“The Hough Post”
February 14, 2017
Volume 5, Number 13
Renovation Update
The College Leadership Team and Dean Helen Reid held a conference call on Tuesday afternoon, February 7th to review the latest set of plans. At this point, all COE student services offices would be on the second floor to greet students and guests as they enter the building from the north. The associate deans’ offices would also be on the second floor, so they will be in close proximity to the staff they manage. The COE dean’s office would be located on the east end of the second floor. The third floor would house three academic departments, Reading, Foundations & Technology, Childhood Education & Family Studies, and the Department of Psychology in Dean Reid’s college. COE faculty offices would be on the second, third, and fourth floors with Psychology faculty offices on the third and fourth floors. The design team has built a shared break room in these latest plans for faculty and staff as well as a conference room. Classrooms generally tend to be located on the east and west wings of the floors, with computer labs on the first and fourth floors. Will keep you informed as these plans continue to evolve. . . .
The Provost’s Office is funding our move from Hill Hall to the temporary locations in PCOB, Glen Isle, and Strong Hall. Please be prepared to move in May as soon as the spring 2017 semester ends. The dean’s office will be in PCOB 106 during the relocation / renovation. If you need boxes and tape for moving, please contact Rose Lee. These supplies will be in the Hill Hall basement, room 130B. You will need a key from the dean’s office. We will have more information to share on this by and by. . . .
Budget Update
Provost Einhellig and President Smart met with the deans on Wednesday afternoon, February 8th and then with the Executive Budget Committee on Thursday, February 9th, and with the Faculty Senate on Friday, February 10th, to discuss the budget situations. President Smart also held a retreat on Monday, February 13th, to discuss the long-range plan and budget implications. We have two cuts to make. The first is immediate in FY17, and the second is for FY18. I am pleased to announce that the academic side of the house is taking a lesser percentage of cuts than the non-academic units. This is in keeping with our core mission and is supported by the set of guiding principles approved by the Board of Governors.
The College of Education will cover our portion of the immediate FY17 shortfall from our carry forward account. However, we have been asked to submit in a few days a plan for covering a 5% cut in the FY18 budget. The minutes to the COE Budget Committee’s meeting on January 27th and the Faculty Advisory Council meeting on February 1st detailing those discussions and are linked below:
January 27th Budget Committee Meeting:
February 1st Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting:
The Leadership Council will make recommendations on February 16th, and the Budget Committee will make final recommendation on February 17th after all faculty and staff have had a chance to review the COE draft FY18 budget reduction recommendations on Wednesday, February 15th.
College Meeting Set for Wednesday, February 15th
As announced on Monday, we will hold a College Meeting on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, from 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. in Hill Hall 001. The purpose of the meeting will be to address our plan for trimming up to 5% from the FY18 budget. I trust all faculty and staff will make arrangements to attend this important meeting.
The 2017 Dr. Michael N. Compton Public Affairs Essay Contest
Please promote this contest to your students:
The 2017 Dr. Michael N. Compton Public Affairs Essay Contest is in conjunction with the 2017 Spring Public Affairs Conference and will be officially announced by the Public Affairs Support Office shortly. The prize for the author of the winning essay is $500.00 plus an additional $500.00 for the non-profit organization of the winner’s choice. The intent of the contest is to support the Public Affairs mission of MSU.
The contest is sponsored by the Institute for the Development of Ethics and Leadership (IDEAL) a Non-Profit organization created by alumni of the MSU Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity. The purpose of IDEAL is to promote leadership and ethics in our Chapter members. The Chapter will promote the contest but the members are not eligible to compete in the contest. The Office of Public Affairs Support administers the contest. Topics for the essay are to come from the theme for the Spring Public Affairs Conference. Submissions are being accepted through midnight, March 5, 2017. The winner will be notified on or about March 31. The prize will be awarded just before the first plenary session of the Conference on April 5.
More information is available on the Chapter’s website. https://websites.omegafi.com/omegaws/sigmapimissouristate/dr-micheal-n-compton-public-affairs-essay-contest/?doing_wp_cron=1454604858.5109009742736816406250. There is also a link on the Public Affairs web page. http://publicaffairs.missouristate.edu/
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning: Shattering the Silences: Seizing Freedom
Please promote this presentation to your students:
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Meyer Library, Room 101
4:30 – 6:00 PM
Presentation by Dr. David Roediger, Foundation Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Kansas University. He is the author of Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All. New York: Verso, 2014; and co-author of The Production of Difference: Race and the Management of Labor in U.S. History, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012, and several other books, chapters, and articles on race, labor, and social justice in the United States.
“Seizing Freedom, David Roediger’s spellbinding account of black self-emancipation and the array of movements accelerated by this ‘general strike of the slaves’ as DuBois put it, reminds us that it is never too late to take up the democratic promise of Radical Reconstruction.”
— Angela Y. Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz
This event is free and open to the public. For questions about this event, please feel free to contact Dr. Jamaine Abidogun, Diversity Fellow at jamaineabidogun@missouristate.edu
Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
Meyer Library Room 202
Voice: 417-836-3059
Email: fctl@missouristate.edu
Click below for flyer:
Study Away Information
As you seek to highlight the value of a global perspective within the MSU community, Study Away is available to assist you in planning short-term faculty-directed programs. Please consider the following spring opportunities.
February 28, 2017, 11 am to 2 pm, PSU Atrium, Study Away Fair. Study Away Director Elizabeth Strong and Accounting Specialist Carrie Kendall will be available to answer your short-term study away questions.
March 8, 2017, 2 to 3 pm, Glass Hall 227, Exploratory Travel Fund Workshop. Join Study Away Advisory Committee members Dr. Amy Muchnick and Dr. Chuck Hermans and former fund recipients for helpful tips as you prepare your application.
March 31, 2017, 5 pm, Exploratory Travel Fund Proposals due to PSU 209. Study Away Programs will provide funding for exploratory travel to be awarded in April 2017 for travel within 16 months of the award notice. The aim of exploratory travel is to increase the number of faculty-directed short-term programs towards an end of increasing students’ cultural competence. Additionally, funded travel will help to ensure faculty preparedness in safety measures for future short-term programs.
April 6, 2017, 3:30 to 4:30 pm, PSU 317, International Studies Abroad (ISA) Faculty Workshop. Prepare for your 2018 short-term program with program provider ISA. Ms. Chelsi Hudson, ISA Regional Director, will present ISA Custom Program options, allowing you to focus on the academics while ISA manages all the logistics. Beverages and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, contact: Elizabeth Strong, Director, Study Away Programs
Plaster Student Union 209
(417) 836-6368
elizabethstrong@missouristate.edu
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