College of Sciences and Arts
Fall Faculty Meeting, September 11, 2013
AGENDA
1. Welcome new faculty
2. CSA in 2013-14
Enrollment & External Funding
Budget Picture
3. Strategic Priorities for 2013-14
4. High Points
5. Questions from the Floor
Welcome New Faculty
Army ROTC:
Major Adam Melnitsky, department chair and
Professor of Military Science
Biological Sciences
Chandreshekhar Joshi – department chair
Brigitte Morin, lecturer in Medical Laboratory Sciences
Chemistry
Cary Chabalowski – department chair and professor of
practice
Marina Tanasova – assistant professor
Andew Galarneau - lecturer
Welcome New Faculty
Computer Science
Leo Urell, lecturer
Cognitive and Learning Sciences
Adam Feltz, assistant professor
Kelly Steelman, assistant professor
Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology
Zhiying (Jenny) Shan, assistant professor
Tejin Yoon, assistant professor
Welcome New Faculty
Humanities
Abraham Romney, assistant professor
Stephanie Carpenter, lecturer in creative writing and
American literature
Marcelino Viera-Ramos, visiting assistant professor
of Spanish
Leyre Alegre-Figuaroa, instructor in Spanish
Will Adams, instructor in ESL
Heather Deering, instructor in ESL
Welcome New Faculty
Mathematical Sciences
William Keith, assistant professor
Min Wang, assistant professor
Yang Yang, assistant professor
Jason Gregerson, lecturer
Ray Molzon, visiting assistant professor
Physics
Ramy El-Ganainy, assistant professor
Visual And Performing Arts
Anne Beffel, department chair and professor
Josh Loar, professor of practice
Welcome New Faculty
Social Sciences
Melissa Baird, assistant professor
Ryan Cook, lecturer
Rebecca Graff, assistant professor
Nancy Langston, professor
Chelsea Schelly, assistant professor
College
John Jaszczak, Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Education
Sylvia Matthews, Advisor for Exploring Students
Chad Norman, Science and Technology Outreach
Specialist, Center for Science & Environmental
Outreach
Enrollment, Fall 2012 (9/10/12)
Total:
UG
Credit hrs:
CSA
Female
6,955 (+48) (6,945/ 2012; 7,031/2011; 6,957/2010)
5,610 (-2)
(5,623/2012; 5,728/2011; 5,720/2010)
90,447 (+2,393, 2.7%)
1,597 (-20)
1,806 -- 26% (1790 – 25.8%; 1,837 -- 26.1%)
399 first year, up from 349
New 1st yr. 1,255 (+100) (1,153/ 2012; 1,161/2011; 1,115/2010)
Retention: 81.9% (-1.3%)
Transfer
195 (-63) (257/2012; 221/2011; 230/2010)
GRAD
1,345 (+50) (1,322/2012; 1,303/2011; 1,256/2010)
1st time MS 311 (+57); 1st time PhD 96 (-1)
External Funding/Expenditures
$ in thousands
Props. Award
Extern.
FY
FY
$
Expend.
2011 2011 FY 2011 FY 2011
BL
50
22
CH
17
5
$408
CLS
8
2
CS
16
KIP
F&A $
FY 2013
$212
37
16
$1,252
$934
$189
26
9
$197
$696
$143
$534
$85
23
8
$1,224
$486
$97
26
4
$205
$675
$179
$125
$168
$47
11
6
$824
$237
$55
7
7
$355
$193
$41
5
$376
$333
$62
18
7
$606
$401
$87
19
10
$514
$505
$93
4
3
$481
$331
$92
7
2
$50
$222
$54
14
4
$167
$81
$11
HU
3
3
$83
$102
$34
4
3
$90
$97
$35
4
1
$18
$69
$25
Math
14
4
$152
$118
$41
7
3
$151
$77
$28
20
7
$365
$163
$58
PHY
30
21
$485
23
16
$1,736 $1,939 $409
40
22
$1,419 $1,738
$427
SS
6
8
$72k
$27
16
10
20
12
$1,081
$87
VPA
ARMY
ROTC
3
0
$0
0
0
0
0
$0
0
1
$1
0
0
$0
Dean
0
1
$38
0
1
$35
TOTAL 151
$1,290 $1,042
Props. Award
Extern.
