President’s Report 22 September 2016

Intercampus Faculty Council (IFC) Post Tenure Review Policy with CRR revision Initiated partly in response to MO legislature criticisms CRR, current process and practices being reviewed by IFC Integrate workload, annual review, PTR, and waiver, policies Current CRR on workload, annual review and PTR policies not aligned Provide detail and guidance toward annual and 5 yr evaluations Add resources toward PTR rewards and faculty success/assistance Tom Schuman is the campus IFC representative for PTR review CRR changes to the campus for comment during fall semester IFC members 2016-2017 Tom Schuman, Sahra Sedighsarvestani, Mark Fitch IFC annual retreat is 29-30 September 2016 to discuss coming year objectives

Campus Information on the UM System President search: https://www.umsystem.edu/ps Campus representative – C. Joe Boehm (staff rep) Email from Joe (8 Sept 16): “As you may have seen we are in the interview phase of the selection process. I am impressed with the quality of candidates presented to us by the search firm to this point. I am also impressed by the passion and conviction of the committee to find the absolute best person to lead the university system. We hope to remain on track to find a replacement for Mr. Wolfe by the end of the year. That said, we are committed to not settle for whomever is available.”

Campus Committee elections were held 21 April meeting Unfilled committee positions Under today’s agenda item (RP&A)

Grievance Resolution Panel Training Conducted by UM Counsel on 31 August 2016 Attendees Marsha Fischer, Mark Van Zandt and Kelly Mescher Grievance resolution panel members Grievance oversight committee Chancellor’s designee Provost’s office Provost and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Provost and HR Staff FS President and President elect Flowchart of grievance process with weblinks to be posted on FS website

Title IX Panelist Training Conference style training was 9 September 2016 “Trauma Informed Investigation” “Policy review & how policy violations are applied to a case” “Applying reasonable and measured sanctions” “Case studies” –OR– “Breakout for appellate officers” CDO/HR/Div&Incl and UM System Counsel’s offices present Attendance (Morning + Afternoon) 10+9 faculty 8+4 admin/staff 8+5 staff

Campus Female faculty campus climate report (Dec 2015) Results are posted on Provost website, login protected https://provost.mst.edu/media/administrative/provost/secure/2015_MST_FINAL_REPORT%20(002).pdf Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Survey Survey closed 8 April 2016 Results were due to campus early summer, then July, … Results are on campus Coache rep Todd Benson met with FRRC 14 Sept to begin rollout

Campus Issues (Not Exhaustive…) Bylaws changes and Dean search process Cap enrollment, for specific departments Graduate student tuition remission ‘Fund’ the colleges, i.e., Deans; define fiduciary responsibilities Faculty line ownership Shared governance in changes to strategic plan Vice provost for Research Vice provost of CEC Search Process for next VP and Dean of CEC

Campus Issues (Not Exhaustive…) Bylaws changes and Dean search process Cap enrollment, for specific departments Graduate student tuition remission ‘Fund’ the colleges, i.e., Deans; define fiduciary responsibilities Faculty line ownership Shared governance in changes to strategic plan Vice provost for Research Vice provost of CEC Search Process for next VP and Dean of CEC IBIS visit tentative for 10 Oct 16 or thereabout

Chancellor Meetings with CEC Departments Listening sessions occurred (21 – 22 Sept 16) David Russell Dr. Middleton’s COS Sitting in: observe and represent System Also: Hasselmann Alumni House Ribbon Cutting (21 Sept) Opportunity Point out broken systems Point out solutions to broken systems Identify common threads for discussion