AGENDA (Revised) All times are approximate University of Nevada, Reno

AGENDA (Revised)

University of Nevada, Reno

2011-12 Faculty Senate

November 17, 2011 1:15 p.m.

JCSU- Rita Laden Senate Chambers

All times are approximate

1:15 1.

1:20

1:50

2.

3.

Roll Call and Introductions

Bylaw and Code “Expedited Tenure” Recommendation –

Martha Hildreth

Chair’s Report

2:20 4.

Consent Agenda

2:30 5.

3:10

3:25

4:00

6.

7.

Faculty Commission

Charges

- Slate of Candidates

Break

National Governors Association Documents

National Governor’s Assoc Accountability 2011

Common College Metrics 2010

New Business

Adjourn

Future Senate Meetings

UNR Faculty Senate Website

December 14 – JCSU (noon to 3 pm)

Rita Laden Senate Chambers

January 19, 2012 JSCU - R. Laden Senate

Chambers

Action/Enclosure

Information/Discussion

Action/Enclosure

Action/Enclosure



Future Board of Regents Meetings

NSHE Website

December 1 & 2, 2011

UNLV

January 20, 2012

Tentative Special Meeting

November 17, 2011 Page 1

UNR Faculty Senate Meeting

November 17, 2011

Agenda Item #2

The Faculty Senate Bylaw and Code Committee is recommending against this change.

Expedited tenure for “exemplary” hires, not tenured at previous institutions: This new provisions to the Code would allow for expedited tenure for new hires in cases where the hires do not have tenure at another institution without Board of Regents review.

After discussion the committee adopted the following statement to go the Senate regarding the proposed change in the Expedited Tenure Policy.

We note that the current UNR bylaws have limited provisions for faculty input in cases where the President decides on a hire with tenure. Having the Board of Regents review in cases where such hires have not been tenured elsewhere, provides a needed level of review and oversight. In professional colleges and units such hires might involved persons who have never had an appointment at an Academic Institution and who, therefore, have not had to meet scholarly requirements. The Board of Regents should have an opportunity to consider whether or not preserving a probationary period may be judicious. We recommend rejecting this change in the Code.

Board of Regents

Nevada System of Higher Education

Agenda Item Request

Dan Klaich _____

Maurizio Trevisan _____

Jane Nichols _____

Approval for agenda :

Bart Patterson

Robyn Render

Mark Stevens

Scott Wasserman

Crystal Abba

1. Was item reviewed by Campus System Counsel? (Please Provide

Initials):

2. The briefing paper and reference documents have been reviewed and contain no confidential information (e.g. social security numbers, information protected by

FERPA or HIPAA).

Name:

Title:

3. If Handbook or Procedures & Guidelines Manual revision, has it been reviewed by the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs prior to its submission to the Board office?

Yes:

Yes:

Yes: X

4. Submitted by: Crystal Abba

(President’s signature required for institutional submissions)

No:

No: X

No:

5. Contact Person: Jane or Crystal

6. Meeting date: December 1-2, 2011

Phone Number:


7. Agenda Item Title: Handbook Revision, Expedited Tenure Decisions

8. Select one: Board Main agenda: X

Board Consent agenda:

Committee agenda**: Committee Name:

**Please Note: Committee agenda items are due to System Administration staff

one week prior to deadline for submitting main Board agenda items.

9. Will this item have reference material in addition to the briefing

paper? Please include reference material at time of submission.

Yes: X No:

10. Will audio/visual presentation for this item be required**:

**Audio/visual presentation materials must be submitted with

Yes: No: X agenda item request.

If yes, type of presentation (PowerPoint, DVD, Internet demonstration, etc.):

11. SELECT ONE:

INFORMATION

At the June and September 2011 meeting of the Board, the Regents reviewed a proposal that would establish an expedited process for tenure of faculty with an exemplary record in their field but who do not have tenure at another higher education institution and are not currently eligible for tenure on hire under Board policy. This proposal is revised to reflect concerns raised by Regents at the September meeting about not wanting to limit institutions in their ability to recruit superstars but still honor the important role of faculty in the award of tenure.

