Senate Meeting Thomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost September 5, 2013

1. Senate MeetingThomas M. DiLorenzo, ProvostSeptember 5, 2013

2. Agenda • Introduction to North Dakota • Staffing • Teaching • Scholarship • Strategic Enrollment Management • Budget Model Reassessment • Next Generation of Faculty Leaders • Diversity Inclusion Position • HLC Accreditation Visit • My Blog and Other Communications

3. Introduction to North Dakota • Partnerships (Faculty, Colleges, Departments, Student Services, Finance and Administration, NDUS and other Universities, Tribal Colleges, Legislature, Business Community) and Collaborative Governance • Started May 1st – trips to Bottineau, Bismarck (2), Devil’s Lake, Detroit Lakes, Valley City, Fargo (Microsoft), Pelican Lake, Bus Tour: Minot, Rugby – although 4 trips in April • Set for Dickinson State, Williston State, Bismarck (3), Tribal Colleges

4. Staffing • Debbie Storrs (A&S Dean) • Bob Hill (EHD Dean) • Steve Light (CONPD Interim Dean) • Josh Riedy (CIO/CSO: moved from CFO) • Diane Hadden (new title - Senior Associate for Academic Affairs) • Julie Anderson (ACE Fellow last year – Internationalization Assessment at UND) • Research Division (moved to Provost Office) • New BPA Dean’s Search in Fall

5. Teaching • Teaching with Technology Seminars (22 iPads) • UTA Pilot Program • Classroom/Space Planning – Law School • Teaching needs – Scale-up Classrooms, Technology in the Classroom, Center for Excellence in Teaching

6. Scholarship • Research Infrastructure, support services, high performance computing meetings • VPAA Cabinet, Associate Deans for Research, Faculty Forums, Readings/Speakers • INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence), EPSCOR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), COBRE (Centers of Biomedical Excellence) • Research Office – Seed funding and other growth plans

7. Strategic Enrollment Management • Major initiative – Enhancing Student Success • Strategic Enrollment Management Committee • Co-chairs – DiLorenzo and Reesor • Subcommittees • Recruitment, Marketing and Communications Committee • Retention Coordinating Committee • Scholarship Coordinating Committee • Graduate/Professional Recruitment and Retention • Features • Cross-divisional • Senate/Faculty participation

8. Technology Enhancements • Online Catalog – Course Availability, “Major” Review and Unwritten Rules • Degree Auditing and Planning Capability • Identify Attributes of “At-Risk” Students • Use Predictive Analytics to identify factors affecting student success • Dashboards • Robust Early Alert System • One Stop Shop

9. Budget Model Reassessment • Current Budget Model is Historically-Based • Legislature – New funding model • All senior leadership (including Deans) would like to assess if other models might be more appropriate at this time • We have hired Huron Consulting to help guide us through a formal process • Faculty representation on the working group

10. Next Generation of Faculty Leaders • Leadership roles in collaborative governance • Faculty Leadership Development Proposal • Produced by the Next Generation of Faculty Leaders Subcommittee of the Ad-hoc Committee on Shared Governance • Fully supported by the President • Provost will be conducting a planning session on next steps with the original group

11. Diversity Inclusion Position • Diversity Advisory Council (Chaired by Cara Halgren and Steve Light) recommended the creation of this position • President Kelley announced that we would hire an individual to Coordinate Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at UND • Reviewing the logistics of the position, naming a search committee, and launching a national search (this fall) – will include faculty representation

12. HLC Visit • Higher Learning Commission Visit: October 28-30 (100 years after UND’s initial accreditation) • Event that kicks off the Accreditation visit • Exceptional UND: Realizing the Vision: Tuesday, September 10 from 3:30-4:30 • The reaccreditation process is the springboard to develop the five strategic elements of Exceptional UND • Experience, Gather, Collaborate, Expand, Enhance

13. Elements • Enrich the Student Experience • Encourage Gathering • Facilitate Collaboration • Expand UND’s Presence • Enhance Quality of Life • HLC Committee has done a fabulous job • Executive Committee– Hawthorne, O’Neill, Pearson (Five Criterion Committees)

14. Official UND Provost Blog • Recently launched – “In the Know with Provost DiLorenzo” • Is available through the right navigation side of the main Provost page on the UND site • blogs.und.edu/provost/ • Will be updated weekly and will serve as a transparent method of communication from the Provost for faculty, staff and students

15. Other Forms of Communication • Will meet with faculty and staff from each College/School • Will follow with meetings with individual departments • Monthly Chairs Meetings (Chairs Leadership Cohort will morph into the Chairs Leadership Institute) • Continue New Faculty monthly orientation meetings • Regular meetings with SEC – Ryan Zerr

16. Questions Next meeting • Graduate Studies • Foundation/Development • New Faculty Orientation • Students