DRAFT
SOS FALL FACULTY ASSEMBLY Minutes
November 28, 2006
11:00-1:00 pm
Present: Voting
members: Biology; Blazer-Yost,
D. Crowell, P. Crowell, J. Li, Randall, Roper, Stocum, Watson. Chemistry; Minto, Muhoberac, Schultz, Siegel, Zhu. Computer Science; Fang, Tuceryan, Zheng, Earth Science; Barth, Licht, Tedesco. Math; Boukai, Chin, Kuznetsov, Misiurewicz, Rubchinsky, Watt.
Physics; Gavrin, Kemple,
Kleinhans, Ou, Rao, Vemuri. Psychology; Bigatti, Bond, Fetterman,
Grahame, Hazer, Johnson, Rand, Stewart, Williams.
Dean Bosron.
Non-Voting members:
Biology: Vaughn, Yost. Chemistry; Blacklock
Meeting was called to
order by President Ray Chin at 11:01 am.
The agenda was
accepted and the faculty minutes from May 2, 2006 were approved.
Report of the Deans Administrations:
Interim Dean Bosron’s
Report
Budget: The five year plan for
recovery from the present fiscal situation was described. They include a hiring freeze for three years,
and assumption of an increase in general funds of 1% per year, with a maximum
deficit of approximately 2.5 million (mostly due to start up costs) occurring
in the third year. Outcome will depend on attrition rate of present faculty
(expectation is 4-6 per year). The plan
was accepted by the chief financial officer, Bob Martin, who will present the
budget plan to the trustees. Projections
for the budget seem to be holding up well, tuition income is holding,
Randall asked about
whether the trustees will approve budget plan (answer, we hope so confidence
comes from involvement of campus financial officers in the budget plan). M. Misiurewicz asked whether any gains in
increases in tuition $ will be offset by a decrease of the state
allocations. Bosron stated since we
don’t presently understand that formula we don’t know, but that he is seeking
that information so that we can better plan. It was also suggested (Jay Siegel)
that the current budget situation is a cash issue which will be resolved in the
next couple of years, but what happens after that, How can we continue to evolve? For example hiring faculty in new areas will
put us back in the same situation. Answer: Unknown, but the new Strategic Plan
must address this.
Personnel: Search for Dean will be
initiated in the spring, with intention to start July 1, 2008. Former Assistant dean Kim Nguyen is now
associated with UCASE in Education, where she will continue work with us in
LSAMP programs, Ann-Marie Chastain is now employed with IU Foundation where she
will continue to assist the SOS with accounts and fundraising. New clerical help will be hired to work with
Debbie and Crystal to help with grant, budgeting etc. There will be no hire of a Dean’s assistant,
Rose Marie Temple and Tamekia Anderson will both assist the Dean along with
their other duties.
In the future, search for
replacements for Chemistry and Computer Science chairs need to be considered.
Despite limited
resources, hiring utilizing specific campus resources (non-SOS resources)
continues.
CTE (Commitment to
Excellence) funds supported (or will support) the following hires:
UCASE for a
Science /Math educator to be involved in high school teacher’s education.
Forensic Sciences:
Searching now for a Chemist, and Toxicologist (shared
position with IUSM Pharmacy and Toxicology Dept and Indiana State Department of
Toxicology.
Space Issues:
Space in Waterway is
now vacated and is available for rent.
Some Math and
Computer faculty will locate to the third floor of the MISB Medical and
Information Science Building, on canal) in Jan/Feb.
Some Chemistry and
Chemical Biology faculty will locate in 3-4000 sq ft space in basement of
Medical Science building (with Center for Chemical genomics).
Academics: Science
Credit hours have overall increased about 2.2%.
With a decreased head count (0.7%) relative to last year. This is an
important feature of the SOS budget as 80% of operating capital comes from
tuition. Bosron noted that there will be
a request for faculty to help with High School outreach. Other anticipated outreach activities include
A student reception in Feb, Science Olympiad in Feb, Science Apprentice Camp in
June, “Project Lead the Way” a project of H.S. teachers to expand in
Biotechnology, other science fairs, State of
Graduate Academics:
Five computer Science certificates are now approved.
M.S In Forensic
Sciences, approved by SOS now in University approval process.
New Ph.D. are
planned: IU Biostatistics (Math in collaboration with Medical Biostatistics,
has been approved by SOS,
not yet reviewed by IUPUI Graduate Affairs.
Earth Sciences:
Either with
Strategic Planning
for the School:
1)
Data
collection will comprise the last 5-10 years on faculty numbers, space, grants,
teaching.
2)
Planning
Retreat, Will occur the first week in January, before classes start, will be a
1 day activity
3)
Teams will form and write strategic plans with goal to finish in time for Deans
search in summer 07.
Other:
M Federwisch will be
involved in initiatives regarding back-up and security of computers, expect to
hear more about this in the next couple of months.
Ben Boikoi Suggested that
many ad hoc committees ought to be evaluated for possible transition into
standing committees and be formally accommodated in the By-Laws.
Business Agenda:
Presence of a quorum
was established.
Proposed SOS
Bylaw-changes were discussed and voted on (Results; unanimously approved)
Nominations for
Representatives for the IUPUI Faculty Council were voted upon (Results, all
candidates were endorsed)
The plan for this years Administrative Review was outlined. The WEB based mechanism used last year
(SURVEY MONKEY) will be used again this year.
