Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2016
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - M. Bruening, Secretary II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes April 21, 2016 III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President Pro Tem’s Report, T. Schuman B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report ii) Provost’s Report C. Staff Council Report – NO REPORT D. Student Council – NO REPORT E. Council of Graduate Students – NO REPORT
President’s Report 16 June 2016
IFC Representatives 2016-2017 Actions for 2016-2017 Tom Schuman (Pres FS) Mark Fitch (Past pres) Sahra Sedighsarvestani (Pres elect) Actions for 2016-2017 Revisit Title IX activities on all campuses Complete post tenure review CRR changes Begin direct interactions with BOC
IFC Post Tenure Review Bylaws (CRR) changes are proposed – early draft To be distributed via FS website for comments campus wide CRR changes are to clarify and unify CRR and actions Annual reviews Dovetail of annual reviews with post tenure review Resources for improvements and pay incentive for performance Dovetail of annual and post tenure reviews with workload policy Post tenure review process Bylaws changes approval IFC after comment feedback BOC after IFC
Campus Campus committee vacancies Bylaws amendment Grievance panel committee Ed Malone submitted letter of resignation RP&A accepted due to sabbatical, which would affect service Other committees: to be filled at September meeting Bylaws amendment Rejected by UM System due to lack of diversity Dean search committee composition Lacked ‘Academic best practice’: outside consultants (IBIS) In percentage of faculty only: as-specified 2/3; 1/2 Ok Other aspects of bylaws amendments checked out
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Campus Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Survey closed April 8, 2016 Per System: “Results due to campus in July” Administrative review Closed midnight, 28 March Results (data) have been viewed Motion: criteria for publishing of results to Faculty Senate: 51% participation (of 403 surveyed, 206) Achieved for Chancellor (229) and Dean (87) positions Committee report to follow in agenda
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Campus Graduate Student Funding Policy Committee Presented report to Chancellor and Provost 11 April Chancellor wanted time to review Provost indicated implementation is needed asap Committee continuing to interact with Chancellor, VC Branson and FS President toward implementation of policy Budget meeting between FS officers and admin Tues 7 June; Provost, VC Branson, and Chancellor Campus is addicted to increased enrollments
Staff Council Thank you to the faculty who really stepped up and supported staff council in the production of Staff Day Not everything ran as smooth as it could have Staff Day was a great success Success was in no small part thanks to the support given by many, many faculty members
Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President Pro Tem’s Report, T. Schuman B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report, R. Marley for C. Schrader ii) Provost’s Report C. Staff Council Report – NO REPORT D. Student Council – NO REPORT E. Council of Graduate Students – NO REPORT
CHANCELLOR’S REPORT
SUMMER AT MISSOURI S&T
STAFF DAY
NEW CURATOR APPOINTMENTS
FEEDBACK ON DRAFT REVISIONS
RESEARCHERS RECEIVE UM FUNDING
GOLF RETURNS TO MISSOURI S&T
REMINDERS
LEADERSHIP
FOR ALL YOU DO …
Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President ProTem’s Report, T. Schuman B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report ii) Provost’s Report C. Staff Council Report – NO REPORT D. Student Council – NO REPORT E. Council of Graduate Students – NO REPORT
Provost Report Dr. Robert J. Marley Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2016
Agenda New Faculty Incentive Program Approved by President Grad Student Funding Program Launched Faculty Search Update Chair Search Update CEC Vice Provost and Dean Update CIO Update Final FY17 Budget Imminent
