{"id":2826,"date":"2016-08-25T09:34:28","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/?page_id=2826"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:41:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:41:42","slug":"september-21-2016-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"September 21, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FACULTY SENATE MINUTES<\/strong><strong><br \/>\nSeptember 21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Present: <\/strong>John Allen, Bob Bayer, Erik Blomberg, Jason Bolton, Emmanuel Boss, Tony Brinkley, Farahad Dastoor, Paula Drewniany, Thane Fremouw, Amy Fried, Per Garder, Michael Grillo, Jason Harkins, Leonard Kass, Peter Koons, David Kress, Brian McGill, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, Sidney Mitchell, William Nichols, Clint Relyea, Bob Rice, Deborah Saber, Michael Scott, Howard Segal, Kathryn Slott, David Townsend, Shihfen Tu, Mark Wells, Clayton Wheeler, President Susan Hunter, Jeff Hecker, Jen Bonnet (PEAC), Brian Preziosi (Grad Stud Gov)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Absent: <\/strong>Dean Astumian, Sudarshan Chawathe, Laura Cowan, Mauricio da Cunha, Scott Dunning, Chris Grindrod for Nancy Hall, Zhihe Jin, Jordan LaBouff, Robert Lilieholm, David Marcinkowski, Brian Olsen (sabbatical), Michael Peterson, Deborah Rogers, Owen Smith, Mona Therrien, Andrew Thomas, Sharon Tisher, Gail Werrbach, Peter C. Altmann (CEAC), Jonathan Deschaine (Stud. Gov.)<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was called to order at 3:20 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0 Welcome, Announcements and Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mike Scott, President of Faculty Senate, welcomed everyone to the first Full Faculty Senate meeting of the year.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 Approval of Minutes<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 4, 2015<br \/>\nApproved<\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Committee Reports<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BOT Rep \u2013 Patti Miles<\/strong><br \/>\nThe last BOT meeting was at UMaine Fort Kent. BOT Reps met with the Chancellor regarding their role. The Chancellor, and BOT, wants reps to be a voice for faculty. Senators elected to senate should be the voice of their college and bring concerns from those colleges to Faculty Senate and to BOT Reps.<\/p>\n<p>During the BOT meeting, the Chancellor stated he wants to move on reinvestment; infrastructure, people, etc. The new Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs gave a report noting academic anxiety and plans to work on that issue. A report is expected in November.<\/p>\n<p>The unified budgets were approved, the Chancellor mentioned requesting more funding from the state in the form of bonds. There was approval of a revised investment policy, the System will only invest in companies that are more socially responsible.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 In the budgeting, the current formula continues and then a mission driven budget takes effect, tiered tuition. Will a tiered tuition support other campuses?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 President Hunter stated that UMaine would be the top tier; tuition and fees stay with this campus.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion: With a mission driven budget, there will be an effort to calculate needs and what the tuition and fees cover. We may get less from the UMaine System if raising more on this campus.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Business Officer Claire Strickland said that\u2019s a fair statement.<\/p>\n<p>President Hunter stated the model has been approved but will now be fine-tuned. There will be peer institutions and a case will be made based on research, outreach, etc. Peer institutions will be different on the UMaine campus than the other six campuses.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a budget presentation in late October or early November.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Academic Affairs \u2013 Michael Grillo<\/strong><br \/>\nThere will be a committee meeting next Wednesday, 3:00 pm in Lord Hall. The issues on the agenda are; UMSystem plan for One University, UMaine and UMaine Machias partnership, the question of faculty and curricular regarding some loss of control with schedules, meeting with Robert Neely Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, FIPC on course fees, evaluation of course scheduling, financial aid affects on student teaching and others, and how Department Chairs are appointed and how that\u2019s different from appointing Directors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Constitution &amp; Bylaws \u2013 David Townsend<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee will look at part-time adjunct faculty being on Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate President can appoint members to the Executive Committee and the committee will see how to get Honors College involved.