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Board of Regents Meeting

April 25, 2014

Regent Karen Bearden, Chairperson

Regent Mindy Barfield

Regent Julian Jeter-Davis

Regent Syamala Reddy

Dr. Joel Thierstein, Staff

KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee April 25, 2014 11:15 am to 12:00 Noon Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky

Section Page

A1 Approval of Minutes 4

A2 Executive Summary Information 6

A3 Action Item: Faculty Tenure and Promotion 16

A4 Action Item: Conferring of Degrees 18

Dr. Joel Thierstein, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

VII Adjournment

A1

The minutes of the Academic Affairs Committee meeting for January 24, 2014, require approval to become an official part of the committee records.

It is recommended that the Academic Affairs Committee approve the minutes of the January 24, 2014 meeting.

Regent Karen Bearden, Chairperson called the Academic Affairs Committee meeting of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents to order at 11:27 a.m. on January 24, 2014. Regent Karen Bearden asked the secretary to call roll:

Regent Karen Bearden, Present Regent Mindy Barfield, Present Regent Julian Jeter-Davis, Present Regent Syamala Reddy, Absent

Regent Julian Jeter-Davis, Present Regent Syamala Reddy, Absent

A quorum was declared. The report affirms that Academic Affairs and Land Grant faculty and staff remain dedicated to teaching, research, and service.

Action: A motion for the approval of the Academic Affairs Committee's October 25, 2013, minutes was made by Regent Barfield and seconded by Regent Jeter-Davis. The motion passed and the minutes were approved.

Action: A motion for approval of the recommendation to approve Faculty Emeriti status to Dr. Karan Kaul and Dr. Patricia Pearson was made by Regent Barfield. Regent Jeter-Davis abstained. The motion was withdrawn and will be taken to the full Board for action.

The program approval action items for the Doctor of Nursing Practice and the Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Behavioral Sciences were changed to information items on the agenda.

The Academic Affairs' Committee meeting adjourned at 12:34 am.

Submitted by: Approved by:

Dr. Joel Thierstein, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

Regent Karen Bearden, Chairperson Academic Affairs Committee

___ Approved with no corrections

___ Approved with corrections

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A2

The Academic Affairs Report submitted by Dr. Joel Thierstein, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs is presented on pages 7 – 15.

KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY Regular Meeting of the Board of Regents Academic Affairs Committee April 25, 2014 11:15 am to 12:00 Noon Board Room – Academic Services Building Frankfort, Kentucky

Thorobred News Editorial Board students, Morgan Jones, Tiana Barron and Robert Willis won two awards for Excellence in Journalism at the Black College Communication Association Conference hosted by Prairie View A&M University.

The awards were:

First Place: “Band Director Firing Leaves Lessons” Thorobred News Third Place: “Ding Dong the Director’s Gone” Thorobred News

Sixteen honors students from the Whitney Young School attended the Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) fall conference at Northern Kentucky University October 4-5, 2013. The Honors Roundtable brings students from honors programs from the public universities together for academic and social activities.

Dr. Mara Merlino and Dr. Tierra Freeman, Associate Professors of Psychology along with V. Springer, V. Dahir, D. Hammond, A. Dyer, and B. Found presented their paper Semantic Content and Signature Process Identification in Single Signature Specimens at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA.

Dr. Mara Merlino and Dr. Tierra Freeman, Associate Professors of Psychology along with V. Springer, V. Dahir, D. Hammond, A. Dyer, and B. Found presented their paper Signature Type and Complexity in Questioned/Known Signature Comparison Tasks. Paper presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA.

Ms. Fran Bradshaw, Instructor of Developmental English will participate in the Literacy Design Collaborative Institute presented by the Kentucky Department of Education and Reach Associates on April 17, 2014 in Lexington, Kentucky. The workshop covers LDC modules. The LDC Framework provides teachers a balance of guidance when implementing the instructional shifts and demands of the Common Core.

Ms. Fran Bradshaw's College Reading Academics with Attitude (AWA) class continues to visit the Rosenwald Center during the Spring, 2014 semester. The AWA students will present books to the Rosenwald library.

Dr. A. Hayden has 21 Criminal Justice students who are participating in civic engagement activities this semester ranging from the Franklin County Sheriff's to the Department of Corrections

During the spring 2014 semester, Social Work field placement students participated in a local community event by helping low-income families and students.

The School of Education will be holding its first annual retreat May 13-15, 2014. The purpose of the retreat is to remain engaged in a continuous assessment process for unit and program improvement.

Strömberg, A., Fluur, C., Miller, J., Chung, M.L., Moser, D.K., & Thylén, I. (2014). ICD-recipients' understanding of ethical issues, ICD function, and practical consequences of withdrawing the ICD in the end-of-life, Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, In Press.

