Faculty Senate Meeting June 14, 2012

Faculty Senate Meeting

June 14, 2012

AgendaI. Call to Order and Roll Call

- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of April 19, 2012 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Curricula Committee ReportV. Tax Deferred Investment PresentationVI. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesVII. Old BusinessVIII. New Business and AnnouncementsIX. Adjourn


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of April 19, 2012 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2012/FS.Minutes.04.19.12.pdf

III. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Curricula Committee ReportV. Tax Deferred Investment PresentationVI. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesVII. Old BusinessVIII. New Business and AnnouncementsIX. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/media/campussupport/facultysenate/documents/fsminutes/2012/FS.Minutes.04.19.12.pdf



Agenda Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report C. Schrader

Administrative Report K. Wray

C. Staff Council Report S. JonesD. Student Council R. BeckE. Council of Graduate Students M. Alkazimi

President’s Report

June 14, 2012

Faculty Senate ReportJune 14, 2012

General Faculty Committee Elections

• U-Wide Tenure• Mariesa Crow (Representative)• Matt O’Keefe (Alternate)

• Public Occasions• Joel Burken, Michael Davis, Sahra Sedigh

• Student Awards and Financial Aid• Robert Roe

• Student Scholastic Appeals• Jim Drallmeier


IFC

• Trimesters• CRR changes regarding Student Conduct• Budget



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

SchraderC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council R. BeckF. Council of Graduate Students M. Alkazimi


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report C. SchraderC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council R. BeckF. Council of Graduate Students M. Alkazaimi

Office of International Affairs

Recruitment and research Collaborative OpportunityHarbin University of Technology• On May 2, 2012 Missouri S&T hosted a 5-member delegation from

Harbin University of Technology (HIT), China. The HIT representatives were led by the university president, Dr. Shuguo Wang. The purpose of the visit was to promote research and recruitment opportunities.

Office of International AffairsFaculty Exchange PartnersUniversity of the Western Cape• The University of the Western Cape is a historically disadvantaged

institution, and in 1986 the University of Missouri system President selected UWC as a partner institution.

• Faculty are invited to submit proposals for the exchange opportunities on or before July 15th of each year. More than 365 exchanges UM-wide have taken place since 1986.

• Department chairs Greg Gelles and Lance Haynes are leading a study abroad initiative at UWC this summer. Dr. Ron Bieniek completed an exchange earlier this year.

Intensive English Program:• Ms. Roberta Morgan, Program Director of the Applied Language Institute,

and staff advisor for International Student Club and the Saudi Student Association received the Student Affairs Award for “Meritorious Service to Student Organizations.”

Office of International AffairsSponsored Student Program:• Missouri S&T currently has 282 sponsored international students as of

May 2, 2012; this compares to 212 in 2010 and 267 in 2011.• Dr. Worsey will be teaching an explosives course in Botswana May 7-16.• Staff traveled to Saudi Arabia to visit Saudi Aramco and attend the IECHE

recruitment fair in Riyadh; there was a tremendous amount of student interest.

Study Abroad:• Missouri S&T has been selected as a host university for Brazil’s Science

Without Borders program. This is a scholarship program for undergraduate students to study in STEM fields. Two students have been nominated to attend the Applied Language Institute for the summer semester. One additional student is in the process of applying to attend as non-degree seeking undergraduate student for one year beginning in fall semester 2012.

Office of Sponsored Programs• FY12 activities through the end of April and a year-over-year

comparison are as follows:– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $20M (down 43.8%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 230

(down 5%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $137.7M (up 22%)– Number of proposals submitted: 427 (up 3.9%)– Research expenditures: $34.5M (down 8.3%)– F&A recovered: $5.3M (down 8.9%)– Number of active awards: 564 (down 4.2%)

Office of Sponsored Programs• Congratulations to:

–Melanie Mormile and Judy Wall, “A Combined Fossil Fuel Free Process of Lignocellulosic Pretreatment with Biological Hydrogen Production," US Patent 8,148,133, April 3, 2012.

