Faculty Senate Meeting April 21, 2011

Faculty Senate Meeting

April 21, 2011

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

- James Martin, Secretary

II. Approval of March 17, 2011 meeting minutes

III. Campus Reports and Responses

IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

V. Old Business

VI. New Business and Announcements

VII. Adjourn

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II. Approval of March 17, 2011 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.03.17.11.pdf



V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.03.17.11.pdf

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V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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Campus Reports and Responses

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

K.WrayC. Staff Council Report Stacy

Jones for J.Singleton

D. Student CouncilM.Schwartz

E. Council of Graduate StudentsV.Gandikota


April 21, 2011

President’s ReportApril 21, 2011

• Chancellor search • The open forum was well attended with good

participation by several faculty members• Based on nominations from the faculty, RP&A

selected a list of nominees that was forwarded to the President’s office

• Committee is expected to meet on April 29 • RP&A is continuing to discuss revising bylaws to

define and formalize the role of the Department Chairs Council (DCC). A document is being drafted in consultation with DCC.

President’s Report April 21, 2011

President’s ReportApril 21, 2011

IFC• Presidential search is on track• There is strong push for domestic partner benefits on the other 3 campuses. Subcommittee formed to keep it on the front burner

• Faculty rights and responsibilities/civility/collegiality. Faculty wants this addressed as an employee issue

• Best to resolve problems at the lowest level• Do not let problems escalate• Actions like letters of reprimand will have

great effect

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D. Student Council M.SchwartzE. Council of Graduate Students

V.Gandikota

• Curriculum− Completed review of MOU with Federal University of

Ceara (Brazil) for exchange program in Sustainable Drinking Water Studies

− Professional Science Master’s degree under review. − Working on ABET accreditation for Cooperative

Engineering program with MSU (civil and electrical engineering degrees).

Office of Academic Affairs

Office of Academic Affairs• Faculty Activities

– Completed review of two department-level non-tenure track faculty policies.

– Third Year Review meetings in progress.

Global Learning

Non-credit operations are continuing to expand. A group of students from Italy are currently enrolled and taking

face to face courses covering various aspects of Systems Engineering at the Engineering Education Center in St. Louis.

General Motors student-employees are taking on-line courses in a variety of topics including:

Introduction to the Coating System (Paint Chemistry) Contamination Control Statistical Process Control & Data Analysis Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers

Meetings are currently underway with Caterpillar to determine the disciplines of interest to them.

Upcoming Events:

• April 22, 2011– Earth Day, this is the 10th Annual Rolla event hosted by Missouri S&T

Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE)

• 120 applications received for the 2011-12 OURE and & OURE Fellows applications

7th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference• There were 66 students that participated in the conference with 56

projects. The list of winner can be found here: http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Student Design & Experiential Learning Center • New building nearing completion with expected move in to start

middle of May • Richard Dalton has completed OSHA training allowing the

SDELC to offer OSHA approved 10 and 30 hour safety courses in general industry and construction. Courses to be offered soon.

• GM has graciously renewed their corporate support for the SDELC for next year and have included six $1,000 scholarships to support the student team leaders.

• FIRST FTC State Championship was a huge success • Engineer’s Week exhibit at the St. Louis Science Center

supported by MSPE was well received including the streaming video from campus of the FIRST FTC State Championship

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Office of Graduate Studies

• Chancellor’s Fellows Research Poster Awards Ceremony held on March 16, 2011.

• Continued to reduce the number of graduate pending applications files.

• Presented a hot topic discussion on Financial Survival Strategies at the Annual Mid-West Association of Grad Schools meeting (April 1, 2011)

• Completed 70+ thesis/dissertation format checks in the Spring

2011 session.