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research &amp; Scholarship \u2013 Emmanuel Boss &amp; Mauricio de Cunha<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee is currently looking at what will be worked on this year. Upcoming, a search for Vice President for Research; the committee meets with the Vice President for Research a couple times a year. They\u2019ll also be looking at the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and travel for research purposes. Travel for research is getting more difficult with reimbursement the same in expensive cities as it is in small, less expensive, cities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finance &amp; Institutional Planning \u2013 Grant Miles <\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee will be more active this year, planning on two meetings a month. The next committee meeting is October 29 with Claire Strickland and other administrators. This year the goal is to be more involved as things are happening. Hoping to meet with Ryan Low once a semester. There are also plans for growth of the Institutional Planning portion of the committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>University Environment \u2013 Kathryn Slott &amp; Clint Relyea <\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee\u2019s emphasis is to study campus diversity and look at space (teaching\/research space) and how it fits the needs. \u00a0Will follow up on Tom Sanford\u2019s motion of last year that was tabled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Library Advisory &#8211; Robert Rice &amp; Howard Segal<\/strong><br \/>\nThe library committee will continue as more of an ad hoc committee with fewer reports. One issue may be One University and the databases UMaine pays for and how that will work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Service &amp; Outreach &#8211; Jason Bolton<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cCampus-wide dialogue to create strategic missions or visions.\u201d Take these missions\/visions from each department\/school and colleges to see what they are doing. The committee is also looking for additional members.<\/p>\n<p>Mike said this will be an evolving initiative this year and what the potentials are for the future. This is a collaboration between Faculty Senate and the President\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Committee on Committees \u2013 Michael Grillo<\/strong><br \/>\nFinalizing a few committees and recently put names through on others. Committee on Committees requires one member from each college, please sign up for this committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Creation &amp; Reorganization Review \u2013 Sid Mitchell<\/strong><br \/>\nSid commented that PCRRC requires one faculty member from each college on the committee. There currently are no issues before the committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Education \u2013 Farahad Dastoor &amp; David Townsend<\/strong><br \/>\nLooking to do an assessment\/review of current Gen Ed courses on UMaine campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ad Hoc IT &#8211; Michael Scott &amp; Patti Miles<\/strong><br \/>\nPatti and Mike are on the ITSC, connection of Faculty Senate and IT Advisory Board.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ad Hoc Shared Governance \u2013 Jason Harkins<\/strong><br \/>\nThe committee will continue the work started last year on college bylaws.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reports of Faculty Members on Committees of the Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nNone.<\/p>\n<p><strong> IV.\u00a0 Announcements and Updates from the Administration<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Hunter announced tomorrow\u2019s campus breakfast and an upcoming forum with Chancellor Page. The forum will be Monday, September 26, 3:00 pm in DP Corbett. Provost Hecker mentioned working with Deans on the diversity of faculty, the goal is recruiting and retaining. He met with the Environment Committee on how to work together on this issue. Next Tuesday there will be a STRIDE workshop in Wells discussing diversity and diversity searches. Every dean has been asked to have someone at the meeting if they\u2019ll be hiring.<\/p>\n<p>The Provost will hold faculty forum\/discussions this fall. The first is scheduled for October 5, discussing IT and classroom updates. November will be an update on the UMaine\/Machias partnership. Faculty groups from each campus worked all summer on nine degree programs, how to collaborate, and help with enrollment issues.<\/p>\n<p>Provost Hecker discussed changes in the Financial Aid policy. The change deals with institutional aid and how it\u2019s handled, it will be more closely tied to credit hours. Previously, if a class was dropped financial aid remained the same. Now, aid will be lowered if a student drops below 15 credits. The new initiative will help move students towards the four-year graduation goal of 30 credit hours a year. Giving a student a refund when they drop a class sends the wrong message. The new policy only affects institutional aid and merit aid. If a student drops to 12 credit hours the leftover aid can be used in May or summer session. Students were sent the new policy, several times, but could have done a better job notifying faculty and advisors.<\/p>\n<p><strong> V. Questions of the Administration <\/strong><br \/>\nQ.\u00a0 Where are we with the Maine Community College block transfers?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 We\u2019re not there yet, but working on it. Provost Hecker stated that he\u2019d get an update and forward it.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Is Financial Aid prorated for the difference between 14 and 15 credit hour equivalent?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Provost Hecker believed it\u2019s less than the cost of a credit hour. He hopes students will look at that and use May or summer term.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 What do you expect for hiring new faculty?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Currently working with Claire Strickland on the budget. We\u2019re slightly above credit hours budgeted right now, looking to see what can be anticipated for next year and if there will be any rise in tuition rates. This year should be comparable to last year, centrally funded positions will be clearer in November.