Senate MeetingThomas M. DiLorenzo, Provost

September 5, 2013

Agenda

• Introduction to North Dakota• Staffing• Teaching• Scholarship• Strategic Enrollment Management• Budget Model Reassessment• Next Generation of Faculty Leaders• Diversity Inclusion Position• HLC Accreditation Visit• My Blog and Other Communications

Introduction to North Dakota

• Partnerships (Faculty, Colleges, Departments, Student Services, Finance and Administration, NDUS and other Universities, Tribal Colleges, Legislature, Business Community) and Collaborative Governance

• Started May 1st – trips to Bottineau, Bismarck (2), Devil’s Lake, Detroit Lakes, Valley City, Fargo (Microsoft), Pelican Lake, Bus Tour: Minot, Rugby – although 4 trips in April

• Set for Dickinson State, Williston State, Bismarck (3), Tribal Colleges

Staffing

• Debbie Storrs (A&S Dean)• Bob Hill (EHD Dean)• Steve Light (CONPD Interim Dean)• Josh Riedy (CIO/CSO: moved from CFO)• Diane Hadden (new title - Senior Associate for

Academic Affairs)• Julie Anderson (ACE Fellow last year –

Internationalization Assessment at UND)• Research Division (moved to Provost Office)• New BPA Dean’s Search in Fall

Teaching

• Teaching with Technology Seminars (22 iPads)

• UTA Pilot Program• Classroom/Space Planning – Law

School• Teaching needs – Scale-up

Classrooms, Technology in the Classroom, Center for Excellence in Teaching

Scholarship

• Research Infrastructure, support services, high performance computing meetings– VPAA Cabinet, Associate Deans for Research,

Faculty Forums, Readings/Speakers

• INBRE (Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence), EPSCOR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research), COBRE (Centers of

Biomedical Excellence)

• Research Office – Seed funding and other growth plans

Strategic Enrollment Management

• Major initiative – Enhancing Student Success• Strategic Enrollment Management Committee

– Co-chairs – DiLorenzo and Reesor

• Subcommittees– Recruitment, Marketing and Communications

Committee– Retention Coordinating Committee– Scholarship Coordinating Committee– Graduate/Professional Recruitment and Retention

• Features– Cross-divisional– Senate/Faculty participation

Technology Enhancements

• Online Catalog – Course Availability, “Major” Review and Unwritten Rules

• Degree Auditing and Planning Capability• Identify Attributes of “At-Risk” Students– Use Predictive Analytics to identify factors

affecting student success

• Dashboards• Robust Early Alert System• One Stop Shop

Budget Model Reassessment

• Current Budget Model is Historically-Based• Legislature – New funding model• All senior leadership (including Deans)

would like to assess if other models might be more appropriate at this time

• We have hired Huron Consulting to help guide us through a formal process

• Faculty representation on the working group

Next Generation of Faculty Leaders

• Leadership roles in collaborative governance

• Faculty Leadership Development Proposal– Produced by the Next Generation of Faculty

Leaders Subcommittee of the Ad-hoc Committee on Shared Governance

• Fully supported by the President• Provost will be conducting a planning

session on next steps with the original group

Diversity Inclusion Position

• Diversity Advisory Council (Chaired by Cara Halgren and Steve Light) recommended the creation of this position

• President Kelley announced that we would hire an individual to Coordinate Diversity and Inclusion Efforts at UND

• Reviewing the logistics of the position, naming a search committee, and launching a national search (this fall) – will include faculty representation

HLC Visit

• Higher Learning Commission Visit: October 28-30 (100 years after UND’s initial accreditation)

• Event that kicks off the Accreditation visit• Exceptional UND: Realizing the Vision:

Tuesday, September 10 from 3:30-4:30• The reaccreditation process is the springboard

to develop the five strategic elements of Exceptional UND

• Experience, Gather, Collaborate, Expand, Enhance

Elements

• Enrich the Student Experience• Encourage Gathering• Facilitate Collaboration• Expand UND’s Presence• Enhance Quality of Life

• HLC Committee has done a fabulous job• Executive Committee– Hawthorne, O’Neill,

Pearson (Five Criterion Committees)

Official UND Provost Blog

• Recently launched – “In the Know with Provost DiLorenzo”

• Is available through the right navigation side of the main Provost page on the UND site

• blogs.und.edu/provost/• Will be updated weekly and will serve as

a transparent method of communication from the Provost for faculty, staff and students

Other Forms of Communication

• Will meet with faculty and staff from each College/School

• Will follow with meetings with individual departments

• Monthly Chairs Meetings (Chairs Leadership Cohort will morph into the Chairs Leadership Institute)

• Continue New Faculty monthly orientation meetings

• Regular meetings with SEC – Ryan Zerr

Questions

Next meeting1. Graduate Studies2. Foundation/Development3. New Faculty Orientation4. Students