Meeting Minutes, May 9, 2013
Law, Room 201
Members
Present:
L. Ametsbichler, D. Beck, A. Borgmann, B. Borrie, J. Carter, J.
Cavanaugh, W. Chung, T. Crawford, A. Delaney, H. Eggert, J. Eglin,
R. Fanning, J. Gannon, C. Galipeau, J. Glendening, L. Gillison, S.
Gordon, L. Gray, J. Hirstein, W. Holben, M. Horejsi, D. Jackson, M.
Kavanaugh, B. Layton, S. Lodmell, M. Mayer, N. McCrady, M.
McHugh, D. MacDonald, C. Merriman, J. Montauban, P. Muench M.
Neilson, P. Ngai, C. Palmer, E. Plant, E. Putnam, M. Raymond, J.
Renz, E. Rosenburg, M. Rosulek, J. Sears, D. Shively, P. Silverman,
D. Sloan, G. Smith, A. Sondag, M. Stark, D. Stolle, A. Szalda-Petree,
S. Tillerman N. Vonessen, A. Ware, K. Wu, K. Zoellner
New
Members:
J. Bardsley, A. Belcourt, L. Frey, A. Chatterjee, M. DeGrandpre, A.
Kinney, C. Knight, K. McKay, S. Richter, S. Shen, D. Shepherd, E.
Uchimoto, R. Vanita, S. Williams
Members
Excused
M. Bowman, W. Davies, M. Monsos, H. Naughton, M. Neilson, E.
Plant, A. Larson, D. Schuldberg
Members
Absent
J. Crepeau, A. Glaspey, N. Greymorning, C. Hahn, K. Harris, D.
Hollist, J. Laskin, J. Munro, S. Mills, R. Premuroso / S. Bradford, E.
Gagliardi
Ex-Officio
Present:
President Engstrom, Provost Brown, Vice President Whittenburg,
Registrar Johnson, ASUM President Hollman, ASUM Vice President
Williams
Guest:
General Education Committee Chair White, University Library
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Committee Chair Patterson, Writing Committee Chair Chin
Chair Renz called the meeting to order at 3:10p.m. Registrar Johnson called roll.
The minutes from 4/11/13 were approved.
Communication:

President Royce Engstrom
The President thanked senators for their service. He introduced Shane Giese, the
new President of the University of Montana Foundation. He has many years of
University fundraising experience, most recently at Kansas State. He and his wife
are happy to be back in the northwest. He and his staff are anxious to get to know
and work with the faculty to support the academic programs. He is excited to be
here.
Investigation
Earlier today there was a press conference that concluded the Department of Justice
and Department of Education’s sexual assault investigation. The University made
two agreements with the DOJ outlining steps to improve policies, training, and
practices. The DOJ acknowledged proactive cooperation and collaboration in the
development of a comprehensive plan. The plans are available online at:
http://umt.edu/safety/communications.php. Working with the DOJ the University will
implement several measures that will be monitored by DOJ for one year. There were
no penalties or sanctions. This was a positive outcome given the seriousness of the
situation. The NCAA investigation is still in progress. He anticipates hearing from
them sometime this summer.
Budget
The Budget Committee is working hard to define the budget problem for a meeting
tomorrow. The current revenue projection is within a few thousand dollars of what
was spent this year. However, there are additional expenses, such as the pay plan.
The pay plan is subject to negotiations and thus is still unknown. A 3% increase
would require an additional $6 million. There is about an $8 million dollar difference
between projected revenue and expenses. Six million has been addressed
centrally. The other $2 million will need to come from academics. The Provost will
work with the Deans to make the necessary cuts. There is still a lot of uncertainty in
terms of enrollment and tuition. The Board of Regents will set tuition at the May
meeting. We do know that there will not be a tuition increase for resident students.
The administration has been modeling a 3% tuition increase for non-resident
students. UM’s out-of-state tuition is currently priced above the Northwest average.
We have to be careful not to price out-of-state tuition so high that we are no longer
competitive.
Any revenue over what was modeled in the planning process will be applied to
support the instructional mission of the University.
Building projects
The University has the financial approval to build the Missoula College building. The
Legislature appropriated $29 million dollars with the expectation that the campus will
generate another three $3 million from non- general fund sources. However, there
has been a lot of controversy about the location of the building. The University will
continue to look at the implications (parking, traffic patterns and etc.) of the south
campus location and there will be open discussions with the community regarding
the final location and configuration.
Spending authority was granted for the Student Athlete Academic Center addition to
the Adam Center (2.6 million) and the Gilkey Center for Entrepreneurship building
next to the Gallagher Business Building (privately funded with the exception of a
recently ASUM approved building fee). Completion of a few Interdisciplinary Science
Building floors was also approved. This project will use indirect cost money to pay
back a bond.
The $3 million dollar ground floor renovation in the library was approved as well. The
money is not yet raised, but is anticipated prior to the next legislative session.
Questions
Timeline on the Missoula College building – even under the best circumstances, it is
a minimum of a six month process to decide on the final design and construction
plans. In this case it will probably be longer, because: 1) we have environmental
assessment updates to complete; and 2) there is the threat of a law suit, however,
the University has already prepared legal documentation to assure the property
ownership. It will probably be next spring before construction will actually begin.
The planned location will require rerouting several holes, but the Golf Course will
remain open. This information is not reported in the news. Any additional buildings
would probably close the Golf Course. However, planning for new buildings is a 10
year process.
According to Provost Brown the recruitment for the Director of Interdisciplinary
Studies in the Graduate School has been placed on suspension. It is currently filled
on an interim basis. The Graduate School’s functions are currently under review.
The administration appreciated the feedback that was expressed with regards to the
position.
President Engstrom informed the Senate of some recent student accomplishments
as a reminder of the institution’s purpose and results of mentoring. We had another
Truman, Goldwater, and Udall Scholar. The Business School Students scored in the
94 percentile in a national exam of business schools. UM was rated 7th in the nation
for sending students to the Peace Corp. Two students won a national Russian essay
contest. Eight students were awarded Fulbright scholarships. Over 300
undergraduate and graduate students presented their research at the April Research
Conferences. He thanked the faculty for their work with the students.

