Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II.Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III.Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II.Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes II. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s ReportK.M.Isaac B.Administrative ReportsR.Schwartz for J.Carney and K.Wray C.Staff Council ReportJ.Singleton D.Student CouncilM.Schwartz E.Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota

Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011 President’s Report June 16, 2011

Retirement benefits: Board of Curators’ action is expected at the June 16-17, 2011, meeting in Columbia. Defined Benefits plan may be closed for future employees Chancellor Search: Dr. Larry Gragg Degree Revocation Interim Chancellor appointment: President Owens met with the three S&T IFC reps and asked for our input. President search: No new information Chancellor Farewell Budget: Additional withholding by the governor is creating uncertainty. 8.1% reduction instead of the previous 7% University is considering new options such as enrollment cap, extension activities, in-house student financial aid, etc. President’s Report June 16, 2011

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report K.M.Isaac B.Administrative ReportsR.Schwartz for J.Carney and K.Wray C.Staff Council ReportJ.Singleton D.Student CouncilM.Schwartz E.Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota

CERTI Five educational research projects by Missouri S&T faculty totaling nearly $22,000 will be funded in as part of a mini-grant program co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI). Student Design & Experiential Learning Center The Kummer Student Design Center was dedicated May 20, 2011, dedication program was a huge success. Received 2 donations for equipment for the Kummer Student Design Center SDELC hosted the University of Sao Paulo Baja Team from Brazil as they prepared for their U.S. Baja competition in Kansas Memorial Day Weekend. Office of Undergraduate Studies

Global Learning Distance and Continuing Education: Preliminary estimates indicate a 10% increase in the number of distance courses for this coming year. Video Communications Center: The Video Communications Center (VCC) has been reorganized to place increased emphasis on faculty services. Academic departments are encouraged to let the VCC know how we can help the faculty and make their job easier when teaching distance students over the Internet. Dr. Dan Cernusca, an instructional designer, is available to help faculty with ideas on course structure and presentation technique. He can be contacted directly or through the VCC.

Summer Camps A variety of summer camps will be held this year with over 1,500 attendees anticipated. The camps are organized as shown below with 2010 historical enrollment* shown. Coordinator No. Camps No. Students* Distance & Continuing Ed.6768 Pre-college Programs7393 Athletics8405 Academic Depts.3118 TOTAL Please extend a cordial greeting to campers and parents if the opportunity presents itself. It’s important that they feel welcomed.

Office of Sponsored Programs FY11 activities through the end of May and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: –Proposals awarded in total dollars: $37.3M (down 15%) –Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 264 (down 11.4%) –Proposals submitted in total dollars: $124.9M (down 49.2%) –Number of proposals submitted: 444 (down 4.1%) –Research expenditures: $40.5M (up 4%) –F&A recovered: $6.4M (up 1%) –Number of active awards: 599 (down 2.6%)

Office of Sponsored Programs UM Research Board – 2011 Spring Competition ‒ Proposals awarded in total dollars: $75,000 ‒ Number of proposals awarded: 5 ‒ Proposals submitted in total dollars: $1,047,088 ‒ Number of proposals submitted: 22

Office of Graduate Studies Working with other units and individual faculty to increase the admit-enrollment yield of high quality doctoral students. Working with other units on campus to address the Libyan graduate student funding situation. Made a presentation on “Webinars: The Virtual Visit” at the NAGAP National Convention, Washington DC, April 2011.

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report K.M.Isaac B.Administrative ReportsR.Schwartz for J.Carney and K.Wray C.Staff Council ReportJ.Singleton D.Student CouncilM.Schwartz E.Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report K.M.Isaac B.Administrative ReportsR.Schwartz for J.Carney and K.Wray C.Staff Council ReportJ.Singleton D.Student CouncilM.Schwartz E.Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report K.M.Isaac B.Administrative ReportsR.Schwartz for J.Carney and K.Wray C.Staff Council ReportJ.Singleton D.Student CouncilM.Schwartz E.Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Committee Elections Committee Nominations

Motion on DCC

Referrals  Domestic Partners »Referred to Personnel  Alternative promotion to professor »Referred to Tenure  Revoking Degrees »Referred to Academic Standards

Other Motions  Subcommittee formed to examine changing the size of some committees  “Ask IFC Representatives to raise objections to civility proposals.”  Course Renumbering.

