Two 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis professors long active in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息鈥檚 shared governance are organizing a spring seminar series,
The series is scheduled to begin Monday (March 30) as part of the First-Year Seminar Program (formerly Freshman Seminar Program), but everyone is invited to attend.
鈥淭his seminar will examine the nexus of the excellence of the University of California and its budget,鈥 the course description states. 鈥淥ur focus will be on the disinvestment by the state in 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 and the measures that 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 has taken to maintain its place among the greatest research universities in the world.鈥
Confirmed speakers include top administrators from the campus and the Office of the President on topics that will include tuition and budget, undergraduate and graduate education, research mission; and adherence to the state鈥檚 Master Plan for Higher Education.
鈥淲e hope to expose the campus to the thinking behind current discussions about the university and the state,鈥 said one of the organizers, Bob Powell, former chair of the Academic Senate at the campus and systemwide levels.
The other organizer, Jim Chalfant, chairs the Academic Senate's Task Force on Investments and Retirement, and formerly chaired the campus and systemwide committees on Faculty Welfare, and Planning and Budget.
Powell and Chalfant are both former department chairs: Powell in chemical engineering and materials science, and Chalfant in agricultural and resource economics.
The series will meet from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays in 1062 Bainer Hall. Here are the confirmed speakers:
- March 30 鈥 Patrick Lenz, former vice president, Budget and Capital Resources, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President
- April 6 鈥 Bob Powell
- April 13 颅鈥 Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis
- April 20 鈥 John Aubrey Douglass, senior research fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Berkeley
- April 27 鈥 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi; and 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Professor MRC Greenwood (Department of Nutrition), chancellor emeritus, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Santa Cruz, and former provost of the 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 system
- May 4 鈥 Nathan Brostrom, executive vice president and chief financial officer, 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Office of the President
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