college of humanities and public affairs victor matthews, interim dean september 23, 2008
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Victor Matthews, Interim Dean
September 23, 2008
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
State of the College
College Facts Budget Faculty/Staff/Students Initiatives for 2008-2009
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
College Units Eight Departments Defense and Strategic
Studies Economics History Military Science Philosophy Political Science Religious Studies Sociology/Anthropology/
Criminology
Area Studies ProgramsAfrican American StudiesAsian StudiesGender StudiesLatin American StudiesLaw and SocietyMiddle Eastern StudiesNative American Studies
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
College Units & Assets Research Centers
Center for Archaeology Research Economic Research
Bureau Center for Social
Sciences & Public Policy Research
Academic Assets
145 faculty and staff serving 8 Academic Departments
20 GE courses; 1251 majors
24 degree programs
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
CHPA Student Facts
Nearly 1300 undergraduate student majors 279 graduate students 244 degrees conferred in 2005, 269 in 2006, and 262
in 2007 Over 36,000 credit hours produced by CHPA
(227,000 credit hours produced by university) More than 7,549 (living, with a good address) total
CHPA alumni
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Department Fall 2006Majors
Dept Profiles
Fall 2007 Majors
Dept Profiles
Fall 2008Majors/minors
FARC
Defense & Strategic Studies
35 grad only 45 grad only 57 grad only
Economics 53 54 67/79
History 288 undergrad70 grad
323 undergrad57 grad
343/85 undergrad73 grad
Philosophy 20 31 47/30
Political Science 192 undergrad60 grad
182 undergrad52 grad
205/83 undergrad71 grad
Religious Studies 63 undergrad30 grad
60 undergrad28 grad
70/121 undergrad37 grad
Anthropology 93 107 128/32 undergrad10 grad
Criminology 280 285 undergrad13 grad
345/93 undergrad31 grad
Sociology 103 115 114/94
Area Studies 80 minors
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
CHPA Graduate Programs - 279 students and growing
Anthropology Criminology Defense & Strategic Studies History Public Administration International Studies Religious Studies
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Faculty ProductivityYear Books Articles Papers
2005 8 45 92
2006 7 45 92
2007 4 37 92
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
New Leaders in CHPA
Ardeshir Dalal– Head of Economics Tom Dicke – Acting Head of History Kirby Hansen –Head Military Science George Connor – Head of Political
Science
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
New Faculty Brooks Blevins – History Bela Bodo – History Hannington Ochwada (visiting)- History Anara Tabyschalieva (visiting) – HST Bethany Walker – History Ralph Shain – Philosophy Julia Watts Belser – Religious Studies
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
New Faculty
David Byers – Anthropology Lora Vess – Sociology
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
New Instructors
Julie Gallaway – Economics Per Norander – Economics Faisal Rabby – Economics James Smith – History Indira Ondetti – Political Science
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Faculty opportunities Incentive Proposals #2 – October 5
Faculty Research Grants – October 6
Summer Fellowships – October 14
Sabbaticals – November 3
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Incentives for Grant Submissions
Submission of External Grants $500 for grants totaling $5,000-$20,000 $1,000 for grants totaling $20,001-$100,000 $1,500 for grants totaling $100,001+ Compensation for PI only; if more than one PI
then award divided accordingly 2007-2008 awards totaled $17,500
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Cost Center Model For the first time ever budgetary allocations
were made to departments for FY09. Previous spending patterns and the number
of faculty/staff were used to make these allocations.
Expenditures will be monitored carefully this year and changes will be made as needed for next year.
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
College Budget
CHPA Annual Budget = $10,184,970
$9,474,360 is set aside for salaries and benefits
$710,610 for operations and equipment
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
FY09 Budget Process After setting aside budgeted expenditures for salary
and benefits and operations costs in the Departments, approximately $1,705,830 remains to meet the needs of the College.
Of this amount, $1,075,731 comprises one-time monies and $94,293 is recurring salary savings.