Props. Award
Extern.
F&A $
FY
FY
$
Expend. F&A $
FY
FY
$
Expend.
FY2011 2012 2012 FY 2012 FY 2012 FY 2012 2012 2012 FY 2012 FY 2013
$3,576 $2,032
$176
1
$167
$35
$228
$35
$495
75 $6,601 $4,837 $1,087 146 72 $6,135 $4,621 $989 176 77 $4,355 $4,617 $1,065
External Awards/Expenditures
Three-year average
Proposals Award
BL
38
16
CH
22
6
CLS
9
5
CS
18
7
KIP
8
3
HU
4
2
Math
14
5
PHY
31
20
SS
14
10
VPA
1
0
ARMY ROTC
0
1
Dean
0
1
TOTAL
158
75
Extern. Res.
$
Expend.
$913
$891
$612
$565
$435
$199
$499
$413
$233
$211
$64
$90
$223
$119
$2,244
$1,903
$624
$300
0
$1
$36
$5,697
$4,692
F&A $
$181
$120
$48
$81
$52
$31
$42
$441
$50
$1,047
CSA GRAD STUDENT EXPENDITURES
Internal and External sources
($ in thousands)
Bio
ext
Bio Che Che CLS CLS
Int ext int ext Int
2009-10
$111 $272 $48 $603
2010-11
$245
2011-12
$2
CS
ext
CS
int
HU
ext
CSA
CSA
Hu KIP KIP MA MA PHY PHY SS SS
int ext int ext int ext int ext int extern. intern.
$11 $105 $515 $33 $669 $21 $55 $28 $807 $333 $541 $21 $314
$702 $3,786
$326 $62 $632 $49 $54 $106 $614 $25 $758 $27 $90 $18 $876 $298 $592 $73 $311 $904 $4,254
$14
$293
$292 $42 $681 $103 $75 $105 $531 $4 $792 $14 $72 $5 $815 $291 $530 8 $300 $1,005 $4,090
2012-13
3-year
average
$217 $297 $51 $638 $51 $47 $105 $553 $21 $740 $21 $73 $17 $833 $307 $554 $81 $308
$870 $4,043
CSA GTA ALLOCATIONS 2009-10 to 2013-14
Biology
Chemistry
CLS
CS
Kinesiology
Humanities
Mathematics
Physics
Social Science
2009-10
10
26.5
1
16
2
27
27.5
19.5
13
2010-11
10
25.5
2.5
16
2
25
26.5
18.5
14.5
2011-12
8.5
23.5
4
14
2
25
25.5
17.5
14
TOTAL
142.5
140.5
134
2012-13 2013-14
8.5
8.5
23.5
22.5
4
3
13
12.5
2
2
25
25
25.25
24.75
17.25
17.25
13.5
13.5
132
129
CUMULATIVE CSA BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, FY 2011-2013
Total,
2010
41,475
51,153
5,494
14,028
3,355
71,316
76,038
16,225
44,378
22,847
0
Total,
2011 Total, 2012
$56,989 $11,200
$56,222 $18,200
$21,613 $2,400
$48,039 $23,436
$6,760 $11,207
$76,657 $11,189
$81,444 $26,400
$10,919 $29,044
$39,247 $43,403
$45,436 $10,894
$19,600 $2,936
BL
CH
CLS
CS
KIP
HU
MA
PH
SS
VPA
Dean
ROTC
S&W
0
AF SS&E
0
AR SS&E
0
TOTALS $346,308 $462,927 $190,309
Actual
Internal
base
Total base base
reduction
Total 1-time cuts,
realign.
to
cuts, 2013
2013
2013
Provost 4-year S&W
$30,000
$71,222
$10,000
$14,000
$80,667
$4,979
$16,741
$24,713
$57,514
$23,100
$12,682
$12,747
$105,996
$216,846
$62,936
$176,847
$37,862
$9,500
$85,271
$53,885
$516
$96,000
$173,911 $51,911 $122,000
NOTE: Figures do not show associated reductions in fringe benefits.
