Faculty Senate Meeting

November 12, 2015

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call- M. Bruening, Secretary

II. Approval of October 15, 2015 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

II. Approval of October 15, 2015 minutes October 15, 2015 FS 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

II. Approval of October 15, 2015 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, T. Schuman for S. GrantB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Reportii) Provost’s Report

D. Staff Council ReportE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students

President’s Report12 November 15

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IFC Teleconference on MU race protests

IFC discussed whether and how to support students and role of IFC IFC plans to meet with Concerned Students 1950

Contacting the appropriate representatives to frame discussion Changes in CRR with regard to Conflict of Interest (COI).

CRRs 330.015 and 420.030 both deal with COI but are inconsistent Will incorporate 420.030 into 330.015 for one body of information Seeking faculty review and feedback prior to 1 Dec 15 Item referred to AF&S and IP committees and posted

http://facultysenate.mst.edu/meetings/

Changes in CRR on Health and Medical Surveillance Program for Laboratory Animal Care Personnel Referred to Biology, Chemistry, and Materials Science department for review

Faculty are encouraged to apply for President’s Awards No interim UM System President announcements

ResolutionBe it resolved: The Faculty Senate of Missouri S&T is committed to ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for all students, faculty, staff, and visitors that is free of capricious discrimination, racism, sexism, intimidation, and threats of violence. At the same time, we affirm our support for the constitutionally enshrined freedoms of assembly, speech, religion, and the press and for the educational principles of academic freedom and civil discourse. We expect the entire Missouri S&T community and the University of Missouri system to abide by these bedrock principles of the university and condemn actions by any member of the community that threaten to undermine them.

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care Benefits, Renetta GallupC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader

ii) Provost’s Report, R. MarleyD. Staff Council ReportE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schraderii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley

D. Staff Council ReportE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students

CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

HOMECOMING

TOUR STOP IN HOUSTON, MISSOURI

NATIONAL VISIBILITY

DECEMBER 2015 GRADUATION

OPEN FORUMS

FACULTY FIRST FRIDAYS

FOR ALL YOU DO …

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Reportii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley

D. Staff Council ReportE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students

Provost ReportDr. Robert Marley

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor or Academic Affairs

November 12, 2015

Agenda• Interim Dean Update (CEC)• Faculty Hiring Update• Faculty Salary Incentive Update• Division Updates (for the record)

STRATEGIC FACULTY

HRES• Goal to add at least

100 additional faculty by 2020, many in Signature Areas

• We have added 26 new faculty since FY13

• 14 active searches for 2015-16

• 7 planned searches

2020 GOAL

ACTIVE SEARCHES 2015-16

Lever 2.2: Leverage S&T as Missouri’s technological research university

PLANNED

NEW FACULTY LINE HIRESDEPARTMENT TENURE-TRACKEngineering Management Zeyi SunPhysics Daniel FischerBiological Sciences Julie SemonElectrical Engineering Victor KhilkevichMining & Nuclear Engineering Catherine JohnsonChemistry Risheng WangCivil Engineering Wen DengGeo Science Peyman HeidarMechanical Engineering Xian HuangMechanical Engineering Charles Wojnar

Computer Science Simone SilvestriComputer Science Abu Sayeed Saifullah

DEPARTMENT NON TENURE-TRACKComputer Science Bushra AnjumElectrical Engineering Amardeep KaurChemical Engineering Christi Patton LuksHistory/Teacher Ed Program Mandy WelchMatls Sci & Engineering Ipek YucelenMatls Sci & Engineering Bingqi Zhang

Mechanical Engineering Jillian Schmidt

SIGNATURE AREA TENURE-TRACKAdvanced Manufacturing Lianyi Chen

Jie HuangAdvanced Materials Aditya Kumar  Hongyan MaExtreme Environments Vadym Mochalin