Provost Perry Brown
Additional student accomplishments are still being reported. There is one additional
Fulbright student and 5 students will be receiving a prestigious award that has not
yet been announced.
Two Biomedical Science students received a fellowship to study in France and a
Missoula College student was elected to the MCPS School Board (comments from
the floor).
The promotion, tenure, and merit process is mostly completed. Faculty will receive
letters soon.
Performance-based funding
In the short term (for fiscal year 13) the performance has already occurred. The base
year for FY 13 is a three-year running average of FY10, 11, and 12. There are some
serious and important questions to address going forward.
UM/Missoula College Interface
The Taskforce looking at the integration/interface of Missoula College with the main
campus is doing good work. The Taskforce made up of faculty members and
students from both campuses nominated by faculty and student governance groups
and the unions is fully examining the issues, collecting data, and working in a highly
collegiate atmosphere. Data were collected and analyzed regarding the
performance of all two-year transfer students in Montana including Tribal Colleges,
and nation-wide. Performance in Developmental Writing and subsequent
performance in writing courses was reviewed. Movement of students between the
two campuses is also under review. The numbers are rather small and are
concentrated in a few courses such as anatomy and physiology. The Workgroup still
needs to analyze the online course enrollment. There are approximately 70 students
enrolled in online courses who most likely are not clear about the origin of the
course. Enrollment demographics are also being reviewed. Demographics are quite
similar on the two campuses with regard to the number of first-time college student in
their family. However, Missoula College students are much older – 62% nontraditional. There will be a full report and discussion of the findings in the fall.
Question
Missoula College students may automatically take a course at the Mountain campus
if the course does not exist on Missoula College campus and is required for their
certificate or degree preparation. For example, some of the Health Profession
Programs require chemistry courses which are not offered at the Missoula College.
Missoula College students who have declared a major and their intent to transfer to
the main campus (verified by advisor’s signature) are allowed to take 6 credits on the
main campus in order to matriculate as a third year student. Except for Anatomy and
Physiology students, there are not many students at the main campus taking non developmental classes at the Missoula College.
He thanked the faculty for all their energy and work on planning and delivering
courses as well as service in fulfilling the academic mission of the University.

