Transcript Faculty Senate Meeting February 26, 2015 Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call, S.
Faculty Senate Meeting
February 26, 2015
Agenda
I.
I.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant
Approval of January 29, 2015 Meeting Minutes III. Approval of February 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V.
Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn
Agenda
I.
II.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant
Approval of January 29, 2015 Meeting Minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate /documents/fsminutes/2015/FS.Minutes.1.29.15.pdf
III. Approval of February 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V.
Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn
Agenda
I. II.
III.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant Approval of January 29, 2015 Meeting Minutes
Approval of February 19, 2015 Meeting Minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate /documents/fsminutes/2015/FS.Minutes_2.19.15%20Special.pdf
IV. Campus Reports and Responses V.
Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn
Agenda
IV. 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, K. Krishnamurthy for R. Marley C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
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Colleges
• CASB Website is up: casb.mst.edu
• Associate Dean for Research and External Relations: Yinfa Ma.
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Kate Drowne.
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Colleges
• CEC Website is up: cec.mst.edu
• Associate Dean for Research and External Relations: Bruce McMillin.
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: John Meyers.
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Special Assistant to the Provost
Melanie Mormile February 26, 2015 President's Report 9
Faculty Senate Officers
• Bruce McMillin (Parliamentarian).
• Steven Grant (Secretary).
• Melanie Mormile (President-Elect).
• Martin Bohner (President).
• Mark Fitch (Past President).
More about this in the RP&A report.
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EDUC -> DSCC Social Sciences
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Bylaw Changes
• Taskforce met again and yesterday came up with a draft.
• Members are: Martin Bohner, Kate Drowne, David Enke, Gregory Gelles, Barbara Hale, Suzanna Long, Robert Marley.
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Title IX (Faculty as Accused)
• Special FS Meeting was on February 19.
• Two motions passed: • Support of the Bowman letter.
• Concerns about the Title IX procedures.
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Nominations for Panelist Pool
• Three days ago, provost asked FS officers to provide names of at least 15 faculty nominees.
• Deadline for nominations is tomorrow.
• I have asked department chairs to send me names.
• Mandatory training session is on March 19-20 in Columbia.
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Agenda
IV. 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, K. Krishnamurthy for R. Marley C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
FACULTY SENATE
CHANCELLOR’S REPORT
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FEBRUARY 26, 2015
CURATOR STEELMAN ORIENTATION
OUR TOP LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES
– Maintain the UM system’s base appropriation – Increase performance funding by 5 percent – Address our backlog of renovation and repair projects, including Schrenk Hall – Fund our 50/50 match projects, including a new experimental mine building at Missouri S&T – Expand Project Lead the Way program
HUMAN RESOURCES, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
RECORD CAREER FAIR
FACULTY FIRST FRIDAYS
• Bring your lunch • Get to know faculty • Chat with administrators • Drinks and dessert!
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March 6
• April 3 • May 1 • Sept. 4 • Oct. 2 • Nov. 6 • Dec. 4
First event is noon-1p.m. on Friday, March 6, in the Carver-Turner Room of the Havener Center; future lunches at the Hasselmann Alumni House
Agenda
IV. 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, K. Krishnamurthy for R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto
PROVOST’S REPORT
February 26, 2015
•
College of Arts, Sciences, and Business
Faculty Highlights
Searches:
– –
Enabling Materials for Extreme Environments
(Chemistry and Physics)
Psychological Science
(Educational Psychology and Social Psychology) •
Honors:
–
Kathy Northcut
, awarded 2015 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award – – –
Bonnie Bachman,
Pathways to Innovation Program selection
Michael Davis
, national publicity on value to a city of successful NFL team
Dan Reardon
and
Jossalyn Larson
, “Reimagining the Stacks: Classroom Technology and Library Collaboration for Writing in the Disciplines,” will be publication in Fall 2015
The Journal of Student Success in Writing
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Sponsored Research
(as of December 2014 and compared to December 2013) – $3,083,038 awarded - an increase of 73.6% – 50% increase in number of awards and amendments
College of Engineering and Computing
• The College of Engineering and Computing submitted an ‘
Expression of Interest
’ between
The University of Missouri and Missouri University of Science and Technology
to establish a STEM Graduate Institution in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Enrollment Management
• Thank you to everyone that helped with the February 16 Open House.
