January 2013
Maharishi International University
FACULTY DOCKET
January 21, 2013
Calendar
Thursday, January 31
Committee Meetings: Curriculum Committee, Teaching and Learning Committee, Expansion Committee, Faculty Personnel Committee
Thursday, February 7
Committee Meetings: Curriculum Committee, Teaching and Learning Committee, Expansion Committee, Faculty Personnel Committee
Thursday, February 14
Academic Council, Dreier Room 114, 3:15 to 4:15; Agenda: Consciousness-Based Education components
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 March 2
Faculty Development Workshop, 1:30 to 3:30 pm
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
Academic Council, December 14, 2012
Proposal for Graduate Certificate in MIS to be offered by the Department of Business Administration was approved. Students will take a two-unit SCI or STC course.
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
Consciousness-Based Education Handouts The updated handout from the Faculty Development Workshop with Dr. Susie Dillbeck is now available on the faculty website at http://www.miu.edu/Customized/Uploads/ByDate/2012/November_2012/November_16th_2012/FacDevMIU_Susie_10-26-1212103.pdf. You must be signed in to see this document login: your email and password: changeme
Instructions will be given soon on how to change your password.
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.
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/
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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/events/faculty.html
MIU.edu transition to Google Apps
All miu.edu email accounts are now being transitioned into Google Apps account. This means no more complicated forwarding of miu.edu to another email account to use it. Also, you can check your miu.edu email at gmail.com on any computer.
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 department 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.
Published Books Form
We plan to create a webpage advertising all books published by our faculty. It will include the books’ information and link to where they can be purchased. Please fill out this form for each book you have published separately. Here is the link: Published Books Form
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.