Vice President Scott Whittenburg
The Office of the Vice President for Research would like to hire a new .75 Proposal
Development Manager position with a starting salary of approximately $50,000$55,000 and requests the Senate’s feedback. The position will be a one-year
temporary position designed to help faculty find funding opportunities and develop
the grant proposals. It is hoped that the position will increase and broaden research
on campus. The funding for the position will come from combining the Office of
Research and Creativity and the Office of the Vice President for Research into one
office, the Office of Research and Creative Scholarship. This restructuring will allow
for a reduction of one administrative associate (upcoming retirement). The
Development Manager position will be a resource for the faculty.
Questions:
What type of grants will be the focus of the position?
There are two areas where the campus needs help. One is large interdisciplinary,
multi-campus grants. Many large research institutions have a similar position to
identify where researchers can work together on large projects. The other is in the
humanities and for faculty new to the grant writing process. The position should help
broaden participation in research.
The University saw a 1% reduction in research expenditures during the sequestration
period. It worked with the State to secure fiscal-year-end funds not yet allocated. The
Research Office is working to find pots of money during this time of reduced federal
spending. The increase in the NIH Pay Line is hurting the University because the
higher cut off level drives funding to larger, well known institutions. The University
needs to shore up the NIH money it is awarded, as well as look at NSF funding. This
is one reason Dr Russ Lea, CEO of the National Ecological Observatory Network
(NEON) was invited to campus to give the Research Day keynote presentation. His
pool of funds is NSF major research projects money. NSF does not want this pool of
money to disappear when the expenditures decline, so he will be seeking Neon
related research to maintain the funds. So this is a good area for UM to compete.
We need to look at agencies and large scale proposals from the Department of
Labor and other sources and push hard on the State to give money for research and
in other ways. The Department of Transportation will visit campus to explain the type
of research projects they are funding.
Why is the position for only one-year?
The Office started this process prior to the news of the budget shortfall. Although the
position is currently on hold, interviews have taken place. There are two finalists
who are interested in the position even on a one year basis.

ASUM President Asa Hohman and Vice President Mariah Williams
Vice President Mariah Williams is a junior in Accounting and is seeking a minor in
Economics. President Asa Hohman was the student lobbyist last year. He has a
double major in Public Law and Business Management. Both have been involved
with ASUM since freshman. They plan to continue the work on sustainability, but it is
not their top priority. Sustainability has become a part of the campus identity and
has the commitment of many to continue the efforts. They plan to take up student
leadership issues that have fallen behind and are looking forward to a collaborative
relationship with the Faculty Senate.

