Message from the Dean

Good Morning!

Welcome to the 2009/2010 academic year! I am sure that you are now aware that our ability to provide you with all of the courses you want has been temporarily compromised by the state budget crisis. Most of you have already received a lengthy e-mail message from Dr. Jaehne, the Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, regarding some of the unusual aspects of the Fall 2009 semester.

Today as your Dean, I would like to underscore one salient fact from that message, namely "an empty seat is not an available space." In order to maintain quality of instruction and in order to reduce enrollment as required by the CSU Chancellor, designated course maximums cannot be exceeded. We must attempt to maintain quality even as state resources become scarce, and we must cut back to the enrollment levels that the Chancellor has mandated and that the state is willing to fund. We all hope that this is a temporary state of affairs and that our university can, in the not-too-distant future, return to a more normal method of operation.

Thank you for your forbearance.

Dean Hegstrom