Mason, S. and Downing, B. (2014). Book Chapter: “Alleviating Bulling: Conquering the Challenge of Violent Crimes.” First Year Teachers’ Perception on their self-efficacy in bullying intervention: Implication for teacher preparation programs. Edited by Ashraf Esmail.

Dr. Sandra Holmes and Dr. Dean Treadway were selected as pro Program Reviewers for the Accreditation Commission for Nursing Education (ACEN).

Ms. Vicky Moore received certification in Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (Jan. 2014).

Miranda Allen, Rodricka Brice, Kyle Clark, Destinee Douglas, Stephen Ferrell, James Happy, Martrise Maddox Suddith, Ronald Moore, Eugene Riley, Sylvia Valentine and Li J. Zhang will present at the National Conference of ENACTUS on April 1-2, 2014 in Cincinnati, OH. The title of the project is “Global Competitiveness Mission Statement for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” Faculty mentor: Dr. Paul Wilhelm, Associate Professor of Management.

A supplementary instructional pilot program for two high risk classes was implemented this semester in the Business School.

Two new courses are being taught in Computer Science this semester along with one additional course added online.

The faculty continues to work with Enrollment Management on active recruitment of students to the college. They have contacted over 300 students who have been accepted at the university. Each student has been assigned a faculty mentor. Letters were sent from the Dean and the Chairs to potential students.

Presentations/Publications Dr. Assefa, Tibebe (2014), “Africa Stock Market Returns and Liquidity Premia,” Presented at the annual conference of the Southwestern Finance Association (March 12-14).

Dr. Desborde, Rene (2014) “The Obesity Epidemic In the United States: Mitigating the Problem with a Multidimensional Model,” presented at the annual conference of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, Las Vegas, NV, (February 22).

Dr. Liu, Zhanping, per an invitation by KYCAA (Kentucky Chinese American Association), gave a 100-minute seminar (http://www.kycaa.org/Home.html) titled “Appreciating Chinese Traditional Poems, Lyrics, and Parallel Proses” (with the 24-page notes available at http://www.kycaa.org/Activities/Poems_Lyrics_ParallelProses_Feb22_2014_ZhanpingLiu.pdf) on February 22, 2014.

Dr. Rivers, Richard and Mark Buxton (2014), “Escalation of Commitment: The Effects of Magnitude of Loss, Monitoring and the Presence of an Alternative Investment: Can a Project 90 Percent Complete Be Stopped?” Journal of Accounting and Finance (Accepted for publication, forthcoming).

Dr. Wilhelm, P.G., and J.P. Wilhelm (2014), “Presidential Personalities Telling.” The State Journal, February 16.

A total of five new courses are being developed, including: enhanced lectures in Apiculture and Pollination Biology using videography and photographs; recording lectures to develop an online Fisheries Management course projected to be offered this fall, as well as three other courses.

Twenty nine publications were produced by CAFSSS faculty/staff and students: Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) = 5 (2) undergrad), Extension = 3 (3 faculty/staff) Aquaculture (AQU) = 10 (6 faculty/staff), Extension = 4 (4 faculty/staff) Environmental Studies & Sustainable Systems (ESSS) = 4 (1 faculty/staff), Extension = 3 (3 faculty/staff) Food and Animal Science (FAS) = 10 (5 faculty/staff), Extension = 5 (5 faculty/staff) Presentations ANR = 22 (10 faculty/staff), 2 undergrad, 2 grad), Extension = 8 (8 faculty/staff) AQU = 33 (13 faculty/staff), Extension = 20 (20 faculty/staff) ESSS = 9 (2 faculty/staff), 2 undergrad, Extension = 5 (5 faculty/staff) Food & Animal Science (FAS) Research = 2 (2 faculty/staff), Extension = 8 (8 faculty/staff) Family and Consumer Science (FCS) Research = 0, Extension = 12 (12 faculty/staff)

A total of five grants and proposals were submitted for a request of $1,449,839.62.

A total of four grants received notification of funding for a total of $1,103,295 awarded.

Dr. M. Simon, Mr. Louie Rivers, and team received Meritorious Program Award for the Third Thursday Thing at the Epsilon Sigma Phi Honorary, Gamma Sigma Delta Chapter Annual Meetings; the Secretary of State 2014 Outstanding Civic Education Leadership Award and the Excellence in Extension Award at the Southern Rural Sociology Association Annual Meeting. They also received a Special Service to Sustainable Agriculture Award at the Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group Annual Meeting.

Dr. Buddhi Gyawali received the prestigious Southern Rural Sociological Association's Excellence in Research Award.

50th Anniversary of the MLK March on Frankfort - On March 5, over 175 KSU students joined thousands at the state capitol including schools, churches and activists as well as participants from the original march to recreate the historic event that protested the old public accommodation laws in 1964. KSU students had several meetings in February and created signs that supported equal pay for women, raising the minimum wage, protecting voting rights, and increasing federal and state funding for historically black colleges and universities. Many students learned about House Bill 70, which, in its original form, would allow convicted felons who have served their time and paid restitution to be able to vote. A new display was added to the Visitors Center at the Academic Services Building celebrating this historic event.

