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Department Meeting
November 18, 2011 9 :15AM – 10:50 AM CBC C114
Given permission a few days ago
Only Department Search that I know of in COS
Westveld resignation cited
Let me know if you hear of any other such COS search
Advisory Committee working on Ad
Ad to be voted on in Friday Dec. 2 Dept. Meeting Department Bylaws, Section 5.6.1(d) Pat finding out the lag time for the ad to be posted
Hiring Committee to be elected at the Dec. 2 Dept. Meeting (following section 5.5, Dept. Bylaws)
Parallel to this, the Dean has indicated that the ad for the two Cluster Searches will be worked on (no details yet!!!).
Some positive signs: the faculty search and the financial support of a new Mathematical Sciences Lab.
Much work to be done here, including that in the proposal and including applying for space (though specific space was requested in the proposal).
No information yet on a badly needed fourth staff line (at least the request went forward).
I would be more aggressive financially on this if it were earlier in my term and I could negotiate for an outside search.
Too early to mention anything positive but my understanding is that Regent Schofield wants to meet regarding the needed MS building.
My (financially small) white board project has been approved (separate from the Department requests)
66 – 8’x4’ boards (ordered) 9 – 6’x4’ boards (ordered) 4 4’x3’ foot boards (ordered—I’m confused about the 3’ part) 17 nonstandard sizes were not available:
1 three-foot board 1 47"x48" board 9 45"x48" boards 4 46"x48" boards 2 44"x48" boards
Now working with Kevin Raschko (Assistant Director, UNLV Facilities Management)
Clear installation guide
I realize we have additional improvements to follow up with.
Will time this right.
I ncorporate in the chair’s annual evaluation the sense of the tenured faculty on the progress of the candidate towards tenure and promotion.
No set process is in place, and there seems to be much variation on how this is carried out from Department to Department.
Getting input from Associate Chair.
Personnel Committee providing input.
I believe that the UNLV Bylaws should better address this issue.
I have asked the Personnel Committee to take the lead on
this process for this academic year.
Last year’s process resulted from my insistence on having more than the Associate Chair’s input (if I were to initial the corresponding box).
Advisory Committee working on any corresponding Department Bylaws changes.
Friday December 2, 2011 Department Meeting
I anticipate that the short paragraphs will be needed by approximately February 6, 2012.
These need to be very short: The Provost emphasized at ADS on Wednesday the preference for the evaluations to be one-page, double sided. I anticipate one-page being difficult; it is clear that a short paragraph needs to be incorporated with respect to the “sense of the faculty” item.
During this period, I will be working on all the faculty Annual Evaluations (except mine)
Don’t be surprised if the Dean calls for a last minute review of me by the DMS faculty (#Reminder #3, Provost’s 11/14/2011 memo to Deans) .
ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT – TENURE-TRACK FACULTY EVALUATION PERIOD JANUARY 1, 2011 THRU DECEMBER 31, 2011
Name: College/School: Position Number: Dept/Unit: Present Rank: IV III II I Contract Type: A B Teaching Faculty Non-Teaching Faculty FTE: 100 % OR Percentage of FTE: This annual evaluation covers the previous calendar year. The evaluator’s remarks must address any changes in performance in each area since the last annual evaluation. The remarks should address the individual’s progress toward tenure and/or promotion to the next rank, where applicable.
1.
TEACHING/POSITION EFFECTIVENESS
(or performance of assigned duties for non-teaching faculty) NOTE: For instructional faculty, evaluations “shall include an assessment of teaching evaluations completed by their students.”
(See Tit. 2, Ch. 5, Sec. 5.12.2.)
CHECK ONE: Excellent Commendable Satisfactory Unsatisfactory * REMARKS REQUIRED:
2.
SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND/OR CREATIVE ACTIVITY
CHECK ONE: Excellent REMARKS REQUIRED: Commendable Satisfactory Unsatisfactory *
3.
SERVICE/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
(NSHE, University, College/School, Department/Unit, Professional, Community) CHECK ONE: Excellent REMARKS REQUIRED: Commendable Satisfactory Unsatisfactory *
4. EVALUATION OF PROGRESS TOWARD TENURE
: For tenure track faculty, the department chair shall meet with the tenured faculty and thereafter incorporate in the chair’s annual evaluation the sense of the tenured faculty on the progress of the candidate towards tenure and promotion. (UNLV Bylaws, Chapter III, Section 8.3) A summary of the tenured faculty’s comments, if any, should be included in this evaluation.
INITIAL: I have met with the tenured faculty to discuss this faculty member’s progress toward tenure. ________________ Evaluator Initials CHECK ONE: Excellent REMARKS REQUIRED: Commendable Satisfactory Unsatisfactory *
* If any section is rated “Unsatisfactory”: “A proposed remedial course of action and a reasonable time limit must be added to the evaluation for mutual collegial benefit, and be undertaken during the period before the next evaluation.” See UNLV Bylaws, Chap. III, Sec. 8.5 at:
http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/common_files/UNLV_Bylaws.pdf
EVALUATOR: I have prepared this “Annual Evaluation Report” and reviewed it with the employee: Date: Evaluator’s Signature Type/Print Name: Title: EMPLOYEE: I have read and reviewed the foregoing evaluation. It is my understanding that I may attach comments, if necessary. See UNLV Bylaws, Chap. III, Sec. 8.3 located at http://facultysenate.unlv.edu/common_files/UNLV_Bylaws.pdf
for other response processes in case of disagreement with the evaluation.
Date: Employee’s Signature DEAN: I concur with the Evaluator’s assessment.
I disagree with the Evaluator’s assessment. My reasons are attached.
N/A – The Dean is the Evaluator.
