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Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011

Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011. Agenda. I . Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business

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Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011

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  1. Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011

  2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 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 - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.09.15.11.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 - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 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 S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report K. Wray Administrative Report B. Schwartz Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  6. Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011 President’s Report October 20, 2011

  7. Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011 • Searches • Chancellor search • Presidential search • May have more information after BOC meeting

  8. Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011 • IFC • Performance-based measures • Discussing at IFC next week • Nepotism • Board of Curators likely voting on policy today or tomorrow

  9. Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011 • Other Issues • Sichuan Missouri University

  10. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report K. Wray Administrative Report B. Schwartz Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  11. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report K. Wray Administrative Report B. Schwartz Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  12. Office of Undergraduate Studies 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 certi@mst.edu SDELC 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 students Learning 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 Assistants Director Ron Bieniek would like to thank the faculty and departments who are participants in LEAD success

  13. Office of Graduate Studies • Visited RHIT to recruit graduate students • Chancellor’s Fellows Welcome reception attended by 45 students • Graduate enrollment for FS2011 is 1850.

  14. Enrollment Management • 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)

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Information Technology 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

  18. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report J. Carney Administrative Report K. Wray Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  19. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report J. Carney Administrative Report K. Wray Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  20. Student Council SelinAcar – President Kevin Puetz – Vice President of External Affairs

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. 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

  27. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis Administrative Report K. Wray Administrative Report B. Schwartz Staff Council Report S. Jones Student Council S. Acar Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

  28. Council of Graduate Students Muhammad Azeem Raza 10/20/2011

  29. Council of Graduate Students • First General Meeting Update • Proposed Budget 2011-2013 • Travel Grant • $2000 for 2011-12 • $1600 for 2012-13 • Graduate Research Showcase • $3000 prize money

  30. Council of Graduate Students • 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

  31. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III.Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. Rules, Procedures and Agenda B. Curricula C. ITCC V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

  32. RP&A Report20 October 2011 RP&A discussed the NSF Institutional Transformation Proposal being 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: “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.”

  33. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III.Campus Reports and Responses • Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. Rules, Procedures and Agenda B. Curricula V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

  34. Campus Curricula Committee Report October 20, 2011 • The Curricula Committee report includes: • 1 Degree Change (DC) form • DC0397 – 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.

  35. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III.Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees • Old Business A. Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

  36. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of September 15, 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

  37. Agenda Adjourn

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