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About 2021 CAT

As a follow-up to the Climate Survey and aligned with LEADS 2025 Goal 4: Build a Robust University System, we appointed a Climate Study Action Team (CSAT) during 2020 to begin addressing the issues of greatest concern. The team did a fantastic job. The next iteration of this team—to be called the Climate Action Team (CAT)—will involve your creative and enthusiastic participation. We want to continue the work of the CSAT and identify aspects of the university that are functioning well and those in need of improvement, which are key elements to achieving NMSU LEADS 2025 goals.

 

Reports:

2021 CAT Executive Summary

2021 CAT Charge

  1. Identify NMSU systemwide activities to address the most pressing issues.
  2. Align work with LEADS 2025, with focus on all four goals, and especially on Goal 2: Elevate Research and Creativity, with assistance from Luis Cifuentes, vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School.
  3. Develop a plan to build on our community and business partnerships, and to add benefits for employees.
  4. Explore volunteer engagement with organizations that align with the NMSU mission, and make specific recommendations on how that might work, including impact, tracking, and time.
  5. Continue to work on ideas to improve internal communications, with support from Marketing & Communications, and with special focus on enhancing Unidos, a new website developed by CSAT to motivate, celebrate, and educate the campus community.
  6. Develop social justice statement with the new vice president for Equity, Inclusion & Diversity, when in place.
  7. Discuss and create a recommendation on how to build trust within NMSU across all levels, including between leaders and employees and among people from different units and colleges.
  8. Design leadership development opportunities for managerial and supervisory personnel at all levels.
  9. Track improvement.

2021 CAT Members

Name Department Poistion Title Sub Commitee Appointment
Gena Jones Human Resource Services Assistant Vice President, Administrator
Rosa De La Torre Student Success Center Program Manager Team Lead
Jagdish Khubchandani Public Health Sciences Professor Team Lead
Tiffany Acosta News & Media Relations Public Information Officer Trust & Communication;  Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Erin Blaugrund Marketing College Professor Trust & Communication
Lisa Butler Government & Community Relations Admin Assistant, Sr. Trust & Communication
Joan Erben GRCC Regular Academic Instruction Professor Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Carol Flinchbaugh Graduate School Fellow Faculty Tenured Compensation & Appreciation
Brandon Francis Ag Center at Farmington Educational Resources Coordinator Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Debbie Giron University Student Records Assc. Registrar, Client Support Services Trust & Communication;  Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Sheri Pettit College of Arts and Sciences Admin Asst, Special/Exec Compensation & Appreciation; Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Kren Hamilton PSL Directors Office Program Manager, Sr. Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Olga Lavrova Klipsch School of Elect Computer Engineering Associate Professor Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Mario Navarrete Arrowhead Center Accountant, Sr Trust & Communication;  Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Paulo Oemig New Mexico Space Grant Consortium Director, Space Grant Consortium Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Enrico Pontelli Arts and Sciences College Dean Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Maura Gonsior Employee and Labor Relations Director Trust & Communication
Hiranya Roychowdhury DACC Sciences Program Professor Trust & Communication
Franklin Jason Thomas Ag Science Center at Farmington Ag Science Center Laborer Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Diana Toups Dugas Information & Communication Technologies Director, Enterprise IT Trust & Communication;  Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Margie Vela Biology Program Manager, Sr Trust & Communication;  Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Tina Wilson Agricultural and Extension Education Program Specialist, Sr Compensation & Appreciation;
Scholarship, Creativity, & Outreach
Jack Kirby Enviromental Health, Safety & Risk Assistant Director Compensation & Appreciation
Julia Barello Art Department Head Advisory
Becky Coran DACC Social Sciences Program Department Chair Advisory
Becki Graham Arrowhead Center Program Manager, Sr Advisory
Manal Hamzeh Al Smadi Interdisciplinary Studies Professor Advisory
Supapid Khantee International Student & Scholar Services Admissions Advisor Advisory
Laura Madson Psychology Professor Advisory
Keith Mandabach Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management Professor Advisory
Robert Moreno Family and Consumer Sciences Department Head Advisory
Sonia White Digital Learning Enterprise Instruction Tech Admin, Inter Advisory