Faculty Senate Meeting October 20, 2011

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 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

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes II. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 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

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report K. Wray C.Administrative Report B. Schwartz D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

President’s Report October 20, 2011 Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011

Searches Chancellor search Presidential search May have more information after BOC meeting Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011

IFC Performance-based measures Discussing at IFC next week Nepotism Board of Curators likely voting on policy today or tomorrow Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011

Other Issues Sichuan Missouri University Faculty Senate Report October 20, 2011

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report K. Wray C.Administrative Report B. Schwartz D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report K. Wray C.Administrative Report B. Schwartz D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Curators’ Teaching Summit “Tac(k)tical Teaching: Strategies for Success for the Millennial Classroom,” Wednesday, Oct. 19, Noon-1 p.m., St. Pat’s Ballroom A, Lunch provided: RSVP to SDELC Significant Activities Kummer Design Center Homecoming Showcase Oct 8 th Formula SAE Team 1 st place Goodyear Challenge Sept 17 th 2 nd place in University of Toronto Shoot Out Oct 1 st SDELC starts OSHA safety training classes for design team students Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD) This is a banner semester for LEAD learning assistance ( which began during the second week of classes. It has set FIVE new records: 60 different courses with LEAD learning assistance 44 courses with LEAD Learning Centers 58 participating LEAD faculty associates 14 departments (18 degree programs) with faculty-run LEAD Learning Centers 36 trained undergraduate Peer Learning Assistants Director Ron Bieniek would like to thank the faculty and departments who are participants in LEAD success Office of Undergraduate Studies

Visited RHIT to recruit graduate students Chancellor’s Fellows Welcome reception attended by 45 students Graduate enrollment for FS2011 is Office of Graduate Studies

Financial Aid Leveraging – Contract with Noel-Levitz to maximize the impact of financial aid awards on enrollment. Task Force on Institutional Scholarships and Need-Based Aid – Cross-campus committee to recommend aid amounts to meet strategic enrollment goals. (October 12 – Mid December) Enrollment Management

Celebration of Nations September 24, 2011 More than 80 countries represented More than 1000 in attendance Community supported through donations 45 exhibitors – 27 student organizations Parade included floats & marching bands Successful International Idol competition International students visited almost 60 classrooms in Rolla and St. James

Office of Sponsored Programs FY12 activities through the end of September: –Proposals awarded in total dollars: $7.2M –Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 87 –Proposals submitted in total dollars: $23.6M –Number of proposals submitted: 109 –Research expenditures: $14.2M –F&A recovered: $2.2M –Number of active awards: 610

Educational Technology Windows 7 is now installed in all classroom computers and half of the CLCs 190 new machines have been installed in CLCs/classrooms –~190 usable, displaced PCs are being redeployed to upgrade older CLCs and other spaces for student use 2011 eFellows are piloting their newly redesigned, blended courses this semester upgrade coming this fall UM System is in the process of upgrading infrastructure and software to Microsoft Exchange 2010 For information: Information Technology

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report J. Carney C.Administrative Report K. Wray D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report J. Carney C.Administrative Report K. Wray D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Student Council Selin Acar – President Kevin Puetz – Vice President of External Affairs

Construction  Construction design has officially come back from architect.  It is the same design I presented last meeting.  Student Affairs is figuring out how to finance it as it costs more than expected.

Computers in Havener  Partnering with IT to place computers in Havener.  IT could not confidently use the new Thin Client Pilot Program in Havener, but they are working with us on a temporary fix until the program will be ready.  Will be cycling out computers in current CLCs and placing them into the Park Lounge.  Once we get the official go ahead, we will begin prepping the space.

Involving Students  Chancellor Search Committee  Dr. Gragg came again to speak about the process.  Campus Climate Assessment  Setting up survey and possible open forum to get more student input before consultant comes on October 6  Had first meeting on Tuesday  Getting more speakers at Student Council meetings

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  Has been completed, but still needs to be entered into a survey.

Student Interest Survey  Used to be a yearly survey, but last year has become a semesterly survey.  We are in the writing stage right now.  We are working with other departments and organizations to make sure we ask the best and most relevant questions.  Will be going out at the beginning of November  I will be presenting the results once they have been compiled.

Others  The Open Forum will take place on October 25. This is where the students will have their say on the Student Activity Fee.  Publicizing the newly student adopted Honor Code

Agenda Campus Reports and Responses A.President’s Report S.N. Balakrishnan for M. Davis B.Administrative Report K. Wray C.Administrative Report B. Schwartz D.Staff Council Report S. Jones E.Student Council S. Acar F.Council of Graduate Students M. Raza

Council of Graduate Students Muhammad Azeem Raza 10/20/2011

Council of Graduate Students First General Meeting Update Proposed Budget Travel Grant $2000 for $1600 for Graduate Research Showcase $3000 prize money

Council of Graduate Students 2nd General Meeting (Oct 25) Open Forum on Budget Mastering the Art of Public Speaking Grad Fair (Oct 27) 3rd General Meeting (Nov 9) Graduate Student Interaction Discussion on Financial Concerns

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.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

RP&A Report 20 October 2011 “The Faculty Senate recognizes the value of increasing the participation and advancement of women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), and to appropriately institutionalize changes to university policies and practices, and therefore endorses the goals described on the summary page of the 2011 NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation grant proposal entitled “Developing Pathways to Leadership of Senior Women Faculty on a STEM-centric Campus.” RP&A discussed the NSF Institutional Transformation ProposalNSF Institutional Transformation Proposal being prepared by Dr. Mariesa Crow. She asked for Faculty Senate support for the proposal. Based on her presentation to RP&A and the discussion that followed, RP&A is making the following motion:

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV.Reports of Standing and Special Committees A. Rules, Procedures and Agenda B. Curricula V. Old Business VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Campus Curricula Committee Report October 20, 2011 l The Curricula Committee report includes: »1 Degree Change (DC) form DC0397 – Create a new Business minor called Sustainable Business »10 Course Change (CC) forms »10 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational only) l The Curricula Committee moves for the approval of the DC and CCs in the report.

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 2011 meeting minutes III. Campus Reports and Responses IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees V.Old Business A. Report on Current Referrals and Actionable Items VI. New Business and Announcements VII. Adjourn

Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - Keith Nisbett, Secretary II. Approval of September 15, 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

Agenda Adjourn