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Faculty assembly. 22 November 2013. Agenda . I . Call to Order (9:00 ) II. Approval of 5/20/13 Minutes (9:00-9:05) III. Brief Reports from Senators/Committees : (9:05-9:20) Senators : Hye Young Kim, Cynthia Jara Standing Committees Curriculum – Joe Favour
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Faculty assembly 22 November 2013
Agenda I. Call to Order (9:00) II. Approval of 5/20/13 Minutes (9:00-9:05) III. Brief Reports from Senators/Committees: (9:05-9:20) • Senators: Hye Young Kim, Cynthia Jara • Standing Committees • Curriculum – Joe Favour • Adjunct Faculty Consultative – Adam Jarvi • Diversity – Holley Locher • Faculty Consultative – Joe Favour Working Groups • Academic Technology – Loren Abraham • Exhibits & Collections – Lin Nelson Mayson • Interdisciplinary Design – Pat Hemmis
Agenda (continued) IV. Old Business (9:20 – 9:50) • Proposed edits to the bylaws from Adjunct Faculty Consultative Committee • Academic Structure V. New Business (9:50 – 10:00 • 2013 Salary Equity Report VI. Report from the Deans (10:00 – 10:30) • Updates • Portal Presentation
Assoc. Dean - Research • Research Slam immediately follows Faculty Assembly. • Proposals requested for use of Innovation Lab RFP being sent by email. • Reminder: Spring Grant-In-Aid due to approvers February 10, 2014
FY 14 Budget (Review from September College Assembly) • Enrollment is down 5% • Total tuition shortfall could reach $1,500,000 • We are moving forward with plans to reduce our budget – departments and college level
FY15 – Department Planning Implementing a standard, equitable tuition attribution model • 2-year rolling average of tuition revenue will determine allocation • This model should help avoid surprises like this year Departments have been given a range of cuts: • Architecture: $222,860 - $405,169 • Design, Housing & Apparel: $260,636 - $426,353 • Landscape Architecture: $311,589 - $367,187
FY15 - College • Range of cuts is $200,000 - $300,000 • We will contain administrative costs to 15% of total budget • We are moving forward with reduction plans; some individuals have already been given notice • Per Central directive, all vacant positions will be carefully reviewed to determine if necessary to refill
In other news • President Kaler’s Strategic Plan – Renee Cheng • Metropolitan Design Center • Mic Johnson has agreed to serve as interim director for 18 months; • Mayor RT Rybak will be a senior visiting practitioner for 18 months, housed in MDC. He will teach 3 courses over 3 semesters, plan and lead 2 conferences