(Ref. BoR -- )

12. Fiscal Impact*: Yes No X

*See Title 4, Chapter 9, Section d, will the proposal increase any fiscal cost or reduce any revenue to the

System in excess of $25,000 per year? Explain:


BOARD OF REGENTS

BRIEFING PAPER

Handbook Revision, Expedited Tenure Decisions

BACKGROUND & POLICY CONTEXT OF ISSUE:

Under current Board policy a President of an institution may grant tenure upon hire to an academic faculty member who at the time of hire holds tenure at another institution. No Board of Regents approval is required. The President must seek appropriate faculty input and annually report to the

Board those individuals who have been granted tenure under that provision. Under current policy, that is the only condition in which a President may award tenure without Board approval.

At the request of the Board of Regents, staff prepared this amended proposal for consideration that would allow for a similar process for tenure on hire for exemplary faculty who do not have tenure another institution, but who have an exemplary record that indicates extraordinary achievement in the field. This process for granting exceptionally outstanding academic faculty tenure in a manner similar to that defined above for faculty with tenure at other institutions protects the principles established in the award of tenure and protects the important role of faculty in the award of tenure. Annual reports to the Board with the list of the accomplishments that justify tenure on hire would be required.

SPECIFIC ACTIONS BEING RECOMMENDED OR REQUESTED:

Amend Title 2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.3.1 and 3.4.1 (universities); Title 2, Chapter 4, Sections 4.3.1 and 4.4.1(community colleges); and Title 4, Chapter 7, Sections 7.3.1 and 7.4.1 (state college), to authorize tenure on hire for faculty with extraordinary records of achievement but who have not been granted tenure at another institution after consultation with faculty. (See the attached Policy

Proposals.)

IMPETUS (WHY NOW?):

This is brought forward at the request of the Board and after discussion at the June and September

2011 Board meetings.

BULLET POINTS TO SUPPORT REQUEST/RECOMMENDATION:

As now proposed, the policy extends the President’s ability to award tenure on hire for a faculty member hired from another higher education institution who has already gained the award of tenure at that institution to include such tenure on hire for a faculty member with an extraordinary record of achievement in the field. This will assist in the recruitment of “superstar” faculty. Protected is the process that calls for faculty in the appropriate discipline to vote for such award of tenure on hire for all faculty so hired. This addition to the tenure on hire policy would change current practice in which the President brings to the Board for approval tenure for a newly hired faculty member who has served no probationary period at that institution but has an exemplary record.

POTENTIAL ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE REQUEST/RECOMMENDATION:

The Board will no longer approve tenure on hire for faculty with exemplary records with no prior tenure.


ALTERNATIVE(S) TO WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED/RECOMMENDED:

Maintain the current policy whereby tenure upon hire when a faculty member has tenure at another institution may be awarded without Board approval and allow Board approval to be sought for tenure upon hire when a faculty member does not have tenure at another institution but has an exemplary record of achievement.

COMPLIANCE WITH BOARD POLICY:



Consistent With Current Board Policy: Title #_____ Chapter #_____ Section #_______

X Amends Current Board Policy: Title 2, Chapter 3, Sections 3.3.1 and 3.4.1 (universities); Title

2, Chapter 4, Sections 4.3.1 and 4.4.1(community colleges); and Title 4, Chapter 7, Sections 7.3.1 and 7.4.1 (state college)



Amends Current Procedures & Guidelines Manual: Chapter #_____ Section #_______



Other:________________________________________________________________________

X Fiscal Impact: Yes_____ No__ X ___

Explain:____________________________________________________________


POLICY PROPOSAL

TITLE 2, CHAPTER 3, SECTION 3.3.1

Tenure Decisions for University Faculty

Additions appear in boldface italics ; deletions are [stricken and bracketed]

3.3.1 Probationary Period

(a) Academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure must serve in a probationary period in a member institution identified in Subsection 3.2.1 before receiving such an appointment. Except as provided herein, the total probationary period for all academic faculty eligible for such appointment shall not exceed seven years of uninterrupted full-time employment in Ranks I through IV.

(b1) At the discretion of the Board of Regents, an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period and tenure shall be awarded on a case-by-case basis in negotiation with the president or the president’s designee. Prior to recommending such an appointment, the president shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period under procedures set forth in the member institution's bylaws.

