College of Arts and Sciences Convocation Agenda€¦ · •Amity Pauley (women’s studies, ’15), has accepted a highly-competitive dean’s fellowship to pursue a PhD at the University

Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne

College of Arts and Sciences Convocation April 3, 2017, LA 159, 12:00 P. M.

Agenda

1) Call to Order

2) Acceptance of the Agenda

3) Committee Reports Requiring Action

3.1 COAS FAC Governance Document Adjustment Resolution (COASCD#16-39)

4) Committee Reports for Information only

(available online at https://www.ipfw.edu/departments/coas/resources/governance.html)

4.1 Executive Committee

4.1.1 Minutes January 19, 2017 (COASCD#16-30) 4.1.2 Minutes February 2, 2017 (COASCD#16-33)

4.1.3 Minutes February 16, 2017 (COASCD#16-34)

4.2 Curriculum Committee

4.2.1 Minutes January 20, 2017 (COASCD#16-31)


4.3 Faculty Affairs Committee

4.3.1 Minutes December 5, 2016 (COASCD#16-35)

5) Action Items passed by Committees and Council for Information only


5.1.1 Curriculum change for Minor in Religious Studies

5.1.2 New course CSD 12600 Communication Sciences and Disorders Resource Seminar

5.1.3 B.S. in Biochemistry

5.1.4 Bulletin language change for Minor in Communication

5.2 COAS Council

5.2.1 COAS FAC Chemistry Procedure Resolution (COASCD#16-24) 5.2.2 COAS FAC Psychology Procedure Resolution (COASCD#16-25)

5.2.3 COAS P&T Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-27)

5.2.4 COAS Curriculum Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-28) 5.2.5 COAS Executive Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-29)

6) Reports from Standing Committees: Executive Committee: Abe Schwab; Curriculum Committee: Dan Miller; Nominations and Elections: Jody Ross; Faculty Affairs: Talia Bugel; Ombudscommittee: Michelle Drouin; Assessment Committee: Robert Gillespie; Student Affairs: Tanya

Soule

7) Presentations

7.1 Downs-Hollander Award 7.2 Regional Engagement Award

7.3 Presentation of Framed Book Covers

8) Old Business

9) New Business

10) Presiding Officer’s Remarks

11) Dean’s Remarks

12) General Good and Welfare

13) Adjournment

ACTA

1) Call to Order: Presiding Officer, Abe Schwab, called meeting to order at 12:00 P. M.

2) Acceptance of the Agenda: Lack of quorum.

3) Committee Reports Requiring Action:

3.1 COAS FAC Governance Document Adjustment Resolution (COASCD#16-39)

Item deferred to the April 24 Council Meeting.

4) Committee Reports for Information only:

(available online at https://www.ipfw.edu/departments/coas/resources/governance.html)

4.1 Executive Committee







4.3 Faculty Affairs Committee

4.3.1 Minutes December 5, 2016 (COASCD#16-35)

5) Action Items passed by Committees and Council for Information only:


5.1.1 Curriculum change for Minor in Religious Studies

5.1.2 New course CSD 12600 Communication Sciences and Disorders Resource

Seminar

5.1.3 B.S. in Biochemistry

5.1.4 Bulletin language change for Minor in Communication

5.2 COAS Council

5.2.1 COAS FAC Chemistry Procedure Resolution (COASCD#16-24)

5.2.2 COAS FAC Psychology Procedure Resolution (COASCD#16-25)

5.2.3 COAS P&T Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-27)

5.2.4 COAS Curriculum Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-28)

5.2.5 COAS Executive Committee Member Resolution (COASCD#16-29)

6) Reports from Standing Committees:

Executive Committee, Abe Schwab: The Executive Committee is in the process

of discussing realignment and reorganization, and scheduled a Council Meeting

for April 24.

https://www.ipfw.edu/departments/coas/resources/governance.html

Curriculum Committee, Dan Miller: Nothing to report.

Nominations and Elections Committee, Tanya Soule: Nominations and

Elections is in the process of seeking nominations for College of Arts and

Sciences positions and committees, as well as the P&T committee. Due to an

issue from 2006, two members elected to the Executive Committee will have two-

year terms, and one individual will have a one-year term. This will maintain

staggered terms.

