Transcript Slide 1

State of the
College – Fall 2014
Victor H. Matthews, Dean
August 20, 2014
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CHPA Online Calendar:
http://www.missouristate.edu/chpa/calendar.htm
• Sept 8
• Sept 29
• Oct 13
• Oct 24
• Oct 31
• Nov 3
Winter Intersession Proposals due to Head
Faculty submit Tenure and/or Promotion
dossier to Department Heads
Deadline for Faculty to submit proposal for
2014 Fall Faculty Research Grants
Deadline for submission of summer 2015
Faculty Fellowships
Summer and Fall 2015 Intersession Course
Proposals due to Dean
Deadline for faculty to submit 2015-2016
sabbatical applications to Dean
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New Faculty
DEPT
NAME/DISCIPLINARY SPECIALTY
ANT
Cameron Griffith (Instructor)
CRM
Patti Salinas (Department Head)
Ethan Amidon (Criminal Courts)
Michael Suttmoeller (Corrections)
ECO
Ken Brown (Department Head)
Subhasree Basu Roy (Industrial Organization & Health Economics)
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New Faculty
DEPT
NAME/DISCIPLINARY SPECIALTY
PHI
Elizabeth Foreman (Philosophy of Law)
MIL
MAJ David Powell
CPT Aaron Eidem
SFC Vernon McAllister
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New Faculty
DEPT
NAME/DISCIPLINARY SPECIALTY
PLS
Sara Henary (Political Theory)
Samantha Mosier (Public Policy)
Thomas Ringenberg (Instructor)
REL
Vadim Putzu (Judaism)
SOC
David Rohall (Department Head)
Christina Ryder (Instructor)
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New Staff
DEPT
Name
CRM
W. Spencer Morrissey
Amanda Muse (Academic Advisor)
HST
Dianna Thimesch
SOC/ANT
A. Michelle Breshears
CHPA
Chad Holmes (DUSS)
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Faculty Achievements
• Sabbaticals (2014-2015)
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CRM: Brett Garland – Spring 2015
HST: Bela Bodo – Full Year
PLS: Jim Kaatz – Spring 2015
PLS: Gabriel Ondetti – Fall 2014 & Fall 2015
PLS: Brian Calfano – Full Year
REL: Leslie Baynes – Full Year
REL: John Strong – Full Year
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Promotions
• Andrew Johnson (PHI) – to Associate Professor with Tenure
• David E.A. Johnson (PLS) – to Associate Professor with Tenure
• David Mitchell (ECO) -- to Full Professor
• Sharmistha Self (ECO) – to Full Professor
• Ralph Shain (PHI) – to Associate Professor with Tenure
• John Strong (REL) – to Full Professor
• Paula Rector (CRM) – to Senior Instructor
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Faculty Awards
• Foundation Awards:
• Steve McIntyre (HST) – Teaching
• Bill Meadows (SOC/ANT) – Service
• PSIP Recipients:
• David Gutzke (HST)
• Tim Knapp (SOC/ANT)
• Joel Paddock (PLS)
• BOG’s Award: Faculty Excellence in Public Affairs:
• Lora Hobbs (REL)
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Faculty Awards
• Honor’s College – Outstanding Faculty Research
• Dennis Hickey (PLS)
• Excellence in Community Service Award
• Lorene Stone (SOC/ANT)
• Master Online Course Recognition
• Caryn Saxon (CRM) – for CRM 340
• CASL Faculty Awards
• Brian Calfano (PLS)
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Faculty Publications
• B. Garland (CRM), S. Self (ECO), J. Chuchiak (HST),
B. Oyeniyi (HST), B. Walker (HST), P. Sailors (PHI), D.
Hickey (PLS), D. Romano (PLS), V. Matthews (REL),
E. Sobel (ANT) published at least three journal articles
or book chapters in 2013
• Keith Payne (DSS), John Chuchiak (HST), Eric Nelson
(HST), Bukola Oyeniyi (HST), and Steve Berkwitz
(REL) published a monograph in 2013
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College Goals 2014-2015
• Expand access to educational opportunities
• Equip and inspire students to meet challenges
• Increase research and scholarly activities
• Become a catalyst for positive change
• Value and support a diverse faculty and staff
• Preserve and protect the University's assets
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Expand access
• Expand teaching methods (MOOC on Ozark Studies)
• Monitor enrollment trends (Gen Ed)
• Monitor course demand to meet student needs
• Increase the retention rate (advising, intervention methods)
• Increase the six-year graduation rate
• Increase the number of majors, minors, and graduate students
• Work with new V.P. for Marketing to help brand the university
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Shift to new GE Program
• New first time freshmen in fall 2014 will automatically come under
the new program’s requirements.
