October 23, 2013
Maharishi International University
FACULTY DOCKET
October 23, 2013
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Friday, October 25
Faculty Senate Meeting, Dreier Room 12, 10:00 to 12:00
Introduction of His Excellency Thakur S Powdyel, former Minister of Education of the Kingdom of Bhutan at 12:00 noon.
This session will be the activities part of our Faculty Development Workshop on “The Unity Chart with Special Attention to the ‘Impulses’ Line,” which we started in May. We will draft text for our Unity Charts and review them in small groups. We will meet in Dreier Room 12 at 10 AM.
If you’d like to review the materials presented in May, you can find slides, handouts, and video on the Teaching Resources page at
http://www.miu.edu/RelId/678061/ISvars/default/2012-13_Academic_Year.htm
Please bring the following to the Workshop:
1. Something to write with and on
2. Main points and unity charts including unity charts that don’t yet have the ‘impulses’ line.
3. Your handouts from the May session. (Or download a set from the above webpage.)
If you have questions about the Workshop, please direct them to Jane Schmidt-Wilk, jschmidt@miu.edu
Thursday, October 31
Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15
Saturday, November 2
Experience Meeting with Dr. Bevan Morris for All Sidhas on Faculty and Staff, 1:30, location to be announced, Sidhas should round in the Domes in the morning
Thursday, November 7
Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15
Tuesday, November 12
Faculty Senate meeting, Raja Michael Dillbeck presenting on the use of the scientific research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, details to be announced, after class
Thursday, November 14
Academic Council, Dreier Room 102, 3:15 to 4:15
Agenda: to be determined
Friday, November 22
Faculty Senate meeting, Festival Hall, 10:00 to 12:00
Agenda: Research presentations
Thursday, October 31
Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15
Thursday, November 7
Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15
Tuesday, November 12
Faculty Senate meeting, Raja Michael Dillbeck presenting on the use of the scientific research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program, details to be announced, after class
Thursday, December 5
Academic Council, Dreier Room 102, 3:15 to 4:15
Agenda: to be determined
Thursday, December 12
Academic Council, Dreier Room 102, 3:15 to 4:15
Agenda: to be determined
Saturday, December 14
Faculty Senate meeting, Festival Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Agenda: To be announced
Thursday, April 17, 2014
All Campus Development of Consciousness Meeting, 1:15 to 3:15, meeting locations were emailed to all students on April 10 and will be posted in all classrooms early next week. Please make sure your students all know that this meeting is a required part of their Development of Consciousness (DC) course.
Academic Council, Dreier Room 114, 3:15 to 4:15;
Friday, April 25
Faculty Senate meeting, location to be announced, 10:00 to 12:00
Agenda: Research presentations
Friday, May 23, 2014
Assessment Day, all day, meet by departments to write yearly assessment reports
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Commencement, Details to be announced
Monday, August 11, 2014 to Thursday August 14, 2014
Faculty Development Seminar
All faculty are required to attend; details to be announced
Academic Decisions
Note: Academic Decisions are automatically considered approved if no faculty makes a request for re-consideration to the Dean of Faculty cgorini@miu.edu.
Special Announcements
Draft Academic Calendar for 2014-2015 is attached. It is essentially the same as this year’s calendar. Please let Cathy Gorini cgorini@miu.eduknow if you have any comments on the calendar. We want to finalize it next week.
Computers, cell phones, and pagers — Please turn off all cell phones and pagers at the start of class, so you will not inadvertently interrupt a lecture or class discussion. Evidence from a variety of studies indicates that by multitasking, you compromise your efforts to learn. Furthermore, carrying on extended texting conversations in class is both inappropriate and distracting to your classmates, so please avoid these kinds of behavior. We will discuss when and under what conditions classroom use of computers is encouraged.
Course Changes No department may add a course without approval from Chris Jones, Dean of Academic Programs. This is a new policy that has been adopted to give students a more reliable schedule to use when planning their year. Chris will be in touch with departments who have courses with low enrollment; such courses may have to be cancelled.
