The University Senate was called to order at 3:30 p.m., in 111 Harrison Hall on Monday, November 21, 2022. Members absent: Steve Bailey, Kevin Ballard, Rodney Coates, Eli Davies, Amanda Euen, Tyler Eyster, Nathan French, Dan Gladish, Jennifer Green, Kehnadi Grubb, Kennedy Hughes, Spencer Izor, Martin Johnson, Yong Lin, Kevin Messner, William Moser, Murali Paranandi, Eric Rapos, Ganiva Reyes, Cameron Tiefenthaler.

1. Call to Order and Announcements – Tom Poetter, Chair of University Senate Executive Committee
   1. Reminder that the President’s Reception was scheduled for after the Senate meeting
   2. Senate Retreat is January 17, 2023 from 8:30am-1:00pm at Wilks Conference Center
   3. The Two Miamis event celebrating a 50 year partnership between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University was really wonderful
   4. Ohio Faculty Council meeting was held on Friday we had a really big Miami day in that meeting Andrew Jones was honored and Dean Moore was there to speak about mental health
2. Approval of University Senate Minutes 11.07.2022 (42- Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstain) with a ffriendly amendment to change biologically to biology
3. Consent Calendar The following items were received and accepted on the Consent Calendar:
   1. LEC Meeting Minutes_11.01.2022  
   2. LEC Meeting Minutes_11.08.2022
   3. Grad Council Curriculum Only Meeting _11.08.2022 
4. Old Business SR 23-03 Curriculum Proposal for MUS-Music Composition, Bachelor of Music, Chris Tanner, Chair and Professor of Music.
   1. Results of the vote:  (42- Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstain)
5. Old Business SR 23-04 Degree proposal CSE - Cybersecurity, Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity; Eric Bachmann, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering & Scott Campbell, Senior Director of Technology and Instructor
   1. Senate Senator Questions and/or Comments
      1. The plan was to have 100 students in 10 years. Is that net students being enrolled? A: Net of new students and we actually expect that prior to 10 years. 
      2. Senator asked about faculty hiring. If the enrollment doesn’t manifest, the department has already thought through the hiring plan response. 
      3. Given that we have so many existing cybersecurity projects, why are we naming it cybersecurity? Is it engineering or computer science? A: It is a computer science degree and our accreditation will come from that field. It’s a common name IEEE and ACM indicate this is a strong title.
      4. If a student is searching for a degree they won’t know that this is a computer degree and even looking at the outlook it is not listing it as cybersecurity. A: This is a pretty common term and if they search common terms this should lead them there pretty quickly. 
      5. People could only find you if they are looking under engineering is that correct? It would actually be under computer science. 
   2. Results of the Vote:  (42- Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstain)
6. Old Business SR 23-05 Proposal for Graduate Academic Integrity Policy Revision, Amity Noltemeyer, Associate Dean of the Graduate School  
   1. Senate Senator Questions and Comments:
      1. Possession of a device is exceedingly broad. A: We aligned it with the undergraduate language in the policy. There haven’t been concerns brought up there.
      2. What makes something like a textbook unauthorized? This is related to “possession” (Pg. 3, clean) A: That would be on the implementation side. If the instructor has explicitly said “don’t use this” it would be implemented differently than if a student sought out additional resources/references. This is really about intention. Possession with intent to compromise the integrity is different from simple possession.
      3. Senator added that there are some instructor copies that have answers to exercises that might fall into the category of unauthorized textbook.
   2. Results of the vote:  (41- Yes, 1-No, 0-Abstain)
7. Old Business SR 23-06 Proposal for Graduate Summer Fellowship Policy, Amity Noltemeyer, Associate Dean of the Graduate School  
   1. Senate Senator Questions and Comments
      1. Is there anything that can tell the students what a rank list is? A: Should we specify what they rank on, but it is program driven so there is no universal requirement because the programs are so different. 
      2. Will this interfere with visa security? Are there domestic US issues related to this? A: International students are concerned if they don’t receive this, but that would not affect them receiving this opportunity. We added a question to ascertain student needs with regard to work/visa on the application. It might be that programs will rank students with this information in mind. We have a draft of the application if you would like access. Suggestions were made by a senator to reword that question.
