1. Faculty Senate Meeting April 20, 2017

2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - B. Hale, Secretary
II. Approval of minutes-postponed
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn

3. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn

4. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report, T. Schuman
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report
ii) Provost’s Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Graduate Students

5. President’s Report 20 April 2017

6. Intercampus Faculty Council (IFC)
IFC meets tomorrow, 21 April, by telepresence
University relations
Post tenure review (white paper discussion)
Campus’ progress on budgeting
IFC agenda planning discussion
NTT faculty workload
Increasing salary adjustment for faculty promoted to “professor”
Salary adjustments during post‐tenure review
Creating a special designation for outstanding teaching faculty (in lieu of promotion to professor rank)

7. Curator’s Meeting on S&T Campus 27-28 April
Administration hosts 27 April dinner presentation
Three students under Drs. Ma, Zoughi, and Day:
Casey Burton (P-scan and future methods)
Matt Horst (millimeter wave detection)
Steve Jung (bioglass fabric for wound healing)
EWB group presentation
 Josi Gass (current President)
Ashley Longrie (current health and safety officer)
Faculty Senate hosts 28 April breakfast presentation
Dean Brow will present examples of industrial collaboration research
Curators have follow on discussion regarding critical issues associated with campus research, e.g., economic impact to state

8. President Choi Campus Visit
13 April 2017
Introduced Chris Maples as potential interim chancellor
FS officers met with Dr. Maples from 8 to 9 am
Dr. Choi stated his preference was for someone without prior history at S&T but with conflict management skills
Faculty Senate officers’ discussions
Several but not extensive faculty inputs, mostly extremes
Discussed Dr. Maples extensively
‘Not an inspirational leader’
Effective and collaborative, communicative
Opportunity to move university in a faculty-driven direction

9. Budget Discussions Open forum was 3 p.m. Friday, March 24
Room 125 Butler-Carlton Civil Engineering Hall
Presentation by Walt Branson
Unanswered questions
“Did Pres. Choi mean ‘balanced budget’ or ‘8%/12% cuts’?”
“What about strategic plan funding mechanism?”
System communication of intentions:
‘Strategic investments’
‘Academic program prioritization’

10. Budget Discussions
The 12% plan is to prepare for anticipated follow-on cuts
New business tax policy to continue to lose tax revenue
Subsequent years will have deficit cuts/withholding
If budgets are not balanced bottom up, they must be balanced and will be balanced top down
There is to be no intercampus reallocation
Will sow additional discord between campuses
System resources to be used to supplement individual campuses

11. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report, -NO REPORT
ii) Provost’s Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Graduate Students

12. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report
ii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council
E. Council of Graduate Students

13. Faculty Senate Dr. Robert J. Marley April 20, 2017
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

14. UPDATES
Interim Chancellor
VP and Dean of CEC
Chair Searches

15. UPDATES Cont. Budget Process
May 10 target for release of proposed reductions for FY18
April 4 letter from President Choi asked all campuses to identify % overall reduction going forward
Asked for consideration of program realignment, merger, elimination based on priorities and quality assessment
Goal of recommendations by end of calendar year 2017
Question: How can faculty be involved in the process?

18. QUESTIONS?

19. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report
ii) Provost’s Report
C. Staff Council Report S. Dees for B. Abner
D. Student Council
E. Council of Graduate Students

20. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report
ii) Provost’s Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council, M. Hale
E. Council of Graduate Students

21. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report
ii) Provost’s Report
C. Staff Council Report
D. Student Council, M. Hale
E. Council of Graduate Students, S. Anandan

22. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn

23. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Curricula Committee, T. Schuman
Information Technology/Computing
Rules, Procedures, and Agenda
D. Administrative Review

24. CCC Meetings Committee Activity 5 April 10 May (upcoming)
1 Degree change request (DC forms)
11 Course change requests (CC forms)
6 Experimental course request (EC forms)

25. Degree Changes Requested
File#: GS ECON‐MI: Global Sustainable Economics Minor

26. Course Changes Requested:
File#: 4369 ART 3100: Advanced Art Studio
File#: BIO SCI 2372: Issues in Public Health
File#: 4406 BUS 5230: Financial Statement Analysis
File#: CHEM 4630: Introduction to Bio‐Nanotechnology
File#: CHEM 5630: Biochemical Nanotechnology
File#: ECON 5330: Econometric Methods
File#: EDUC 3222: Geometric Concepts for Elementary Teachers
File#: 4407 IS&T 5520: Data Methodologies in Python
File#: 4394 MECH ENG 6585: Advanced Optical Materials and Structures
File#: PHILOS 4399: Topics in Philosophy
File#: PSYCH 5010: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology

27. Curriculum committee moves for FS to approve the DC and CC form actions
Discussion: Questions or comments?

28. Motion from CCC regarding course prerequisite:
“Consent of instructor" should only be listed as a prerequisite if there is a specific reason or need. If listed, it should be enforced. Students may request that course prerequisites be waived if warranted, but that is not the purpose of the "Consent of instructor" designation.”

