faculty senate meeting june 19, 2014

Faculty Senate Meeting

June 19, 2014

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary

II. Approval of April 17, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

Agenda


II. Approval of April 17, 2014 meeting minutes

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2014/FS.Minutes.04.17.14.pdf

III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2014/FS.Minutes.04.17.14.pdf

Agenda



Agenda Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report Mark FitchB. Administrative Reports

i) K. Krishnamurthy for C. Schrader ii) K. Krishnamurthy for K. Wray C. Staff Council Report S. LewisD. Student Council – No report R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students E. Ronchetto

President’s Report

June 19, 2014

Faculty Senate Report

June 19, 2014

Intercampus Faculty Council:• IFC Task Force on workload policy report to Chairs• IT security training modules sent to IFC (only?) yesterday• Course Sharing Proposals: hoped 15 courses, received 17

proposals for 29 courses, funded 25.• Fitness for Duty policy in draft form• Discussions: post-tenure and post-full professor retirement in

place, ideas of additional promotion• Tonight, 5 of 11 President’s Awards to S&T faculty

• Elmore, Cross-Cultural Engagement• Dawes, Early Career Excellence• Crow, Leadership• Ma, Mentoring• Gregg, Jefferson Award


June 19, 2014

Intercampus Faculty Council:• Title IX: all are mandated reporters, task force working on

training and interpretation of President’s order• State appropriation good (+5%), or maybe not (Governor,

veto override, revenue growth reality), System says:• 1-1.5% increase to general pool• $18 million strategic funding expected available• 2% cut for strategic match expected• Merit increases from 3% budget reallocation

• IFC promoting in-dep’t transparency in evaluation and merit raises;

• ‘productive’ oft excludes service, instead do not promote useless volunteerism


June 19, 2014

Intercampus Faculty Council:• System continues to push patents as component of dossier,

IFC replies no ban on patent inclusion• Some IFC members dislike President’s “Flagship University”• April BOC received ‘report’ on administrative hiring (Chronicle

article):

• UM spends 77% of budget on “core mission”, peers: 72%• Last 5 years, 19.6% degree ↑ at 3.7% ↓ in $/degree• UM overall 51% of employees academic, public research

universities average 47%


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Cumulative Growth in Academic and Staff headcount to Student FTE over previous 5 years

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Limited Raises and Instituted Hiring FreezesSystem-wide, 2002 to 2012, student-to-faculty ratio increased from 17.4 to 19.7Deferred Plant Maintenance and Renewal: Backlog of M&R needs increased $479M between 2008 and 2013


June 19, 2014

Low Administrative Cost in Peer Group – Benchmarked to Other Public Flagships in Recent WSJ Article & SEC AAU Members

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Campus:• Enrollment growth. June 16 data vs. last year:

• +132 freshmen (+ 105 PRO tomorrow), >10% growth• -35 transfers, ~14% shrink• +20 grad (total 97 admit, 35 on campus), 26% growth• 1471/1354 = 8.6% increase• Overall enrollment up 2-3% estimated

• No dep’t capacity values, some, esp. in ABS, have room• IT working on 7-yr gradebook retention• Deans:

• Tenure (Policy) Committee P&T process back from General Counsel, edits not principles and process, instead making wording more lawyeresque

• Two proposed amendments to CRR with RP&A, special Gen Fac meeting next week expected


June 19, 2014



i) K. Krishnamurthy for C. Schrader ii) K. Krishnamurthy for K. Wray C. Staff Council Report S. LewisD. Student Council – No Report R. JacobsenE. Council of Graduate Students E. Ronchetto

Campus UpdateDr. K. Krishnamurthy

Faculty SenateJune 19, 2014

Student Affairs• UM System

Title IX initiative underway

• S&Tep In Bystander Intervention Program launched Tuesday

May Commencement

Finance and Administration• Geothermal

• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System

• Street on the

north side of Havener

University Advancement• Charitable

giving and alumni participation is up

• Survey of donor satisfaction

• RFP for marketing services

Battle of the Brains 2014

University AdvancementMarketing Presentations

8:30-9:30 a.m. Friday, June 27Educational Marketing GroupTurner Room – Havener Center 9-10 a.m. Tuesday, July 1OlogieTurner Room – Havener Center 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, July 1160over90Turner Room – Havener Center 9-10 a.m. Monday, July 7SimpsonScarboroughRoom 124 Butler-Carlton

