February 16, 2004
Sixth Edition of the Year
Top of the News
District
Board supports California Propositions 55, 56, 57 and 58
CSM Cares
enhanced with new training materials
But It's All News You Can Use...
CSM
president and vice president in Palau on accreditation review
FBI report reveals CSM is a safe
campus
Michelle Schneider's work
to be used as a statewide model
CSM students will march in March
in Sacramento
CSM professor plays cello in Redwood
Symphony
No red ink or staples on outgoing
mail
Health Fair in March--mark your calendar
Former CSM coach now with San Francisco
49ers
Exercise caution at campus stop sign
areas
For Students
CSM
Financial Aid Office to hold informational workshop
Upcoming Transfer Center
events
Ongoing
information
Survey
on what campus construction projects are most important
Link to new accreditation standards
Information on the campus facilities
improvement program
Faculty: scholarships totaling $30,000 for educators
This spring's diversity lecture series features two
authors
Fun
Stuff
Another CSM connection to star
professional quarterback Tom Brady
Contact
us with your feedback
CSM Internal
CSM Listens
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Top of the News to you
District Board supports California
Propositions 55, 56, 57 and 58
Over
its last two meetings, the District Board of Trustees passed resolutions
in support of California Propositions 55 (The Kindergarten-University
Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2004), 56 (The Budget Recovery
Act), 57 (The California Recovery Bond) and 58 (The California Balanced
Budget Act). All the propositions are on this year's March 2 state-wide
ballot.
Proposition 55 provides for a bond issue of $12.3 billion to fund necessary education facilities to relieve overcrowding and to repair older schools, including community colleges. Passage of this bond would provide funding of about $40 million to the District. Of that amount, more than $10 million will go toward the Student Support Services Center (Buildings 1, 5 and 6) project at CSM and about $400,000 for a projector for the campus planetarium.
Proposition 57 is a one-time economic recovery bond of up to $15 billion to pay off the state's accumulated general fund deficit as of June 30, 2004. Jim Keller, the District's executive vice chancellor, has been making presentations about the California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed 2004-05 budget and its impact on the District. He has discussed scenarios that would result in a District deficit of anywhere from $369,000 to $7 million (CSM's allocation is 39 percent). Whether Proposition 57 passes will certainly impact what the actual figure is. But he said that there are other unknowns that will affect it as well, including District enrollment, the way categorical programs are funded, property taxes and possible cost of living increases or a raise in salaries to be determined by upcoming contracts.
Briefly, Proposition 56 permits the California Legislature to enact
the budget and budget-related tax and appropriation bills with 55 percent
vote rather than the two-thirds vote currently required; and requires,
among other things, that the Legislature and Governor permanently lose
salary and expenses for each day the budget is late and that the Legislature
stay in session until budget is passed.
Proposition 58, in essence, requires enactment of a balanced budget
and must pass for Proposition 57 to be implemented.
For more information about the propositions, visit the California Voter Information Guide website at the following address: http://www.voterguide.ss.ca.gov/propositions/prop58-title.html. For a copy of any of the Board's resolutions, contact the President's Office at CSM (650.574.6222). For more information about the District Board of Trustees, including its meeting agendas and minutes, visit smccd.net.
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CSM Cares enhanced with
new training materials
CSM Cares, a quality service program, has acquired new
materials and videos to take its training to the next and higher level.
And all CSM classified staff and managers are invited to the program's
enhanced workshop on Thursday, March 18, 2004, from 8:30 am to 4 pm
at the Foster City Recreation Center. Last week, all campus employees
were mailed a brochure that includes a workshop application. The registration
deadline in March 3.
Some 47 employees have completed the training, many offering positive comments such as: "The workshop was very worthwhile. Everyone should do it." The sponsors of CSM Cares, the College's Classified Planning Committee, provide a hearty second to that statement and is encouraging new participants as well as those who have completed the program to sign-up for the all-new training.
