College of Arts and Sciences. Spring Faculty Meeting April 18, 2012

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1 College of Arts and Sciences Spring Faculty Meeting April 18, 2012

2 President Carol Z. Garrison

3 Provost Office Update on Retention and Graduation Initiative Suzanne Austin Lee Smith

4 2012 Caroline P. and Charles W. Ireland Award for Scholarly Distinction Dr. Yakov Kasman Professor and Artist-in-Residence Department of Music

5 CAS Priorities 1. Promote Faculty Growth Pay structure, T&P, written P&P, strategic hires 2. Promote Student Success Retention, graduation, recruitment, advisement, reducing barriers 3. Advancing scholarship enhancing reputation, extramural funding, enhancing graduate student success, promoting pilot projects

6 Research/Grant Activities CAS Research Office activities/initiatives (David Schwebel): Cost-sharing with departments on NSF summer salary Cost-sharing to promote grant-writing (summer or for course releases) Cost-sharing to visit Program Officers/NIH and NSF training workshops Pre-review of grants program Assisting with faculty development in research Building ties with Research Centers across campus Individual Department/Faculty Accomplishments: CIA/JFR launch Multiple funded grants in college Gulf Oil Spill pilot grants yield publications, grants, course development, patent Faculty Development grants submitted with cost-matching

7 Humanities and Arts Scholarship Activities Working with UAB s Humanities and Arts departments to help faculty pursue their research globally and locally, to enhance teaching in the Humanities, and to encourage creative endeavors. The Dean s office has funded forty-six scholarly, creative, and teaching projects. In May, Rebecca Bach is taking three College faculty members to the National Endowment for the Humanities to meet with program directors and to plan an NEH visit to UAB next Spring. Planning a celebration of CAS Faculty Authors. Twenty-five CAS faculty members have published books this academic year. We will be celebrating the publication of thirty books by these authors. You are all invited to the celebration to eat, drink, see the books, and meet the authors: May 2, 3-5 at the Alumni House (see Rebecca Bach with questions). In the process of moving the Art Studios and Theater Props Studio.

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9 CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Forums Focus on world s biggest problems where interdisciplinary innovations will have big impact and where UAB has existing strengths/interests Faculty driven effort and typically 2-3 faculty present in each monthly forum along with external speakers Campus-wide organizational committee Phase I: Monthly forums are held at the UAB Alumni House Phase II: Will provide $150,000 funding for interdisciplinary team proposals. Additional funding possible from UWIRC s/business community

10 Building Innovation Capacity - Partnerships CAS has partnered with UAB Research Foundation (UABRF) and Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) to build innovation capacity February Proposal submitted to National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnership for Innovation (PFI) program requesting $600,000 over a two-year period CAS partnership with Department of Energy (DOE) Laboratories (Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee and Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California) March 2012 Proposal submitted to establish a Center of Excellence in CAS requesting $5 M over a five-year period

11 School of Education New programs: Human Services concentration in the undergraduate Health Education program Autism concentration in the special education Ed.S. program Teacher Leader Ed.S. program Strategic planning: Draft of five-year strategic plan completed Draft currently under review for feedback from school district/agency partners Activities/events: Red Mountain Writing Project conference 250 attendees Kappa Delta Epsilon Initiation 41 students

12 Student Success Initiatives Undergraduate Catalog Online version / Online input for revisions / better searchable / pre-requisites will be added to courses when hovering Graduation Planning System (GPS) The GPS (degree audit/map system) will allow students to track the completion of their degree requirements and create a detailed four-year course planner Preparing for rolling out these student success initiatives allowed us to rigorously and systematically review our curriculum articulation and clean up house

13 CAS Advising Update Filled two open advisor positions to work with students CAS - Health Related Programs CAS - Liberal Arts designations Use of the CRM (Client Relationship Manager) in Advising Academic Care Team - Formation of a CAS Academic Care Team, consisting of five advisors, with the goal of identifying and supporting at-risk students early in their academic career. Currently have 46 students on the list Graduation continuing to use the Academic Success Hold to identify students in the 2006 and 2007 cohort that may be able to graduate by end of Summer Goal of 47-48% grad rate for 2006 cohort

14 74% increase in online class offerings 55% increase in faculty teaching online

15 45% increase in online student enrollment 15 CAS departments participate in online offerings