Visit calendar.mst.edu or contact Andy Careaga,

director of communications

Human Resource Services, Affirmative Action, Diversity &

Inclusion

• Supervisor and Manager workshop

• Faculty offer letter template

• Lunch and Learn Series

Staff Day 2014

Strategic Planning• FY15 strategic

plan update available July 1

• 28 actions completed in FY14

• Plan format redesigned and compressed

• Annual progress report available Aug. 1

Thanks!

Any questions?

Office of International AffairsOn April 21, 2014 the International Affairs Associate Director, James Monahan, visited American University in Dubai (AUD)

to strengthen our cooperative agreement with them.

David Zdvorak (Jr., Civil Engineering – pictured far right)received a Clinton scholarship for a semester abroad at AUD and met the former U.S. President while studying in Dubai.

In April, S&T hosted nine students from theUniversiti Malaysia Pahang for a Student Mobility Program.

Top students were chosen for the program to introduce them to graduate studies at an American university.

Office of International Affairs

UMP students pose with S&T student ambassador Sarah Pavlowsky outside Parker Hall.

• Preregistration numbers for Fall 2014 are up about 6%. Largest increase is at the master’s degree level.

• New Fall 2014 freshmen class estimated at 1,294 compared to 1,263 last year (+2.4%). Academic index anticipated to rise:– ACT average increase from 27.9 to 28.3. – High school GPA increase from 3.81 to 3.84.

Enrollment Management

• Technical Editing:– Sixteen more documents (a 26% increase) were

submitted for technical editing during the Spring 2014 semester (46) than were submitted during the Spring 2013 semester (62).

– Fifteen of seventeen respondents rated the editing services we provide as either “Excellent” or “Great.” (Two did not respond.)

• Tutoring:– 35 of 36 respondents either “Strongly Agree” or

“Agree” that they would recommend our tutoring services to others.

Office of Graduate Studies

Office of Graduate Studies• The “Parent Program” of the

Geotechnics Graduate Certificate was successfully changed from the Geological Engineering Program to the Geotechnics ME Program.

• Over 475 admission files were processed during the month of May, 2014.

Hit the Ground Running (HGR)• Program runs from July 13th – August 1st Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC)• FSAE: Formula Car, 12th place overall in Michigan out of 120

teams.• HPV: Human Powered Vehicle, 3rd place at HPVC West in

California, 4th Place at HPVC East in Orlando.• AAVG: Advanced Aero Vehicle Group, Heavy Lift Airplane, 4th place

at SAE West in Ft. Worth• Steel Bridge: First place at Regional Competition in Stillwater, OK.

2nd fastest build time and 3rd best cost at Nationals but only 35th overall out of 47 teams.

• MRDT: Mars Rover Design Team: 2nd place overall at the International University Rover Challenge in Hanksville, UT. First place was taken by the Hyperion Team from Poland – So S&T has the best rover in North America!

Office of Undergraduate Studies

South-Central Regional Professional Development Center (SC RPDC)• New Buildings in Collaborative Initiative

‒ SC RPDC has increased regional buildings in this project for the 2014-15 year from 32 to 46.

‒ The initiative is designed to improve learning outcomes for all students.‒ The focus is on collaborative data teams, assessment, and instructional

practice.• New Director for SC RPDC

‒ Mary Ann Burns has been hired as the new Director at SC RPDC.‒ She was previously employed at the Department of Education, and

led the statewide implementation of the Missouri Professional Learning Project.

‒ She began her duties June 1.

