Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011

Faculty Senate Meeting

June 16, 2011

AgendaI. Call to Order and Roll Call

- James Martin, SecretaryII. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn


- James Martin, SecretaryII. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.04.21.11.pdf

III. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.04.21.11.pdf


- James Martin, SecretaryII. Approval of April 21 , 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

AgendaCampus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report K.M.IsaacB. Administrative Reports

R.Schwartz for J.Carney

and K.WrayC. Staff Council Report J.SingletonD. Student Council

M.SchwartzE. Council of Graduate Students

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President’s ReportJune 16, 2011

• Retirement benefits: Board of Curators’ action is expectedat the June 16-17, 2011, meeting in Columbia. Defined Benefits plan may be closed for future employees

• Chancellor Search: Dr. Larry Gragg

• Degree Revocation

• Interim Chancellor appointment: President Owens met with the threeS&T IFC reps and asked for our input.

• President search: No new information

• Chancellor Farewell

• Budget: Additional withholding by the governor is creating uncertainty.8.1% reduction instead of the previous 7%University is considering new options such as enrollment cap,

extension activities, in-house student financial aid, etc.

President’s ReportJune 16, 2011


A. President’s Report K.M.IsaacB. Administrative Reports R.Schwartz

for J.Carney

and K.WrayC. Staff Council Report J.SingletonD. Student Council M.SchwartzE. Council of Graduate Students

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CERTI• Five educational research projects by Missouri S&T faculty

totaling nearly $22,000 will be funded in 2011-2012 as part of a mini-grant program co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI).

Student Design & Experiential Learning Center • The Kummer Student Design Center was dedicated May 20,

2011, dedication program was a huge success. • Received 2 donations for equipment for the Kummer Student

Design Center • SDELC hosted the University of Sao Paulo Baja Team from

Brazil as they prepared for their U.S. Baja competition in Kansas Memorial Day Weekend.

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Global LearningDistance and Continuing Education:• Preliminary estimates indicate a 10% increase in the number of

distance courses for this coming year.

Video Communications Center:• The Video Communications Center (VCC) has been

reorganized to place increased emphasis on faculty services. • Academic departments are encouraged to let the VCC know

how we can help the faculty and make their job easier when teaching distance students over the Internet.

• Dr. Dan Cernusca, an instructional designer, is available to help faculty with ideas on course structure and presentation technique. He can be contacted directly or through the VCC.

Summer CampsA variety of summer camps will be held this year with over 1,500 attendees anticipated. The camps are organized as shown below with 2010 historical enrollment* shown.

Coordinator No. Camps No. Students*Distance & Continuing Ed. 6 768Pre-college Programs 7 393Athletics 8 405Academic Depts. 3 118

TOTAL 24 1684

Please extend a cordial greeting to campers and parents if the opportunity presents itself. It’s important that they feel welcomed.

Office of Sponsored Programs• FY11 activities through the end of May and a year-over-year

comparison are as follows:– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $37.3M (down 15%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 264

(down 11.4%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $124.9M (down

49.2%)– Number of proposals submitted: 444 (down 4.1%)– Research expenditures: $40.5M (up 4%)– F&A recovered: $6.4M (up 1%)– Number of active awards: 599 (down 2.6%)

Office of Sponsored Programs

• UM Research Board – 2011 Spring Competition‒ Proposals awarded in total dollars: $75,000‒ Number of proposals awarded: 5‒ Proposals submitted in total dollars: $1,047,088‒ Number of proposals submitted: 22

Office of Graduate Studies

• Working with other units and individual faculty to increase the

admit-enrollment yield of high quality doctoral students.

• Working with other units on campus to address the Libyan

graduate student funding situation.

• Made a presentation on “Webinars: The Virtual Visit” at the

NAGAP National Convention, Washington DC, April 2011.






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- James Martin, SecretaryII. Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. RP&AB. CurriculumC. TenureD. CETE. ITCC

V. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

2011-2012 Committee Elections

2011-2012 Committee Nominations

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/rpa/reports/2011/FS_Ballot_2011_06_16.pdf

Motion on DCCd. Department Chairs Council “The Department Chairs’ Council (DCC) consists of titled department chairs, including acting and interim Chairs and other officials who supervise faculty and report to the Provost. The charge of the DCC is to be a collective voice for matters relevant to the departments. The DCC, acting in accordance with the General Faculty Bylaws and the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Curators, is charged with helping formulate, recommend, and implement procedures relevant to departmental operations and issues which are of mutual concern to department chairs and their faculty. No statement or input from the DCC shall be construed to be representative of the faculty or its Standing Committees unless it first receives the endorsement of the Faculty Senate. The DCC considers all matters referred to it by the Board of Curators, the President of the University, the Chancellor, the Provost, the General Faculty, Faculty Senate, and individual department chairs.”

