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Faculty Senate Meeting

November 20, 2014

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

- Steven Grant, Secretary

II. Approval of October 23, 2014 meeting minutes

III. Campus Reports and Responses

IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

V. Old Business

VI. New Business and Announcements

VII. Adjourn

AgendaI. Call to Order and Roll Call


II. Approval of October 23, 2014 meeting minutes http://

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V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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Agenda


A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schraderii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley

C. Staff Council Report, S. LewisD. Student Council - NO REPORT, R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students - NO REPORT

E. Ronchetto

President’s ReportFaculty Senate Meeting

November 20, 2014

November 20, 2014 President's Report 5

Colleges• CASB Website is up: casb.mst.edu• Associate Dean for Research and External

Relations (four candidates: Michael Davis, Yinfa Ma, Melanie Mormile, Klaus Woelk).

• Associate Dean of Academic Affairs (four candidates: Robert Aaronstam, Kate Drowne, Shannon Fogg, Klaus Woelk).

• CEC Website is up: cec.mst.edu


Title IX• FS Officers met with Brett Sokolow, CEO

of NCHERM Group, external consultant concerning Title IX. www.ncherm.org

• Three problems related to Equity Resolution Panels (concerning students): 1. No faculty on it. 2. Witnesses cannot be forced to speak (“community pressure”). 3. What role do the advisors play in a hearing?


Title IX

• Complaint made -> 60 days clock starts.• 1. Investigation 2. Hearing 3. For Faculty

Dismissal for Cause.• No Discrimination -> (Severe or

Pervasive) + Objectively Offensive -> • OO: “Reasonable person” finds it offensive


Title IX Commandments


Investigation

Thorough Reliable Impartial

Process

Prompt Effective Equitable

Remedies

End the discrimination Prevent its recurrence Remedy the effects upon the victim and community

Intercampus Faculty Council• Last IFC Meeting was on November 13.• Evaluation of Ability to Work.• Xx• President’s Awards (due Jan 30, 2015).• NCTQ lawsuit.


Agenda



i) Chancellor’s Report, R. Marley for C. Schrader

ii) Provost’s Report, R. MarleyC. Staff Council Report - NO REPORT, S. LewisD. Student Council - NO REPORT, R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students - NO REPORT

E. Ronchetto

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CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

FACULTY SENATE

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

• Bertelsmeyer Hall dedication

• Geothermal ribbon cutting

• Executive Director of Corporate Relations

• Assistant Vice Chancellor for Global Learning

• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

• Partnership with Phelps County Regional Medical Center

GLOBAL AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

• Title IX• ePerformance

STRATEGIC PLANNING

• Strategic Planning Summit

• Chancellor’s Challenge Awards

• Innovation Team awards

STUDENT AFFAIRS

• Leadership and cultural programs

• Student Life

• Testing center

UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT

Agenda



i) Chancellor’s Report, R. Marley for C. Schrader

ii) Provost’s Report, R. MarleyC. Staff Council Report - NO REPORT, S. LewisD. Student Council - NO REPORT, R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students - NO REPORT

E. Ronchetto

PROVOST’S REPORT

November 20, 2014

OVERVIEW

• BIC/Signature Area Status

• President Wolfe Visit

• Provost Office Staff• Barb Palmer• Janelle Goss ([email protected])

• Committee To Review Dean Hiring Process

• Division Updates

mailto:[email protected]

• John McManus was named a Curators’ Professor of History and Political Science

• Melanie Mormile received funding as part of the EPSCoR research with NASA for her work with extremophiles in Acidic Saline Lakes of Australia

• CASB submitted 11 proposals to the UM Research Board totaling approximately $400,000

College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessFaculty Highlights

College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessMiscellaneous

• College staffing update– Associate Dean of Academic Affairs– Associate Dean of Research and External Relations– Administrative Assistant – Cindy Heck began November 10– Finance and Budget Officer – Lucretia Eaton began November 18– Executive Director of Development

• Humanities Open House was held on November 10– Premier event– Highlighted research from Arts, Languages, and Philosophy;

Economics; English and Technical Communication; History and Political Science and Psychological Science

• The college has completed an initial tactical and operational review using a standard SWOT analysis. The following were the top ranked categories:– Strengths - Faculty– Weaknesses - Resources– Opportunities - Building Strong Faculty Teams– Threats - High Enrollment Growth

• Dr. Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor and head of geology and geophysics has been named interim chair of the geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering department. The appointment takes effect Jan. 1, 2015.

