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College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 10, 2014 AGENDA Welcome new faculty

College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 10, 2014 AGENDA Welcome new faculty CSA in 2014-15 Review enrollment and other numbers CSA “To-Do List,” 2014-15 High Points and Recognition 5 . Questions from the Floor. Welcome New Faculty Air Force ROTC:

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College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 10, 2014 AGENDA Welcome new faculty

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  1. College of Sciences and ArtsFall Faculty Meeting, September 10, 2014 AGENDA Welcome new faculty CSA in 2014-15 Review enrollment and other numbers CSA “To-Do List,” 2014-15 High Points and Recognition 5. Questions from the Floor

  2. Welcome New Faculty Air Force ROTC: Major Jason Engler, Prof. Aerospace Studies & chair Captain Patrick King, instructor Army ROTC: Captain Steven Jennings, instructor Master Sgt. Adam Farmer, instructor New Staff: Jonathan Fox & Christopher Bates Computer Science Min Song, department chair – arrives October 12

  3. Welcome New Faculty Cognitive and Learning Sciences Susan Amato-Henderson, department chair Amy Lark, instructor/ass’t prof, science education Melissa Manninen-Luse, lecturer/adviser, psychology Lorelle Meadows, Dean, Pavlis Honors College Biological Sciences Ebenezer Tumban, microbiology Chemistry Xiaohu Xia, ass’t prof, inorganic chem, nanomtls. Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology Steven Elmer, exercise physiology

  4. Welcome New Faculty • Humanities • LeyreAlegre-Figuero, lecturer, Spanish Lang. & Cult. • Carlos Amador, ass’t prof, Spanish Lang. & Cult. • Sara Amani, lecturer, ESL • Maria Bergstrom, Instructor in Am. Lit. & advisor • Andrew Fiss, ass’t prof, Tech & Prof. Communication • Laura Kasson-Fiss, instructor, Brit. Lit • Ann Stander, instructor, ESL • Dana van Kooy, ass’t prof, Brit Lit • MarcelinoViera-Ramos, ass’t prof, Spanish Lang. & Cult. • Audrey Viguier, lecturer, French Lang. & Culture

  5. Welcome New Faculty • Mathematical Sciences • Cecile Piret, ass’t prof, numerical analysis • Yeonwoo Rho, ass’t prof, statistics • Seokwoo Choi, visiting ass’t prof, statistics • Physics • Jae Yong Suh, assistant professor • Social Sciences • Donald LaFreniere, ass’t prof, historical geography • Kelly Boyer Ontl, instructor, anthropology • Visual And Performing Arts • Lisa Johnson, ass’t prof, art • Sarah Scarlett, Chipstone Post-doctoral Fellow

  6. Enrollment, Fall 2014 (9/4/14) Total: 7,021 (6,955/2013; 6,945/2012; 7,031/2011) UG 5,611 (5,610/2013; 5,623/2012; 5,728/2011) Credit hrs: 90,662 (+900, 1.0%) CSA 1,504 (-75) Female 1,806 - 26% (1806/26% 1790/25.8%; 1,837/26.1%) 399 first year, up from 349 New 1st yr. 1,195 (1,255/2013; 1,153/2012; 1,161/2011) Retention: 84.8% (3.1%) Transfer 206 (195/2013; 257/2012; 221/2011) GRAD 1,410 (1,345/2013; 1,322/2012; 1,303/2011) 1st time MS 297 (-1); 1st time PhD 90 (-6)

  7. External Funding/Expenditures $ in thousands NOTE: CSA Faculty were PI on 150 proposals and co-PI on 59 proposals.

  8. External Awards/ExpendituresThree-year average (1000s) NOTE - 2 year averages

  9. CSA GRAD STUDENT EXPENDITURESInternal and External sources($ in thousands) PIs must include support for graduate students (tuition & stipend) in research proposals before I will sign transmittals.

  10. The To-Do List, 2014-15 • Insuring the success and retention of CSA faculty, especially those hired over the past 6 years; • (16 PT&R cases last year; 2nd year of salary increases; core facilities support; increased REF funding, etc.) • Expansion of graduate programs, continued focus on course-work & accelerated (4+1) MS programs where appropriate; also increase Ph.D. enrollment; • Diversity: Encourage in all recruiting efforts; Spousal Opportunities; Training required for ALL members of Search committees and PT&R committees; • Unit-level Activities: Statistics; Computer Alliance; GIS; Chemistry space –safety and upgrading; human health; • Assessment Activities: Information Literacy

  11. To-Do List, 2014-15 • Strategic Plan update – university and college level • CSA Searches (limited start-up) 13 TT + 5) • SFHI replacement in CLS/KIP; • 2 ass’ts in Bio; P chem in CH; • 2 ass’ts, 1 lecturer in CLS; 1 ass’t + in CS; • Professor of Practice in KIP; • 3 ass’ts; 3 lecturers in HU; • Senior faculty in statistics; • 2 ass’ts, 1 lecturer, senior faculty in SS; • Band director in VPA.

  12. CSA Department Accomplishments! • Biological Sciences: hosted 25th annual high school Bioathlon in May; Guilang Tang received $2.5 million from NSF on micro RNA regulation; • Army ROTC: Significant number of cadets attended summer training programs across the country, earning distinguished results. • Air Force ROTC: Team Excellence Award, #1 of 145 detachments nationwide. • Computer Science: Linda Ott received initial MTU Diversity Award; Charles Wallace recipient of Univ. Distinguished Service Award; student team was 64th in the 2014 International Collegiate Programming Competition in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

  13. CSA Department Accomplishments! • CLS: Brad Baltensperger, Amy Lark, Jackie Huntoon – $5 million MI Star project from Dow Foundation. • Chemistry: Shiyue Fang and PhD candidate DurgaPokharel, recipients of 2014 Bhakta RathAward; Tarun Dam was inducted into Academy of Teaching Excellence. • Humanities: Suzanne Jurva (STC ‘82) and Erin Smith recognized by Finlandia Foundation National for documentary film “Yoopera!”, a chronicle of the making of “Rockland: The Opera.” • VPA:Every faculty member serves on leading national and professional organizations.

  14. CSA Department Accomplishments! • Social Sciences: Kathleen Halvorsen recipient of University Research Award for 2014. • Physics: Robert Nemiroff received 2013 Advanced Imaging Conference Hubble Award for Astronomy Picture of the Day. • Math: New programs: statistics; concentration in business analytics’ minor in statistics • Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology:DPT facility at ATDC dedicated and joint program with Central Michigan launched. • Real Progress with NIH: 2014 awards to Jason Carter (KIP), Shiyue Fang (CH) and PhilartJeon (CLS) totaling $859,000; CoE awards bring total active NIH grants to $2.1 million. This is superb work in a very difficult funding climate!

  15. QUESTIONS?

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