Framingham State University

Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees

September 16, 2015 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

President’s Conference Room (PCR) II – Athletic Center

OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 100 State Street PO Box 9101 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 • T 508-626-4582 F 508-626-4592 • www.framingham.edu

Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, Framingham State University Chair,

Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015 8:00-9:30 a.m. PCR2, Athletic Center

Agenda 1.0 Approve Minutes, May 6, 2015 2.0 Update: Dr. Pat Luoto, Project Manager, BCH/FSU Collaborative Framingham State Food Study 3.0 Update: Provost

3.1 Academic Affairs Strategic Plan 3.2 New Faculty Hires (please see chart and biographic information) 3.3 15% Update 3.4 Academic Affairs Goals 2015-2016 (see attached) 3.5 Administrative Assistants, Reporting Structure Transition

4.0 US News and World Report College Rankings – Discussion: Ann Caso 5.0 Honors Program: Linda Vaden-Goad & Paul Bruno

5.1 Trends in Enrollment (discussion) 6.0 Updates from Academic Deans:

6.1 Arts & Humanities: Marc Cote, Dean • Art & Music, Communication Arts, English, Fashion Design and Retailing, History, World

Languages, Liberal Studies 6.2 Education: Arlie Woodrum, Dean

o Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary (Mathematics, History, English, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science), World Languages-French (PBTL only) and Spanish, Visual Arts (Grades 5-8, 5-12, preK–8, 5-12, for Undergraduates and Post-Baccalaureate-PBTL), Field Study Placement in Public Schools, LiveText (Program Assessment), Licensure to Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Professional Standards Committee, Teacher Education Advisory Council (TEAC), Coordination Core Courses for PBTL and M.Ed. Programs, Standing Committee on Professional Education (Scope), Commonwealth Teachers Education Council (COMTEC), Massachusetts Association of Teacher Education (MACTE) • Centers: Child Development Lab, Early Childhood Center

6.3 Social & Behavioral Sciences: Susan Dargan, Dean • Business*, Economics*, Geography, Political Science, Psychology and Philosophy, Sociology,

Business and Information Technology*, Global Studies, Center for Social Research, Entrepreneur Innovation Center*, Global Education Center, Center for Geospatial Outreach, MetroWest Economic Research Council*

6.4 Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics: Margaret Carroll, Dean

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• Biology, Chemistry and Food Science, Computer Science, Food and Nutrition, Mathematics, Nursing, Physics and Earth Science, Environmental Science (Biology, Geography, Physics), Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center for Education and Teaching Excellence, John Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition, STEM Education Network

7.0 Brief Updates: One-Page Updates (in packet); Individuals below are available for comment 7.1 Institutional Effectiveness (Directors): Cindi Glickman (Process and Efficiencies), Mark Nicholas

(Assessment), Ann Caso (Institutional Research) 7.2 Grants & Sponsored Programs (Director): Jonathan Lee 7.3 Continuing Education (Assoc. VP and Dean): Scott Greenberg (Space, Budget, Off-Campus Programs) 7.4 Graduate Studies (Dean): Yaser Najjar 7.5 Library (Director): Bonnie Mitchell 7.6 Honors Program (Coordinator): Paul Bruno 7.7 CELTSS (Coordinator): Elaine Beilin 7.8 International Education (Exec. Director): Jane Decatur

*These departments and centers likely will move to the College of Business in the future. ** Next meeting will include a presentation of the formula and a discussion of the US News & World Report University Rating System Academic Affairs Committee Charter, Board of Trustees The Academic Affairs committee is chartered with the responsibility of assuring the quality of the educational experience and the fit between the university’s mission and the academic programs offered. The committee’s oversight involves reviewing policies and practices related to teaching, learning and evaluation; faculty development, training and evaluation; assessment of student learning, outcomes and related responses, accreditation at the program and institutional level, new or expanded programs, and results related to retention, graduation and the total educational experience. The committee is charged with examining the adequacy of financial resources allocated to support a high-quality educational experience and monitoring regularly the connections between academic programs and financial sustainability.

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OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 100 State Street PO Box 9101 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 • T 508-626-4582 F 508-626-4592 • www.framingham.edu

Framingham State University

Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Trustees

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 8:00am – 9:30am

President Conference Room 2 – Athletic Center

Minutes In attendance: Trustees Nancy Budwig, Barbara Gardner, Fernando Quezada Others in attendance: President Javier Cevallos, Margaret Carroll, Rita Colucci, Marc Cote, Susan Dargan, Scott Greenberg, Dale Hamel, Sean Huddleston, Jonathan Lee, Yaser Najjar, and Linda Vaden-Goad

1. Approval of March 10, 2015 Minutes • Nancy Budwig moved to approve the minutes from the March 10, 2015 meeting. • Fernando Quezada seconded the motion. • All approved.

2. 15% Rule Update

• As a result of the February 6th position by the labor board, we are now in a much better place than before.

• FSU has tightened this up and therefore we are more in compliance. • A plan has been established by FSU and the MSCS has endorsed this plan. • Part-Time Appointment Limitations (Contract 2014-2017, p. 263): not more than 15% of 3- or 4-credit

courses may be assigned to part-time faculty in an applicable department (6 or more full-time faculty) during an academic year.

• Since April 28, 2015, there have been some notable changes: • There are zero courses to fix for Business, Chemistry and Food Science, and Sociology. • There are only two courses to fix in World Languages.

• The Academic Deans have been working with the Vice President to become compliant.

3. Budget Update • The Strategic Priorities are used as the structure for the budget planning. • Funds have been restricted to Academic Support Grant (ASG) only this year. • Key areas of focus have been on faculty development, student engagement, honors, and student

induction. • The plan for the summer is to look at department budgets and reallocate monies to normalize

support across departments.

4. Sabbatical Update: Seeking action to delay two sabbaticals and add one (due to Fulbright opportunity) • Audrey Kali can only do a half year of sabbatical and it must be Spring 2016 instead of Fall 2016. • Lorretta Holloway was supposed to go on sabbatical but will now be the interim Vice President for

Enrollment and Student Affairs. • Sonya Sandberg was supposed to go on sabbatical to Lingnan University for Fall 2015 but is no

longer able to do so. • Nancy Budwig moved to approve these actions. • Fernando Quezada seconded the motion. • All approved.

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5. End-Year Update Report and some notable accomplishments: • Communication Arts classes are now being taught in the new Black Box theatre space in Dwight, and

the first performance (A Midsummer Night’s Dream) took place in Dwight Hall’s DPAC this spring 2015. It was a delightful success.

• One faculty member from the Biology department was selected for the Biology Scholars Program. This NSF sponsored program provides faculty members with knowledge and tools they need to evaluate the success of STEM education reforms.

• Annual Undergraduate Research Conference: April 2015 marked the 21st installment of this conference, which 153 students from Framingham State University attended. Participation is up from last year by 33 students (Spring 2014-120).

• We have now completed three courses in the prison exchange program and will offer two more in Fall 2015. Two FSU instructors have attended week-long training programs to prepare for this exciting program.

• The Political Science department offered its new Moot Court class for the first time and a team of ten FSU students participated in a regional moot court competition at Fitchburg State University.

• In March 2015, the Entrepreneur Innovation Center had 12 entrepreneurs who used the facility for 316 hours in the month, a 121% increase in hours used.

• The science departments and the McAuliffe Center just held a very successful science festival for families from Framingham and more than 500 people participated in a wide array of science activities on campus.

• The university’s Phi Kappa Phi chapter was chartered in December, 2014. • The following new courses, all of which emphasize themes of diversity and inclusion, were offered

for the first time in 2014-2015: Latinos in the United States, The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Gender and Religion in Middle Eastern Politics, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Movements, and Social Conflict in Northern Ireland.

• Two Fulbright awards have been given: i. Dr. Kali will travel to Malawi to teach speech communication courses and to assist in the

development of curriculum in the Language and Communication Skills Department at the University of Malawi.

ii. Professor Schneider plans to teach and guest lecture on the history of American art prior to 1980 at a university in the Netherlands.

• The new program for Professional Science Master’s director began in March and recruiting is in progress and the program will launch Fall 2015.

6. Brief Updates: A. Grants & Sponsored Programs

• Jonathan Lee noted two important data points at this juncture of the fiscal year for OGSP. The group is a few percentage points off of the benchmarked goal for awarded funding in FY 2015. Also, the group has nearly $1 M in pending requests.

• Jonathan Lee has identified multiple annual benchmarking categories for OGSP. The benchmarked goals are based on four-year averages of each metric. The benchmarked goals have a multiplier of 1.02, which will set the following fiscal year goal. The multiplier is derived from projected growth (2%) in faculty at Framingham State University on an annual basis.

