Faculty Senate Meeting January 26, 2017

1. Faculty Senate Meeting January 26, 2017

2. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call - B. Hale, Secretary II. Approval of November 17. 2016 minutes • Approval of December 14. 2016 minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

3. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of November 17. 2016 minutes III. Approval of December 14, 2016 minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

4. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of November 17. 2016 minutes III. Approval of December 14. 2016 minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

5. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • A. President’s Report, T. Schuman • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report • ii) Provost’s Report • C. Staff Council Report • D. Student Council • E. Council of Graduate Students

6. President’s Report26 January 2017

7. In Memoriam Tim Philpot

8. Intercampus Faculty Council (IFC) • IFC meets tomorrow, 27 Jan 17, in Columbia • Tom, Sahra, and Mark are attending • Higher Education System Review Task Force • Interim report recommended updating academic program approval process to meet workforce needs • Limited pathways to expanded degree programs • Degree and mission specific • Operational recommendations with phased implementation • Maintains UM System emphasis and ‘swim lanes’

9. CR&Rs Addition: Standard of Faculty Conduct • CR&R changes posted with FS Agenda • Background • RP&A referred changes to two standing committees • AF&S • No one expressed concerns on it's impact on academic freedom or standards • The use of the terms "respondent" and "complainant“ appear confusing • Personnel • No objections • Suggests consequences of refusing a sanction be described • Lack of rule and process forces filing of faculty grievance • Sense of the Senate

10. CR&Rs Addition: PTR (CR&R 310.015) • All other campuses have approved the changes • UMKC and UMSL, approved as-is • Mizzou had suggestions, some of which were incorporated • There was one, critical typographical error fixed • Legislature is actively following our progress • Oetting is meeting with legislators, including Brown • The System legislature relations group warns against inaction • IFC dropped the white paper’s consideration due to Mizzou objections – to be done later • Sense of the Senate

11. President Designate Choi Visiting Campus • Meetings with Deans, Chairs, Faculty, and Staff • Deans are to convene chairs’ meetings of their respective colleges • Joe Boehm co-convenes the Staff Council meeting • FS President will convene the faculty meeting • 6 February 2017 • FS Officer breakfast meeting at 8 to 9:15am • Faculty meeting at 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. • St. Pat’s Salon B, Havener Center • Encourage faculty to attend and be heard!

12. Faculty Grievances Per CR&R 370.010 • Five faculty grievances filed in 6 months • CR&R allows 2 committee structures • Model A: Two (or four) GRP faculty members (plus 2 alternates) chosen by Faculty Senate • Model B: The GRP will consist of two panels as described in Model A above • Issues with small committee and ‘large’ case load • Time • Consideration to details • Suggestion to begin a Model B structure

13. Report from the Faculty Ad hoc Committee for Administrative Engagement Presented to the Faculty Senate on Jan. 26, 2017

14. Summary • The committee was elected by Faculty Senate on Nov. 10, in response to a request from President-Designate Choi for a discussion about campus climate with the FS President and a group of faculty representatives. • The members elected are a subset of the Faculty Recruitment and Retention Committee (FRRC). • The meeting took place by telepresence on Nov. 22.

15. Committee Members • Mariesa Crow, Administrator • Merilee Krueger, CASB, Psych • Bih-Ru Lea, CASB, BIT • Doug Bristow, CEC, MAE • Joel Burken, CEC, CArE (chair) • Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani, CEC ECE

16. Meeting and Discussion • The committee met (by telepresence) with President-Designate Choi, President Middleton, and Chief-of-Staff David Russell on Nov. 22, 2016. • President-Designate Choi indicated that he is aware of the climate at S&T and is seeking understand what UM System can do to support activities on our campus.

17. Concerns Expressed by the Committee • Frustration of the faculty at the lack of tangible improvement in the situation, the time already invested in remedies, and the increasing urgency of addressing the situation with respect to faculty retention. • President Middleton acknowledged the patience of the S&T faculty and stated that dramatic action may be overdue.

18. Conclusions • President-Designate Choi asked for time to assess the circumstances. • He will be visiting campus on Monday, Feb. 6. The visit will include an open forum with faculty, at 2:15 pm, in St. Pat’s B (Havener Center). • We encourage our colleagues to attend and express their concerns directly to the President-Designate. • The FRRC remains committed to improving the campus climate and is actively engaged in tasks associated with the COACHE climate survey. • A status report that describes all activities to date was sent to all faculty on January 18.

19. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • President’s Report • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report, C. Schrader • ii) Provost’s Report • C. Staff Council Report • D. Student Council • E. Council of Graduate Students

20. CHANCELLOR’S REPORT Faculty Senate, January 26, 2017 Chancellor Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D.

21. Announcements • President-designate Mun Choi Visit • Visiting Missouri S&T Monday, Feb. 6 • Open forum for faculty at 2:15 p.m. in St. Pat’s Ballroom • Studies provided • UM System Review Commission • Missouri Department of Higher Education • State budget outlook • Current FY: Withholds of $146 million • $82 million withheld from higher education • FY18: Potential cuts of $450 million or more

22. Withholds to FY17 Funding

23. Available Funds Estimate

24. Available Funds Estimate

25. General Revenue Allocation (GRA)$120 Millionwithout utilities, insurance, etc. • GRA Base

26. Jan. 30: Preliminary budget impacts due to vice chancellor for finance & administration • Early February: Budget open forum • Feb. 3: Governor’s budget due to General Assembly • Mid-February: Cabinet reviews preliminary budget impacts • Feb.-April: Campus input on budget reduction and allocation priorities (includes input from Budgetary Affairs Committee) • Early April: Identify preliminary budget reductions & allocations • Mid-April: Tuition & fee increase recommendations due to UM System • Early May: Departments notified of budget reductions and allocations • Late May: Budget finalized • Timeline for FY18 (tentative)

28. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • A. President’s Report • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report • ii) Provost’s Report, R. Marley • C. Staff Council Report • D. Student Council • E. Council of Graduate Students

29. Provost’s Report Faculty Senate Meeting Thursday, January 26, 2017

30. Addressing budget issues impacting Academic Affairs • Percent of overall GRA budget going to departments and colleges – is it keeping up? • What’s happening to Miscellaneous Instruction budget? • What’s happening with start-up funds? • What’s happening with process of budget-reductions effecting Academic Affairs? - Why was January 24 important? • Agenda

33. 2) Miscellaneous Instruction • Rate sourced reductions between 2009-2011 • Need backfilled by one-time (cost) dollars ever since • Those sources were transferred to Deans in Fall, 2016 • Among our highest priorities to rebuild rate source for Miscellaneous Instruction going into FY18 • Concerns, continued

34. 3) Start-up Funding • Much the same story . . . source has been vacated positions, plus SI monies • Now transferred to Colleges as requested • with authority plus responsibility • But, System-sourced SI has gone away 4) What is the process now? • What happened on January 24? • Concerns, continued

35. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • A. President’s Report • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report • ii) Provost’s Report • C. Staff Council Report – No Report • D. Student Council • E. Council of Graduate Students

36. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • A. President’s Report • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report • ii) Provost’s Report • C. Staff Council Report • D. Student Council, S. Thomas for M. Hale • E. Council of Graduate Students

37. Agenda Campus Reports and Responses • A. President’s Report • B. Administrative Reports • i) Chancellor’s Report • ii) Provost’s Report • C. Staff Council Report • D. Student Council • Council of Graduate Students, S. Anandan • -NO REPORT

38. Agenda I. Call to Order and Roll Call II. Approval of November 17. 2016 minutes III. Approval of December 14, 2016 minutes IV. Campus Reports and Responses V. Reports of Standing and Special Committees VI. Old Business VII. New Business and Announcements VIII. Adjourn

39. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees • A. Curricula Committee, T. Schuman • B. Information Technology/Computing • C. Academic Freedom & Standards • Budgetary Affairs • E. Administrative Review

40. CCC Meetings • 7 December • 10 January • 7 February (upcoming) • Committee Activity • 7 Degree change requests (DC forms) • 29 Course change requests (CC forms) • 13 Experimental course requests (EC forms)

41. Degree Changes Requested • From the December 7th Meeting: • File# 141.14 AE ENG-BS: Aerospace Engineering BS • File# 90.20 MT ENG-BS: Metallurgical Engineering BS • File# 243.0 PSYCH-MI: Psychology for Health Care – Minor • From the January 10th Meeting: • File# 150.44 CH ENG-BS: Chemical Engineering BS • File# 64.21 GL&GPH-BS: Geology and Geophysics BS • File#: 157.17 HIST-BA: History BA • File#: 104.9 NU ENG-BS: Nuclear Engineering BS

