Faculty Senate Meeting September 15, 2011

1. Faculty Senate Meeting September 15, 2011

2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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 August 11, 2011 meeting minutes http://facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/fsminutes/2011/FS.Minutes.08.11.11.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 August 11, 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 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 September 15, 2011 President’s Report September 15, 2011

7. FS1112res-02 Whereas Professor K. M. Isaac has served the Missouri University of Science & Technology Faculty Senate since 2008 as Secretary, President-Elect, and President; Whereas, as an Officer of the Faculty Senate, Professor Isaac has demonstrated hard work, good judgment, and thoughtfulness in these positions; Whereas, Professor Isaac's leadership skills have helped the campus navigate through the difficult discussions on changing the retirement plan; Whereas, Professor Isaac has maintained a positive attitude and been a calming influence during these challenging times; Be it resolved that the Faculty Senate of the Missouri University of Science & Technology does hereby sincerely thank Professor Isaac for many jobs well done and wish him continued success in his future endeavors. Adopted this 15th day of September, 2011, at the meeting of the Missouri University of Science & Technology Faculty Senate.

8. Faculty Senate Report September 15, 2011 • Searches • Chancellor search • Committee reviewed candidates and made decisions on interviewees • Dean of Enrollment Management search • Finished “airport interviews” • On-campus interviews last week • CV’s are available

9. Faculty Senate Report September 15, 2011 • IFC • Presidential search • IFC Retreat September 21st – 22nd • Ongoing referrals of issues from IFC • Revoking degrees => Academic Standards • Domestic partners => Personnel • Alternative promotion to professor => Tenure • “Ask IFC Representatives to raise objections to civility proposals.”

10. Faculty Senate Report September 15, 2011 • Other Issues • Course Renumbering • Population of Committees sub-committee

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

12. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report 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

13. Enrollment Management • Fall 2011 Enrollment (at end of second week) • Total 7,455 • Undergraduate 5,635 • Graduate 1,820 • On Campus 6,658 (2.3% increase) • Off-campus/Distance 799 (23.7% increase) • Number of New Freshman 1,103 • Fall 2011 Enrollment Records (at first week) • Female Enrollment 1,655 • Hispanic Enrollment 178

14. International Affairs New International Student Orientation and Welcome Picnic FS2011 Orientation • August 9, The International Affairs Office held Orientation for 182 New International Students. Welcome Picnic • August 11, the International Affairs Office held a Welcome Picnic for all new International Students. The theme was Hawaiian Luau; there was great food, fun and games, all aimed at helping the new international student integrate into the campus/community.

15. International Affairs International Student Enrollment 219 new international students checked in as of 8/23/2011; new students are still arriving. Intensive English Program. 55 students are enrolled in the Fall 2011 Intensive English Program: 20 full-time, 35 part-time. Countries represented include China, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. International Affairs and Cultural & Leadership Programs co-sponsored a field trip to St. Louis Festival of Nations, August 27, 2011. Sponsored Students As of August 30th, 31 new sponsored students enrolled, bringing the total sponsored students for fall semester 2011 to 263. More are expected to arrive for mid-term IEP. Thirteen (13) new sponsored students from The University of Botswana arrived August 5th. Programming Celebration of Nations is scheduled for September 24, 2011. Local school outreach is underway.

16. Office of Undergraduate Studies Curators’ Teaching Summit A CERTI-sponsored luncheon series this fall with the Curators’ Teaching Professors: “Tac(k)tical Teaching: Strategies for Success in the Millennial Classroom,” Noon on Wednesdays, Sept. 14, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9 in St. Pat’s Ballrooms. Faculty Learning Communities CERTI and Educational Technology co-sponsor two Technology Faculty Learning Communities this fall “Using TurningKey for Testing,” noon, Sept. 9, 104 Centennial Hall “Using Tablets in Teaching,” noon, Oct. 14, 104 Centennial Hall e-CERTI Newsletter Fall 2011 issue, Celebrating teaching excellence in the classroom, Available online at http://certi.mst.edu/newsletter.html Speech Communication Center, we have 129 signed up for our GTA Workshop FS 2011.  This is 29 over our capacity. SDELC Activities • Active team recruiting during Opening Week • Team leader workshop • Kummer Center presentation to Rolla Lions Club • Transfer Transitions tour of Kummer Center (98 new students) • Sophomore Welcome display

