October 31, 2018 Minutes
Faculty Senate Minutes
October 31st, 2018
SUB 233
3:10- 4:30 pm
Name |
Represents |
Attended |
Richards, Abigail |
Chair |
X |
Walker, Brett |
Chair-elect |
X |
Amende, Kevin |
EN/Mechanical & Industrial Engr |
X |
Anderson, Christina |
AR/Film & Photography |
X |
Anderson, Ryan |
EN/Chem Engr |
X |
Austin, Eric |
LS/Political Sci |
X |
Belasco, Eric |
AG/Ag Econ |
X |
Brody, Michael |
ED/Education |
X |
Carr, Patrick |
AG/Research Centers |
X |
Dana, Susan |
Business |
X |
Dunbar, Edward |
HHD/Health & Human Dev |
X |
Fick, Damon |
EN/Civil Engineering |
X |
Gao, Hongwei |
EN/Electrical & Comp. Engineering |
X |
Gedeon, Tomas |
LS/Math Sciences |
X |
Haggerty, Julia |
LS/Earth Sciences |
X |
Haynes, George |
Extension/On Campus |
X |
Herman, Matthew |
LS/Native American Studies |
X |
Izurieta, Clemente |
EN/Computer Science |
X |
Jelinski, Jack |
Emeritus Faculty |
X |
Kosto, Alison |
Extension/Off Campus |
X |
Mast, Sarah |
AR/Art |
X |
McMahon, Tom |
LS/Ecology |
X |
Meyer, James |
LS/History & Phil |
X |
Slye, Teresa |
Gallatin College |
X |
Stowers, Steven |
LS/Cell Biology & Neuroscience |
X |
Thomas, Amy |
LS/English |
X |
Yamaguchi, Tomomi |
LS/Sociology & Anthro |
X |
ALTERNATES |
Dept |
Attended |
Moyce, Sally |
Nursing/On Campus |
X |
Olson, Bret |
AG/Animal & Range |
X |
Stoneback, Sarah |
AR/Music |
X |
OTHER ATTENDEES |
Dept |
Attended |
Babcock, Michael |
Psychology/Pres Faculty Fellow |
X |
Gleeson, Rebecca |
Western Transportation Institute |
X |
Mumey, Brendan |
Engineering/Chair, Faculty Affairs |
X |
Provost Mokwa |
Office of the Provost |
X |
Reijo-Pera, Renee |
VP for Research & Econ Devel |
X |
I. Call to Order
A. Meeting is called to order at 3:10pm
II. Approval of the October 17, 2018 meeting minutes
B. Jim Meyer moves to approve. Teresa Slye seconds. None opposed. Approved.
III. Informational Items
A. Update on the Graduate Dean/Associate VPR
i. Provost Mokwa: Restructuring the position. Posted on Provost website. Search consultants are helping with this search. Candidate will bridge both Graduate studies and Research.
ii. Renee Reijo-Pera: Encourage you to look at the position yourself, send it to others who may be interested. Looking to bring candidates to campus the second week of December.
iii. Questions: How many faculty on committee?
Beth Burroughs-Dept Head/Math
Alan Dyer-Professor/PSPP
Alison Harmon-Dean/EHHD
Susan Kollin-Director/English
Abbie Richards-Chair, Faculty Senate
Emily Schmidt-Student
Blake Wiedenheft-Professor/Microbiology & Immunology
a. New resources coming in? Would like to start investing in faculty and students who are already here and are staying.
b. Is it common to use a search firm for a position of this sort? Yes, it is very common when hiring Deans.
c. Will this person have more budget to have a say and vision in this position? We need to provide this position with resources to have the ability to make change. Bringing research and graduate education together should help with the resource piece. Provost office will support this individual.
d. Please send names of potential position candidates to Provost Mokwa, and VP for Research Reijo-Pera.
B. Bozeman Commuter Project
i. Western Transportation Institute
a. Partner with the City and MSU to reduce travel congestion and parking issues.
b. Aimed at getting more people where they want to go without driving alone everywhere
c. MSU is larger than most Montana cities
d. Surveyed 1800 people last year
e. Mapped addresses for 3400 MSU employees
f. Those that have more flexibility in their schedules could help with parking during peak times
g. Purchased: bozemancommute.org to get people together to carpool, walk, etc.
