February 2014

Maharishi International University

FACULTY DOCKET

February 17, 2014

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Calendar

Friday, February 21

Faculty Senate, McLaughlin Room 113, 1:30 to 3:00

Agenda: Articulation of Institutional Learning Goals; Faculty Input to Campus Master Plan with Dave Streid; meeting may extend if anyone wants to stay longer for further discussion of the Campus Master Plan

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15

Thursday, March 6, 2014

Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Academic Council, Dreier Room 114, 3:15 to 4:15

Agenda: Assessment of Prior Learning, Review of Committee Minutes, Final Approval of Academic Calendar, 2015–2016

Spring Break, Friday, March 21 to Sunday, March 30

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Thursday, April 3

Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15

Thursday, April 10

Faculty Personnel Committee, Dreier Room 232, 3:20 to 4:15

Thursday, April 17

All Campus Development of Consciousness Meeting, 1:15 to 3:15, meeting locations will be emailed to all students in April and will be posted in all classrooms before the event. 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

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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, July to Thursday July 25

Consciousness Based Education Workshop for faculty, by invitation only, details to be announced later.

Monday, August 11, 2014 to Thursday August 14, 2014

Faculty Development Seminar

All faculty are required to attend; details to be announced

Academic Decisions

Academic Council, January 13, 2014

Gave preliminary approval to a new structure for the yearly academic calendar; see below.

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Faculty Personnel Committee, February 6, 2014

Appointed Sheer-El Cohen Research Scholar.

Appointed Phyllis Khare Adjunct Instructor.

Appointed Molly Haviland Adjunct Instructor.

Faculty Personnel Committee, January 30, 2014

Approved Steve Langerud as Faculty Representative for the Truman Scholarship

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Faculty Personnel Committee, January 16, 2014

Appointed Biku Shrestha as Instuctor of Computer Science

Note: Academic Decisions are automatically considered approved if no faculty makes a request for re-consideration to the Dean of Facultycgorini@miu.edu. Please see additional information regarding Academic Council decisions.

Special Announcements

Budgeting for Fiscal Year 2014–2015

The budgeting process for 2014–2015 will begin shortly. Department heads will be requested to formulate a budget with justifications and give faculty teaching loads for the current academic year 2013–2014 and for the next academic year, 2014–2015. Forms will be sent to department heads this week. The forms should be filled out and returned to Cathy Gorini; then department heads will meet with Cathy Gorini and Chris Jones to finalize the request.

Proposed Calendar, To commence 2015–2016

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Photocopy Requests

Please send all photocopy requests to copier@miu.edu. Please note that the press staff do  not work on Saturdays and that they request that jobs be submitted one week ahead of time to ensure that they are ready when you need them.

Maharishi’s Books as Class Readings

We should include reading by Maharishi in our academic courses whenever possible. Most books are available at the MIU Store, many at greatly reduced prices for students. Please have your students purchase these books, which they should have in their personal libraries anyway, rather than have them photocopied.

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.

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 – art@miu.edu
• Business Administration / Management – mgt@miu.edu
• Computer Science – Listing textbooks on their own site as they were before.
• Education – eddept@miu.edu
• Literature & Writing – litadmin@miu.edu
• Mathematics / Physics – mathadmin@miu.edu
• Maharishi Vedic Science – sozbudak@miu.edu
• Media and Communications –  mc@miu.edu
• Physiology and Health – physiology@miu.edu
• Sustainable Living – sustainableliving@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.

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

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.

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