Faculty Senate Meeting February 21, 2019

1. Faculty Senate Meeting February 21, 2019

2. Call to Order and Roll Call S. Raper, Secretary • Agenda

3. Approval of Minutes A. January 24, 2019. • Agenda

4. III. Campus Reports A. Staff Council, J. Cook • Agenda

5. Staff Council February 21, 2019 • Departmental Appreciation • Department of Teacher Education & Certification • Intelligent Systems Center • Staff Spotlight • Staff Day – May 29 • Under the Big Top: The Greatest Staff on Earth • Bylaws Revision

6. III. Campus Reports B.Student Council, M. Moore • Agenda

7. Student Body President Elections • March 4 - 8 • CET Evaluations • Increase student participation through incentives • Faculty thoughts on CET response rates Student Council

8. III. Campus Reports C.Council of Graduate Students -NO REPORT • Agenda

9. III. Campus Reports D.Guest Speaker K. Morris-Lehman • Agenda

10. Care Coordination Krista Morris-Lehman, M.A. 204 Norwood Hall (573) 341-4211 cc@mst.edu carecoordination.mst.edu

11. Crisis management • UCARE referrals/Coordination • Assistance managing academic, personal, and fiscal responsibilities • Resource and consultation for faculty, staff, and students • Assistance navigating campus and community resources, including referrals for mental/physical health concerns • Coordination and follow-up during and after hospitalization and/or medical leaves of absence • Services Include

12. Student Emergency Fund Funds are provided only when there is funding available. Funds awarded are generally between $25-$500. Funding is a one time option and does not need to be repaid. Students may apply for the fund once they have exhausted other resources. Approval is based on eligibility, documentation of need and funding availability. Assists students by providing financial support for unexpected emergency expenses.

13. Student Emergency Fund

14. IV. President’s Report M. Bruening • Agenda

15. President’s Report Dr. Michael Bruening, Faculty Senate President

16. The search continues… • Using the same search committee • New candidates being sought • No clear timeline, but President Choi still wants to have a new chancellor in place by July • Chancellor Search Update

17. Last IFC meeting, Feb. 5 (Sahra and Steve C. attended) • Future of Research Board Grants • In flux, but will likely become Tier 3 institutional research grants (proposals up to $75k) • To be implemented next academic year • Possible revisions to CRR 330.110: Evaluation of the Ability to Work • Concern that it does not address rapidly developing and potentially dangerous situations • Mid-career Faculty Task Force Update • Hope to have a policy paper ready for review in March, considering potential non-traditional paths to promotion to full professor. • Intercampus Faculty Council (IFC)

18. Impetus for change from President Choi last fall • Goal is to have good, effective chairs for all departments • Initially proposed CRR changes to go to Curators at Feb. meeting, but allowed more time for feedback (deadline March 1) • President Choi plans to present revisions at the April Board of Curators meeting • Special meeting last Thursday (2/14) revealed broad discontent with the proposed changes • Department Chair CRR Proposal

19. Draft resolution was circulated Tuesday • Response from UM System • Department Chair CRR Proposal

20. The Missouri S&T faculty senate officers move that the Senate approve the following memo to provide feedback on proposed CRR 20.110: • Senate Memo on CRR 20.110

21. Dear President Choi: • The Missouri S&T Faculty Senate welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the proposed changes to CRR 20.110 on department chairs. The department chair has a more direct effect on faculty than any other administrator on campus. Thus, it is vitally important for the faculty that decisions about the selection, evaluation, and retention of the chair involve significant input from the department faculty. The S&T faculty understand and agree with the stated motivation behind the changes in the proposed CRR, namely that competent, effective department chairs are essential for the efficient operation of the university’s academic departments. We also support the CRR’s language on shared governance, inclusion, and diversity. Nevertheless, we have significant concerns over the current wording of the proposed CRR, particularly the following: • Memo on CRR 20.110

22. The most significant concern is that, as worded, it places all authority over the chair search process and selection in the hands of the dean and does not mention explicitly a role for the department faculty. Nor does it contain any details about the role of the search committee. While a good dean would, of course, appoint a significant portion of department faculty to the chair search committee, there is great concern that a dean could easily abuse the rule as it is currently phrased and minimize the role of both the department faculty and the search committee in the selection of a new chair. • Thus, we would like to see more language that specifies the predominant role of the department faculty both on the search committee and in the approval of the finalists selected by the committee. • Memo on CRR 20.110

23. 3. We also suggest that the dean should not be able to reject the search committee’s proposed finalists except under extraordinary circumstances that are explained fully to the department faculty and agreed to by the majority of the department faculty. 4. The proposed changes hit Missouri S&T particularly hard because the proposed CRR singles out the section on chair searches in our campus bylaws for nullification. We believe that our bylaws have served us well and have appropriately preserved the rights and role of the department faculty in chair searches in a way that the proposed CRR does not. 5. While we understand that regular CRRs supersede campus bylaws, we alsoquestion whether a new CRR can actually “abolish” a section of our bylaws, as the draft indicates, since amendments to the bylaws must normally be approved by the campus’s general faculty. • Memo on CRR 20.110