UFA President Dave Shively
Faculty should have received communication that HB 240 (the Bill that would have
stripped the Board of Regents of its authority to set policy for guns on campus) was
vetoed Monday. This is good news and should ease some safety concerns of faculty
working on campus. The UFA would like to commend President Engstrom, Provost
Brown, and Vice President Reed for having a more transparent, communicative, and
collaborative process with budget planning. Professor Jim Hirstein was also thanked
for serving on the Budget Committee. The Union will keep faculty informed about the
budget gap and progress made by the Budget Committee. NAFT, our state-wide
affiliate submitted a demand to bargain to Governor Bullock. It wants HB 13 to be
revisited and would like more progress towards salary increases of 5% for both years
of the next biennium. He will keep the faculty posted about the progress. The UFA
will be collaborating with the Coalition of Union Faculty, the state-wide organization
of union leaders, and the Board of Regents towards the 5% increase as well.
Questions
It seems the MEA/MFT Lobbyist were not helpful on the TIAAcref equalization.
There have been some discussions within UFA regarding the level of support from
MEA/MFT given the complaints. The UFA will need to put more pressure on
MEA/MFT in the future.
 Chair’s Report
Performance Based Funding
Chair-elect Putnam reported on Performance Based Funding. The Taskforce working
on Performance Based Funding has received great input across the state and from
UM in particular. Your suggestions and comments are taken very seriously. The
short term metrics and allocation models are simple and as harmless as possible. As
noted by the Provost, the performance is based on data from the current academic
year (ending next week). These are in the PowerPoint slides posted to the agenda.
The Taskforce is discussing the baseline for long term performance based funding in
order to be prepared in case it becomes a reality. Please continue to provide your
ideas for long term modeling. There needs to be a matrix besides completions.
Questions
There is no matrix for ensuring quality and the completion matrix puts downward
pressure on quality. Has the Taskforce considered putting grade percentages on
transcripts to prevent a downward spiral? This was among some of the suggestions
that were not feasible in the short term but are being considered for long term
planning. The Taskforce is very concerned about ensuring quality.
Cross-listing Issue
After the cross-listing pilot project failed, Chair Renz wrote to the Commissioner of
Higher Education regarding UM’s specific cross-listing concerns with regard to and
the impact on interdisciplinary programs. Deputy Commissioner, Neil Moisey
contacted Chair Renz to clarify the Commissioner’s Office’s view on the issue.
Professor Tobin Shearer was asked to chair a workgroup to address policy
/procedure issues.
Professor Shearer reported that he contacted a small group of individuals involved
with stakeholders to work on the issue. The group is tasked with developing criteria
for creating new rubrics, as well as developing a mechanism for cross-listing. The
group identified the following guiding principles: focusing on issues of service to
students, openness, accessibility and rationality as well as transparency. A second
cross-listing pilot was started this semester where the parent course has the CCN
number and the sibling course has the old (pre CCN) course number. The courses
are listed as equivalent on the student’s transcript. The group will evaluate the
results of the pilot and hope to have a draft procedure for consideration next fall.
Questions
Stakeholders would like to be kept informed about the process. The meeting notes
will be made available on the Faculty Senate web page.
Cyberbear catalog
Senator Vonessen reported on the Cyberbear catalog. Course descriptions will be
linked to Banner and no longer reside in the online catalog. A demonstration of the
search function at the last Faculty Senate meeting led to quite a bit of discussion.
Since then there have been a number of improvements, including direct links to the
department courses. John Thunstrom, Assistant Chief Information Officer, Enterprise
Information Systems should have a search by department available on the search
interface by the end of fall semester.
Senator Palmer is concerned that the list of courses is not an attractive display of
information. The University is currently struggling to recruit students and improve the
University’s image. Information available to students should look as professional as
possible. It should be easily assessable and understandable. He viewed catalogs of
five other North West institutions and they were much more attractive. Our catalog
has a lot of extraneous information displayed in the database that is confusing for
someone not familiar with the system. The information is not printer friendly and
needs to be tested with hand held devices. He hopes that it doesn’t put the
University behind in terms of what our catalog looks like compared to other
institutions.
After receiving Senator Palmer’s concerns, Registrar Johnson solicited input from
admissions (students and recruiters) and is working to implement some of their
suggestions. The good news is that the next Banner upgrade (XE) will have
improved functionality including the ability for faculty to upload spreadsheets with
grades. This should be available next year.
Committee needs
Chair Renz announced the committees that still need faculty members. Please
consider serving or encourage your colleagues to serve. Committee work is a very
important part of shared governance.
Annual Report
Chair Renz touched on some of the high points included in the annual report posted
for information. Work on the Board of Regents: convinced the Board to move
compensation to the top of their priority list; brought the issue of faculty vacancies to
the their attention; as well as the fact that UM has the lowest retirement contribution
of any public university or any in the Big Sky Conference, and efforts on crosslisting
previously mentioned. Participation on Budget Committees resulted in a smaller cut
to the academic sector; support for resolving Missoula College integration issues.
System-wide collaboration: We now have a joint Material Science PhD and will
discuss a seamless way for students to take courses from both campuses
considering the vacancy issues
Committee Reports
 ASCRC Chair Borrie
Five items were brought to the Senate: two changes to policy items introduced last
month; an item from the General Education Committee signals ASCRC’s intent for
next fall; an electronic approval system (e-Cur) to be used for all course forms next
year (deadline is Friday, September 27th), along with the annual report for a
productive year.
The Motion for Technical Course Credits is designed to bring T courses into the
curriculum review process, provide consistent record by maintaining the T suffix on
transcripts, and provide an incentive for AA students to transfer to four-year
programs. Although, there was some opposition given that T credits would account
for 10% of the AA students’ transfer credits into a four-year program, the motion was
approved.
The significant update to the add/drop and grade option change section of the
catalog provides clarity with regard to deadlines for each semester including winter
and summer sessions. The language is in alignment with current practice. The
motion was approved.
The Foreign Language Recommendation from the General Education Committee is
an information item. It was favorably received by ASCRC. ASCRC intends to further
investigate the recommendation with a supported motion and catalog language to be
submitted to the Faculty Senate next semester. The full report from the General
Education Committee is linked to the item.
Chair Borrie was presented with a certificate of appreciation.

General Education Committee Chair Nadia White
The Committee completed the first year of the rolling review of general education
courses in Expressive Arts, Social Science, and Ethics & Human Values. During the
course of the review for new and one-time-only general education courses, the clarity
of the definitions for Indigenous & Global and American & European Perspective
were questioned. The Committee is considering whether the definitions might need
to be reconsidered. There is also a disconnect between the MSU core’s Diversity
and Indian Education for All requirement. The Committee will be looking into this
next year.
There were compliance issues with faculty not submitting forms for the rolling review
(every four years). Camie will work on a faculty deadline calendar so faculty will
have a reference source in addition to the current email notifications.
At the request of ASCRC, the Committee considered various incentives for taking
language courses. These could essentially create bidding wars for students, so the
Committee determined this was not a viable approach. The report details these
discussions. Senators were encouraged to review the report to be informed for the
discussion on the recommendation next year.
As the Chair of the General Education Committee, Professor White attended the
MUS General Education Council meeting in Helena. Discussions are ongoing
regarding transfer issues. One in particular is whether Missoula College students
matriculating to UM are considered transfer students.
Chair White was presented with a certificate of appreciation.