College of Engineering and Computing

Office of Undergraduate Studies

S&Tconnect• The 8-week S&Tconnect survey was sent out for all instructors and all

course sections on October 16, 2014. • The total percent of faculty submitting the surveys more than doubled from the

3-week survey to the 8-week survey.

Faculty/Staff Experiential Learning Award & Service Learning Award• Nominations are due November 21, 2014• The Experiential Learning Award recognizes faculty and staff who require

undergraduate students to go beyond mastering basic skills and knowledge in the application of that material to problem solving challenges. These activities involve collaborations and reflective learning and allow students to learn environments that align with their aptitudes.

• The Service Learning Award recognizes faculty and staff who involve or influence undergraduate students in academic service learning or community service activities outside the classroom.

Office of Undergraduate StudiesAssessment Committee • The Assessment Committee will be reconvened to continue with and

reinvigorate campus efforts focused on HLC accreditation, and overall campus assessment and accreditation initiatives.

• The next comprehensive accreditation visit coming in 2018.

Writing Center• Total tutoring sessions: ↑20% • STEM tutoring sessions:↑25%• Number of students served: ↑38%• Number of instructors involved: ↑25%

*Compared with fall 2013.

• Graduate Leadership Development Program (GLDP) final meeting scheduled at S&T on November 13-14. Includes workshops on project management, tour of solar house and geothermal plant

• 2nd Annual Graduate Family Halloween Party– 150+ attendees– Table hosts almost doubled from 2013

• “Promote U” (power introduction practicing) for Chancellor’s Fellows – Consisted of workshop with COER, editing of speech by Technical

Editor, “speed dating” type practice event with OURE students, and recording of perfected power introduction for web use

Office of Graduate Studies

Office of Graduate Studies

• Recent recruiting events:– 8 different universities– 75+ students reached, contact information

shared with departments– Inviting students to S&T for a campus visit

• 86 theses/dissertations turned in for format checking (for FS 14 graduates)– Final copy of theses and dissertations due

Nov. 12th!

• Thank you to everyone that contributed to the Open House on November 1 - 217 students and their families visited.

• Commencement December 19 & 20 - 1,057 candidates, a 15% increase.

• Chancellor’s Scholarship finalists will be on campus Saturday, December 6. 100 of our most talented applicants for Fall 2015.

Enrollment Management

• Record number of instruction sessions and one-on-one research consultations (more in the first semester of 2014, than in all of FY13/14)

• Reservations for visualization wall growing step-by-step

Curtis Laws Wilson LibrarySuccesses

Curtis Laws Wilson LibraryChallenges

Recruiting for two open positions (due to a retirement and a resignation)

Office of Sponsored Programs• Summary of FY15 activities and year-over-year

comparison through the end of September– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $15.2M (up 28.9%)

– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 84 (down 22.2%)

– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $48.2M (up 103.5%)

– Number of proposals submitted: 130 (up 7.4%)

– Total expenditures: $11.6M (down 15.1%)

– Net grant and contract expenditures: $8.4M (down 19.9%)

– F&A recovered: $1.9M (down 21.1%)

– Number of active awards: 598 (down 3.4%)

Congratulations to …• S. Jung and D. Day, “Scaffolds with Trace Elements for Tissue Regeneration in

Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,551,513, October 8, 2013.

• Newkirk, J., Liou, F. and Francis, R., “Systems and Methods for Fabricating a Direct Metal Deposition Structure Having Fully Forged Structural Qualities,” US Patent Number 8,617,661, December 31, 2013.

• Dogan, F., “Nanostructured Dielectric Materials for High Energy Density Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors,” US Patent Number 8,644,000, February 4, 2014.