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Office of Sponsored Programs• Summary of FY14 activities through the end of April

– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $24.2M (down 47%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 235 (up

9%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $109.6M (down 9%)– Number of proposals submitted: 462 (up 11%)– Total expenditures: $35M (up 4%)– Net grant and contract expenditures: $28.2M (up 3%)– F&A recovered: $5.6M (up 8%)– Number of active awards: 627 (up 16%)

Congratulations to …• Jie Gao, a member of

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering is one of 34 junior faculty members in the nation to win the Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award for the proposal entitled “Spontaneous Emission Engineering with Optical Metamaterials.”

Staff Council

• Sara Lewis is now Chair through the rest of the year and next

• Currently sending out nominations for next years council to replace members who are stepping down

• Voted in favor of amended Student Council Gender Identity and Gender Expression Motion

• Hosted open presentation for Staff to hear System present task force recommendations for Reimagining our University Experience

• Focusing on wrapping up rest of current year- smoking survey, professional development opportunities, elections

• S&T Springfield Cardinals day enjoyed by many• Staff Day 2014 was a huge success. New professional

development and wellness initiatives were popular and favored. Congrats to Service Award Recipients and Staff Excellence Award Winners:

Jan Buhlinger Spirit Award Reciepient: Jesse Singleton

Salute A Veteran Blood Drive June 27 and June 30th

Vicki Brooks, security officer in university policeKevin Crowley, custodian for Thomas Jefferson Hall Brooke Durbin, programmer analyst in enrollment managementDiane Hagni, office support associate in undergraduate studiesOscar Kemp, police lieutenant in university policeRandall Lewis, tech II in mechanical and aerospace engineeringLynn Shelton, senior office support assistant in the registrar’s officeAmber Stienbarger, office support assistant IV in developmentSherry Vance, student support specialist I in admissions

Election Results (May 2014 – May 2015)– Erica Ronchetto; President

• Materials Science and Engineering – PhD– Yao Cheng; Vice President

• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering – PhD – Krutika Karthik; Secretary

• Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering – MS – Basu Lamichhane; Treasurer

• Physics – PhD

Council of Graduate Students

Agenda



Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. RP&A M. Fitch for S. N. BalakrishnanB. Curricula D. TauritzC. ITCC – No report T. VojtaD. Personnel L. AcarE. Effective Teaching T. PhilpotF. IP&Tech Transfer K. M. IsaacG. Student Awards and Financial AidH. Administrative Review B. Hale for S. N. BalakrishnanI. Budgetary Affairs B. Hale

» 19 Degree Change (DC) forms

File 7.6: course renumbering update of the MS in Applied Mathematics

File 146.1: update of the BA in Biological Sciences to reflect current course offerings as well as for course renumbering purposes

File 147.1: update of the BS in Biological Sciences, primarily to require Biostatistics

Campus Curricula Committee Report June 19, 2014

File 25.1: update of the Computer Engineering Minor, changing some of the course requirements

File 149.14: update of the BS in Ceramic Engineering, including removal of the Fundamentals of Engineering Examination graduation requirement

File 152.4: update of the BS in Civil Engineering, including for course renumbering purposes

File 155.1: update of the BS in Electrical Engineering to reflect new courses, enhance clarity, and for course renumbering purposes


File 231.2: course renumbering update of the Electrical Engineering Minor

File 225: PhD in Explosives Engineering DC form formality (received prior FS approval in February 2013)

File 157.1: History BA course renumbering update

File 85.3: Math PhD update to clarify which research hours will need to be 6099 as opposed to 5099


File 86.25: Mechanical Engineering BS update to allow Matlab for programming elective, remove IDE 220 as an emphasis area elective, and replace free electives with more targeted breadth electives

File 94.1: change the name of the Minor in Mineral Process Engineering to Mineral Processing

File 104.1: update of the BS in Nuclear Engineering, including for course renumbering purposes

File 105.1: course renumbering update of the Minor in Nuclear Engineering


File 235: new, interdisciplinary Humanitarian Engineering and Science Minor, housed in Geological Science and Engineering department, but with a campus wide advisory committee formed by the VPUGS

File 192.1: course renumbering update of the BA in Psychology

File 132.5: update of the Technical Communication BS to expand elective course options

File 181.5: course renumbering update of the Minor in Technical Communications


» 97 Course Change (CC) forms

» 11 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only)

The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this report’s DC and CC forms.