• Continuing students will remain under the current program unless
they decide they want to switch to the new program.
See Worksheet at:
http://www.missouristate.edu/assets/gened/GenEdWorksheet_N
ew_2014.pdf
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Enrollment Management: GE
Course FA 13
FA 14
% 14/13
Course FA 13
FA 14
% 14/13
AAS 100
162
137
84.57%
PHI 115
382
347
90.84%
ANT 100
366
345
94.26%
PLS 101
1507
1650
109.49%
ANT 125
96
155
161.46%
REL 100
539
627
116.33%
ECO 155
864
831
95.60%
REL 101
123
125
101.63%
HST 103
254
328
129.13%
REL 102
97
153
157.73%
HST 104
337
210
62.31%
REL 131
206
220
106.80%
HST 121
585
724
123.76%
REL 210
278
286
102.88%
HST 122
802
918
114.46%
SOC 150
652
789
121.01%
PHI 105
96
147
153.13%
PHI 110
329
510
155.02%
TOTAL
7675
8502
110.81%
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Graduate Enrollment
DEPT
FA 2010
ANT
CRM
DSS
ECO
HST
PLS
PHI
REL
Total
177
237
591
225
369
510
129
2,238
FA 2011
FA 2012
FA 2013
99
259
543
180
318
549
93
276
708
123
249
549
99
243
663
66
261
735
110
2,058
124
2,122
120
2,187
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FA 2014
123
387
528
60
279
621
3
135
2136
%14/13
124.24%
159.26%
79.64%
90.91%
106.90%
84.40%
N/A
112.50%
97.67%
TOTAL SCH
DEPT
FA09
FA10
FA11
FA12
FA13
FA14
FA14/13
ANT
1861
2254
2258
2361
2473
2426
98.10%
CRM
2866
3130
3714
3772
3742
4294
114.75%
DSS
495
591
543
708
663
528
79.64%
ECO
4570
4221
4182
4641
4899
5106
104.23%
HST
7829
7766
7904
8008
8174
8385
102.58%
MIL
437
442
406
405
318
289
90.88%
PHI
2709
3024
3060
3024
2895
3390
117.10%
PLS
6436
6622
6632
6613
6767
6891
101.83%
REL
5409
4900
4533
4370
4354
4902
112.59%
SOC
3222
3720
3766
3587
3327
3672
110.37%
AREA ST
909
876
885
882
450
450
100.00%
36,743
37,546
37,883
38,371
38,062
CHPA
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40,333 105.97%
Equip and inspire students
• Assess student learning objectives
• Assist with preparations for HLC reaccreditation
• Develop scholarship, curricular materials and
educational practices that promote teaching and
learning in public affairs
• Enhance service learning, internships, externships,
and study away opportunities
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Assessment Efforts
• Coordinate with Office of Assessment & FCTL
• Regular Updating of Departmental Assessment Plans
• College Assessment Council
• Assessment Progress part of Annual Reports
• http://www.missouristate.edu/chpa/35490.htm
• Improve Efforts to Track our Graduates
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Promote Student Success
• $7,000 Student Success Funding for Each Department
• $15,000 CHPA Scholarships for Study Away Courses
• Articulation Agreements with Community Colleges
• Service-Learning, Externship and Internship
Opportunities, Area Studies Minors
• Professional Academic Advisors (CRM, HST, PLS)
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What is LOGOS?
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A student run journal of undergraduate work
Refereed by a double-blind student and
faculty review process
EBSCOhost searchable
What does LOGOS publish?
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All kinds of undergraduate work: research,
essays, creative writing, artwork
As long as the work was completed while
an undergraduate at MSU
Even if it was written years ago
Even if the student is no longer an
undergraduate
Why should students submit?
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Real life publishing experience
Opportunity to put real-life publishing
experience in resume
Why should you encourage
them?
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General interest in students getting the
most out of their college experience
The opportunity to showcase your college’s
best and brightest in one of only 2
undergraduate, multidisciplinary journals in
Missouri
Who should you encourage?
