Faculty Senate Meeting March 20, 2014

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rohrbaugh for K. Limmer

President’s Report March 20, 2014 Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Awards: NSF CAREER, Yiyu Shi, ECE Advisor Awards New Advisor: Stephen Tupper, S&T Student Veterans Association Advisor: Heath Pickerill, Solar House Team, and Walter Bethea, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Distinguished Advisor: David Westenberg, International Genetically Engineered Machine Design Team (iGEM) Student Affairs Meritorious Award: Kevin Brady, BBQ Club Faculty Service Learning Award Amber Henslee Jana Neiss Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Faculty Awards: Achievement Petra DeWitt Nishant Kumar Eric Showalter Theresa Swift Research Victor Birman Joel Burken Genda Chen Richard Dwaes Fatih Dogan Ulrich Jentschura Sanjay Madria David Pommerenke Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Faculty Awards: Service Michael Davis Shannon Fogg John Myers Paul Worsey Teaching Diana Ahmad Kelly Homan Irina Ivliyeva Jonh C. McManus Jeff Schramm Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Intercampus Faculty Council: IFC Task Force on workload policy draft report to President Wolfe Legislature o State budget may include 3-5% increase for higher ed; we’ll know in early May o 50/50 capital projects may be approved IT security training modules under development, IFC will review and give feedback “Most of IT talent spends all of their effort keeping things running” April BOC to receive report on administrative hiring (Chronicle article) Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Campus: Enrollment growth. Mar 15 data: up % vs 3/15/2013 Deans: Tenure (Policy) Committee drafting P&T process; must include Deans by CRR Common Exams: suggest term of enforcement as Spring 2015 Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Not in the Agenda (CRR D.4.c.(2): “Agenda of the Faculty Senate meetings are distributed to all faculty members no later than one week in advance of the meetings.” Suspend the order of the day to include committee report by Public Occasions Committee?

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rohrbaugh for K. Limmer

Campus Update Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D. Faculty Senate March 20, 2014

Student Affairs Fall 2014 housing New testing facility in Norwood Increased activity in COER

Finance and Administration Master Plan status Bertelsmeyer, Geothermal Travel project

University Advancement Hasselmann Alumni House Charitable giving and alumni participation Battle of the Brains

Human Resource Services, Affirmative Action, Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter Diversity and inclusion training Faculty recruiting

Strategic Planning Significant early progress Six strategic initiative proposals Semi-annual report, one- pager available

Thanks! Any questions?

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rohrbaugh for K. Limmer

Global Learning The academic departments are enjoying a record setting year with this year’s income expected to top $6,000,000. This translates to a significant return to the campus general operating budget as well as the academic departments that teach the courses as shown on the next slide.

Financial Return to University From Distance Programs for Working Professionals Total Credit Revenue Chancellor/ Provost, Department and Global Return

Office of International Affairs New Memorandums of Academic Cooperation since January 1, 2014 – Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia – Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland – University of Pisa, Italy – University of Technology,Baghdad, Iraq

Applied Language Institute celebrates 20 years of service to the campus. A reception was held March 6 th, 3:30-4:30 pm Commission of English Language Accreditation (CEA) Accreditation moves forward. The Intensive English Program staff are completing the mandatory Self-Study report; this document must be submitted to CEA in early April. Dr. Thu Tran presented on the topic of “Alternative Continuing Professional Development” at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) International Association Conference, Portland Oregon, March School and community outreach by Celebration of Nations committee members has started! Presentations were made in the Newburg elementary schools and St. James pre-schools. Future sessions are scheduled for Waynesville, Salem, Rolla, Newburg and St. James. Office of International Affairs

Undergraduate Research Programs UG Research Day at the Capitol – March 4  16 Students, 13 Research Posters Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Conference (UGRC)  Registration Deadline was March 10, 2014  Conference Date is April 16, 2014 in the Havener Center Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience (OURE)  Applications Due April 1, 2014 OURE Fellow Program  Registration Deadline for UGRC was March 10, 2014  Application & Proposal Deadline was March 14, 2014  Present at UGRC April 16, 2014 in the Havener Center Office of Undergraduate Studies

Math Assistance where Success Happens (M*A*S*H) Pilot in spring 2014 Math 2 students targeted (3 sections = 130+ students) Five undergraduate mentors trained to lead learning communities of 8-10 students On Course student success principles combined with homework assistance Optional program Undergraduate Advising Office (UAO) 12 former deficient students readmitted into their degree-seeking department and 2 undecided declared a major since January. 15 former UAO students graduated in Fall students registered for On-Track; after 2 seminars, 90 retained. Campus wide mid-term recovery workshop Increase in student consultations Office of Undergraduate Studies

Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD) On February 11&12 S&T hosted the first ever S&T Showcase”  Provided a platform to demonstrate the positive impact LEAD has on S&T students and provide direction on how others could implement similar strategies at their institutions  Attended by approximately 37 people from all over Missouri including Truman State University, Washington University, Southeast Missouri State University, Lincoln University, and University of Central Missouri  LEAD has received mush positive feedback from the participants of this Showcase Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC) Design teams at STL Science Center Engineering Week Steel Bridge presentation to Engineering Advisory Board Hosted fly-in counselors and students Team displays at FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge State Championship SDELC Phonathon S&T accepted into 2015 DOE Solar Decathlon

515 application files were processed during the month of February. The 5 th Annual Chancellor’s Fellows Poster Session was held on Monday, February 24 th with 38 posters presented. The Spring 2014 Thesis/Dissertation Formatting Workshop was held on Tuesday, March 4 th with 75 graduate students in attendance. Office of Graduate Studies

Financial Aid packaging for AY for new and current students completed mid-March. Switch to 4-digit course numbers scheduled for mid-August. Crosswalk available on the web. Next Open House is Friday, April 18. Enrollment Management

FIRST FTC Championship Robotics Competition on March 1, 2014

Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY14 activities through the end of February – Proposals awarded in total dollars: $19.9M – Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 193 – Proposals submitted in total dollars: $86.1M – Number of proposals submitted: 375 – Total expenditures: $29.6M – Net grant and contract expenditures: $22.9M – F&A recovered: $4.7M – Number of active awards: 635

Freshman Enrollment Projection Fall 2013 – 1244 Full-time degree seeking first- time college students (19 non-degree or part- time for a total of 1263) February projections are very preliminary and are used internally to estimate freshman course capacity needs May projections are closer to the true count

Freshman Enrollment Projection Per Noel Levitz consultant – Fall 2014 projected increase in degree seeking/full-time FTC is 3% - 5% +3% based on current admits +5% based on current deposits Per Enrollment Management – Fall 2014 projected increase in degree seeking/full-time FTC is 4% - 8% PRO sign-ups are +5.1% compared to this time last year

Transfer Enrollment Projections Compared to this same time last year: – Transfer student admits are down 10.8% and – Orientation sign-ups are down 64.3%

Other Institution Projections FTC FTCTransfer AdmitsDeposits Admits UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI S&T+13% +5% -9% MU+2% +11% +8% UMSL+7% N/A +9% UMKC-2% N/A +11%

Other Institution Projections FTC Transfer Admits MSU+8%+8% MSSU+26%+7% MWU+5%+3% SEMO+7%-6% TRUMAN-4%(FLAT) UCM-2%+19%

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rohrbaugh for K. Limmer

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rorhbaugh for K. Limmer

Student Council THE CORRECT RESOLUTION THAT PASSED IN STUDENT COUNCIL A BILL ADDING GENDER IDENTITY/EXPRESSION TO THE NON DISCRIMINATION POLICY WHEREAS, gender non-conforming students often face a hostile and unwelcoming campus climate; and WHEREAS, Missouri University of Science & Technology’s non-discrimination policy currently includes sexual orientation; and WHEREAS, the language in the non-discrimination policy does not explicitly prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or gender expression; and WHEREAS, gender identity is defined as the gender with which an individual person identifies, which may or may not be at odds with their sex-assigned-at-birth; and WHEREAS, gender expression is defined as the outward presentation of one’s gender which may be perceived by others to be at odds with an individual’s sex-assigned-at-birth; and WHEREAS, 623 United States colleges have non-discrimination policies covering “gender identity and expression” including seven Missouri institutions; and WHEREAS, including the phrase “gender identity and expression” in the non-discrimination policy clarifies Missouri University of Science and Technology’s resolve to support all of its students; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Student Council of Missouri University of Science & Technology, urge Chancellor Schrader as well as the Board of Curators to approve and update the campus and University System’s non- discrimination policy to include the language “gender identity and expression” Respectfully Submitted, Ashley Koesterer Student Body President President – Ashley Koesterer

Student Body President for (Rebecca Jacobsen) Student Survey – open until April 25th Student Activity Finance Board (SAFB) Changes Newsletter for Students By-Laws Student Council President – Ashley Koesterer

Student Council Student Council Service Day – April 8th SAFB Open Forum General Open Forum Officer Elections on April 1 st By-Laws Changes on April 15 th Officers sworn in on April 29 th (last meeting) President – Ashley Koesterer

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report M. Fitch B.Administrative Reports i) C. Schrader ii) K. Wray C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver D. Student Council A. Koesterer E.Council of Graduate Students N. Rohrbaugh for K. Limmer

Graduate Education Week April 5-12, 2014 Graduate Research Showcase – Thursday April 10 AM and PM sessions – Actively seeking faculty judges – Student registration now open

