Due to state budget reductions, California State University, Long Beach will be closed Nov. 25, 2009. University classes will not be conducted, with the exception of credit and non–credit courses offered through the College of Continuing and Professional Education. Most facilities will be closed to increase cost savings through energy savings, although some will remain open to accommodate students, including the Student Health Center, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For additional information regarding what will be closed or open on Nov. 25, call for prerecorded information on the State Budget Closure Day Information Hotline, 562/985-8080.
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Faculty and Staff:
I want to inform you of some good news from the budget front. The campus has been notified that we will receive a one-time allocation of $1.8 million from additional federal stimulus funding for the principal purpose of supporting added classes. The academic colleges are currently in the process of reducing their Spring schedules in line with our budget and enrollment realities. These new funds will mean that colleges will not need to eliminate as many classes in Spring 2010 due to budget cuts. Also, because the overall intent of the funding is to assist efficient progress to degree, a small portion will be used to ensure adequate academic advising for our students.
This additional funding is wonderful news and will prove helpful in the next semester. Under the current budgetary circumstances, every little bit helps.
F. King Alexander
President
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Faculty and Staff:
As we approach the midway point in our Fall Semester, I want to express my gratitude for everyone's commitment to our educational mission and patience as we collectively address these budgetary challenges. I know that the furloughs and "State Budget Closure Days" have caused unusual tension and complexity in this initial semester.
Budget Presentation Available Online
A comprehensive budget presentation covering the current year, 2009-10, as well as a preliminary outlook for 2010-11, is now available on this site. If you have questions, comments or suggestions about this material, please email vpofficeadmin-finance@csulb.edu
President's State of the University Address
Thank you, Interim Provost Para, and welcome students, faculty, staff, Board of Governors, Alumni Association Board of Trustees, honored guests, to our new academic year at The Beach. I first would like to thank our Chair of the Academic Senate Professor Praveen Soni and Provost Para for their timely and well thought out remarks as we head into another academic season...
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Faculty and Staff:
As we undertake the difficult task of implementing employee furloughs, I want to thank each of you for your continued commitment to the University and our students. All of us will feel the financial impact of these days off in the coming year, and I recognize and applaud everyone's efforts to keep as many colleagues employed as possible...
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Faculty and Staff:
Throughout the course of this past week there have been a number of important developments that I wanted you to be aware of. First, earlier this week the Governor and legislative leadership reached a budget agreement that should be voted on by the Assembly and Senate soon. All indications so far are that the budget should be passed by both chambers. Unfortunately, the agreement includes the $584 million in cuts for which the CSU has been preparing to address for the current year, 2009-10. For CSULB, this budget reduction amounts to approximately an unprecedented $42 million cut. The $3 billion reduction to the CSU and UC quoted in the media is a figure that does not take into account the $640 million in Federal Stimulus funding that we expect to receive nor the $84 million in net revenue generated by the earlier 10 percent fee increase approved by the Trustees in May.
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Campus Community:
As you are well aware, the Governor's proposed budget reductions facing the CSU and all of public education are the worst that we have seen in CSULB's 60-year history. By most indications, if this budget is passed in Sacramento, the CSU will have $584 million of a total $2.9 billion budget yanked out from under us in the current academic year. Furthermore, early discussions regarding next year's budget (2010-2011) have provided little hope or optimism that these funds will be restored soon.
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Campus Community:
While I wish I had more information to share with you, I am writing to update you about our budget situation. As we approach the official deadline by which the Governor and Legislature are to have agreed upon a budget, many uncertainties still remain, including the ultimate level of cuts we are likely to take and when such decisions will be made.
We do know that the magnitude of the Governor's proposed cuts for the CSU are enormous. The $584 million reduction to the CSU's 2009-10 budget represents a 13 percent cut from 2007-08 funding level.
President's Letter to Campus Community
Dear CSULB Faculty and Staff:
There is no doubt that the budget news coming from Sacramento is of great concern to all of us. Chancellor Reed has reported to us that the CSU faces a projected reduction of $584 million, when taking into account the additional budgetary shortfall for 2008-09 along with anticipated cuts for 2009-10. While these figures far exceed those anticipated in January, the Chancellor has pointed to two important values that remain paramount as the system and its campuses move forward to deal with the severity of these cuts: first, the quality of education for our students must be preserved as best we can; and second, we must save as many jobs as possible in order to retain our highly valued workforce. These are values that we also have advanced throughout this statewide and national economic crisis.
562-985-8080
Prerecorded updates on CSULB State Budget Closure Days
Chancellor's Office Budget Information
July 30, 2009 - Chancellor Charles B. Reed"s message to CSU employees.
Chancellor Charles B. Reed discusses the CSU's plan to cope with severe budget cuts.
