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Faculty Senate Meeting February 20, 2014

Faculty Senate Meeting February 20, 2014. Agenda. I . Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes Campus Reports and Responses Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System)

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Faculty Senate Meeting February 20, 2014

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  1. Faculty Senate Meeting February 20, 2014

  2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  3. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary II. Approval of January 24, 2014 meeting minuteshttp://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2014/FS.Minutes.01.23.14.pdf • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriquez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  4. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 24, 2014 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  5. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  6. Faculty Senate Report February 20, 2014 President’s ReportFebruary 20, 2014

  7. Faculty Senate Report February 20, 2014 • Intercampus Faculty Council: • IFC Task Force on workload policy draft report to Faculty Senate soon • 7-yr grade book retention moving to implementation, FS rep requested by Provost • FAS to remain ‘live’ until at least end of July • Campus: • Enrollment growth. Feb 15 data: up 12% vs 2/15/2013 • Deans: Administrative Planning Committee FS representation • See Provost’s web site! • Academic Planning Subcommittee, Mark Fitch • Non-Academic Planning Subcommittee, Tom Schuman • Open forum 5 March • Deans: Tenure (Policy) Committee asked to consider P&T process with Deans

  8. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  9. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  10. Office of Undergraduate Studies Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol • Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol – March 4th, 16 students and 14 projects that will be showcased from campus OURE • 2014-2015 OURE applications due April 1 • 2014-2015 OURE Fellows application & proposal due March 14 Undergraduate Research Conference • Undergraduate Research Conference is April 16 – Registration Deadline is April 1

  11. Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY14 activities through the end of December Proposals awarded in total dollars: $16.8M (down 57.7%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 158 (up 17.0%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $62.6M (down 19.9%) Number of proposals submitted: 265 (up 6.4%) Total expenditures: $22.9M (up 14.7%) Net grant and contract expenditures: $19.3M (up 16.4%) F&A recovered: $4.0M (up 21.5%) Number of active awards: 613 (up 9.1%)

  12. Congratulations to … Yiyu Shi, “CAREER: Opportunistic Through-Silicon-Via Utilization: Device, Circuit, System and Design Automation Perspectives,” National Science Foundation, $400,000.

  13. Curtis Laws Wilson LibraryProgress in Learning Commons Some reference materials re-located and stacks cleared Open space created for sample furniture

  14. Curtis Laws Wilson LibraryTechnology Upgrades • iPads for circulation (anticipated arrival in February) • 10 Old Laptops for circulation replaced • Conference rooms: 202 and 203 being outfitted with projectors and displays (anticipated completion in February)

  15. Curtis Laws Wilson Librarycollection additions • Springer engineering e-books (2005 – 2013) added to the collection • Historical newspapers • Chicago Defender • Chicago Tribune • Guardian & Observer • New York Times Index

  16. Enrollment Management • FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Regional Championship competition at Student Rec Center on March 1. • Switch to 4-digit course numbers scheduled for mid-August. Crosswalk available on the web.

  17. Office of Graduate Studies • Graduate Learning Outcomes Rubric Retreat held on January 17th • Grad Studies staff met with academic graduate staff to review current Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLO) rubrics and submission processes in order to streamline and improve the current system. • Completed the review of 3 new graduate certificates on “Big Data” • Course Renumbering efforts in coordination with the Graduate Faculty President, Registrar’s Office, and Curricula Committee Rep are well under way. • The first official meeting with the students selected for the Graduate Professional Development program held on February 3rd. • New Graduate Student Orientation held on February 5th

  18. Global Learning • Off-campus distance enrollment continues to grow with 2nd week numbers increasing from 879 to 943 including FLW and MSU programs. • Two courses are currently being delivered from the Engineering Education Center (EEC) in St. Louis using adjunct faculty selected and approved by their respective departments. • The 21 courses taught from the EEC serve 368 students in the following areas: • Missouri State University = 7 • Distance throughout US = 95 • Rolla campus = 266

  19. Global Learning • Video Communication Center course production has increased 6% to an all time high with 115 courses being produced for Fall Semester 2014. • FS 2014 is the first time that a standard classroom ( Harris Hall Room 107 ) has been used to receive courses taught by an adjunct faculty member from the Engineering Education Center in St. Louis. This process frees up a video classroom to be used for distance class production.

  20. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  21. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  22. Student Council

  23. Student Council • Student Body Presidential Elections • Open on Monday, February 24th at 8:00 AM • Close on Friday, February 28th at 4:00 PM • The new President will be announced once the elections are closed • It is through OrgSync this year • Please spread the word to all students

  24. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report M. Fitch • Administrative Reports • i) C. Schrader • ii) K. Wray • C. Staff Council Report N. Weaver • D. Student Council A. Koesterer • E. Council of Graduate Students K. Limmer

  25. Wednesday Feb 26, 6pm • St Pat’s Ballroom C • Free event (limited to 100 attendees) • Designed to engage the S&T and Rolla community • Combination of 12 and 6 minute talks • Students, staff, faculty, and community members • Research, technology, community development, personal and social topics More information about the event at: cgs.mst.edu

  26. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses IV. Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business • New Business and Announcements • Adjourn

  27. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  28. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees Rules, Procedures and Agenda S. N. Balakrishnan Curricula D. Tauritz ITCC T. Vojta Personnel Committee – No report L. Acar

  29. Faculty Senate Report February 20, 2014 RP&A ReportFebruary 20, 2014

  30. Faculty Senate Report • Referral 1 • RP&A refers to the Tenure committee consideration of issues of propriety in the P&T process. • Should there be information provided to P&T committees at all levels on best practices, guidelines, or even training, and if so what materials should be provided/used? • b) Should there be penalties and a process for faculty who flagrantly violate confidentiality or otherwise inappropriately attempt to affect the process?