      3. Students that should be paid off the grant should they apply or not apply? A: If they have an opportunity to get paid all summer, then they should be able to do that without penalizing departments. Departments should be able to document students that they have on their roll who do not wish to participate in the fellowship.  Thus, the total number of students will be considered and not just the total applications.
      4.  How did you come up with the 300 number? A: That is the number that it would cover and it is stated in the current policy
      5. What percentage of how many students are going to apply? A: This past summer 400 students would have been eligible, but we were able to find funding and cover the shortfall so that everyone received funding.
      6. Expressed concerns that some students are doing other work while. Is it perfectly fine working during this time period? A: Students must not receive MIAMI funding and can work elsewhere, but they do need to commit to 20 hours per week on the fellowship.
      7. If the form in the policy? A: We will communicate with the student directly with the form. 
      8. Philosophy asked what it meant to be a thesis or required research. A: The intent is not to cut down programs, but to clarify that it needs to be a required/documented research project such as a thesis or other research component.
      9. Six week period was called into question. Can it be any six weeks? Is there going to be a way to verify the hours or can they do 15 hours/week for more weeks? A: There is no formal system to verify hours (punching in), but it is intended to be an immersive experience. Any verification has, in the past, been at the program level. Perhaps we could change the application to ask for the period of time intended for the work.
   2. Results of the vote: (42- Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstain)
8. Old Business SR 23-07 Proposal to Change the Natural Science Requirements in the Miami Plan; Liz Mullenix, Chair & Interim Provost, University Senate
   1. Senate Senator Questions and Comments
      1. What is the plan if we need to redistribute faculty? A: Resources always follow the faculty's needs so we have the resources to do that. When sections close, there are other science classes that are available for students to take and other semesters they can take the courses. There are many petitions that LEC fields with respect to students who cannot take courses that satisfy their requirements by the time they graduate.
      2. This is a slow process that impacts only the incoming class. Further, it doesn’t change the CAS requirements. 
      3. We have outreach planned to support further curriculum development and change. 
      4. These courses to the Miami plan are not pre-requisites correct? A: Correct. We are not forcing them to take courses that are not required
      5. With this there is awesome flexibility with doing this. This supports team-taught science courses that defy categories. This is something no one else has.
   2. Results of the Vote:  (37- Yes, 5-No, 0-Abstain)
9. Special Report: New Process for Honors Course Recertification, Rosemary Pennington, Associate Professor of Media, Journalism and Film
   1. All Honors courses will have to be recertified
   2. Department chairs will be notified, process will begin in the Spring 2023
   3. Current Honors roster (248 last offering unknown, 136 prior to 2017, 152 between 2017) and now
   4. Form to provide syllabus and answer two questions
      1. Please provide a description of how you are integrating the required Research characteristic into your course.
      2. All faculty members are also required to integrate at least one other characteristic into their Honors courses: Connections to contexts beyond the classroom, and/or student-directed learning. 
   5. Senate Senator Questions and Comments
      1. I teach an honors class and my class has research, but I am curious if a dance class that also requires research would that course fit into this box? A: Yes, I believe that would because the box is not limited to specific things. Observation in a drawing course would fit, or an ethnographic study of what happens at the seal would also count.
      2. The research might be a natural fit, but badly articulated in a proposal.
      3. How do we not know when the courses were last offered? A: Not sure. The honors college ran the numbers based on what they had. Some courses were designated honors, but I’m not sure. 
      4. We have 6 capstone courses and that may be why we are not sure when those courses were last offered. 
      5. Is there a limit on how far we go back with the data? A: Maybe, but it’s deeper than 2017.
      6. Sometimes we make exceptions to having a course that is being offered stand for honors credit–the honors course extensions still exist. There are honors college designated or contracted courses. The extension is where the student comes to you because they love the course and want an honors experience.
