Transcript Faculty Senate Meeting March 19, 2015 Agenda I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. Call to Order and Roll Call - Barbara Hale, Secretary Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes Campus.

Faculty Senate Meeting
March 19, 2015
Agenda
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
I.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
II.
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Meeting MinutesFeb26.15
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report, S. Roberts
for C. Schrader
ii) Provost’s Report, M. Mormile
for R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis – NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
President’s Report
Faculty Senate Meeting
March 19, 2015
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Faculty Senate Officers
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Michael Bruening (Parliamentarian).
Barbara Hale (Secretary).
Steven Grant (President-Elect).
Martin Bohner (President).
Mark Fitch (Past President).
March 19, 2015
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Bylaw Changes
• Taskforce presented draft to Chancellor.
• Members are: Martin Bohner, Kate
Drowne, David Enke, Gregory Gelles,
Barbara Hale, Suzanna Long, Robert
Marley.
March 19, 2015
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Title IX Strategic Curriculum Committee
• Full Committee met again last week.
• Members are: Joe Boehm, Martin Bohner (Co-Chair),
Michelle
Bresnahan,
Tyrone
Davidson,
Keri
DeGraffenreid, Kate Drowne, Ian Ferguson, Pattie
Frisbee, Debbie Hickey, Paul Hirtz, Jeanie Hofer,
Christine Laughlin, Oyebanjo Lajubutu, Shenethia
Manuel (Chair), Alyssa McCarthy, Neil Outar, Roger
Parsons, Josh Pribe, Ted Read, Stephen Roberts, Bill
Schonberg (Co-Chair), Mary Helen Stoltz, Dan Waddill,
• Subcommittees are: Content, Bystander, Organizational
Structure and Support, Online Training, Sustainability,
and Curricular Infusion.
January 29, 2015
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Panelist Pool
• Panelist Pool members were invited.
• Training was supposed to be today and
tomorrow, but it was cancelled.
• System said: training maybe in April,
maybe in end of semester, maybe after
semester?
• IFC complained about delay.
• IFC suggested decentralized training.
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Intercampus Faculty Council
• Last IFC meeting was one week ago in
Columbia.
• Both S&T motions were presented to IFC.
• MU discussed Bowman letter and they will
have a special meeting and discussion on
the topic with outside consultant on April 7.
• UMKC and UMSL discussed Bowman
letter but did not agree with it.
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Intercampus Faculty Council
• IFC established a preliminary review panel
for policy questions and concerns.
• Subcommittee will report to full IFC on a
regular basis.
• S&T’s representative on this panel is
Steven Grant.
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delay was discussed.
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Academic Calendar changes
• UMKC proposed two academic calendar
changes.
• Start the semester the first Monday on or
after August 18.
• Separate fall break into two events, MT
and WThF.
• Please send feedback to me before IFC
discusses these two proposals further.
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Board of Curators
• Curators Chair Don Cupps declares this
year “The Year of the Student”.
• April 9/10 is the Rolla Board of Curators
Meeting.
• Faculty Senate organizes breakfast on
Friday, April 10, 8 – 8:45 am.
• Please RSVP by March 31 to Barbara
Palmer (bpalmer).
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Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report, S. Roberts
for C. Schrader
ii) Provost’s Report, M. Mormile
for R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis – NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
FACULTY SENATE
CHANCELLOR’S REPORT
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MARCH 19, 2015
HASSELMANN ALUMNI HOUSE
UNIVERSITY ADVANCEMENT
APRIL IS PHILANTHROPY
MONTH
• 15 for ‘15 Program
• Crowd Funding Campaign
• TAG (Thank All Givers) Day
• Random Acts of Kindness
• Lab Dedication Celebration
• Battle of the Brains
BOARD OF CURATORS, TRUSTEES, ACADEMIES
Board of Curators
April 9-10
• Agenda includes overview of
strategic plan implementation
• Report at progress.mst.edu
Missouri S&T
Board of Trustees
April 15-16
Academy Meetings
April 16-17
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Image courtesy of businessinsider.com
SHOW ME VALUE, STEELVILLE
FACULTY FIRST FRIDAYS
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Bring your lunch
Get to know faculty
Chat with administrators
Drinks and dessert!
