An official email will be coming out this afternoon, but thought I’d publicize this here as well. SJSU has been chosen as one of the campuses to send a faculty member to serve on the Faculty Trustee nominating committee. The job of the committee is to recommend up to four candidates for service as the Faculty Trustee on the CSU Board of Trustees. The Board has been without a Faculty Trustee for close to 2 years as Governor Schwarzenegger refused to appoint any of the last slate of candidates to the position – it’s a long story – but choosing a new slate will be extremely important.
The timeline is very short – we need to hear from you by 5:00 PM this Friday, Oct 1 – if you are a faculty member who would like to serve on the nominating committee. Here are the details:
San José State has been selected as one of two campuses which are to send one faculty representative to the Faculty Trustee Recommending Committee. The qualifications of the faculty representative to the committee shall be the same as for eligibility for election as a representative to the ASCSU. These qualifications can be found in By-Law 13 in the Academic Senate Handbook (http://www.sjsu.edu/senate/handbook10_11/bylaws.htm).
The Faculty Trustee Recommending Committee is charged with screening the list of faculty trustee nominees, developing recommendations, and presenting four faculty trustee candidates for nomination to the Statewide Academic Senate at the January 19-21, 2011 plenary meeting.
The Faculty Trustee Recommending Committee will have a one-time meeting beginning at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, January 18, 2011 (date is tentative) at the CSU Chancellor’s Office in Long Beach to review the nominating materials, which will be mailed to committee members the first week of January.
If you wish to be considered for this position, electronically submit a written statement of interest and qualifications to the Associate Vice Chair of the Academic Senate (Susan.McClory@sjsu.edu) by 5:00 pm on Friday, October 1. Please limit these statements to one page.
In the impaction plan that SJSU submitted to the CSU for approval last Spring, a provision was included that all incoming Freshmen whose high school was more than 30 miles from campus would be required to live in campus housing. This requirement came up at last Monday’s Senate meeting and was the subject of some heated debate. The Senate listserve was bursting with commentary about the requirement. Some comments expressed concern about the financial burden on students. Others pointed to the likelihood of increased student engagement. Yet others asked, If living on campus is good for students from 30 or more miles away, why isn’t it beneficial for students who went to high schools closer by? The requirement goes into effect next Fall, and the Senate, Student Affairs, the Presidents Advisory Committee on Enrollment, among others, will be considering the effects of such a requirement on our student body, the degree to which financial aid will be available to cover housing costs, and whether the requirement will continue in the future.
The American Institute for Economic Research has taken a look at the extra-university factors that make a city a great place to go to school. Their rankings take into account diversity, job prospects, R&D expenditures, etc. San Jose was ranked #1nationwide in the “Mid-size Metro” category. Of course, we already knew that San Jose was a great place for a University!
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