Faculty Senate Meeting November 18, 2010

Faculty Senate Meeting

November 18, 2010

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

- James Martin, Secretary

II. Approval of October 14, 2010 meeting minutes

III. Campus Reports and Responses

IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

V. Old Business

VI. New Business and Announcements

VII. Adjourn

Agenda




http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/FS.Minutes.10.14.10.pdf



V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/FS.Minutes.10.14.10.pdf

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V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report K.M. IsaacB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report J. SingletonE. Student Council M. SchwartzF. Council of Graduate Students V. Gandikota

President’s ReportNovember 18, 2010

• RP&A discussed implementing electronic teaching evaluations this semester• We recommended to wait till next semester to go

electronic. IT needs lead time to prepare• Faculty Senate will discuss this early next semester• There is strong support among faculty to go electronic• IFC is continuing to discuss retirement benefits• President Forsee was on campus Nov. 2 for town halls• Board of Curators met Nov. 1 to discuss retirement benefits• A new committee has been formed with 4 members from IFC• Michael Davis is on the committee

President’s ReportNovember 18, 2010

• Committee will meet in Columbia Nov. 18 and 19.• IFC will have telepresence meeting, AM, Nov. 19• All indications are that the President and the Board are still

not decided about any change in retirement benefits• The discussions at IFC, town halls and Board meetings have

been open and covered a wide range of options• The president is committed to keeping employees

on DB “harmless.”-if DC is implemented for new employees, its costs will be tracked separately and not linked with DB.

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Faculty Senate

John F. Carney IIINovember 18, 2010

2010 Incoming Freshmen Class

Upcoming Events

Open House at the Residence, Dec. 149:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

State of the University, Jan. 19, 2011noonLeach Theatre

Upcoming Events

Special Board of Curators’ Meeting on Nov. 22 to consider bonding projects for University of Missouri System

Schrenk HallBiological Sciences, Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Chemistry

Built in 1938 and 1973

141,854 GSF

Schrenk Hall is in terrible condition.

Construction Project Opportunity205,354 Gross Square Feet

New Construction

$22 MChemical and Biological Engineering

• 63,500 GSF

Rehabilitation

$29 MSchrenk Hall East

• 58,960 GSF

Schrenk Hall West• 82,894 GSF

$51M project

$43M in bonds

$8M must be raised from private sources for new building

Construction Project Opportunity205,354 Gross Square Feet

Existing ProposedChemical and Biological Engr. 20,285 48,358

Chemistry 54,548 60,548

Biological Sciences 10,575 15,575

Support Spaces* 10,413 37,433

Total 95,821 161,914

*classrooms, prep rooms, storage, etc.

Net Assignable Square Footage

Chemical and Biological EngineeringProposed Site

Agenda



Faculty Senate Report

Warren K. Wray

Provost and Executive Vice

Chancellor for Academic Affairs

November 18, 2010

• Curriculum− “Notification of significant change” regarding civil and

electrical engineering degrees provided to ABET for cooperative engineering program with MSU in Springfield.

− Review of the sustainability minor by the VPAA has been completed. Proposal forwarded to Provost for consideration.

• Faculty Activities– Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2010

Faculty Excellence Award: Joel Burken, Scott Grasman, John Myers, Matthew O’Keefe and Hai Xiao.

– Provided draft Non-Tenure Track Faculty promotion policy document to Personnel committee for review and recommendation.

Office of Academic Affairs

Global Learning

The Engineering Education Center (EEC) in St. Louis:

The EEC will offer 24 courses in the spring 2011 semester for students both on the Rolla Campus and distance students. In addition, one face-to-face course will be offered for St. Louis based

students only.

• Hosted S&T Graduate Fair on Oct 27

• Hosted a seminar on “How to write successful Graduate Research Fellowship proposals” on Oct 29

Office of Graduate Studies

Office of Sponsored Programs• FY11 activities through the end of October and a year-over-

year comparison are as follows:– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $23.8M (down 2.2%)– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 118

(down 7.1%)– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $47.9M (down

35.9%)– Number of proposals submitted: 177 (down 6.8%)– Research expenditures: $17.1M (up 1.4%)– F&A recovered: $2.9M (up 4.7%)– Number of active awards: 635 (up 6.7%)

Office of Sponsored Programs

FY2012 Congressional Funding Requests Submitted to UM System (Listed Alphabetically by PI Name)