• Jonathan Lee continues to help develop the Smithsonian (Institution) Affiliations program alliance. OGSP is working with the McAuliffe Center to send FSU’s Smithsonian National Manager (Ms. Jennifer Brundage) photographs from a recent science art exhibit with a connection to the Institution. There will be a videoconference next week, when the topic of a celebration event for the alliance will be discussed. Participants likely will include: Dr. Irene Porro, Bonnie Mitchell, Colleen Previte, and Dean Margaret Carroll, along with Jonathan.

B. Continuing Education • Enrollment for the 2015 Summer Sessions is going well. We are running 19% ahead of last summer

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• In May 2015, Continuing Education is offering a free opera course to the community. FSU Professor Emeritus, Dr. Charles Beck, who wrote a book on the subject, is teaching What to Listen for in Opera. Dr. Beck is graciously volunteering his time.

• A new GRE Preparation course will be offered on five Saturdays beginning May 30. We hope this will help those students seeking to enroll in graduate school.

• Scott Greenberg coordinated and led the first meeting of a new marketing committee. The committee will develop a strategic marketing campaign for Continuing Education and Graduate Studies in FY16.

• Rebecca Hawk, Director of Community Education and English Language Programs, attended a Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Event (BRANECC).

• Paula Hogard is the President-elect of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) and will begin serving as president in November 2015. Paula is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Learning Resources Network (LERN), and in April 2015, she facilitated a three-day LERN workshop on developing credit programs in continuing education.

C. Graduate Studies • Marketing and recruitments are in progress for The PSM program. Two courses will be offered in

Fall 2015. • Made a decision after discussions with graduate coordinators regarding increasing the class cap to

25 students for all graduate courses (online, hybrid, and traditional), except courses that need to have fewer students based on documented regulations related to accreditation or licensing.

• Made a decision after discussions with graduate coordinators and the Faculty Union president Robert Donahue to allow classes with fewer than 8 enrolled students to run and the faculty stipend will be prorated using the directed study rate. This decision will help reduce the number of cancelled classes and therefore improve the retention rate and program completion.

• Dr. Cynthia Bechtel, Coordinator and Advisor of the Nursing program, received the Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Outstanding Teaching Award at the Master’s level. She received the award during the NAGS Annual Conference in April 16-18, 2015.

D. College of Arts & Humanities • The Art and Music Department recently hired children’s book illustrator Paul Yalowitz (MFA,

University of Hartford) as an incoming studio art professor (illustration and foundation arts) for AY 2015-2016.

• Professor John Anderson’s students from his “Art and Motion” class presented “It Takes Two to Tango,” a night of stop-motion animated short films. Many alumni returned for the viewing.

• Professor Stephanie Grey’s Graphic Design students are finalizing “real world” identity designs for the Framingham Public Works and FSU’s McAuliffe Center.

• This past week, Dr. Paul Cienniwa directed the FSU Choral performance of Dido and Aeneas in the Heineman Ecumenical Center. Choral members included current students, alumni, and community participants.

• In the Mazmanian Gallery, the Art and Music Department presented Apotheosis (an exhibition of works by seniors in the Graphic Design and Illustration Concentrations), followed by the Studio Art Senior Thesis Exhibition.

• Jenifer Polson, ’10, will be starting a Ph.D. program in English at the University of North Dakota this fall.

• Dr. Maibor recently received the 2015 Distinguished Faculty Award for Service. • Dr. Lorretta Holloway was elected 2015 Faculty Member of the Year by the Framingham State

student body in the SGA election. • Dr. Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester recently received the 2015 Distinguished Faculty Award for

Teaching.

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E. College of STEM • Dr. Amanda Simons of the Biology Department was named a Biology Scholar by the American

Society of Microbiology. • Dr. Vinay Mannam has been accepted to the NSF-sponsored Chemistry Collaborations, Workshops

and Communities of Scholars (cCWCS) program on Food Chemistry, which will be held at Clarke University in Dubuque, IA in July.

• Drs. Aline Davis and Becky Shearman (Biology), Dr. Catherine Dignam (Chemistry) and Dr. Larry McKenna (Physics and Earth Science) have been selected to attend Project Kaleidoscope Summer Leadership Institutes. Project Kaleidoscope is an AAC&U program; the leadership institute prepares early and mid-career STEM faculty to lead projects aimed at transforming undergraduate STEM education in their classrooms, departments, and institutions.

F. College of Social & Behavioral Sciences • All seven tenure-track searches were successful. We hired highly qualified teacher-scholars in the

Departments of Business (two positions), Sociology (two positions), Economics (two positions), and Psychology and Philosophy.

• The new Model United Nations course will be offered in Fall 2015, and FSU will send its first student team to complete in the National Model United Nations event in Spring 2016.

• Last month, the Department of Business trained over 70 coaches from a range of local businesses, such as TJX, Staples, and John Hancock, and invited them to a coaching event on campus on April 28th.

• Dr. Virginia Rutter, Sociology, published an edited text in the second edition (co-authored with Barbara Risman), Families as They Really Are. She also edited two online symposia and published a scholarly article, a teaching guide, and two book reviews. Her research focuses on families and the sociology of sexuality.

• Nine students and Dr. Pamela Ludemann, Psychology, will travel to Santa Maria de Jesus, Guatemala for three weeks during the summer to construct a home and work with 35 girls associated with a community services program. Ten months of fundraising and solicitation of donations covered the cost of the volunteering ($700) and construction ($3500), as well as the purchasing of approximately 600 lbs of children's clothing, school supplies, and basic toiletries to distribute to families.

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TT Faculty Hiring, Fall 2015 # Department Candidate Hired Doctoral/Terminal Degree Institution

1 Art & Music Paul Yalowitz Replacement (Cote) University of Hartford

2 Biology Jeffrey White Replacement (Carroll) University of Michigan

3 Chemistry & Food Science Dwayne Bell Replacement (Bodack) University of Texas at Austin

4 Communication Arts Mary Kate Caffrey New-Theatre Northwestern University

5 Business Borga Deniz New Carnegie Mellon University

6 Business

Paul Piwko New-Accounting (failed search last year)

Nichols College

7 Economics Laura Lamontagne New Clemson University

8 Economics Luis Rosero New University of Massachusetts - Amherst

9 Education Kortney Beth Sherbine Replacement (Correia) Penn State University

10 English (British Literature) Rachel Trousdale Replacement (Horn) Yale University

11 Mathematics May Chaar Replacement (Cutler) University of New Hampshire

12 Mathematics Michael Krul Replacement (Czarnec) University of Rhode Island

13 Psychology & Philosophy Margaret Campbell Obaid New Clark University

14 Sociology Ke Li New Indiana University

15 Sociology Lina Rincón Replacement (Dargan) SUNY - Albany

16 World Languages Luce Aubrey (Conversion) ASL-English Interpreting Harvard University Extension School

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CELTSS NEW FACULTY WELCOME DAY Introducing our new Full-Time Faculty for Fall 2015: Tenure-Track Faculty Luce Aubry (World Languages) A.L.M. in Linguistics (Harvard University Extension School) B.A. in Greek and Philosophy (University of Minnesota) Certificate, American Sign Language Interpreting (St. Paul Technical College) Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Boston Language Institute)

. Areas of Interest: American Sign Language Interpreting, ESL, training deaf and interpreter raters. Professor Aubrey is a reviewer for the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education.

. Professor Aubry first joined FSU in 2013 as Coordinator of the ASL/English Interpreting Bachelor’s Completion Degree and taught Advanced American Sign Language III and IV and Interpreting I – III. From 2009-2015, she was an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Deaf Studies at Northern Essex Community College, where she taught Deaf Community Practicum, Introduction to the Interpreting Field, Interpreting I, Interpreting II, and Linguistics of ASL.

Dwayne Bell (Chemistry & Food Science) Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry (University of Texas at Austin) B.S. in Chemistry (California Polytechnic State University)

. Areas of Interest: Dr. Bell’s dissertation was Hydrogen Bonding Arrays in Molecular Recognition and he has published articles in his field.

. Before his tenure-track appointment, Dr. Bell taught Organic Chemistry lectures and labs at FSU as a Full-Time Temporary professor in 2011-12 and 2013-15. He was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at Assumption College and Holy Cross College. He has worked for biotech and pharmaceutical companies as a process development chemist, project manager, and consultant. From 1997-2004, he was a Senior Scientist and Project Manager II at Pharm-Eco, working in drug development and production.

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Kate Caffrey (Communication Arts) M.A. in Theatre (Northwestern University) B.A. in Theater & English (Boston College)

. Areas of Interest: Professor Caffrey is a playwright, director, actor, and acting and voice coach. She co-founded and is Co-Artistic and Education Director of the Threshold Theatre, a professional nonprofit women’s theatre company in Boston. She has directed over 55 professional and educational productions in New England, Chicago, New York, Missouri, and

Delaware.

. Professor Caffrey has taught at the University of Massachusetts Boston, Suffolk University, Northeastern University, and Massasoit Community College, where she was Chair of the Communicative Arts Department. She is the author of two textbooks, The Natural Actor (2012) and Introduction to Theatre (2014).