17. Office of Undergraduate Studies Freshmen Engineering - FE10 this semester will have16 smaller sections and the sections alternate weekly – 8 sections meet one week, the other 8 sections meet the following week, etc.  The idea is to break the FE10 class into 8 sections of (mostly) student who placed into the remedial algebra courses and 8 sections of those who placed into higher math.  We hope to incorporate programming and content to assist these two groups but to especially assist those in the lower level math to get connected, get a good start, and use the Math LEAD and tutoring to their utmost. Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD) • LEAD learning assistance (http://lead.mst.edu/assist) began during the second week of classes. • LEAD provides peer tutoring in 28 courses, from College Algebra to Thermal Analysis. • Currently, 51 faculty in 13 degree programs run a record-matching 40 collaborative LEAD guided-learning centers for their courses from Financial Accounting and Structural Geology to Heat Transfer and graduate Classical Mechanics. • To support this effort, LEAD employs and provides pre-professional training to 36 accomplished undergraduate peer learning assistants.

18. Office of Graduate Studies • Prospective Grad Student Interview Recruiting Initiative is entering beta testing this fall. • Total of 24 Thesis/Dissertation library copies were submitted during the month of August. • 1st week enrollment report indicates that we will exceed the graduate enrollment target of 1750.

19. Global Learning • A series of on-line non-credit seminars have been developed for General Motors in areas such as: • Coating Systems • Programmable Logic Controllers • Surface Pretreatment • Surface Defects • Paint Ovens and Abatement • 10 Seminars have been delivered with 191 participants

20. Global Learning Distance and Continuing Education hosted approximately 700 young potential students in the following 2011Summer Camps. • Jackling Intro to Engineering • Aerospace Camp • Computer Highly Interactive Programming Camp • Robotics Camp • EcoCAR Camp • MoDOT Youth Transportation Camp

21. Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY11 activities and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $43.2M (down 17.4%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 292 (down 10.7%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $149.5M (down 42.3%) Number of proposals submitted: 496 (down 6.1%) Research expenditures: $45.9M (up 2.7%) F&A recovered: $7.6M (down 1.3%) Number of active awards: 593 (down 3.4%)

22. Technology Transfer & Economic Development • Summary of FY11 activities and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: • Disclosures Received: 32 (down 5.9%) • Patent Applications Filed: 22 (down 15.4%) • Patents Issued: 6 (down 50%) • Licenses and Options Signed: 10 (up 11.1%) • Royalty Income: $228K (down 46.8%)

23. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report 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

24. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report 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

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

26. Construction • Student Life Office now houses Leadership and Cultural Programs and has been renamed the Student Involvement and Leadership Center. • LCP has already moved into the old Student Life Offices • New Student Life Offices have already been built. • Student Life Programmers have been moved • The Open Office Space is being redesigned • Construction regarding the rest of the center is in progress

27. Previous Student Life Office

28. Recommended Construction Plan

29. Computers in Havener • Partnering with IT to place computers in Havener. • Will hopefully be their new VDI Thin Client Pilot Program • Student Council already got quotes for furniture, just waiting on the computers

30. Involving Students • Chancellor Search Committee • Dr. Gragg came and spoke at Tuesday’s Student Council meeting • Campus Climate Assessment • Setting up survey and possible open forum to get more student input before consultant comes on October 6

31. 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

32. Co-Sponsorship Application • Working on an application that will allow RSOs to request co-sponsorship from Student Council. • Working it into our budget • Including funding, volunteers, and publicity.

33. Others • Publicizing the newly student adopted Honor Code • First ever Officers’ Summit went well • Surpassed all goals for Blood Drive • Helped sponsor a 9/11 event on Sunday • More publicizing Student Council in general

34. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses President’s Report 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

35. Council of Graduate Students Muhammad Azeem Raza 09/15/2011

36. Council of Graduate Students • New Elected CGS Executives • Ten department representatives & CGS is serving on all the FS committees • CGS participated in the International Student’s Orientation program • CGS will hold its first general meeting for the semester on September 22, 2011

37. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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

38. RP&A Report Election of Conflict of Interest Committee member Dr. Walt Eversman’s term has expired. He does not wish to continue on CoIC. RP&A nominates Dr. Joseph Smith to take his spot on CoIC. He is the new Energy Chair in Chemical & Biological Engineering. Election of Parking Committee members RP&A nominates the following two persons to serve on the Parking Committee. Dan Oerther Louis Ge

39. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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

40. Curricula Committee ReportSeptember 15, 2011 • The Curricula Committee report includes: • 2 Degree Change (DC) forms • DC0393 – Modify the curriculum for the B.A. with Secondary Education Emphasis area • DC0394 – Delete the Earth Sciences MS for Teachers degree • 15 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.

41. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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

42. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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

43. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary • Approval of August 11, 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

44. Agenda Adjourn