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CSU, Fresno's Independent Daily News Sour.ce
Monday, January 30; 1995
City Council pursues UC Downtown
By David Mkhaoi
Staff Writer
TheFresnoaty Coytncitbol*
:;tered by a positive environmen¬
tal Impact report from the Uni¬
versity of California, has decided
to pursue' downtown as a pos¬
sible ate for the 10th UC campus.
The council, led by District 4
First in a Series
member Bob Lung, approved a
measure that will allow City Man¬
ager Michael A. Bierman to as¬
sign stiff to oversee the city's in¬
volvement in securing a down-
to wnsite for the next UC campus.
The University of California is
currently considering three sites
for the 10th campus: Table Moun¬
tain in sou them Madera County,
Academy in northeastern Fresno
County, and Lake Yosemite in
eastern Merced County. TheUC
Board of Regents is expected to
make a decision on one of those
sites at a meeting at UC-San Fran¬
cisco cm May 17-18.
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Merger benefits both programs
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Interior1 Design
afi3 Ait join forces
By Leah Perich
Staff Writer
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In an attempt to better utilize
university resources and reduce
duplications, a new department
* has been approved and is in the
process of merging with another
program.
The Department of Art and
Design is the new department that
will combine the old. art depart¬
ment and the interior design pro¬
gram.
The new department will of- "There are lots df areas where
fer a Bachelor's of Arts degree in^-Ofeedisciplines overlap," School
both art and design with an op¬
tion of graphic design under art
"The university has been
working toward this for several
senyfeters." Assistant Vice Presi¬
dent for Academic Affairs
Leonard Salazar said. "It isanatu-
ralmarriagebetWeenthetwopro-
of Art and Humanities Dean Luis
Costa said.
'"It gives interior design a
chance to be closer to pure art,
and the arts closer to the more
commercial side {of art)."
According    to    Patricia
Hennings-Smith, coordinator of
the interior design program, both
The new department, which    areas will share a common core of
already has its name change ap-     classes. 3
proved and sho<ild have itsclasses- Althoughtheclaseeshavenot
listed in next catalog, will offer    yet been identified, Richard
students in both areas of study
more of a chance to benefit from
"I think we need to make a
good, honest proposal to the
Board of Regents regarding
downtown," said Lung, who ini¬
tiated talk of a downtown UC
campus several months ago. In
an environmental impact report
prepared lastQctober,doWntoWn
Fresno was listed as the environ¬
mentally superior site forthenext
UC campus, despite die fact it is
not one of the three proposed sites
for the next campus. The project
could help change the image of
downtown. Lung said.
"I honestly believe there
would be nothing that would be a
greater project to revitalize down-
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Welty optimistic
about CSU finances
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By Shannon Wentworth'
Editor in Chief
President John Welty spoke
to an assembly of faculty and
staff in the Satellite Student
Union on Wednesday hailing the*
end to the deterioration of higher
» education due to Gov. Pete
Wilson's new proposal.
"I am pleased to share what
I believe is the best budget mes¬
sage we have received from the
governor since! have been here.
The most important part of the
message is that it proposes that
a four-year commitment be
made to higher education in the
state whidvwill allow us to dq
more meaningful planning,"
Welty said. "It signals an end to
the deteriorating conditions'we
have had to face the la^five
years."      ' . -
Welty also discussed finan¬
cial aid, enrollment projections,
revision of General Education,
faculty and staff development,
program accreditations, the cre-
3$on of an honors program, in¬
ternal budget allocation, reme¬
dial courses for the under-pre¬
pared student, advances in in¬
formation technology, wornen,
minority and disabled students,
facility and staff issues, changes
in Administrative Services and
increasing class availability in a
renewed commitment to student
achievement of a Bachelor's de¬
gree in four years.
According to Welty, Wilson
has proposed a four-year fund¬
ing compact with a state fund¬
ing increase of $42.6 million in
1995-96 and an increase in fees
of 10 percent for undergradu¬
ates with a third of the increase
going to financial aid, in addi¬
tion to restoring the salaries of
instructional faculty to com pe ti -
President
John Welty
«»y»
financial ^
deteriora-    ~
tion over for
CSU
System.
live levels over a four-year pe¬
riod.
Enrollment growth, a com¬
mitment to undergraduate
teaching and the four-year de-,
gree pledge for full-time stU- *
dents outlined in Wilson's pro¬
posal are expected to revitalize
higher education in California;
according to Welty.
.The annualized enrollment
goal the campus accepted last
year based on 1993-94 enroll¬
ment figures was not realized in
the fall semester arid must* be   .
made up for this semester in
order to ensure that CSUF re¬
ceives the funding allocated to it
based oh enrollment projections.
In the eve/»t t^at enrollment is \
not met, CSUF could lose
$200,000 plus face a possible •
penalty in 1995-96.
"We are now facing a situa¬
tion Where we must meet our
targeted FTES figure for, the
spring as well as make up the
unachieved enrollment from the ,j
fall," Welty said.
"All indications are that we
can make our target if we take
steps that will allow us to enroll
students more efficiently with
the cooperation of the faculty."
In an effort; to' boost enroll¬
ment, additional courses have
been added 5ince some students
completed thtir initial STAR reg-     I
istration.     "
See WELTY, Page 9
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