Two 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Davis professors long active in 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟβs 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.
βThis seminar will examine the nexus of the excellence of the University of California and its budget,β the course description states. βOur focus will be on the disinvestment by the state in 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ and the measures that 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ has taken to maintain its place among the greatest research universities in the world.β
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 stateβs Master Plan for Higher Education.
βWe hope to expose the campus to the thinking behind current discussions about the university and the state,β 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 β Patrick Lenz, former vice president, Budget and Capital Resources, 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Office of the President
- April 6 β Bob Powell
- April 13 Ββ Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor, 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Davis
- April 20 β John Aubrey Douglass, senior research fellow, Center for Studies in Higher Education, 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Berkeley
- April 27 β 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi; and 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Davis Professor MRC Greenwood (Department of Nutrition), chancellor emeritus, 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Santa Cruz, and former provost of the 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ system
- May 4 β Nathan Brostrom, executive vice president and chief financial officer, 51³ΤΉΟΊΪΑΟ Office of the President
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Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu