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CSU holds Chancellor open forum By Jennifer Yin STAFF WRITER
The Implement ation Committee for the Selection of the Chancellor, a diverse group of California State University stakeholders, held an open forum at San Francisco State on Thursday. During the meeting, CSU community members shared their demands about what they are seeking for the next elected chancellor. The Implementation and Assessment Committee, is currently conducting a confidential nationwide search for candidates to elect the next chancellor. The new chancellor will oversee the CSU’s 23 campuses, which
includes 477,000 students and 56,000 faculty and staff, according to the CSU website. Michael Uhlenkamp, senior director of public affairs for
“The role of the assessment and the implementation committee [is] they are going to take that feedback and distill it in various buckets to generate
candidates about what is going to be required over the next year.” Jolene Koester, current CSU Interim Chancellor, will
The finalist will then be interviewed by the full Board of Trustees. Typically these [elections] fall around board meetings. Michael Uhlenkamp senior director of public affairs Office of the Chancellor
the Office of the Chancellor, said the committee plans to distill the common themes of the open forum and consider it towards the chancellor’s leadership profile.
the key characteristics for the leadership profile,” Uhlenkamp said. “We can’t list everything because everyone has different opinions but there should be a narrative to inform the
remain appointed until the next election. Uhlenkamp said the election results are planned to occur in summer 2023. Koester said the committee is seeking the most uniquely
qualified person to serve as the chancellor. “The current salary of a chancellor is estimated at $625,000 a year without negotiations,” Uhlenkamp said. He said the committee will review resumes and will start narrowing down the candidates. “The finalist will then be interviewed by the full Board of Trustees. Typically these [elections] fall around board meetings,” Uhlenkamp said. During the event, members of the CSU community focused their attention on various topics ranging from concerns with the budget, housing insecurities and Title IX training. Dagoberto Argueta, vice CHANCELLOR | Page 2
Black professionals discuss their careers By Dominique Huber STAFF WRITER
SJSU’s Department of African American Studies hosted “A Journey through Black Excellence” on the first floor of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library on Thursday. The panel of speakers included Jeronica Macey, Kenneth West and Tiffany Bradford-Oldham, Black professionals who were recognized for breaking barriers to succeed in their careers. “Today’s panel is about Black excellence through the lens of resistance and that’s the theme for Black History Month this year, is Black resistance,” said Department of African American Studies chair and Director of Ethnic Studies Collaborative Travis D. Boyce. Boyce asked a series of questions, bringing up topics ranging from Black representation in the panelists’ respective fields to advice the panelists had for SJSU graduating students. Bradford-Oldham is a senior librarian for three branches of the San Jose Public Library. She said she noticed an immense lack of diversity when she began working in her field. “When I entered my library school program, there was three of us,”
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Jeronica Macey (left), Kenneth West (middle) and Tiffany Bradford-Oldham (right) spoke at the MLK Library on Thursday for “A Journey through Black Excellence: A Panel of Black Professionals,” where they discussed their personal journeys in the workforce.