AGENDA, FACULTY MEETING, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

GOOD AND OTHER NEWS ITEMS

STUDENT ISSUES (Sean)

ACTION ITEMS/UPDATES

- F&C (i.e. P&T) Document update (Chris)

- Faculty APRs, distribution coming soon, due mid to end of October

- Update on staff hires

- Faculty hire, Search Committee, need external member, need to get job ad out soon: Nancy, James, Jason, Chris training. AAS posting by November 1, run it through December.

- Possible future faculty hires: develop strategy and priority list. All faculty who will be here, Jon should join in discussion.

- Reminder: mid-term grades are required for 100 and 200-level courses. Dean takes this seriously. U/S is fine

- Fall commencement, who can attend, who is up to attend?

- Planning for Giving Tuesday, improve description of a few our the funds listed on our webpages, focus on Tombaugh fund?

- Who is attending AAS? Need someone regarding our graduate student recruitment effort, need to sign up for a table by October.

- Summer Teaching, do we want to request any course(s)?

- Other updates from recent DH meetings

- Course rotation in next year, and instructor for new Astr 405/505

- Outreach event to Arrowhead Park Early College High School, 3 blocks of time on one day. (Degree plans and Career options).

TEACHING and MENTORING ITEMS

- General Education revisions: 9-credits that NMSU allocates still not formally decided upon. No new information yet, Dean is not fan of the 1^st yr seminars, would rather see another requirement for science or social science course added. Discuss with James: how to provide input to the Faculty Senate process and outcome.

- General Education course recertification, to be coordinated with the Branches (subcommittee?)

- Undergraduate issues: better integration of minor degree students.

RESEARCH ITEMS

- Update on NSO (James/Jason).

- Update on ARC 3.5-m and APO (Nancy

- Update on SDSS-IV and V (per Jon, Rene), need representatives for SDSS-V Advisory Council and CoCo

- Other?

OTHER ITEMS, INCLUDING STUDENT ISSUES