Faculty Senate Meeting September 15, 2011

Faculty Senate Meeting

September 15, 2011

AgendaI. Call to Order and Roll Call

- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of August 11, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of August 11, 2011 meeting minutes

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.08.11.11.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.08.11.11.pdf



Agenda Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

President’s Report

September 15, 2011

Faculty Senate ReportSeptember 15, 2011

Whereas Professor K. M. Isaac has served the Missouri University of Science & Technology Faculty Senate since 2008 as Secretary, President-Elect, and President;Whereas, as an Officer of the Faculty Senate, Professor Isaac has demonstrated hard work, good judgment, and thoughtfulness in these positions;Whereas, Professor Isaac's leadership skills have helped the campus navigate through the difficult discussions on changing the retirement plan;Whereas, Professor Isaac has maintained a positive attitude and been a calming influence during these challenging times;Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the Missouri University of Science & Technology does hereby sincerely thank Professor Isaac for many jobs well done and wish him continued success in his future endeavors.Adopted this 15th day of September, 2011, at the meeting of the Missouri University of Science & Technology Faculty Senate.

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Searches

• Chancellor search • Committee reviewed candidates and made

decisions on interviewees • Dean of Enrollment Management search

• Finished “airport interviews”• On-campus interviews last week• CV’s are available


IFC • Presidential search• IFC Retreat September 21st – 22nd

• Ongoing referrals of issues from IFC• Revoking degrees => Academic Standards• Domestic partners => Personnel• Alternative promotion to professor => Tenure

• “Ask IFC Representatives to raise objections to civility proposals.”


Other Issues

• Course Renumbering• Population of Committees sub-committee



A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report B.

Schwartz for K. Wray

C. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B.

SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Enrollment Management• Fall 2011 Enrollment (at end of second week)

– Total 7,455– Undergraduate 5,635– Graduate 1,820– On Campus 6,658 (2.3% increase)– Off-campus/Distance 799 (23.7% increase)– Number of New Freshman 1,103

• Fall 2011 Enrollment Records (at first week)– Female Enrollment 1,655– Hispanic Enrollment 178

International Affairs New International Student Orientation and Welcome Picnic FS2011

Orientation• August 9, The International Affairs Office held Orientation for 182 New International Students .

Welcome Picnic• August 11, the International Affairs Office held a Welcome Picnic for all new International Students.

The theme was Hawaiian Luau; there was great food, fun and games, all aimed at helping the new international student integrate into the campus/community.

International AffairsInternational Student Enrollment• 219 new international students checked in as of 8/23/2011; new students are still arriving.

Intensive English Program.• 55 students are enrolled in the Fall 2011 Intensive English Program: 20 full-time, 35 part-

time.• Countries represented include China, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea,

Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.• International Affairs and Cultural & Leadership Programs co-sponsored a field trip to St. Louis

Festival of Nations, August 27, 2011.

Sponsored Students• As of August 30th, 31 new sponsored students enrolled, bringing the total sponsored students

for fall semester 2011 to 263. More are expected to arrive for mid-term IEP.• Thirteen (13) new sponsored students from The University of Botswana arrived August 5 th.

Programming• Celebration of Nations is scheduled for September 24, 2011. Local school outreach is

underway.

Curators’ Teaching SummitA CERTI-sponsored luncheon series this fall with the Curators’ Teaching Professors: “Tac(k)tical Teaching: Strategies for Success in the Millennial Classroom,” Noon on Wednesdays, Sept. 14, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 in St. Pat’s Ballrooms.

Faculty Learning CommunitiesCERTI and Educational Technology co-sponsor two Technology Faculty Learning Communities this fall“Using TurningKey for Testing,” noon, Sept. 9, 104 Centennial Hall“Using Tablets in Teaching,” noon, Oct. 14, 104 Centennial Hall

e-CERTI NewsletterFall 2011 issue, Celebrating teaching excellence in the classroom, Available online at http://certi.mst.edu/newsletter.html

Speech Communication Center, we have 129 signed up for our GTA Workshop FS 2011. This is 29 over our capacity.

SDELC Activities• Active team recruiting during Opening Week• Team leader workshop• Kummer Center presentation to Rolla Lions Club• Transfer Transitions tour of Kummer Center (98 new students)• Sophomore Welcome display

Office of Undergraduate Studies

http://certi.mst.edu/newsletter.html

Freshmen Engineering - FE10 this semester will have16 smaller sections and the sections alternate weekly – 8 sections meet one week, the other 8 sections meet the following week, etc. The idea is to break the FE10 class into 8 sections of (mostly) student who placed into the remedial algebra courses and 8 sections of those who placed into higher math. We hope to incorporate programming and content to assist these two groups but to especially assist those in the lower level math to get connected, get a good start, and use the Math LEAD and tutoring to their utmost.

Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)• LEAD learning assistance (http://lead.mst.edu/assist) began during the second

week of classes.• LEAD provides peer tutoring in 28 courses, from College Algebra to Thermal

Analysis.• Currently, 51 faculty in 13 degree programs run a record-matching 40

collaborative LEAD guided-learning centers for their courses from Financial Accounting and Structural Geology to Heat Transfer and graduate Classical Mechanics.

• To support this effort, LEAD employs and provides pre-professional training to 36 accomplished undergraduate peer learning assistants.

Office of Undergraduate Studies

http://lead.mst.edu/assist

Office of Graduate Studies• Prospective Grad Student Interview

Recruiting Initiative is entering beta testing this fall.

• Total of 24 Thesis/Dissertation library copies were submitted during the month of August.

• 1st week enrollment report indicates that we will exceed the graduate enrollment target of 1750.

Global LearningA series of on-line non-credit seminars

have been developed for General Motors in areas such as:• Coating Systems• Programmable Logic Controllers• Surface Pretreatment• Surface Defects• Paint Ovens and Abatement

10 Seminars have been delivered with 191 participants

Global LearningDistance and Continuing Education hosted approximately 700 young potential students in the following 2011Summer Camps. Jackling Intro to Engineering Aerospace Camp Computer Highly Interactive Programming Camp Robotics Camp EcoCAR Camp MoDOT Youth Transportation Camp

Office of Sponsored Programs• Summary of FY11 activities and a year-over-year

comparison are as follows:– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $43.2M (down 17.4%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 292

(down 10.7%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $149.5M (down

42.3%)– Number of proposals submitted: 496 (down 6.1%)– Research expenditures: $45.9M (up 2.7%)– F&A recovered: $7.6M (down 1.3%)– Number of active awards: 593 (down 3.4%)

Technology Transfer & Economic Development

• Summary of FY11 activities and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:

‒ Disclosures Received: 32 (down 5.9%)‒ Patent Applications Filed: 22 (down 15.4%)‒ Patents Issued: 6 (down 50%)‒ Licenses and Options Signed: 10 (up 11.1%)‒ Royalty Income: $228K (down 46.8%)


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Student CouncilSelin Acar – PresidentKevin Puetz – Vice President of External Affairs

Construction Student Life Office now houses Leadership and

Cultural Programs and has been renamed the Student Involvement and Leadership Center.

LCP has already moved into the old Student Life Offices

New Student Life Offices have already been built. Student Life Programmers have been moved The Open Office Space is being redesigned Construction regarding the rest of the center is in

progress

Previous Student Life Office

Recommended Construction Plan

Computers in Havener Partnering with IT to place computers in

Havener. Will hopefully be their new VDI Thin

Client Pilot Program Student Council already got quotes for

furniture, just waiting on the computers

Involving Students Chancellor Search Committee

Dr. Gragg came and spoke at Tuesday’s Student Council meeting

Campus Climate Assessment Setting up survey and possible open

forum to get more student input before consultant comes on October 6

RSO Survey Working on Survey for Organizations

Presidents to get a better idea of what resources they know and what they need

With results, we hope to publicize more resources and make available necessary ones

Co-Sponsorship Application Working on an application that will allow

RSOs to request co-sponsorship from Student Council.

Working it into our budget Including funding, volunteers, and

publicity.

Others Publicizing the newly student adopted

Honor Code First ever Officers’ Summit went well Surpassed all goals for Blood Drive Helped sponsor a 9/11 event on Sunday More publicizing Student Council in

general


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Council of Graduate Students

Muhammad Azeem Raza09/15/2011

Council of Graduate Students

• New Elected CGS Executives• Ten department representatives & CGS is

serving on all the FS committees• CGS participated in the International

Student’s Orientation program• CGS will hold its first general meeting for the

semester on September 22, 2011


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of August 11, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Rules, Procedures and AgendaB. CurriculaC. ITCC

V. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

RP&A Report

Election of Conflict of Interest Committee member Dr. Walt Eversman’s term has expired. He does not wish to continue on CoIC. RP&A nominates Dr. Joseph Smith to take his spot on CoIC. He is the new Energy Chair in Chemical & Biological Engineering.

Election of Parking Committee members

RP&A nominates the following two persons to serve on the Parking Committee.

Dan OertherLouis Ge





Curricula Committee ReportSeptember 15, 2011

The Curricula Committee report includes:» 2 Degree Change (DC) formsDC0393 – Modify the curriculum for the B.A. with Secondary

Education Emphasis areaDC0394 – Delete the Earth Sciences MS for Teachers degree» 15 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.






- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of August 11, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old Business

A. Report on Current Referrals and Actionable ItemsVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn



Agenda

Adjourn

Documents

Faculty Senate Meeting September 15, 2011