Faculty Senate ReportJanuary 22, 2009

Warren K. Wray

Vice Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Office of Academic Affairs• The policy for non-tenure track faculty (Campus Policy II-13) was

announced by the Chancellor on December 30. The academic departments are working on their departmental policies, and to date, three departments have submitted draft policies for review and approval.

• • Materials to assist Corporate Development Council members in

marketing Missouri S&T within their corporations have been sent to all CDC members.

• At the December Commencement Ceremony, Dr. David C. Van Aken was named Curators Teaching Professor and Dr. Rajiv Mishra was named Curators Professor.

• A solicitation for nominations and review were carried out to determine the campus nominee for the University of Missouri Thomas Jefferson award. This year’s nominee is Dr. Larry Gragg.

• A solicitation for nominations and review were carried out to determine the campus nominee for the President’s Award for Outstanding Teaching. This year’s nominee is Dr. Frances (Dee) Hammerlie Montgomery.

• Faculty Excellence Award winners letters were announced by Chancellor Carney on November 20, 2008. They are:

Mohamed G. Abdel Salam Daryl BeetnerJoel G. Burken Fatih DoganAndrew Curtis Elmore Nuran ErcalWilliam Fahrenholtz Scott E. GrasmanGregory E. Hilmas Yue-Wern HuangPatrick Huber Ronaldo LunaBruce McMillin Ioulia MedvedevaMelanie Mormile Susan MurrayJohn J. Myers Francisca E. Oboh-IkuenobeGanesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy Yahong Rosa Zheng

• Spring 2009 semester enrollment expected to be at least 1.5% over Spring 2008

• Freshman Applications are up 305 (15.5%) applications over last fall

• Transfer applications are equal to last year

• Freshman deposits are up 6 deposits over last years record

Enrollment Management Update

Global Learning

Distance & Continuing Education• Expanding Your Horizons was held on November 21,

2008 with over 650 seventh and eighth grade girls and their adult leaders attending from 25 schools across the state of Missouri.  Keynote speaker was Astronaut Stephanie Wilson and included a special presentation delivered from Astronaut Sandra Magnus aboard the International Space Station.

• During November and December 2008, the Association of State Dam Safety Officials used Missouri S&T as the internet broadcast site for two interactive seminars. These “Webinars” reached over 150 participants throughout the US.   The programs were archived for a period of two weeks with additional participants accessing the material asynchronously.

Global LearningInternational Affairs

New international student orientation was held January 5. The number of new international students that arrived & “checked in” as of the orientation date is shown below for the past several years.

Year No.2005 662006 922007 402008 502009 76

• 2009-10 Chancellor’s Fellowship allocations have been distributed to the graduate programs.

• We are currently administering the department-level GTA workload and supervision survey.

• 213 MS/PhD graduate degrees and 128 graduate certificate completions were processed in FS08.

Office of Graduate Studies

• Internet bandwidth for the campus has been increased to 200 megabits.

• The Residential Network (ResNet) is scheduled to be upgraded from the current 45 megabit link to use the 200 megabit link during Spring 2009.– This will allow residential students to have an improved Internet

experience in the evening. During the day, mission critical business will still have priority, create a more pleasant experience for everyone.

Information Technology

• The team will provide one-on-one support for many of the web-related tools on campus (Documentum, Movable Type, etc.)

• Support Begins: Spring 2009 semester

Information Technology

• Collaborative efforts result in new instructional capabilities.– Civil 125

• two additional screens and projectors• instructors now have the ability to send different images

to each of the three projectors

– Physics 104• new LCD monitors along the sides of the room• instructors now have the ability to send a different image

to the LCD monitors than is displayed on the primary screen at the front of the room

Information Technology

Information Technology

• Technical support for Documentum users

– Currently about 400 users

• Technical support for web volumes

– Creation and upkeep issues– Researching web volume

options and alternatives

• Technical support for Missouri S&T blogs

• Technical support for online calendars

• Research new technologies that might benefit campus web customers

What will this new team do?

Office of Sponsored Programs

• FY09 activities through the end of December and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:

– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $29.1M (up 23.2%)

– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 201 (up 11.7%)

– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $78.3M (down 4.2%)

– Number of proposals submitted: 276 (up 0.7%)

– Research expenditures: $18.5M (down 2.3%)

– F&A recovered: $3.4M (up 27.3%)

Office of Sponsored Programs

• Fall 2008 Research Board Competition – Number of proposals submitted: 29

– Number of proposals funded: 7

• FY09 technology transfer activities through December 2008– Number of disclosures received: 20

– Number of patent applications filed: 17

– Number of patents issued: 4

– Number of license/options signed: 40

– Licensing income: $370,000

NCA Accreditation• For the past two years, Missouri S&T has engaged in a process of self-

study to prepare for re-accreditation. The university received re-accreditation for 10 years after its last review in 1998.

• A copy of the university’s report, developed for The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, is available for review online at accreditation.mst.edu.

• Missouri S&T will undergo a comprehensive evaluation visit February 23-25, 2009, by a team of reviewers and consultants representing the commission.

Mark your calendar!• Open Forum for students-January 28th, 12:00-1:00 PM, 125 Butler

Carlton

• Open Forum for faculty and staff- January 30th, 12:00-1:00 PM, St. Pat’s A&B, Havener Center

 

Call For Papers5th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference

APRIL 9, 2009The Undergraduate Research Conference provides opportunities for students to showcase their research efforts to the campus community and to the public. The

research conference will include oral and poster sessions in the following categories :

The registration deadline is March 16, 2009. Students must submit their on-line registration form and supporting materials, (including abstracts and research papers), no later than 11:59 PM on March 16, 2009. Materials will not be accepted after this

date. Register at: http://ugs.mst.edu/ugrc.html

Oral Session Categories: Poster Session Categories:

I. Arts and HumanitiesII. EngineeringIII. SciencesIV. Social Sciences

I. Arts and HumanitiesII. EngineeringIII. SciencesIV.Social SciencesV. Research Proposals

Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)

Fall 2008:

• The LEAD Program had a near record number of faculty (50) running a RECORD NUMBER of learning centers (34) for their courses.

Upcoming Events for Faculty• January 21, 2009-“Active Learning” Faculty Learning Community, 12:00-

1:00 PM, 208 Norwood Hall, contact Jennifer Shaner- 341-7648, hosted by CERTI

• January 28, 2009-“Clicker” Faculty Learning Community, 12:00-1:00 PM, Location to be announced, contact Jennifer Shaner- 341-7648, hosted by CERTI

• January 30, 2009- Accreditation Open Forum, 12:00-1:00 PM, Havener Center

• February, 2, 2009- “Campus Resources: Knowing When & Where to Refer Your Advisees”, Presented by Dr. Susan Murray, 12:00-1:00 PM, Missouri/Ozark Room, Havener Center. Hosted by the Undergraduate Advising Office

• February 9, 2009- “Advising Generation Me”, Presented by Dr. F. Scott Miller, 12:00-1:00 PM, Missouri/Ozark Room, Havener Center. Hosted by the Undergraduate Advising Office