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Faculty Senate

April 16, 2009
1330 - 204 McNutt Hall
http//facultysenate.mst.edu
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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• K. M. Isaac, Secretary
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting
  minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• http//facultysenate.mst.edu/documents/FS.Minutes.
  02.19.09.pdf
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• A. Presidents Report D. Carroll
• B. Administrative Report J. Carney/W. Wray
• C. Staff Council Report C. Elmore
• D. Student Council D. Meyer
• E. Council of Grad. Students R. Gudavarthy
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Presidents Report

• Curators Breakfast
• Competitive Salaries
• Guns on Campus?

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Presidents Report
Whereas, the Missouri House of Representatives
passed an amendment to HB668 allowing "campus
carry", andwhereas, concealed weapons represent
a danger to the campus community,be it resolved
that the Faculty Senate of Missouri ST support
the April 6, 2009 statement of President Gary
Forsee and join with him to oppose this action.
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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• A. Presidents Report D. Carroll
• B. Administrative Report J. Carney/W. Wray
• C. Staff Council Report C. Elmore
• D. Student Council D. Meyer
• E. Council of Grad. Students R. Gudavarthy
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Chancellor Carney
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Provost Wray
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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• A. Presidents Report D. Carroll
• B. Administrative Report J. Carney/W. Wray
• C. Staff Council Report C. Elmore
• D. Student Council D. Meyer
• E. Council of Grad. Students R. Gudavarthy
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Staff Council

• Cecilia Elmore--Staff  Council  activities
• Gearing up for Staff Recognition Day, May 27,
  2009
• Staff Excellence award nominations received and
  being reviewed by the awards committee. Received
  generous private contributions from various
  groups, so we are proceeding with awards and
  sufficient funds for all activities. Thank you
  to those who donated!
• Staff satisfaction survey being revised and will
  be sent to staff shortly.

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• A. Presidents Report D. Carroll
• B. Administrative Report J. Carney/W. Wray
• C. Staff Council Report C. Elmore
• D. Student Council D. Meyer
• E. Council of Grad. Students R. Gudavarthy
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Student Council

• Student Representative to the Board of Curators
• Sent names to Governor Nixon on Monday
• Student Body President
• Stephanie Rostad
• Executive Committee
• Applications are due April 17
• CDC Reception
• April 16 5 pm

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• A. Presidents Report D. Carroll
• B. Administrative Report J. Carney/W. Wray
• C. Staff Council Report C. Elmore
• D. Student Council D. Meyer
• E. Council of Grad. Students R. Gudavarthy
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Council of Graduate Students

• Graduate research showcase was held on April 13th
  and April 14th. A total of 70 posters were
  presented from various departments on campus.
• 21 faculty members from various departments on
  campus agreed to be judges.
• Showcase was broken down into 4 sessions with 2
  prizes in each session.
• Graduate reception to be held on April 17th at
  300 P.M. in carver-turner room.
• Dr. Delbert Day will be the keynote speaker at
  the reception.

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• A. Curricula K. Nisbett
• B. Tenure G. Cohen
• C. Public Occasions D. Westenberg
• D. Bylaws Committee Update K. Kosbar
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Curricula

• The Curricula Committee report has been
  distributed. It includes
• 16 Degree Change (DC) form
• 68 Course Change (CC) forms
• Majority of these are slight changes to course
  descriptions and/or prerequisites.
• 21 Experimental Course (EC) forms (informational
  only)

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Curricula Committee ReportApril 16, 2009

• Noteworthy proposals
• DC 0301 New Theatre minor
• DC 0307 New Global Studies minor
• DC 0309 New MS in Explosives Engineering
• DC 0313 Inactive status for MS in Biomaterials
• DC 0319 Inactive status for BS in Chemistry
  non-ACS certified
• DC 0320 CE curriculum change that does not
  include 6 hrs of free elective that was
  previously required by all engineering programs.
• DC 0321 ArchE curriculum change that reduces
  free elective from 6 to 3 hrs.

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• A. Curricula K. Nisbett
• B. Tenure G. Cohen
• C. Public Occasions D. Westenberg
• D. Bylaws Committee Update K. Kosbar
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Tenure
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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• A. Curricula K. Nisbett
• B. Tenure G. Cohen
• C. Public Occasions D. Westenberg
• D. Bylaws Committee Update K. Kosbar
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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2009-2010 Open Houses and Family Day
Public Occasions

• The resulting Fall 2009 Calendar will be as
  follows.
• FALL SEMESTER 2009
• International Student Orientation August 11,
  Tuesday
• Freshman Orientation Begins August 16, Sunday
• Transfer Student Orientation August 20, Thursday
• Open Registration Ends August 20, Thursday
• Fall semester opens 800 a.m. August 24, Monday
• Classwork begins 800 a.m. August 24, Monday
• Labor Day Holiday September 7, Monday
• Fall Career Fair September 29, Tuesday
• Open House October 3, Saturday
• Mid-Semester October 17, Saturday
• Homecoming October 23/24, Friday/Saturday
• Family Day October 31, Saturday
• Open House November 7, Saturday
• Thanksgiving vacation begins 800 a.m. November
  22, Sunday
• Thanksgiving vacation ends 800 a.m. November 30,
  Monday
• Last Class Day December 11, Friday
• Reading Day December 12, Saturday

• The resulting Spring 2010 Calendar will be as
  follows.
• SPRING SEMESTER 2010
• International Student Orientation January 4,
  Monday
• Open Registration Ends January 7, Thursday
• Spring semester opens 800 a.m. January 11,
  Monday
• Classwork begins 800 a.m. January 11, Monday
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Holiday
  January 18, Monday
• Open House February 15, Monday
• Mid-Semester March 6, Saturday
• Spring Recess begins 800 a.m. March 11, Thursday
• Spring Recess ends 800 a.m. March 15, Monday
• Spring Break begins 800 a.m. March 28, Sunday
• Spring Break ends 800 a.m. April 5, Monday
• Open House April 9, Friday
• Last Class Day May 7, Friday
• Reading Day May 8, Saturday
• Final Examinations begin 800 a.m. May 10, Monday
• Final Examinations end 600 p.m. May 14, Friday
• Spring Semester closes 600 p.m. May 14, Friday

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• A. Curricula K. Nisbett
• B. Tenure G. Cohen
• C. Public Occasions D. Westenberg
• D. Bylaws Committee Update K. Kosbar
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Ad-Hoc Bylaws Committee

• Kurt Kosbar

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Referrals and Actionable Items

• Referrals Ongoing
• FS0708ref-5 Graduate Student Stipend/Fees (Grad.
  Council).
• FS0708ref-8 Spousal Actions (Personnel).
• Grievance Procedures (Personnel).

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Referrals and Actionable Items

• Ongoing Monitoring
• Emergency Preparedness (Facilities)
• VPAA SB 389 Committee (Ad-Hoc SB389)
• Supplementary/Soft Money Raises (Budgetary
  Affairs)

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Referrals and Actionable Items

• Other Committee Items
• Budgetary Planning, Start-up Packages (Budgetary
  Affairs)
• Best Practices for forming dept. tenure
  committees (Tenure)
• Monitor progress of new PT procedures (Tenure)
• Academic Dishonesty (Academic Freedom
  Standards)

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of February 19, 2009 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn

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Agenda

• I. Call to Order and Roll Call
• II. Approval of November 20, 2008 meeting minutes
• III. Campus Reports and Responses
• IV. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
• V. Old Business
• VI. New Business and Announcements
• VII. Adjourn