GGE Documents and Policies

  University of North Dakota

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

         POLICY STATEMENT

INTRODUCTION

This statement of policies is designed to assist the students of the Department of Geology and Geological Engineering during their residence at the University.  The information presented here applies mainly to graduate students, and to a lesser extent to undergraduates, and is intended to supplement the Graduate School and Undergraduate Bulletins.  Changes in or exceptions to these policies may be granted upon petition to the faculty through the student’s advisory committee or advisor.

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UND Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

Tenure and Promotion

C:\Dept-Univ\Tenure-Promotion-Policy-vers. 3.wpd; December 5, 2007

A. Faculty Ranks (see the Faculty Handbook, section II-5.1 for more explanation and discussion)

Faculty may have the rank of instructor (non-tenure track), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor. The last three are part of the tenure track.

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Form to be completed for classes assessed according to GGE assessment policy. See Minutes of December 4, 2007, for discussion.

Report on Teaching Assessment (click for rtf file)

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Geology Department Faculty Meeting

Minutes

December 4, 2007

Present: Gosnold, Korom, Gerla, Zheng, Perkins (recording), Hartman, Matheney, Forsman, LeFever

Announcements

■Our departmental Christmas party is Thursday at the Royal Dork

■We have some extra tuition waver money and need to encourage students to use it to fund tuition for courses in their POS.

■Petroleum Engineering building: An alum has committed to paying for the building.  We are not sure where it is going to be built yet.  There is potential for other funds to cover other costs besides the building.  Hope to find out soon.  Meanwhile, we have been requested to put together a curriculum that includes some “business” aspects.

Assessment

■Faculty are reminded that our policy is to assess teaching for one course each year.  UND requires that three different metrics be used.

■We discussed a draft of an assessment reporting form created by Dexter.  This is a way to keep track of the course(s) that we assess.  Faculty should turn in these forms to the office shortly after the end of the semester when assessment occurs, along with supporting info (USAT summaries, Knowledge Survey Results, letter confirming an SGID occurred, self reflections, or other).  Dexter will slightly revise the form in response to faculty comments and circulate it, again.

Faculty Searches

GE search has 9 applicants so far.  Letters of recommendation have been solicited.

Geol search has 4 applicants so far.  We will request letters soon.

Next Faculty meeting is Jan 8.

■The departmental Tenure and Promotion policy is on the agenda.  Dexter will circulate the latest version.

Attached is the pdf version of the geology graduate program assessment plan that appears on a UND website. Phil Gerla sent the link in email to the GGE faculty on Dec. 4, 2007, and Matheney placed a copy of the document here.

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Attached is the form we must complete for the Earth Science Standards Program Report. Each faculty member teaching a class in our B.S. in Geology will already have received (in email from Matheney, dated Oct. 10) an abbreviated version of this form, customized for each class. The abbreviated versions are available here, too, filed by course number.

Earth Science Standards Program Report

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GGE faculty,

I would like to hold the faculty meeting on Thursday at 4:05 this week. I have an unavoidable conflict on Tuesday at 4:00 P.M.
Please let me know if you cannot attend.

Agenda will include:
Update on GSA interviews
Update on Workshop on Strategies for increasing enrollment
Continued discussion of T & P policy

Will

Meeting Minutes

Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

16 October 2007 – 4 pm

Present: Gerla (recording), Forsman, Gosnold (chair), Korom, LeFever, Matheney, Perkins, Zeng

(1) Minutes from the 9 October 2007 faculty were approved, pending minor changes related to the amounts shown for the EPSCoR new faculty award. (The total award amount for the department should be $217,900).

(2) Will G. announced that the fire marshal completed an inspection of Leonard Hall. The building was approved and permitted for assembly.

(3) A brief discussion focused on Dilojan Senanayake’s application to enter the geology PhD program. Phil G. recommended admission under provisional status and agreed to serve as Dilojan’s committee advisor. The faculty approved the recommendation.

(4) The faculty used the remainder of the time to discuss the draft Geology and Geological Engineering Tenure and Promotion Policy document. Consensus was reached on sections A, B, and C. The approved changes are attached.

Draft Tenure and Promotion Policy - Edits

Action during October 16, 2007, faculty meeting.

Draft Tenure and Promotion Policy - Edits