May Chaar (Mathematics) Ph.D. in Mathematics Education (University of New Hampshire) M.S. in Mathematics (University of New Hampshire) M.Ed. (University of New Hampshire) B.S. in Mathematics Education (University of New Hampshire)

. Areas of Interest: Mathematics Teacher Preparation, Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, Mathematics Teacher Noticing, Issues of Equity in Mathematics Education (Socioeconomic Status), Mathematical Modeling in Secondary and Undergraduate Education. Dr. Chaar’s dissertation was Teachers’ Noticing of Students’ Mathematical Work and Thinking, an investigation of how pre-service, in-service, and student teachers analyze and respond to students’ work and thinking on trigonometry problems.

. As a teaching assistant at UNH, Dr. Chaar taught and supervised student teachers. In 2011-2012, she was named a College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant.

Borga Deniz (Business) Ph.D. in Operations Management (Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University) M.S. in Industrial Administration (Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University) B.S. in Industrial Engineering (Middle East Technical University, Ankara)

. Areas of Interest: Dr. Deniz’s research focuses on Management of Perishable Supply Chains, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain Management. He has given many conference presentations, most recently at the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, ���and he has published numerous articles in his field and on students’ attitudes towards business statistics.

. At Christopher Newport University, Dr. Deniz taught Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Statistics, and Management Science.

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Michael Krul (Mathematics) Ph.D. in Mathematics (University of Rhode Island) M.S. in Mathematics (University of Rhode Island) B.S. in Mathematics (Fitchburg State College)

. Areas of Interest: Combinatorics: graph and hypergraph colorings, decompositions, and their algebraic characterizations; commutative algebra: monomial ideals and their connections to combinatorial structures; algebraic geometry: varieties associated with combinatorial and monomial ideals; computational algebra: computing Gröbner bases. He has written a number of papers and has given conference presentations in his field, most recently at the Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing.

. For the past year, Dr. Krul has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at Emmanuel College, and earlier, he was a Mathematics Lecturer at the University of Rhode Island.

Laura Lamontagne (Economics) Ph.D. in Economics (Clemson University) M.A. in Economics (Clemson University) B.A. in Economics, Mathematics & Statistics (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

. Areas of Interest: Industrial Organization, Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, and Energy Economics. Dr. Lamontagne’s current projects are “Red Light Traffic Camera – Ensuring Public Safety or a Revenue Generator” and “Europe’s 20-20-20 Strategy – The Impact on Germany’s Energy Sector.”

. From 2013-2015, Dr. Lamontagne was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Christopher Newport University, where she taught Microeconomics, Environmental Economics, and Environmental Economic Literacy. This summer she taught Renewable Energy Economics and Policy Analysis in Germany and Switzerland.

Ke Li (Sociology) Ph.D. in Sociology and Criminal Justice (Indiana University) M.A. in Criminal Justice (Indiana University) B.A. in Law (Nanjing University)

. Areas of Interest: Crime and Violence, Law and Society, Inequality and Power, Family and Marriage, Gender, Ethnography, Mixed Research Methods, and Contemporary China. Dr. Li’s dissertation is on Divorce Litigation in Rural China: Legal Mobilization, Gender Inequality, and State Power. Her paper, “‘What He Did Was Lawful:’ Divorce Litigation and Gender Inequality in Rural China,” won a 2014 Graduate Student Paper Award��� from the American Sociological Association.

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. From 2012-14, Dr. Li was an Instructor at Indiana University, teaching Criminology, Introduction to Sociology, and Statistics for Sociology.

Maggie Campbell Obaid (Psychology and Philosophy) Ph.D. in Social Psychology (Clark University) M.A. in Psychology (Clark University) B.A. in Psychology (Framingham State University)

. Areas of Interest: Psychology of Genocide and Mass Violence, Psychology of Peace and Conflict, Political Psychology; Psychology of Religion; Psychology of Morality and Ideology; Psychology of Prosocial Behavior. Dr. Obaid’s dissertation is on The complex role of religious beliefs in supporting peaceful or violent intergroup policies: A multi-method study in the U.S. Christian context. Her co-authored paper, “Fighting the good fight: The relationship between belief in evil and support for violent policies,” was cited at length in a New York Magazine article.

. From 2013-2015, Dr. Obaid was a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State, and from 2012-2014, she was an Adjunct Instructor at Clark University. In 2011-2012, Dr. Obaid received a Clark University Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award.

Paul Piwko (Business) C.M.A. (Certified Management Accountant) M.B.A. in General Business (Nichols College) B.B.A. in Finance (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

. Areas of Interest: Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Financial Statement Reporting and Analysis, and Managerial Finance.

. From 2008-2015, Professor Piwko was a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State, teaching both undergraduate and M.B.A. courses. He assisted in the development of an Accounting major, and in 2013-2014, received the M.B.A. Faculty Member of the Year award. He has also taught at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, Assumption College, and Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. Professor Piwko was business manager for a number of corporations, including the Economic Affairs Bureau, Ocean Spray Cranberries, and Nantucket Nectars.

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Lina Rincón (Sociology) Ph.D. in Sociology (State University of New York Albany) M.A. in Anthropology (Universidad de los Andes) B.A. in Anthropology (Universidad de los Andes)

. Areas of Interest: Immigration, Globalization, Race and Ethnicity, Latinos in the US, Qualitative Research Methods, Cultural Sociology, Work. Dr. Rincón’s dissertation is on The Changing Meanings of Citizenship throughout the Migration Process: New Americans, Transnationals and Cosmopolitans. A Comparative Case Study of Colombian and Puerto Rican Computer Engineers in the American Northeast, and she has published a number of related articles.

. Before coming to Framingham State, Dr. Rincón was an Instructor in Sociology at The College of Saint Rose and SUNY Albany. She was also a Research Scientist in the Professional Development Program, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs.

Luis Rosero (Economics) Ph.D. in Economics (University of Massachusetts Amherst) M.A. in Economics (University of Massachusetts Amherst) B.A. in Economics (Wheaton College)

. Areas of Interest: Regional Financial Cooperation, International Reserve Management, Development Finance, Urban Redevelopment, Latin American Political Economy, Inequality and Trade. Dr. Rosero has published several papers in these areas and has given many conference presentations. From 2011-2014, he was a Research Fellow at the Regional Economic Development Institute at Fitchburg State, contributing reports on North Central Massachusetts.

. Before coming to Framingham State, Dr. Rosero was an Assistant Professor of Economics at Fitchburg and a Visiting Instructor at Wheaton College and Wesleyan University.

Kortney Sherbine (Education) Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Penn State University) M.A.T. in Early Childhood Education (College of Charleston) B.S. in Psychology (Campbell University)

. Areas of Interest: Language and Literacy Education, Early Childhood and Young Elementary Literacy Practices, Children's Encounters With Popular Culture. She published an article on “Becoming-Belieber: Girls’ passionate encounters with Bieber culture.”

. In 2014-2015, Dr. Sherbine was an Assistant Professor in Instruction and Teacher Education at the University of South Carolina. From 2004-2010, she taught kindergarten, second, and third grade at the St. Andrews School of Math and Science in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2012, she received an Outstanding Graduate Student Recognition Award from the College of Education at Penn State.

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Rachel Trousdale (English) Ph.D. in English (Yale University) M.Phil. in English (Yale University) M.A. in English (Yale University) B.A. in English (Yale University)

. Areas of Interest: Modern Fiction, Modern Poetry, Virginia Woolf and Modernism, Postmodern Fiction, Humor and Empathy in Twentieth-Century Poetry. Dr. Trousdale is the author of Nabokov, Rushdie, and the Transnational Imagination: Novels of Exile and Alternate Worlds and many articles on modern novels and poetry. She is a well-published poet.

. Before coming to Framingham State, Dr. Trousdale was an Assistant Professor (2002-2008) and Associate Professor (2008-2014) of English at Agnes Scott College, and from 2013-2015, a Visiting Associate Professor of English at Northeastern University.

Jeffrey White (Biology) Ph.D. in Fisheries and Wildlife (Michigan State University) M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife (Michigan State University) B.S. in Biology (Saint Michael’s College)

. Areas of Interest: Phycology, Ecology, Limnology. Dr. White has published papers on invasive zebra mussels and a harmful cyanobacterium. From 2012-2014, he co-authored the annual report for the Gull Lake [Michigan] Watershed Monitoring Program. He has given many conference presentations in his field, most recently at the Annual Meeting of the Gull Lake Quality Organization and at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting.

. Dr. White taught Limnology in a “flipped classroom” team-based format in spring 2014 at Michigan State and from 2009-2014, he was a Teaching Assistant for the Water and the Environment Lab.

Paul Yalowitz (Art and Music) M.F.A. in Illustration (Hartford University) B.F.A. (School of Visual Arts) A.A. (Suffolk County Community College)

. Areas of Interest: Observational & Structural Drawing, Advertising/Editorial Illustration, Conceptual Illustration, Character Design, Illustrating Literature, Children’s Book Illustration. Professor Yalowitz is an accomplished illustrator, having illustrated twelve children’s books. His current projects include writing and illustrating two picture books, The Admiral and the Penguin and The Living Room Sea.