• February 28 – PRO advising begins for Fall 2015 freshmen.
• March 7 -
FIRST
(For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) FTC Robotics State Championship competition at Bullman Multi purpose Building. 48 teams, 1500 visitors to campus.
Curtis Laws Wilson Library Content Additions:
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Web of Science
– Live: Start date February 13, 2015 •
Benchmarking and Analytics Module for Web of Science
– One year trial – Assists with the population of Faculty180 – Competitor of Academic Analytics
Agenda
IV. Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report, M. Bohner B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader ii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley
C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis – NO REPORT
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen – NO REPORT E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto – NO REPORT
Agenda
IV. Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report, M. Bohner B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader ii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis
D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen – NO REPORT
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto --NO REPORT
Agenda
IV. Campus Reports and Responses A. President’s Report, M. Bohner B. Administrative Reports i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader ii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley C. Staff Council Report, S. Lewis D. Student Council, R. Jacobsen – NO REPORT
E. Council of Graduate Students, E. Ronchetto – NO REPORT
Agenda
I. II.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant Approval of November 20, 2014 Meeting Minutes III. Approval of January 13, 2015 Meeting Minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses
V.
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
V.
Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
A. RP&A, M. Fitch
B. Curricula, T. Schuman C. Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta D. Public Occasions, Maciej Zawodniok for S. Sedighsarvestani
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A, M. Fitch
B. Curricula, T. Schuman
C. Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta D. Public Occasions, Maciej Zawodniok for S. Sedighsarvestani
Campus Curricula Committee Report 26 February 2015
CCC Meetings » 9 February 2015 Committee Activity » 1 Degree change requests (DC forms) » 2 Course change requests (CC forms) » 1 Experimental course requests (EC forms)
Campus Curricula Committee Report 26 February 2015
Degree Changes Requested
From the December 15th Meeting:
» File #9.5
Biological Sciences: Biological Sciences Minor Course Changes Requested
From the December 15th Meeting:
» File #4171 » File #4172 Biological Sciences 2242: Cave Biology Biological Sciences 2252: Vegetation of the Ozarks Informational Only Experimental Course Requested
From the December 15th Meeting:
» File #7174 Art 3001: Innovation through Design Thinking
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A, M. Fitch B. Curricula, T. Schuman
C. Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta
D. Public Occasions, Maciej Zawodniok for S. Sedighsarvestani
ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, February 2015
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Google Services: Data Classification Level
Use of Google services has been approved for DCL1 to DCL3; includes student data (FERPA), personnel/HR information and records DCL4
not
allowed (highly restricted data include patient information, social security numbers, credit card numbers, and biometric data) •
Learning Management System:
Transition to Canvas seems stalled (as of last week) somewhere in the chain of command; we must move now in to complete the process before Blackboard contract ends at the end of this year
Motion: ITCC strongly supports the adoption of Canvas as the Learning management system on campus, as recommended by the LMS Committee last year. ITCC requests that we are allowed to move forward a.s.a.p. so that Canvas is available at the end of 2015.
ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, February 2015
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High-performance computing update
IT will purchase additional hardware to upgrade the HPC cluster (640 CPU cores in first stage) •
Further topics:
Microsoft Outlook App on IOS & Android blocked because of security concerns Experiential Learning Projects: MinerBytes, MinerFly, MinerTrax Data Center Consolidation project Teaching and Learning Technology Conference on March 12-13
Agenda
VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A, M. Fitch B. Curricula, T. Schuman C. Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta
D. Public Occasions, Maciej Zawodniok for S. Sedighsarvestani
Academic Calendar Dates for AY 2016-2017 Proposed by Registrar Approved by Public Occasions Committee Presented to Faculty Senate on Oct. 23, 2014
FALL SEMESTER 2016
International Student Orientation Freshman Orientation Begins Transfer Student Orientation Open Registration Ends Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Labor Day Holiday Mid-Semester Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m.
Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m.
Last Class Day Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m.
December Commencement Non-Engineering Undergraduate & All Graduate Students December Commencement Engineering Undergraduate Students August 9, Tuesday August 14, Sunday August 18, Thursday August 21, Sunday August 22, Monday August 22, Monday September 5, Monday October 15, Saturday November 20, Sunday November 28, Monday December 9, Friday December 12, Monday December 16, Friday December 16, Friday December 17, Saturday 41
SPRING SEMESTER 2017
International Student Orientation Open Registration Ends Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Mid-Semester Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m.
Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m.
Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m.
Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m.
Last Class Day Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 6:00 p.m.
Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m.
May Commencement January 9, Monday January 15, Sunday January 16, Monday January 17, Tuesday January 17, Tuesday March 11, Saturday March 16, Thursday March 20, Monday March 26, Sunday April 3, Monday May 5, Friday May 8, Monday May 12, Friday May 12, Friday May 12, Friday Non-Engineering Undergraduate & All Graduate Students May Commencement May 13, Saturday Engineering Undergraduate Students 42
*SUMMER SESSION 2017
Open Registration Ends Summer session opens 8:00 a.m.
Classwork begins 8:00 a.m.
Independence Day Holiday (observed) Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m.
Final Examinations end 12:30 p.m.
Summer Sessions closes 12:30 p.m.
June 4, Sunday June 5, Monday June 5, Monday July 4, Tuesday July 27, Thursday July 28, Friday July 28, Friday *Schedule shows the regular eight-week Summer Session. Other special four-week course sessions may be scheduled.
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CLASS SESSIONS (EXCLUDING FINAL EXAMINATIONS)
Fall Semester M 14 TU 15 W 15 TH 14 F 15 S 15 Spring Semester Summer Semester 14 8 15 7 15 8 14 8 14 8 15 8 The faculty is reminded of the religious and other holidays that a substantial number of students may wish to observe.
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Agenda
VII. Old Business A. Personnel Committee Motion on NTT
Motion
Whereas, the Section 310.035 of the Collected Rules and Regulations (CRR) describes the hiring, promotion, and termination processes for the Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Faculty.
Whereas, the hiring and promotion processes of the NTT Faculty are as lengthy, meticulous, and laborious as the same processes for the Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty.
Whereas, the termination process of the NTT Faculty is short, indifferent, and can be sudden.
To be resolved that the Faculty Senate of the Missouri University of Science and Technology recommends the proposed changes in Section 310.035 of the CRR to bring a balanced approach by distinguishing the role of different types of faculty, by simplifying the hiring and the promotion processes of the NTT Faculty, and by requiring an explanation for the termination of NTT Faculty.
To be further resolved that the proposed changes are to be presented at the next meeting of the Intercampus Faculty Council for further consideration by all the other campuses’ faculty.
C. Performance of NTT Faculty Unlike tenured and tenure-track faculty, whose performance is evaluated based on their contribution to research, teaching, and service, the performance of NTT faculty should be evaluated on the primary responsibility of the NTT faculty position as well as the professional activities related to that primary responsibility.
Agenda
I. II.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant Approval of November 20, 2014 Meeting Minutes III. Approval of January 13, 2015 Meeting Minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V.
General Counsel’s Office: Title IX and Faculty as Accused VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VII. Old Business
VIII. New Business and Announcements
IX. Adjourn
Agenda
I. II.
Call to Order and Roll Call, S. Grant Approval of November 20, 2014 Meeting Minutes III. Approval of January 13, 2015 Meeting Minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V.
General Counsel’s Office: Title IX and Faculty as Accused VI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VII. Old Business VIII. New Business and Announcements
IX. Adjourn