Faculty Senate Update Robert Marley, Provost February 21, 2019

Updates CAFE Leadership Searches

CAFE Leadership Effective June 1, 2019, Irina Ivliyeva will be the Assistant Chair of the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence Wayne Huebner began serving as Chair on December 1, 2018 Larry Gragg’s service as Co-Chair ends May 31, 2019

Vice Provost and Dean Finalists Enrollment Management Tim Albers, VP and Dean, Enrollment Mgmt., Missouri S&T Marion Dunagan, Former Asst. Dean of Operations, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville David Heringer, Vice President, Enrollment Mgmt., McMurry University Paul Orscheln, Assoc. Vice President, Enrollment Mgmt. and Student Retention, Missouri Western State University

Dean of Library Curtis Laws Wilson Library Leslie Bowman, Director, Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Hsin-liang (Oliver) Chen, Assoc. Dean, Joseph P. Healy Library, University of Massachusetts Boston Angela Fritz, Head of University Archives, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame Brian Hickam, Former Head Librarian and Director of the Lumpkin Learning Commons, Blackburn College

Additional Searches UM System Chief eLearning Officer continued Timing will impact VP of Global Learning at S&T

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Division Updates Faculty Senate Meeting Thursday, February 21, 2019

Major Accomplishments Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFE) January/February 2019 Update Major Accomplishments Immediate Plans Instructional Design Team (previously Educational Technology) merged into the CAFE effective February 1 Pilot Ten Steps to Teaching Success Program launched February 1 CAFE Strategic Doing retreat January 8 Spring 2019 faculty development event calendar released 28 instructors attended Building Blocks workshops for course alignment in January Miner Master Mentors developed outreach plan for spring 2019 semester Jan 30 – CERTI Advisory Committee meeting Early Career Faculty Forums: Jan 30 – Goal Setting, Honors & Awards; Feb 13 – Supporting Students Facing Mental Health Challenges Feb 8 - Mini Sabbatical Informational Lunch; Feb 11 Digital Literacy Lightning Rounds event 2019-2020 Educational Research Mini-Grants call for proposals announced CAFE retreat for merge with Instructional Design Team – February 26 and March 7 (half-days) Continue to pursue appropriate shared space for new CAFE team Implement award program for faculty champions of first-year student success Announce new CAFE assistant chair appointee, effective June 1 Announce call for proposals for next round Provost’s eFellows grants for course redesign Solidify date for Inclusive Teaching Workshop with Astrid Villamil, in partnership with Neil Outar Upcoming Events Teaching and Learning with Technology Conference – March 14 February 28 Early Career Faculty Forum – How Do Students Learn? With Professor Merilee Krueger March 20 Early Career Faculty Forum – History of Missouri S&T Dinner with Dr. Larry Gragg

College of Arts, Sciences, and Business External Program Reviews – Spring 2019 The MS degree program in Technical Communication just completed an external review. The degree programs in Biological Sciences and Economics are undergoing external reviews. The reports prepared by the external reviewers will help plan and guide the strategic hiring and growth of these programs.

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE) Applications are open and will close on May 1st, 2019 Qualifying students will receive a $500 scholarship Students must be enrolled with at least 12 credit hours and a gpa of 2.50 or higher Students must provide a final report and reflection OURE Fellows Program Applications are open and will close on March 1st, 2019 S&T Undergraduate Research Conference Registration is open and will close on March 5th, 2019 The conference will be April 17th in the Havener Center rotunda Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol April 4th, 2019 This is a UM System wide event 11 students with 10 posters will represent S&T

Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY19 activities year-to-date (January) Number of funded proposals is a total of 198 Total dollars is $28M Number of new proposals submitted is 331 Total dollars is $94.9M Total expenditures is $25.5M Net grant and contract expenditures is $18.2M F&A recovered is $7.3M

Office of Graduate Studies Graduate Fellows Poster Session Monday, Feb. 25, 10am-12pm & 1pm-3pm Havener Rotunda Graduate Student Travel Fund Up to $600 in funding for a grad student to attend a conference where they have a paper accepted and will be making a presentation Students must submit a completed “Graduate Student Travel Fund” form, located at grad.mst.edu/currentstudents/travelfund and include: Copy of program of study Conference announcement Paper acceptance letter Signatures of Department Chair and College Dean Eligibility: on-campus, full-time graduate students All requests must be submitted via email to grad@mst.edu or on paper in G8 Norwood Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 1st Place: Siddesh Umapathi, Chemistry PhD 2nd Place: Sherif Fahker, Petroleum Engineering, PhD People’s Choice: Darwish Yasser, Civil Engineering, PhD Graduate Student Night to Network Held in Technology Development Center the night before the Career Fair 9 employers registered to attend (7 in attendance) ~45 students in attendance Plan to do similar event each semester