. Before coming to Framingham State, Professor Yalowitz taught for fifteen years at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, where he was Chair of the Illustration Department from 2013-2015. From 1994-2000, he taught at Ringling College of Art and Design.

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Full-Time Temporary Faculty

Elizabeth Banks (English) M.A. in Journalism (Northeastern University) B.S. in Education (Adelphi University)

. Areas of Interest: All aspects of Journalism. For over twenty years, Professor Banks worked as a newspaper editor: from 2012-2015, she was Managing Editor of the Milford Daily News; from 2001-2012, she was Regional Editor at the MetroWest Daily News; and from 1995-2001, she was Executive Editor at Suburban World Newspapers. Before that, she was an award-winning reporter.

. Professor Banks has been a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State since 1998, teaching Expository Writing and Journalism courses. She has been the site supervisor for many Journalism interns, in many cases helping them to begin their writing careers.

Michael Block (Chemistry and Food Science) Ph.D. in Chemistry (University of Cambridge) B.Sc. (University of Edinburgh)

. Areas of Interest: Dr. Block is a Medicinal Chemist with expertise in drug discovery. For twenty years, he worked for AstraZeneca in several different areas: Senior-Principal Medicinal Chemist in infection research and development; Associate Director-Project Leader in cardiovascular research and development; Associate Director in oncology research and development; Director and Head of Cancer Chemistry; and Executive Director and Head of Cancer Chemistry. In the past ten years, his chemistry group delivered candidate drugs against thirteen different oncology targets. He has many publications and patents in his field.

Lorianne DiSabato (English) Ph.D. in English Literature (Northeastern University) M.A. in English Literature (Boston College) B.A. in English Literature (University of Toledo)

. Areas of Interest: Spirituality of place in nineteenth and twentieth-century American nature writing, Thoreau, Mary Hunter Austin, Literature and the Environment. Dr. DiSabato has given presentations in her field and on pedagogy.

. Dr. DiSabato has been a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State since fall 2012. From 2001-2012, she was a Full-Time Instructor at Keene State College, teaching writing, American Literature, and Environmental Literature. She has also taught at Granite State College and at Southern New Hampshire University, where she taught writing, American, British, and World Literature online and contributed to the development of standardized online course content.

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Michael Greenstein (Psychology and Philosophy) Ph.D. in Cognitive Science (Stony Brook University) M.A. in Cognitive Psychology (Stony Brook University) B.A. in Psychology & History (Binghamton University)

. Areas of Interest: Dr. Greenstein’s research focuses on the impact of anger on memory, and his dissertation is on Anger and memory: Misleading people is easy when they are mad. He co-authored “A brief guide to factors that commonly influence identification and memory for criminal events” in the New York State Bar Association Journal, and has presented frequently on this and related topics at professional conferences.

. Before coming to Framingham State, Dr. Greenstein was an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Wesleyan University (2014-2015) and Saint Peter’s University (2012-2013), and an Adjunct Instructor at Molloy College (2011-2012).

Patricia Horvath (English) M.F.A. in English (University of Massachusetts Amherst) B.A. (Emerson College)

. Areas of Interest: Fiction Writing, Life Writing, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability in Literature and Culture. Professor Horvath has written All the Difference: A Memoir of Disability & Self-Identity and is a widely published author of short fiction and narrative essays. Her story, “But Now Am Found,” received the 2011 Goldenberg Prize in Fiction from the Bellevue Literary Review. Since 2001, Professor Horvath has been an editor at The Massachusetts Review.

. Professor Horvath was an Assistant Professor of English at Hofstra University from 2001-2015, and from 2010, she served as Assistant Director of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing.

Katherine Kellett (English) Ph.D. in English (Boston College) B.A. in English (Framingham State University)

. Areas of Interest: Shakespeare; Early Modern English Literature; Women Writers; Milton; Composition; Theories of Gender, the Body, and Performance. Dr. Kellett has published several articles in her field and is working on a book project, Double Bind: The Mistress and Crises of Authenticity in Early Modern England.

. Before returning to Framingham State as a Full-Time Temporary Assistant Professor, Dr. Kellett was an Assistant Professor at Penn State Altoona (2012-2014), a Lecturer of Humanities at the College of General Studies, Boston University (2010-2012), and a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State, most recently in 2014-2015.

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Andrea Kozol (Biology) Ph.D. in Biology (Boston University) A. B. (Vassar College)

. Areas of Interest: Human Biology, Biology for non-majors. Dr. Kozol’s research focused on the ecology and population genetics of the endangered American burying beetle.

. Before her appointment as a full-time temporary Assistant Professor, Dr. Kozol taught at Boston University, Bentley University, and as a Visiting Lecturer at Framingham State.

Chantal Rowat (Business) M.S.A. in Accounting and Finance (University of Montpellier) C.P.A. B.A. in Economics (University of Montpellier)

. Areas of Interest: Accounting, Taxation, Business French. Professor Rowat is a member of the National and Massachusetts Associations of Public Accountants. She teaches French to small groups and is a board member of the New England Union des Français de l’Etranger (UFE).

. Before coming to Framingham State, Professor Rowat was an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Accountancy at Bentley University (2008-2015) and an Adjunct Instructor at Mass Bay Community College (2005-2015).

Peter Saggese (Mathematics) M.Ed. in Mathematics Education (Bridgewater State University) B.S. in Education/Mathematics (Bridgewater State University)

. Areas of Interest: Statistics, Teacher Education. Professor Saggese has written “Nine Out of Every Five People Do Not Understand Statistics” and “Classroom Expectations for Teachers,” texts that he uses in his courses.

. Professor Saggese taught most recently at Lesley University. From 2005-2014, he was an Adjunct Instructor at the College of Charleston, and earlier, he taught courses at Quincy College and Bridgewater State University. From 1980-2003, Professor Saggese taught in the Duxbury Public Schools and served as Mathematics Department Chair and Business Department Chair.

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Brian Souza (Food and Nutrition) Ph.D. in Exercise and Sport Science (Oregon State University) M.S. in Exercise Science and Sport Studies (Springfield College) B.S. in Applied Exercise Science (Springfield College)

. Areas of Interest: Sport and exercise psychology, exercise self-efficacy, kinesiology. Dr. Souza’s dissertation is on Concept mapping and enumerating strategies to increase fat acceptance in fitness centers. He has written a number of papers and has given conference presentations in his field; most recently, he presented on “Challenging obesity-bias in HPERD [health, physical education, recreation, dance]: Promoting activity, inclusivity, and social justice for students of all sizes.”

. As a graduate teaching assistant and instructor at Oregon State University, Dr. Souza taught courses in Kinesiology and Health, including Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, Lifetime Fitness for Health, and Weight Training.

Jarrett Thibodeaux (Sociology) Ph.D. in Sociology (Vanderbilt University) M.A. in Sociology (Vanderbilt University) B.A. in Sociology (University of California Irvine)

. Areas of Interest: Urban Sociology; Crime, Law, and Deviance; Economic Sociology; “Food Deserts”; Sociology of Health. Dr. Thibodeaux’s dissertation is on The Market Inscribed Landscape: Industry and City Causes of Food Deserts. He has published a number of papers, including two forthcoming on urban food deserts, and has given numerous conference presentations.

. As an instructor and graduate teaching assistant at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Thibodeaux taught courses on The Urban Community, Deviance, Criminology, and Social Problems. His teaching interests also include Classical and Contemporary Theory.

