2008 Woodie Awards
Office of student life up for five-year review
Review results will be available at reserve desk in library before semester ends.
By Monte Ashqar
Issue date: 4/18/08 Section: News
Originally published: 4/17/08 at 8:38 PM CSTLast update: 4/17/08 at 9:37 PM CST
The office of student life and its director, Jorge Posadas, were up for a performance and efficiency review April 16.
The Unit Review Committee, which has 13 members and is headed by astronomy Professor David Wood, reviewed the office.
Wood has been the chairman of this committee for four years.
He said every department, or unit as he called it, goes through an evaluation and a review every five years to make sure the department is on track in accomplishing its goals.
Wood said the meeting Wednesday included most of the committee members, including Emma Mendiola, interim dean of student affairs, Posadas and Executive Vice President Kristine Clark.
Wood said a unit may get one of four statuses: good, which means the unit is functioning properly; fair, which means the unit has minor problems that are easily fixed; conditional, meaning the committee is missing something to conduct its review of the unit because the unit did not submit it; critical, which means the unit has serious problems and implies that the unit is in tough shape.
"The unit does its own internal audit, then the report comes to the committee, and the committee writes its opinion and decides on a status," Wood said.
"After the meeting, the committee would write a draft for the decision and submit it to the vice president, who decides what to do."
Wood said the meeting functions like an open hearing where the unit director and committee members discuss the committee's decision.
"It also gives the unit chair the chance to respond to some of the questions," Wood added. "We look at what this unit has done in the last five years.
"If they have done what the committee has recommended in the previous review, great. If not, then we start asking questions," Wood said.
Recently, several of the campus' club members have complained about their denial of requests for funding by the Student Activity Fee Committee, an entity of student life, for no legitimate reason.
The Unit Review Committee, which has 13 members and is headed by astronomy Professor David Wood, reviewed the office.
Wood has been the chairman of this committee for four years.
He said every department, or unit as he called it, goes through an evaluation and a review every five years to make sure the department is on track in accomplishing its goals.
Wood said the meeting Wednesday included most of the committee members, including Emma Mendiola, interim dean of student affairs, Posadas and Executive Vice President Kristine Clark.
Wood said a unit may get one of four statuses: good, which means the unit is functioning properly; fair, which means the unit has minor problems that are easily fixed; conditional, meaning the committee is missing something to conduct its review of the unit because the unit did not submit it; critical, which means the unit has serious problems and implies that the unit is in tough shape.
"The unit does its own internal audit, then the report comes to the committee, and the committee writes its opinion and decides on a status," Wood said.
"After the meeting, the committee would write a draft for the decision and submit it to the vice president, who decides what to do."
Wood said the meeting functions like an open hearing where the unit director and committee members discuss the committee's decision.
"It also gives the unit chair the chance to respond to some of the questions," Wood added. "We look at what this unit has done in the last five years.
"If they have done what the committee has recommended in the previous review, great. If not, then we start asking questions," Wood said.
Recently, several of the campus' club members have complained about their denial of requests for funding by the Student Activity Fee Committee, an entity of student life, for no legitimate reason.
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