senate meeting thomas m. dilorenzo, provost september 5, 2013
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Senate MeetingThomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost
September 5, 2013
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Agenda
• Introduction to North Dakota• Staffing• Teaching• Scholarship• Strategic Enrollment Management• Budget Model Reassessment• Next Generation of Faculty Leaders• Diversity Inclusion Position• HLC Accreditation Visit• My Blog and Other Communications
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Introduction to North Dakota
• Partnerships (Faculty, Colleges, Departments, Student Services, Finance and Administration, NDUS and other Universities, Tribal Colleges, Legislature, Business Community) and Collaborative Governance
• Started May 1st – trips to Bottineau, Bismarck (2), Devil’s Lake, Detroit Lakes, Valley City, Fargo (Microsoft), Pelican Lake, Bus Tour: Minot, Rugby – although 4 trips in April
• Set for Dickinson State, Williston State, Bismarck (3), Tribal Colleges
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Staffing
• Debbie Storrs (A&S Dean)• Bob Hill (EHD Dean)• Steve Light (CONPD Interim Dean)• Josh Riedy (CIO/CSO: moved from CFO)• Diane Hadden (new title - Senior Associate for
Academic Affairs)• Julie Anderson (ACE Fellow last year –
Internationalization Assessment at UND)• Research Division (moved to Provost Office)• New BPA Dean’s Search in Fall
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Teaching
• Teaching with Technology Seminars (22 iPads)
• UTA Pilot Program• Classroom/Space Planning – Law
School• Teaching needs – Scale-up
Classrooms, Technology in the Classroom, Center for Excellence in Teaching
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Scholarship
• Research Infrastructure, support services, high performance computing meetings– VPAA Cabinet, Associate Deans for Research,
Faculty Forums, Readings/Speakers
• INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence), EPSCOR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), COBRE (Centers of
Biomedical Excellence)
• Research Office – Seed funding and other growth plans
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Strategic Enrollment Management
• Major initiative – Enhancing Student Success• Strategic Enrollment Management Committee
– Co-chairs – DiLorenzo and Reesor
• Subcommittees– Recruitment, Marketing and Communications
Committee– Retention Coordinating Committee– Scholarship Coordinating Committee– Graduate/Professional Recruitment and Retention
• Features– Cross-divisional– Senate/Faculty participation
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Technology Enhancements
• Online Catalog – Course Availability, “Major” Review and Unwritten Rules
• Degree Auditing and Planning Capability• Identify Attributes of “At-Risk” Students– Use Predictive Analytics to identify factors
affecting student success
• Dashboards• Robust Early Alert System• One Stop Shop
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Budget Model Reassessment
• Current Budget Model is Historically-Based• Legislature – New funding model• All senior leadership (including Deans)
would like to assess if other models might be more appropriate at this time
• We have hired Huron Consulting to help guide us through a formal process
• Faculty representation on the working group
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Next Generation of Faculty Leaders
• Leadership roles in collaborative governance
• Faculty Leadership Development Proposal– Produced by the Next Generation of Faculty
Leaders Subcommittee of the Ad-hoc Committee on Shared Governance
• Fully supported by the President• Provost will be conducting a planning
session on next steps with the original group
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Diversity Inclusion Position
• Diversity Advisory Council (Chaired by Cara Halgren and Steve Light) recommended the creation of this position
• President Kelley announced that we would hire an individual to Coordinate Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at UND
• Reviewing the logistics of the position, naming a search committee, and launching a national search (this fall) – will include faculty representation
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HLC Visit
• Higher Learning Commission Visit: October 28-30 (100 years after UND’s initial accreditation)
• Event that kicks off the Accreditation visit• Exceptional UND: Realizing the Vision:
Tuesday, September 10 from 3:30-4:30• The reaccreditation process is the springboard
to develop the five strategic elements of Exceptional UND
• Experience, Gather, Collaborate, Expand, Enhance
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Elements
• Enrich the Student Experience• Encourage Gathering• Facilitate Collaboration• Expand UND’s Presence• Enhance Quality of Life
• HLC Committee has done a fabulous job• Executive Committee– Hawthorne, O’Neill,
Pearson (Five Criterion Committees)
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Official UND Provost Blog
• Recently launched – “In the Know with Provost DiLorenzo”
• Is available through the right navigation side of the main Provost page on the UND site
• blogs.und.edu/provost/• Will be updated weekly and will serve as
a transparent method of communication from the Provost for faculty, staff and students
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Other Forms of Communication
• Will meet with faculty and staff from each College/School
• Will follow with meetings with individual departments
• Monthly Chairs Meetings (Chairs Leadership Cohort will morph into the Chairs Leadership Institute)
• Continue New Faculty monthly orientation meetings
• Regular meetings with SEC – Ryan Zerr
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Questions
Next meeting1. Graduate Studies2. Foundation/Development3. New Faculty Orientation4. Students