Faculty Affairs Committee, Talia Bugel: Faculty Affairs is seeking nominations

for the External Distinguished Lecturer for Fall 2017. Preference will be given to

nominees in the Social Sciences.

Ombudscommittee, Ron Friedman: The Ombudscommittee is interviewing a

number of faculty, and the findings of those interviews will be documented in the

Exit Interview Report.

Assessment Committee, Bob Gillespie: The November 11 deadline for

assessment reports was extended to November 23. These were finished up in the

middle of December and sent to the director on January 4. On February 25 they

were sent to the dean.

Student Affairs, Tanya Soule: No business to report.

7) Presentations:

7.1 Downs-Hollander Award: Awarded to Adam Coffman by Peter Dragnev.

7.2 Regional Engagement Award: Awarded to Chad Thompson by Eric Carl Link.

7.3 Presentation of Framed Book Covers: Recognizing Rachel Hile, Art Herbig,

Lee Roberts, and Jeff Strayer for their recently published books by Eric Carl Link

7.4 Awards for Creative Endeavor: Recognizing Adam Coffman, Peter Dragnev,

and Mark Jordan for their achievements by Bruce Kingsbury.

8) Old Business: None.

9) New Business: None.

10) Presiding Officer’s Remarks, Abe Schwab: Appreciates all the work done on the

committees and hopes that the next presiding officer is as lucky as he was in this regard.

11) Dean’s Remarks, Eric Carl Link: See attachment.

12) General Good and Welfare: Everyone is welcome to come to the Zika presentation on

April 4 at 7:30 pm in the Walb Classic ballroom. Stephen Buttes and Tanya Soule have

been selected as new members of FACET. Rachel Hile sent out an email invitation for all

of those interested in Brown Ink.

13) Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 1:10 P. M.

College of Arts and Sciences

Faculty ConvocationApril 3, 2017

• A&S students—Nathan Brophy (political science) and Cody Fuelling (political science/history)—were recently awarded Fulbright Scholarships for the 2017–18 academic year. Brophy has been awarded a Fulbright grant to Romania, where he plans to research political parties and civic engagement. Fuelling has been awarded a Fulbright grant to Luxembourg, where he will examine the current state of genocide education in secondary schools.

• Meghan Menchhofer, communication graduate student, was recently accepted to the 2017 Summer University Srebrenica program. This competitive 10-day program is held in Bosnia and Herzegovina and develops research projects on topics related to genocide, transitional justice, post-conflict studies, and human rights.

• Amity Pauley (women’s studies, ’15), has accepted a highly-competitive dean’s fellowship to pursue a PhD at the University of Notre Dame. Pauley is currently completing a dual master’s degree in sociology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Brandeis University.

• Physics students have been involved in numerous physics outreach throughout the year. Here is a list of events physics students were actively involved in:• Physics Exploration Summer Camp• Math & Science Summer Camp• Halloween Demo Show• Friday Night at the Physics Department• Night at the Observatory (three planned this year)• FWCS School Choice Fair• Mad Ants Games (three games total)• IPFW Day at Science Central • Girl Scouts STEM Fair (in May 2017)

• IPFW biology student Janine Bennett received the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Undergraduate Research Fellowship in January 2017, which grants up to a $4,000 stipend to conduct full-time summer research.

• Four of the six 2017 IPFW alumni awards went to A&S alumni: Karson Putt (biology), Shubitha Kever (political science), Sharon Wight (communication), and Janet Iden Kamdar (French).

• After completing a prestigious summer internship with Facebook, Aaron McClaskey (B.A., English and linguistics, ’14; M.A., ‘16) now works full time on Facebook’s content strategy department in Seattle.

• Eleven sociology students mentored by Sherrie Steiner were published in a book celebrating Indiana’s bicentennial: Explore Sustainable Indiana: Celebrating Hoosier Solutions to Our Climate Crisis.

• 22 of this year’s IPFW Top 50 students are from Arts and Sciences

• A&S students flexed their research and presentation muscles in 2017. More than 200 A&S students have presented research on campus and beyond:• Fourteen A&S students presented at the 9th annual Undergraduate

History Conference• Twenty-six students gave presentations and interactive displays at the

Science and Society at IPFW event, held in conjunction with the Northeast Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

• Fifty-nine students presented at the 4th annual Communication Showcase.

• Twenty-three students presented at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science.

• Ninety-seven students from 13 A&S departments presented research at the 20th annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium.

