College of Sciences and Arts
Fall Faculty Meeting, September 16, 2015
AGENDA
1. Welcome new faculty
2. CSA in 2015-16
Enrollment and other numbers
3. CSA Priorities, 2015
4. High Points and Recognition
5. Questions from the Floor
Welcome New Faculty
Biological Science
Assistant Professor Stephen Techtman (environmental
biology)
Chemistry
Assistant Professor Kathryn Perrine (physical chemistry)
Mathematical Sciences
Professor Kui Zhang (statistics): will be newest David
House endowed chair!
Humanities
Assistant Professor Sarah Bell (digital media)
Asssistant Professor Alexandra Morrison (philosophy)
Welcome New Faculty
Cognitive & Learning Sciences
Assistant Professor Joshua Ellis (education)
Assistant Professor Emily Dare (education)
Assistant Professor Kevin M. Trewartha
(joint with KIP)
Computer Science
Associate Professor Spiros Bakiras
Assistant Professor Keith Vertanen
Lecturer Kim Tracy
Welcome New Faculty
Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology
Assistant Professor Kevin Trewartha
Lecturer Christopher Schwartz (kinesiology)
Social Sciences
Assistant Professor Sarah Fayen Scarlett (Buildings/
Landcapes/Culture)
Professor Lou Ann Wurst (anthropology)
Air Force ROTC
1st Lt. Mark Holmstrom, DET 400 alum (2012)
Arriving in mid-November
Welcome New Faculty
Visual And Performing Arts
Assistant Professor Michael Christiansen (music)
Assistant Professor Kent Cyr (technical theater)
Instructor and Costume Shop Supervisor Mary Cyr
Technical staff: George Hommowun, Steven Jones,
and Jeremy Littlefield
Also: Linda Ott, Associate Dean for Special Initiatives
Recipient of “100 Inspiring Women in Stem” Award from Insight
into Diversity
Hugh Gorman, Chair, Social Sciences
Steven Elmer, Interim Chair, KIP
Enrollment, Fall 2014 (9/4/14)
Total:
UG
Credit hrs:
CSA
Female
7,238
(7,021/2014; 6,955/2013; 6,945/2012)
5,716
(5,611/2014; 5,610/2013; 5,623/2012)
93,256 (+2,195, +2.4%)
(91,061 (/2014)
1,492 (-54) - 1,161 UG, 331 Grad (1,504 (-75)/2014)
1,947 (26.7%) (1,906/26%; 1806/26%; 1790/25.8%)
365 first year
New 1st yr. 1,277
(1,195/2014; 1,255/2013; 1,153/2012)
Retention: 1st to 2nd year = 87%
Transfer
GRAD
184
(206/2014; 195/2013; 257/2012)
1,521
(1,441/2014; 1,345/2013; 1,322/2012)
1st time MS: 374 (+23%); 1st time PhD: 92
% OF UG ENROLLMENT BY SCHOOL & COLLEGE
No college designated
School of Business
College of Engineering
School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences
College of Sciences and Arts
School of Technology
8%
9%
10%
8%
7%
7%
6%
6%
5%
5%
5%
5%
19%
20%
23%
24%
24%
24%
25%
24%
20%
25%
21%
21%
3%
3%
2%
2%
3%
3%
3%
2%
3%
3%
3%
3%
61%
59%
57%
56%
55%
57%
57%
58%
60%
62%
64%
65%
8%
2%
8%
2%
8%
2%
8%
2%
7%
3%
7%
2%
7%
2%
7%
2%
6%
2%
6%
2%
5%
2%
6%
1%
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
CSA Budget for 2015-16
GTAs
(Grad School)
$266,794
$706,219
$94,163
$416,093
$62,775
$753,300
Salary & Wages
$1,742,464
$1,853,233
1,021,579
$1,917,482
$742,620
$2,746,101
SS&E
$40,767
$39,578
$42,324
$17,076
$18,733
$56,414
$2,929,217
$2,037,963
$1,731,389
$941,550
$225,592
$523,901
$69,215
$45,310
$27,772
$21,111
$49,720
$40,770
$84,137
$6,575
$761,147
$541,434
$423,732
TOTALS 2015-16
$18,482,307
$490,287
$4,025,657
TOTALS 2014-15
TOTALS 2013-14
TOTALS 2012-13
TOTALS 2011-12
$17,641,673
$16,975,392
$16,643,694
$16,246,740
$601,504
$601,504
$601,504
$736,466
$3,844,744
$3,677,054
$3,600,769
$3,364,776
BL
CH
CLS
CS
KIP
HU
ESL
MATH
PHY
SS
VPA
ROZSA
Dean
ROTC
NOTE: AY1516 - Rozsa
Budget of
$266,362
added to the
College Base
NOTE: AY15-16 SS&E Reduced by $151,987 for Telcom/Network Realignment.
