Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011

Faculty Senate Meeting

October 20, 2011

AgendaI. Call to Order and Roll Call

- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.09.15.11.pdf

III. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.09.15.11.pdf



Agenda Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M.

DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

President’s Report

October 20, 2011

Faculty Senate ReportOctober 20, 2011

Searches

• Chancellor search • Presidential search

• May have more information after BOC meeting


IFC • Performance-based measures

• Discussing at IFC next week

• Nepotism• Board of Curators likely voting on policy today or tomorrow


Other Issues

• Sichuan Missouri University



A. President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan

for M. DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza


A. President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan

for M. DavisB. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B.

SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Curators’ Teaching Summit“Tac(k)tical Teaching: Strategies for Success for the Millennial Classroom,” Wednesday, Oct. 19, Noon-1 p.m., St. Pat’s Ballroom A, Lunch provided: RSVP to [email protected] Significant Activities• Kummer Design Center Homecoming Showcase Oct 8th

• Formula SAE Team • 1st place Goodyear Challenge Sept 17th

• 2nd place in University of Toronto Shoot Out Oct 1st

• SDELC starts OSHA safety training classes for design team studentsLearning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)This is a banner semester for LEAD learning assistance (http://lead.mst.edu/assist), which began during the second week of classes. It has set FIVE new records: • 60 different courses with LEAD learning assistance• 44 courses with LEAD Learning Centers• 58 participating LEAD faculty associates• 14 departments (18 degree programs) with faculty-run LEAD Learning Centers• 36 trained undergraduate Peer Learning AssistantsDirector Ron Bieniek would like to thank the faculty and departments who are participants in LEAD success

Office of Undergraduate Studies

mailto:[email protected]

http://lead.mst.edu/assist

• Visited RHIT to recruit graduate students

• Chancellor’s Fellows Welcome reception attended by 45 students

• Graduate enrollment for FS2011 is 1850.

Office of Graduate Studies

• Financial Aid Leveraging – Contract with Noel-Levitz to maximize the impact of financial aid awards on enrollment.

• Task Force on Institutional Scholarships and Need-Based Aid – Cross-campus committee to recommend aid amounts to meet strategic enrollment goals. (October 12 – Mid December)

Enrollment Management

Celebration of Nations September 24, 2011

• More than 80 countries represented• More than 1000 in attendance• Community supported through donations• 45 exhibitors – 27 student organizations• Parade included floats & marching bands• Successful International Idol competition• International students visited almost 60

classrooms in Rolla and St. James

Office of Sponsored Programs• FY12 activities through the end of September:

– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $7.2M– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 87– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $23.6M– Number of proposals submitted: 109– Research expenditures: $14.2M– F&A recovered: $2.2M– Number of active awards: 610

Educational Technology• Windows 7 is now installed in all classroom computers

and half of the CLCs• 190 new machines have been installed in CLCs/classrooms

– ~190 usable, displaced PCs are being redeployed to upgrade older CLCs and other spaces for student use

• 2011 eFellows are piloting their newly redesigned, blended courses this semester

Email upgrade coming this fall• UM System is in the process of upgrading email infrastructure

and software to Microsoft Exchange 2010• For information: http://goo.gl/Hzfnm

Information Technology

http://goo.gl/Hzfnm

http://goo.gl/Hzfnm

http://goo.gl/Hzfnm


A. President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis

B. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza



B. Administrative Report J. CarneyC. Administrative Report K. WrayD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Student CouncilSelin Acar – PresidentKevin Puetz – Vice President of External Affairs

Construction Construction design has officially come

back from architect. It is the same design I presented last

meeting. Student Affairs is figuring out how to

finance it as it costs more than expected.

Computers in Havener Partnering with IT to place computers in

Havener. IT could not confidently use the new Thin

Client Pilot Program in Havener, but they are working with us on a temporary fix until the program will be ready.

Will be cycling out computers in current CLCs and placing them into the Park Lounge.

Once we get the official go ahead, we will begin prepping the space.

Involving Students Chancellor Search Committee

Dr. Gragg came again to speak about the process.

Campus Climate Assessment Setting up survey and possible open forum to

get more student input before consultant comes on October 6

Had first meeting on Tuesday Getting more speakers at Student Council

meetings

RSO Survey Working on Survey for Organizations

Presidents to get a better idea of what resources they know and what they need

With results, we hope to publicize more resources and make available necessary ones

Has been completed, but still needs to be entered into a survey.

Student Interest Survey Used to be a yearly survey, but last year has

become a semesterly survey. We are in the writing stage right now. We are working with other departments and

organizations to make sure we ask the best and most relevant questions.

Will be going out at the beginning of November

I will be presenting the results once they have been compiled.

Others The Open Forum will take place on

October 25. This is where the students will have their say on the Student Activity Fee.

Publicizing the newly student adopted Honor Code



B. Administrative Report K. WrayC. Administrative Report B. SchwartzD. Staff Council Report S. JonesE. Student Council S. AcarF. Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Council of Graduate Students

Muhammad Azeem Raza10/20/2011


• First General Meeting Update• Proposed Budget 2011-2013

• Travel Grant• $2000 for 2011-12• $1600 for 2012-13

• Graduate Research Showcase• $3000 prize money


• 2nd General Meeting (Oct 25)• Open Forum on Budget• Mastering the Art of Public Speaking

• Grad Fair (Oct 27)• 3rd General Meeting (Nov 9)

• Graduate Student Interaction• Discussion on Financial Concerns


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Rules, Procedures and AgendaB. CurriculaC. ITCC

V. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

RP&A Report20 October 2011

“The Faculty Senate recognizes the value of increasing the participation and advancement of women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and to appropriately institutionalize changes to university policies and practices, and therefore endorses the goals described on the summary page of the 2011 NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant proposal entitled “Developing Pathways to Leadership of Senior Women Faculty on a STEM-centric Campus.”

RP&A discussed the NSF Institutional Transformation Proposalbeing prepared by Dr. Mariesa Crow.

She asked for Faculty Senate support for the proposal.

Based on her presentation to RP&A and the discussion that followed, RP&A is making the following motion:

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/rpa/reports/2011/InstTransPsl_ProjSum.pdf


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Rules, Procedures and AgendaB. Curricula

V. Old BusinessVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn

Campus Curricula Committee Report October 20, 2011

The Curricula Committee report includes:» 1 Degree Change (DC) formDC0397 – Create a new Business minor called Sustainable

Business» 10 Course Change (CC) forms» 10 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only)

The Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the DC and CCs in the report.


- Keith Nisbett, SecretaryII. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutesIII. Campus Reports and ResponsesIV. Reports of Standing and Special CommitteesV. Old Business

A. Report on Current Referrals and Actionable ItemsVI. New Business and AnnouncementsVII. Adjourn



Agenda

Adjourn

Documents

Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011