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Analysis of Faculty Teaching for Fall 2015 in Light of 15% Ruleas of September 8, 2015

TOTAL CRS VL TAUGHT CRS TOTAL VL FULL-TIME FACULTY CRSE RELEASES ADJTD VL VL CRS TO PROJECTEDDEPARTMENT OFFERED FOR 15% CALC TAUGHT CRS (PREVIOUSLY TITLED APR) TAUGHT CRS PERCENTAGE 15% VL SALARYArt & Music 38 14 15 9 5 13.16% 0 1,394,789.00Biology 22 6 19.5 10.25 0 0.00% 0Business 50 11 11 3 8 16.00% 1Chemistry & Food Science 15.5 1 17 2.75 0 0.00% 0 VL FTECommunication Arts 36 5 5 2 3 8.33% 0 70.92Computer Science 16 2 2 3 0 0.00% 0Economics 18.83 10 10 3.17 6.83 36.27% 4Education 25.375 7.875 7.875 12.5 0 0.00% 0English 72 22 22 10 12 16.67% 2Fashion Design & Retailing 24 5 5 2 3 12.50% 0Food and Nutrition 30.375 10.875 14.125 3.25 7.625 25.10% 3Geography 18 5 5 4.5 0.5 2.78% 0History 25 4 4 6 0 0.00% 0Mathematics 44.5 10 10 1.5 8.5 19.10% 2Nursing 13.5 4.5 4.5 1 3.5 25.93% 1.5Physics & Earth Science 17 8.5 10.75 0.5 8 47.06% 5.75Political Science 11 6 6 1 5 45.45% 4Psychology & Philosophy 60.5 23 23 13.5 9.5 15.70% 1Sociology 54 13 13 7 6 11.11% 0World Languages 24 8 8 5 3 12.50% 0TOTALS 615.58 176.75 212.75 100.92 89.46

NOTES:

1. Lab courses not included in count for 'VL Taught Crs for 15% Calc' or 'Adjtd VL Taught Courses'

2. APRs do not include labs being taught by full-time faculty.

3. For Nursing, if we can use an APR to the graduate sections taught in CE the % will go to zero.

4. Green background indicates departments with less than six full-time faculty.

5. Yellow background indicates departments not meeting the 15% rule.

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OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS 100 State Street PO Box 9101 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 • T 508-626-4582 F 508-626-4592 • www.framingham.edu

Academic Affairs Goals, 2015-2016 May 15, 2015 Strategic Priorities: Immediately below are the six strategic priorities that frame the 5-Year Academic Strategic Plan (2012-2017). These priorities form the foundation of each of our goals during all five years of the plan. We now are beginning Year 4, and as planned, we activated the annual budget cycle for the fourth year to link the approved initiatives with appropriate funding support. Please see the attached for an update of our progress toward specific target goals. We also have made good progress in hitting our Strategic Priorities’ targets. At this time (after 3 years of our 5-year plan), 64% of our targets already are met (21 of 33: # targets met of all possible). We will focus on those unmet targets in the upcoming year. We also will continue to focus on these priorities (below) and the initiatives that were funded this upcoming year which are to strengthen our overall strategic outcomes.

1) Develop and retain quality faculty and staff (4 of 7) 2) Strengthen new student preparation, induction and early academic success (1 of 6) 3) Pursue excellence and engagement in the academic experience (7 of 7) 4) Prepare students for global citizenship and competitiveness (4 of 4) 5) Strengthen and expand STEM programs and student success in STEM areas (3 of 5) 6) Respond to labor market trends in academic program and center development (2 of 4)

University Priority Goals: In addition to the above strategic priorities in Academic Affairs, we will add focus to the following three University Priority Goals: I. Recruitment II. Retention III. Responsiveness

Recruitment (Students, Faculty and Staff)

Focus Inclusive Excellence Efforts: Focus our efforts with regard to inclusive excellence on hiring faculty and staff, recruiting students (examine each department) and impacting our student success data Use our successes in Marketing/Recruitment.

1. Recruitment: Set aspirational recruitment goals in each area for students, faculty and staff 2. Recruitment: Continue to prepare Inclusive Concurrent Enrollment program to admit students Fall 2016. 3. Marketing/Recruitment: Continue to offer Faculty Diversity Institute to make curriculum more representative of the

student body (impacts student and faculty recruitment when our curriculum is more representative). Expand Discipline-Based Accreditation: Successfully attain accreditation for the University and select programs (regionally

and in the disciplines seeking accreditation/reaccreditation), promoting higher quality programs with strong assessment components. Use our accreditation successes for Marketing/Recruitment.

1. Accreditations/Reaccreditations Successfully Completed: 7 total (5 national; 2 regional) National--5

• NASAD: NEW: National Association of Schools of Art and Design (Art & Music, Comm Arts, Fashion) • NCATE: NEW: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education • CCNE: Reaccreditation: Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education • ADA: Reaccreditation: American Dietetic Association’s Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics • ACS: Reaccreditation: American Chemical Society

Regional--2

• NEASC: Reaffirmation: New England Association for Schools and Colleges • Commonwealth Honors Program: Reaccreditation in 2016/2017

2. New Accreditations In Progress: 3 national -- update IACBE: NEW, date of visit TBD: International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education; Self-Study to be Submitted ABET: NEW, date TBD, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

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ASBMB: NEW, date TBD, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, in plan for new stand-alone Biochemistry major.

Increase Student/Faculty Collaboration in Research and Creative Activity: Increase student/faculty collaboration in research and creative activity, and create new dashboard indicators using Digital Measures. Use our student/faculty collaboration successes to highlight in marketing and recruitment.

Strengthen the Curriculum: 1. Transform healthy concentrations to majors: these kinds of majors attract potential students

Augment International Education Initiatives and Opportunities: Utilize Strengths for Recruitment/Marketing 1. Marketing/Recruitment: Implement our 3 new MOU’s to foster increased international participation for both faculty

and students by having at least one faculty led study trip and receiving at least one exchange student. Market the opportunities to potential students.

2. Marketing/Recruitment: Continue to increase the number of international experiences/study abroad to exceed 200; market our increases to potential new students.

3. Recruitment: Work on drafting and implementing a structure to increase matriculated international students by at least 10 new students.

4. Recruitment: Expand full time graduate opportunities to recruit international students.

Retention (create a fresh approach to the cohort)

Increase Retention and Graduation Rates: Initiate New Software and New Collaborative University Processes; set annual

cohort and transfer targets for retention and graduation rates, keeping in mind underrepresented groups; add service learning/civic engagement to those factors measured in Digital Measures. Identify the students in the cohort.

1. Starfish 2. Digital Measures

Strengthen the Curriculum: Focus (by college or division) on strengthening the curriculum to increase retention and student success by taking clear actions regarding the following:

1. Streamline majors: review requirements and find room in the curriculum for minors and exploration across the curriculum by using strategies that group courses into “choose groups” or “special topics” courses at several levels (allowing for more flexibility and better fits with changing needs and interests in the scholarly areas of study

2. Transform healthy concentrations to majors: enhances retention/graduation rate 3. Annually Review and Utilize Data: Use data from Institutional Research to inform curricular decision making.

Focus Inclusive Excellence Efforts: Focus our efforts with regard to inclusive excellence on hiring faculty and staff, recruiting students (examine each department) and impacting our student success data (retention and graduation rate of our cohort).

1. Set aspirational retention and graduation rate goals in each area for the upcoming years for students 2. Set aspirational retention goals for faculty from underrepresented groups 3. Continue to offer Faculty Diversity Institute to make curriculum more representative of the student body and more

inviting to faculty Establish an Equitable Base Budget System for Academic Departments: Evaluate our current departmental budget

allocation system and adjust the parameters such that the system is based on appropriate data (# majors, faculty FTE, student class FTE + base + $400 per full-time faculty member). This will create more equitable support for students in all areas, thereby influencing retention and graduation rates.

Complete our Academic Continuity Plan: Complete our academic “continuity of operations plan,” and focus also on the “snow day” problems experienced in Spring 2015. For particular emergencies that prevent use of our own facilities, form mutual aid agreements with the community. This will improve student success and improve retention and graduation rates.

Increase Student/Faculty Collaboration in Research and Creative Activity: Increase student/faculty collaboration in research and creative activity, and create new dashboard indicators using Digital Measures. These experiences will engage the students to a greater extent and improve student retention, graduation rates, and later successes (graduate education opportunities).

Augment International Education Initiatives and Opportunities: these experiences engage students and improve student retention, graduation rates and later successes in graduate/professional schools

1. Implement our 3 new MOU’s to foster increased international participation for both faculty and students by having at least one faculty led study trip and receiving at least one exchange student.

2. Continue to increase the number of international experiences/study abroad to exceed 200 3. Work on drafting and implementing a structure to increase matriculated international students by at least 10 new

students.

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4. Expand full-time graduate opportunities to recruit international students (this will create more global opportunities in the classrooms for all students, improving retention/graduation rates)

Responsiveness

Prepare our Students for the World of Work: Establish the World of Work program at FSU during the upcoming year, first

solidifying the MOU with Liverpool John Moores University, and then laying the groundwork with our industry partners, faculty and staff.

1. Strengthen Summer Programs: Fit the strengths of our region and faculty to the needs of our constituencies to develop summer programs for undergraduate students, graduate students, international partners, K-12 students and our greater community. Link to the World of Work certificate programs or pre-programs where possible.

2. Articulate academic majors with graduate and professional programs or career pathways (add majors as necessary) 3. Effectively Utilize Advisory Boards: Better utilize existing advisory boards and add additional advisory boards where

needed. Augment Community and Shared Problem-Solving in Academic Affairs: At the beginning of each semester, add an

opening meeting for faculty and staff (all), with a morning meeting all together (focus on this past year’s assessment data, advising assessment (Appendix H), alumni survey results, Digital Measures, Starfish, and World of Work; afternoon meetings will be for the colleges.

Review administrative support for departments to ensure equitable workload distribution and support for departments. Make changes where necessary.

Facilitate Child Care Center Transformation: Ease the on-campus move from the YMCA’s management of an on-campus center to the university’s control and management. This new structure improves our responsiveness to the needs in the community.