(b2) The President of the institution, without seeking Board of Regents’ approval, may grant tenure upon hire to an academic faculty member who at the time of hire holds tenure at another institution or has an exemplary record that indicates extraordinary achievement in the field .

Prior to making such an appointment, the President shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member should be appointed with tenure.

The President of each institution shall submit an annual report to the Board of Regents which shall include the name of any individual to whom tenure upon hire was granted, the department within which the individual was hired , [and] whether the faculty of such department voted to approve such tenure upon hire , and for individuals granted tenure on the basis of an exemplary record, not prior tenure, a list of accomplishments . This report shall be presented to the Board of Regents at the first meeting of the board after the beginning of each fiscal year.

(c) Authorized periods of leave, paid or unpaid, may be excluded from service toward the seven-year probationary period upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the president. The decision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exclude periods of leave shall be based upon the sole discretion of the president. The president’s decision is final. The request for leave must state if the leave is to be excluded from service toward the probationary period.

(d) The period of probation may exceed seven years upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the president. The d ecision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exceed the seven year probationary period shall be based upon the sole discretion of the

President. The decision of the President is final. The request for an extension of the seven-year period of probation must state the reasons for such extension.


POLICY PROPOSAL


Appointment with Tenure for University Faculty


Section 3.4 Appointment with Tenure

3.4.1 Recommendations and Appointment. At the expiration of a probationary period or at any time during a probationary period, academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure may be recommended to the president for such appointment through regular personnel procedures. Recommendations for appointment with tenure shall be made by the president to the Board of Regents. [The] Except as otherwise provided for tenure upon hire in Section 3.3, the Board has final authority in making an appointment with tenure and such appointment shall not be granted to any member of the academic faculty without an affirmative majority vote of the Board of Regents at a meeting of the Board, a quorum being present.


POLICY PROPOSAL


Tenure Decisions for Community College Faculty


4.3.1 Probationary Period .

(a) Academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure must serve in a probationary period in a member institution identified in Subsection 4.2.1 before receiving such an appointment. Except as provided herein, the total probationary period for all academic faculty eligible for such appointment shall not exceed five years of uninterrupted full-time employment.

(b1) At the discretion of the Board of Regents, an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period, and tenure shall be awarded on a case-by-case basis in negotiation with the president or th e president’s designee. Prior to recommending such an appointment, the president shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period under procedures set forth in the member institution's bylaws.

(b2) The President of the institution, without seeking Board of Regents’ approval, may grant tenure upon hire to an academic faculty member who at the time of hire holds tenure another institution or has an exemplary record that indicates extraordinary achievement in the field . Prior to making such an appointment, the president shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member should be appointed with tenure. The President of each institution shall submit an annual report to the Board of Regents which shall include the name of any individual to whom tenure upon hire was granted, the department within which the individual was hired , [and] whether the faculty of such department voted to approve such tenure upon hire , and for individuals granted tenure on the basis of an exemplary record, not prior tenure, a list of accomplishments . This report shall be presented to the Board of Regents at the first meeting of the board after the beginning of each fiscal year.

(c) Authorized period of leave, paid or unpaid, may be excluded from service toward the five year probationary period upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the president. The decision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exclude periods of leave shall be based upon the sole discretion of the President. The President’s decision is final. The request for leave must state if the leave is to be excluded from service toward the probationary period.

(d) The period of probation may exceed five years upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the President. The decision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exceed the five-year probationary period shall be based upon the sole discretion of the President. The

President’s decision is final. The request for an extension of the five-year period of probation must state the reasons for such extension.


POLICY PROPOSAL


Appointment with Tenure for Community College Faculty



4.4.1 Recommendations and Appointment. At the expiration of a probationary period or at any time during a probationary period, academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure may be recommended to the president for such appointment through regular personnel procedures. Recommendations for such appointment shall be made by the president to the Board of Regents. [The] Except as otherwise provided for tenure upon hire in Section 4.3, the Board has final authority in making an appointment with tenure and such appointment shall not be granted to any member of the academic faculty without an affirmative majority vote of the Board of Regents at a meeting of the Board, a quorum being present.