Program Attendance at Alternate Flying Halls If you do program at the Downtown Flying Hall or at the Maharishi Vedic City Peace Palaces, please fill out the attached attendance form each month and return it to the Dean of Faculty Office or email it to dof@miu.edu.
Medicare If you are 65 or older, it is to your advantage to switch to Medicare now. Those who have switched have found it to be very easy and can get better coverage. See your insurance agent or Maureen Jones for more details.
Virus Protection Please make sure you have virus protection on all of your computers. You can download free virus software here:
For Windows:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download
For Macs:
http://www.clamxav.com
Year End Performance Reviews You should have had your year-end performance interview with your department head by now. If not, contact your department head or the Dean of Faculty. The Faculty Yearly Performance Review is attached in case you have not yet submitted it.
Instructions to submit your Performance Review:
1. Please complete the attached document
2. Save a copy for your records
3. Attach the completed survey to an email
4. EMAIL SUBJECT: Please make the subject of the email as follows:
Faculty Yearly Performance Review
5. Then email it to DOF@miu.edu & your Department Head
Life Insurance The University provides all full-time faculty with a Life Insurance policy. It is offered when you are hired. If you would like to change your beneficiary or learn more details about the policy, contact Maureen Jones.
Whiteboards or other Classroom Needs If you need whiteboards or other structural improvements to you classroom, please contact Dave Streid atdstreid@miu.edu or 472.1130
Wifi in Classrooms We now have the ability to put Wifi in classrooms, but Wifi in one classroom can overlap into other classrooms. It can also be turned on and off. Please let Tom Hirsch know if you want Wifi in your classroom.
Consulting Policy
Departments may not hire outside consultants or contractors to perform a service that is already being performed within the University or for which the University has a pre-existing contract (e.g. personal counseling with Optimae LifeServices). This applies to all departments for all programs. This includes, but is not limited to, the following services:
Web design
Marketing
Personal counseling and therapy.
Any exceptions to this policy must be approved by Executive Committee.
This policy is effective immediately.
Dockets are now archived on the new website http://www.miu.edu/RelId/617382/ISvars/default/default.aspx?RelId=617382
Special announcements, policies, and other information will also now be archived in a document titled Policies and Information stored on the docket webpage.
Committee Minutes ONLINE
Committee Minutes are now ready to be added and viewed on the Committee page of the website. If you do not see the minutes you are looking for please let the Chair of that Committee know.
http://www.miu.edu/RelId/621413/ISvars/default/Committees.htm
You must be signed in to view this page.
If your committee has not added the minutes to the site please let Amellia know who will edit your page and she will set it up. She also has a video tutorial to help you edit and format your minutes.
New Textbook Information Forms
IMPORTANT: Faculty no longer need to edit the WikiTextbook site, adding your own textbook information. Instead, please fill out your Departmental Textbook Online Form with your textbook information. Your Department Administrator will then edit the Wiki with your textbook information for you.
If you prefer to edit the Wiki yourself, then this is fine. However, please let your Dept. Admin know this.
Please choose the correct Department Textbook Online Form for each of your courses below (links):
Art
Business Administration / Management
Computer Science – Listing textbooks on their own site as they were before.
Education
Literature & Writing
Mathematics / Physics
Maharishi Vedic Science
Media and Communications
Physiology and Health
Sustainable Living – email lhays@miu.edu
A reminder will continue to be sent to you 4 weeks before your course.
If you have any questions, please contact your Dept. Admin.
Bibliography Software
A number of websites provide free tools for correctly formatting bibliographies. These can be useful in your own research and for your students. URLs for several of these are given here:
http://ottobib.com/
http://www.bibme.org/
Course Administrative Deadlines
Faculty can now see course administrative deadlines (grades, printing, etc.) per block on the Faculty Events Calendar. You can click on an event and add it to your own Google Calendar as a reminder for the block(s) you teach.
http://www.miu.edu/faculty-staff
MIU.edu transition to Google Apps
All miu.edu email accounts are now being transitioned into Google Apps account.
