State of the College
– fall 2015
Dean Victor H. Matthews
August 19, 2015
Upcoming Dates & Deadlines
August 28 Department Heads deadline to send
materials to External Reviewers
Sept 15
Deadline for submission of International
Travel Fund requests
Sept 14-18 Public Affairs Week
Oct 20
Public Affairs Convocation
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Resources
Annual Evaluation Calendar:
(http://www.missouristate.edu/assets/Provost/Faculty
EvaluationCalendar.pdf)
Academic Calendar:
(http://calendar.missouristate.edu/academic.aspx)
CHPA Calendar of Events:
(http://www.missouristate.edu/chpa/calendar.htm)
CHPA Blog:
(http://blogs.missouristate.edu/chpa/)
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New Faculty
DEPT
NAME/DISCIPLINARY SPECIALTY
ANT
Greg Gullette (Cultural Anthropology)
CRM
Julie Baldwin (Specialty Courts)
John Eassey (Life Course CRM and Stats)
Andrew Purvis (Instructor-Lebanon/Waynesville)
ECO
John Stuart Raban (Instructor)
Andres Cantillo (Instructor)
HST
John Gram (Instructor – American History)
Julia Troche (Instructor – Ancient History)
PHI
Patrick Beach (Instructor)
MIL
Lt. Col. Scott Morris (Department Head)
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New Faculty
DEPT
NAME/DISCIPLINARY SPECIALTY
PLS
Alexander Jorgensen (Instructor)
REL
Amy Artman (Instructor)
SOC
Alicia Walker (Visiting Asst. Prof –
Sexuality & Society)
New Staff
Department
Name
DSS
Caron Tolton
PLS/PHI
Jordan Endicott
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Faculty Achievements
Sabbaticals (2015-2016):
•
•
•
•
•
ANT: Margaret Buckner (full year)
ECO: Terrel Gallaway (spring 2016)
HST: Brooks Blevins (full year)
PHI: Ralph Shain (full year)
PLS: Gabriel Ondetti (fall 2015)
Promotion:
• David Romano (PLS) to Full Professor
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Faculty Achievements
Monographs published
Keith Payne and J. Schlesinger. (DSS), Minimum Deterrence:
Examining the Evidence. Routledge.
Jamaine Abidogun (HST) and F. Toyin. Education, Creativity,
and Economic Empowerment in Africa. Palgrave.
David Gutzke. Women Drinking Out in Britain since the
Early 20th Century. Palgrave.
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Monographs Published
Brian Robert Calfano (PLS) & Abdelhak Azzouzi. Assessing MENA
Reform: Mediators and Microfoundations. Rowman and Littlefield.
David Romano. (PLS). Conflict, Democratization
and the Kurds in the Middle East. Palgrave.
Ender, M.G., Rohall, David E. (SOC/ANT), Rohall, M. G.
The Millennial Generation and National Defense. Palgrave.
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Monographs Published
Bukola Oyeniyi (HST), Africa in Focus: Nigeria
(ABC-CLIO)
Victor Matthews (REL), The Cultural World of
the Bible (Baker Academic)
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Faculty Achievements
Publications: at least three journal articles or book
chapters in 2014
B. Garland (CRM)
C. Saxon (CRM)
K. Payne (DSS)
J. Chuchiak (HST)
B. Oyeniyi (HST),
E. Foreman (PHI)
P. Sailors (PHI)
B. Calfano (PLS)
D. Hickey (PLS)
D. Johnson (PLS)
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Foundation Awards
Foundation Award for Excellence in Research
• Sharmistha Self (ECO)
Foundation Award for Excellence in Teaching
• John Chuchiak (HST)
• David Romano (PLS)
Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
• David Romano (PLS)
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Teaching Awards
• Successibility STAR Award:
Eric Nelson (HST)
• Master Online Course Recognition Award
Ivy Yarckow-Brown (CRM) - “Best in All Categories”
• Heartland Conference Excellence in
Community-Based Teaching &Scholarship
Award for Missouri
John Harms (SOC) and Bill Wedenoja (ANT)
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Service Awards
Faculty Excellence in Community Service Award
Paula Rector (CRM)
Lora Hobbs (REL)
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College Goals 2015-2016
• Expand access to educational opportunities
• Equip and inspire students to meet challenges
• Increase research, grant, and scholarly activities
• Continue to be a partner for progress
• Value and support a diverse faculty and staff
• Preserve and protect the University's assets
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Expand access
• Expand teaching methods (MOOC on Civil War in Missouri)
• Monitor enrollment trends (Gen Ed and Departmental)
• Monitor course demand to meet student needs
• Increase the retention rate (advising, intervention methods)
• Increase the six-year graduation rate
• Increase the number of majors, minors, and graduate students
• Refresh Departmental Websites
Enrollment Management: GE
Course FA 14
FA 15
% 15/14
Course FA 14
FA 15
% 15/14
AAS 100
135
173
128.15%
PHI 115
337
333
98.81%
ANT 100
336
335
99.70%
PLS 101
1642
1763
107.37%
ANT 125
149
149
100.00%
REL 100
624
667
106.89%
ECO 101
96
93
96.88%
REL 101
123
121
98.37%
ECO 155
837
867
103.58%
REL 102
148
188
127.03%
ECO 165
564
540
95.74%
REL 131
220
201
91.36%
HST 103
331
357
107.85%
REL 210
284
291
102.46%
HST 104
199
259
130.15%
SOC 150
777
888
114.29%
HST 121
710
640
90.14%
HST 122
903
1040
115.17%
TOTAL
9066
9441
PHI 105
104.14%
142
144
101.41%
PHI 110
509
392
77.01%
Graduate Enrollment
DEPT
FA 2011
FA 2012
FA 2013
ANT
CRM
DSS
ECO
HST
PLS
PHI
REL
Total
99
259
543
180
318
549
-110
2,058
93
276
708
123
249
549
-124
2,122
99
243
663
66
261
735
-120
2,187
FA 2014
