February 2012
Maharishi International University
FACULTY DOCKET
February 1, 20112
Calendar
Monday, February 6
Academic Council, Dreier 114, 3:15 to 4:15
Agenda: Internships
Friday, February 10
Special Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 3:20 to 4:00
Presentation of the new on-line end-of-course feedback forms
Monday, February 13
FAPC, Dreier Boardroom, 3:15 to 4:15
Wednesday, February 15
Class schedules for 2012–2013 due.
Saturday, Feb 18
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
All Campus Development of Consciousness Meeting
Date to be announced soon, but it will most likely be the third Thursday of the March or April block.
Saturday, March 17
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, April 21
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, May 19
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, May 26
Commencement, Maharishi Patanjali Dome, 1:00
Academic Decisions
FAPC, January 30
Appointed Dr. Russell Hebert to Research Professor of Physiology and Health
FAPC, January 30
Promoted Steve Totino to Assistant Professor of Business Administration
FAPC, October 31, 2011
Appointed Claudia Melrose Adjunct Professor of Dance
Special Announcements
Dr. Ken Cavanaugh has been appointed Professor Emiritus. We congratulate Ken, a founding faculty member of the University, on his long service to the University and his outstanding record of research on the Transcendental Meditation technique and Maharishi Effect.
Base Camp
The Winter Base Camp is open for Faculty and selected staff. If you would like to attend send an email expressing your interest to Ken Daley. S. If you think you want to go or think you have signed up now is the time to do it again. Please indicate which Base Camp you are interested in participating in. Men February, 8-10, 2012 Women February, 15-17, 2012
Open Positions
We have two open positions, Director of Continuing Education (which can be part time) and Director of the Grants Office or Grants Writer. These positions can be faculty or staff. If you have any suggestions, or if you would like to take on one of these jobs, please contact Cathy Gorini.
University Organizational Chart
The University Organizational Chart is located at http://www.miu.edu/pdf/organizational_chart.pdf.
Access for One Period a Day Maharishi Tapes for All Faculty
The One Period a Day website, with 440 clips from Maharishi’s press conference, flash videos, and transcripts, is now available to distance users. First, log in as a distance user (passwords available from Martin Schmidt) and click on “One Period a Day” which is the last entry on the page. Then you will be prompted for the oneperiodaday username and password, as usual. Now everyone on faculty has easy access to this great resource of Maharishi’s lectures.The URL for on-campus users is http://oneperiodaday.miu.edu/; the username is faculty and the password is acharya. Other resources are available there, including a list of tapes available on YouTube.
Class Visits
Chris Jones and Jane Schmidt-Wilk, deans of teaching and learning, and Cathy Gorini, Dean of Faculty, and Craig Pearson, Executive Vice President, will be visiting classes. They will be evaluating your class using the form on page http://www.miu.edu/pdf_resources/classroom_visitation.pdf. You may introduce them to your class and explain the reason for their visit.
Summer Session Compensation for Faculty
Faculty teaching summer session courses as part of their regular teaching load will receive no additional compensation. Faculty teaching summer session courses as overload will receive one-half of the tuition of students other than regular MUM students, up to a maximum of $3,000.
Summer Session Policy for Students
Students can take up to six units during the summer session of 2012 without any tuition charge. They must cover their own room and board, however.
Continuing Education
Faculty compensation for Continuing Education courses will be as follows:
Standard course: 50% to faculty, 50% to MUM, teacher covers costs of marketing and AV but the Department of Continuing Education arranges for these.
16-Hour courses and other courses from International: 50% to International, 25% to faculty, 25% to MUM; MUM covers costs of marketing and AV; and the Department of Continuing Education arranges
Veda in Human Physiology course with display: 10% to International (per purchase agreement), 5% to National organization (per purchase agreement), 35% to faculty, 50% to MUM; teacher covers costs of marketing; and MUM covers AV and the Department of Continuing Education arranges
Courses taught in the Rec Center: 100% to instructor since students must pay Rec Center fees
The Department of Continuing Education collects and distributes revenues except for Rec Center Courses.
Maharishi Global Family Chat
You can subscribe to an email version of the Global Family Chat at https://www.mgcwp.org/ipad/ and you can view archives at http://www.maharishichannel.in/econtact/signup_form2.php.
New Field Trip Agreement Form
The new Field Trip Agreement Form is available at http://www.miu.edu/pdf_resources/field_trip.pdf. Please make sure that every student signs a copy of this form before going on a field trip. Also, a faculty member must be present at all times during a fieldtrip. Students may not drive other students. All drivers of MUM vehicles must be approved by Campus Security.
Student Handbook
The MUM Student Handbook is available at http://www.miu.edu/pdf/student_handbook.pdf.