Alexsandr Chernatynskiy

Joseph Graham

Number of T/TT +19Number of NTT +7

as of September 2015

Lever 2.1 & Lever 2.2

NEW LINE SEARCHES

Active Searches• Civil Engineering• Psychological Science• Advanced Manufacturing• Advanced Materials• Smart Living• Smart Living• Smart Living• Math • Math• English and Technical Communication• Chemical Engineering• Geological/Mining (joint hire)• Computer Science/Electrical/Engineering Management (joint hire)• Electrical

14 Active Searches

7 Planned Searches Joint hire MU (2) 2 additional linesNational Academy Stature: Advanced Manufacturing Advanced Materials Extreme Environments

Lever 2.1: Employ transformative and focused hiring, including cluster hires, in selected areas of expertise

ALL VACANT LINES • Business and Information Technology - Sheng

(approved)• Materials Science and Engineering - Wolf Chair/Richards

(approved)• Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

- Nygard (approved)• Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering

- Chapman (approved)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -

Wang (allocated for chair)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering - Volz

(allocated for chair)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -

Richardson (allocated for chair)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -

Hurst/McCarthy (approved)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -

MAPA (approved)• Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering -

(approved)• Computer Science - Chellappan (approved)• Computer Science - Anjum (hired visiting professor)• Computer Science - (approved)• Computer Science - Kessentini (approved)

Materials Science and Engineering ChairEngineering Management and Systems Engineering ChairMining and Nuclear ChairBiological Sciences ChairCivil, Architectural and Environmental ChairGeosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Chair(pending structural decision)

• Engineering Management and Systems Engineering - Sarchet (approved)

• Engineering Management and Systems Engineering - Smith

• Electrical and Computer Engineering (approved)• Electrical and Computer Engineering - Shi• Electrical and Computer Engineering - Tang

(approved)• Electrical and Computer Engineering (approved)• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Eversman• Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - Finaish• Mining and Nuclear Engineering - Baird (approved)• Mining and Nuclear Engineering - Tien• Physics - Sankovich• Physics - Dubois

Action 2.1.2: Develop and implement a process to transparently allocate all faculty positions to impact strategic plan and progress on unit performance measures

NET FACULTY

*Includes 40 ADDITIONAL faculty lines*LARGEST Number of T/TT faculty

Faculty Salary Incentive Update

Division UpdatesFor the Record

• John McManus (History & Political Science) has published a new book on WWII, Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945 (Johns Hopkins Press)

• Diana Ahmad (History & Political Science) has been named a Curators’ Teaching Professor, effective January 1, 2016

• The iGEM design team won third place at the 2015 Jamboree for its project “Defending North American Bats from the Emerging White-nose Epidemic”

• Honglan Shi (Chemistry) has received funds totaling $20,687 from the LabTech America, Inc. for her project: “Validation/Optimization of Automatic Solid Phase Extraction Methods”

• Dan Reardon’s (English & Tech Com) article, “Blended and Asynchronous Course Effectiveness in First-Year Composition: A Case Study,” which used S&T classrooms as data collection sites, has been accepted by Teacher-Scholar: The Journal of the State Comprehensive University

College of Arts, Sciences, and Business

• Significant Departmental Awards:Four GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need) Awards:

Mining and Nuclear, Electrical and Computer, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace.

University Transportation Center (RE-CAST) receives a third year of funding (Sept. 2015-16) from U.S. DOT.

• Faculty and Alumni Awards and Recognition: Muthana Al-Dahhan, Chem Eng, named Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Shari Dunn-Norman and Larry Britt ‘79 GeoE, Soc. of Petroleum Engineering’s Distinguish Membership Award.

Jie Gao and Xiaodong Yang, MAE, published in Nature: Scientific Reports.Kamal Khayat, CArE, named Fellow of RILEM, the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structure.Suzanna Long, EMSE, named Fellow of the ASEM and received the Franklin Woodbury Award. Bruce McMillin, Comp. Sci., elected to Board of Governors of the IEEE Computer Society.Joe Newkirk, MSE, named a Fellow of the ASM.

Dave Richardson, CArE, named Fellow of the American Concrete Institute.Joshua Rovey, MAE, received the 2016 AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award for contributions by a young person.

