Committees

University Committee Staff Representation

In order to be sure that staff concerns, perspective and voice are included in University planning and decision-making, a staff representative is chosen to serve on most university committees. Each year the staff advisory council does a committee participation survey to get a pool of staff members who are interested in serving in this capacity.

The Staff Advisory Council has several subcommittees to carry out various projects and plan events.  From time to time the SAC forms ad hoc subcommittees.  Both university and SAC ad hoc committees are formed with a specific task, and disband when that task is complete. Standing committees meet with regularity and stay in place from year to year.

To participate on committees:

The Staff Advisory Council encourages staff participation on committees. Please fill out the Staff Advisory Council Committee Participation Survey to select the committee(s) you would like to serve on.

The current standing committees include the following:

University Compensation Committee This Group is responsible for undertaking a comprehensive review of employee benefits, and making recommendations to the Vice-President for Business and Finance. Two staff members from the Stockton campus are selected by the President.

Institutional Priorities Committee This Committee is the primary planning and budgeting group of the University and serves as a principal advisory body to the President regarding the establishment of University priorities. Regular, periodic consultation by the IPC with faculty, administration, staff and students is essential. A staff representative is appointed by the President and serves a 3-year term. The committee meets twice monthly.

University Facilities Committee This Committee reviews the planned and current construction projects at the University (and addresses ad hoc issues related to campus and building infrastructure projects) and other facility-related issues.

Business Managers This group is composed of the University’s business managers for all departments. The Chair is the Assistant Vice President/Controller of Finance. The group discusses University financial and budget related information and meets monthly.

ISPC This committee, chaired by the Provost, was formed to address the strategic planning issues relating to technology.  The committee’s guideline calls for the Chair or Chair Elect of SAC to serve. Terms are staggered for 2 or 3 years. The committee meets twice monthly.

University Diversity Committee This committee assists in the development of pro-grams, projects, and policies to enhance diversity at the University. There are 5 subcommittees: multicultural programming, curriculum development, student recruitment & retention, campus climate, and faculty & staff recruitment and retention.  The committee meets regularly throughout the year and holds an annual diversity retreat.

AD Hoc Committees:

Task Force From time-to-time, a task force may be formed to address a specific concern or issue. Examples of recent task forces are the Child Care Task Force, the Parking Task Force, and Fraud Hot-line Task Force.

Search Committees  Staff members are placed on a search committee for various faculty, administrative and staff positions as deemed necessary by the search committee organizer. The committee is formed when a position becomes vacant and is disbanded once the position is filled.

SAC Sub-Committees:

Family Fun Day Members of this group plan and recruit volunteers for the annual Pacific Family celebration in early fall. The committee is formed every year, preferably in early spring.

Adopt-A-Family Members of this group plan and recruit University members to participate in the annual holiday Adopt-A-Family program. Individuals or departments may sponsor a needy family by providing clothing, personal items, food and gifts.  This committee is serves from about October through mid-December.

Holiday Reception Members of this group plan the annual Holiday Reception for all staff. This event takes place the second Thursday in December.

Salary Plan This committee works with Human Resources to address staff salary concerns and assists with the annual salary survey.

Staff Policy Task Force This committee is formed when there is a need to address staff policy issues or when it is time for major revisions/updates to the Staff Policy manual.

SAC CURRENT COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009