1. Division of Student Affairs Staff Meeting
January 29, 2019

2. Division of Student Affairs Staff Meeting
January 29, 2019
AGENDA
Welcome
Strategic Budget Planning & Timeline
3. Strategic Planning
DSA Searches - Update (Director(s) and AVPs)
Staff Resource Guide
6. Student Affairs Awards and Honors

3. Welcome to the Spring 2019 Semester!
Division Meetings Schedule
Wednesday, January 29, 10-11a, Ballroom B
Tuesday, February 26, 10-11:30a, Ballroom B
Tuesday, March 26, 10-11:30a, Ballroom B
Thursday, April 25, 10-11:30a, Ballroom B

4. Strategic Budget Planning
Timeline
Division of Student Affairs (DSA)
University
December
Cabinet sets campus priorities
January
DSA submits budget requests to VPSA
Budget office sends out call for 19/20 budget requests
February 4
Areas submits budget requests and Reallocations to VPSA Office

5. Strategic Budget Planning (cont.)
Timeline
Division of Student Affairs (DSA)
University
February 12
VPSA Leadership reviews budget requests and develops priorities list
March 1
DSA budget plans due to University Budget & Planning Office

6. Strategic Budget Planning (cont.)
Timeline
Division of Student Affairs (DSA)
University
April
Campus-wide draft budgets go to PBAC and Cabinet
May
Cabinet approves final planning year budget
June
Campus budget finalized

7. Strategic Planning January 18: Area Drafts Due
Timeline
January 18: Area Drafts Due
January 23: DSA Executive Leadership Reviews and Consolidates Plans
January 31: Final Draft Plan Due to VPSA for Review

8. The Division of Student Affairs is expanding…
Positions Filled
The Division of Student Affairs is expanding…
13 positions filled since start of Fall 2018
22 positions filled since July 1, 2018.
32 positions filled since April 1, 2018.

9. Active Searches for Director(s) and AVPSAs
Update on Searches
Active Searches for Director(s) and AVPSAs
Associate Vice President and Director of Student Health & Wellness (Expected to conclude in March)
Assistant Vice President for Assessment & Strategic Operations (Expected to conclude end of February)
Director of Academic Talent Search – Sonoma/Mendocino (Expected to conclude early February)
Director of Advising (position filled)

10. Active Searches for Director(s) and AVPSAs
Update on Searches
Active Searches for Director(s) and AVPSAs
(cont)
Director of Campus Recreation (Interviews this week)
Director of Student Conduct (Interviews in early February)
Director of Student Health Center (Final candidate on February 1)
Director of Upward Bound – Sonoma County
(Expected to conclude mid-February)

11. Dr. Dean Kennedy Reed Mathieson Director, Residential Education &
Staff Introductions
New hires since December division meeting…
WELCOME TO:
Dr. Dean Kennedy
Director, Residential Education &
Campus Housing
Reed Mathieson
Outdoor Programs Coordinator
Campus Recreation I

12. CONGRATULATIONS: Michael Balasek Director of Advising
Staff Introductions
CONGRATULATIONS:
Michael Balasek
Director of Advising I

13. Division of Student Affairs
Staff Resource Guide
Division of Student Affairs
Staff Resource Guide
Print version available by March 1, 2019
Web version to follow
Draft copies on back table –
Review and send updated information to or

14. “One of the Best Colleges for Transfer Students”
Awards and Honors
Sonoma State University Named
“One of the Best Colleges for Transfer Students”
(Money Magazine, Jan. 2019)
No. 12 out of 727 colleges and universities
Transfer and Transitions Center
SSU offers on-campus housing to transfer
students

15. Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards
Awards and Honors
Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards
Program
Amount
Principal Investigator
Year of Funding
TRIO SSS-United for Success
$474,376
Dr. Gerald Jones
3 of 5
TRIO SSS-Multilingual
$242,136
4 of 5
Chico State CalFresh
$67,000
Dr. Stacy Heldman-Holguin 1

16. Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Awards and Honors
Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Program
Amount
Principal Investigator
Year of Funding
ATS Mendocino
$256,393
Carolyn Peruta
3 of 5
ATS Sonoma
$523,001
2 of 5
TRIO Training PR5
$357,702
David Ferguson
1 of 2

17. Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Awards and Honors
Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Program
Amount
Principal Investigator
Year of Funding
TRIO Training PR6
$203,383
David Ferguson
1 of 2
UB Fort Bragg
$275,155
Shannon Smith
2 of 5
UB Lower Lake

18. Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Awards and Honors
Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Program
Amount
Principal Investigator
Year of Funding
UB Math/Science
$355,863
Kerry Bourns
2 of 5
UB North
$275,155
UB Piner

19. Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Awards and Honors
Division Receives Numerous Grant Awards (cont)
Program
Amount
Principal Investigator
Year of Funding
UB Sonoma Co
$478,675
Al’Lisha Farris
2 of 5
UB STEM Supplementals
$280,000
Smith/Farris/
Bourn
1 year seed
Grant w/ SST
3,927,476
Lynn Cominsky
1 of 5

20. Pre-Collegiate Programs Achievements:
Awards and Honors
Pre-Collegiate Programs Achievements:
101 Academic Talent Search and Upward Bound seniors admitted to SSU through Seawolf Passport Program

21. Most Promising Places to Work
Awards and Honors
Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs
On April 2, 2018, Spring 2020 was targeted as the date that Sonoma State would be named one of the
Most Promising Places to Work
in Student Affairs.

22. It was less than a year that the 2020 date was determined…
Awards and Honors
It was less than a year that the date was determined…

23. 2019 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs!
Awards and Honors
I am proud to announce that
Sonoma State University
has been named
2019 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs!
(ACPA/ Diverse Issues in Higher Education)

24. Awards and Honors
Sonoma State University shares this recognition with 2 other CSU campuses:
CSU Channel Islands (5th year)
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (2nd year)

25. Awards and Honors
This national recognition will be awarded on March 4, 2019 at the ACPA Convention in Boston, MA.

26. THANK YOU!
It is your hard work that helped us achieve this national recognition! THANK YOU!