42. Course Changes Requested: • From the December 7th Meeting: • File# 625.1 FRENCH 2110: Basic French Conversation • File# 2425.1 GEO ENG 4010: Current Topics and Professionalism • File# 4364 IS&T 5131: Foundations of Computer Architecture • File# 4352.0 IS&T 5423: Foundations of Data Management • File# 4361.0 MECH ENG 5544: Non-Intrusive Measurement Methods • File# 1819.1 PHILOS 4320: Mind and Machines • File# 2510.0 PHILOS 4340: Social Ethics • File# 1822.1 PHILOS 4345: Philosophy of Science • File# 1824 PHILOS 4350: Environmental Ethics • File# 1826.1 PHILOS 4360: Foundations of Political Conflict • File# 127.1 PSYCH 4993: Psychology of Gender

43. Course Changes Requested: • From the January 10th Meeting: • File# 216.1 BIO SCI 1201 : Biological Sciences Freshman Seminar • File# 4141.1 BIO SCI 2243: Sleep: Function and Dysfunction • File#: 4282 CHEM ENG 3131 : Separations in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering • File#: 4285 CHEM ENG 4091 : Chemical Process Design I • File#: 862.4 CHEM ENG 4097: Chemical Process Design II • File#: 2460.4 COMP ENG 5420: Introduction to Network Security • File#: 1521.1 COMP SCI 1575: Data Structures • File#: 4367 COMP SCI 1585: Data Structures Laboratory • File#: 39.1 COMP SCI 5800: Distributed Computing

44. Course Changes Requested: • From the January 10th Meeting: • File#: 2494.1 EDUC 2203: Problems of Teaching Mathematics • File#: 2555.1 ELEC ENG 3400: Continuous Linear Systems • File#: 2556.1 ELEC ENG 3401: Continuous Linear Systems Laboratory • File#: 2388.1 ELEC ENG 3420: Communication Systems • File#: 4377 EXP ENG 5711: Explosives in Industry • File#: 4378 EXP ENG 5721: Specialty Uses of Energetic Materials • File#: 4379 EXP ENG 5914: Explosives Manufacturing • File#: 4118.4 NUC ENG 5257: Introduction to Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics • File#: 411.1 NUC ENG 6257: Advanced Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics

45. Waiver was approved by Provost Marley 4Jan17

46. Curriculum committee moves for FS to approve the DC and CC form actions • Discussion: Questions or comments?

47. Informational Only • Experimental Courses Approved from December 7th Meeting: • File# 4347 BIO SCI 3001.001: Evolutionary Medicine • File# 4338 CHEM ENG 2001.002: Introduction to Phase Equilibrium • File# 4365 COMP SCI 6001.001: Applied Spatial and Temporal Data Analysis • File# 4345 GEOLOGY 6001.001: Cyclic Sedimentation and Stratigraphy • File# 4351 IS&T 5001.003 Foundations of Computer Architecture • File# 4333 MECH ENG 5001.003: Energy Efficiency of Vehicles • File# 4373 SPANISH 3001.001: Spanish Translation for Technical Applications • File# 4339 SYS ENG 6001.001: Advanced Computational Intelligence

48. Informational Only • Experimental Courses Approved from January 10th Meeting: • File# 4380 NUC ENG 6001.001: Advanced Particle Interactions • File# 4386 PET ENG 6001.003: Advanced Directional Drilling and MWD • File# 4387 PET ENG 6001.004: Advanced Petroleum Offshore Technology • File# 4373 SPANISH 3001.001: Spanish Translation for Technical Applications • File# 4339 SYS ENG 6001.001: Advanced Computational Intelligence

49. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees • A. Curricula Committee • Information Technology/Computing, T. Vojta • - NO REPORT • C. Academic Freedom & Standards • Budgetary Affairs • E. Administrative Review

50. Agenda Reports of Standing and Special Committees • A. Curricula Committee • B. Information Technology/Computing • C. Academic Freedom & Standards, K. Kosbar • Budgetary Affairs • E. Administrative Review