January 17, 2018 Minutes

Faculty Senate Agenda

January 17th, 2018

3:10- 4:30

Ballroom B

Also Present: President Cruzado Provost Mokwa Tricia Seifert

I.  Call to Order - at 3:10

II.  Announcements–Chair Babcock –

·         The RIDE proposal was approved by the BOR-on January 11

·         Workload policy draft is ready for consideration by Faculty Senate. It will also be presented at the DH/Deans retreat next week. The draft policy will be posted to the FS webpage. Bobcat Birthday Bash – Feb 16-17 Founders Day celebration – watch out for more info-

o   Entire year – every month showcasing colleges or units.

§  January – athletics, February – Engineering etc.

III.  lcome President Cruzado

·         Thanked Faculty Senate for all their hard work.

·         NWCC – visit to Seattle last week. Shared governance at Montana State University was viewed positively by NWCC.

·         This semester, we are working on the new strategic plan.

·         Questions from senators –

o   Update on budget changes

§  4 million moved to UM – asked for 2% from colleges, pooled and reallocated

§  This year, the budget cut was absorbed centrally.

o   CRAEA proposal

§  Encourage FS to make informed decision either way, ideally this semester

o   Vision on MSU growth

§  Graduate student growth, especially for Ph.D. programs

·         Provost Mokwa – deliberate process of growth of doctoral program. Review of programs, come up with recommendations.

o   President Cruzado encouraged faculty to come visit with her if they had additional questions.

IV.  New Courses and Programs- Chair-Elect Richards

·         New courses – PSCI 414: Drug Trafficking and Governance in the Americas

·         MEDS 595: Research Methods

·         BIOE 596: Land Use Issues in GYE for Teachers

·         ERTH 527: Weather and Climate for Teachers

·         ERTH 528: Understanding Climate Change for Teachers

·         LRES 586: Lake Ecology for Teachers

o   If no concerns are communicated by senators, these courses will be considered for approval by Faculty Senate steering committee next week.

·         Program change –

o   BA and Minor in Asian Studies –

o   Motion to defer to steering – suspend the rules – motioned, and seconded – suspension of rules passed –

o   Motion to have program looked at by Steering Committee. Motioned and seconded.

Motion carried.

o   New program –

§  School Superintendent Certificate Program (SUPT-CERT)

·         Graduate level certificate program

·         15 credits coursework & field experience

·         EDLD 620: The Superintendent

·         EDLD 645: Personnel Management and MT Collective Bargaining

·         EDLD 650: MT Finance and Facilities

·         EDLD 655: MT Legal and Policy Studies

·         EDLD 574: Superintendent Field Experience

·         Formalized certificate upon completion of a series of four existing courses

·         Move to suspend rules so that FS could take action on proposal during same meeting – motioned, and seconded. Vote and passed unanimously.

·         Motion to accept certificate program, seconded. Vote and passed unanimously.

V.  Centers/Institutes (updates)

·         CRAEA Proposal – update

o   Chair Babcock updated senate on current status of the CRAEA proposal that was tabled November 15, 2017. The proposal has been endorsed by both Research Council and Dean’s Council. Research Council – endorsed December 12, 2017.

Dean’s Council – endorsed January 12, 2018

o    Chair Babcock describe options for moving forwards:

§  Act on proposal without guidelines

·         Review what we know

·         Invite people to present

§  Wait for guidelines from Research Council – seems to be the majority consensus

·         Might not be done by end of semester

·         Proposal may go to BOR or not

·         Research Council – plans to develop policies/procedures for centers that addresses:

o   Establishment

o   Review

o   Sunsetting

·         Comments –

o   Faculty Senate should have a voice in the development of the policies/procedures

o   It was the consensus of Faculty Senate to charge Faculty Affairs to develop some draft guidelines/workflow regarding Center proposal assessment to faculty senate for consideration.

VI.  Public Comment

o   Provost Mokwa –

o   Deans and Department Heads retreat update – share input with departments

§  CORE

§  Work load policy

§  RPT

§  Doctoral Program prioritization

§  Research

VII.  Adjournment – adjourned at 4:37

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