of Development. Although the report shows a decline in overall giving,
the main campus had the highest level of private giving it has ever received.
The overall decline was a result of fundraising slowing down for the Palm
Desert Campus. Advancement staff will review what CSUSB is doing and can
do to expand the streams of revenue.