CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE___________________________________________
MINUTES OF MEETING 12/13/11_______ APPROVED BY COMMITTEE__________________
Sub. To Exec. Comm. ____________________ Approved by Exec. Comm._____________________
Sub. To Acad. Senate _____________________ Approved by Acad. Senate _____________________
POLICY ITEMS _____________________________________________________________________
Members Present: Michael Barrett, Sandra Chong, Barry Cleveland, Nazaret Dermendjian, James Dow,
Robert Kladifko, Jerry Schutte (Chair), Diane Stephens, Veda Ward
Members Absent: Ric Alviso, Doris Helfer
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:05 p.m.
2. Approval of the Agenda
The agenda was approved with no additions.
3. Approval of Minutes from November 8, 2011 Meeting
The minutes of the November 8, 2011 meeting were approved.
4. Chair’s Report
Schutte recapped a few items from the ATC meeting that may impact this committee:
There is the capability of listing co-requisites manually, but SOLAR coordinators
must request this.
CSU online – there is no particular budget. Chong stated that each campus has
already given 50 thousand dollars toward this online initiative. The CSU has also
hired a Director of Online Instruction
IT Vision 2015 – there are a number of initiatives covering a wide range of items,
from E-books to LMS.
Video Furnace – this is an on-demand video screening server in which videos are
available for online streaming.
5. Executive Secretary’s Report
Stephens stated that as of today, the Department of Finance has indicated that mid-year
budget cut triggers were set and that the State will be reducing the budget of the CSU by
an additional 100 million dollars this academic year. The amount for Cal State
Northridge is about $7.8 million; that dollar amount will be a base budget reduction in
2012/13 for the campus.
The Provost has included the project of reducing 30% of computer labs in the next five
years in the Academic Affairs planning document.
Media Services staff members have been updating open classrooms. They have put a
hook on the side of the black box with a 15 foot cable attached to it; this will help with
easier access to the cables for laptop use on instructor desks. Also, many classrooms will
have new projectors, and the balance of classrooms will be switching over to thin clients
by June 2012.
The Academic Affairs Web Team is starting to get up and running. Business process
improvement projects are being done through the Pioneering Technology Group and
VISCOM. They will be working closely with the web content group on the conversion to
Web One after seeing results of the initial pilots from IT.
6. CSU Academic Senate Report
Chong stated that there has not been a CSU wide Academic Senate meeting since the last
ERC meeting. However, there have been subgroup meetings regarding funding for
statewide academic senators. There has been talk about moving the senate meeting to the
online platform. However, this will be difficult with 70 people online through Elluminate
with two cameras and two microphones.
Early Start is starting with the lowest quartile in Math and English.
7. Facilities Update
Colin Donahue (Time Certain: 2:30 p.m.)
Donahue noted some facility updates:
Phase two of student housing will soon take effect to complete the 800 bed
facility. Currently, 400 of the beds are complete.
Permanent bleacher seating and improvements will be put into the entry area of
the soccer field.
The last section of Matador Drive will soon be built. A surface parking lot will
also be built near that area.
USU is building an artificial turf field in G-4.
Power point slides provided by C. Donahue:
Major Capital Program
i. State bond funding model is not sustainable
ii. Non-state program (housing, parking, USU, extension) is sustainable
Minor Capital Program
i. Lack of state capital bond funds
Campus investment in infrastructure/deferred maintenance
i. Central plant systems
ii. Major building equipment
iii. Roofs
iv. Building finishes
Shift in Program
i. 2008
a. 350 million total program
b. 72 individual projects
ii. 2011
a. 115 million
b. 115 individual projects
Operation Implications of Budget Conditions
i. PPM
a. 2004/2005 261 employees
b. 2011/2012 198 employees
c. Growth since 2004/05 of 500,000 gsf
d. Diminished facility project capacity
Facilities Planning, Design, and Construction
i. Majority of project management team is outsourced
ii. Synergy between FPDC & PPM increasingly critical
8. New Enrollment Management Group
Cynthia Rawitch; William Watkins (Time Certain: 3:00 p.m.)
Watkins stated that the New Enrollment Management Group was initially launched to
bring together the departments for recruiting students and coordinating processes that
lead into admissions and classrooms. Uniquely, this group also extended the work to be
concerned about issues regarding graduation rates.
Rawitch noted that high schools are making their students college-eligible. This creates a
challenge because increasing numbers of students trying to get into a college and there is
not enough space. We need to plan to get students out faster by improving graduation
rates and decreasing the extra units above 140 units. The quicker they can get out, the
quicker other students can come in.
9. Valley Performance Arts Center (VPAC) – Use and Budget
Robert Bucker (Time Certain: 3:30 p.m.)
Dean Bucker presented the Valley Performing Arts Center use and budget for 2011/12.
$1.6 million dollars has been in the University budget for Plaza del Sol facility;
the University will give a one-time budget of $500 thousand, which will
eventually bring it up to $2 million for the overall commitment to the base budget.
In terms of Presenting, Facilities Fees of $40,000 have already been exceeded,
and the $1.5 million under State Trust will also be exceeded since we are already
at $1.12 million. It’s been a very successful season as far as ticket sales.
Rentals are going to be pretty close to $500,000 since this number is for both the
Plaza del Sol and VPAC.
Filming Facilities Fees of $80,000 will be exceeded significantly as we have
already gone over this number.
A number of projects are being filmed in the VPAC for both television shows and
feature films.
Concessions of $20,000 are sold by the Corporation. Most of the money is from
CD and book sales.
Under Expenses, a majority of employees are students. All ushers and a large part
of the technical crew are students and they are also provided with uniforms.
A Facilities balance of $219,000 is for the replacement of lights, seating,
carpeting, etc.
The attendance figure since the VPAC opened in January 2010 is about 42,000.
Plaza del Sol’s seats will be replaced and the hall will be repainted in January. In
June, the lobby area, ticketing, and concessions will be renovated.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m.
The next ERC meeting is Tuesday, February 14, 2012 in UN 211.