{"id":3188,"date":"2017-11-09T11:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/?page_id=3188"},"modified":"2018-05-09T09:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T13:39:42","slug":"senate-minutesoctober-18-2017","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"October 18, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FACULTY SENATE MINUTES<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nOctober 18, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Present: <\/strong>Dean Astumian, Susan Bennett-Armistead, Tony Brinkley, Rick Borgman, Alice Bruce, Dick Brucher, Farahad Dastoor, Julie DellaMattera, Paula Drewniany, Phil Dunn, Thane Fremouw, Per Garder, Mark Haggerty, Sam Hanes, Anil Raj Kizha, Robson Machado, Robert Meulenberg, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, William Nichols, Christopher Nightingale, Nigel Pitt, Paul Grosswiler for Laura Rickard, Deborah Saber, Michael Scott, Howard Segal, David Townsend, Phil Trostel, Seth Tyler, Stephanie Welcomer, Mark Wells, Gail Werrbach, Clayton Wheeler, President Susan Hunter, Provost Jeff Hecker, VP Research Kody Varahramyan, Jen Bonnet (PEAC),<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent: <\/strong>Erik Blomberg, Jason Bolton, Emmanuel Boss, Mauricio da Cunha, Scott Dunning, Nuri Emanetoglu, Torsten Hahmann, Nancy Hall, Leonard Kass, Margaret Killinger, Peter Koons, Michael Montgomery, Renae Moran, John Singer, Kathryn Slott, Mona Therrien, Andrew Thomas, Xudong Zheng, Brian Preziosi (Grad Stud Gov), Bentley Simpson (Undergrad Rep)<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was called to order at 3:20 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.\u00a0 Welcome, Announcements and Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>II.\u00a0 Approval of Minutes<\/strong><br \/>\nSeptember 20, 2017<br \/>\nApproved<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Committee Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BOT \u2013 Patti Miles<\/strong><br \/>\nThe next BOT meetings (committees and general meeting) are in November. If anyone would like something brought up let Patti know. BOT reps from the various campuses are discussing ways to facilitate communication between campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Shawn Moody just declared he was running for Governor, what happens when he\u2019s a BOT member and member of the Community College System?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 President Hunter stated she\u2019d have to look at the BOT Policy website to answer that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Affairs \u2013 William \u201cDee\u201d Nichols<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8212; <strong>Academic Affairs subcommittee &#8211; General Education \u2013 Farahad Dastoor<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee will meet on October 25 at 3 pm in 229 Merrill Hall. Discussions regarding student evaluations on instruction and alignment of Gen Ed course assessments. The committee received good feedback on a proposed motion from the last Elected Members meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Constitution &amp; Bylaws \u2013 David Townsend<\/strong><br \/>\nNo report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research &amp; Scholarship \u2013 Deborah Saber &amp; Peter Koons<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee met on October 13, to discuss past challenges and upcoming opportunities. The committee will meet with Vice President Varahramyan and hold their next meeting on November 3. The committee is looking for additional members, especially in humanities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finance &amp; Institutional Planning \u2013 Mauricio da Cunha<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee will meet on Thursday, November 2, 3:00 pm in Alumni Hall; second meeting will be Friday December 8. There is an open budget meeting November 9, 3:00 pm in 100 Nutting Hall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Environment \u2013 Stephanie Welcomer<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee is in the process of setting a meeting date. Discussions will be free speech and sustainable issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service &amp; Outreach \u2013 Susan Bennett-Armistead<\/strong><br \/>\nSusan said they\u2019re in the process of setting up meetings and will contact members with those dates shortly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Committee on Committees \u2013 Rick Borgman<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee is in the process of getting nominees for, Review Committee for Dean Dana Humphrey, Search Committee for Vice President for Enrollment Management, Scientific Misconduct Committee, and Provost\u2019s Promotion and Tenure Advisory Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Creation &amp; Reorganization Review \u2013 Clayton Wheeler<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Maine Business School proposal from the Provost will have a public meeting on Wednesday at 3 pm in Jenness Soderberg Lecture Hall. Once that takes place, a review committee will make recommendations to Faculty Senate for a vote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library Committee \u2013 Howard Segal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Digital Commons was owned by Berkley Press but has been sold, library staff will monitor any changes. There are no anticipated changes to the library budget this year. A new Administrative Integration team has been created by Vice Chancellor Robert Neelly and will be chaired by Vice Chancellor Carol Kim. The team will explore a common catalog across the 91福利 System and possibly the State of Maine Library. The next meetings will be November 17, and December 15. There is a concern regarding databases 91福利 pays for with no access outside this campus. The cost to make them available to other campuses could be very costly. The Office of Major Scholarships has been set up and staffed.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Having an Integration Committee sounds like things are going ahead, is it a done deal or are they still exploring?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 The charge to the committee is to explore a common catalog. Joyce Rumery, Dean of Libraries, said she doesn\u2019t get the impression that it\u2019s a done deal because it will be very costly.<br \/>\nComment: Previous exploration of One University seemed to end as a done deal hence the question.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Will the Library become part of the 91福利 System?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Provost Hecker said he didn\u2019t see that happening.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Are you talking about electronic journal subscriptions?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Electronic journals, books, databases.<br \/>\nComment: Hasn\u2019t that already been done like Marine Sciences has an understanding to merge programs with 91福利 Machias?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no plan to merge Marine Sciences. The 2 &amp; 2 isn\u2019t a merger; it\u2019s a collaboration which is different.<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t having students take courses at all campuses the goal? Without library resources that isn\u2019t possible. Provost Hecker said that\u2019s what they\u2019re trying to solve, how to manage, and how much it will cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ad Hoc IT \u2013 Patti Miles<\/strong><br \/>\nPatti said she\u2019d be moving forward with a motion for a regular work committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ad Hoc Shared Governance \u2013 <\/strong><br \/>\nGrant asked for clarification regarding bylaws being completed by all colleges. He stated he\u2019d looked for them online and didn\u2019t see anything posted.