Office of Sponsored Programs

• FY11 activities through the end of March and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:

– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $34.3M (down 12.3%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 225

(down 9.6%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $95.1M (down 0.9%)– Number of proposals submitted: 388 (up 2.7%)– Research expenditures: $35.3M (up 6.2%)– F&A recovered: $5.4M (up 2.1%)– Number of active awards: 618 (up 0.5%)

Enrollment Management• On-track to meet FY12 Enrollment Targets

• Fall 2011 Freshman Class Projections

1130 to 1177 (1170 in fall 2011)

274 Females (24%), 857 Males (76%)

914 Freshman Engineering

262 Out-of-State (23%), 891 Missouri residents (77%)

3.849 Ave. high school GPA at application date

27.9 Ave. ACT composite score (upper 10%) at application

5 perfect scores admitted to date

• Enrollment cap decisions after May 14

Updated National Interest in Engineering

1.4 M ACT tested high school seniors in 2009-10

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Per-cent

8.5% 8.6% 8.3% 7.9% 7.5% 7.2% 7.1% 7.1% 7.0% 6.4% 5.7% 5.5% 5.3% 5.1% 4.9% 3.5% 3.3% 4.2% 4.7%

2.5%

3.5%

4.5%

5.5%

6.5%

7.5%

8.5%

9.5%

8.5%8.6%

8.3%7.9%

7.5%7.2%7.1%7.1%7.0%

6.4%

5.7%5.5%5.3%5.1%4.9%

3.5%3.3%

4.2%4.7%

% of ACT Tested High School Seniors Who Selected an Engineering Major

Census Data Supports Downward Trend in High School Graduates 2011-2017

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A. RP&A

B. Library and Learning Resources

C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Grievance pilot program:

Rejected at last FS meeting. Concerns which were expressed:

a) Size of panel too small, influence of manipulated swing votes

could become too significant

b) Not enough data to evaluate pilot program

FS officers and other faculty met with UM System and IFC

representatives. RP&A feels that these concerns were

adequately addressed as follows:

Pilot program allows for two parallel panels. Our campus would

have the option of using both for all hearings and thereby

effectively increase the size of the panel.

It was also pointed out that the oversight committee plays a much

more important role than assumed so far in our deliberations.

Whereas the position of interim chancellor is significant, the FS

respectfully requests that the S & T faculty's opinion be considered in

the selection of the interim chancellor.

Motion by RP&A:

Elections of FS officers:

current nominated by RP&A

Parliamentarian Mark Fitch Martin Bohner(sabbatical)

Secretary James Martin Keith Nisbett(leaving S&T)

President-Elect Michael Davis Nick Leventis

President K.M. Isaac Michael Davis

Past President Michael Schulz K.M. Isaac

IFC representatives: traditionally Past President, President, President-Elect Isaac, Davis, Leventis nominated

MAFS representative: traditionally President-Elect with President being alternate Leventis nominated with Davis as alternate

In accordance with the bylaws, the campus P&T committee

nominated two of its members to serve on the UM-wide P&T

committee. These nominations need to be approved by FS and

voted on by the General Faculty at the May 3 meeting.

The nominees are

a) Gerald Cohen

b) Ronald Bieniek

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A. RP&A


C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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A. RP&A


C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn


April 21, 2011

ITCC ReportApril 13, 2011 the ITCC deliberated on the

Wisconsin Freedom of Information Act email records requests. We will develop a FAQ and stay on top of the situation. Note that we were ahead of the game by developing an Authorized Access Procedure that requests must 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.

Motion

Motion 1: “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 2 "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 both of these Motions.

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A. RP&A


C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Curricula Committee ReportApril 21, 2011

The Curricula Committee report includes:» 2 Degree Change (DC) formsDC0381 – Minor modification of electives list for BS in EEDC0383 – Create a BS in IT degree to be offered to the students

at American National College in Sri Lanka only» 18 Course Change (CC) forms» 5 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only)


DC form 0383 merits individual attention and will therefore be presented separately

First, the Curricula Committee moves for the approval of all the other DC and CC forms in this report


DC form 0383 proposes a BS in IT degree program to be offered to the students of American National College in Sri Lanka only

The Curricula Committee has discussed this proposal at length and advises FS to discuss two general principles related to this proposal which raise concern but are beyond the scope of this committee as stated on the next slide


(1) Should degree programs be created which are only offered in a local market (Sri Lanka)?

(2) Should degree programs be created which are taught, completely or in majority, by non-S&T faculty (American National College faculty), even if said faculty are vetted by S&T?

If FS is in favor of both these principles, then the Campus Curricula Committee moves for approval of DC form 0383

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A. RP&A


C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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A. RP&A


C. ITCC

D. Curriculum

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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Adjourn

Documents

Faculty Senate Meeting April 21, 2011