Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011

1. Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011

2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes • Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

3. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.04.21.11.pdf • Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

4. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21 , 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

5. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report K.M.Isaac • Administrative Reports R.Schwartz for J.Carney • and K.Wray • Staff Council Report J.Singleton • Student Council M.Schwartz • Council of Graduate Students V.Gandikota

6. President’s ReportJune 16, 2011 Faculty Senate Meeting June 16, 2011

7. President’s ReportJune 16, 2011 • Retirement benefits: Board of Curators’ action is expected • at the June 16-17, 2011, meeting in Columbia. Defined Benefits plan may be closed for future employees • Chancellor Search: Dr. Larry Gragg • Degree Revocation • Interim Chancellor appointment: President Owens met with the three • S&T IFC reps and asked for our input. • President search: No new information • Chancellor Farewell • Budget: Additional withholding by the governor is creating uncertainty. • 8.1% reduction instead of the previous 7% • University is considering new options such as enrollment cap, extension activities, in-house student financial aid, etc.

8. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report K.M.Isaac • Administrative Reports R.Schwartz for J.Carney • and K.Wray • Staff Council Report J.Singleton • Student Council M.Schwartz • Council of Graduate Students V.Gandikota

9. Office of Undergraduate Studies CERTI • Five educational research projects by Missouri S&T faculty totaling nearly $22,000 will be funded in 2011-2012 as part of a mini-grant program co-sponsored by the Office of Academic Affairs and the Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI). Student Design & Experiential Learning Center • The Kummer Student Design Center was dedicated May 20, 2011, dedication program was  a huge success. • Received 2 donations for equipment for the Kummer Student Design Center • SDELC hosted the University of Sao Paulo Baja Team from Brazil as they prepared for their U.S. Baja competition in Kansas Memorial Day Weekend.

10. Global Learning Distance and Continuing Education: • Preliminary estimates indicate a 10% increase in the number of  distance courses for this coming year. Video Communications Center: • The Video Communications Center (VCC) has been reorganized to place increased emphasis on faculty services. • Academic departments are encouraged to let the VCC know how we can help the faculty and make their job easier when teaching distance students over the Internet. • Dr. Dan Cernusca, an instructional designer, is available to help faculty with ideas on course structure and presentation technique. He can be contacted directly or through the VCC.

11. Summer Camps A variety of summer camps will be held this year with over 1,500 attendees anticipated. The camps are organized as shown below with 2010 historical enrollment* shown. Coordinator No. Camps No. Students* Distance & Continuing Ed. 6 768 Pre-college Programs 7 393 Athletics 8 405 Academic Depts. 3 118 TOTAL 24 1684 Please extend a cordial greeting to campers and parents if the opportunity presents itself. It’s important that they feel welcomed.

12. Office of Sponsored Programs FY11 activities through the end of May and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $37.3M (down 15%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 264 (down 11.4%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $124.9M (down 49.2%) Number of proposals submitted: 444 (down 4.1%) Research expenditures: $40.5M (up 4%) F&A recovered: $6.4M (up 1%) Number of active awards: 599 (down 2.6%)

13. Office of Sponsored Programs • UM Research Board – 2011 Spring Competition • Proposals awarded in total dollars: $75,000 • Number of proposals awarded: 5 • Proposals submitted in total dollars: $1,047,088 • Number of proposals submitted: 22

14. Office of Graduate Studies • Working with other units and individual faculty to increase the admit-enrollment yield of high quality doctoral students. • Working with other units on campus to address the Libyan graduate student funding situation. • Made a presentation on “Webinars: The Virtual Visit” at the NAGAP National Convention, Washington DC, April 2011.

15. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report K.M.Isaac • Administrative Reports R.Schwartz for J.Carney • and K.Wray • Staff Council Report J.Singleton • Student Council M.Schwartz • Council of Graduate Students V.Gandikota

16. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report K.M.Isaac • Administrative Reports R.Schwartz for J.Carney • and K.Wray • Staff Council Report J.Singleton • Student Council M.Schwartz • Council of Graduate Students V.Gandikota

17. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report K.M.Isaac • Administrative Reports R.Schwartz for J.Carney • and K.Wray • Staff Council Report J.Singleton • Student Council M.Schwartz • Council of Graduate Students V.Gandikota

18. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D.CET E.ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

19. 2011-2012 Committee Elections 2011-2012 Committee Nominations

20. Motion on DCC

21. Domestic Partners Referred to Personnel Alternative promotion to professor Referred to Tenure Revoking Degrees Referred to Academic Standards Referrals

22. Other Motions • Subcommittee formed to examine changing the size of some committees • “Ask IFC Representatives to raise objections to civility proposals.” • Course Renumbering.

23. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D.CET E.ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

24. Curricula Committee ReportMay 4, 2011 • The Curricula Committee report includes: • 7 Degree Change (DC) forms • DC0382 – Update the Petroleum Engineering BS program • DC0384 – Create multi-disciplinary undergraduate minor in Sustainability • DC0387 – Update the Metallurgical Engineering BS program • DC0388 – Revise some emphasis areas for the Electrical Engineering BS program • DC0391 – Create, rename, and revise some emphasis areas for the Electrical Engineering BS program • DC0389 – Create Philosophy of Technology minor • DC0390 – Create Ethics minor

25. Curricula Committee ReportMay 4, 2011 • 10 Course Change (CC) forms • 8 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only) • The Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the DCs and CCs in the report.

26. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D.CET E.ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

27. Tenure 2011 Promotion and Tenure Clean Copy 2011 Promotion and Tenure Procedure Revisions in Red

28. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E.ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

29. Online Teaching EvaluationsSpring 2011 F. Scott Miller on behalf of the Committee for Effective Teaching

30. Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011 Quick Summary: Of the 33,450 possible evaluations, 21,086 were submitted, for a 63% response rate. The campus average score on Question 7 (teaching effectiveness of instructor) was 2.96, compared with 2.97 the previous semester.

31. Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

32. Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

33. Estimated Cost SavingsOnline Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

34. Improvements for Fall 2011: Allow evaluation status to remain open throughout evaluation period, then automatically submitted at end. Look into removing students who are being investigated due to academic misconduct from evaluation list. Better promotion: General announcement on Blackboard that evaluations are ongoing, email reminders to students and instructors, banners and table tents in Havener, etc. More prominent button for Comments on Evaluations Results webpage. Online Teaching Evaluations - Spring 2011

35. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. RP&A B. Curriculum C. Tenure D. CET E. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

36. Faculty Senate MeetingITCC ReportJune 16, 2011

37. April 13, 2011 the ITCC deliberated on the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Act email records requests. Unfortunately, “email privacy” has become an oxymoron. We will develop a FAQ. Note that we were ahead of the game by developing an Authorized Access Procedure that requests should 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. ITCC Report

38. Motion A1: “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 A2: "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 Motion A2. April Motions

39. ITCC Report Continued (May meeting) The Computer Security subcommittee reported winners of the computer security video competition and welcomes ideas for this Fall’s Computer Security Awareness Month. UM System is rolling out an update to the Faculty email system. Technically this is an upgrade to MS Exchange Server 2010. Policy-wise, it has the potential to have a more significant impact because archiving policies are being discussed. Some faculty members have expressed alarm over proposed provisions to limit or prevent the ability to store .pst files (local email archives accessible through Outlook). There’s also a strong sense that our campus wants to have time to respond to any proposed changes. The ITCC discussed this with Gary Allen and Beth Chancellor of UM System present. Our concerns have been heard and we expect to continue to have input into any changes.

40. May Motion, Annual Report Motion M1: The ITCC seeks questions and comments from all stakeholders about email capabilities and policies. Faculty, Staff and Students are encouraged to share any opinions with the ITCC. No other specific action is requested from the Faculty Senate at this time. The ITCC Annual Report has been submitted and should be online soon.

41. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.RP&A B. Library and Learning Resources C. ITCC D. Curriculum V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

42. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - James Martin, Secretary • Approval of April 21, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A.RP&A B. Library and Learning Resources C. ITCC D. Curriculum V. Old Business VI.New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

43. Agenda Adjourn