• Two philosophy majors will present at the Saint Louis Undergraduate Philosophy Conference.

• Of the 10 students presenting honors projects, 7 are College of Arts and Sciences majors

• Forty-one psychology students will be presenting their research at the upcoming 2017 Midwestern Psychological Association Conference

Budget Request Highlights• Post-ERIP Support Staff Infrastructure

• 3 half-time secretarial positions

• Support Staff Market Adjustments

• Marketing and Web Support

• Post-Restructuring S&E Adjustments

Development and Advancement• FY 15 $270,923

• FY 16 $685,836

• FY 17 $419,248 (thus far)

Faculty Position Request Summary• Three Tenure-Track Positions: 3 Total (out of 7 across IPFW)

• Communication (completed)

• Psychology (completed)

• Communication Sciences and Disorders (in progress)

• Visiting Positions: 6 Total• Three Renewals (English, Communication, Math)

• Three New: (Psychology, Physics, Biology) (out of 8 across IPFW)

Realignment and College Restructuring• Both processes are ongoing and appear to be hitting their

internal timelines.

• Information about both processes can be found at this address:

https://www.ipfw.edu/offices/oaa/realignment/university-realignment.html

Initiatives• Program Review Template

• New Social Media Campaign

• New Pathway-Student Protocol

• New Admit Outreach Protocols

• Digital Humanities Conversation

• Sociology and Anthropology Merger

• Purdue Cornerstone Project

• A&R and NSO Changes

• Workload Policy

• Advising Improvements/Proposals

Enrollment• Increases in new admits presents IPFW and the college with

an opportunity reverse downward trends from recent years

• Implementation of New Admit Outreach protocols at College and Departmental levels

• Recruitment and Retention Grants

There are two grand scenarios under which our situation improves:

1. Overall university enrollment goes up, which results in more students needing our

general education and service courses. Thus, our efforts as a college to help support

university (not just college) enrollment is significant, for it has a profound impact on our

college’s overall credit hour production.

2. Our college enrollment increases enough to offset losses in our general education

offerings because of overall university declines.

157 Students (approx. 8% increase in majors across the college…)

What could we do to help college enrollment?

• Solve the issue of the college-level requirements in a way that binds us together

through a coherent philosophy of education (rooted in a well-defined set of learning

objectives) but which allows for entrepreneurial and strategic activity by individual

departments for individual programs.

• Increase efforts in each department to build enrollment pipelines through community

engagement, targeted marketing, and new admit outreach protocols.

• Put increased energy in each department into improving DFW rates in gateway

courses.

• And, more broadly, each department should seek ways to increase retention rates.

• We could capitalize on the research that suggests that direct faculty mentoring is key

to student success. We should build a reputation for engaged student mentoring.

Current New Admits in Arts and Sciences*• 13 in Anthropology

• 24 in English

• 12 in History

• 5 in ILCS

• 48 in Political Science

• 15 in Sociology

• 365 in Biology

• 47 in Chemistry

• 42 in Communication

• 27 in CSD

• 30 in Math

• 17 in Physics

• 163 in Psychology*Numbers as of March 30, 2017

Looking Ahead to 2017-2018• Website Modernization

• Micro-Incentives for Faculty/High School Engagement (Fall 2017 launch)

• Resolution of the College Requirements Issue

• Spring 2018 Interdisciplinary Team-Teaching Pilot Program

• Spring 2018 START Grants Pilot (Metropolitan Focus) (Funding permitting)

• New Program Development (for Post-Realignment University)• Global Studies

• Interactive Media Studies

• Digital Humanities, etc.

Purdue Fort Wayne’s College of Arts and Sciences

• Undergraduate Research Opportunities [Executive Committee]• Attach to Brand Identity

• The First Year Experience [Executive Committee]• Emphasize core Liberal Arts Values

• Common College Readings & Unique Learning Experiences [Exec/Com]• Cornerstone Program

• Public Interfaces [Dean’s Office]• Proposal for Bookstore Space

• Downtown Location/Events

• Reconstituted Advisory Board

• Stewardship of Place (Metropolitan Designation) [START Grants]

Documents

College of Arts and Sciences Convocation Agenda€¦ · •Amity Pauley (women’s studies, ’15), has accepted a highly-competitive dean’s fellowship to pursue a PhD at the University