29. Informational Only Experimental Courses Approved:
File#: 4396 AERO ENG : Electric Space Propulsion
File#: 4411 ALP : The Global Village
File#: 4374 CHEM ENG : Applied Numerical Methods for CFD
File#: 4393 COMP SCI : Special Topics in Real‐Time and Cyber‐Physical Systems
File#: 4395 MECH ENG : Advanced Computational Thermofluid Mechanics
File#: 4402 STAT : Survival Analysis

30. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Curricula Committee, T. Schuman
Information Technology/Computing
- NO REPORT
Rules, Procedures, and Agenda
D. Administrative Review

31. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Curricula Committee, T. Schuman
Information Technology/Computing
Rules, Procedures, and Agenda
D. Administrative Review

32. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Curricula Committee, T. Schuman
Information Technology/Computing
Rules, Procedures, and Agenda
D. Administrative Review

33. Administrative Review Committee
members:
Dr. Ali Hurson
Dr. V. A. Samaranayake
Dr. William Schonberg
Dr. Nancy J. Stone, Chair

34. Administrative Review Process
Surveys distributed Monday March 6, 2017 at 12:05 a.m.
To all faculty (n = 370)
Chancellor
Provost
Vice Chancellor for Global and Strategic Partnerships
Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, Equity and Inclusion
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Vice Chancellor for University Advancement
Only to faculty in CASB (n = 155)
Vice Provost and Dean of College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
Two reminders sent: Sunday March 12 and Sunday March 19.
Surveys closed Sunday March 26, 2017 at 11:59 p.m.

35. Process of Survey Data Review
Monday March 27, 2017
Data received from Cheryl McKay
Monday April 3, 2017
Administrative Review Committee met and reviewed results
Some errors in data format.
Determined presentation format of data.

36. Process of Survey Data Review
Monday April 10, 2017
Cheryl McKay provided corrected analyses and total participation rates.
Participation rates
Chancellor Total = 97 (26.2%)
Provost Total = 127 (34.3%)
VC Finance & Administration Total = 82 (22.2%)
VC Global & Strategic Partners Total = 83 (22.4%)
VC HR, Equity & Inclusion Total = 100 (27.0%)
VC Student Affairs Total = 64 (17.3%)
VC University Advancement Total = 77 (20.8%)
VP & Dean, CASB Total = 69 (44.5%)

37. Process of Survey Data Review
Monday April 17, 2017
Administrative Review Committee met with Faculty Senate Officers
Reviewed survey data.
Determined specific process for presenting results.

38. Faculty Bylaws (300. 030 D. 6. b) https://www. umsystem
“Administrative Review Committee (1) This committee sets policies and procedures for review of campus administrators. The committee recommends the evaluation questionnaires and a plan/schedule for conducting reviews to the Faculty Senate. The committee conducts the reviews; oversees the sending of the evaluation forms to the evaluating persons; oversees the collection and collation of the resulting evaluations; and, along with the officers of the Faculty Senate, reviews and forwards the results of the evaluation. (2) The committee consists of four (4) representatives nominated by the Rules, Procedures and Agenda Committee (with the possibility of nominations from the floor) and elected by a vote of the Faculty Senate. Committee members serve for two (2) years, terms to be staggered with the election of two faculty members each year, and shall be full-time, tenured faculty members with an administrative component of 50% or less.”

39. Procedure for Presenting Results to those surveyed and their supervisors.
April 17, 2017
Administrative Review Committee and Faculty Senate Officers met to review survey results.
Discussion and materials of this meeting are to remain confidential.
Process
The Administrative Review Committee will meet with each person reviewed to deliver a hard copy of the results.
The Administrative Review Committee will meet with and present the supervisor of each person reviewed with a hard copy of the results.
Once all individuals reviewed and their supervisors have received copies of the reports,
A hard copy of each report and a flash drive with the reports and complete data files will be given to the Faculty Senate President to be placed in Archives.
Once an interim Chancellor is named, the Administrative Review Committee will meet with him or her and provide a briefing of the review process and a hard copy of the results for all direct reports reviewed.

40. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn

41. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of minutes
III. Campus Reports and Responses
IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V. Old Business
VI. New Business and Announcements
VII. Adjourn

42. Agenda
Adjourn