News - February 16, 2012

Budget Presentations Open to the Campus

Monday, Feb 27 - Tuesday, Feb 28 - Friday, March 2, 2012

To assure that everyone interested has the opportunity to learn about the campus’s budget situation, we have scheduled three open sessions at which we will present what is currently known about the Governor’s proposal for next year’s State Budget and how it is anticipated to affect us.  The State budget process is unpredictable and subject to many changes.  This presentation will share with you the best knowledge we have now.

• Monday, February 27, 3:00 to 4:00 pm at the Karl Anatol Center
• Tuesday, February 28, 12 noon to 1:00 pm at the Barrett Athletic Administration Center (BAAC)
• Friday, March 2, 9:00 to 10:00 am at the BAAC

Some of you may have already seen this presentation in another forum, but others may not yet have had the opportunity.  If you are unable to attend any of these sessions, the Powerpoint that is presented will be posted on the campus Budget Central web page.

We hope these sessions and information on Budget Central prove useful.

Donald Para, Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs

Mary Stephens, Vice President, Administration and Finance

Campus Venue Managers

Ever wonder who to work with when planning a campus event?  Campus venue managers schedule and lease space to students, campus departments and the public.  Our most popular venues:

Venue managers will coordinate your event with service providers including Parking, Police, Facilities and Risk Management.  All student events must be approved by Student Life and Development (ext 54181).

Event Services, an office established in the Administration and Finance division in 2011, serves the entire campus community as a resource for facility rental and use.  Contact Mishelle Laws or Pamela Jesse with event questions (ext 55578) or check out the Event Services website.

President's Commission on the Status of Women

Awards - Deadline Monday, February 27, 2012

The President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) invites nominations from the campus community for the following awards:

• The Advancement of Women Awards. These awards honor individuals for their outstanding work on behalf of women.  The categories are students, lecturers, tenured/tenure-track faculty members, staff members and administrators.
• The Honoring Community Organizations and Their Campus Partners Award. This award recognizes the impact that collaborations between CSULB and community-based organizations have on the lives of women.

More information and the nomination form for each award can be found on the PCSW website.  Inquiries can be made to Betsy Decyk, University Ombuds at (562) 985-2577 or at Betsy.Decyk@csulb.edu).  Awards will be presented at the Women's Research Colloquium on Tuesday, April 10, 2012.

TEXTILES

We buy them … we gift them … we wear them.  Eventually we discard them.  The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that Americans throw away nearly 21 BILLION pounds of textiles (clothing, footwear, accessories, towels, bedding, drapery, etc.) every year.

For the past four years, Facilities Management Recycling has partnered with Residential Housing and Salvation Army to collect old clothing students no longer want when moving out of on-campus housing.  Every year under this program more than 5,000 pounds of clothes are collected and donated to Salvation Army for reuse.