IRA's Travel Cap Grounds Study Abroad Programs
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Tuesday October 20, 2015 The Student Voice of California State University, Fullerton Volume 98 Issue 27 FB.COM/THEDAILYTITAN WWW.DAILY TITAN.COM INSTAGRAM & TWITTER @THEDAILYTITAN College IRA’s travel cap grounds to get elevator study abroad programs 2014-2015 facelift $286.3k budget Changes to Existing International: $1,500 College Park Study Abroad New International: $1,000 elevators are slated Domestic: $500 to get upgrades IRA Budget BREANNA VASQUEZ 2015-2016 Daily Titan $366.5k budget Travel budget per student One of the four elevators 9 programs in the College Park build- funded out ing is closed for mainte- of 11 that nance, and the renovations applied are expected to lead to shorter wait times and min- IRA decides to imal energy use. impose travel cap Each elevator will be re- for IRA programs. paired one at a time, and $36 student IRA fee each renovation is expected to take between eight and leads to more 12 weeks, said Frank Mum- available funds for 18 programs ford, executive director of study abroad funded out Cal State Fullerton’s Auxil- of 23 that iary Services Corporation. programs. applied “We are totally re-doing all the mechanical and an- alytical part of the cars,” NATALIE GOLDSTEIN / DAILY TITAN Mumford said. An influx of applicants forced the IRA committee to further divide up funds, forcing the committee members to impose a $1,500 per-student travel cap on The elevator renova- international programs. The travel cap left programs under-funded, leaving students with a much higher travel bill. tion will cost $689,968 and will include new hardware, Some international academic programs. high-impact practices. Romine said they decided not the new Vietnam Mission pro- new car operating panels The Vietnam Mission pro- “Students not only learn to fund the new Vietnam Mis- gram and his long-running in- and new visual door edg- programs never got gram was a collaborative ef- journalism, nursing and lan- sion program because there ternational journalism class. es to indicate when the a chance to depart fort between the College of guage skills; they become hu- was confusion with program The International Journal- car is opening and closing. Communications, the Nurs- manitarians. They learn com- titles, and the proposal de- ism Program has previously The renovation is expected ing School and the College passion. That’s what this class scription seemed similar to taken communication students to keep the elevators up to DARLENE CASAS of Humanities and Social is about,” Brody said. “It’s Brody’s long-running Vietnam to Vietnam, Cambodia and date for the next 30 years. Daily Titan Sciences. amazing that the IRA com- Project, an international jour- Guatemala. The class, which Although a previous Dai- Four students from each mittee can overlook it. It’s just nalism program. is going to Costa Rica this fall, ly Titan article reported school would participate in a shocking.” Brody gave a presentation has received $17,290 of fund- that the repairs had to be Communications professor week-long humanitarian mis- However, Associated Stu- in front of the committee and ing from the IRA this year. done by July 8, ASC has Jeffrey Brody was shocked sion during the spring to serve dents, Inc. (ASI) Vice Pres- sent emails to the ASI Director The program received less been in constant commu- when last year’s Instruction- the people of Vietnam. ident of Finance, Laura Ro- of Financial Services, Jeannie IRA funds compared to last nication with the Depart- ally Related Activities (IRA) Brody said this pro- mine, who was one of the Mollenauer, to clarify his pro- year’s budget of $26,650 be- ment of Industrial Rela- committee didn’t fund his pro- gram is a “service learn- students in the IRA committee posals. He was willing to cut cause of the influx of programs tions (DIR). posal for a new 2016 program, ing” study abroad program last year, said they were un- his proposal for a new Span- applying for IRA funding. one that meets the universi- that meets President Mil- aware of the details of the new ish international journalism SEE FACELIFT 3 ty president’s expectations for dred García’s vision for Vietnam Mission program. course in order to fund both SEE CUTS 2 Program aims to cultivate friendships Freshmen learn Christina Acoff, Ed.D., the Experience serves 576 fresh- Office of First Year Experi- men; 320 signed up to go on and bond at the ence’s program coordinator the trip. Getty Museum and supervisor. “That’s a pretty good re- The program had about sponse rate to have that $400 less this year than many on a Friday say, ‘Yes I LIZETH LUEVANO it did last year for the trip will join you from 11 to sev- Daily Titan which Brent Foster, Ph.D., en o’clock at night,” Foster the Office of First Year -Ex said. perience’s interim director, From this trip, he hoped A group of over 300 fresh- said is a “co-curricular and a students would get to know men chanted “CSUF” and high-impact practice.” each other better. proudly executed the “CSUF In the previous years that “A trip to the Getty has clap” in front of the J. Paul the program has done this to do with learning some- Getty Museum on Friday. trip, it got a couple hundred thing about culture and This group spent the day students to attend and had art … It’s also about rela- bonding with each other and plenty of room to spare. This tion-building,” Foster said. experiencing historic art out- year, however, the trip at- “Our office is very invested side the classroom setting. tracted more students and in retention … essentially The Office of First Year the number of students who from my history as a teach- Experience, formerly the Of- could attend was maxed er for 16-plus years, what I fice of Freshman Programs, out. know about retention is re- was able to provide a trip “Here we are using the tention has to do with rela- to the museum with a grant smaller amount and impact- tionships, and the more you that they received from IRA ing more people. But, at this feel comfortable with me funds. The office received point because we did such or we feel comfortable to- close to $8,000 in grant a good job marketing it this gether or I mentor you, the funding to provide students year, we’ve had to turn some more you will feel connect- with the trip, which includ- people away or put them on ed to this institution.” LIZETH LUEVANO / DAILY TITAN ed transportation, food and the waitlist,” Foster said. A group of over 300 freshmen visited the J. Paul Getty Museum on Friday. The trip, provided by the entry to the museum, said The Office of First Year SEE GETTY 4 Office of First Year Experience, allowed students to experience culture and historical art. 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Minutes show that ath- from $54,910 to $30,115. some guidance because it is on his new Vietnam Mission pro- letics did not get cut because “We are no longer going to difficult for students to try to gram that was left completely the funding is a part of a direc- take the students that are best value one program against an- unfunded, the first time this tive, while the administration fit for the program; we are go- other. She has received emails has occurred for one of his budget is set at 7 percent. ing to take the students who from a former committee programs. Bonuso said her biggest can afford to go,” Rhodes said, member saying the process of Romine said the commit- concern is that IRA funds also who developed the class in randomly looking at each indi- tee was unaware that Brody’s support programs that stu- 2013 to serve students interest- vidual IRA program request is international journalism pro- dents need to graduate, such as ed in earth science issues that ineffective. gram had gone to Guatemala Geology Field Camp, which are not research-oriented. “The fact that in 2011 they in the past, because it was not takes geological science ma- Rhodes said the geology were already thinking that — mentioned in the proposal’s jors to Montana. If IRA trav- department does not have the we are long overdue for an description. She is considering el funds are further cut, geol- kind of funding to replace the update,” Romine said, adding reformatting the request appli- ogy students will have to face nearly $35,000 the IRA had that the process makes it dif- cation to help both professors bigger financial burdens, she cut.