Operation Preparation: One-on-One Advising and Career Planning for 8th and 10th grade Students- On March 10 and 11, the Office of Regional Stewardship and Civic Engagement hosted over 900 eighth and tenth grade students from the Franklin County School district for two days of college and career planning. Sessions included one-on-one advising sessions with over (125) volunteer community and campus professionals, a “soft skills” workshop led by Gae Broadwater, a presentation by KHEAA, Green Jobs in the 21st Century, Upward Bound Opportunities, 2-year Technical Certificates and Opportunities in the Military. This was the third year KSU hosted this event.

Frankfort Public Arts Tour FPAT (Phase II) - Two years ago the Office of Regional Stewardship and Civic Engagement partnered with the Downtown Frankfort Inc, Liberty Hall Historic Site, Franklin County Tourism Office and Joanna Hay to create a web-based cell phone application that highlighted twelve tourist attractions in the Frankfort community, including the Whitney Young Statue and Hathaway Hall at KSU (Phase I). This project was a tremendous success and all partners agreed to enhance the tour in order to make it more inclusive.

The purpose of Phase II is threefold: to promote awareness and use of the FPAT through social media; to develop web-based activities that will encourage both residents and visitors (individuals, K-16 students, seniors, families with children, tour groups, and school field trips) to engage more deeply with the art and engagement in a public forum about the future creation of public art; and to support the creation and documentation of a tile mural by youth and a visiting artist to add to the FPAT. During the next two semesters, Kentucky State University service learning students from four courses which include UNV-101, Art, Photography, and Computer Science will participate in all three components of this project.

The Library has hosted a number of programs and has been involved with projects over the past three months.

In celebration of African American History month and the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights March on Frankfort, the Library had a traveling museum exhibit titled: Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights Movement on display. The exhibit was on loan, compliments of the Kentucky Historical Society.

On February 26, 2014, the Library hosted an African American Read In and the inaugural meeting of the Library's new reading club for students. Students read passages and poems from their favorite African American authors and poets

On March 6 and 7, 2014, KSU librarians participated in the OCLC demonstration of the Worldshare Management System sponsored by SAALCK (State Assisted Academic Library Council of Kentucky) at the University of Louisville and by KYVL at CPE. The SAALCK and KYVL Voyager consortia groups are looking at upgrading the current statewide library system – ExLibris Voyager in the near future.

On March 25 at 7:00 pm the Library hosted a program featuring Stephanie Deutsch, author of You Need a Schoolhouse: Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the Building of Schools for the Segregated South. Ms. Deutsch shared her story about the creation of the Rosenwald Schools and the obstacles that Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald had to face surrounding the creation of these schools a hundred years ago. Students from the Communications Department participated by creating a 30 minute documentary on Rosenwald schools, and interviewing Ms. Deutsch.

The Library hosted a recruitment program for KSU students with Tilda Reeder, Graduate Admissions Coordinator from the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina.

The Library is currently coordinating statistics for the ACRL Academic Libraries Survey for FY 2013.

The Library continues to participate in meetings, conferences and webinars, and serve in the consortiums and organizations with whom it holds membership on campus, statewide and nationally.

The Library faculty and staff participate in community service activities on campus, statewide, and nationally.

Upward Bound (UB) is currently implementing its academic component that consists of workshops, educational and cultural activities, and senior meetings. Workshops are focused on college readiness, college preparedness, and college enrollment. Thus far, the workshops featured the following topics: KSU History and Etiquette Training Seminar, Self-Esteem Workshop, and “From College II Career.” “From College II Career” is an annual UB event that encourages local high school students to think beyond college and into their future careers.

The program also participated in Operation Preparation where Director, T'Ebony Torain, and Administrative Assistant, Angela Reynolds, discussed the importance of ACT Benchmark scores and recruited new students into the program from the Franklin County School District. Upward Bound staff has participated in this event for the past two years.

Currently, the Upward Bound students are engaged in the tutoring component. Students come to campus on Tuesday and Thursday from 4-6 p.m. Students are transported from the Franklin County School system to the campus where they are tutored by KSU students in Core Subject areas.

Upward Bound is proud to announce a partnership with KSU Education Department and Collegiate 100 where KSU students mentor and tutor current UB participants.

Dr. Brett Cormier, Professor in the Department of Education, conducted an ACT workshop for the UB juniors to prepare them for the state wide ACT test on March 18, 2014.