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 You mention Merit Aid regarding financial aid, but what about scholarships from endowment?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Those are different, they\u2019re not institutional funds.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 What about students that do internships, those students aren\u2019t getting 15 credit hours? Will this affect recruiting?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 We\u2019ve become consistent with other institutions so don\u2019t see recruitment being hurt. They can apply their aid to May or summer term.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Back to funding faculty positions centrally, do you ever see a time where there\u2019s reinvestment in colleges?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Centrally funded positions are about the institution\u2019s priorities. Once funds go to the colleges it becomes a salary line in that college.<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 Do lines remain in the college if someone retires?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Yes<\/p>\n<p>Q.\u00a0 About priorities, is there a process to rethink Blue Sky, Emerging Programs, or are they being reassessed?<br \/>\nA.\u00a0 Not to that point yet, the Strategic Plan runs through 2017.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VI.\u00a0 Old Business<\/strong><br \/>\nNone<\/p>\n<p><strong>VII. New Business<\/strong><br \/>\nNone<\/p>\n<p>Adjourned at 4:34 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 September 21, 2016 Present: John Allen, Bob Bayer, Erik Blomberg, Jason Bolton, Emmanuel Boss, Tony Brinkley, Farahad Dastoor, Paula Drewniany, Thane Fremouw, Amy Fried, Per Garder, Michael Grillo, Jason Harkins, Leonard Kass, Peter Koons, David Kress, Brian McGill, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, Sidney Mitchell, William Nichols, Clint Relyea, Bob Rice, Deborah Saber, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"parent":2779,"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,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2826","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>September 21, 2016 - 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\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"September 21, 2016 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FACULTY SENATE MINUTES September 21, 2016 Present: John Allen, Bob Bayer, Erik Blomberg, Jason Bolton, Emmanuel Boss, Tony Brinkley, Farahad Dastoor, Paula Drewniany, Thane Fremouw, Amy Fried, Per Garder, Michael Grillo, Jason Harkins, Leonard Kass, Peter Koons, David Kress, Brian McGill, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, Sidney Mitchell, William Nichols, Clint Relyea, Bob Rice, Deborah Saber, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty Senate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-12-12T14:41:42+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\\\/2016-2017\\\/september-21-2016-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/senate-minutes\\\/2016-2017\\\/september-21-2016-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"September 21, 2016 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-25T13:34:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-12-12T14:41:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/senate-minutes\\\/2016-2017\\\/september-21-2016-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/senate-minutes\\\/2016-2017\\\/september-21-2016-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/senate-minutes\\\/2016-2017\\\/september-21-2016-2\\\/#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\":\"2016-2017\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/senate-minutes\\\/2016-2017\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"September 21, 2016\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty Senate\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/umaine.edu\\\/facultysenate\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"September 21, 2016 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"September 21, 2016 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine","og_description":"FACULTY SENATE MINUTES September 21, 2016 Present: John Allen, Bob Bayer, Erik Blomberg, Jason Bolton, Emmanuel Boss, Tony Brinkley, Farahad Dastoor, Paula Drewniany, Thane Fremouw, Amy Fried, Per Garder, Michael Grillo, Jason Harkins, Leonard Kass, Peter Koons, David Kress, Brian McGill, Grant Miles, Patti Miles, Sidney Mitchell, William Nichols, Clint Relyea, Bob Rice, Deborah Saber, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/","og_site_name":"Faculty Senate","article_modified_time":"2017-12-12T14:41:42+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/","name":"September 21, 2016 - Faculty Senate - University of Maine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-08-25T13:34:28+00:00","dateModified":"2017-12-12T14:41:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/september-21-2016-2\/#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":"2016-2017","item":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/senate-minutes\/2016-2017\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"September 21, 2016"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/#website","url":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/","name":"Faculty Senate","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2826"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3307,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2826\/revisions\/3307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/facultysenate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}