Unit Standards Committee Chair Megan Stark
The Committee reviewed six sets of standards this year. It was scheduled to review
7, but one unit submitted the standards too late for the committee to review. There
are 11 standards scheduled for review next year, so the Committee plans to send
notices to units early. Professor Lodmell will serve as chair next year. A member
from the humanities is needed The Committee is requesting that the Senate and the
UFA consider clarifying the intent of general education as referenced in the CBA
language. There has been lots of confusion regarding the intent.
Chair Stark was provided with a certificate of appreciation.

Writing Committee Chair Beverly Chin
The Committee organized a Writing Symposium in the fall and a workshop on
Information Literacy in the spring. Its major focus has been the writing assessment
pilot project (a programmatic system-wide collaborative investment in writing), which
is hoped to replace the Upper-Division Writing Proficiency Assessment next fall.
There are three phases to the pilot. The first phase involves the use of a rubric to
review writing courses. The rubric is linked to writing course criteria and learning
outcomes and is sent to instructors so the requirements for a writing course are
clear. Phase two involves assessing random, anonymous student papers from
approved writing courses. Instructors from across campus attended a retreat to score
these papers using a holistic rubric developed from writing course learning
outcomes. The goal is to have a consistent message about the intent of writing
courses. The papers are scored collaboratively to see how well the students are
performing. It is going well, but more faculty participation from across all disciplines
that teach writing is needed.
Phase three looks at writing in the discipline. Several departments that had writing
as learning outcome for assessment were asked by the Provost’s Office to develop a
rubric and assess students work in an upper –division writing or capstone course.
This allows programs to identify the strengths and weaknesses of students and to
look at ways to enhance instruction or offer other resources to address weaknesses.
This type of assessment looks at students writing more congruently and leads to
improved writing where the UDWPA does not. Next fall the Writing Committee will
present a motion to replace the UDWPA with programmatic assessment.
Chair Chin was presented with a certificate of appreciation.
 Graduate Council Chair Albert Borgmann
The Graduate Council completed its usual maintenance and inspection chores that
are a part of its charge. It approved the multi-campus PhD in Material Science. This
coming year the Council will advocate for the Graduate School and strengthening the
position of the Graduate School Dean. It will also complete a review of the proposed
MA in Online Technologies. The way that the University deals with or fails to deal
with online instruction will shape its future character. Circumspection, concern and
good judgment is very much required by the Faculty Senate.
Chair Borgmann was presented with a certificate of appreciation.

University Library Committee Chair Dave Patterson
It was a pleasure to work with the new dean of the Library, Shali Zhang. The most
significant issue facing the library is budget. It had approximately a $200,000
rescission in the operating budget this year and made cuts without affecting
collections, but next year is much more uncertain. He chaired the committee many
years ago when inflationary increases were a big concern, since then the availability
of electronic resources has improved the resources tremendously. He is hoping next
year the Library will not be forced with the task of deciding what online resources to
keep and what to cut.
A certificate of appreciation was delivered to Chair Patterson after the meeting.
New Business

The outgoing senators and the outgoing Faculty Senate Chair were thanked for their
service. Chair Renz was given a certificate of appreciation and a gift. New Senators
were seated and Chair-elect Putnam took over chairing the meeting.

Senator Steve Lodmell was nominated for Chair-elect. There were no other
nominations. The Senate voted to confirm Senator Lodmell’s acceptance of the
nomination.

The Senate caucused into faculty from professional schools and the College of Arts
and Sciences. The caucuses forwarded nominations for ECOS and the Senate
voted to confirm candidates’ acceptance of the nomination. The following are
members of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate for the next academic
year.
Liz Putnam, Biomedical Science (Chair)
Steve Lodmell, DBS (Chair-elect)
Jim Sears, Geosciences
Micheal Mayer, History
Liz Ametsbicher, MCLL
Bill Borrie, Forestry
Stacey Gordon, Law
Good and Welfare

Reports from Missoula College of censorship are appalling. The CBA 6.100
guarantees freedom of inquiry, teaching, research, discussion, study, publication,
and for artists, the creation and exhibition of works of art, without hindrance,
restriction, equivocation, and/or board of Administration reprisal.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00 pm.