James Spehr ’64 & ’69 MetE, presented the Thomas J. O’Keefe Memorial Lecture on October 22nd.

Steve Watkins, ECE, elected to the board of Governors of the IEEE Education Society

Reza Zoughi, ECE, elected president of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.

• Student Recognition: The Ceramic Engineering Honor Society, Keramos, received the nation’s Outstanding Chapter Award at the MS&T 2015 Conference held in Columbus, OH.The student group, Materials Advantage, received a Chapter of Excellence Award at the MS&T 2015 Conference held in Columbus, OH.EMSE won the ASEM Founders Award for Best Undergraduate Program and Best Student Chapter.

College of Engineering and Computing

Experiential Learning Awards & Service Learning Awards • Electronic Nomination Form is due November 20, 2015

o 1 Faculty and 1 Staff Award per year  

Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol - March 15, 2016• Electronic Nomination Form is due December 11, 2015

Hit the Ground Running (HGR)• 91 Students

o 9 out of 37 Intensive Algebra students earned credit by exam for College Algebra. (24%)o 15 out of 31 College Algebra students earned credit by exam for College Algebra. (48%)o 18 out of 21 Trigonometry students earned credit by exam for Trigonometry (and the other

three earned a waiver of trigonometry) (86%)

Honor Seminar• 142 New Freshman for FS2015

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Office of Graduate Studies• Recent Recruiting Events

– 23 different universities visited– 130+ students reached, contacts will be sent to departments and followed up with by Graduate Studies

• Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship– Deadline: Dec. 5 for best consideration

• Experience S&T (campus visit program)– Next visit date: Nov. 19-20– Now open to international students residing in U.S.

• What about Graduate School? Event – Oct. 12-14– 90+ S&T Undergrad students in attendance over a 3 day period– 30+ S&T Grad Students/Faculty available to discuss grad school options

• Graduate Fair – Oct. 7– Partnered with the Student Success Center to create the Majors & Minors and Graduate Degrees Fair– 25 graduate programs represented

• Technical Editing– 84 requests for technical editing so far FS 2015– Each edit completed in less than 2 weeks

• Thesis/Dissertation Format Checks – Final Copy due Nov. 4– 98 theses/dissertations turned in for FS 2015 graduates

• Graduate Studies Specialists Advising Survey– Main question: How satisfied are you with advising you have received today? – Average response: 4.83/5 point scale, 5 being “Very satisfied”

• Thank you to everyone that contributed to the Open House on November 14. We continue to have good numbers, especially for majors in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Business.

• Chancellor’s Scholarship finalists will be on campus Saturday, December 5. 100 of our most talented applicants for Fall 2016.

• Commencement Ceremony will be on Saturday, December 19 at 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.

• Student Veteran Resource Center – Opened this fall, located in the Baptist Student Center serving campus student service-members and veterans as a resource to assist them to reach their educational goals.

Enrollment Management

Office of Sponsored Programs• Summary of FY16 activities year-to-date (September)

– Number of funded proposals up 20% for a total of 101

• Total dollars is $14M which is down 10%

– Number of new proposals submitted is down 18% at 107

• Total dollars is $32.5M which is down 33%

– Number of active awards is down by 2% at 588

– Total expenditures is $12.3M which is up 6%

– Net grant and contract expenditures is $8.8M which is up 5%

– F&A recovered is $1.6M which is down 11%

Scholars’ Mine Update• Global readership of documents in Scholars’ Mine• As of 11/1/15, 216,036 documents downloaded.

Downloads from 11/1/2015

Curtis Laws Wilson Library

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Reportii) Provost’s Report

D. Staff Council Report, J. BoehmE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Reportii) Provost’s Report

D. Staff Council ReportE. Student Council, A. McMikleF. Council of Graduate Students

Agenda

Campus Reports and Responses

A. President’s ReportB. Retiree Health Care BenefitsC. Administrative Reports

i) Chancellor’s Reportii) Provost’s Report

D. Staff Council ReportE. Student CouncilF. Council of Graduate Students, T. Goodwin

Council of Graduate Students

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Travel Grants:

CGS has increased their Travel Grant awards from four per semester to twenty grants awarding $200 each to help reward graduate students doing research present their work.