• Dogan, F., “Nanostructured Dielectric Materials for High Energy Density Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors,” US Patent Number 8,675,344, March 18, 2014.

• Brow, R., Reis, S. and Chen, G., “Corrosion-Resistant Glasses for Steel Enamels,” US Patent Number 8,679,389, March 25, 2014.

• Hilmas, G., Fahrenholtz, B., Watts, J. and Brown-Shaklee, H., “Ceramic Welds, and a Method for Producing the Same,” US Patent Number 8,715,803, May 6, 2014.

Agenda



i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader

ii) Provost’s Report, R. MarleyC. Staff Council Report, S. LewisD. Student Council - NO REPORT, R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students - NO REPORT

E. Ronchetto

November Report

Fall appreciation was a success Tee shirts still available for purchase Collections for Grace for Christmas have begun November Meeting

HRSAADI presented information about the new performance appraisal process

Sarah Ellis presentation on wellness Open Enrollment had 99% completion rate Flu shots participation is up from last year 244 employees have started health

assessment surveys

Agenda



i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader

ii) Provost’s Report, R. MarleyC. Staff Council Report, S. LewisD. Student Council - NO REPORT, R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students - NO REPORT

E. Ronchetto

Agenda


A. Rules, Procedures, and Agenda M. FitchB. Curricula T. SchumanC. ITCC T. VojtaD. Personnel L. Acar

Parking, Security, & Traffic (3, elected by the Faculty Senate from the list of department nominees)• [Still no nominees]

Upcoming: change to student academic regulations, grade appeals process. Negotiations underway with Dep’t of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

RP&A Report

Nov 20, 2014

Agenda



Campus Curricula Committee Report20 November 2014

7 Course Change (CC) forms

• A procedural error was discovered in submitted File #s 2095.4, 268.7, 1746.1, & 2436.1 (Chemistry 3420, 3430, 5420, 5430) from the October 6th meeting. The course renumbering changes need to be undone

File #4108 Chemistry 3459: Accelerated Physical Chemistry Laboratory File #4107 Chemistry 5100: Laboratory Safety & Hazardous Materials File ##2560.1 IS&T 5885: Human-Computer Interaction File #1862.5 IS&T 6887: Research Methods in Business and IST File #4114 Mechanical Engineering 5420: Signal Processing for Instrumentation File #4115 Marketing 5320: Marketing for Non-Profits File #4141 File #4116 (EC): Biological Sciences 2001: Sleep: Function and Dysfunction


The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the CCC report’s CC form actions and return of original course numbering for curricular files 2095.4, 268.7, 1746.1, & 2436.1


- Informational Only - 4 Experimental Course (EC) forms

File #4124 Biological Sciences 5001: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

File #4122 Business 5001: Financial Statement Analysis

File #4117 Math 1001: Success for Calculus

File #4131 Music 3001: Mechanics of Music


- Informational Only - Referrals from RP&A: Consideration and approval of minimum B.S.

degree requirements Consideration and discussion of enforcing the use

of course prerequisites during student enrollments» Was an ABET audit critique» Establishing an electronic, automated policy was

recommended to RP&A (currently used by other UM campuses)

» Registrar is formulating policy to be effective October 2015 for spring 2016 semester enrollments

Agenda



• Google Services enhancement:unlimited storage on Google Drive coming in near future available now(policy issues: what can be stored on Google)

• Learning Management System (Blackboard vs Canvas):Columbia campus is finishing their evaluation, decision soon (??),our Canvas pilot is continuing in the spring semester

• Academic websitesIT is looking for input on how to support departmental and other academic websites (talk to your ITCC representative!)

• Further discussions:updates on Peoplesoft evaluation data center consolidation, Library updates (video wall)

ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, November 2014

Agenda



Personnel Committee

Proposed Changes to CRR 310.035

C. Performance of NTT Faculty

Unlike tenured and tenure-track faculty, whose performance is evaluated based on their contribution to research, teaching, and service, the performance of NTT faculty should be evaluated on the primary responsibility of the NTT faculty position as well as the professional activities related to that primary responsibility.

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call


II. Approval of October 23, 2014 meeting minutes



V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Agenda

Adjourn

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