123
387
528
60
279
621
3
135
2136
FA 2015
%15/14
54
37.50%
357
90.15%
528
102.92%
195
309.52%
264
95.65%
552
93.88%
60
2000%
93
68.89%
2103
99.29%
TOTAL SCH
DEPT
FA10
FA11
FA12
FA13
FA14
FA15
FA15/14
ANT
2254
2258
2361
2473
2408
2528
104.98%
CRM
3130
3714
3772
3742
4231
4562
107.82%
DSS
591
543
708
663
513
528
102.92%
ECO
4221
4182
4641
4899
5170
5400
104.45%
HST
7766
7904
8008
8174
8220
8456
102.87%
MIL
442
406
405
318
336
354
105.36%
PHI
3024
3060
3024
2895
3326
2994
90.02%
PLS
6622
6632
6613
6767
6825
7088
103.85%
REL
4900
4533
4370
4354
4841
5041
104.13%
SOC
3720
3766
3587
3327
3653
3799
104.00%
AREA ST
876
885
882
450
450
552
122.67%
37,546
37,883
38,371
38,062
39,973
41,302
103.32%
CHPA
Equip and inspire students
• Assess student learning objectives in GE
• Assess student learning objects
in the major
• College Assessment Council will evaluate teaching
evaluation instrument
• Assessment Progress part of Annual Reports
• http://www.missouristate.edu/chpa/35490.htm
• Improve Efforts to Track our Graduates
Promote Student Success
• $7,000 Student Success Funding for Each Department
• $15,000 CHPA Scholarships for Study Away Courses
• Service-Learning, Internship Opportunities, Area
Studies Minors
• Professional Academic Advisors (CRM, HST, PLS)
• Series of External Speakers
Enhance Research Efforts
• Increase the amount and scope of faculty research
• Increase the number of external grants funded
• Increase student-faculty collaborative research
• Increase collaborative interdisciplinary research
• Increase student opportunities to
present their research
Support for Faculty Research
• Funding for travel to conferences ($1,400)
• International travel funding (matching funds):
http://graduate.missouristate.edu/facultystaff/Inter
nationalTravel.htm
• Promotion and Tenure Workshop
• CHPA Faculty Research Forum
• CHPA Faculty Research Seminar
• New Faculty research stipend ($6,000)
CHPA Research Forum
• September 8
Michael Suttmoeller (CRM)
• October 13
Vadim Putzu (REL)
• November 5
Ethan Amidon (CRM)
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Faculty Productivity
Year
Journal Articles
Book Chapters
Books
Papers Read
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
35
32
27
35
56
45
35
40
17
17
17
27
13
19
37
22
11
7
10
5
13
17
6
9
125
116
109
127
152
156
122
181
Be a Catalyst for Positive Change
• Increase MSU's presence and impact in helping
resolve critical community-based issues locally and
regionally (Social Capital Index; CSSPPR; Center for
Community Engagement)
• Expand opportunities to support social,
cultural, educational, and health
related issues through collaborations
with local, regional, state, national
and global partners
• Create partnerships with other colleges
and departments to provide support for
interdisciplinary and graduate programs
Value and Support Faculty
and Staff
• Recruit & retain a diverse workforce
of faculty and staff
• Sustain and improve capabilities & competencies
(faculty development, mentoring, internal grants,
sabbaticals, PSIP)
• Foster an organizational culture committed to
assessment, continuous improvement,
collaboration, transparency, and teamwork (Digital
Measures)
College Hiring Plan
FY 17
DEPT
Rank/Area of Expertise
ECO
Assistant Professor: Behavioral Economics
HST
Assistant Professor: Medieval History
HST
Assistant Professor: Middle Eastern History
REL
Assistant Professor: Islam
Assistant Professor: Religion in America
SOC
Assistant Professor: Family and Gender Studies
Professor Salary Incentive Program
http://www.missouristate.edu/provost/psip.htm
• Applications are due in Dean’s office on December 11, 2015
• College Personnel Committee Screens Applications
• Applicants must be in rank five or more years to be eligible to
apply (faculty appointed to professor rank effective August of
2010 are eligible for a December 2015 submission).
• Applicants must exceed the current departmental criteria for
promotion to full professor in the area of research or
scholarship through demonstrating consistent and sustained
research productivity since the time of promotion to the
present.
Fiscal Responsibility
• Manage fiscal assets prudently
• Utilize & operate facilities efficiently (space
management)
• Use sustainability methods to operate
the College in a safe and environmentally
conscious manner
• Demonstrate transparency and accountability
• Increase fund-raising efforts and endowed
scholarships
Budgetary Situation
• Assets
• Recurring Salary Savings = $ 359,097
One-Time Money
= $2,148,973
• Commitments from Recurring Funds
• Faculty Hires for FY17
= $275,000
• Commitments from One-Time Money
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•
•
•
•
Sabbaticals
Hiring Costs and Start-Up Funds for New Hires
Computer & Equipment Upgrades
Student Success Funds for Each Department
Instructor Positions (21 = $1,145,062 in salary & benefits)
Development Efforts
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•
•
•
•
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ROTC Rappelling Tower
Alice Bartee Lecture Series
Endowed Professorships
Endowed Faculty Chairs
Endowed Post-Docs
Study Away Endowment
Graduate Assistantships
Faculty Research Endowment
College Sponsored Professional Conferences
Student Scholarships in all Departments
Increase Founder’s Club Memberships
http://www.missouristatefoundation.org/founders.htm
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