Resources and Reminders
Faculty Events Calendar
http://www.miu.edu/events/faculty.html
Free Wikis for Academic Uses You can now create your own free wiki space here http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/highered If you have been using the MUM Textbook Wiki, you already know how to work with a wiki and now you can have your own wiki for your courses and students free of charge.
Textbook Wiki https://mumtextbooks.wikispaces.com/
If you are not yet a member, please create a free wiki membership at www.wikispaces.com and email Cathy Gorini to be able to edit the textbook wiki site.
Dean of Faculty Wiki The Dean of Faculty Office has a new wiki space with useful information for faculty. The first page will list all Faculty Senate committees. http://mum-dof.wikispaces.com/FacultySenateCommittees Please send suggestions and comments to Cathy Gorini, cgorini@miu.edu.
Class Enrollment Figures The number of students registered for a class can now be found online at http://sched1.miu.edu/scheduleofclasses/index.php.
Professional Dress for MUM Faculty
Faculty members should always dress in a dignified and professional manner when representing Maharishi International University. Attire may be less formal outside of work hours and on days off, but please maintain an appropriate standard dress on campus and in town.
To clarify expectations, our professional dress standards are outlined below:
MEN
Pants, dress shirt, and tie are required.
Blue jeans are inappropriate for class and University events.
Shorts are inappropriate for class and University events.
Earrings and other visible piercings are inappropriate.
Hair below collar level is inappropriate.
Neatly trimmed hair, beard, and moustache are appropriate.
LADIES
Dresses or skirts are recommend and should be knee length or longer.
Pantsuits or coordinated pants outfits are appropriate.
Clothing should not be sleeveless.
Blue jeans are inappropriate for class and University events.
Shorts are inappropriate for class and University events.
Earrings are fine, but other visible piercings are inappropriate.
If you have any questions about your dress standards, please speak with your department head or the Dean of Faculty.
Important Phone Numbers for Emergency Assistance
James Bedinger 919.7992
Jonathan Shapiro 233.8105
Student Support Services 472.1241 or ext. 1241
Jan Sickler 919.7327
Campus Security 472.1115 or ext. 1115
Emergency Calls Only 911
Faculty Resources Page Here is the general URL for the Faculty Resource Page: http://www.miu.edu/resources/welcome.html Username: resources Password: invincibility
Campus Directory http://www.miu.edu/phone/
Guest Speakers for Classes
If you would like to request a Guest Speaker for your class please fill out the form here as well as inform Amellia Hesse that you have requested a guest speaker by email dof@miu.edu:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewformformkey=dDFrUVRrUEVKS2dFeHNDNW5FbzBKaEE6MQ
Back Up Your Hard Drive
Please, please back up your work on a regular basis. We average one faculty hard drive crash every two months. Crashes are inevitable and the only way to protect yourself is to back up. If you do not have a flash drive, you can get one at the MUM Bookstore. Another convenient way to back up your important work is with Dropbox, here is a direct link: Dropbox Link.
Note – Dropbox may make your computer run slowly, so it is recommended that you quit when you are not accessing contents.
Antivirus Protection
The University has no longer supports Symantec antivirus for PC computers. It is recommended that you use Microsoft Security Essentials, available a thttp://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ if you are running an MS system. The Symantec antivirus for Macintosh computers is still available at http://lib2.miu.edu/download/Symantec/Mac/.
Macintosh Support
The Dean of Faculty has a copy of Disk Warrior that you can borrow to keep your Mac running like new.
Maharishi International University
FACULTY DOCKET
February 13, 20112
Calendar
Monday, February 13
FAPC, Dreier Boardroom, 3:15 to 4:15
Wednesday, February 15
Class schedules for 2012–2013 due
Curriculum Committee, 3:15, MVB 2nd floor NE classroom
Saturday, Feb 18
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Monday, February 20
Academic Council
Monday, February 27
FAPC, Dreier Boardroom, 3:15 to 4:15
Wednesday, February 29
Curriculum Committee, 3:15, MVB 2nd floor NE classroom
All Campus Development of Consciousness Meeting
Date to be announced soon, but it will most likely be the third Thursday of the March or April block.
Saturday, March 17
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, April 21
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, May 19
Faculty Senate, Dalby Hall, 1:30 to 3:00
Saturday, May 26
Commencement, Maharishi Patanjali Dome, 1:00
Academic Decisions
Academic Council, January 23
AC approved a new general education requirement to begin in the 2012-13 academic year: All incoming students will take a Critical and Creative Thinking seminar in the block following their STC course.
Special Announcements
Guidelines for Movies and Other Events Sponsored by Students and Clubs
Students and clubs wishing to sponsor a film screening or other event on campus work with a faculty advisor of their choice to make sure the movie or event respects the following guidelines.
