Meeting Minutes

Minutes posted here are from the most recent meeting and will be approved at the next upcoming meeting; information is subject to change. For all past, approved meeting minutes for this academic year, see the links on the left. For access to archived meeting minutes, please send a request to staff-council@csulb.edu. 

色中色 Staff Council Meeting June 12, 2026

Start Time: 8:36am | Land Acknowledgement | Mission Statement | May Minutes: APPROVED | June Agenda:  APPROVED

Special Reports

Stacey Schack, Associate Director, Staff Learning Development

  • Employee of the Month: Tim Tavolara, BBS
  • L&D Spotlight This Month: Coaching Skills
  • Summer Learning Challenge June-August鈥攖ake courses and enter to win prizes!  The more you learn, the more you earn
  • Upcoming Events:  Future Ready, Equitable Leadership, Don鈥檛 Freeze (earthquake prep), Bloom and Unwind: Flower arranging workshop, Estate Planning, Communicating Effectively w/Gen Z
  • Program Series: HR Essentials for Leads-Principles of Supervision (if you are a supervisor, you can join this program. More info on the SD website. Talk to your ASM about your interest!
  • Professional Development Fund is still available! 

Colleen Ryan 鈥 slide show of all the activities SC did over the year 

Last year, we polled the members to ask what information they wanted to hear about / things to do. We were able to invite all the speakers to talk about the topics you listed!

Special Guests

Shannon Couey, Assistant Director, Communications Asi

USU Update鈥擲neak peak of buildings/conceptual designs! 

  • The student union renovation and expansion project is the largest in the CSU system.
  • Adding 61,000 square feet of new structure while renovating the existing building.
  • Expected to be completed by 2028 in time for the Olympics.
  • Will include new dining options, a wellness center, refurbished game center, and modernized spaces for student government.
  • Vertical construction anticipated by spring 2027 and external building completion by fall 2027.

President Blanchard

  • Been meeting with a lot of people around campus- trying to get visit every building on campus.
  • Spirit of community is so strong here鈥攕hows with so many people who helped with Commencement ceremonies (13) 鈥 thank you for volunteering; there are so many partners and I鈥檓 thrilled to meet with our community members.
  • Will be speaking tonight at Compton College commencement ceremony happening at 色中色.
  • Staff play a major role in welcoming new/continuing students 鈥 as it is sometimes difficult to know where 鈥渢he front door鈥 is 鈥 and how to navigate the campus.
  • announced plans to form an extended cabinet
  • has begun listening sessions to decide on strategic priorities鈥 and will continue this. Wants to hear from staff about how you want to move forward in the coming years.
  • Thank you so much for all you do! 

Treasurer鈥檚 Report, Bethany Price

Fund MT153 = $201.64 | Fund MT153 = $2,029.16

Committee Reports

  • Communications | Membership | Special Events | Staff Development
    We are accepting sign-ups to join these committees!  Contact Staff-council@csulb.edu if you are interested.
     
  • Nominating Committee: 
    Accepting nominations for the following Academic Senate committees:
     
  1. International Education Committee
    1. Alessandro Russo is approved
    2. Marina Ganicheva is approved
  2. University Resource Council 鈥 Rico Ovalles is approved
  3. Student Fee Advisory Committee - Chano Rios is approved
  4. URECBOT 鈥 Jason Eisemann is approved
  5. Community Engagement Committee 鈥 Lily Lopez is approved
  6. CPaCe Advisory Committee 鈥 Ana Cortez is approved

Open Announcements

  • Staff Day
    July 22!!  Join our Resource Fair! Get More Info
  • Bots and Beyond Self-Paced Course
    Developed by 色中色 Librarian Alexis Pavenick for our faculty, staff, and students; enroll anytime/finish up anytime. Get the basics about using AI for your work!
  • Retail Dining Department:
    Tacos y Mas! (Open M-F until 2pm)-New pop-up food service in front of Bookstore; Outpost Grill is streaming World Cup games!
  • Staff Council Survey
    Lookout for a feedback survey from Staff Council coming soon about what you want to see us do next year
  • Sustainability Champions鈥攋oin us!
  • The Library
    FYI- check out the database called Swank for streaming over 100 major motion pictures that are the most-requested feature films for curriculum support. Students, faculty and staff are able to stream the movies, and faculty may link the movies in Canvas and/or show during class.

Adjournment at 10am.

Submitted by: Laura Emery