POLICY PROPOSAL


Tenure Decisions for State College Faculty


7.3.1 Probationary Period

(a) Academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure must serve in a probationary period in a member institution identified in Subsection 7.1.1 before receiving such an appointment. Except as provided herein, the total probationary period for all academic faculty eligible for such appointment shall not exceed seven years of uninterrupted full-time employment in Ranks I through IV.

(b1) At the discretion of the Board of Regents, an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period and tenure shall be awarded on a case-by-case basis in negotiation with the president or the president’s designee. Prior to recommending such an appointment, the president shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member may be exempt from the requirement of serving a probationary period under procedures set forth in the member institution’s bylaws.

(b2) The President of the institution, withou t seeking Board of Regents’ approval, may grant tenure upon hire to an academic faculty member who at the time of hire holds tenure another institution or has an exemplary record that indicates extraordinary achievement in the field . Prior to making such an appointment, the president shall seek a recommendation from the appropriate faculty on whether an academic faculty member should be appointed with tenure. The President of each institution shall submit an annual report to the Board of Regents which shall include the name of any individual to whom tenure upon hire was granted, the department within which the individual was hired , [and] whether the faculty of such department voted to approve such tenure upon hire , and for individuals granted tenure on the basis of an exemplary record, not prior tenure, a list of accomplishments . This report shall be presented to the Board of Regents at the first meeting of the board after the beginning of each fiscal year.

(c) Authorized periods of leave, paid or unpaid, may be excluded from service toward the seven-year probationary period upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the president. The decision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exclude periods of leave shall be based upon the sole discretion of the president. The president’s decision is final. The request for leave must state if the leave is to be excluded from service toward the probationary period.

(d) The period of probation may exceed seven years upon written request of the faculty member and approval of the president. The decision of whether to grant the faculty member’s request to exceed the seven-year probationary period shall be based upon the sole discretion of the president. The decision of the president is final. The request for an extension of the seven-year period of probation must state the reasons for such an extension.


POLICY PROPOSAL


Appointment with Tenure for State College Faculty



7.4.1 Recommendations and Appointment. At the expiration of a probationary period or at any time during a probationary period, academic faculty eligible for appointment with tenure may be recommended to the president for such appointment through regular personnel procedures. Recommendations for appointment with tenure shall be made by the president to the Board of Regents. [The] Except as otherwise provided for tenure upon hire in Section 7.3, the Board has final authority in making an appointment with tenure and such appointment shall not be granted to any member of the academic faculty without an affirmative majority vote of the Board of Regents at a meeting of the Board, a quorum being present.



November 17, 2011

Agenda Item #4

Link to the Consent Agenda packet: http://www.unr.edu/facultysenate/meetings/11-12/Agenda/11-17-11_consentpkt.doc



November 17, 2011

Agenda Item #5

Charges: Faculty Commission

The Commission on the Future of the University of Nevada Reno

In the past three decades, the University of Nevada, Reno has experienced unprecedented growth. Numbers tell this story. Between 1990 and 2009, the state-appropriated budget increased 100% (in inflation adjusted dollars), its student population increased fifty percent, and its administrative staff increased nearly 200%. Of course, this growth came amid a dramatic expansion of the state. For many years, Nevada was the fastest growing state in the country. Moreover, during this period of expansion, funding for higher education consistently lagged behind that of other public obligations, like K-12 and public safety. Still, the changes these numbers describe are apparent to anyone who has a history with the university. A student from the 1980s can visit campus today and barely recognize the place from which they graduated. Compared to the past, the university has more students and more faculty; more buildings with more technology in them; more administrative units and more services; more centers and institutes and more grant-funded research.

In 2008, that period of growth came to an abrupt end. From 20082011, the university’s state appropriated budget declined nearly 40%, and the campus downsized or eliminated two colleges and many more departments. Hundreds of people were fired —including 60 tenured faculty, the most at any public university in the country during this economic crisis —and many more positions were left unfilled. Today, the campus has a level of resources it last saw in 2003-2004.