1) Legal permission
We must have permission from the copyright holder to show a film. The University has BMI and ASCAP licenses. For films not covered by these licenses, the sponsor will need to obtain copyright permission. This can be costly, depending on the film or music. (A very limited exception allows the showing of movies in an ongoing academic class with face-to-face teaching.)
2) Content
We recognize that film and other media have powerful effects on the audience, positive or negative. At MUM we favor the positive because we understand that what we put our attention on grows stronger in our lives, and we wish to promote positivity in our campus culture. Therefore we ask sponsors to consider the effect of the film or other event on the consciousness of those participating. We also ask sponsors to inform potential viewers of what to expect so that they can decide if they wish to view the film or participate in the event.
A. Films available in the MUM Library may be shown without further consideration, provided that we have legal permission.
B. Other films and presentations may be offered provided they are respectful of our diverse, multi-cultural student body, ultimately life-affirming and nourishing, and not depressing or negatively overshadowing. In addition, we ask that event sponsors respect the following:
- no extreme, graphic, or prolonged violence, or suicide
- no excessive coarse language
- only brief nudity, if any (and not full)
- nothing at odds with the university’s educational mission (e.g., promoting another form of meditation, use of drugs and alcohol, criminal behavior, etc.)
3) Guest speakers or performers
If you would like to host a guest speaker or performer, please ask your faculty advisor to submit a request to the Dean of Faculty office. Please wait for approval before proceeding with the event.
4) To enhance the educational value of the event
Where appropriate, we encourage the event sponsor to invite a faculty member to participate in the discussion of a film or other topic.
5) Procedures
After the student or club and faculty advisor have concluded that the proposed event respects the above guidelines, the student or club should contact Student Activities stuact@miu.edu for assistance with scheduling and publicizing the event, as well as for understanding the simple procedures to help make the event a success.
Professional Photographs of Faculty
Ken West will be taking photographs of faculty for the website and MUM publications. You should look at your department website and see if your portrait is outdated (or nonexistent). Ken has a studio set up in his trailer. You should allocate 10 – 15 minutes to get their photo taken, so will feel more at ease and not have the need to run off and do something else. His camera is tethered to a computer that is connected to a large screen display so you can easily see and select their favorite picture and suggest any retouching that you want. Please contact Ken at kwest@miu.edu or 472.1040.
Online Reporting of Meditation Checkings
When you check your new students, please use the online checking form: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&pli=1&formkey=dEVQc0VDTEJjZGhRUnBOZWtSbmp6NWc6MQ#gid=0. This new online form is designed to minimize entry errors, duplication and email clutter. Please bookmark the link so you can refer to it easily.
Dr. Ken Cavanaugh has been appointed Professor Emeritus. We congratulate Ken, a founding faculty member of the University, on his long service to the University and his outstanding record of research on the Transcendental Meditation technique and Maharishi Effect.
Open Positions
We have two open positions, Director of Continuing Education (which can be part time) and Director of the Grants Office or Grants Writer. These positions can be faculty or staff. If you have any suggestions, or if you would like to take on one of these jobs, please contact Cathy Gorini.
University Organizational Chart
The University Organizational Chart is located at http://www.miu.edu/pdf/organizational_chart.pdf.
Access for One Period a Day Maharishi Tapes for All Faculty
The One Period a Day website, with 440 clips from Maharishi’s press conference, flash videos, and transcripts, is now available to distance users. First, log in as a distance user (passwords available from Martin Schmidt) and click on “One Period a Day” which is the last entry on the page. Then you will be prompted for the oneperiodaday username and password, as usual. Now everyone on faculty has easy access to this great resource of Maharishi’s lectures. The URL for on-campus users is http://oneperiodaday.miu.edu/; the username is faculty and the password is acharya. Other resources are available there, including a list of tapes available on YouTube.
Class Visits
Chris Jones and Jane Schmidt-Wilk, deans of teaching and learning, and Cathy Gorini, Dean of Faculty, and Craig Pearson, Executive Vice President, will be visiting classes. They will be evaluating your class using the form on page http://www.miu.edu/pdf_resources/classroom_visitation.pdf. You may introduce them to your class and explain the reason for their visit.
Summer Session Compensation for Faculty
Faculty teaching summer session courses as part of their regular teaching load will receive no additional compensation. Faculty teaching summer session courses as overload will receive one-half of the tuition of students other than regular MUM students, up to a maximum of $3,000.
Summer Session Policy for Students
Students can take up to six units during the summer session of 2012 without any tuition charge. They must cover their own room and board, however.
Continuing Education
Faculty compensation for Continuing Education courses will be as follows:
Standard course: 50% to faculty, 50% to MUM, teacher covers costs of marketing and AV but the Department of Continuing Education arranges for these.