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April 3
May 1
Sept. 4
Oct. 2
Nov. 6
Dec. 4
Lunch is noon-1p.m. on the first Friday of the month at the
Hasselmann Alumni House during the fall and spring semesters
HUMAN RESOURCES, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
REQUIRED TRAININGS
 "Mandated
Reporter"
 "Harassment:
What It Is and
How to Stop It"
Deadline: March 31
APRIL 7 ELECTION
Learn more: rolla.k12.mo.us
Click on: “Know the Facts!”
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
i) Chancellor’s Report, S. Roberts
for C. Schrader
ii) Provost’s Report, M. Mormile
for R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis – NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
PROVOST’S REPORT
March 19, 2015
Overview
• New Vice Provost and Dean Hiring Process
• Task Force recommendation near completion
• Special Faculty Meeting to be called
College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
Highlights
• Office:
– 118 Fulton Hall
– Kristen Gallagher, Executive Director of Development, begins April 6
• Students:
– Chelsea Atkins’ photo will be included in the Best of College and High School
Photography 2015 Competition sponsored by Photographer’s Forum
magazine.
– Caron Harada, a biological sciences major and history minor, has been
accepted into St. Louis University’s Ph.D. program in biomedical sciences.
She has been awarded a full-ride fellowship.
• UM Research Board: (February)
– CASB faculty submitted 7 proposals totaling over $400,000.
College of Engineering and Computing
• Engineering Advisory Board (EAB) met in February. College
level strategic planning was held and the EAB was renamed to
reflect its broader role within CEC as the Engineering and
Computer Advisory Board (ECAB).
• The reporting responsibilities for Freshman Engineering (FE)
has now been transferred to CEC.
• FE is currently investigating changing its name to more
accurately reflect its mission for preparing the students for a
career in engineering and computing.
Office of Undergraduate Studies
• University of Missouri Undergraduate Day at the Capitol, March 10th
• 16 S&T Students Participating
• Missouri S&T Undergraduate Research Conference, April 15th
• Registration Deadline was March 9
• OURE and OURE Fellows Program
• 190 + OURE Students filled out applications (166 for 2014/2015)
• 7 OURE Fellows (8 for 2014/2015)
• Student Design & Experiential Learning Center
• Advanced Aero Vehicle Group – Airplane
o Aero Design West Competition – April 24-26, 2015
• Concrete Canoe
o ASCE Conference Regional Competition – April 25-26, 2015
• Human Powered Vehicle
o Human powered Vehicle Challenge West – April 24-26, 215
• Steel Bridge
o ASCE Conference Regional Competition – April 23-25, 2015
Office of Graduate Studies
New Strategic Initiative Programs Announced
• Experience S&T
– Campus visit program for prospective domestic doctoral students
• Dissertation Completion Fellowship
– Available to 10 doctoral students who have passed their comprehensive exam
by April 30, 2015
– Awardees must defend and submit their library copy by July 29, 2016
– Includes coverage of tuition/fees + $24,000 fellowship for one year
• Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship
– Available to 20 prospective domestic doctoral students
– Includes coverage of tuition/fees + $28,000 fellowship for up to 4 years* +
$1,250 travel/conference allowance per year + professional development
opportunities
Office of Sponsored Programs
• Summary of FY15 activities year-to-date (January)
– Number of funded proposals down 23% for a total of 133
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Total dollars is $21.1M which is up 14%
– Number of new proposals submitted is up 3% at 325
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Total dollars is $96M which is up 33%
– Number of active awards is down by 5% at 593
– Total expenditures is $24.5M which is down 12%
– Net grant and contract expenditures is $17.9M which is down
15%
– F&A recovered is $3.4M which is down 23%
Curtis Laws Wilson Library
Web of Science training, April 1, 2015
Sign up for sessions at: libguides.mst.edu/webofscience
Library Survey: 445 completed surveys and a 95%
completion rate. Results are forthcoming.