Looking forward, the university faces a radically changed landscape. It will not soon recover from the financial crisis of the last few years. Optimists predict that state-appropriated funds will remain flat for the foreseeable future, which, when inflation is taken into account, means an effective decrease. Pessimists believe that more budget reductions are on the way. In the meantime, long-term challenges are becoming more pressing. For example, the campus must decipher how to adopt and adapt to new technologies. It must figure out how to manage a significant ongoing demographic shift among young people in the state of Nevada. It must adjust to a more global and competitive educational marketplace. And it must accomplish these things in an increasingly hostile political atmosphere and uncertain economic environment.

It will be difficult, but not impossible, to navigate this landscape. The UNR Faculty Senate has sponsored this

Commission to begin a conversation about how to do just this. Consisting of both academic and administrative faculty members, this Commission will devote the next year to studying the university and meeting with its various stakeholders (both on and off campus). It is charged with applying the data it gathers to two specific tasks:

Charge #1. Given the fiscal constraints within which UNR will be operating over the next 10-15 years, the institution will not have the capacity to be comprehensively excellent. However, it certainly can be excellent in specific areas. What are these areas? What can and should the university strive to be excellent in? In answering these questions, the Commission will want to catalog the university’s current strengths, discern how the university can and must meet the needs of the state, and think closely about the changes taking place in higher education generally. On the basis of this thinking, it will identify opportunities for the university to gain distinction nationally and internationally.

Charge #2 . In the aftermath of the recent budget crisis, it has become apparent that state support for UNR is likely to remain flat, if not shrink somewhat, in the next 4-8 years. This means that if UNR is to grow resources, it will have to do so through its own entrepreneurialism. What strategic partnerships (with business, civic organizations, and the like) can and should the university expand and develop to bring new resources to the


campus (in the form of internships, curriculum, graduate research/students, and so on)? What partnering activities are already taking place on campus? Which of these is especially successful and why? Which should be expanded or amplified? What other partnership opportunities might the university pursue?

The Commission will begin its work in December 2011 and report back to the faculty senate in December

2012. The senate will vote on recommendations made by the Commission. Those recommendations accepted by the senate will then serve as a catalyst to a conversation with the President about how the

University can achieve excellence in this new landscape. In turn, these conversations will inform the

University’s self-study undertaken as part of its accreditation process, and also its strategic planning process, which must be completed in 2015.

This University can be excellent even at a time when it faces great challenges. It simply requires making the right choices.

Slate of Candidates for the Faculty Commission

This Commission will be composed of 11 voting members and 2 non-voting co-chairs (David Ryfe and David

Zeh). The co-chairs will break any ties in voting with one vote.

To choose the 11 members, please vote for nominees in the following groupings: administrative faculty, midcareer faculty, senior faculty.

As you make your selections, please consider that diversity of ideas is crucial. The Commission will function best if it has representation from across the campus. Achievement of this diversity is possible in the context of the present list of nominees provided that we are intentional in our voting decisions. However, to ensure a diversity of representation, the chair of the senate, in consultation with the executive board, may add up to two individuals to serve on the Commission.

Administrative Faculty

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Kelly Corrigan

Provost

USAC

Bio:

Kelly Corrigan, University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC), Director of Marketing & University Relations.

Kelly has been with USAC for almost 12 years. She has grown the department and its functions from 1 person to 7 professionals with several operating outside the state of Nevada. Prior to joining USAC/UNR, Kelly had 13 years professional experience in the private sector with companies such as Toyota Motor Sales, USA,

Transamerica Finance Group, AC Nielson and locally, Hometown Health and MarkeTec. She has an undergraduate degree in Business from Indiana University and an MBA from California State University Los

Angeles. She is a graduate of the Leadership Reno-Sparks program and has chaired the on campus

Administrative Faculty Personnel Policies & Procedures Committee.

Name:

Unit:

Janita Jobe

Library

Department: Library

Bio:

I have been a faculty member with the university since 1989, first as a government publications librarian, and beginning in 1993, in Library Administration. As our former Vice President’s position evolved, mine did as well.

So I take neither credit nor blame for the expansion of my responsibilities to include administration for

Teaching and Learning Technologies and Information Technology in addition to Libraries.