To begin the transition, please make sure you have an miu.edu email account. Contact helpdesk@miu.edu to obtain one. The next steps for the transition to Google Apps will be sent out soon.
If you have a departmental miu.edu email which is delegated to more than one faculty, then please contact IT regarding how to delegate it in the future using Google Apps.
Please be aware that soon you will only be able to use DOF forms by being signed into your miu.edu App account.
Guest Speaker Form
Guest Speaker Approvals are necessary every 6 months. Please allow 2 weeks for processing each request. The form is available on the private access area of the resources page. Here is the link: Guest Speaker Form.
Maharishi International University Faculty Fraternization Policy
Maharishi International University provides students with a positive and nurturing environment. The University recognizes the very positive benefits to be gained from student interaction with faculty and staff. These interactions are encouraged and supported when they are kept at a professional level and promote healthy social, emotional, and intellectual development. All faculty and staff are expected to maintain the highest standards of professional conduct in their relationships with students. The following fraternization policy has been adopted to ensure that the human and legal rights of students must be respected at all times, both on and off campus. Any act of harassment, exploitation, or inappropriate fraternization will not be tolerated.
Relationships between individuals in inherently unequal positions may undermine the real or perceived integrity of the teaching, supervision, and evaluation process, as well as affect the trust inherent in the educational environment. It is the policy of Maharishi International University that persons in unequal positions do not conduct romantic or amorous relationships. The University considers it inappropriate for any member of the faculty to date or establish an intimate relationship with a student. Staff members are strongly discouraged from dating students. Furthermore, the University considers it inappropriate for any member of the faculty, administration, or staff to date or establish an intimate relationship with any subordinate or colleague upon whose work performance he or she currently makes professional judgments or can be expected to do so in the near future.
Teaching and research fellows, doctoral and graduate assistants are likewise not allowed to conduct romantic or amorous relationships with students. Tutors, interns, and any other students who perform work-related functions for the University are also not allowed to conduct romantic or amorous relationships with students for whom they act as supervisor.
Interns are treated as staff with respect to this policy with the exception of a relationship begun before the individual became an intern, unless the intern is in a supervisory role for the student or makes professional judgments or can be expected to do so in the near future.
Anyone who violates this policy is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. Formal disciplinary action may range from a reprimand to termination of employment or assignment. A faculty member or employee may be placed on administrative leave, suspended, or transferred while a case is being reviewed. Decisions regarding administrative leave, suspension, transfer or dismissal will take into consideration the nature of the appointment, the severity of the offense, any pattern or history of similar incidents, the possible duration of the investigation, and other factors.
If anyone feels than an exception should be made to this policy, he or she should submit a petition to the Dean of Faculty. The petition will be evaluated in consultation with the Dean of Student Life and the Legal Counsel.
This policy is not intended to discourage appropriate and professional interaction with students. Its purpose is to assure the safety and well being of all students of Maharishi International University. The guidelines and definitions in this policy may not be all inclusive. The University will, at all times, take whatever action is necessary to fulfill the intent of the policy and to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Consent may not be considered a defense against a charge of sexual harassment in any proceeding conducted under this policy. The determination of what constitutes sexual harassment depends on the specific facts and the context within which the conduct occurs.
Email etiquette reminders:
If you are forwarding a trail of emails to someone, please make sure to indicate why you are sending it and what you need from the recipient. A summary is always preferred to help the recipient know the reason they are reading the email trials and how they can help you.
Ideally you would write a summary and ask the recipient a question, rather than make them read through the entire trail of emails.
Only use Cc: when it is important for those you Cc: to know about the contents of the email. Overuse can cause your emails to be ignored.
Include addresses in the Cc: field for those who you are just FYI’ing.
If you cannot respond to an email promptly, at the very least email back confirming your receipt and when the sender can expect your response.