Referrals Domestic Partners

» Referred to Personnel Alternative promotion to professor

» Referred to Tenure Revoking Degrees

» Referred to Academic Standards

Other Motions Subcommittee formed to examine changing

the size of some committees “Ask IFC Representatives to raise

objections to civility proposals.” Course Renumbering.





Curricula Committee ReportMay 4, 2011

The Curricula Committee report includes:» 7 Degree Change (DC) formsDC0382 – Update the Petroleum Engineering BS programDC0384 – Create multi-disciplinary undergraduate minor in

SustainabilityDC0387 – Update the Metallurgical Engineering BS programDC0388 – Revise some emphasis areas for the Electrical

Engineering BS programDC0391 – Create, rename, and revise some emphasis areas for

the Electrical Engineering BS programDC0389 – Create Philosophy of Technology minorDC0390 – Create Ethics minor

» 10 Course Change (CC) forms» 8 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only)

The Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the DCs and CCs in the report.

Curricula Committee ReportMay 4, 2011





Tenure

2011 Promotion and Tenure Clean Copy

2011 Promotion and Tenure ProcedureRevisions in Red

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/tenure/2011/Promotion_and_Tenure_latest_clean_copy_06_07_11.pdf

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/tenure/2011/Promotion_and_Tenure_06_07_11_revisions_in_red.pdf

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/tenure/2011/Promotion_and_Tenure_06_07_11_revisions_in_red.pdf





Online Teaching EvaluationsSpring 2011

F. Scott Miller on behalf of the

Committee for Effective Teaching

Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

Quick Summary:

Of the 33,450 possible evaluations, 21,086 were submitted, for a 63% response rate.

The campus average score on Question 7 (teaching effectiveness of instructor) was 2.96, compared with 2.97 the previous semester.



Estimated Cost SavingsOnline Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011


Improvements for Fall 2011: Allow evaluation status to remain open throughout evaluation period, then automatically submitted at end. Look into removing students who are being investigated due to academic misconduct from evaluation list. Better promotion: General announcement on Blackboard that evaluations are ongoing, email reminders to students and instructors, banners and table tents in Havener, etc. More prominent button for Comments on Evaluations Results webpage.





Faculty Senate MeetingITCC Report

June 16, 2011

ITCC ReportApril 13, 2011 the ITCC deliberated on the

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Act email records requests. Unfortunately, “email privacy” has become an oxymoron. We will develop a FAQ. Note that we were ahead of the game by developing an Authorized Access Procedure that requests should go through. Please see our minutes.

IT is requesting input on e-Learning initiatives. The ITCC responded by expanding the CLC Advisory Group to become the e-Learning Advisory Group.

April Motions Motion A1: “Historically, the ITCC was not consulted when policies pertaining to Web presence,

Electronic Marketing, Web site creation, URL assignment, and associated reporting relationships were decided upon. The faculty reminds the administration that the ITCC is the right place to initiate and revise policy discussions pertaining to these matters. In view of rapidly changing technologies, policies such as these need to be reexamined.”

Motion A2: "The ITCC recognizes that computer security problems are never guaranteed to be

avoidable. Therefore we recommend that the university adopt a perspective of learning from problems rather than assigning blame. We also recommend that individuals with responsibilities for the protection of sensitive data seek the involvement of professionals to ensure that safety is provided. Furthermore, guidance to accomplish this should be provided to people with such responsibilities."

We respectfully request that the Faculty Senate endorse Motion A2.

ITCC Report Continued (May

meeting)The Computer Security subcommittee reported winners of the computer security video competition and welcomes ideas for this Fall’s Computer Security Awareness Month.

UM System is rolling out an update to the Faculty email system. Technically this is an upgrade to MS Exchange Server 2010. Policy-wise, it has the potential to have a more significant impact because archiving policies are being discussed. Some faculty members have expressed alarm over proposed provisions to limit or prevent the ability to store .pst files (local email archives accessible through Outlook). There’s also a strong sense that our campus wants to have time to respond to any proposed changes. The ITCC discussed this with Gary Allen and Beth Chancellor of UM System present. Our concerns have been heard and we expect to continue to have input into any changes.

May Motion, Annual Report

Motion M1: The ITCC seeks questions and comments from all stakeholders about email capabilities and policies.

Faculty, Staff and Students are encouraged to share any opinions with the ITCC. No other specific action is requested from the Faculty Senate at this time.

The ITCC Annual Report has been submitted and should be online soon.



A. RP&AB. Library and Learning ResourcesC. ITCCD. Curriculum




A. RP&AB. Library and Learning ResourcesC. ITCCD. Curriculum


Agenda

Adjourn

Documents

Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011