Maintain and Strengthen Community Partnerships: Work with K-12 school districts, social service agencies, community colleges, local and state agencies, and non-profits to provide services to the community and experiential learning opportunities to our students. Improve responsiveness.

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Arts and Humanities Updates

• The Mazmanian Gallery welcomed artist Andrew Fish to campus to deliver a talk and Q & A session with students and faculty on Sept. 8. Fish’s exhibition “Atmospheric Pressure,” features a selection of his recent paintings. Fish is an artist based in Somerville, MA. His layered, colorful, and thought-provoking paintings will be on view through October 2.

• As part of the Arts and Ideas series, artist Willie Cole will come to campus on November 9 and 10 for an exhibition of his works in the Mazmanian Gallery, a collaborative printmaking workshop with students that will deal with self-identity, and a culminating talk in the Forum.

• FSU recently submitted our annual progress report for accreditation through NASAD (covering programs in Art and Music, Communication Arts, and Fashion Design and Retailing), in which we detailed long-term plans for remediation of health concerns in the Ceramics area. We have added to the Capital Plan a proposal to convert the Mayhew building into a studio arts building housing Ceramics and Sculpture.

• The Theatre Program (Communication Arts) will perform the John Cariani play Almost, Maine on November 19, 20 and 21 this fall in DPAC.

• Professor Patricia Horvath (English) had her memoir, All the Difference, accepted for publication by Etruscan Press (Wilkes University). The memoir explores the relationship between disability and self-identity and what happens to one’s self of self when a disability ceases to be visible.

• Dr. Bartholomew Brinkman (English) had his book manuscript, Poetic Modernism in the Culture of Mass Print, accepted for publication in the Hopkins Studies in Modernism series at Johns Hopkins University Press, and will be published in Fall, 2016.

• Claudia Springer (English) had her book, Acting (co-edited with Julie Levinson, a Professor of Film at Babson College) published by Rutgers University Press as a volume in the Behind the Silver Screen series. One of the book’s chapters, “Classical Hollywood (1928-1946),” was written by Professor Emeritus Arthur Nolletti, Jr.

• Colleen Coyne, Sandy Hartwiger, Patricia Lynne, and Sam Witt (English) organized the 2015 Retreat for Writing Teachers which was well attended by “rookie” and “veteran” writing teachers (particularly those teaching freshmen). Thank you to all of the day’s presenters and discussion facilitators: Belinda Walzer, Colleen Coyne, Lorianne DiSabato, Lisa Eck, and Katherine Kellett.

• The Swiacki Children’s Literature Festival, featuring Jane Yolen, the acclaimed author of children’s books, fantasy, and science fiction, will be held November 5. Organized in large part by Dr. Evelyn Perry (English) it is a joint effort between the Departments of Arts and Music, English, and the CLF Committee.

• Professor Seunghye Cho (Fashion Design and Retailing) taught a 4-week graduate course in Hanyang University, Seoul in Korea this past summer. She has been working on establishing an international partnership with H.U. for the past two years. President Cevallos recently signed a MOU for an international exchange program, which was then sent to Hanyang.

• Dr. Joseph Adelman (History) was selected as the FSU nominee for the 2016 NEH Summer Stipend grant program. His application, a proposal to support the writing of his book manuscript, The Rise and Fall of the Post Office in America, will move forward for review by the NEH committee this fall.

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One-Page Update College of Education

11 September 2015

The College of Education has begun the new academic year pursuing the following initiatives:

• Redesign of the organizational structure of the Education Department to that of a College of Education

• Continue planning for a Child and Family Studies Major • Continue planning for a 5th Year Master’s Degree • Establish stronger partnerships with local school districts where the College places our

Field Study students • Establish close working relationships with our underserved neighbors, including the

Brazilian and Hispanic communities in Framingham and Natick • Craft grant proposals to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation for

the Advancement of Teaching • Working through the Professional Standards Committee, create detailed entrance and

exit procedures for our Field Study students

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College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Updates

• The following new courses were approved through governance in 2014-2015, and most will be offered during the current academic year:

1. Business and Consumer Sciences – Principles of Financial Literacy (an interdisciplinary general education course)

2. Economics – Economics of Sports 3. Political Science - National Model United Nations 4. Sociology - Building Peace after Conflict (course taken by students before their summer trip to

Northern Ireland) 5. Sociology - International Field Study in Sociology 6. Sociology – Uncovering Meaning in the Social World (new qualitative research core course for

major)

• The Department of Business added five new minors in Entrepreneurship, Finance, Accounting, Marketing, and Sports Management.

• The Departments of Geography and Political Science both underwent external reviews during the 2014-2015 academic year and received their external reviewers’ reports in late spring and summer of 2015. The departments are now devising five-year strategic plans that include the reviewers’ recommendations.

• The Department of Psychology developed a learning outcomes assessment, which was piloted during the

spring semester. The department is currently working on adjustments to its core courses based on the assessment results.

• We are offering a four-credit course, National Model United Nations, for the first time. As part of the

course, students will participate in the Boston Invitational Model United Nations conference in October.

• We are offering two Inside-Out courses as MCI-Framingham in the fall semester, Social Deviance and Abnormal Psychology. In this program, undergraduate students take classes at correctional institutions with inmates from these institutions.

• Criminologist Vincent Ferraro took six FSU students on a study abroad trip to Northern Ireland for a month

this summer. The students visited with the Lord Mayor of Belfast, the U.S. Consul General of Belfast, conflict scholars, and Irish Studies scholars. They learned about policing, conflict resolution, and social justice efforts during their visit. They studied at the University of Ulster and Queens University and visited community-based organizations, police stations, prisons, court houses, government buildings, museums, and other sites of historical and cultural interest. They also attended Orange parades and bonfires.

• Sociology Chair, Dr. Ben Alberti received a $12,000 award from CONICET, the Argentinean scientific

funding body, and he spent the summer teaching a graduate class and conducting field research in Argentina.

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College of STEM

Trustees Updates September 11, 2015

• Dr. Catherine Dignam of the Chemistry Department is serving as the STEM Retention Coordinator. She is

organizing a conference for STEM faculty from across the system that will be held on campus in October. She has booked Dr. Mitchell Chang from UCLA to give a keynote at address on supporting the success of STEM students from under-represented groups.

• The chemists and biologists are busy unpacking a preparing for classes in the new building. They are also

ordering new equipment from the Fittings, Furnishings, and Equipment budget.

• Dr. Andrew Jung of the Computer Science Department and a colleague from the University of Texas successfully developed a prototype version of an artificial pancreas for control of diabetes which is currently being tested in animal trials at UMass Medical School.

• Dr. Jerusha Peterman in the Nutrition Department co-authored an article entitled Long-Term Refugee

Health: Health Behaviors and Outcomes of Cambodian Refugee and Immigrant Women that was published in the journal Health, Education, and Behavior.

• Dr. Satish Penmatsa of the Computer Science Department presented the paper Load Balancing for

Providing Fairness in Utility Computing Systems with Central-Server Model at The 30th International Conference On Computers And Their Applications.

• The McAuliffe Center has established a new partnership with Center for the Advancement of Science in

Space, Inc., (CASIS). The partnership includes a sponsorship of $12,000 to offer programs in the Challenger Center and in the planetarium to K-12 students and youth from populations underrepresented in STEM.

• Drs. Larry McKenna (Physics and Earth Science), Bryan Connolly (Biology) and George Bentley

(Geography) have begun a new research collaboration with faculty from UMass Boston and the National Park Service. They will be travelling to Lovell’s Island in Boston Harbor with a group of students in October.

• Dr. Nicholas Sedlock of the Math Department is co-authoring an electronic textbook for College Algebra

to be published by McGraw-Hill. They have used Bloom’s Taxonomy to define specific learning objectives and interactive learning resources to teach the material. An early edition of the textbook is being evaluated in the classroom at University of Arizona.

• Katherine Moran, Nutrition alumna, has been hired to serve as the sports dietitian for the Minnesota

Twins Baseball Organization at their Minor League Academy. • FSU has a new Center for Climate Change Education (C3E). This initiative originated in the Department

of Physics and Earth Sciences and will be an interdisciplinary center to foster understanding of global climate change and its local and regional implications.

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• Dr. Larry McKenna was recruited and contracted by a major publisher to write Conversations with the Earth, a textbook for introductory geology courses that examines the interactions between earth's physical systems and the system of human built and practiced culture. Conversations aims to give students and their instructors the scientific knowledge to intelligently address policy options for the future.

• Dr. Vandana Singh was an invited panelist and expert reviewer at the 2015 ComSciCon (annual Science

Communication conference for graduate students organized by Harvard, MIT and Microsoft) this summer on science communication to the public.

• At the end of May the Nursing Department was informed that it received a full 10-year accreditation

dating back to October 1, 2014 (the first day of the site visit) and extending until June 30th, 2025. • The Nursing Department and Newton-Wellesley Hospital launched a collaborative RN-to-BSN program

this month that has 24 NWH RN employees with either Associate Degrees or Diplomas in Nursing attending our undergraduate Nursing program at the NWH site. The group will graduate in May of 2107.

