1. Faculty Senate Meeting
December 7, 2017

2. Call to Order and Roll Call S. Corns, Secretary
Agenda
Call to Order and Roll Call
S. Corns, Secretary 2

3. II. Approval of Minutes November 9, 2017
Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes November 9, 2017 3

4. Agenda
III. Campus Reports
A. Staff Council, J. Cook for S. Dees 4

5. Staff Council Report December 7, 2017 GRACE Donation Drive
Staff Council Scholarship Recipients
Policy Updates from UM System 5

6. Agenda
III. Campus Reports
B. Student Council, J. Merz for S. Thomas 6

7. Student Council Report for Faculty Senate
We are continuing work on the student fitness center project
Distributing the strategic plan draft to students for feedback
Working with the provost office to help make the student center on JoeSS more user friendly
Adjusting some of the links on the main screen for more compatability
Working on creating a system approved card payment system for student organizations 7

8. Agenda III. Campus Reports C. Council of Graduate Students, P. Bhowmik8

9. Open Education Resource Taskforce Graduate Research Showcase
On going issue
New Tax Bill
Lab Safety Training
Open Education Resource Taskforce
Next Event
Travel Grants
Graduate Research Showcase 9

10. Agenda
IV. President’s Report
S. Sedigh Sarvestani 10

11. University of Missouri System News
PwC report on Assessment of Administrative Performance and Process Improvement has been delivered.
Eight-week assessment focused only on UM System and the Columbia campus
Two operating models are being considered for administrative services
Core management
Strategic management
Policies under review
Extension of probationary period
Student medical leave 11

12. UM Legislative Priorities for 2018
UM System requests $456 million in core funding:
$419 million in continuance of core operations appropriated in FY18.
Combining core and fully funding on-going high demand line item programs
$10 million MU Medical School Partnership
$2 million UMKC/MSU Pharmacy Doctorate Program
$21 million in performance funding to invest in programs of excellence to recognize the UM System met all five performance measures this year.
Funding for new high demand programs and partnerships
$1.5 million UMKC School of Dentistry Satellite at MSSU
$1 million Missouri S&T and MSU Engineering Expansion
$1 million Missouri S&T Programs in Clay County 12

13. Intercampus Faculty Council
Last meeting was on Nov. 28
Current initiatives include
Review of policies related to NTT faculty
Review of procedures related to teaching evaluations
Dr. Larry Gragg represents our campus
IFC met with the Board of Curators earlier this morning
Board meeting is at UMSL, today and tomorrow
This was the first interaction of the entirety of the Board with the entirety of IFC
Emphasis was on better communication between Board and faculty of all four campuses 13

14. Campus Strategic planning is in Progress
Dr. Richard Dawes and I represent Faculty Senate
Draft is available at:
Two open forums took place earlier this week.
Deadline has been postponed to Dec. 21. 14

15. Campus Review of bylaws to be initiated in the near future.
Nominations are invited for special committee.
Sarah Kent has been retained by the Chancellor’s Office to review CRR, and will be assisting the committee with review of bylaws.
Public Occasions committee has been asked to investigate shortening Thanksgiving break and adding a break earlier in the fall semester. 15

16. V. Diversity and Inclusion and Title IX N. Outar
Agenda
V. Diversity and Inclusion and Title IX
N. Outar 16

17. VI. Reports of Standing Committees A. Budgetary Affairs
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing Committees
A. Budgetary Affairs
M. Fitch for B. Hale 17

18. Budgetary Affairs Committee Report
Faculty Senate Meeting
December 7, 2017 18

19. FY17 / FY18 Projection Budget Summaries (More details are in
the October 19th BAC report.)
2 . Summary of Retention Efforts 19

20. * Cuba Plain and Lisa Cerney, October 19, 2017

21. * Cuba Plain and Lisa Cerney, October 19, 201721

22. SUMMARY OF FY16-FY17 FACULTY RETENTION EFFORTS
* Cuba Plain and Lisa Cerney, December 6, 2017 22

23. VI. Reports of Standing Committees B. Administrative Review A. Hurson
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing Committees
B. Administrative Review
A. Hurson 23

24. Administrative Review Committee
members:
Ali Hurson, Chair
Bih-Ru Lea
Kelly Liu
V.A. Samaranayake

25. Table of Contents
Last presentation
Time table
Next steps

26. Presented at previous Faculty Senate meeting
Faculty Bylaws ( D.6.b) – duties and formation of committee
Who will review
Who will be reviewed

27. Who Will Be Reviewed Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Assistant Vice Provost for Institutional Research and Assessment
Vice Provost Academic Support
Vice Provost Global Learning
Vice Provost Research, and
Vice Provost Graduate Studies

28. Time table Action Item Date(s) Collection of job descriptions
November 10
Development of questionnaires
December 1st
Dissemination of questionnaires to senate for review/approval
December 15
Collection of statements of accomplishments
2nd week of January
Final approval of questionnaires
January 25
Administration of survey
February 15 – March 15
Presentation of results to Senate officers
1st week of April

29. Next steps
Dissemination of questionnaires to senate for review/approval and
Final approval of questionnaires

30. Agenda V. Reports of Standing Committees C. Tenure Policy Committee
G. Cohen 30

31. VII. Administrative Reports A. Chancellor’s Report - NO REPORTS
Agenda
VII. Administrative Reports
A. Chancellor’s Report
- NO REPORTS 31

32. VII. Administrative Reports A. Provost’s Report -NO REPORT
Agenda
VII. Administrative Reports
A. Provost’s Report
-NO REPORT 32

33. Agenda
VIII. New Business 33

34. Agenda
IX. Adjourn 34