Twenty plus years at UNR have provided opportunities for me to work with other faculty and serve the university on numerous standing and ad-hoc committees. These include, but are not limited to: Campus

Affairs, Institutional Budgets, Administrative Faculty Policies and Procedures, Intercollegiate Athletics Board,

Merit Policy Committee (ad hoc), and Finance Standards Committee for the Accreditation Self-Study (ad hoc). I was the Libraries’ elected representative to the Faculty Senate from 1997-2000. I am currently a member of the Intercultural Council.

Name:

Unit:

Steve Maples

Student Services

Department: Prospective Students Office

Bio:

For the past 20 years Steve has worked in the field of enrollment management. As Director of Admissions, he oversees the university’s recruitment efforts to increase the number of freshmen, transfer, and underrepresented students. In addition to his work in admissions, Steve has also served as director of

Orientation and New Student programs as well as created the University of Nevada, Reno’s first Summer

Bridge Program for underrepresented students. His doctoral work focused on student retention and success.

Steve also enjoys embracing helicopter parents early as a Little League baseball coach.

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Reginald Stewart

Student Services

Student Cultural Diversity Center

Bio:

Dr. Stewart brings 20 years of equity and diversity leadership experience in higher education to the Director of

Diversity Initiatives role. Prior to coming to Nevada in 1996, Stewart coordinated the alternative testing accommodations in the Disability Resource Center at San Francisco State University and was Upward Bound coordinator in the federally funded TRIO Program at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas. As Director of Diversity Initiatives, he serves as the University’s chief diversity officer and represents the University on the

Nevada System of Higher Education Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council. Stewart reports to President

Johnson and serves as a member of the President’s Council and the Academic Leadership Council.

Dr. Stewart also directs the Center for Student Cultural Diversity within the division of Student Services and teaches in the department of Educational Leadership.

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Bio:

Adam Stoltz

Student Services

Prospective Students Office; Welcome Center

Ed.D Higher Education Administration, Saint Louis University projected graduation May 2012

Master in Organizational Leadership and Management, St. Ambrose University

B.S. Arts Management and Computer Science minor, Culver-Stockton College

I have worked in higher education my entire career and have over 11 years of admissions, marketing and enrollment management experience working with liberal arts, private and public institutions. Before coming to the University of Nevada in March 2009, I worked with Saint Louis University in the Office of the Provost and admissions office. Currently, I am working on a doctorate in higher education administration (dissertation topic on U.S. News and World Report College rankings).

In my present position at Nevada I help organize our recruitment/marketing/visit efforts throughout all of student services through multiple mediums and coordinate with areas on campus which include: Integrated

Marketing, Media Relations, Office of International Students and Scholars, Target 500, athletics, campus recreation, Office of Alumni, USAC and honors. During my time at Nevada we have had back-to-back record


undergraduate enrollment for the University and have realized significant increases in diversity rates as well as the top scholars such as Presidential and National Merit students.

Mid-Career Academic Faculty

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Amy Childress

Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bio:

I am professor and chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. I have been in the

Department for 14 years and chair for 3 years. My area of research/teaching interest is membrane processes for environmental applications. I am a past President of the Association of Environmental Engineering and

Science Professors, which is made up of ~800 faculty members mostly across the U.S. I am currently on the

American Society of Civil Engineers Department Heads and Chairs Executive Committee. At UNR, I have served on numerous search committees (several outside my Department, some outside my College) and campus committees. I was the College of Engineering representative on the Faculty Senate from 2003-2006.

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Chris Coake

CLA

English

Bio:

Mr. Christopher Coake is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, specializing in the teaching of creative writing, specifically fiction, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. He is the author of two books —the short story collection We're in Trouble (Harcourt, 2005) and the novel You Came

Back (forthcoming from Grand Central in 2012) —and in 2007 was named to the once-a-decade list of Best

Young American Novelists by the journal Granta. He has served on numerous English department search committees, chairing one; is the Vice-Chair of the UNR Graduate Council; and serves on the CLA Scholarly and Creative Activities Committee. As the 2006 PEN/American Center Robert Bingham Fellow, he was a case advocate for imprisoned Tibetan writer Dolma Kyab.