From the $1,705,830 the College will fund items including:
Per Course and one-time hires ($214,000) Summer School ($102,000) Travel and Operations for Dean’s Office ($60,899)
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
One-Time Monies $404,000 of one-time monies for FY09 (also part of
the $1,705,830) are budgeted for:
$150,000 Incentive Initiative Proposals 25,000 Grant Writing Incentive Program 35,000 Program Coordinators/Graduate
Directors 25,000 Sabbaticals 10,000 Dean’s Fellows
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
One-Time Monies 42,000 Summer Research Stipends for New
Hires 50,000 Recruiting Faculty/Hiring 10,000 External Consultants 5,000 Development Efforts 52,000 Contingency Funds
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
College Initiatives
Hiring Plan Compensation Process External Review Process Enrollment Management Plan Recruiting and Student Success Public Affairs Mission
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Searches in 2008-2009 Economics:
1. Asst. Professor – Industrial Organization2. Asst. Professor – Econometrics3. Instructor
History:1. Asst. Professor – Asian Civilization2. Asst. Professor – African Civilization
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Searches 2008-2009 Political Science
1. Endowed Chair – Middle Eastern Politics2. Asst. Prof. – India/Pakistan Politics3. Asst. Prof. – Political Philosophy
Sociology1. Asst. Prof. – Public Sociology
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Compensation Plan College Compensation Committee and Dept Heads
met Sept 5th to review guiding principles document College Compensation Committee met Sept 19th to
set cut scores and establish policy on half-scores Revised Departmental Compensation Plans
submitted to Interim Dean by Oct 3rd Approved Departmental Compensation Plans
submitted to Provost’s office Oct 17th
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
External Review Process Three External Reviewers Visit SOC/ANT/CRM
Kevin Delaney, Temple University (Sociology) – October 20 and 21
Samuel Wilson, University of Texas-Austin(Anthropology) – October 20 and 21
Scott Decker, Arizona State University(Criminology) – November 3 and 4
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
External Review Process History Department prepares for external review
visit in fall 2009 (http://www.missouristate.edu/assets/provost/ProgramReviewInstructions.pdf):
1. Self Study written and approved by June 1
2. External reviewers nominated and approved by Dean and Provost
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Enrollment Management Plan
Each Department will create a three year enrollment management plan by November 14th
1. Determine number of sections/seats necessary to meet the needs of General Education requirements
2. Review the curriculum in the major, minor, and in graduate programs to see what changes or enhancements are needed to fulfill Departmental and College goals
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Recruiting and Student Success
Mini-Majors Fair – Oct 14th (Tuesday, 9:00-12:00)
Emphasis on Improved Advisement
Greater involvement by student majors and student clubs in recruiting efforts
On-line Student Success Survey administered in spring 2009
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Public Affairs Mission Faculty discuss what we are doing and what
we would like to do in the curriculum to promote the mission in Public Affairs
Co-curricular activities identified that contribute to the mission in Public Affairs
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Development Report
FY2006 - $917,967 (541 donors)
FY2007 - $564,080 (487 donors)
FY2008 - $713,961 (434 donors)
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
All-University Campaign Private gifts are important to Missouri State.
Opportunity to demonstrate our commitment as faculty and staff to all others who invest in Missouri State.
Goal: participation. Support the area of the university that is most dear to your heart. You can
direct their gifts to a specific area or fund. Every faculty/staff member has been sent a packet of information via
campus mail asking them to support the All-University Campaign. If you have not received a packet, please call Melanie Earl at 6-4143 (Foundation) or Donna Merrell at 6-3076 (CHPA Director of Development).
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
Additional Items New Masters Program in Anthropology and
Cooperative Efforts with Center for Archaeological Research
Transition to Banner in April 2009
Restructuring of MPA curriculum
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
CHPA Strengths
Faculty and Staff Admin Team Facilities Research SCH Production
Weaknesses Lack of Diversity Number of Majors Visibility/public
awareness
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
CHPA Opportunities
Expanded Mission for Centers
Focus on Public Affairs mission
Growth in Grant Writing
Growth of Graduate Programs
Threats Economic downturn Decline in
admissions Complacency
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
CHPA Strategic Plan Provide opportunities for student success while maintaining
academic rigor. Strengthen our graduate and undergraduate programs. Continue to develop a diverse and strong faculty. Continue to build our national and international reputation
through innovative scholarly research. Increase the visibility of the College of Humanities and Public
Affairs. Be transparent and accountable in decision making.
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College of Humanities and Public Affairs
HAVE A WONDERFUL
YEAR!!!!!!!