During the months of January-March, the GO College program is continuing to implement its academic year component. Academic Coaches, Brandon Gatson and Sherrick O'Quinn continue to implement the Extended School Day model with their student GO College Learning Community. Each student receives the opportunity to participate in one or two hours of programming focused on academic remediation, college and career readiness, and ACT preparation. The coaches also meet with students during the day for “pull-out” sessions to discuss the same subjects. Beginning in February, GO College has implemented “Saturday Math” which is a whole school event that encourages freshmen to build their skills in Algebra I.

Currently, the GO College coaches are visiting the feeder middle schools in Louisville, KY to recruit new students into the program. The coaches have visited Newburg Middle School and Ramsey Middle School. They will also be visiting other middle schools within the Louisville community. The coaches are in the process of creating lesson plans for the students according to their grade level for the upcoming school year.

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The Office of Research, Grants, and Sponsored Programs from July 1, 2013 until March 20, 2014 has processed 50 proposals totaling $16,376,602.57.

Competitive grants/contracts managed by OSP include 83 active grant projects with budgeted totals for FY14 of $20,158,141.72 and expenditures to date of $8,983,166.71, this amount also includes 17 new awards totaling $3,645,867.05.

To-date, 13 entitlement grants/contracts are active and have a budgets totaling $22,771,705.07 available for FY14, and expenditures totaling $11,359,593.86 through March 2014.

In FY14, a total of 50 proposal have been submitted. Of the total submissions 32 were by individual faculty members at KSU. Thus, 18 percent of the faculty at KSU are engaged in grantsmanship.

Personnel in the OSP provide assistance to those who are preparing grant proposals, assist with completion of budget using a new budget establishment form and the new transmittal form which provides information about the award, location of services to be performed, and other pertinent information.

College of Agriculture, Food Science & Sustainable Systems

PI: Dr. Buddhi Gyawali

Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Title of Project: Targeted Infusion Project: Developing A Minor in Geoscience

Award Amount: $400,000

The Graduate Studies Office has participated in graduate recruitment fairs throughout the spring. The 2014 spring semester recruitment schedule included events at Central State University, Eastern Kentucky University, Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Tennessee State University, University of Cincinnati, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.

The Director of Graduate Studies followed up with each prospective graduate student within 24 hours. Each student was also connected to the Program Coordinator in their area of interest.

Online graduate applications will be available August 1.

The Council on Postsecondary Education’s (CPE) Committee on Equal Opportunities’ (CEO) January quarterly meeting featured the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) scholars. The scholars from the various state institutions were introduced to the committee and afforded time to discuss their research. Kentucky State University employs the largest numbers of SREB scholars in the state, all of which were in attendance.

The Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion attended the Committee on Equal Opportunities' March quarterly meeting held at the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE). The focus of the meeting was the various diversity projects occurring at the state institutions. Three institutions gave presentations that highlighted their institutional Diversity Plan. Kentucky State University is scheduled to present during the October quarterly meeting.

The CEO had a lengthy discussion regarding a proposal to include consideration of the LGBTQ community in its Diversity definition. The committee approved by a 6-5 vote to include “gender identity and gender presentation” in the Diversity definition. The item will go forward to the CPE for consideration.

Fourteen high schools (475 students) are enrolled in dual credit courses for the spring, 2014 semester (MAT 115, 398; BUA 101, 46; ENG 102, 31).

The Interim Coordinator of Dual Credit Programming met with the Franklin County Director of High Schools to discuss the possibility of KSU offering more dual credit courses.

A3

Upon the recommendation of the University Tenure and Promotion Committee, Dr. Joel Thierstein, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Dr. Mary Evans Sias, President, the Board of Regents is asked to approve the following recommendations for faculty promotion and tenure.

Faculty School/ Division Nature of Application Action

Collum, Danny LLP Promotion to Professor Approved

Cruz, Minerva PUA/SW/CJ Promotion to Associate Professor Approved

Cruz, Minerva Tenure Approved

Davis, G. Todd LLP Promotion to Professor Approved

Downing, Beverly EDU Promotion to Professor Approved

Downing, Beverly Tenure Approved

Hayden, Arthur PUA/SW/CJ Promotion to Associate Professor Approved

Hayden, Arthur Tenure Approved

Nowrouzi-Kashan, Fariba Early Tenure Approved

Rajendran, Narayanan MS Promotion to Professor Approved

Rye, Reba Fine Arts Promotion to Professor Approved

Tate, Debbra Library Promotion to Assistant Professor Approved

Unuakhalu, Michael COS Promotion to Professor Approved

A4

According to the Board of Regents of Kentucky State University Bylaws, Article V, Section 1, one of the duties of the Board of Regents is to "...grant diplomas and confer degrees upon the recommendation of the President and faculty."

Therefore, upon recommendation of the President and University Faculty, the Board is requested at this time to authorize the President to confer the appropriate degrees upon students who have completed degree requirements and are eligible to graduate on May 10, 2014.