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias

COS

Chemistry

Bio:

Ana de Bettencourt-Dias received her MS in Technological Chemistry from the University of Lisbon and her

Doctorate in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Cologne. She spent then three years at UC Davis with

Prof. Alan Balch as a Gulbenkian postdoctoral fellow. In 2001 she joined Syracuse University as assistant p rofessor and moved to Reno in 2007, where she is an associate professor of Chemistry. Ana’s research, currently funded by NSF, is in the area of luminescent coordination compounds of lanthanide ions for lighting and imaging applications. Ana has served on the International Programs Abroad, graduate student recruiting and admissions and faculty and staff search committees at Syracuse University and on the COS Dean search, advising, recruiting and admissions and assessment committees at UNR. She has also participated in the

Nevada Bound outreach program.

Name:

Unit:

Stacy Gordon

CLA

Dept: Political Science

Bio:

Stacy Gordon Fisher is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Director of the

International Affairs program. Her articles on comparative public opinion/political behavior and U.S. political institutions have been published in Comparative Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, and the Journal


of Politics She has served as department chair and director of graduate studies for Political Science and received the Alan Bible Teaching Award in 2011.

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Thomas Kidd

COS

Biology

Bio:

Thomas Kidd studies how growing nerves navigate to find their targets using fruit fly genetics, and his papers have been cited over 3000 times. He obtained a B.A. and gold medal in Genetics at Trinity College Dublin in

Ireland, and a D.Phil. at the University of Oxford in the Department of Zoology. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, and subsequently worked at the biotechnology company

Exelixis, Inc. His current research is funded by the NSF and NIH. . He has served on the Biology Department

Curriculum Committee since 2004, chairing it since 2010, seven faculty search committees, chairing three of them and over 25 thesis committees.

Senior Faculty

Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Gary Blomquist

CABNR

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Bio:

Gary Blomquist became a faculty member at UNR in 1977, after completing his Ph. D. at Montana State

University in 1973 and teaching for four years at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has served as the chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology since 2001, a Department with faculty both in the School of Medicine and the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources (CABNR). He has been continuously funded by the NSF and/or USDA since he came to UNR, and his research focuses on the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of hydrocarbon and pheromone production in insects. He was named the outstanding researcher in CABNR in 1982, was named the University of Nevada’s ‘outstanding researcher’ in 1984 and was honored by receiving the ‘Regent’s researcher award’ in 1995. He teaches Introductory

Biochemistry in CABNR and lectures to first year medical students.

Name:

Unit:

Wendy Calvin

COS

Dept: Geological Sciences

Bio:

Wendy Calvin is a Professor of Geophysics & Remote Sensing, and Director, Center for Geothermal Energy.

My research specialty is the optical and infrared spectroscopy of minerals andices, using remote sensing data sets and laboratory analysis to identify and map the surface composition of solid planets in the solar system, including Earth. I am on three spacecraft mission science teams and have been the director of the Great

Basin Center for Geothermal Energy since May 2010. I have been the primary advisor for ten graduate degrees and on the committees of another 10 graduate students. I have received a number of University and

College awards including the gr aduate student association’s Outstanding Mentor (2004), Mackay School’s

Faculty Achievement (2005) and the College of Science Excellence in Research (2006). I have published over

60 peer-reviewed articles, 5 book chapters and 10 significant NRC and NASA reports including decadal surveys.


Name:

Unit:

Dept:

Patty Charles

SOM

Internal Medicine

Bio:

Patty Charles, DrPH: Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Director, Nevada AIDS Education and

Training Center; University of Nevada School of Medicine. I have been a faculty member at the School of

Medicine since November 1992. Over the years I have been both an administrative faculty and an academic faculty (2001). I have participated in the faculty Senate, Salary and Benefits Committee, the College of

Science Ad Hoc Review Committee, the UNR Grievance Committee, Morale Task Force, and the Bylaws and

Codes Committee. At the School of Medicine I have served on the Bylaws Committee, Student Development

Committee, the Executive Committee of the Office of Continuing Medical Education, the Admissions

Committee, and was the elected representative to the UNR Faculty Senate. Over the past 20 years, the majority of my funding has been from grants/contracts that I have solicited and managed. I am pleased to be nominated for the Commission on the Future of the University and look forward to using my skills in long term planning and grant management and my experience as a faculty member at the University toward studying the issues and creating a faculty inspired plan for the future.