PI TitleRequested Funding ($M)

Al-Dahhan Research and Development of Integrated Biorefineries for Multiple Biomass Feedstocks 10

CrowAdvanced Military Installations that Integrate Renewable Energy and Advanced Energy Storage Technologies

6

Ferdowsi Advanced Energy Storage Systems for Military Use 15

Hilmas Ultra-High Temperature Materials for Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicles 3.6

Leventis Advanced Polymer Systems for Defense Applications: Power Generation, and Sensing 3.6

MishraWaves, Wind and Scavengers: Next Generation Renewable Energy Systems for Naval Applications

4

Oerther Preventing Environmental Determinants of the Obesity Epidemic 6

Sarangapani Locate and Track Explosive Threats With Wireless Sensors and Networks 3.2

Van Aken Materials by Design: Lightweight Steel for Armor and Munitions Manufacturing 8

Zoughi Wideband, High-Resolution and Real-Time Millimeter Wave Portable Imaging System 4

Total 63.4

Residential Showcase:

The students in the Residential College Learning Communities showcased their class projects during a Residential College Showcase on November 10 in the Havener Center. The event included poster displays and student project presentations.

Office of Undergraduate Studies

The Curators’ Teaching Summit 2010: Balancing Teaching and ResearchHeld November 15 in Havener Center this session highlighted the campus perspective as panelists included Bob Schwartz, vice provost for Academic Affairs; Kelvin Erickson, chair of the department chairs committee, and Steve Clark, former chair of the campus promotion and tenure review committee.

Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol - March 3, 2011, Jefferson Capitol. For more information, visit: http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrdc.html. Nominations for Student Ambassadors are due by December 15, 2010

Save the Date! 6th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference- April 6, 2011, Missouri S&T Havener Center. For more information, visit: http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html

Office of Undergraduate Studies

http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrdc.html

http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html

CBHE/MDHE Low Degree Productivity Review

• AUGUST 17 GOVERNOR JAY NIXON called together presidents/chancellors, provosts and governing board chairs of Missouri’s state-supported 4-year and 2-year institutions of higher education

• Nixon believes higher education is the key to Missouri’s growth and prosperity.

• Governor Nixon’s four initiatives for higher education:

• Enroll, retain, and graduate more students with post-secondary degrees

• Conduct a systematic, statewide review of all academic programs so that Missouri can strategically deploy its limited resources to meet educational and workforce priorities

• Insure that state institutions of higher education become more efficient and more collaborative, both administratively and in the delivery of academic programs

• Fund our institutions of higher education in a sustainable way that coordinates missions, addresses strategic needs, and rewards better performance

• IN RESPONSE to Governor Nixon’s request to conduct the degree program review prior to the next legislative session, the Missouri Department of Higher Education (MDHE) forwarded to each institution a list of the degree programs that did not meet the Coordinating Board of Higher Education’s (CBHE’s) criteria for minimum numbers of degrees awarded.

• These minimum criteria, based on an average number of degrees awarded per year over a 3-year period, are:– 10 baccalaureate degrees– 5 master’s degrees– 3 doctoral degreesThese criteria have been in effect since 1992 and, apply to all 4-year institutions.

• Missouri S&T had a total of 29 degree programs that did not meet the minimum degrees-awarded-per-year criteria:• 6 baccalaureate programs• 10 master’s programs• 13 doctoral programs

• RECOMMENDATIONS submitted to MDHE at the end of October for degree programs to be terminated and our justifications for retaining those not to be terminated:

• We recommended terminating six programs, primarily based on no or extreme lack of enrollment over periods exceeding the CBHE/MDHE 3-year period.

• Justifications submitted for retaining 23 degree programs.

• Expectations going forward is that all degree programs will have to achieve the CBHE minimum degrees-awarded criteria, or nearly achieve those minimums, in order to continue.

• Many of the low-productivity degree programs are near the minimum and the enrollment pipeline strongly suggests that the minimums will be met or exceeded in the next year or two.

• Other degree programs need to develop and implement plans that will increase enrollment in those programs in order to meet the on-going minimum numbers and currently those departments are taking those steps.

• The provosts of the 13 four-year public universities have encouraged MDHE to re-evaluate the 10-5-3 criteria and MDHE has tentatively agreed to do so in the future.