• Three faculty members of the Nursing Department are continuing their support of the FS2 Food Study

this year; Dr. Mullaney as a member of the Steering Committee, Dr. Bechtel as a member of the Assessment Committee, and Dr. Ruth Remington as the lead investigator on an ancillary study being conducted with colleagues Drs. Mullaney and Bechtel.

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Director Institutional Process and Efficiencies Cindi Glickman September 11, 2015

Current Projects

1. McAuliffe Center management of the Challenger and Planetarium programs moved to 25Live and Banner

2. Digital Measures (DM) build and implementation 3. Starfish

a. Master service agreement negotiation b. Hiring of Student Retention and Graduation Success Coordinator c. System set-up and implementation

4. Faculty Information Database a. Workload (200890 to current) b. Sabbatical c. PTR

5. Development and generation of faculty workload information back to fall 2008 a. Determination of course release accumulation credit and eligibility b. Workload audit

6. Automating APR maintenance and reporting in Banner 7. Automating and managing the process for the Graduate Studies and CE program coordinators

and advisors. Includes development of the reports and staff training. 8. Online course evaluation assessment, procurement and implementation for Graduate Studies

and Continuing Education. 9. Faculty position management project 10. College assignment project 11. Banner access updates for program coordinators, deans and staff 12. Meet with faculty to complete on-boarding paperwork and walk them through the process of

acknowledging their rehire paperwork and contracts. 13. Reports

a. VL percentages (includes percentages by department, APR analysis, and percent filled analysis by section, course, department and college)

b. Honors program request c. Chair requests to assist in the development of course schedules d. Etc.

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Office of Assessment - Fall 2015 Update

• Davis Foundation Grant and faculty Development. • The Academic Advising surveys report was sent out as well. • General education assessment was completed for critical thinking and written communication.

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Office of Institutional Research - Fall 2015 Update

• As of 9/9/15 the Department of Higher Education recognizes our Food and Nutrition major (CIP code 19.0501 - Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General) as a STEM major.

• The 2015 Annual Student/Course/Enrollment file was reported to the DHE on 8/25/15. Unduplicated Credit Headcount Total: 10,422 Undergraduate: 5,350 Graduate: 5,041 Both: 31

• 2016 US News and World Report Rankings Report was released. Framingham is listed alphabetically in the second tier. IR will provide a breakdown of weighted categories and comparisons from last year as soon as the Institutional Report is provided from US News.

• The Office of Institutional Effectiveness has recently purchased an analytical tool called Qualtrics. Our goal is to expand this tool to the entire University (faculty, staff, department units, and students) in place of other current survey tools being used independently. A task force including faculty and staff has been established to explore this possibility and provide a recommendation to the University.

• Assisting the Registrar with Banner course subject codes and major/program codes mapping to new college codes. This will provide the much needed additional capability reporting information by College within the University.

• Analysis of Day Division Full School Withdrawal Form ‘Reasons for Withdrawal’ is forthcoming. Approximately 350 Full School Withdrawal Forms have been forwarded to IR from the office of the Registrar over the past two years. IR will work with Academic Affairs in an effort to revise the form.

• We have registered for the 2016 NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement). Survey administration will begin in February and is sent to all first year and senior students. In anticipation of the Vision Project focus of civic engagement, we will participate in that additional Topical Module offered by NSSE.

• Working with Academic Affairs to provide faculty of first time freshman lists so they may identify if any FTFT students may need additional support (academic or other). This is a short term project in anticipation of Starfish that will handle this automatically.

• The reporting cycle of the fall semester has begun. Major reporting includes: HEIRS Degrees Conferred file – Due 10/16/15 HEIRS Student, Course, Enrollment files – Due December 2015 IPEDS Institutional Characteristics; Completions; 12-month Enrollment – Due 10/16/15

• Planning for new IPEDS collection in Winter 2016. The new Outcome Measures component will collect data on four degree/certificate-seeking student cohorts, aligning similar to SAM. Full-time, first-time entering students Part-time, first-time entering students Full-time, non-first-time entering students Part-time, non-first-time entering students

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Grant proposal submissions in FY 2015 - Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs9/14/2015

Funder Project (PD/PI) Deadline Amount Status Awarded IDC

Summer 2015 - JL

Boston Children's Hospital (BCH)BCH/Framingham State University Nutrition Study (Hamel and Vaden-Goad) N/A $ 628,886.48 Funded $ 628,886.48 $ -

US Department of Education

MASSexcELLs: Supporting ELL Populations in Central and Eastern Massachusetts (Mahler) N/A $ 320,000.00 Funded $ 320,000.00 $ -

MA Department of Higher Education

MetroWest Young Males of Color Pathways to Success Initiative (collaboration with MBCC) (Huddleston) 10-Aug-15 $ 238,994.00 Declined $ - $ -

MA Department of Higher EducationEnhance food nutrition at schools through PD (McGrail) 1-Jul-15 $ 200,000.00 Funded $ 200,000.00 $ 30,000.00

MA Department of Higher EducationCommonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (Greenberg and Dittami) 31-Jul-15 $ 50,000.00 Funded $ 48,000.00 $ -

MA Executive Office of EducationEnhance food nutrition at schools through PD (McGrail) 1-Jul-15 $ 48,384.00 Funded $ 48,384.00 $ 4,200.00

Vertex Parmaceuticals IncorporatedGUTS Summer Professional Development Program (Porro) 10-Jul-15 $ 13,750.00 Pending

Department of the Interior

Identification of winter habitats and seasonal movements of American Alligators on the Albemarle Peninsula (Dinkelacker) 1-Jul-15 $ 10,000.00 Funded $ 10,000.00 $ -

MutualOne Charitable FoundationZero FX electric patrol motorcycle (Woollard) 27-Jul-15 $ 9,690.00 Declined $ - $ -

SUBTOTAL: $ 1,519,704.48 $ 1,255,270.48 $ 34,200.00

Summer 2015 - PB

MA Department of Higher Education

MetroWest Cybersecurity Partnership Project (collaboration with MBCC) (Greenberg) 1-Jul-15 $ 100,000.00 Declined $ - $ -

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Grant proposal submissions in FY 2015 - Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs9/14/2015

Wellington Management Foundation

Accelerating Preparation and Access to College for First Generation Students (Coffey) 1-Aug-15 $ 35,000.00 Pending

Department of Early Education and Care GBRC - ELCG (Thurston) $ 32,013.62 Funded $ 32,013.62 Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc. (CASIS)

Associated Programs--Earth Odyssey Mission, Planetarium (Porro) 26-Aug-15 $ 12,000.00 Funded $ 12,000.00 $ -

SUBTOTAL: $ 179,013.62 $ 44,013.62 Fall 2015 - JL

Commonwealth CorporationWorkforce Competitiveness Trust Fund (Greenberg) $ 200,000.00

Boston Scientific Foundation STEM education (Mitchell) $ 20,000.00 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipends (Adelman) $ 6,000.00 Hopey's Heart Foundation AED Donation program (Santoro)SUBTOTAL: $ 226,000.00

Fall 2015 - PBHearst Foundations Capital (Hamel)MetroWest Health Foundation Mental health initiative (Welch) SUBTOTAL: $ - $ -

Winter 2015-2016 - JLHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

2017 Inclusive Excellence (Carroll and Dignam) $ 1,000,000.00

SUBTOTAL: $ 1,000,000.00 $ -

Winter 2015-2016 - PB

Spencer Foundation Research and Outreach (Woodrum and Hara)

SUBTOTAL: $ - $ -

Spring 2015-2016 - JL

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Grant proposal submissions in FY 2015 - Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs9/14/2015

National Science Foundation (NSF) S-STEM (Carroll and Dignam) SUBTOTAL: $ -

Spring 2015-2016 - PB SUBTOTAL: $ - $ -

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Continuing Education Update Academic Affairs Board of Trustees Committee Meeting

9/16/15

• Twenty-five high school students from Ashland, Framingham, Keefe Technical, Marlborough and Natick High Schools are enrolled in continuing education college courses this fall. This program is funded through a $48,000 grant from the Department of Higher Education Dual Enrollment Partnership Program.

• Dr. Deborah McMakin, Assistant Professor of Psychology, is leading four workshops for a group

of South Middlesex Opportunity Council (SMOC) employees on the theme Reflect, Recharge and Renew: Fostering Resiliency Human Service Professionals. The workshops are going so well that SMOC would like to expand this to another group of employees.

• A new continuing education certificate program in Enterprise Computing is being developed by

the Computer Science Department with input from several major technology companies in the MetroWest region. This five course certificate will be aligned with the industry’s need to fill positions of retiring employees.