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Dana Edberg

COBA

Information Systems

Bio:

Dana Edberg is an associate professor of Information Systems in the College of Business with responsibilities including teaching (40%), research (40%) and service (20%). She has served as department chair of the

Accounting and Information Systems department (2003-2009) and Interim Dean of the College of Business

(2006-2007) in addition to performing a wide variety of service activities at the department, college and university. A sample of these service activities over the term of her employment included serving on graduate council, faculty senate, academic standards committee, university planning council, college and department curriculum and personnel committees and a variety of search committees. Current external professional service includes serving on the Northern Nevada Development Authority, Washoe County School District 9-12

STEM education advisory board and serving as an advisor for the implementation of a state health information exchange. She teaches technical classes in database design and data warehousing while her research interests include understanding the post-implementation issues between information systems professionals and the users they support, as well as the design and implementation of health information exchanges.

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Chris Herald

COS

Mathematics and Statistics Dept:

Bio:

I joined the Department of Mathematics at UNR in 1999. My research is primarily in geometry and topology, on the theoretical side of mathematics, but I have also worked on interdisciplinary projects in engineering and modeling aerosol particles produced during combustion. I have been the Core Mathematics Director for 3.5 years, and have served on the Core Board, the General Education Task Force, and the Academic Standards

Committee. I am also currently working with Washoe County School District on curricular alignment and college readiness in mathematics. I was granted tenure in 2003 and promoted to full professor in 2009.


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Guy Hoelzer

COS

Biology

Bio:

I am an evolutionary biologist doing theoretical and empirical research on processes of spatial diversification. I teach the capstone course in Evolution for Biology Majors, in addition to upper division and graduate-level electives (e.g., Population Genetics, Biogeography). This semester I am also teaching the first year experience course for Biology Majors (SCI110) for the first time. I have also served as both Department Chair and Faculty Senate Chair.

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Trudy Larson

DHS

School of Community Health Sciences

Bio:

I’ve spent most of my career at UNR at the School of Medicine starting as an assistant professor in 1984 and progressing to professor over the next 14 years and was just appointed as Director for the School of

Community Health Science in July. I served as Pediatrics Department Chair for 5 years when the department was still statewide, spent 3 years as Associate Dean for Outreach for the SOM, served as chair of numerous faculty committees and as a member of executive committees. I was elected to the Faculty Senate and served as Chair during the turbulent years of reorganization when the College of Arts and Sciences was split (among other changes) and then spent a year as Assistant Chancellor under Jim Rogers. I chaired the committee on

Section 6, Governance, for the last UNR accreditation. These experiences have given me an interesting look at schools within universities and universities within systems; provided statewide perspectives on community needs and resources; and made me very appreciative of collaborative discussion and consensus building as productive ways to create plans.

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JoAnne Skelly

Cooperative Extension

Western Extension Area

Bio:

Skelly is an associate profess with the College of Cooperative Extension. Her teaching includes: Latino outreach, youth development, environmental horticulture, natural resource management, wildfire threat reduction. Her research has produced: 89 peer-reviewed publications, including a statewide Latino needs assessment; 19 professional papers; #1,344,055 in grants and program support. Examples of her service:

Faculty senator (2006 Ad Hoc Committee to Review Center for Regional Studies proposal; Senate Mentoring program; 2005, 2007, 2008 Senate Executive Board Nominating Committee, 2007 Legal Advisement

Committee); past member of the UNR Arboretum Board; past member of the UNR Herbarium Advisory committee; member of the College of Cooperative Extension Curricular Review Committee, current membership chair of the National Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals; member of the

Nation Extension Wildfire Information Network, member of Society for Range Management. Skelly is an integral part of the local community; represents the outreach mission integral to a land grant university; and has lead the community with innovative solutions to tough problems. She brings her community leadership experience to the visioning process for the University, seeking new solutions rather than a "business as usual" approach.



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Links to the National Governors Association Documents:

National Governors Association Chair’s Initiatives (Accountability 2011) http://www.unr.edu/facultysenate/meetings/11-12/Agenda/NationalGovernorsAssocAccountability2011.pdf

Common College Metrics 2010 http://www.unr.edu/facultysenate/meetings/11-12/Agenda/COMMON%20COLLEGE%20METRICS%202010-

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