  31. Faculty Senate Report Referral 2 Experiential learning (info shared by VPUS) to AF&S asking their opinion about standards Motion that the Academic Freedoms and Standards (AF&S) Committee consider the CCC document that describes the implementation-related issues on experiential learning was passed.

  32. Referral 3 Experiential learning (info shared by VPUS) to AF&S asking their opinion about standards Motion that the Academic Freedoms and Standards (AF&S) Committee consider CCC document that describes the implementation-related issues on experiential learning was passed.

  33. Description of B.A., and B.S. standards CCC will develop a draft set of standards for the B.S. degrees and present to RP&A for subsequent referral to the AF&S for consideration.

  34. The RP&A committee formed an adhoc bylaws committee consisting of Martin Bohner, Mark Fitch, and Daniel Tauritz to review any necessary changes to the bylaws regarding bringing back deans and that all standing committees are to report back to the ad hoc committee on any implications of bringing back the deans that they see in the purview of their committees.

  35. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees Rules, Procedures and Agenda S. N. Balakrishnan Curricula D. Tauritz ITCC T. Vojta Personnel Committee – No report L. Acar

  36. Campus Curricula Committee Report February 20, 2014 • 26 Course Change (CC) forms • 1Experimental Course (EC) form (informational only) The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this report’s CC forms.

  37. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees Rules, Procedures and Agenda S. N. Balakrishnan Curricula D. Tauritz ITCC T. Vojta Personnel Committee – No report L. Acar

  38. ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, February 2014 • Personal Backups: • CrashPlan­ personal data backup solution (http://www.crashplan.com) • Data on your desktop or laptop backed up to the cloud, unlimited storage • 25 user proof of concept starting, no cost to user during POC • OPEN SLOTS STILL AVAILABLE • Update on data center consolidation: • Data centers within UM System will be consolidated into 2 large shared centers • Columbia Telecom data center will be one of these • Second campus will be selected soon (within this semester) • There should be minimal impacts on faculty and students • New Campus license for Adobe: • Acrobat Professional available to users at no cost • Creative Cloud (Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, …) for $100 per year and user • Research Technology day (Sep 2014): • New and improved format focusing on (i) High-performance computing, (ii) Visualization, (iii) Additive manufacturing (3D printing and more)

  39. ITCC Report to Faculty Senate, February 2014 • Increased storage space (file system): • user volumes / home directories 25GB, max 50GB • departmental volumes 200GB, max 1TB • research volumes 500GB, max 1TB • Google drive 30 GB per user (+unlimited Google docs) • Further IT updates: • Research support team now has 4 full-time staff • Library will get redundant 10G connection + 11 new AC wireless access points • Phase 2 of wireless update under way (increase coverage in classrooms) • Learning Management Systems / Blackboard: • Committee lead by Jeff Schramm is evaluating Blackboard + competing products • Decision possibly by end of semester. Get involved!! • Faculty Accomplishment System: • Product has been chosen: Faculty 180 by company Data 180 • Wayne Huebner is campus champion for implementation. Get involved!!

  40. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees Rules, Procedures and Agenda S. N. Balakrishnan Curricula D. Tauritz ITCC T. Vojta Personnel Committee – No report L. Acar

  41. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  42. Agenda Old Business Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items Common Exams Motion

  43. Agenda Old Business Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items Common Exams Motion

  44. Old Business Postponed motion from Student Affairs Committee: “1. The period from 5:00 – 6:00 PM daily be reserved for common exams. 2. If a class or other required academic activity is scheduled during common exam time, the instructor of the class that conflicts with the common exam will provide accommodations for the students taking the common exam.”

  45. 1. The period from 5:00 – 6:00 PM daily be reserved for common exams.2. If a class or other required academic activity is scheduled during common exam time, the instructor of the class that conflicts with the common exam will provide accommodations for the students taking the common exam. • Common exams = listed in schedule of classes • Classes may be scheduled 5-6 pm • Accommodation not specified

  46. LH Amendment: • The Rules, Procedures, and Agenda committee shall monitor the enactment of this motion and report to the Senate, in June and November of 2014, the number of common exams that are given during the proposed common exam period. The Committee is also to monitor and identify to the Senate those classes that continue to give common exams at times that conflict with other classes and the manner, if any, in which students who face such conflicts are accommodated.

  47. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  48. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Melanie Mormile, Secretary • Approval of January 23, 2014 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses • Betsy Rodriguez (Vice President Human Resources, UM System) V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

  49. Agenda Adjourn

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