1. New Faculty Incentive Program Approved by President http://provost.mst.edu/facultyincentiveplan/ Task Force Members: Daryl Beetner, Chair (ECE) Suzanna Long (EMSE) James Drallmeier (MAE) Stephen Clark (Math & Stat) Jagannathan Sarangapani (ECE) Yinfa Ma (Chemistry) Philip Whitefield (Chemistry) Mary Jo Richards, Ex-Officio (Fiscal) Ryan Rapp, Ex-Officio (UM System) Eric Vogelweid, Ex-Officio (UM System)
2. Grad Student Funding Program Launched Committee Members: Robert Landers, Chair (MAE) Daryl Beetner (ECE) Joel Burken (CArE) Mariesa Crow (ECE) Richard Dawes (Chemistry) Bill Fahrenholtz (MSE) Greg Hilmas (MSE) Matt Insall (Math & Stat) Walt Branson, Ex-Officio (Finance)
3. Faculty Search Update 33 searches approved this AY 17 acceptances; 9 in negotiation; 3 interviewing; 3 still active; 1 initiated but active next AY
4. Chair Search Update CArE—in negotiation Mining/Nuclear—in negotiation Biological Sciences—in negotiation GGPE—initiated, but active search in AY17 EMSE—authorized for AY17
5. CEC Vice Provost and Dean Update
6. CIO Update
7. Final FY17 Budget Imminent Advance peek provided to Senate officers
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. Curricula Committee, T. Schuman B. Administrative Review C. Information Technology/Computing – NO REPORT D. RP&A – NO REPORT
CCC Meetings Committee Activity 9 May 2016 16 August (upcoming) 11 Degree change requests (DC forms) 16 Course change requests (CC forms) 3 Experimental course requests (EC forms)
Degree Changes Requested File #224.1 Math: Applied Math Minor File #7.11 Math: Applied Mathematics MS File #17.4 Chemistry: Chemistry Minor File #44.23 Engineering Management: Engineering Management BS File #157.12 History: History BA File#242 History: History BS File 84.4 Math: Mathematics MST File #85.8 Math: Mathematics PhD File #138.6 Business and Information Technology: Management Minor File #102.13 Arts, Languages, and Philosophy: Multiculture & Diversity Minor File #115.17 Physics: Physics BS
Course Changes Requested: File #4056.6 Biological Sciences 4666: Nanobiotechnology File #4057.4 Biological Sciences 6666: Advanced Nanotechnology in Biomedicine File #2077.1 Business 2910: Business Law File #1507.1 Ceramic Engineering 5220: Advanced Mechanical Properties of Ceramics File #1308.1 Ceramic Engineering 5270: Advanced Thermal Properties of Ceramics File #25.1 Engineering Management 5330: Advanced Human Factors File #563.1 Enterprise Resource Planning 5240: Enterprise and Mobile Application Development File #1009.1 French 1180: Intermediate French File #1949.4 French 4311: Advanced French Conversation File #4308 French 4330: Business French File #1211.1 Geology 3631: Systematic Paleontology
Discussion: Questions or comments? Course Changes Requested: File #214.1 Geology 4711: Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology File #381.1 Geology 6711: Advanced Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology File #2491.2 History 4097: Senior Project File #1920.1 Physics 2111: General Physics II File #1919.1 Physics 2135: Engineering Physics II Curriculum committee moves for FS to approve the DC and CC form actions Discussion: Questions or comments?
Informational Only Experimental Courses Approved to be Scheduled File #4297 Economics 5001.001: Experiential Innovation File #4312 Economics 5001.002: Applied Economic Research File #4313 Psychology 2001.001: Foundations of Leadership Irregularity in approval workflow The following were approved by the DSCC after CCC and FS approvals – issue with CourseLeaf software routing File #148.2 Business & Management Systems - BS and File #75.16 Information Science and Technology - BS, approved by CCC at the February 2, 2016 meeting and Faculty Senate at the February 18, 2016 meeting. File #239.7 Business and Information Technology Business Analytics and Data Science Minor, approved by CCC at the January 12, 2016 meeting and Faculty Senate at the January 28, 2016 meeting
Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. Curricula Committee B. Administrative Review, L. Gragg C. Information Technology/Computing – NO REPORT D. RP&A – NO REPORT
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session VIII. Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements Adjourn Regular Session Executive Session Call to Order IX. Adjourn Executive Session
Agenda Adjourn