Associate Deans and Chairs will be reviewed.
Written reports of
the School committees are attached (Appendices I-VI).
12:00, Invited Guest:
Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculty Uday Sukhatme arrived. Discussion was initiated from the floor.
The last hour of the
assembly was a visit by Executive Vice-Chancellor Sukhatme for informal
discussions. Topics of discussion
included the budget, the search for the IU president (which generated much
discussion). Possible solutions to the issue of national recognition of IUPUI
were discussed. The absence of self examination in the organization of the IU
system was brought up and discussed in context of other state
Universities. Discussion
of promotion and tenure particularly relative to continuities in
benchmarks/standards between department and schools. Also a discussion
ensued as to RCM and how it impacts on the efficiencies in the system (i.e. course
duplications).
The assembly was
adjourned at 1 pm.
Appendices
I. Library Committee
II. Nominations Awards and Committee
III. Research Committee
IV. Graduate Affairs
V. Educational Policy Committee
VI. Technology
I. Library Committee: This year our committee decided on the monograph funds to be allocated. I calculated the new amounts based on the new data for each department and this week we had an e-meeting to agree on the amounts (among a few other minor things).
-Marcos Betancourt, chair of the Library Committee
II. The Nominations and Awards committee
solicited nominations for three
-Jim Murphy, Chair of nominations and awards Committee
III.
Report to the
November 28, 2006
Pam Crowell, Chair
1. The committee reviewed 7 Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) International Travel Grants for 2006-07. Each of the PRF award recipients will be presenting their work at one or more international conferences, and many are invited speakers.
|
Name |
Department |
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Pavel Bleher |
Mathematical Sciences |
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Gary Bond |
Psychology |
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Ellen Chernoff |
Biology |
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Alexey Kuznetsov |
Mathematical Sciences |
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Lin Li |
Earth Science |
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Jiang Zheng |
Computer Science |
|
Xukai Zou |
Computer Science |
2. The committee evaluated 11
Pam Crowell, Chair
IV.
Report to the
November 28, 2006
Pam Crowell, Chair
1. Committee members participated in the October 22nd campus Graduate Open. Five faculty spoke with more than 20 prospective graduate students. For future biannual campus open house events, earlier and more comprehensive advertising will occur, and it is hoped that prospective student attendance will increase. (Special thanks to Josh Morrison, Computer & Information Science, for valuable assistance with this event).
Pam Crowell, Chair
Late Spring 2006 through December 2006
The Educational Policies
Committee has the primary responsibility over the curriculum and academic
standards for the
i. receive, review, initiate, or make recommendations to the Faculty concerning matters related to academic policy within the School of Science,
ii. approve or disapprove
of all courses to be added, dropped or significantly changed by any Department
in the
iii.conduct
a continuing review of the educational policies of the
Members 2006-2007 Academic Year:
Kathleen A. Marrs, Biology (Chair); Barry Muhoberac, Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Snehasis Mukhopadhyay, Computer and Information Science; Jeff Swope, Earth Sciences; Michael Penna, Mathematical Sciences; Steve Wassall, Physics; Phil Fastenau, Psychology; Andy Gavrin, Dean’s Office; Pam Crowell, Graduate Affairs, Dean’s Office; Joe Thompson, Staff Aide to the Committee, Dean’s Office
Approved Program Changes
Every
department in the School agreed that the integrator requirement should be
suspended indefinitely, and that the three “freed” credit hours should be used
as each department sees fit: internally or for some sort of external
“distribution” credit.
Clarification of Policies
Approved New Course Requests
1. FIS 409 Forensic Science Research
Approved Course Change Requests
Change in description to increase flexibility. Old
description outdated.
2. CSCI-M 300 to CSCI-N 300 Introduction to
Change in course numbers to mirror existing non-major courses
(the “N” designation) and to make the course numbers more easily understood by
students.
7.Psychology I-598 – Special Topics in Psychology: New course number approved. Old course number (lab component) outdated.
Presented 11/28/06
A. Gavrin, Chair
Purpose: To make recommendations to the Dean for
the use of student technology fee money, and to discuss and recommend
technology strategies for the
This provides an update to the annual report submitted at the Spring faculty assembly in May of 2006. The committee usually meets only in the Spring semester, so the materials submitted at the Spring assembly reflect the committee’s most recent activity.
Two significant developments have occurred since spring:
1.
The pay-for-print system has been implemented. Users
printing in the student technology centers, e.g., SL070, are now changed
4˘/page. Users scan their JagTag to
release print jobs. Of course, the system is not popular, but the student
council has been briefed, and they do understand the need for this.
Of each 4˘ collected, 2˘ goes to Card services for operation of the system, and
2˘ are returned to the School. These funds will be rolled into the technology
budget and used to support student technology costs.
2. Due to the well-known budget difficulties in the School, technology fee allocations made to the departments in 04-05 and previous years were reclaimed to offset the School’s deficit. The status of projects from 05-06 will be reviewed. In order to remain true to the intent of the STF, the school will use reclaimed funds to support technical staff salaries in the departments, to the extent to which departmental staff support student technology.