• FUTURE MDHE will present its draft recommendations to CBHE at its scheduled December 2 meeting and then its final recommendations to the CBHE at its scheduled February 9 & 10, 2011 meeting and then deliver those same recommendations to Governor Nixon the next day.

Agenda


A. President’s Report K.M. IsaacB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report Stacy Jones

for J. Singleton

E. Student Council M. SchwartzF. Council of Graduate Students V. Gandikota

Agenda


A. President’s Report K.M. IsaacB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report J. SingletonE. Student Council Stephanie Rostad

for M. Schwartz

F. Council of Graduate Students V. Gandikota

Student Council

- Looking into parking issues for students

- Working on improving the SAFB code

- Getting student opinions on dead week/finals week issues

– Looking into parking issues for students

– Working on improving the SAFB code

– Getting student opinions on dead week/finals week issues

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A. President’s Report K.M. IsaacB. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report J. SingletonE. Student Council M. SchwartzF. Council of Graduate Students Chaitri

Aroskar for V.

Gandikota

Council of Graduate Students

• Chaitri Aroskar – on behalf of Vishwanath Gandikota.• Ms. Edna Grover-Bisker, Dr. Kate Drowne and Ms.

Angela Perkins were the guest speakers for the general meetings in Sept., Oct., and Nov. respectively.

• Motion has been passed for the graduate student fee. It will stay at $3.30 per student per semester

• Conducting survey on average monthly expenditure of graduate students. Results will be discussed in the next FS meeting.

• Graduate Research Showcase.• Looking at different possibilities to increase the

participation from other UM campuses.

Agenda






A. Curricula

B. RP&A

C. CET

D. Personnel

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Curricula Committee ReportNovember 18, 2010

The Curricula Committee report includes:» 2 Degree Change (DC) forms

DC0371 – Modifications to BS in Ceramic Engineering

DC0372 – Modifications to BS in Metallurgical Engineering

» 8 Course Change (CC) forms» 10 Experimental Course (EC) forms

(informational only) The Curricula Committee moves for the

approval of the DCs and CCs in the report.

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A. Curricula

B. RP&A

C. CET

D. Personnel

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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A. Curricula

B. RP&A

C. CET

D. Personnel

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

Teaching Evaluations at Missouri S&T

Yinfa Ma, Chair

Faculty Senate CET

Presentation for FS meeting on November 18, 2010

CET

Pilot Study on Electronic Evaluations at Missouri S&T

Two electronic evaluation pilots were conducted (by Ad Hoc Committee for Teaching Evaluations chaired by Mrs. Stephanie Fitch)

Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Fall 2009 - about 12 instructors used the electronic system

There was a 70% response rate from the students. Students liked it….especially that they had more time to answer the questions

than they had in class writing the responses. Used an outside agency’s survey.

Spring 2010 --- about 167 sections were evaluated electronically, involving approximately 60 instructors

“in-house” IT survey handle the processing . The students liked it. RESULTS WERE THE SAME when the electronic and paper evaluations were

compared.

Evaluation Comparison

Paper Evaluation Format Costly. About $10,000 per year is

only for the paper involved in the process.

A lot of people are involved and many hours spent administering the evaluations, running them through the computer, and so on.

The students who missed the class at the evaluation day will not have an opportunity to participate evaluations

The process takes several weeks and outside agencies are hired to handle the evaluations.

Electronic Evaluation Format• More economical (Obviously) and

less labor involved for the process.

• Students have more time to answer the questions than they had in class writing the responses.

• The students who missed the class (for valid reasons) will have an opportunity to participate evaluations

• “In house” IT can handle the evaluations

Minor Complaints about the electronic system

The new mail.mst.edu email system was proved to be a problem; however, it was caught early and fixed.

Some students did not hit “submit” and so their evaluations were not recorded. This can be resolved by reminding students to hit “submit” before they close the evaluation.

Recommendation from The FS CET Committee

• Based on the discussions at the CET meeting on September 29th, the committee members voted in favor of adoption of electronic evaluation at Missouri S&T (total 11 voting members I have on record, one member did not send me the vote by the deadline).

• Now Faculty Senate can act based on the CET’s recommendation

Agenda






A. Curricula

B. RP&A

C. CET

D. Personnel

V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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V. Old Business


VII. Adjourn

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Adjourn

Documents

Faculty Senate Meeting November 18, 2010