FY14: 42 instructional sessions, 1093 students
FY15 thus far: 81 instructional session, 1359 students;
21 workshops, 665 students
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis
– NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis
– NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
Agenda
III. Campus Reports and Responses
A. President’s Report, M. Bohner
B. Administrative Reports
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis
– NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
COUNCIL OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
March 18th, 2015
CGS Elections
• March 11th – Nominations open
– Nominations can be submitted via email to [email protected] OR at our
rep meetings
– Nominations must be confirmed by nominees
– Students may nominate themselves
• April 8th- Nominations close
• April 13th-17th – Elections
If you know someone who would be interested in getting more
involved with CGS, please let me know or make a
recommendation to [email protected]
Any graduate student in good standing is eligible to run for an
officer position. So recruit any people you think would be great!
Graduate Research Showcase
April 1st
– Two 3hr sessions (only need to attend 1 session)
– Registration deadline March 25th, 2015
– 1st prize-$500; 2nd-$300; 3rd-$200
– We need 10 faculty judges! If you are interested in
judging, please contact me ([email protected])
– You will judge for 2-3 hours in the morning or
afternoon
– All judges are invited to our CGS banquet (April
27th )
Travel Grant
• Travel Grant application has gone out to
graduate student body
• Travel period Jan 1st - June 30th, 2015
• Applications are due March 31st
• Submit completed forms to [email protected]
• ~$200 (dependent on funds and applicants)
Agenda
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V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
IV. Reports of Standing and Special
Committees
A. Curricula, T. Schuman
B. Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta
Campus Curricula
Committee Report
19 March 2015
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CCC Meetings
» 2 March 2015
» 6 April 2015 (upcoming)
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Committee Activity
» 3 Degree change requests (DC forms)
» 7 Course change requests (CC forms)
» 6 Experimental course requests (EC forms)
Campus Curricula
Committee Report
19 March 2015
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Degree Changes Requested
From thcember 15th Meeting:
» File #93.1
Military Science: Adaptive Leadership Minor
» File #192.10 Psychology: Psychology BA
» File #193.9
Psychology: Psychology BS
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Course Changes Requested
From the December 15th Meeting:
» File #4177
Art 3260 Exploring Digital Art
» File #4145
Economics 5532 Advanced Mining Economics
» File #718.1
Economics 5644: Creativity, Innovation, and Sustainability
» File #465.1
Education 3212 Children’s literature
» File 1452.1
English 2248 Thematic Studies in Literature and Film
» File 547.1
Psychology 5602 Organizational Processes: Research and
Practice
Campus Curricula
Committee Report
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19 March 2015
Informational Only
Experimental Courses Requested
From the December 15th Meeting:
» File #4181
Art 3001: Creativity and Design on Film
» File #4155
Economics 5001: Innovation Economics
» File #4187
Education 2001: Integrated Social Studies for the Elementary
Classroom
» File #4188
Education 2001: Teaching Literature in the Elementary
Classroom
» File #4185
Education 2001: Teaching Science in the Elementary
Classroom
» File #4146
History 2001: History of Medieval and Renaissance England
Agenda
IV. Reports of Standing and Special
Committees
A. Curricula, T. Schuman
B. Information Technology/Computing,
T. Vojta
ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, March 2015
• Learning Management System:
Transition to Canvas still stalled.
Consequences of not moving to Canvas by Dec 2015:
• campus will have to spend about $170,000 for Blackboard in 2016
• courses for 1100 students (currently in Canvas pilot) will need to
transition back to Backboard
Motions:
To the Faculty Senate:
The ITCC again strongly endorses a change to the Canvas LMS and urges
the Faculty Senate to assist in making this happen.
To the Provost:
The ITCC has strongly endorsed a change to the Canvas LMS. We urge you
to immediately take steps to get this to happen.
Both motions passed unanimously.
ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, March 2015
• Campus web presence / broken links
Initial discussion with Cheryl McKay from Electronic Marketing
Tools for identifying and dealing with broken links:
http://marketing.mst.edu/web/support/brokenlinks/
Will be communicated to all web authors and via eConnection
• Further topics:
Security: Moving to default “Deny inbound traffic from internet”
Training students to help with maintaining department web sites
Agenda
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V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Barbara Hale, Secretary
Approval of February 26, 2015 meeting minutes
Campus Reports and Responses
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Old Business
New Business and Announcements
Adjourn
Agenda
Adjourn