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Upperclassmen, especially those doing
original research or completing an Honors
Distinction project in their program
Any student completing a project with
particular originality or skill
Enhance Research Efforts
• Increase the amount and scope of faculty research
• Increase the number of external grants funded
• Increase student-faculty collaborative research
• Increase collaborative interdisciplinary research
• Increase student opportunities to
present their research
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Support for Faculty Research
• Funding for travel to conferences ($1,400)
• International travel funding (matching funds):
http://graduate.missouristate.edu/facultystaff/Internatio
nalTravel.htm
• Upgrading of computer equipment and software
• CHPA Faculty Research Forum
• New Faculty research stipend ($6,000)
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CHPA Research Forum
• September 18, 3:30: Katie Hoegeman (SOC/ANT)
• October 16, 3:30: Scott Worman (SOC/ANT)
• November 5, 3:30: C. Patrick Scott (ECO)
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Student Research Opportunities
• Travel Funding for Student Presentations
• Scholarships for Study Away Programs ($15,000)
• Departmental Student Research Forums
• Criminology & Criminal Justice Conference
• Societal Studies Student Forums
• Anthropology Student Conference
• Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference
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Be a Catalyst for Positive Change
• Increase MSU's presence and impact in helping
resolve critical community-based issues locally and
regionally (Social Capital Index; CSSPPR; Center for
Community Engagement)
• Expand opportunities to support social, cultural,
educational, and health related issues through
collaborations with local, regional, state, national and
global partners
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Examples of Faculty Service
• Margaret Buckner (ANT): Secretary of the American Anthropological
Association
• Paula Rector (CRM) President of the Board of Directors for
Harmony House
• Center for Economic Education partnered with the Missouri Council
on Economic Education to run the Mad City Money Simulation at
Skyline High School in Urbana, Missouri.
• Keith Payne (DSS) presented numerous invited briefings at
Congressional Hearings and to Senators and other policy makers in
Washington, D.C.
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Value and Support Faculty & Staff
• Recruit & retain a diverse workforce of faculty and staff
• Sustain and improve capabilities and competencies
(faculty development, mentoring, sabbaticals, PSIP)
• Foster an organizational culture committed to
assessment, continuous improvement, collaboration,
transparency, and teamwork (Digital Measures)
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College Hiring Plan
DEPT
Rank/Area of Expertise
CRM
Assistant Professor: Courts and Corrections
ECO
Instructor: Economic Principles
HST
Assistant Professor: Ancient History
Instructor: American History
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Professor Salary Incentive Program
• Applications are due in Dean’s office on December 12, 2014
• College Personnel Committee Screens Applications
• Applicants must be in rank five or more years to be eligible to apply
(faculty appointed to professor rank effective August of 2009 are
eligible for a December 2014 submission).
• Applicants must exceed the current departmental criteria for
promotion to full professor in the area of research or scholarship
through demonstrating consistent and sustained research
productivity since the time of promotion to the present.
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Professor Salary Incentive Program
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate sustained, successful
teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level as determined
by the mission of the department.
• Applicants must be able to demonstrate sustained, successful
service to the university and to the profession commensurate with
the rank of professor.
• All applicants must have an up-to-date profile in Digital Measures
that reflects the research productivity included in the application.
(http://www.missouristate.edu/provost/psiprecipients.htm)
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Faculty Productivity
Year
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Books
Papers Read
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
35
32
27
35
56
45
35
17
17
17
27
13
19
37
11
7
10
5
13
17
6
125
116
109
127
152
156
122
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Fiscal Responsibility
• Manage fiscal assets prudently
• Utilize & operate facilities efficiently (space
management)
• Operate the College in a safe and environmentally
conscious manner (sustainability)
• Demonstrate transparency and accountability
• Increase fund-raising efforts
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Budgetary Situation
• Assets
• Recurring Salary Savings = $ 355,097
• One-Time Money
= $2,888,086
• Commitments from Recurring Funds
• Faculty Hires for FY16
= $114,000
• Commitments from One-Time Money
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Sabbaticals
Hiring Costs and Start-Up Funds for New Hires
Computer & Equipment Upgrades
Instructor Positions (22 = $1,189,432 in salary & benefits)
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Development Efforts
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ROTC Rappelling Tower
Alice Bartee Lecture Series
Endowed Professorships
Endowed Faculty Chairs
Endowed Post-Docs
Study Away Endowment
Graduate Assistantships
Faculty Research Endowment
College Sponsored Professional Conferences
Student Scholarships in all Departments
Increase Founder’s Club Memberships
http://www.missouristatefoundation.org/founders.htm
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Preparing for the Future
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