As many of you are already aware, the California State University system has been greatly affected by the mandatory budget cuts required by the Governor and the State Legislature. Even reductions in personnel, furlough days, and student fee increases could not prevent our having to reduce course offerings. CSU Stanislaus must respond to deep cuts for our campus including increasing some class sizes and merging sections for some courses. Unfortunately, despite our best efforts to do otherwise, our budget cuts must also include the cancellation of a number of classes for fall semester 2009.

California State University, Stanislaus has received a major gift of $400,000 from the estate of Kenneth and Shirley Whalen in memory of their late daughter, Christie Sue Whalen-Sexton, that will be used to create an endowed chair in the College of Education.
 

California State University, Stanislaus students won the lion’s share of scholarships at the 2009 Society for Human Resource Management conference in New Orleans. It is the second straight year that CSU Stanislaus students have won the scholarships which have provided for invaluable internship experiences at Foster Farms and the City of Modesto.

Mr. Ron Foster, President and CEO of Foster Farms, has contributed $500,000 to California State University, Stanislaus to fund The Foster Farms Endowed Chair in Business Economics with an emphasis in econometrics.
 

At its July 21st meeting, the CSU Board of Trustees finalized a plan to manage the $584 million system-wide cut that includes furloughs, student fee increases, and enrollment reductions.

As a result of the state budget cut to the CSU system, California State University, Stanislaus will have to reduce its 2009-10 budget by an additional $5 - $9 million. In addition, employees will furlough 24 days between August 1, 2009 and June 30, 2010, student fees will increase 20 percent for Fall 2009, and admissions are closed for the 2010 Winter and Spring terms.