1. Faculty Senate Meeting
January 25, 2018

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

3. Agenda
II. Approval of Minutes December 7, 2017

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

5. Staff Council Update January 25, 2018 Bylaw Review Staff Day
ISAC Update
AAAC Update-John Cook 5

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

7. STUDENT COUNCIL Placing Final Touches on the Student Fitness Center
Working with the university on mental health initiatives
Programming and collaboration with campus partners
Helping student wellness with outreach
Working on starting a student emergency relief fund campaign

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

9. On going Initiatives New students orientation- Done !!
Summer Research Fellowship- Ready to Announce!
Travel Grants- Ready to Announce!
Initiatives
Preparing for Sports Event- Badminton Tournament
Exploring MS&T- visiting hi-tech research facilities

10. Next Event Expectation Language class, Yoga class
Graduate Research Showcase
- Faculty/Department Research Showcase
Expectation
Research Proposal Write-up Boot Camp

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

12. University of Missouri System News
First round of review has been completed for strategic plans. Each campus is working on revisions.
Activity analysis is underway.
John Cook and Ali Hurson represent our campus
Policies under review
Extension of probationary period for tenure-track faculty
Student medical leave
Community leave pool for staff
Missouri Higher Education Core Curriculum Transfer Act
House Bill 1465

13. Intercampus Faculty Council
Last meeting was on January 19.
Current initiatives include
Review of policies related to NTT faculty
Review of procedures related to teaching evaluations
Participation in second round of review of strategic plans
IFC will meet with the Board of Curators on February 1, at their meeting in Columbia.
Focus of discussion will be on intercampus collaboration.

14. Campus News Revision of strategic plan is underway.
First meeting was yesterday (January 24).
Next meeting is on February 1.
Search for Vice Chancellor for Research and Director of Graduate Studies is underway.
Next meeting is on February 15.

15. Faculty Senate News
Public Occasions Committee is discussing the addition of a fall break before Thanksgiving.
Student Affairs Committee is reviewing Disability Support policies and practices.
Review of bylaws will begin in the immediate future.
Review of procedure for creation and realignment of academic departments will begin in the immediate future.

16. Student Emergency Fund (carecoordination.mst.edu)
Maintained by the Office of Counseling Services (204 Norwood)
Provides a one-time gift of $25-$500 to assist with emergency expenses.
Does not cover tuition and fees, parking tickets or other fines, non-essential utilities, or household costs not related to damage or theft.
Also provides tangible items (toiletries, non-perishable food, cleaning supplies) to students in need.
Ways to give
Tax-deductible monetary donations (giving.mst.edu)
In-kind donations such as store gift cards
Donations of tangible items

17. Agenda
V. Reports of Standing Committees
A. Rules, Procedures and Agenda
T. Schuman

18. RULES, PROCEDURES, AND AGENDA

19. FACULTY BYLAWS REVIEW AND REVISION AD HOC COMMITTEE
Draft Charge
“Work with the Provost (or designated representative) to review the Faculty bylaws of the Missouri University of Science and Technology ( ), revise the existing faculty bylaws to update and correct the bylaws to represent current and proper operation of the university, provide a draft set of revised bylaws for approval by the Senate, provide the draft to UM System for vetting, and obtain approval by the General Faculty.”
Period
1 February through 15 December 2018
or until bylaws draft is accepted by the Faculty Senate
Members
Slate is being nominated by Rules, Procedure and Agenda
Nominations from the floor accepted shortly

20. FACULTY BYLAWS REVIEW AND REVISION AD HOC COMMITTEE
Membership nominations
CEC
Kurt Kosbar (ECE)
Mark Schlesinger (MSE)
Bill Fahrenholtz (MSE)
Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani (ECE)
CASB
Kris Swenson (ENG)
Tom Schuman (CHEM)
Mike Bruening (HIST)
Michael Davis (ECON)
Ex-officio
Ben Trachtenberg (Law professor, Mizzou)
Member nominations from floor

21. Agenda
V. Reports of Standing Committees
B. Curricula Committee
T. Schuman

22. CCC Meetings Committee Activity 9 January 2018 7 February (upcoming)
9 Degree change requests (DC forms)
19 Course change requests (CC forms)
11 Experimental course requests (EC forms)