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.Rules, Procedures and Agenda S. N. Balakrishnan B.CurriculaD. Tauritz C.ITCC T. Vojta D.Public OccasionsM. Davis

RP&A Report March 20, 2014 Faculty Senate Report March 20, 2014

Referral 1 Experiential Learning AFS committee is still discussing it. Faculty Senate Report

Referral 2 NTT guidelines No report from Personnel Committee, Dr. Acar Faculty Senate Report

Referral 3 Ad Hoc Bylaw Committee Only faculty Bylaw needs to be changed.(Dr. Fitch)

Tenure Committee Recommended to delay the inclusion of Deans in the promotion and tenure process for the coming year.(Dr. Davis)

Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.Rules, Procedures and AgendaS. N. Balakrishnan B.CurriculaD. Tauritz C.ITCCT. Vojta D.Public OccasionsM. Davis

»8 Degree Change (DC) forms File 149.3: update of the BS in Ceramic Engineering for course renumbering and to make language consistent with other engineering degrees File 230: new minor in Automation Engineering File 222.1: update of the Explosives Engineering Minor for course renumbering and to reflect the creation of new courses Campus Curricula Committee Report March 20, 2014

File 56.1: update of the Explosives Engineering MS for course renumbering and to reflect the creation of new courses File 90.2: update of the Metallurgical Engineering BS for course renumbering and to make language consistent with other engineering degrees File 95.1: update of the Mining Engineering BS for course renumbering and to replace defunct courses Campus Curricula Committee Report March 20, 2014

File 98.1: update Mining Engineering minor for course renumbering File 169.1: update Mining Engineering MS for course renumbering »45 Course Change (CC) forms »5 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only) The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this report’s DC and CC forms. Campus Curricula Committee Report March 20, 2014

Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.Rules, Procedures and AgendaS. N. Balakrishnan B.CurriculaD. Tauritz C.ITCCT. Vojta D.Public OccasionsM. Davis

Learning Management System: Jeff Schramm reported on work of Blackboard Review Committee Recommendation: change from Blackboard to Canvas by Instructure ITCC has been asked to endorse this recommendation, we will take this up at the April meeting when we have seen the final report of Jeff Schramms committee So far, ITCC had positive impression Proposed timeline: Allow use of Canvas staring in Fall 2014 Finish changeover by December 2015 ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, March 2014

Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.Rules, Procedures and AgendaS. N. Balakrishnan B.CurriculaD. Tauritz C.ITCCT. Vojta D.Public OccasionsM. Davis

International Student Orientation August 12, Tuesday Freshman Orientation Begins August 17, Sunday Transfer Student Orientation August 21, Thursday Open Registration Ends August 24, Sunday Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m. August 25, Monday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. August 25, Monday Labor Day Holiday September 1, Monday Open HouseOctober 4, Saturday HomecomingOctober 17,18 Fri/Sat Mid-Semester October 18, Saturday Open HouseNovember 1, Saturday Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m. November 23, Sunday Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m. December 1, Monday Last Class Day December 12, Friday Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. December 15, Monday Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m. December 19, Friday December Commencement- Non-Engineering Undergraduate & All Graduate StudentsDecember 19, Friday December Commencement – Engineering Undergraduate Students December 20, Saturday FALL SEMESTER 2014

International Student Orientation January 12, Monday Open Registration Ends January 18, Sunday Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday January 19, Monday Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m. January 20, Tuesday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. January 20, Tuesday Open HouseFebruary 16, Mon, Pres. day Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m. March 12, Thursday Mid-Semester March 14, Saturday Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m. March 16, Monday Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m. March 22, Sunday Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m. March 30, Monday Open HouseApril 3, Friday, Good Friday Last Class Day May 8, Friday Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. May 11, Monday Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m. May 15, Friday Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m. May 15, Friday May Commencement- Non-Engineering Undergraduate & All Graduate StudentsMay 15, Friday May Commencement – Engineering Undergraduate Students May 16, Saturday SPRING SEMESTER 2015

SUMMER SEMESTER 2015 Open Registration Ends June 7, Sunday Summer session opens 8:00 a.m. June 8, Monday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. June 8, Monday Independence Day Holiday (observed) July 3, Friday Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. July 30, Thursday Final Examinations end 12:30 p.m. July 31, Friday Summer Sessions closes 12:30 p.m. July 31, Friday

Same as for the last two academic years. CLASS SESSIONS (EXCLUDING FINAL EXAMINATIONS) M TU W TH F S Fall Semester Spring Semester Summer Semester D. Forciniti: “…But it is not clear why admissions organizes plenty of open houses the same week as the registrar office reserves for advising week. I cannot believe they would have not done something different.”

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda Old Business A.Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of February 20, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Hank Foley (Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

Agenda Adjourn