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Reports of Faculty Members on Committees of the Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nNo report.<\/p>\n<p><strong> IV.\u00a0 Announcements and Updates from the Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Hunter said, with the questions about One University today, she\u2019d announce the Chancellor is coming to campus for an open meeting October 25, 3 pm in Wells Conference Center. The Chancellor will have Vice Chancellor Neely and Vice Chancellor Ryan Low with him. This is a good time to get updates and ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Engineering Job Fair had a record number of employers and was attended by seven Legislators.<\/p>\n<p>Provost Hecker stated the Office of Major Scholarships is open and staffed. He encouraged everyone to stop by and have students stop in.<\/p>\n<p>NEASC teams are on track with their sections of the report. A draft will be sent to NEASC in February for review.<\/p>\n<p>Provost Hecker thanked those attending the Pathway meetings. The next meeting is October 19 for Pathway 2.<\/p>\n<p>President Hunter stated she\u2019s chairing an accreditation team and going to Rhode Island for their review. It will be useful for moving ahead with the 91福利 review.<\/p>\n<p><strong> V.\u00a0 Questions of the Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Regarding the Director of Scholarships, is this to get all scholarships in one place?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 The office is about major scholarships.\u00a0\u00a0 It will help prepare students to be more successful when applying for these scholarships.\u00a0\u00a0 E.g., holding workshops and mock interviews for students.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Regarding Pathway assessments, is there a sense how positive or negative, were the goals correct?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Overall sense of both success and falling short. Nature of reports will depend on the audience. E.g., reports to BOT or Legislators will highlight successes but will focus internal work on complete reports that will have both positives and negatives.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Do you know that the student who returned a punt 77 yards in the football game Saturday is a poet?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 President Hunter said no and asked who it was.<\/p>\n<p>Comment: Micah Wright<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Is there additional information on the selection of Peer Institutions, can it be discussed?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 The information was submitted last Friday. It\u2019s a good question to ask Vice Chancellor Low at the open meeting next week.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 When is 91福利\u2019s opportunity to see Peer evaluations?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Once they\u2019re identified but Claire will ask Ryan Low.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Does 91福利 get a look at who peers are and provide input?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 There will be a draft developed and then comments on those.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 A faculty member mentioned the latest Nobel recipient was from 91福利. Will there be any official announcements?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 President Hunter stated he was at 91福利 for a very short time to teach prior to retirement. 91福利 is the institution of record but Brandeis was where he taught. Because grant money transferred with him it looks like 91福利 was his institution of record. They\u2019re delighted for him but don\u2019t want to overstate his affiliation with 91福利.<\/p>\n<p>Comment: UMass Amherst listed him and the Nobel website lists him as 91福利. Seems like there should be more mention.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Jeff St. John was asked about NEASC timing and the review.<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 He stated there are nine writing team leaders; within each standard there are four or five, up to 45 elements, of each standard. Each team is asked for a draft by December. Data will be added to the nine areas and then in February a draft report will be sent to the NEASC Vice President assigned to 91福利. In March or April there will be a campus visit, comprehensive review and public exit discussions. President Hunter stated she received a call from President of the Commission on Higher Education regarding qualifications of the chair for the 91福利 team. President Hunter told her qualifications within a system is important and\/or a President of a Land Grant or someone with perspective of Land Grants.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Has there been an official announcement of the Presidents Search?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 There is a website.<\/p>\n<p><strong> VI.\u00a0 Old Business<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>None.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VII. New Business<\/strong><br \/>\nNone.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 William Nichols asked how to go about making changes to the Faculty Handbook. Mike Scott stated those issues should go to the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Adjourned 4:00 pm<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully submitted,<br \/>\nGrant Miles<\/p>\n<p>Prepared by Kim Junkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FACULTY SENATE MINUTES October 18, 2017 Present: Dean Astumian, Susan Bennett-Armistead, Tony Brinkley, Rick Borgman, Alice Bruce, Dick Brucher, Farahad Dastoor, Julie DellaMattera, Paula Drewniany, Phil Dunn, Thane Fremouw, Per Garder, Mark Haggerty, Sam Hanes, Anil Raj Kizha, Robson Machado, Robert Meulenberg, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, William Nichols, Christopher Nightingale, Nigel Pitt, Paul Grosswiler for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"parent":3057,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3188","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>October 18, 2017 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"October 18, 2017 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FACULTY SENATE MINUTES October 18, 2017 Present: Dean Astumian, Susan Bennett-Armistead, Tony Brinkley, Rick Borgman, Alice Bruce, Dick Brucher, Farahad Dastoor, Julie DellaMattera, Paula Drewniany, Phil Dunn, Thane Fremouw, Per Garder, Mark Haggerty, Sam Hanes, Anil Raj Kizha, Robson Machado, Robert Meulenberg, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, William Nichols, Christopher Nightingale, Nigel Pitt, Paul Grosswiler for [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty Senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-05-09T13:39:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/\",\"name\":\"October 18, 2017 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-09T16:59:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-05-09T13:39:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2017-2018\/senate-minutesoctober-18-2017\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Minutes\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"2017 &#8211; 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