23. Degree Changes Requested
File: ARC ENG-BS: Architectural Engineering BS
File: AUTOENG-MI: Minor in Automation Engineering
File: GE ENG-BS: Geological Engineering BS
File: HCI-MI: Human-Computer Interaction and User Experience Minor
File: INORGPS-MS: Industrial Organizational Psychology MS
File: PRE LAW-MI: Pre Law Minor
File: 255 Business Applications and Software Development Minor
File: 249 Master of Science in Explosive Technology
File: 256 Minor in Financial Technology (FinTech)

24. Course Changes Requested:
File: ARCH ENG 4800: Principles of HVAC I
File: ARCH ENG 4820: Building Lighting Systems
File: ARCH ENG 4850: Building Electrical Systems
File: BIO SCI 2263: Ecology
File: BIO SCI 2383: Plant Biology
File: BIO SCI 3233: Evolution
File: BIO SCI 3313: Microbiology
File: CHEM ENG 6180: Advanced Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics
File: CIV ENG 5515: Advanced Traffic Operations and Capacity Analysis
File: CIV ENG 5635: Phytoremediation and Natural Treatment Systems: Science and Design

25. Course Changes Requested (cont’d):
File: COMP SCI 1200: Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science
File: ECON 6440: Advanced Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
File: ECON 6540: Advanced Energy Economics
File: 4499 FINANCE 5310: Financial Modeling
File: IS&T 4335: Fundamentals of Mobile Technology for Business
File: IS&T 6335: Mobile Technology for Business
File: PSYCH 5010: Seminar for Industrial/Organizational Psychology
File: 4500 PSYCH 5020: Introduction to Industrial-Organizational Psychology
File: SYS ENG 6110: Risk Modeling and Optimization under Uncertainty

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

27. Informational Only Experimental Courses Approved to be Scheduled
File: 4492 BIO SCI : Ichthyology
File: BIO SCI : Population and Conservation Genetics
File: 4440 CHEM ENG : Introduction to Phase Equilibrium
File: 4491 CIV ENG : Infrastructure Sustainability through Recycling
File: CIV ENG : Pavement Management, Evaluation and Rehabilitation
File: 4494 COMP SCI : Introduction to Data Science
File: 4496 ELEC ENG : Intelligent Robotics
File: 4488 ELEC ENG : Introduction to Nonlinear Optics
File: 4504 HISTORY : Slavery in the Atlantic World
File: 4502 MECH ENG : Fundamentals of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes
File: 4498 NUC ENG : Professional Development for Nuclear Engineers

28. Agenda V. Reports of Standing Committees C. Budgetary Affairs
M. Fitch for B. Hale

29. Budgetary Affairs Committee
January 25, 2018
Meets tomorrow; Referrals/issues:
Solar house sale
Distribution of raises given to administrators, faculty, and staff.
Report on the “big picture balance sheet”, with tracking of changes in each item.
Balance sheet for the MSU programs.
How are decisions made about faculty retention packages; fairness of resource allocation across departments.
Current and next FY budget.

30. Agenda
V. Reports of Standing Committees
D. ITCC
J. Singler

31. Update: Web initiative from President Choi
President Choi asked Gary Allen (UM System IT) to come up with an alternative to terminal four for campus websites
Pantheon was chosen, but the campuses are not required to replace terminal four
Our campus does not plan to replace terminal four in the near future

32. Faculty Senate referral
Multiple colleagues have asked Faculty Senate to investigate the claim that a small number of faculty members are able to read every faculty .
The ITCC investigated this claim, and contacted Dan Uetrecht (IT CIO) and Karl Lutzen (IT Information Security Officer).
At the request of the ITCC, details of the claim were shared directly with S&T Chief Information Officer Karl Lutzen only (for the sake of discretion).

33. Karl Lutzen investigated and informed the ITCC of the following information:
At Missouri S&T, only IT information security staff are able to access faculty – and only after an approved electronic records access request (more below).
An IT analyzer tool was run to determine access privileges of individuals named in the claim, and this confirmed the user(s) in question do not have access to all faculty .
An audit of the entire UM System was performed, and this showed that only IT information security staff, system administrators, and security analysts can access faculty – only after an approved records access request.

34. Electronic records access (ERA) requests
The policy for ERA requests at Missouri S&T was set by the faculty senate (after work by the ITCC) in 2011:
A request can be made online:
A request goes to (in order for faculty)
Faculty Senate President
Chancellor
CIO
IT Information Security Officer

35. Electronic records access (ERA) requests
If the ERA is authorized, IT information security only provides copies of information that matches keyword searches and does not violate FERPA or other regulations (as appropriate).
Direct access to any of the information is not provided.
When allowed, the account holder(s) will be notified of the ERA request as soon as practical. Depending on the type of request, full details of the request may or may not be fully revealed to the account holder(s).
IT information security officers at Missouri S&T sign a confidentiality agreement annually.