24. 6. We also understand that department chairs have a dual role not only to manage their departments but also to represent the views of their departments’ faculty to the dean and other administrators and to execute department policies. We suggest, therefore, including these important roles in the list of chair responsibilities. 7. We are concerned that the proposed CRR has no language about the department faculty’s role in the evaluation of the chair and in decisions about the retention or reappointment of the chair. 8. 2/3 of the search committee must be faculty members of the department, and over ½ of the committee must be tenured. In cases of depts. with insufficient faculty members to meet this requirement, tenured faculty members can be recruited from departments from a closely related field. Finalist candidates must be elected by a simple majority of the department. The dean can make recs to the Provost from among these. • Memo on CRR 20.110

25. 8. We believe that these suggestions are supported by guidelines established by the AAUP Redbook of Policy Documents and Reports (esp. pp. 121 and 130-31), and by policies on chair searches at peer public land-grant universities. The Faculty Senate of the Missouri University of Science and Technology • Memo on CRR 20.110

26. V. Reports of Standing Committees A. Curricula Committee A. Midha • Agenda

27. CCC Meetings • 6 February • 3 April (upcoming) • Total Committee Activity • 0 Degree change request (DC forms) • 16 Course change requests (CC forms) • 2 Experimental course requests (EC forms)

28. Course Changes (CC) Requested (5 December) • File: 786.1 BIO SCI 3353: Comparative Vertebrate Chordate Anatomy • File: 975.1 BIO SCI 4433: Genomics • File: 1637.1 BIO SCI 4533: Neurobiology • File: 1488.3 BIO SCI 4563: Global Ecology • File: 4593 BIO SCI 6433: Advanced Genomics • File: 4594 BIO SCI 6533: Advanced Neurobiology • File: 4592 BIO SCI 6563: Advanced Global Ecology • File: 4291.6 CHEM ENG 5161: Intermediate Molecular Engineering • File: 1747.1 ECON 4540: Energy Economics

29. Course Changes (CC) Requested (9 January) • File: 2214.11 ELEC ENG 4096: Electrical Engineering Senior Project I • File: 1388.2 ELEC ENG 4097: Electrical Engineering Senior Project II • File: 691.1 ELEC ENG 6830: Clustering Algorithms • File: 1748.1 ENGLISH 3218: The British Novel • File: 254.1 MS&E 5210: Tissue Engineering • File: 2334.1 MS&E 6210: Advanced Tissue Engineering • File: 1260.1 PET ENG 4210: Drilling and Well Design

30. Curriculum committee moves for FS to approve the DC and CC form actions • Discussion: Questions or comments?

31. For Informational Purposes; No Senate Approval Required • Experimental Course (EC) Requests • File: 4588 BIO SCI 4001.004: Animal Behavior • File: 4589 EXP ENG 6001.005: Construction Blasting

32. For Informational Purposes; No Senate Approval Required • Use of admission to department as a course prerequisite • The CCC discussed the issue/concern with regard to implementing a policy for prior admission into a discipline or department as an appropriate course prerequisite. The committee understands that this proposed policy is not intended to be broadly applied for use in most classes or departments, but would be useful to departments as a means to control enrollments under special circumstances. • The CCC unanimously approved this as an appropriate prerequisite. • The Registrar's office indicated that CourseLeaf can verify this as a prerequisite.

33. For Informational Purposes; No Senate Approval Required • Grade of “B” as a course prerequisite • The CCC discussed the implications of establishing a grade of “B” as a satisfactory course prerequisite. • The CCC unanimously rejected this as a legitimate prerequisite for a course. • Current regulations for grade replacement do not allow replacement of a “C” grade. Consequently, a student could earn a “C” grade in a specified prerequisite course which would prohibit later enrollment in the same course, effectively stopping progress toward a degree and graduation. • The committee heard a suggestion that, in lieu of changing the current prerequisite of ‘minimum of a C grade’ to a B grade, the department should instead change the passing requirements of the prerequisite course, which is taught by the same department. This change would make the prerequisite course to be at an appropriate level to attain the prerequisite skills needed in the following course as a C grade.

34. For Informational Purposes; No Senate Approval Required • The tentatively scheduled March 6, 2019 CCC meeting was canceled.

35. V. Reports of Standing Committees B. Public Occasions S. Sedigh Sarvestani • Agenda

36. Motion for approval of academic calendars for 2018-2019 (revised), 2019-2020 (revised), and 2020-2021 (new). • Status report on addition of fall break. • Public Occasions Committee Report

37. This calendar was most recently approved by Faculty Senate at the September 2018 meeting. • The proposed revision adds a commencement ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2019. • Summary of Proposed Revisions to 2018-2019 • Academic Calendar

38. This calendar was approved by Faculty Senate at the February 2018 meeting. • The proposed revisions add: • Friday commencement ceremony in May • New Graduate Student Orientation, in both fall and spring • Career Fair, in both fall and spring • No classes are affected. • Summary of Proposed Revisions to 2019-2020 • Academic Calendar

39. The Public Occasions Committee moves that the following revisions be made, respectively, to the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 academic calendars. • Motion for Revision of 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 Academic Calendars