16 How can i 2 T 2 help? Training and assistance Blackboard use (Blackboard Basic) and online and blended course development (pedagogy BPeT) Course design and/or review with Quality Matters indicators Technology integration in traditional, blended and online environments Blackboard administrative support

17 FYI UA Scholars Institute May 22 nd -23 rd_ UAB is Hosting For information and registration: Open broadcast of UA Scholars Institute opening keynote Michael Wesch 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for Doctoral and Research Universities 9:30 Tuesday, May 22 nd Register for conference and link will be forwarded approximately one week prior to the event Online degrees 4 master s degrees, one certificate program, 2 bachelor s degrees in near future, and we provide the support for the School of Business Bachelor s Degree in Accounting opening this summer

18 Development Update Total Raised $1,802, College Leadership Council 20 Inaugural Members -5 alumni, 15 community members (many of whom are donors and served on Departmental Advisory Committees) Each making personal contribution to The College Fund, an unrestricted fund that can be used by Dean with consultation from the Leadership Council to support the College s goals Working to expose group to various areas within the College. Have held subcommittee meetings in the areas of Pre-Law Studies, Art/IVA, and Study Away Spring Meeting Friday, April 20, 2012 will include tour of/presentations by CIS, Biology, Music and Media Studies Plans underway to expand group from membership of 20 to 50 over the next three years **Plans are also underway for creation of a Junior Leadership Council for young alumni and professionals in

19 Development Update Scholarship Luncheon 2012 We held a successful Scholarship Luncheon in January. Over 250 guests including donors, Department Chairs and faculty, and scholarship students attended the event. Just a few of our amazing scholarship recipients The Department of Theatre s Cabaret Touring Group

20 Development Update New endowments in the College Jesse Milby Endowed Support Fund - Psychology Will York Touring Groups Endowed Support Fund - Theatre Lehmeyer Endowed Award in German - Foreign Languages Mary-Anne Amsbary Endowed Award Communication Studies Ann Cusic Endowed Scholarship Biology William B. Self Memorial Endowed Scholarship Communication Studies William Carter Endowed Professorship in Proust Studies-Foreign Languages and Literature Norman Eggleston Endowed Scholarship-Social Work Dr. Barrett R. and Oceana A. Bryant Endowed Award - Computer & Information Sciences

21 Development Update Upcoming Activities/Events April 27 UAB National Alumni Society Scholarship Run JOIN THE CAS TEAM! See Jamika Kirk in the Development & Alumni Office for registration information May 2 Media Studies Film Premiere Event McWane Center July 4 Fireworks on the Green CAS Picnic & Leadership Council Reception October 6 SAVE THE DATE UAB HOMECOMING 2012

22 CAS Strategic Plan Update Strategic planning for the College Steering Committee of faculty, staff and students established in Feb. Input gathered from stakeholder groups in focus groups and meetings Individual contributions entered on intranet site Intranet site includes repository of input for stakeholder viewing Submissions from all sources being collated for Committee deliberation Iterative interactive process with stakeholders will develop the draft plan Climate in the College Survey followed by focus groups of staff and faculty in Fall Dean s Office has been working on implementing many of the suggestions

23 CAS Strategic Plan Update Graduate Education Provost is shifting funding from master s programs to doctoral programs Dean is reallocating College resources to master s programs Chairs and graduate program directors have met to discuss revamped criteria for allocating graduate student funding New graduate student appeals procedure is now in place: standing College committee introduced to handle issues appealed beyond the department level

24 UAB Code of Conduct The Code is built around eight standards, each of which addresses an important aspect of our work, no matter what position we hold: (1) Provide quality education, research, healthcare, business interactions, and other services. (2) Treat individuals with respect. (3) Comply with applicable laws, regulations and policies. (4) Use confidential information responsibly. (5) Acknowledge and appropriately manage conflicts of interest. (6) Safeguard and accurately account for UAB resources. (7) Provide a safe environment. (8) Document, code, bill, and collect in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. Last Town Hall Session, Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 8-10 am, HHB 106

25 CAS Budget Update Have been meeting with each Department Chair and fiscal officer for a Planning and Budget meeting (about 65% complete) State funding update Setting up partnerships/collaborations whenever possible to share costs

26 Final Comments April 30 th last day of classes May 12 th Graduation Questions Join us for a reception