What do participants gain? CSM Cares will sharpen your awareness of the needs of our students and teach you new ways to:
•Provide
quality service
•Deal with students in difficult
situations
•Establish positive communication
•Feel more confident about
yourself and your abilities
•Make your work more personally
rewarding
For more information, call Valerie Anderson (650) 574-6105, Joyce Berghoff (650) 574-6220 or Becky Winchester (650) 574-6999.
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But It's All News You
Can Use...
...CSM
President Shirley Kelly and Vice President of Student Services Pat Griffin
will be in the Northern Pacific nation
of Palau performing an accreditation review of Palou Community College
through February 24. Until they return, the College's Vice President
of Instruction Grace Sonner will be the acting campus president.
...CSM is a safe campus. John Sewart of CSM's Office of Institutional Research released a report recently that showed that no violent crime and minimal property crime occurred on campus in 2002. The information was based on the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Reports and the numbers are based on "known occurrences of crime per 1,000 enrolled students." For more information about CSM's research office or research--especially that which pertains to community colleges--visit the Research section linked at left.
...Michelle Schneider's detailed outline for CSM's Administration of Justice program is so good that it will be used as a statewide model by the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST), the organization to which the outline is submitted. In an email to the Technology Division staff assistant, a POST official wrote that of the more than 35 outlines reviewed Michelle's was "the perfect one."
...Last week, CSM's Associated Students (AS) approved funds to once again send the College's students, faculty and staff to Sacramento for the "March in March." This year’s rally in support of adequate funding for community colleges and continued open access will be held on Monday, March 15. Like last year, the AS will provide bus transportation, t-shirts and lunches to all those who participate. For more information or to register to attend the rally, please contact the Student Activities Office at (650) 574-6141 or floresb@smccd.net.
...Tom Diskin, a CSM electronics professor and president of the College's Academic Senate, will perform with the Redwood Symphony on February 22 at Norte Dame de Namur University in Belmont. He plays cello for the symphony, which will be performing concerts at CSM on April 18 and 25. For more information about the group, visit www.redwoodsymphony.org.
...When addressing envelopes for U.S. Postal Service mailing, please do not use red ink or staples.
...It's more than a month away, but you might want to pencil-in on your datebook that CSM's sixth annual Health Fair will be held on March 30 and 31, from 10 am to 2 pm in Building 5's South Cafeteria. In addition to offering health risk and stress assessments, body fat analysis, massage, and HIV, cholesterol and glucose testing, the Health Center event will feature prizes, food and raffles.
...Last week, CSM Internal listed a number of CSM alumni and/or former coaches who reached the professional ranks of sports. Well, here's one more: Ted Tollner, current 49ers offensive coordinator, was head coach at CSM from 1968 to 1972.
...Many cars have been seen speeding through stop sign intersections, obviously creating great risk to others. Although campus security has maintained a presence at certain high traffic locations at peak times regularly in an attempt to prevent "running," it can't be everywhere. So, while driving on campus, exercise caution by not assuming that other drivers will stop at the posted stop signs.
For Students
...CSM's Financial Aid Office is holding an informational workshop on February 21, from 10 am to 2 pm in the College's Building 5, South Cafeteria. Called "Cash for College Day," the event is especially for those who need assistance applying for financial aid or have questions about grants, loans and jobs. Also, students may apply that day for a $1,000 scholarship. For more information or to reserve a time with a financial aid profession, call (650) 574-6146 or 6147.
...Please contact Mike Mitchell for details at (650) 574-6662 or mitchellm@smccd.net about the four upcoming CSM Transfer Center events:
•Menlo
College "Instant Admission/Scholarship Day"
February 17, 10 am to 1 pm, Building 5
•How
To Transfer to A University of California Campus
Feb. 25, 10:10 to 11:10 am, Building 5, Room 106A
•How
To Transfer to A California State University Campus
Mar. 11, 10:10 to 11:10am, Building 5, Room 106A
•Student
Center Tour State-of-the-Art Facilities at the Academy of Art College
April 2, leaving CSM at 10 am, returning
at 2 pm, free bus pickup in front of CSM's Building 5
Ongoing information
...Please visit http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sewart/testpilot/CIP.tp4 to complete a survey to determine what campus facilities improvement projects are most important to you and what kinds of updates and information you would like on construction progress.
