February 2013

Maharishi International University

FACULTY DOCKET

February 14, 2013

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Calendar

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Thursday, February 14

Academic Council, Dreier Room 114, 3:15 to 4:15; Agenda: Consciousness-Based Education components

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Friday, February 22

Faculty Development Workshop, 10:00 to 3:30 pm, Festival Hall

Writing workshop with guest Dr. Kathleen Yancey, writing-across-the-curriculum expert

Saturday in March, date to be determined

Faculty Development Workshop, 1:30 to 3:30 pm

Agenda: Unified Field Charts

Thursday, April 18

All-Student Development of Consciousness Meeting, afternoon, details to be announced

Friday, April 26

Faculty Senate Meeting, preparation for the Higher Learning Commission visit in May

Friday, May 17

Joint Faculty/Staff Meeting, Dalby Hall, 3:20 to 4:15, Report on Higher Learning Commission Visit

Friday, May 24

Assessment Day, all day, meet by departments to write yearly assessment reports

Saturday, May 25

Commencement, Details to be announced

Friday June 28

Faculty Senate Meeting, 10:00 to 12:00, topic to be announced

Friday, July 19 to Sunday July 21

Governors Workshop, tentative, all certified Governors are encouraged to attend

Academic Decisions

Faculty Personnel Committee Council, February 7, 2013

Appointed: Romy Das, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Administration; Diana Rivera, Instructor of Business Administration; Michael Farrer, Instructor of Maharishi Vedic Science; John Ikerd, Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Living

Approved the following Nepotism Policy:

Nepotism Policy

A unique strength of Maharishi International University lies in the dedication of our staff and faculty to the University’s special ideals and programs. Individuals and their family members have, as a result, committed themselves to the University in an unprecedented fashion. A great source of the University’s success lies in this extended and expansive familial commitment, which the institution deeply appreciates and does not seek to discourage.

Along with this commitment, the University also seeks to foster a working environment in which people are treated with respect and fairness and without any potential for conflict of interest or appearance of favoritism. To promote both of these goals, the University’s Nepotism policies are as follows:

A)        No person shall be offered or denied compensated employment or any favored term or condition of employment on a preferential basis merely because that person is a relative (e.g., spouse, child, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, grandchild, or in-law or step-relative of same) of another person currently employed at the University.

B)        No employee shall initiate or participate in any personnel decision pertaining to a relative that involves issues of hiring, retention, termination, discipline, leave, performance review, salary, benefits, promotion or transfer, whether or not in the same department or reporting line as the relative. The unrelated direct supervisor of the relative, along with the Chief Administrative Officer, will determine what alternative procedures shall be employed in making such personnel decisions fair and impartial.

Faculty Personnel Committee Council, January 31, 2013

Appointed: Steve Yellin, Adjunct Instructor of Exercise and Sports Science; Francis Mosse, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Tetey Orgle, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sustainable Living; Elaine Ingham, Adjunct Professor of Sustainable Living

Note: Academic Decisions are automatically considered approved if no faculty makes a request for re-consideration to the Dean of Faculty cgorini@miu.edu.

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Special Announcements

Scientific Studies on TM Raja Michael Dillbeck has asked that we say in our website and publicity that more than 350 [not other numbers] peer-reviewed studies on the Transcendental Meditation program have been published in medical and scientific journals.

Also, we should discontinue citing 600 studies, since it could confuse the public to have two different numbers of studies being publicized, and also because 600 includes unpublished studies that may be seen as not meeting sufficiently high standards of scientific research.

Raja Hagelin has approved this policy for the US.

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 (Faculty/Staff => Faculty Admin => Dockets.) You must be signed in to view this page.

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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