16-Hour courses and other courses from International: 50% to International, 25% to faculty, 25% to MUM; MUM covers costs of marketing and AV; and the Department of Continuing Education arranges
Veda in Human Physiology course with display: 10% to International (per purchase agreement), 5% to National organization (per purchase agreement), 35% to faculty, 50% to MUM; teacher covers costs of marketing; and MUM covers AV and the Department of Continuing Education arranges
Courses taught in the Rec Center: 100% to instructor since students must pay Rec Center fees
The Department of Continuing Education collects and distributes revenues except for Rec Center Courses.
Maharishi Global Family Chat
You can subscribe to an email version of the Global Family Chat at https://www.mgcwp.org/ipad/ and you can view archives at http://www.maharishichannel.in/econtact/signup_form2.php.
New Field Trip Agreement Form
The new Field Trip Agreement Form is available at http://www.miu.edu/pdf_resources/field_trip.pdf. Please make sure that every student signs a copy of this form before going on a field trip. Also, a faculty member must be present at all times during a fieldtrip. Students may not drive other students. All drivers of MUM vehicles must be approved by Campus Security.
Student Handbook
The MUM Student Handbook is available at http://www.miu.edu/pdf/student_handbook.pdf.
Resources and Reminders
Faculty Events Calendar
http://www.miu.edu/events/faculty.html
Free Wikis for Academic Uses You can now create your own free wiki space here http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/highered If you have been using the MUM Textbook Wiki, you already know how to work with a wiki and now you can have your own wiki for your courses and students free of charge.
Textbook Wiki https://mumtextbooks.wikispaces.com/
If you are not yet a member, please create a free wiki membership at www.wikispaces.com and email Cathy Gorini to be able to edit the textbook wiki site.
Dean of Faculty Wiki The Dean of Faculty Office has a new wiki space with useful information for faculty. The first page will list all Faculty Senate committees. http://mum-dof.wikispaces.com/FacultySenateCommittees Please send suggestions and comments to Cathy Gorini, cgorini@miu.edu.
Class Enrollment Figures The number of students registered for a class can now be found online at http://sched1.miu.edu/scheduleofclasses/index.php.
Professional Dress for MUM Faculty
Faculty members should always dress in a dignified and professional manner when representing Maharishi International University. Attire may be less formal outside of work hours and on days off, but please maintain an appropriate standard dress on campus and in town.
To clarify expectations, our professional dress standards are outlined below:
MEN
Pants, dress shirt, and tie are required.
Blue jeans are inappropriate for class and University events.
Shorts are inappropriate for class and University events.
Earrings and other visible piercings are inappropriate.
Hair below collar level is inappropriate.
Neatly trimmed hair, beard, and moustache are appropriate.
LADIES
Dresses or skirts are recommend and should be knee length or longer.
Pantsuits or coordinated pants outfits are appropriate.
Clothing should not be sleeveless.
Blue jeans are inappropriate for class and University events.
Shorts are inappropriate for class and University events.
Earrings are fine, but other visible piercings are inappropriate.
If you have any questions about your dress standards, please speak with your department head or the Dean of Faculty.
Important Phone Numbers for Emergency Assistance
James Bedinger 919.7992
Jonathan Shapiro 233.8105
Student Support Services 472.1241 or ext. 1241
Jan Sickler 919.7327
Campus Security 472.1115 or ext. 1115
Emergency Calls Only 911
Faculty Resources Page Here is the general URL for the Faculty Resource Page: http://www.miu.edu/resources/welcome.html Username: resources Password: invincibility
Campus Directory http://www.miu.edu/phone/
Guest Speakers for Classes
If you would like to request a Guest Speaker for your class please fill out the form here as well as inform Amellia Hesse that you have requested a guest speaker by email dof@miu.edu:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewformformkey=dDFrUVRrUEVKS2dFeHNDNW5FbzBKaEE6MQ
Back Up Your Hard Drive
Please, please back up your work on a regular basis. We average one faculty hard drive crash every two months. Crashes are inevitable and the only way to protect yourself is to back up. If you do not have a flash drive, you can get one at the MUM Bookstore. Another convenient way to back up your important work is with Dropbox, here is a direct link: Dropbox Link.
Note – Dropbox may make your computer run slowly, so it is recommended that you quit when you are not accessing contents.
Antivirus Protection
The University has no longer supports Symantec antivirus for PC computers. It is recommended that you use Microsoft Security Essentials, available at http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/ if you are running an MS system. The Symantec antivirus for Macintosh computers is still available at http://lib2.miu.edu/download/Symantec/Mac/.
Macintosh Support
The Dean of Faculty has a copy of Disk Warrior that you can borrow to keep your Mac running like new.