• New Online Professional Development courses for K-12 Educators this fall include: Pre-Schoolers

and STEM: Developing Curiosity; Mindfulness for Young Learners; and Executive Function in the Classroom. Other new courses include collaborations with Brandeis University (Partnering for Curriculum Building); Boston University Global Literacy institute (Educating Global Citizens); and Facing History and Ourselves (The Reconstruction Era and the Fragility of Democracy).

• We are working on a series of online noncredit programs to offer FSU Alumni who are seeking

professional development to enhance their careers. We hope to begin offering these programs in Spring 2016.

• New initiatives for our English Language Programs include a new course this fall on Intercultural

Communication Skills for Your American Experience; an Immigrant Speakers Series; and greater outreach to the Brazilian community that will help us better understand the educational barriers for adult Brazilian immigrants.

• Our collaboration with the Framingham Public Library continues this fall with the popular Lifelong Learning Lecture Series on Thursday evenings and the Adventures in Lifelong Learning courses on Tuesday mornings and afternoons in October.

• The website for Continuing Education has been redesigned to make the site easier to navigate

and more visually appealing.

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Fall 2015 Updates in Graduate Studies:

• New Graduate Programs are in Development Stages. A number of new Master Degree programs are in the development stage. A 5 year Duel BA/MA degrees program in English ;Elementary Education: and Special Educations are in the stage of curriculum development at the department level.

• Site Visits (October 7-16)with President Cevallos to Seoul and Bangkok. In Seoul,we will conduct a graduation commencement for the International Teaching cohort from our site in Swan. Also, a business meeting will be held at Hanyang University to review our joint TESL program and to explore other partnership opportunities. Representing Hanyang University is their President, Graduate Education Dean, TESL Director, and the program’s coordinator. In Bangkok, we will attend the grand opening of our new site at Christian College, and meet with students , faculty and administration of the College.

• Number of New Matriculated Students for Fall 2015 increased 36% in comparison with Fall 2014. This is due to the team work efforts by the Graduate Admission Office, Graduate Studies Office, and programs’ coordinators in implementing the Recruitment Strategic Plan which was developed last year.

• Strategic Marketing Plan for Graduate Programs. The Graduate Studies Office will partner with the University Marketing Director Averil Capers in developing a marketing strategic plan. This Plan along with the Recruitment Strategic Plan will help us reach more prospective students.

• Town Hall Style Meeting for Graduate faculty and Staff. This is the 3rd annual meeting which allows faculty and staff to share their concerns and ideas for the improvement of Graduate Education. Previous years outcomes included the development of the assessment plan, graduate faculty handbook, graduate students handbook, and networking among faculty and staff in the various graduate programs. This Fall 2015 meeting will allow faculty to interact with a Panel Discussion with Administrators representing Students Services, Registrar, Human Resources, IT, and Facilities and parking.

• Meetings with Graduate Students. Individual meetings for every graduate program which allow students to express directly to their program coordinator and the graduate dean their views, concerns, and ideas for improvements.

• Improve retention and graduation rates for graduate students. As a result of implementing the newly developed prorate stipend formula for faculty who are welling to teach a course that have enrollment of less than 8 students, only three courses have been cancelled for Fall 2015 in comparison to more than Ten courses in previous semesters.

Total Apps Accepts Accept % Gross Deposit Net Matric Deposit Yield Matric Yield Melt2015* 447 350 78.30% 324 267 92.57% 76.29% 17.59%2014 411 287 69.83% 244 196 85.02% 68.29% 19.67%2013 388 263 67.78% 208 185 79.09% 70.34% 11.06%

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Whittemore Library - Academic Plan Priorities and funded initiatives (September 2015 update)

Develop and retain quality faculty and staff

• Completed a Search for a full-time Cataloger and Metadata Librarian who is on the Digital Repository team • The Repository team continue to digitize archival images and documents from the McAuliffe Collection • A Search is underway to replace Kim Cochrane, former Curriculum Librarian and ERC Co-Coordinator. • The Library staff participated in summer training workshops on Inclusive Excellence and Brave Space Training. • The Library’s summer retreat included a workshop on first generation college students • Librarians presented at the August New faculty orientation program, provided participants with current

information on flash drives, and will follow-up with a September 21st workshop on the Library’s newly acquired New York Times multi-media product.

Strengthen new student preparation, induction and early academic success

• In preparation for the Fall 2015 semester, librarians expanded the student assistant training program, created Freshmen welcome displays and activities, and arranged for an October scavenger hunt.

Pursue excellence and engagement in the academic experience

• In response to the previous student surveys and in preparation for long-range building upgrades, Library staff consulted with Sociology Professor Lauren Forcucci and conducted a study during a 2 week period in March and April on the daily use of all the areas of the library for study and socializing each hour the building is open. Two focus groups were conducted in April to get feedback on preferred use of various locations and furniture needs. Data and feedback results informed staff about furniture selections, group study areas, and quiet zones.

• The Library’s Marketing Team created a library logo, brochures and information cards, and staff badges, etc. and they continue to create library-related promotional materials.

Prepare students for global citizenship and competitiveness

• The Library received a $3000 “Latino Americans: 500 years of history” grant from the American Library Association. In collaboration with Mass Bay Community College and the Framingham Public Library, the grant activities include scholar-lead talks on the PBS video series by FSU and MBCC faculty and President Cevallos; a reception in the Library with a photography exhibit and talk by Mario Quiroz and music by the Maura Mendoza Trio; a talk by author Jennifer De Leon on her book “Wise Latinas” at the Framingham Public Library; a student tour of the Ted Kennedy Institute; and the creation on an associated research guide on the history of the immigration act distributed to FY Foundations and Diversity minor students.

Strengthen and expand STEM programs and student success in STEM areas

• The Curriculum Library received a large donation of Children’s Literature materials, a bookcase was installed to accommodate these materials, and the donor will be honored at a November 10th reception in the Curriculum Library.

• The Library’s ERC and Challenger staff members continue to collaborate and provide STEM workshops to pre and in-service teachers at least 2 times per year both in the Library and at the Center.

Respond to labor market trends in academic program and center development • Millie Gonzalez networks with the Digital Repository Librarian at U. Mass Amherst on promoting Open Educational

Resources

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Honors Program

• In late August Professor Kelly Matthews (English) accompanied 7 honors students on a enlightening and successful 10-day trip to Derry, Northern Ireland and Dublin, Ireland. The students on the trip are presently enrolled in Prof. Matthew’s Irish Literature honors course this fall.

• The honors program welcomes 93 new students this fall. Professors Carolyn Maibor (English), Lynn Parker (English), Lori Anderson (Economics), Liz Perry (Art and Music), and Paul Bruno (Philosophy) are teaching the 5 freshman honors seminars.

• We are looking forward to taking 40-plus freshman honors students to Thompson Island in Boston Harbor for an overnight retreat September 18-19.

• The honors program will host its annual Ice Cream Social at the Honors House on September 28.

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CELTSS Update

• New Director, Elaine Beilin, and Assistant Director, Jon Huibregtse. Ira Silver continues as Director of Mentoring.

• New Faculty Welcome Day, August 24, for new tenure-track and full-time temporary faculty, with sessions on teaching, student services, benefits, and the CELTSS mentoring program, followed by a lunch with the Executive Staff, administrators, and campus leaders

• CELTSS Mentoring Program Dinner, September 1, organized by Ira Silver, for new faculty and volunteer mentors

• First Mentoring Program workshop, September 11: All About CELTSS • First CELTSS Steering Committee meeting, September 16, to form subcommittees (Funding,

Events, etc.) and plan year’s work • Sent out call for applications for first round of CELTSS funding to support faculty learning,

teaching, scholarship, and service

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Updates from the Office of International Education

• We welcomed 16 international students this fall; 8 undergraduate and 7 graduate and 1 exchange student. They hail from Granada, Canada, China, England, Equatorial Guinea, India, Mongolia, Nigeria, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Vietnam. This is a new record for one semester.

• We sent 26 students out for a semester of study abroad during the fall semester to places such as, Czech Republic, England, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands. This is comparable to our fall numbers last year. Most of these were on our partner programs, which are roughly comparable to living on campus at FSU for a semester.

• Planned faculty led study trips for the upcoming year are: o Winter Break: China, Business with Sandra Rahman o Spring Break: England, Nursing with Cynthia Bechtel

France & Germany, Psychology & Philosophy with Paul Bruno Italy, Geography with Judith Otto

o Summer: Denmark, Art with Stephanie Grey England, English with Evelyn Perry Guatemala Service Learning, Psychology with Pamela Ludemann Ireland, Geography with Judith Otto Italy, Food and Nutrition with Janet Schwartz TBD, Economics with Laura Lamontagne

• Yearly numbers of students abroad for a semester, summer, winter break, or with a faculty led study tour continue to increase. We expect this year to meet or exceed last years’ totals.

• Named scholarships grew last year to 4, totaling $3,000. Additionally, over $25,000 will be awarded this year to support study abroad semester programs, faculty led study trips, service learning trips, and student travel to conferences and competitions.

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