1. COLLEGE OF DESIGN STAFF ASSEMBLY
February 15, 2017

2. AGENDA
Call to Order
Welcome New Faculty and Staff
Reports from Senators/Committees/Workgroups
Faculty and Staff Search Updates
Old Business
New Business
Report from the Deans
Onboarding the New Dean

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

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)
P&A Senators: Lori Molberg & Patrick Smith
Design Technology: Julie Hillman
Diversity: Holley Locher
Honors & Awards: Lin Nelson-Mayson
Curriculum: Sue Chu (Holley Locher)
P&A Leadership: Abby Burkhart & Bob Glunz
CS/L-R Leadership: Theresa Tichich & Nicole Kennedy

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)
REMINDER: encourage staff to attend faculty candidate public presentations and submit feedback

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
The Bureau of Mediation Services (BMS) conducted hearings in May, 2016 to determine whether or not Unit 11 employees (i.e., T.S./LEC) can be combined with Unit 8 employees (i.e., T/TT/Contract and Adjunct Faculty).
Unit 11 employees would then be eligible to vote on faculty unionization along with Unit 8 employees.
The BMS ruled in favor of SEIU and said Unit 11 can be combined with Unit 8.
Teaching Specialists, Lecturers

10. Faculty unionization (cont.)
OLD BUSINESS (CONT.)
Faculty unionization (cont.)
The University requested to appeal the inclusion of Unit 11 with Unit 8 to the MN Court of Appeals.
On January 24, the MN Court of Appeals notified the University that they will hear the appeal regarding the BMS ruling.
SEIU argued that the unionization vote should occur before the appeal is heard. The Court disagreed with SEIU.

11. OLD BUSINESS (CONT.) Staff events Cookie exchange on December 13
15 participants : 30 dozen cookies!
Staff Appreciation event on January 5
30 participants : High scorer?

12. NEW BUSINESS

13. design.umn.edu/about/diversity Employee Engagement
NEW BUSINESS
Link to Office of Equity and Diversity Certificate program is now on Diversity webpage.
design.umn.edu/about/diversity
Employee Engagement
DIRT developed onboarding guide in 2016.
P&A and CS/L-R Leadership Committees will identify an initiative and/or action steps for 2017 in response to our 2015 survey results.

14. REPORT FROM THE DEAN

15. REPORT FROM THE DEANS
FY18 Budget & Compact
Food and alcohol expenses
Senior Leadership Group (SLG) spring work plan
Other
Enrollment and graduate admissions updates
New staff lunch with the dean - 3/16 at Campus Club
History of the College document
Q & A

16. 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

17. FY18 BUDGET & COMPACT (CONT.)
Food and alcohol expenses
$195,000 spent in 2016.
Units will need to reduce these expenses by 20%.
The budget process now asks units to budget for food/alcohol expenses.

18. 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

19. FY18 BUDGET & COMPACT (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

20. SENIOR LEADERSHIP GROUP SPRING WORK
Unit diversity action steps
Continued work on curriculum efficiencies
Unit Employee Engagement action steps
Budgets
Onboarding the new dean

21. New staff lunch with the dean - March 16 at Campus Club
OTHER
SERU Survey
Graduate and undergraduate surveys--March, 2017
Commencement speaker
David Rubin, The Land Collective
Summer construction
McNeal 144 & 146; 310 & 316
Rapson 54/56
Rapson courtyard lighting and sound
New staff lunch with the dean - March 16 at Campus Club
History of the College and Land Grant Institution
SERU - Student Experience at the Research University

22. ENROLLMENT UPDATE -- UNDERGRADS

23. ENROLLMENT UPDATE -- GRADS

24. GRADUATE ADMISSIONS UPDATE

25. ONBOARDING THE NEW DEAN
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?

26. ONBOARDING THE NEW DEAN
Break into small groups of 3 people.
Identify 2-3 ideas/activities you and/or your units can pursue to onboard the new dean.
Select your top idea and report out.

27. 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)

28. 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
Commencement - May 13

29. ADJOURN