–Delbert Day and Steven Jung, ”Boron Trioxide Glass-Based Fibers and Particles in Dressings, Sutures, Surgical Glue, and Other Wound Care Compositions,” US Patent Number 8,173,154, May 8, 2012.

Global LearningDistance & Continuing Education:

• A total of fifteen different academic summer camps with 22 separate sessions will be held on the Missouri S&T campus between June 3 and July 31st, 2012.

• Registration continues to be strong with several camps at capacity. Waiting lists are now being maintained for students still wanting to enroll.

Global Learning

Engineering Education Center:The Engineering Education Center is relocating from its historical location on the UMSL campus to another UMSL facility on the I-270 corridor near Manchester Road. The move should be completed before the start of FS 2012 and will enable S&T to import over 20 online courses from St. Louis to the Rolla campus. These courses are taught by adjunct faculty approved by the academic departments.

• Deanne Jackson has been named as Registrar.• Lynn Stichnote will be interim Director of Admissions

and Bridgette Betz interim Director in Student Financial Assistance. A national search for a new Director of Admissions has been initiated.

Enrollment Management

On TrackThe On Track peer mentoring programs’ monograph has been selected for second round of consideration by National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). The final selection for programs to be included as exemplary practices in NACADA’S monograph will take place in August.

Student Design & Experiential Learning Center

Office of Undergraduate Studies

- Human Powered Vehicle Team- 1st ASME west coast

- 2nd ASME east event- Steel Bridge

- 5th at ASCE mid-continent conference

- Concrete Canoe- 5th at ASCE mid-continent

conference- Advanced Aero Vehicle Group

-6th SAE Aero Design (international design competition)-NASA University Student Launch Initiative (USLI)- Formula SAE

- 27th of 106 teams- Hydrogen Design Solutions

- 4th place Hydrogen Student Design Contest

Information TechnologyEmail Upgrade: Exchange Server 2010• Successfully migrated over 2700 mailboxes• All users now have 15 GB of storage

Office of Graduate Studies• Crystal Wilson, is new Graduate Studies Specialist,

who replaced Roberta Cox. Crystal has been assigned to those graduate students whose last name begin with “A” during her training period.

• During the week of 5/21-5/25, the Office of Graduate Studies cleared 451 graduates for the Spring 2012 semester. 260 masters degrees, 31 doctoral degrees, and 160 graduate certificates.

• The 1st edition of our monthly newsletter, Graduate Life, was published and distributed throughout campus during the week of 5/21-5/25.


A. President’s Report M. DavisB. Administrative Report C. SchraderC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council R. BeckF. Council of Graduate Students M. Alkazimi







» 4 Degree Change (DC) formsDC0410 & DC0411 – Modify course requirements for

the minor and emphasis area respectively in Explosives Engineering

DC0416 – Modify the in-major elective requirements for the BS in Computer Science

DC0422 – Modify the curriculum for the MS in Information Science and Technology

» 17 Course Change (CC) forms» 5 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only)The Campus Curricula Committee moves for the approval of this report’s DC and CC forms.

Campus Curricula Committee Report June 14, 2012






- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of April 19, 2012 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Curricula Committee ReportV. Tax Deferred Investment PresentationVI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Rules, Procedures & AgendaB. Elections

VII. Old BusinessVIII. New Business and AnnouncementsIX. Adjourn


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of April 19, 2012 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Curricula Committee ReportV. Tax Deferred Investment PresentationVI. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Rules, Procedures & AgendaB. Elections