BL
26
CH
26
CLS
7
CS
19
KIP
14
HU
4
MA
20
PHY
40
SS
20
VPA
0
CSA
TOTAL 176
9
$196,587
4
$204,523
7
$354,887
10 $514,352
4
$166,500
1
$18,000
7
$365,060
22 $1,419,257
12 $1,081,064
0
$0
27
24
9
19
18
0
13
17
17
2
17
1
8
15
3
2
2
12
6
1
$3,357,541
$179,653
$494,220
$1,136,759
$212,754
$35,000
$236,349
$1,541,270
$1,438,337
$3,280
Funding: PIs
2014-15
$ in thousands
Funding:
PI's 2013-14
Proposals:
PI's 14-15
Awards: PI's
2014-15
Proposals:
PI's 13-14
Awards: PI's
2013-14
Funding:
PI's 2012-13
Proposals:
PI's 12-13
Awards: PI's
2012-13
External Funding/Expenditures:
26
31
7
20
11
2
19
23
10
10 $882,223
3 $562,080
7 $436,053
16 $1,099,420
6 $925,625
0
$0
7 $303,885
15 $1,399,583
16 $2,471,115
1
$32,760
77 $4,355,230 146 68 $8,665,163 150
82 $8,137,744
CSA Faculty were PI on 158 proposals and co-PI on 74 proposals.
External Awards/Expenditures
Three-year average ($ in 1000s)
Proposals Awards
New
External Res.
Funding
Expend
F&A
Recovery
BL
CH
CLS
CS
KIP
HU
Math
PHY
SS
VPA
26
27
8
19
14
2
17
27
16
1
12
3
7
14
4
1
5
16
11
1
$1,479
$316
$428
$917
$435
$18
$302
$1,433
$1,663
$32
$623
$516
$237
$576
$76
$49
$162
$1,824
$621
$0
$144
$129
$57
$115
$9
$17
$54
$428
$96
$0
TOTAL
157
75
$7,053
$4,682
$1,051
Proposals submitted:
2012 = 148; 2013 = 176; 2014 = 146
NOTE - 2 year averages
CSA GRAD STUDENT EXPENDITURES
CSA
intern.
CSA
extern.
SS int
SS ext
PH int
PH ext
MA int
MA ext
KIP int
KIP ext
Hu int
HU ext
CS int
CS ext
CLS Int
CLS ext
CH int
CH ext
Bio Int
Bio ext
Internal and External sources ($ in thousands)
11- $293
12
$292 $42 $681 $103 $75 $105 $531 $4 $792 $14 $72 $5 $815 $291 $530 $148 $300 $1005 $4090
1213 $239 $263 $86 $625 $85 $148 $183 $398 $16 $684 $1 $92 $3 $725 $338 $597 $218 $335 $1169 $3868
1314 $256 $271 $34 $759 $127 $113 $206 $463 $0 $897 $0 $76 $40 $865 $381 $624 $205 $409 $1250 $4477
3- $263 $275 $54 $688 $105 $112 $165 $464 $7 $791 $5 $80 $16 $802 $337 $584 $190 $348 $1141 $4145
yr.
avg
Reminder: PIs should include graduate student support (tuition &
stipend) in research proposals; I will review when signing
transmittal forms.
The To-Do List, 2015-16
 Insuring the success and retention of CSA faculty
 Continue to explore expansion of MS and Ph.D.
enrollment: i.e., course-work & accelerated (4+1) MS
programs;
 Diversity and Spousal Opportunity Hires: Training
required for ALL members of Search committees and
PT&R committees - Check
http://www.mtu.edu/advance/training/certification/
 Assessment Activities: Complete Information Global
Literacy this fall (10/9/15); move on to Global Literacy;
review curriculum maps
 CSA Searches – start-up issues
To-Do List, 2015-16
 Merit Salary Increase Process
 Expand UG recruitment programs
 Strategic Plan update – college & department
discussions
 Space and Safety: Chemistry
 2nd Advance Proposal
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Air Force ROTC
– 16 officers commissioned; ranked 13 of 145 programs in GPA
• Army ROTC
– Enrollment increased to 70 cadets (56%) in two years; will
commission 14 officers in 2015-16
• Biological Sciences
– Charles Kerfoot won IAGLR lifetime achievement; Nancy Auer won
IAGLR American Fisheries award; Jeff Lewin earned “Serving Others”
Award from Staff Council
• Chemistry
– Lynn Mazzoleni won NSF MRI grant: Orbitrap Mass Spec;
Tarun Dam received teaching award; Cary Chabalowski
helping build connections to Army Research laboratories
effort
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Cognitive & Learning Sciences
– Research and Innovation in STEM Education (RISE) Institute soon to be
approved in collaboration with Honors College and others; Bill Kennedy
awarded University Teaching Award
• Computer Science
– New MS in Cybersecurity coming; Institute for Computing and
Cybersystems in place; Min Song receives next David House chair
• Humanities
– Awards: Bob Johnson - best book in Tech. Comm. from National
Council of Teachers of English; Patty Sotirin - Feminist Teacher Mentor
Award from Organization for Language, Gender and Culture; ESL
program accredited – congratulations Beatrice Smith!
• Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology
– 2 NIH R15 Awards and more coming!
CSA Department Accomplishments!
• Mathematical Sciences
– 1st Kliekhandler Conference held August 30 on Algebraic Combinatorics
and Applications; inaugural Kliekhandler Lectures on October 8 & 9 George Andrews (Penn State).
• Physics
– Cloud Chamber operational (Pi Chamber) and article in Science –
congratulations Ray Shaw, Will Cantrell, Claudio & Lynn Mazzoleni!
• Social Sciences
– 1st Environmental and Energy Policy Ph.D. - Mizanur Rahman,
“Shipbreaking in Bangladesh; Kathy Halvorsen’s
PIRE award has involved 100 int’l participants
• Visual and Performing Arts
– “World Without Ice” hosted September 24;
– Cirque du Soleil recognizing quality of VPA interns
QUESTIONS?