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Page 1: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Senate MeetingThomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost

September 5, 2013

Page 2: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Agenda

• Introduction to North Dakota• Staffing• Teaching• Scholarship• Strategic Enrollment Management• Budget Model Reassessment• Next Generation of Faculty Leaders• Diversity Inclusion Position• HLC Accreditation Visit• My Blog and Other Communications

Page 3: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Introduction to North Dakota

• Partnerships (Faculty, Colleges, Departments, Student Services, Finance and Administration, NDUS and other Universities, Tribal Colleges, Legislature, Business Community) and Collaborative Governance

• Started May 1st – trips to Bottineau, Bismarck (2), Devil’s Lake, Detroit Lakes, Valley City, Fargo (Microsoft), Pelican Lake, Bus Tour: Minot, Rugby – although 4 trips in April

• Set for Dickinson State, Williston State, Bismarck (3), Tribal Colleges

Page 4: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Staffing

• Debbie Storrs (A&S Dean)• Bob Hill (EHD Dean)• Steve Light (CONPD Interim Dean)• Josh Riedy (CIO/CSO: moved from CFO)• Diane Hadden (new title - Senior Associate for

Academic Affairs)• Julie Anderson (ACE Fellow last year –

Internationalization Assessment at UND)• Research Division (moved to Provost Office)• New BPA Dean’s Search in Fall

Page 5: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Teaching

• Teaching with Technology Seminars (22 iPads)

• UTA Pilot Program• Classroom/Space Planning – Law

School• Teaching needs – Scale-up

Classrooms, Technology in the Classroom, Center for Excellence in Teaching

Page 6: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Scholarship

• Research Infrastructure, support services, high performance computing meetings– VPAA Cabinet, Associate Deans for Research,

Faculty Forums, Readings/Speakers

• INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence), EPSCOR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), COBRE (Centers of

Biomedical Excellence)

• Research Office – Seed funding and other growth plans

Page 7: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Strategic Enrollment Management

• Major initiative – Enhancing Student Success• Strategic Enrollment Management Committee

– Co-chairs – DiLorenzo and Reesor

• Subcommittees– Recruitment, Marketing and Communications

Committee– Retention Coordinating Committee– Scholarship Coordinating Committee– Graduate/Professional Recruitment and Retention

• Features– Cross-divisional– Senate/Faculty participation

Page 8: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Technology Enhancements

• Online Catalog – Course Availability, “Major” Review and Unwritten Rules

• Degree Auditing and Planning Capability• Identify Attributes of “At-Risk” Students– Use Predictive Analytics to identify factors

affecting student success

• Dashboards• Robust Early Alert System• One Stop Shop

Page 9: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Budget Model Reassessment

• Current Budget Model is Historically-Based• Legislature – New funding model• All senior leadership (including Deans)

would like to assess if other models might be more appropriate at this time

• We have hired Huron Consulting to help guide us through a formal process

• Faculty representation on the working group

Page 10: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Next Generation of Faculty Leaders

• Leadership roles in collaborative governance

• Faculty Leadership Development Proposal– Produced by the Next Generation of Faculty

Leaders Subcommittee of the Ad-hoc Committee on Shared Governance

• Fully supported by the President• Provost will be conducting a planning

session on next steps with the original group

Page 11: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Diversity Inclusion Position

• Diversity Advisory Council (Chaired by Cara Halgren and Steve Light) recommended the creation of this position

• President Kelley announced that we would hire an individual to Coordinate Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at UND

• Reviewing the logistics of the position, naming a search committee, and launching a national search (this fall) – will include faculty representation

Page 12: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

HLC Visit

• Higher Learning Commission Visit: October 28-30 (100 years after UND’s initial accreditation)

• Event that kicks off the Accreditation visit• Exceptional UND: Realizing the Vision:

Tuesday, September 10 from 3:30-4:30• The reaccreditation process is the springboard

to develop the five strategic elements of Exceptional UND

• Experience, Gather, Collaborate, Expand, Enhance

Page 13: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Elements

• Enrich the Student Experience• Encourage Gathering• Facilitate Collaboration• Expand UND’s Presence• Enhance Quality of Life

• HLC Committee has done a fabulous job• Executive Committee– Hawthorne, O’Neill,

Pearson (Five Criterion Committees)

Page 14: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Official UND Provost Blog

• Recently launched – “In the Know with Provost DiLorenzo”

• Is available through the right navigation side of the main Provost page on the UND site

• blogs.und.edu/provost/• Will be updated weekly and will serve as

a transparent method of communication from the Provost for faculty, staff and students

Page 15: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Other Forms of Communication

• Will meet with faculty and staff from each College/School

• Will follow with meetings with individual departments

• Monthly Chairs Meetings (Chairs Leadership Cohort will morph into the Chairs Leadership Institute)

• Continue New Faculty monthly orientation meetings

• Regular meetings with SEC – Ryan Zerr

Page 16: Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

Questions

Next meeting1. Graduate Studies2. Foundation/Development3. New Faculty Orientation4. Students