h. Goal is to use our existing transportation to get more people to campus-not adding additional transportation
IV. Old Business
A. FYI-Courses approved in FS Steering
i. ARTH 342: Modern Art
ii. BCH 381: Biochemistry Lab
iii. CHMY 3401: Environmental Chemistry
iv. CULA 131: World Cuisine
v. CULA 220: Dairy Foods and Culturing
vi. CULA 265: Purchasing and Cost Control
vii. ECNS 316: Economics of Crime and Risky Behaviors
viii. EELE 418: The Art of Biochips-An Intro to BioMEMS
ix. EGEN 494-001: Engr Peer Academic Leader Foundations
x. EMEC 440: Biomechanics of Human Movement
xi. ENGR 694: Seminar
xii. GPHY 507: Topics in Political Ecology
xiii. M 520: Access and Equity in Mathematics Teaching
xiv. TE 530: 3D Modeling & Animation
B. ANRS-BS: Ranching Systems
i. Internship
ii. Proposal: Create preeminent Ranch Management Program in Intermountain West.
iii. Proposal: Systems-level approach that integrates course work with experiential/hands-on learning.
iv. Proposal: Topics include: livestock production, natural resource management, economics and business, leadership, communication, lifelong learning, critical thinking.
v. Mission: “is to sustain and preserve the agricultural heritage of the Northern Great Plains and Intermountain West, by graduating students who have the passion, breadth of knowledge, and diversity of skills needed to employ prudent ranching practices that create value and improve the natural resources vital to our land.”
vi. Concerns: The original concern was overlap between; A) Agribusiness Management Concentration (Ag Econ & Econ), B) Livestock Management & Industry Option (Animal & Range Sciences), C) Farm & Ranch Management Option, and D) Rangeland Ecology & Management Option.
vii. Concerns: Hands-on component and systems approach set the new program apart.
viii. Tomas Gedeon moves to approve. George Haynes seconds. None opposed. Approved.
ix. Discussion-no discussion
V. New Business
A. New Courses- Steering committee appreciates any feedback you may have on any of these courses.
i. ACT 276: Wilderness First Responder
ii. EMEC 462: System Dynamics and Control
iii. GRMN 498: Internship Abroad
iv. LS 104: Introduction to Global Health
v. SIGN 220: Sign Language II
vi. Steering committee appreciates any feedback you may have on any of these courses.
B. Workload Guidelines
i. Would like to vote on the policy at the November 28th meeting and the guidelines at the December 12th meeting. JAGS will meet in between.
ii. Read documents carefully
iii. Discuss with colleagues
iv. Actionable suggestions
a. Provide specific language changes in writing
v. Can email suggested changes to:
a. arichards@montana.edu
b. Brett.Laurence.Walker@gmail.com
vi. Guidelines for a unit-wide workload policy
a.Teaching – overview of the main points in the teaching section of the guidelines. Baseline of a credit load for teaching. Concern about “course-based class language.” Concern about differences effort and comment regarding a desire for data to find out how much effort it generally takes for faculty le are really doing. OPA should have some data available.
b. Scholarship – presentation of key language of scholarship and then discussion metrics from peer-institutions
c. Service – highlights presented with examples of service from the document. Discussion about how service activities differ by discipline – would like language that this is not an “exhaustive” list. Discussion of role and scope driving workload vs workload driving Role and Scope.
d. Changing Percentages of Effort – presentation of pre-tenure and post tenure procedures for PoE changes.
e. Joint Appointments – meant to provide clarification faculty under joint appointments and memorandum of understanding. Question about if the faculty handbook has specific language for MOU.
C. Center Guidelines sub-committee: Email a nomination (or self-nomination) to arichards@montana.edu by Oct 31. Not coming up with a new policy. Just looking for guidelines when a proposal for a center comes forward.
VI. Announcements
A. Relationships Policy Task Force – expect an email sent to faculty we another containing invitations for community conversations. RSVP to CFE workshops. Discussion about location of existing policy and other institutions policies as examples
B. Inspiring Excellence in Teaching and Learning
i. November 8, SUB Ballrooms, 8:00am-5:30pm-All-day event
ii. Teaching innovation
iii. Service Learning
iv. Active Learning
v. Teaching Technology
vi.www.montana.edu/rsvp/teaching
C. Next Year’s Chair-Elect
i. Time table:
a. Recruitment & mulling over period: Now
b. Nominations: by Feb 13 to Feb 27, 2019
c. Candidate presentations: Feb 27, 2019
d. Vote; 3/13/19
VII. Public Comment
A. Provost Mokwa: Put workload taskforce report on the website.
B. Provost Mokwa: Inspiring Excellence in Teaching and Learning-Innovative teaching approaches shared between our faculty on campus-instead of bringing in speakers to talk.
C. Jack Jelinski: Introduced himself as Emeritus faculty member of Faculty Senate. Impressed with the seriousness of the proceedings here.
VIII. Adjournment
A. Meeting adjourned at 4:37pm.
Next Faculty Senate Meeting will be 3:10 pm November 14th in the SUB Alumni Lounge