Faculty Senate Report

1. Faculty Senate Report Warren K. Wray Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs January 21, 2010

2. Office of Academic Affairs • Curriculum • MS in Explosives Engineering will be reviewed by Board of Curators at January meeting. • Tactical Plan Action 2.4.5 – “convene a task force to imagine future technological practices and recommend new degree and certificate programs” • Internal and external groups convened • First working meeting of internal group January 6 • Expect report by end of month

3. Office of Academic Affairs • New Campus Awards Program • 26 faculty identified for excellence, achievement, teaching, research and service awards • Recognition banquet scheduled for February 1 • Review opportunities for process improvement with committee chairs and DCC • Other Awards • Work ongoing on system-level awards • Work ongoing on other various external award nominations

5. Global Learning Missouri S&T’s distance degree programs continue to experience solid growth as indicated by the charts below which show over 100 course sections and over 2000 student credit hours for FS 2009. The recent addition of MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering gives S&T a total of 13 degree programs available on-line.

6. Global Learning

7. Office of Graduate Studies • Established weekly Grad Chat hours on Facebook and Wimba with positive response from students • mstgrad Facebook page is fully populated and we are gaining a significant group of followers • Hosted 4 webinars in December 2009 for admitted and prospective students

8. Information Technology • Windows 7 Roadmap • Being prepared for campus deployment in Summer 2010 • Allows full utilization of hardware • Also integrates with configuration management tools • Will be patched by Microsoft

9. Information Technology • Research Support • Focused technical support to researchers and research centers on campus • Meeting with researchers during Spring 2010 semester to develop menu of services • Google Apps pilot coming Spring 2010 • Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, and more • Automated Faculty Web Pages coming in March

10. International Affairs • November 18 - Missouri S&T faculty, students and staff celebrated International Education Week with a series of special events. Global Showcase was held at noon in the Havener Atrium. More than 30 exhibits featuring cultural artifacts from campus international students and domestic students who have participated in Study Abroad opportunities. Students from organizations such as Engineers Without Borders were part of this great event. • December 3 - A delegation led by Dr. Ruihe Wang, Vice President, China University of Petroleum (CUP), visited the Missouri S&T campus to sign agreements that would 1) allow for faculty, research, and student exchange between the two universities, and 2) promote a 2+2 transfer of CUP students who successfully complete their first 2 years of study at CUP to transfer to S&T to complete their BS degree program in Geology/Geophysics.

11. International Affairs • As of January 4 - International student check-in numbers showed our highest number of new students for a Winter/Spring Semester Orientation as compared to the previous five years. * Actual number of checked-in students through January 8th is 71.

12. Office of Sponsored Programs FY10 activities through December and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $28.8M (down 0.9%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 175 (down 13.7%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $93.3M (up 19.2%) Number of proposals submitted: 275 (down 0.4%) Research expenditures: $22.3M (up 20.7%) F&A recovered: $3.8M (up 12.5%) Number of active awards: 600 (even)

13. Technology Transfer Performance

14. Office of Undergraduate StudiesJanuary 2010 CERTI NEWS Teaching and Learning Technology Conference 2010 – March 11-12  Missouri S&T’s Third Annual Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, sponsored by EdTech, will be held March 11-12, 2010 (St. Pat’s week). CERTI will be assisting with the event. This year’s theme is “Cyberlearning” – using technology to enhance the learning process for students. The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Joel Hartman, Vice Provost for Information Technologies and Resources at the University of Central Florida.  Dr. Hartman has been instrumental in leading the University of Central Florida in the arena of online and blended learning. Visit edtech.mst.edu to register. Wimba Classroom Tools -- a Technology Faculty Learning Community event -- was held Dec. 4, hosted by Ed Tech and CERTI. Twenty-seven participants saw a demonstration of how to use Wimba tools in their classrooms for both synchronous and asynchronous teaching/learning. Matt Insall, of the Math Department, and Audra Merfeld-Langston, of the Arts, Language & Philosophy Department, were presenters. GREENING INITIATIVE NEWS Greening Initiative -- S.T.A.R.S. (Sustainability Tracking and Rating System) and are completing our greenhouse gas emissions report.

15. Office of Undergraduate StudiesJanuary 2010 South Central RPDC NEWS Distinction in Performance Banquet –March 23,2010 --38 of our regional K-12 school districts will receive the “Distinction in Performance” award at our annual banquet on March 23, 2010, at the Havener Center.  An additional 8 non-regional schools that South Central RPDC works with will also receive the award.  This award is based upon high or improved performance on the district’s annual performance report.  In addition to assessing their student performance on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP), performance in the areas of attendance, graduation rate, college entrance exam scores, vocational and advance course placement, and progress toward meeting the requirements of No Child Left Behind are also considered.  Three of the schools that will be receiving this award are on Accountability Plans due to concerns on past reviews through the Missouri School Improvement Program.  As a part of the statewide system of support, South Central RPDC works intensely with schools on Accountability Plans to improve their performance. South Central RPDC to host Two Day Conference--South Central RPDC will be one of four sites statewide to host a two day conference, “Response to Intervention:  A System Overview”, on February 22 and 23, 2010, at the Havener Center.  This conference is a joint effort among the Missouri RPDCs, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the North Central Regional Resource Center, the National RtI Center, the Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center, and the Midwest Equity Assistance Center.  The conference will feature presentations and resources from the National RtI Center and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.  In addition, school districts will share the journey in the process of implementing RtI.  Response to Intervention is a research-based academic intervention model that ensures that all children learn what we expect.

16. Office of Undergraduate StudiesJanuary 2010 Positive things going on at South Central RPDC -- Through December 31, 2009, services by the South Central RPDC have been delivered to 1,244 administrators, 7,174 teachers, and 947 other educators during the 2009-10 school year.  Please note that these are duplicated counts, i.e. multiple services to the same educator are reflected each time the educator is served.  Services include trainings provided at the RPDC or at the Havener Center, trainings provided in the school district, or technical support and consultation to school district personnel.  Sixty two of our sixty three regional districts have been impacted by these services, as well as numerous non-regional school districts.  More than 90% of the participants have indicated satisfaction with the services received. An additional staff member at South Central RPDC has received certification as a trainer for Dr. Ruby Paynes work regarding “A Framework for Understanding Poverty”.  The focus of this work is on removing economic barriers to ensure an appropriate education for children from various economic backgrounds.  South Central RPDC now has two certified trainers for this work, which will enhance our service to regional school districts.