VII. Old BusinessVIII. New Business and AnnouncementsIX. Adjourn

2012-2013 ElectionsAcademic Freedom and Standards (Choose 3) ___ Steve Clark ___ Pericles Stavropoulos ___ Trent Watts ____ Budgetary Affairs (Choose 3) ___ Al Crosbie ___ Barbara Hale ___ Michael Meagher ___ Eun-Soo Park ___ Thomas Schuman ____ Facilities Panning (Choose 3) ___ Chang-Soo Kim ___ Manashi Nath ___ Rob Roe ___ Jeff Schramm ____ Honorary Degrees (Choose 4) ___ Dan Lin ___ Suzie Long ___ Julia Medvedeva ___ Prakash Reddy ___ Kathleen Sheppard ___ Chengshan Xiao ____ Intellectual Property (Choose 6) ___ Jim Drewniak ___ Sriram Chellappan ___ K. M. Isaac ___ Michael Schulz ___ Jay Switzer ___ ___ Library and Learning Resources (Choose 4) ___ Akim Adekpedjou ___ Jun Fan ___ Mahelet Fikru ___ Ed Malone ___ Thomas Schuman ___ Hong Sheng ____ Personnel (Choose 3) ___ Mehdi Ferdowsi ___ Gerry Wilemski ___

Student Affairs (Choose 5) ___ Greg Gelles ___ Steve Grant ___ Patrick Huber ___ Gearoid MacSithigh ___ Steve Raper ___ Dan Reardon ___ Greg Story ___ Jeffrey Winiarz ____ Student Awards and Financial Aid (Choose 4) ___ Kurt Kosbar ___ Paul Nam ___ Rob Roe ___ John Schmitt ____ Parking (Choose 5) ___ Levent Acar ___ Mahelet Fikru ___ Rob Paige ___ ___ IFC members (choose 3) ___ SN Balakrishnan ___Michael Davis ___Mark Fitch ___ MAFS (choose 1) ___Mark Fitch ___ Scholastic Appeals (Choose 1) ___ ___ Curricula (Choose 1) ___ Administrative Review (Choose 2) ___ ___

FALL SEMESTER 2013International Student Orientation August 6, TuesdayFreshman Orientation Begins August 11, SundayTransfer Student Orientation August 15, ThursdayOpen Registration Ends August 18, SundayFall semester opens 8:00 a.m. August 19, MondayClasswork begins 8:00 a.m. August 19, MondayLabor Day Holiday September 2, MondayOpen House ??, SaturdayHomecoming October 11/12, Fri/SatMid-Semester October 12, SaturdayOpen House ??, SaturdayThanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m. November 24, SundayThanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m. December 2, MondayLast Class Day December 6, FridayFinal Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. December 9, MondayFinal Examinations end 6:00 p.m. December 13, FridayFall Semester closes 6:00 p.m. December 13, FridayDecember Commencement December 14, Saturday

International Student Orientation January 13, MondayOpen Registration Ends January 19, SundayMartin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday January 20, MondaySpring semester opens 8:00 a.m. January 21, TuesdayClasswork begins 8:00 a.m. January 21, TuesdayOpen House ??, MondaySpring Recess begins 8:00 a.m. March 13, ThursdayMid-Semester March 15, SaturdaySpring Recess ends 8:00 a.m. March 17, MondaySpring Break begins 8:00 a.m. March 23, SundaySpring Break ends 8:00 a.m. March 31, MondayOpen House ??Last Class Day May 9, FridayFinal Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. May 12, MondayFinal Examinations end 6:00 p.m. May 16, FridaySpring Semester closes 6:00 p.m. May 16, FridayMay Commencement – Graduate Ceremony May 16, FridayMay Commencement - Undergraduate Ceremony May 17, Saturday

SPRING SEMESTER 2014

Open Registration Ends June 1, SundaySummer session opens 8:00 a.m. June 2, MondayClasswork begins 8:00 a.m. June 2, MondayIndependence Day Holiday (Observed) July 4, FridayFinal Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. July 24, ThursdayFinal Examinations end 12:30 p.m. July 25, FridaySummer Sessions close 12:30 p.m. July 25, Friday

SUMMER SEMESTER 2014





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Adjourn

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Faculty Senate Meeting June 14, 2012