...To read the new Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges standards, presented , visit http://www.accjc.org. Once there, scroll to the top of the page and click on "Core Documents & Publications." The drop-down panel will offer the option "Evaluating Institutions" and click on it and then on "ACCJC Standards Adopted 2002." Those are the new standards. The is located in the Reference section linked at left.
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Information
about the campus facility improvement program (officially Capital Improvement
Program or "CIP") can be obtained from a variety of sources,
including CSM Internal, which has provided updates in the January 26,
2004. December 1, 2003, March 31, 2003 and November 11, 2002 editions
located in the News Archive section linked above. Also, here are the
name, address on campus, phone number and email address of Swinerton's
Karen Freeman (650.378.7334; lower level of Building 6; and freemank@smccd.net).
Swinerton Management & Consulting is the San Francisco company hired
to manage the CIP. Employees are encouraged to contact Freeman with
questions. Plus, at http://smcweb.smccd.net/accounts/facilities/planconstruct/capitalimprove.html,
they will find updates on the project, including the most recent "Open
Forum" slide presentation, as well as other relevant information.
Finally, Professor Lloyd Davis, secretary of CSM's Academic Senate,
prepared a detailed summary of a similar improvement project presentation
made to his organization. That information appears in the Academic Senate's
October 28, 2003 minutes, which can be found by clicking on the Committees
link at left and then on Academic Senate Governing Council. Lastly,
more open forums are planned.
...Faculty: The Horace Mann Scholarship Program for Educators, a philanthropic program of the Horace Mann Educators Corporation, provides funds to help public and private school teachers continue their education. The deadline is 15 May 2004 for thirty-six scholarships totaling $30,000. Complete scholarship guidelines and an online application form are available at the Horace Mann website: http://horacemann.com/edscholarship/. Please send or email a copy of the application to Milla McConnell-Tuite, Institutional Advancement, building 1, Room 125, or mcconnell@smccd.net.
...This semester's "President's Lecture Series: Diverse Voices in Writing" will bring author Firoozeh Dumas (March 3, "Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America") and local academic and author Francisco Jiménez (May 6, "The Immigrant Experience: The Discovery of Self, Purpose, and Place through Writing") to the campus theatre. Their talks will begin at 11 am and will be followed by a reception and book signing in Building 5's Gallery Room. Contact (650) 574-6442 for more information about the authors.
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Fun Stuff
...In
an item in CSM Internal last week, the connection between CSM
coach Tom Martinez and recent Super Bowl champion quarterback and most
valuable player Tom Brady was highlighted. As it turns out, Tom Diskin,
a CSM electronics professor and president of the campus Academic Senate,
has a connection of his own. Here's what he had to write: "I was
just reading your blurb in Internal on Tom Brady, and I thought
I would add my two cents. Tom Brady grew up across the street from me
here in San Mateo! My wife still lives in our house, and Tom’s
parents still live across the way! Kind of funny, when Tom was about
2, I saw him riding his tricycle up and down the middle of the street
and said, 'That kid isn’t gonna make it to his teens!' Now I’m
glad I kept a watchful eye out for him (smile). I ran into his mom about
a year ago and had a great chat about how Tom tries to keep a low profile.
It is indeed cool to know someone who is now so much in the public eye
(even if he doesn’t want to be)."
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See Calendar section for more event info or News Archive linked above to view past editions.
Please contact Mike Habeeb at habeeb@smccd.net, if you have any story ideas or comments regarding CSM Internal.
If you have any suggestions, complaints, compliments or comments about CSM's staff, faculty, administrators, divisions, departments or services, CSM Listens at (650) 574-6677, extension 9080, or csmlistens@smccd.net wants your feedback.