Post on 26-Dec-2015
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
- Steven Grant, Secretary
II. Approval of October 23, 2014 meeting minutes http://
facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2014/FS.Minutes.10.23.14.pdf
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
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
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
November 20, 2014 President's Report 6
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?
November 20, 2014 President's Report 7
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
November 20, 2014 President's Report 8
Title IX Commandments
November 20, 2014 President's Report 9
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.
November 20, 2014 President's Report 10
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports
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
• 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
STRATEGIC PLANNING
• Strategic Planning Summit
• Chancellor’s Challenge Awards
• Innovation Team awards
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports
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
OVERVIEW
• BIC/Signature Area Status
• President Wolfe Visit
• Provost Office Staff• Barb Palmer• Janelle Goss (gossjr@mst.edu)
• Committee To Review Dean Hiring Process
• Division Updates
• 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
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports
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
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
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports
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
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. BohnerB. Administrative Reports
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
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
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
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. Rules, Procedures, and Agenda M. FitchB. Curricula T. SchumanC. ITCC T. VojtaD. Personnel L. Acar
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
Campus Curricula Committee Report20 November 2014
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
Campus Curricula Committee Report20 November 2014
- 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
Campus Curricula Committee Report20 November 2014
- 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
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. Rules, Procedures, and Agenda M. FitchB. Curricula T. SchumanC. ITCC T. VojtaD. Personnel L. Acar
• 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
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. Rules, Procedures, and Agenda M. FitchB. Curricula T. SchumanC. ITCC T. VojtaD. Personnel L. Acar
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
- 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
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
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