$809,602
4-years
SS&E
$11,200
$15,200
$13,246
$7,200
$6,400
$7,372
$26,400
$5,245
$26,344
$6,400
$125,007
CSA Budget, 2013-14
SS&E
$58,100
$56,000
$53,754
$32,000
$23,062
$61,432
$15,000
$67,170
$40,864
$34,000
$58,000
$86,642
$15,480
CSA TOTAL
BL
CH
CLS
CS
KIP
HU
ESL
MATH
PHY
SS
VPA
Dean
ROTC
Salary & Wages
$1,641,252
$1,727,959
1,001,933
$1,810,132
$619,073
$2,375,547
$254,913
$2,755,972
$1,878,643
$1,604,413
$853,574
$372,815
$62,653
TOTALS 2013
TOTALS 2012
TOTALS 2011
TOTALS 2010
$16,975,392
$16,643,694
$15,902,152
$16,246,740
$601,504
$601,504
$700,703
$736,466
$17,756,895
$17,245,198
$16,602,855
$16,973,210
GTAs (Grad School)
$230,645
$637,667
$108,539
$371,732
$54,270
$678,369
$0
$685,153
$468,075
$366,319
$0
$0
$0
$3,600,769
$3,364,776
The To-Do List, 2013-14
• Budget Stability (we hope) w/salary increase in January.
• Computer Science chair and 12-15 faculty searches.
• Assessment Activities:
• 8 University Learning Goals: Disciplinary Knowledge,
Global Literacy & Knowledge of Human Cultures,
Communications, Critical & Creative Thinking,
Information Literacy, Technology, Values & Civic
Engagement.
• Reviews in 2013-14: Communications + 1 more.
• John Jaszczak, new Associate Dean for
Undergraduate Education, key contact for this effort.
Strategic Priorities, 2013-14
• CSA Strategic Priorities: Department-level updates;
• Insuring the success and retention of CSA faculty,
especially those hired over the past 6 years;
• Expansion of graduate programs, with focus on
creation & implementation of course-work &
accelerated (4+1) MS programs where appropriate;
• Diversity: Recruitment of faculty & students; Spousal
Opportunities; Training required for ALL members of Search
committees and PT&R committees.
• Unit-level Targets: Health Programs (DPT and Healthrelated research Center development); Statistics; GIS;
Continue inter-department review of computing &
information science and engineering teaching and research.
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Visual & Performing Arts: Stealing
Fire – flying technology, original music
& sound with original choreography.
• Social Sciences: Faculty success in grad.
education, research and funding in EP,
especially new hires (Norman, Winkler, Wellstead, Rouleau).
• Physics: Will Cantrell recipient of Michigan Distinguished Teaching
Award; Claudio Mazzoleni’s research group publication in Nature
Communications (7/2013): wildfire smoke & climate change.
• Math: NSF-funded MAA study, combined with improvements in
success rates in Calculus II signal the department is strengthening
foundational teaching while continuing to improve undergraduate
degree programs and graduate education.
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology: emerging Doctor of Physical
Therapy program with ATDC renovations to start in January.
• Humanities: six books published within two years and 2 more on
the way in 2013-14; hosted 40th Annual Meeting of the Council for
Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC).
• CLS: Two NSF CAREER winners - Edward Cokely in 2013, and year
Shari Stockero in 2012; also first first Ph.D. student in Applied
Cognitive Science & Human Factors graduated in May
• Chemistry: Paul Charlesworth recipient of the 2013 Faculty
Distinguished Service award; Sarah Green spending 2013-14 as
prestigious State Department Jefferson Fellow.
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Biological Sciences: Charles Kerfoot recipient of 2013 Research
Award; Thomas Werner recipient of 2013 assistant professor
teaching award.
• Army ROTC: Marybeth Spoehr and 8 other cadets attended a
Leader Development and Assessment Course (LDAC) at Fort Lewis,
Washington, and Cadet Spoehr finished in the top 5 percentile of
6,000 cadets nationwide.
• Air Force ROTC: Team of the quarter (April-June 2013); Right of
Line” award for top detachment in North West Region and
competing for recognition as best detachment in the country.
• Computer Science: Nilufer Onder recipient of 2013 Distinguished
Teaching Award.
CLOSING NOTE: Recollection from John Lowther.
QUESTIONS?