Berkeley's Garcia is new CSUDH president
Press-Telegram 5/16/07
Garcia, who has served as president of Berkeley College since 2001, will assume her new duties in the summer, taking over from interim CSUDH president Boice Bowman.
"I am honored and humbled to be selected as president of such a strong institution," Garcia said in a statement. "Together, we will bring Dominguez Hills to the highest level of excellence for the benefit of our students, faculty, staff and the state of California."
Garcia was one of four finalists named for the position. One finalist dropped out prior to the final interviews of candidates by the CSU Board of Trustees.
At the nearly 6,000-student Berkeley College, Garcia oversees six campuses offering two- and four-year degree programs.
From 1997 to 2001, she held several positions at Arizona State University, including vice provost for academic personnel and associate vice provost for academic affairs. She also was a tenured professor in the college's Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Garcia holds a bachelor's of science degree in business education from Bernard M. Baruch College and a master's degree in business and higher education from New York University.
She also has master's degree in higher education administration and a Doctor of Education from Columbia University-Teachers College.
Also on Tuesday, the California State University Board of Trustees' bargaining committee ratified a proposed contract with its unionized faculty members, bringing almost two years of negotiations closer to a successful end.
The full Board of Trustees is expected to ratify the pact today at its meeting in Long Beach.
The California Faculty Association's 12,000 members, voting on all 23 CSU campuses earlier this month, approved the tentative contract with 97 percent of the vote.
CSU officials said the proposed contract provides faculty members with base pay increases of 20.7 percent over a four-year period, along with some step increases.
In addition to the pay increases, $28 million will be set aside for merit and equity increases to provide raises for senior faculty who have reached the top of the pay scale, as well as boost junior faculty compensation, according to CSU officials.
According to the CSU, the base salary increases will raise the average salary for a tenure-track faculty member from $73,873 to $90,593 and the average salary for a full-time, full professor with tenure from $86,054 to $105,531 by the end of the contract period.
The total pay package will cost CSU more than $400 million over four years, university officials said.