If a graduate student under you has presented at a conference between July and Dec 2015 they are eligible to apply for CGS travel grants.

The deadline for the grant applications is tomorrow, Nov 13, but the application only takes a few minutes.

Even if the conference has happened and was paid for the grants can be used as reimbursement as long as the receipts can be presented.

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll Call

II. Approval of June 18, 2015 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

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. Curricula Committee, T. SchumanB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel F. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

CCC Meetings» 27 October 2015» 1 December 2015 (upcoming)

Committee Activity» 3 Degree change requests (DC forms)» 18 Course change requests (CC forms)» 7 Experimental course requests (EC forms)

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

Degree Changes Requested» File #150.25 Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering BS» File #38.5 Economics: Economics BA» File #39.8 Economics: Economics BS

Course Changes Requested:» File #191.1 Aerospace Engineering 4885: Assessment» File #4252 Chemical Engineering 4230: Bioprocess Safety» File #4253 Chemical Engineering 5230: Bioprocess Safety» File #4257 Civil Engineering 6801: Advanced Concrete Science

and Technology» File #1968.1 Music 3251: History and Analysis of Music I» File #1656.1 Music 3252: History and Analysis of Music II» File #427.1 SP&M S 3275: Foundations of Media Communication» File #556.1 Systems Engineering 5101: System Engineering and

Analysis» File #1433.1 Systems Engineering 5211: Computational Intelligence

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

Course Changes Requested (cont’d)15th Meeting:» File #484.1 Systems Engineering 5212: Introduction to Neural

Networks and Applications» File #347.1 Systems Engineering 6102: Information Based Design» File #1367.1 Systems Engineering 6103: Economic Analysis for

Systems Engineering» File #2194.1 Systems Engineering 6104: Systems Architecting» File #1292.1 Systems Engineering 6105: Complex Engineering

Systems Project Management » File #2173.1 Systems Engineering 6196: Systems Engineering

Capstone» File #1779.1 Systems Engineering 6239: Smart Engineering

System Design» File #2161.1 Systems Engineering 6321: Modeling Complex

Systems» File #1108.1 Systems Engineering 6542: Model Based Systems

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

Curriculum committee moves for FS to approve the DC and CC form actions

Questions or comments?

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

Informational Only Experimental Courses Requested15th Meeting:

» File #4256 Art 3001.001: Introduction to Digital Video» File #4249 Civil Engineering 6001.001: Advanced Masonry Structural

Design» File #4263 Civil Engineering 6001.003: Concrete Durability and

Repair» File #4211 Computer Science 2001.002: Contemporary

Programming Languages » File #4261 Electrical Engineering 6001.001: Power System

Protection II» File#4264 IS&T 5001.002: Data Methodologies in Python» File #4254 Petroleum Engineering 6001.001: Advanced Mechanical

Earth Modeling

Campus Curricula Committee Report12 November 2015

I move for Faculty Senate approval of the request by the Provost to reassign the DSCC charter for Computer Science

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public Occasions, S. SedighsarvestaniC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel F. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

Homecoming Date for 2016

October 15

Proposed by the Miner Alumni Association

Approved by the Public Occasions Committee

Presented to the Faculty Senate on Nov. 12, 2015

Calendar for Fall Semester 2016

Presented to the Faculty Senate on Nov. 12, 2015

International Student Orientation August 9, Tuesday

Freshman Orientation Begins August 14, Sunday

Transfer Student Orientation August 18, Thursday

Open Registration Ends August 21, Sunday

Fall semester opens 8:00 a.m. August 22, Monday

Classwork begins 8:00 a.m. August 22, Monday

Labor Day Holiday September 5, Monday

Homecoming (and Mid-Semester) October 15, Saturday

Thanksgiving vacation begins 8:00 a.m. November 20, Sunday

Thanksgiving vacation ends 8:00 a.m. November 28, Monday

Last Class Day December 9, Friday

Final Examinations begin 7:30 a.m. December 12, Monday

Final Examinations end 5:00 p.m. December 16, Friday

December Commencement December 17, Saturday

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & Standards, D. AhmadD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel F. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

