Welcome to Dr. Carmen Nava's Web Page
Fall semester 2009: I am currently on sabbatical leave, and during this time I am fully dedicated to a research program. I look forward to working with students again in spring 2010.
Like my colleagues across this university and the entire CSU, due to the devastating effects of current budget crisis in California, I have been furloughed nine days each semester of this academic year, representing a 9.23% reduction in both workload and compensation. A furlough is an unpaid day off on a faculty member’s regularly-scheduled workday. In order to satisfy legal and ethical requirements of the California Labor Code, I am required to submit formal certification that I will not work on my furlough days. I am prohibited from teaching, conducting scholarly research, consulting with students, responding to email or voicemail, or participating in any CSU work-related activities on my furlough days.
The CSU faculty agreed to take furlough days in order to preserve jobs for as many CSU employees as possible, and to serve as many students as possible, in the current budget crisis. The agreement that governs faculty furloughs acknowledges that “cuts of this magnitude will naturally have consequences for the quality of education that we can provide.” Within the furlough context, I, my department, and this university will make every effort to support your educational experience at CSUSM. Visit CSUSM Budget Central [http://www.csusm.edu/budgetcentral/] to learn about the state budget crisis and how it impacts your educational opportunities. To avoid the continued loss of public higher education opportunity in California, please exercise your right to voice your opinion to state legislators and the governor.
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- This site was last modified on September 25, 2009 -