Date: Dean’s Signature Type/Print Name: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PROVOST: I concur with the Dean’s assessment.
I disagree with the Dean’s assessment. My reasons are attached.
Date: Executive Vice President and Provost’s Signature Type/Print Name:
I have asked the Graduate Committee to gather faculty input in reviewing our MS Program, etc.
In particular: Should MS Exams be required of all MS students in pure/applied math and statistics?
If so, should thesis be available to for instance exceptional students, not as a substitute for MS exams, but instead as part of the number of 700-level credits required?
Should the process for the MS Exams be similar to that for the PhD Qualifying Exams? In particular, the students not selecting faculty on the Exam Committee?
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Easy to get ahead of myself on this. I believe Step 1 is the Graduate Committee gathering faculty input.
COMPLETE
addresses of Math/Statistics departments Especially outside the United States, since we have over 1,000 addresses of such departments within the US.
Such US addresses are also welcomed, in case we have missed any.
Faculty work addresses also desired for mailing advertisements of our graduate programs.
Please email Eva any such addresses (COMPLETE) and cc: me. I will be checking up on Eva’s work, as I consider our recruitment process of great importance.
The Graduate Committee cannot accept excellent applicants if I cannot put together a sizable pool that include such applicants.
Call to Order Announcements
Approval of the September 30, 2011 Meeting Minutes Committee Reports (Merit, Graduate, Undergraduate, Advisory, Personnel )
5. Election of Graduate Committee Member 6. The Math 330/365 prerequisite for Math 351 7. “Listening to Departments” Memo
New Business Adjournment
Advisory Committee: Drs. Baragar, Phanord, and Verma. Personnel Committee: Drs. Bhatnagar, Salehi and Shiue.
Merit Committee : Drs. Catlin, Dalpatadu, Ghosh, Ho, and X. Li. Graduate Studies Committee: Drs. Burke, Cho, Tehrani, Sun, Bellomo (non-voting) Undergrad. Studies Committee: Drs. Bellomo, Neda, Robinette Bachman, Costa, Ding, J. Li, Marcozzi, Muleshkov, Yang, Amei 5.6.5Graduate Studies. The Graduate Studies Committee will consist of five voting members , which are the Graduate Coordinator, who will serve as chair of the committee, and four elected academic graduate faculty members; and the departmental representative to the College Curriculum , who is a non-voting member, if they are not otherwise already on the committee.
2.3.3Elections. Elections of officers and members of standing committees, hiring committees, or elected ad hoc committees will always be by secret ballot. Write ins are always allowed. a. Elections of officers and committee members. To be elected, a person must receive a majority of the votes. The phrase “a majority of the votes” means “a majority of the votes cast.” By not specifying the procedure, we are deferring to Robert’s Rules, which includes a couple of procedures. The most common (?) is to run the election, and if nobody receives a majority, the balloting is repeated (several times, if necessary). The hope is that some members will change their votes. Another option is Preferential voting [RONR (10th ed.), p. 411, l. 30 – p. 413, l. 16], which is essentially choice voting with m = 1. b. Ties. In the event that an election procedure reaches an impasse, the department will decide on an appropriate procedure to break the impasse. For example, the toss of a coin. [Rev. 03/11]
5.9.4 A person who has resigned from a committee will not be eligible for election to any other standing committees until the start of the next Election Meeting. (This is to prevent persons from getting around the 2 and 3 membership clauses.)
5.7 Membership. The faculty members of the committees shall be nominated and elected by the eligible voting faculty, except where otherwise noted above. 5.7.1 For the Undergraduate Studies Committee, the voting faculty is all academic faculty. 5.7.2 For the Graduate Studies Committees, the voting faculty is all graduate academic faculty. 5.7.3 For all other committees, the voting faculty are the regular members. 5.7.4 Except where otherwise noted, a person cannot serve on more than one standing committee. This provision may be suspended, subject to the rules in 1.7.
Biomedical
Clean Energy
Computation Research and Science and Material
Technology
This cluster encompasses the vast and growing scientific areas of biomedical research and biomedical engineering. This cluster would leverage the worldwide explosion in science, engineering and technology related to decoding of the human genome, disease treatments, bio-compatible materials, radiochemistry, health therapies, and other areas of high future growth in the laboratory and marketplace. Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering Radiochemistry and Radiopharmaceuticals The Clean Energy Science cluster would encompass disciplinary areas related to research and development of clean energy sources, the storage of energy from intermittent sources, and the deployment of these clean energy resources (environment).
Energy Storage Materials Thin Film Photovoltaic Materials, Characterization and Testing Nuclear Science and Radiochemistry Superhard Materials Emerging Disease and Biogeography
Rare-Earth Elements Stem Cell Biology
Carbon Sequestration and Removal from Atmosphere Pharmacology of Synthetic and Natural Products
Geothermal Energy
Biofuels Infectious Disease Diseases of Aging
Geoengineering and Nuclear Waste Biomaterials Anthropogenic Climate Change
Computational Simulation for Storage and Utilization The Computation and Material Science cluster focuses on the interrelated areas of materials science and computation. This cluster would focus on new advances in exotic materials, smart materials, and other novel materials that exhibit strong economic development potential when tied to use in high technology industries and healthcare
Science
Biomaterials Radiochemistry of Actinides and Lanthanides Radiopharmaceuticals Energy Storage Materials Mineralogy and Earth Resources Environmental Geology Simulation of Energy Generation and Storage Materials Environmental Geology
Quantum Control
Novel Industrial Materials Biostatistics and Biomathematics
Dynamic Systems
Call to Order Announcements Approval of the Sept. 23, 2011 Meeting Minutes Committee Reports
(Merit, Graduate, Undergraduate, Advisory, Personnel, ) P&T