Academic Freedom and Standards Committee

Diana L. Ahmad, ChairNovember 12, 2015

Regarding:

Consideration for students who must miss class due to extraordinary reasons, such as religious observance, military duty, jury duty, and other similar events.

Students would be required to provide “proof of the needed absence from the appropriate authority.”

Two Items: 1. A friendly motion was made and PASSED at the October 15, 2015,

Faculty Senate ADDING “may” to pages 1 and 12 ABSENCES in “Student Academic Regulations.”

a. The clause now reads: “Instructors MAY make the ultimate decision; however, students have the power to appeal to the department chair or dean.”

 2. After the meeting of October 15, 2015, it came to light that a deletion made by AF&S regarding DROPPING INCOMPLETES PRIOR TO Fall Semester 1991 SHOULD BE RE-ADDED to the “Student Academic Regulations” as the Registrar said that it is still used, albeit rarely.

a. The AF&S committee agrees to RE-ADD the said section to the “Student Academic Regulations.”

REQUEST of FACULTY SENATE:

1. Vote to RE-ADD the section about “Dropping Incompletes Prior to Fall Semester 1991” to the Student Academic Regulations.

THANK YOU

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative Review, L. GraggE. Personnel F. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

Administrative Review Committee

This committee sets policies and procedures for review of campus administrators. The committee recommends the evaluation questionnaires and a plan/schedule for conducting reviews to the Faculty Senate. The committee conducts the reviews; oversees the sending of the evaluation forms to the evaluating persons; oversees the collection and collation of the resulting evaluations; and, along with the officers of the Faculty Senate, reviews and forwards the results of the evaluation.

Administrative Review CommitteeSchedule of Reviews

– 2016: Chancellor; Provost; Vice Provost and Dean of College of Arts, Sciences, and Business

– 2017: Vice Chancellors: Global and Strategic Partnerships; Human Resources, Equity and Inclusion; Finance and Administration; University Advancement; and Student Affairs. Chief Information Officer

– 2018: Vice Provosts: Dean of Engineering and Computing, Graduate Studies, Undergraduate Studies, Research, and Enrollment Management. Director of Institutional Research and Assessment and Director and Library and Learning Resources

*This schedule assumes the administrator under review will have completed one academic year of service prior to the review in a non-interim or non-acting appointment.

 

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel, M. FitchF. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

The Personnel Committee submits the following motion for the

12 Nov 2015 meeting of the Faculty Senate.  

“Faculty Senate urges the Administration to review the 29-step hiring process and:

1) Establish timelines, with action required by a certain deadline else that step has a default outcome, either proceed or fail;

2) Have an office track the status of each and every faculty search and oversee adherence to the timeline;

3) Create a simplified committee-level summary of the process for faculty;

4) Examine the process with intent to simplify, notably the layers of decision;

5) Create ‘else’ branches in the process, which as currently available has no flow path for when the result of a step is ‘no’; at each step, a no result should result in feedback within some period of time;

6) Move from an unranked list to a categorized list; and

7) Delete the word ‘Advisory’ in describing the Search Committee.”

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel F. Information Technology/Computing

T. VojtaG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda

Agenda

Reports of Standing and Special Committees

A. CurriculaB. Public OccasionsC. Academic Freedom & StandardsD. Administrative ReviewE. Personnel F. Information Technology/ComputingG. Rules, Procedures & Agenda, M. Bohner

AAUP Declaration

Agenda

I. Call to Order and Roll CallII. Approval of October 15, 2015 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 CallII. Approval of October 15, 2015 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 CallII. Approval of October 15, 2015 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