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Curricula Committee Report May 4, 2011 l The Curricula Committee report includes: »7 Degree Change (DC) forms DC0382 – Update the Petroleum Engineering BS program DC0384 – Create multi-disciplinary undergraduate minor in Sustainability DC0387 – Update the Metallurgical Engineering BS program DC0388 – Revise some emphasis areas for the Electrical Engineering BS program DC0391 – Create, rename, and revise some emphasis areas for the Electrical Engineering BS program DC0389 – Create Philosophy of Technology minor DC0390 – Create Ethics minor

»10 Course Change (CC) forms »8 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only) l The Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the DCs and CCs in the report. Curricula Committee Report May 4, 2011

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Tenure 2011 Promotion and Tenure Clean Copy 2011 Promotion and Tenure Procedure Revisions in Red

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Online Teaching Evaluations Spring 2011 F. Scott Miller on behalf of the Committee for Effective Teaching

Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011 Quick Summary: Of the 33,450 possible evaluations, 21,086 were submitted, for a 63% response rate. The campus average score on Question 7 (teaching effectiveness of instructor) was 2.96, compared with 2.97 the previous semester.

Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

Estimated Cost Savings Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011 Improvements for Fall 2011: Allow evaluation status to remain open throughout evaluation period, then automatically submitted at end. Look into removing students who are being investigated due to academic misconduct from evaluation list. Better promotion: General announcement on Blackboard that evaluations are ongoing, reminders to students and instructors, banners and table tents in Havener, etc. More prominent button for Comments on Evaluations Results webpage.

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Faculty Senate Meeting ITCC Report June 16, 2011

ITCC Report April 13, 2011 the ITCC deliberated on the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Act records requests. Unfortunately, “ privacy” has become an oxymoron. We will develop a FAQ. Note that we were ahead of the game by developing an Authorized Access Procedure that requests should go through. Please see our minutes. IT is requesting input on e-Learning initiatives. The ITCC responded by expanding the CLC Advisory Group to become the e-Learning Advisory Group.

April Motions  Motion A1:  “Historically, the ITCC was not consulted when policies pertaining to Web presence, Electronic Marketing, Web site creation, URL assignment, and associated reporting relationships were decided upon. The faculty reminds the administration that the ITCC is the right place to initiate and revise policy discussions pertaining to these matters. In view of rapidly changing technologies, policies such as these need to be reexamined.”  Motion A2:  "The ITCC recognizes that computer security problems are never guaranteed to be avoidable. Therefore we recommend that the university adopt a perspective of learning from problems rather than assigning blame. We also recommend that individuals with responsibilities for the protection of sensitive data seek the involvement of professionals to ensure that safety is provided. Furthermore, guidance to accomplish this should be provided to people with such responsibilities." We respectfully request that the Faculty Senate endorse Motion A2.

ITCC Report Continued (May meeting) The Computer Security subcommittee reported winners of the computer security video competition and welcomes ideas for this Fall’s Computer Security Awareness Month. UM System is rolling out an update to the Faculty system. Technically this is an upgrade to MS Exchange Server Policy-wise, it has the potential to have a more significant impact because archiving policies are being discussed. Some faculty members have expressed alarm over proposed provisions to limit or prevent the ability to store.pst files (local archives accessible through Outlook). There’s also a strong sense that our campus wants to have time to respond to any proposed changes. The ITCC discussed this with Gary Allen and Beth Chancellor of UM System present. Our concerns have been heard and we expect to continue to have input into any changes.

May Motion, Annual Report Motion M1: The ITCC seeks questions and comments from all stakeholders about capabilities and policies. Faculty, Staff and Students are encouraged to share any opinions with the ITCC. No other specific action is requested from the Faculty Senate at this time. The ITCC Annual Report has been submitted and should be online soon.

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Library and Learning Resources C. ITCC D. Curriculum V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary II. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Library and Learning Resources C. ITCC D. Curriculum V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda Adjourn