36. Agenda V. Reports of Standing Committees E. Facilities Planning
M. Zawodniok

37. Facilities Planning Committee Report
Jan 25, 2018

38. Outline
The Facilities Planning Committee met on Jan 16, 2018 to discuss new policy on “Use of Facilities”
Relevant existing policies are:
III-48 on “Use of University Facilities for Political Activities”
II-50 on “Use and Scheduling of Campus Facilities”
Both short (1-page) with little details
The new policy would replace these
Committee was very positive about new policy
Includes details about process, expectations, procedures
Clear identification of responsible parties (e.g. who to contact for Havener center reservations, etc.)

39. Space Use Discussion Some concerns raised and discussed
The organizer of an event is responsible for additional expenses including increased security
Potentially, this could restrict use if controversial event is organized (e.g. by student org. which has not sufficient funds)
There is no indication of priority for reserving rooms
Educational (common exams – e.g. for calculus) and recurring university meetings should get priority over external events.
Setting timeline/deadlines for reservations would be helpful
During discussion on the new policy, the members raised questions and issues related to general space allocation for classrooms, research laboratories, and student offices
Appear this topic will be addressed by new S&T Space Committee
Dr Bih-Ru Lea will represent the Facilities Planning Committee

40. Thank you! Q&A

41. Agenda V. Reports of Standing Committees F. Administrative Review
A. Hurson

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

43. Table of Contents
Last presentation
Questionnaires
Next steps

44. Who Will be reviewed
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs (Dr. Melanie Mormile)
Assistant Vice Provost Institutional Research and Assessment (Dr. Oyebanjo Lajubutu)
Vice Provost Academic Support (Dr. Jeffrey Cawlfield)
Vice Provost Global Learning (Dr. Anthony Petroy)
Vice Provost Research (Dr. Mariesa Crow), and
Vice Provost Graduate Studies (Dr. Venkata Allada)

45. Time table Action Time Job Descriptions November 10
Development of questionnaires
December 1st –
Questionnaires to senate for review/approval
December 15 –
Statement of accomplishments due
2nd week of January
Final approval of questionnaires
January 25
Review of administrations
February 15 – March 15
Results to Senate officers
1st week of April

46. Some General remarks:
Questionnaires were developed based on job descriptions
Attempt was made to reduce number of categories and questions
Attempt was made to make categories and even questions as uniform as possible
Five scales were used to rate each question:
Strongly agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly disagree, Insufficient information/unsure

47. Questionnaires at a glance
Cat1: University Mission/Vision and Strategic Plan
Cat2: Leadership
Cat3: Planning, Organization, and Management
Cat4: Communication
Cat5: Professionalism
Cat6: Supporting the University Community and External Stakeholders
Name
# categories
# questions
cat1
cat2
cat3
cat4
cat5
cat6
Dr. Allada 5 13 X
Dr. Cawlfield 14
Dr. Crow 4
Dr. Lajubutu 15
Dr. Mormile 3 11
DR. Petroy

48. Next steps Re-tune questionnaires based on input from senate
Make questionnaires available to participants

49. Agenda
VI. Administrative Reports
A. Chancellor’s Report

50. CAMPUS UPDATE

51. THE STATE OF U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION

52. THE STATE OF U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION

53. THE STATE OF U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION

54. THE STATE OF U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION

55. GOVERNOR’S BUDGET PROPOSAL

56. IMPORTANT LEGISLATION

58. Agenda
VI. Administrative Reports
B. Provost’s Report

59. Faculty Senate Dr. Robert J. Marley January 25, 2018
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

60. UPDATES Budget Follow-up Strategic Planning Update
Program Review Update
New Department Chairs
Thomas Vojta, Physics
Kelly Carter, Teacher Education and Certification

61. Post-Tenure Reviews and Awards
Shannon Fogg, History and Political Science
Kamal Khayat, Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Fuewen (Frank) Liou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Susan Murray, Psychological Science
Jay Switzer, Chemistry
Reza Zoughi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

62. QUESTIONS?

63. Agenda
VII. New Business

64. Agenda
VIII. Adjourn 64