» 1 Name Change (NC) form

The Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering (GSE) proposes changing its name to the Department of Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering (GGPE).

The Budgetary Affairs Committee has approved this NC form.

The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this report’s NC form.


Current Experimental Course (EC) policy:An EC form must be submitted before an experimental course is to be offered. EC forms approved Spring 2009 or later allow the course to be offered twice at any time during the following three year period. After an experimental course has been offered twice, a CC form may be submitted to request a permanent course number.Proposed EC policy:An EC form must be submitted before an experimental course is to be offered. An EC form allows an experimental course to be offered unlimited times during the five year period following its approval. A CC form may be submitted to request a permanent course number, if that course has been offered experimentally at least two times during the preceding five year period.The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this proposed EC policy.


The 2014-2015 Campus Curricula Committee members have elected Dr. Thomas Schuman as their chair, who accepted the position. The new committee and chair appointments are effective August 1st 2014.


Personnel Committee

Personnel Committee has considered three issues related to the NTT faculty.

• Hiring• Promotion• Termination

Committee found out that there's an inconsistency in the intent of having NTT faculty and details of these processes.

• CRR 310.035.H clearly states that NTT faculty appointments are usually 1- year contracts and cannot be more that 3 years.• (This clause conveys a short-term

association.)

• 310.035.E states a hiring process that are (almost) identical to the tenured/tenure-track faculty.

• 310.035.F states qualifications that are (almost) identical to the tenured/tenure-track faculty.

• 310.035.I states performance evaluation procedures that are (almost) identical to the tenured/tenure-track faculty.• (These clauses convey long-term

associations.)

• 310.035.K states a detailed (336 words) promotion process that's similar to the tenured/tenured-track faculty.• (This clause also conveys a long-term

association.)

• 310.035.J states the termination process as a 3-month notice or less time under extenuating circumstances.• (This clause clearly conveys a short-

term association.)

The Personnel Committee's sentiment was that the inclusion of more protective steps during the termination would make the NTT and the regular faculty processes practically identical.(In that case, the only difference becomes the range of their responsibilities.)

Committee decided to:1) simplify the hiring and the promotion processes,

2) strengthen the termination process slightly by requiring an explanation, and

3) stress the point that the intent of hiring NTT faculty is to have short-term solutions to teaching and research needs, and tenured faculty should be sought for long-term strategic goals.

Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer Committee

The Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer Committee did not meet during

AY14

Student Awards and Financial Aids Committee

The Student Awards and Financial Aids Committee did not meet during AY14

Faculty Senate Meeting June 19, 2014

Budgetary Affairs Committee Report

FY14 Revenue Summary FY15 – Estimated

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95.226.6

4.1 125.3In lieu of undergraduate resident fee increase .

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part time fac. GTA positions, reorganization, strategic init.Match.(See next slide.)

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Strategic Initiatives

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Total $8.4M

Additional Strategic Plan Investments FY2015:

cost?$4.3M$5.9M

Amounts estimated.

SUMMARY/COMMENTS• FY14 Rate Balance: $3.7

M• Growing end of year balances• FY15 State Income?

FY13: $56.0M FY07: $14.9M

Will graduate enrollment increase be sustained?

• FY15 Rate Balance:Enrollment ?• FY15 Dean’s offices

• FY15 new items (SI match, newfac. positions, reorganization)

Thanks to Carol Heddinghaus for providing budget numbers, analysis and help.

Reorg. $2.0MFY15 Reorganization: $2.0M

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New Business

Faculty Senate received a request from the Provost: to associate the Military Science minor with the Discipline Specific Curricula Committee (DSCC) for the Social Sciences.

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Adjourn

faculty senate meeting june 19, 2014

Documents

faculty senate meeting

staff council report

ronchettopresidents

intercampus faculty

adjournagenda campus

workload policy report

student council

new business