40. Spring Semester 2019 (revised) International Student Orientation January 15, Monday Open Registration Ends January 21, Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday January 21, Monday Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m. January 22, Tuesday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. January 22, Tuesday Mid-Semester March 16, Saturday Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m. March 14, Thursday Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m. March 18, Monday Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m. March 24, Sunday Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m. April 1, Monday Last Class Day May 10, Friday Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. May 13, Monday Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. May 17, Friday Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m. May 17, Friday Commencement – 6:00 p.m. May 17, Friday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 10am May 18, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 3:30pm May 18, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments

41. Fall Semester 2019 (revised) International Student Orientation August 6, Tuesday Freshman Orientation Begins August 11, Sunday Transfer Transitions August 15, Thursday New Graduate Student Orientation August 16, Friday Open Registration Ends August 18, Sunday Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m. August 19, Monday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. August 19, Monday Labor Day Holiday September 2, Monday Career Fair September 24, Tuesday Mid-Semester October 12, Saturday Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m. November 24, Sunday Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m. December 1, Monday Last Class Day December 6, Friday Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. December 9, Monday Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. December 13, Friday Commencement- 10 a.m. December 14, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement – 3:30 p.m. December 14, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments

42. Spring Semester 2020 (revised) International Student Orientation January 6, Monday New Graduate Student Orientation January 17, Friday Open Registration Ends January 20, Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday January 20, Monday Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m. January 21, Tuesday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. January 21, Tuesday Career Fair February 18, Tuesday Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m. March 12, Thursday Mid-Semester March 14, Saturday Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m. March 16, Monday Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m. March 23, Sunday Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m. March 30, Monday Last Class Day May 8, Friday Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. May 11, Monday Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. May 15, Friday Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m. May 15, Friday Commencement – 6:00 p.m. May 15, Friday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 10am May 16, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 3:30pm May 16, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments

43. The Public Occasions Committee moves that the following academic calendar be adopted for the 2020-2021 academic year. • Motion for Adoption of 2020-2021 Academic Calendar

44. Fall Semester 2020 International Student Orientation August 11, Tuesday Freshman Orientation Begins August 16, Sunday Transfer Transitions August 20, Thursday New Graduate Student Orientation August 21, Friday Open Registration Ends August 23, Sunday Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m. August 24, Monday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. August 24, Monday Labor Day Holiday September 7, Monday Career Fair September 22, Tuesday Mid-Semester October 17, Saturday Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m. November 22, Sunday Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m. November 30, Monday Last Class Day December 11, Friday Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. December 14, Monday Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. December 18, Friday Commencement- 10 a.m. December 19, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement – 3:30 p.m. December 19, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments

45. Spring Semester 2021 International Student Orientation January 12, Tuesday New Graduate Student Orientation January 15, Friday Open Registration Ends January 18, Monday Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday January 18, Monday Spring semester opens 8:00 a.m. January 19, Tuesday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. January 19, Tuesday Career Fair February 16, Tuesday Spring Recess begins 8:00 a.m. March 11, Thursday Mid-Semester March 13, Saturday Spring Recess ends 8:00 a.m. March 15, Monday Spring Break begins 8:00 a.m. March 21, Sunday Spring Break ends 8:00 a.m. March 29, Monday Last Class Day May 7, Friday Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. May 10, Monday Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. May 14, Friday Spring Semester closes 6:00 p.m. May 14, Friday Commencement – 6:00 p.m. May 14, Friday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 10am May 15, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments Commencement - 3:30pm May 15, Saturday Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees in Designated Departments

46. Summer Session 2021 Open Registration Ends June 6, Sunday Summer session opens 8:00 a.m. June 7, Monday Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. June 7, Monday Independence Day Holiday (observed) July 2, Friday Final Examinations begin 8:00 a.m. July 29, Thursday Final Examinations end 12:30 p.m. July 30, Friday Summer Sessions closes 12:30 p.m. July 30, Friday Schedule shows the regular eight-week Summer Session. Other special four-week course sessions may be scheduled.

47. Class sessions (excluding final examinations) M TU W TH F S Fall Semester 14 15 15 1515 15 Spring Semester 14 15 15 14 14 14 Summer Semester 8 8 8 7 7 7 The faculty is reminded of the religious and other holidays that a substantial number of students may wish to observe.

48. Charge to committee: To investigate the possibility of adding a fall break before Thanksgiving. • Status: • The committee has reported on this referral at the September, October, November, and January meetings of Faculty Senate. • We have identified governing policy (CRR 20.140) and resulting constraints. • We concluded that a two-day break can be added to the fall semester while remaining in compliance with CRR 20.140. • We have investigated changes made to the academic calendar in the past 15 years. • We have consulted several stakeholders. • We have solicited input from academic departments. • We plan to make our final report to the Senate in March. • Status Report on Addition of Fall Break

49. Thanks to everyone who has sent us input. • We have not heard from the following departments: • Biological Sciences • Chemical and Biochemical Engineering • Chemistry • Computer Science • Economics • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering • Mining and Nuclear Engineering • Input from Academic Departments

50. V. Reports of Standing Committees C. Budgetary Affairs - NO REPORT • Agenda