1. COLLEGE OF DESIGN FACULTY ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2017

2. AGENDA
Call to Order
Approval of 12/6/2016 Minutes
Welcome New Faculty
Welcome New Staff
Reports from Senators/Committees
Faculty and Staff Search Updates
Old Business
New Business
Report from the Deans

3. Architecture Adjunct Faculty
WELCOME NEW FACULTY!
Architecture Adjunct Faculty
Natalya Egon
Phil Rader
Amro Sallam
Thena Tak
Paul Yaggie
DHA - Interior Design
Meghan Hendrickson, Lecturer
Arch adjunct faculty pronounciations:
Thena Tak - Theena Tack
Natalya Egon - PENDING
Amro Sallam - Aahhm ro Saalaam (not a hard "A" in any part of last name)
Phil Rader - Like it sounds
Paul Yaggie - Like it sounds

4. WELCOME NEW NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF!
Design IT
Gretchen Corey, Technology Coordinator
Greg Lockhart, Coordinator, Academic Technology Resources
Student Services
Anne Waltz, Executive Operations and Student Services Specialist
PENDING: Engagement & College to Career Coordinator

5. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES (ATTACHED TO AGENDA)
Senators: John Comazzi & Carol Waldron
Alternates: Greg Donofrio & Mary Guzowski
Design Technology: Julie Hillman
Diversity: Holley Locher
Honors & Awards: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Faculty Leadership: John Comazzi/Vince DeBritto
Faculty Promotion & Tenure: Kristine Miller/Andrzej Piotrowski
Curriculum: Sue Chu
Adjunct Faculty Leadership: James Wheeler
Graduate Education: Marilyn Delong

6. FACULTY SEARCH UPDATES
Architecture (Blaine Brownell, Chair)
Architecture, Cass Gilbert (Mary Guzowski, Chair)
Interior Design (Stephanie Zollinger, Chair)
Product Design (Barry Kudrowitz, Chair)
Retail Merchandising (Hyunjoo Im, Chair)

7. NON-INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF SEARCH UPDATES
Center for Sustainable Building Research
Coordinator, Researcher 5
PENDING: Wearable Technology Lab
Research Professional 2 (Wearable Technology Lab Manager)

8. OLD BUSINESS

9. OLD BUSINESS Faculty Unionization
On January 24, the Minnesota Court of Appeals notified the University that will hear the appeal regarding the outcome of the BMS assignment of units in the unionization effort, i.e., Unit 11 lecturers and teaching specialists combined with Unit 8 faculty to form the bargaining unit.
SEIU argued that the unionization vote should occur before the appeal is heard. The Court disagreed with SEIU.
Civil Service

10. NEW BUSINESS

11. NEW BUSINESS
Do you have any suggestions to bring to the Faculty Leadership Committee?
Next meeting on Monday, February 20

12. REPORT FROM THE DEAN

13. REPORT FROM THE DEANS
FY18 Budget & Compact
Food and alcohol expenses
Senior Leadership Group (SLG) spring work plan
Other
Enrollment and graduate admissions updates
Q & A

14. CDes base budget = $26,517,328 FY18 BUDGET & COMPACT
Reallocations from Central (recurring) (.75% of base O&M budget)
$177,000     Internal reallocation
$ 22,000 Non-O&M internal reallocations
Cost pool increase of 3.1%
$337,833 Cost pool
Fringe benefit increase
$159,000 Fringe expense only w/o merit
increases
CDes base budget = $26,517,328
about 2.5% of our base budget - cuts/reallocations/etc.

15. FY18 BUDGET & COMPACT (CONT.)
Food and alcohol expenses
$195,000 spent in 2016.
Units will need to reduce these expenses by 20%.

16. DESIGN COMPACT FUNDING REQUESTS
Collegiate strategic and/or critical needs
Arch/LA studio pilot - $?
Expansion of Wearable Tech Research Lab - $?
Funding for internal design build projects in Arch - $50,000
Graphic design studio renovation (McNeal 336) - $125,000
McNeal 144 & 146 renovation for active learning - $30,000
McNeal interdisciplinary public space - $6,500
Mobile fabrication lab for Arch - $155,000

17. DESIGN COMPACT FUNDING REQUESTS (CONT.)
Collegiate strategic and/or critical needs (cont.)
Product design faculty member - $150,000 (R) + start-up
Product design studio renovation (Rapson 31) - $250,000
Rapson furniture in public spaces- $30,000
Rapson hallway/balcony lighting - $?
Technology
Arch environmental technology software - $20,000
McNeal 212 (apparel design teaching) reconfiguration and industry standard equipment - $40,000

18. SLG SPRING WORK
Unit diversity action steps
Continued work on curriculum efficiencies
Unit Employee Engagement action steps
Budgets
Onboarding the new dean

19. Salary Equity Review Committee (SERC) Summer construction
OTHER
SERU Survey
Graduate and undergraduate surveys -- March, 2017
Encourage your students to complete the survey
Commencement speaker
David Rubin, The Land Collective
Salary Equity Review Committee (SERC)
Summer construction
McNeal 144 & 146; 310 & 316
Rapson 54/56
Rapson courtyard lighting and sound
Student Experience at the Research University - SERU
McNeal - 144/146
Rapson - lower-level 54/56 AND courtyard for lighting and sound

20. ENROLLMENT UPDATE -- UNDERGRADS

21. ENROLLMENT UPDATE -- GRADS

22. GRADUATE ADMISSIONS UPDATE

23. Why should a new dean value ‘X’, if we don’t?
ONBOARDING ACTIVITY
What are effective strategies and/or tactics we can employ to onboard a new dean?
and/or
In what ways can we ensure that a new dean will have the knowledge and tools necessary to become an effective advocate and leader for CDes?
“I don’t have time to do ‘X’,”
sends the message, “I don’t value ‘X’.”
Why should a new dean value ‘X’, if we don’t?

24. Faculty candidate public presentations
UPCOMING EVENTS
Faculty candidate public presentations
Mike Christenson - Assistant Professor of Architecture, Thursday, February 16, 9:00am (225 Rapson)
Pielah Kim - Assistant Professor of Retail Merchandising, Thursday, February 16, 12:30pm (McNeal 274)
Katie MacDonald - Cass Gilbert Fellowship, Friday, February 17, 12:30pm (225 Rapson)

25. UPCOMING EVENTS (CONT.)
College/unit events
Architecture as Catalyst - March 6-10
Next Generation of Parks - March 9
Design in 7 - April 5
PLAYsentations - May 3
designbats - May 8-18
Exhibit by Kelly Munson, Designer in Residence - Larson Gallery, St Paul Student Center
Kelly is looking for faculty who would be interested in integrating her bat project into their classes. Contact Kelly,
Commencement - May 13

26. ADJOURN