California State University, San Bernardino

University Diversity Committee

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Present: Carswell, Carthen, Clark, Constant, Diaz, Murillo-Moyeda, Rice, Texeira, Torrez, Zhang

Absent: Baeza, Brotherton, Brown, Daniels, Futch, Kakihara

1. Approval of Minutes

Diaz moved to approve the minutes. Constant seconded. Motion approved.

2. Budget Report

Valencia provided an update on the budget. Valencia reported there were several funding requests for which she had not received paperwork. She has contacted the requestors and is working with them to pay for the invoices. Valencia moved the encumbered diversity training funds from last AY to the current AY.

3. Subcommittees

1. Event Funding

The Sociology Department submitted a request for $1000 for an honorarium for Jimmy Briggs. Due to the timing of the event, the subcommittee forwarded the request to Clark with their recommendation for approval. Clark approved the request.

The Palestine Culture Club submitted a request for $600 for the Multicultural Family Festival. The event was to be held off-campus. The request was not approved.

Texeira asked if a funding request requires a faculty advisor’s signature on student club/organization requests. Currently, the form does not require an advisor’s signature. After discussion, the committee agreed the funding request form will need to have the student organization’s faculty advisor’s signature prior to submitting the request to the subcommittee. Murillo-Moyeda will contact M. Casadonte to update the online form. Clark requested a cost estimate.

The Event Funding subcommittee will consist of Constant, Murillo-Moyeda, and Diaz.

2. Conversations on Diversity

Carthen asked if there was an established quarterly budget for Conversations on Diversity. Carthen asked the committee to send recommendations/ideas for speakers for winter and spring to her.

The Conversations on Diversity subcommittee will consist of Texeira and Carthen, and others are welcome to join them.

3. Diversity Webpage

The Diversity Webpage subcommittee will consist of Zhang, Torrez, and Texeira. Zhang stated the student from last year graduated in June. She will be recruiting a new student for maintaining web content. Clark moved to approve funds for 1 student assistant to work 5 hours/week for the fall quarter at an hourly rate between $6.75 - $8.00. Torrez seconded. Motion approved.

4. Diversity Initiative Grant & Follow-up Committee

The subcommittee will consist of Carswell, Torrez, and Rice.

5. Diversity Awards

The subcommittee will consist of Torrez, Diaz, and Zhang.

6. Diversity Training

Murillo-Moyeda provided an update on the diversity training. They have been revamping the training and will be submitting a proposal to Clark and Berilla.

4. Diversity Trainers

Carthen thanked the committee for supporting her training on diversity. Torrez will be attending the National Association of Multicultural Education for her training which will focus on creating climates on campus. Carswell will be attending NMCI training in November.

5. UDC Shirts

Clark asked UDC if they would like to have UDC shirts. The shirts would be to promote the committee on- and off-campus and also be worn at UDC events, such as Conversations on Diversity. The committee approved the request. Valencia will order UDC shirts for the committee members. There will be two different styles of shirts, short sleeve in blue and long sleeve in black. Each committee member will receive one shirt and if they would like a second shirt, they will need to pay for the second one.