      7. Sometimes we offer an honors revision. How does it get updated? A: I am not sure how that works either so, I will go back to confirm that
      8. Creativity is important and is research. It’s an original conception based on contextual knowledge. We equate them in Promotion and Tenure, so it would be the same for these classes. A: Perhaps we could embellish our list of possibilities.
      9. ORI refers to research, scholarship and artistry–would this terminology be better? A: Yes. I will take that back. We didn’t want to put in too many guardrails, but this seems like we may have swung too far. (This has support from other senators.)
      10. Formstack is out now and the recertification should be in the Spring. Chairs should receive information by the end of the semester.
      11. Some of us are working on Miami Plan applications. This is a simultaneous revision process?  A: We are working to make this as easy as possible and there is no expectation that you are making changes at this time other than what you are doing for the Miami Plan.
10. Provost Update -- Provost Liz Mullenix, Chair of University Senate
    1. Student Crisis Response Overview on Behalf of Kimberly Moore until Kimberly is able to come to Senate in January on what the process looks like when a crisis occurs: 
       1. The Dean of Students works directly with the family and we follow their lead in these situations. There is a crisis management committee that Dean Moore will tell you all about. 
    2. Boldly Creative Summary
       1. $50 million investment in new programs/projects with a focus on professional masters programs and workforce alignment. This money came from divisional carry forwards. With 30 plus million spent; 20 remaining but some of it is promised for ongoing programs. 
       2. Multi-year initiative beginning in 2019 and ending in 2024. 
       3. Four rounds with RFPs from faculty/staff
       4. 17 number of programs
    3. Round 1 (2019-2020) - Clinical Health (6 programs), Biomedical Sciences (MMS), Cybersecurity (BS/MS), Business Analytics (MS) in FSB, CADS (Director position), Data Analytics (BA and MS) in Stats/CAS, Sports Analytics (MS), MS in Esports Management (ETBD/CCA an SLAM/EHS), Microcredentials (Regionals), Management (MS), and  Robotics
    4. Round 2 - Clinical Engineering (MS) in CEC, and Masters in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Tech (CCA/FSB)
    5. Round 3 - Enhancing Miami Online, Curriculum and Instruction (MS) in EHS, MBA online, Geospatial Certificate (CAS), and Special Education (MS) in EHS
    6. Round 4 (DEI focus) - Feedback Loops (Assessment of Diversity Efforts), Kickglass Center (Advancing DEI Efforts) FSB, Living Archives (Online Archives on Diverse MU History & Storytelling), and Student Success (Advising/Academic Support for Diverse Students)
    7. Current State - MAPI, and Cornerstone Grants and Transformative Teaching Grants
    8. Senate Senator Questions and Comments
       1. Senator is curious about the sustainability of these programs. We’ve gone through three directors in CADS. I’m concerned about our capacity. A: I can’t answer specific to any one program. There is more support for CADS going forward. Each program will write a report each year going forward and Carolyn Haynes gives feedback on those reports.
       2. When do you determine to eliminate some of those programs? A: With covid we have been doing more marketing to see if that helps improve those programs and we will re-look at those programs again in a couple of years.
       3. We are marketing these programs now in a central way. We’ve invested more money in marketing than previous years. Marketing plans are unique to each program, however.
       4. Senator asked about previously denied proposals. MAPI will be wonderful, but I’m concerned about experts and marketing research. There’s an and to that…things we haven’t conceptualized yet. There’s not a lot of space for creative innovation. Sounds more boldly financial.
       5. Proposals used to be vetted through COAD and now through MAPI
       6. There was 50M allocated, 20M left. Why are there no RFPs being considered or solicited? A: That stopped under the previous provost and switched to MAPI to provide resources as needed/approved there. MAPI doesn’t issue calls,  anyone who has a new idea submits that to MAPI and they provide feedback. MAPI does not make decisions, they just advise the deans with research and guidance.
       7. If I submit a new proposal to MAPI would that 20Mil go towards that proposal? A: Yes, that is what that money is for.
11. Adjournment
12. Senate was Reconvened
    1. University Senate Abbreviated Meeting Minutes.11.21.2022 were approved (42- Yes, 0-No, 0-Abstain)
13. Adjournment