State of the University

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• State of the University (6)
• Fall 2008 Incoming Class
• John F. Carney III
• December 4, 2008

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Issues

• Economic situation
• Enrollment management
• Quality measures
• University advancement
• Green campus initiatives
• Recreational facilities
• Accreditation
• Administrative services
• Student affairs
• Academic affairs
• ST in the news and upcoming events

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Economic Situation

• President Forsee instituted a hiring freeze on
  November 17
• Contingency planning
• Nodler/Icet memorandum of 12/1/08

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State Support vs Student FeesPercent
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FY 08 Current Fund Revenue
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• Enrollment Management

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Enrollment Goals

• Achieve 2011 total enrollment of 6,550

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Freshmen ClassFall 2008

• One of the largest and most talented new student
  classes in Missouri ST history
• 1,056 Freshmen enrolled
• 286 New transfer students enrolled
• 34 States represented
• New Hampshire to Alaska
• 10 Foreign countries represented

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Freshmen ClassOpening Week ProfileFall 2008

• Avg. ACT 27.4 (upper 10 in nation)
• Avg. HS GPA 71 have a 3.5 GPA or higher
• 85 Valedictorians and Salutatorians

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Freshmen Demographics

• Women (22.5)
• Men (77.5)
• Age 18 years or less (98)
• 79 Missouri
• 20 out-of-state
• 1 international
• 9.1 minority students
• 34 first-generation college students

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Enrollment Summary

• Since 2004, admission applications have increased
  by 22 and freshman deposits have increased by
  28
• Currently up 23 for Fall 09
• Fall 2008 Freshmen class is 45 larger than the
  Freshman class of 2000
• Managed growth by adding additional
• class sections
• student support programs
• constructing new suite-style residence halls

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New Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty2008 hires

• 36 new hires
• 12 female
• 4 in engineering fields
• 4 in science fields
• 2 in humanities and arts fields
• 2 in business
• 3 new department chairs
• 2 female
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Psychological Science

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Student/Faculty Statistics

• In 1998 we had 4,987 students and 290
  tenured/tenure track and 213 non-tenure track
  faculty members
• In 2008 we have 6,371 students and 293
  tenured/tenure track and 212 non-tenure track
  faculty members

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• Quality
• Measures

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U.S. News High School Guidance Counselors
Rankings

• 800 guidance counselors from the top high schools
  in the US ranked national universities based on
  their knowledge of the institutions academic
  record, curriculum, faculty, programs, and
  graduates.   

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U.S. News High School Guidance Counselors
Rankings

• National Universities
• Missouri ST is tied for 45th in the nation
• Missouri ST is ranked 2nd in Missouri
• Public Universities
• Missouri ST is ranked 12th in the nation
• Missouri ST is ranked 1st in Missouri

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Missouri ST Affordability

• Current Undergraduate Students
• Average parent income 75,607
• Family incomes below 50,000 30
• Graduation Statistics
• Approximate indebtedness 21,000
• Average 2008 starting salary 57,100

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• University Advancement

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Advancing ExcellenceCapital Campaign
ProgressAs of November 30, 2008
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Advancing Excellence

• 26 gifts of 1M
• 31 of our alumni are donors to this campaign
  (34 of all undergraduate alumni)
• 60 of our alumni have contributed to ST during
  their lifetime. (65 of all undergraduate alumni)

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Advancing ExcellenceJuly 1, 2003 - Present

• Endowed 100 scholarships
• Funded the construction/renovation
• Havener Student Center
• Toomey Hall Mechanical Aerospace Engineering
• Student Recreation Center
• Increased ST endowment by 52 to 99.2M

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Advancing ExcellenceEndowed Chairs and
Professorships

• Five new positions and three upgrades
• F. Kenneth Iverson Chair of Steelmaking
  Technologies (Nucor)
• Richard K. Vitek/FCR Endowed Chair in
  Biochemistry
• Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil
  Engineering
• Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair in Computer
  Science
• Michael Barbara Hurst/McCarthy Building
  Companies Professorship in Construction
• John Susan Mathes Missouri Chair in
  Environmental Engineering
• Robert V. Wolf Chair in Metallurgical Engineering
• Vernon Maralee Jones Missouri Chair in Civil
  Engineering

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Proud Miner Campaign

• 48 of ST faculty, staff, and retirees have
  contributed to the campaign and have contributed
  in excess of 3.5M campaign-to-date.

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Miner Recreation Building
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Student Design Center PlansProposed Renovations
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• Green Campus Initiatives

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• E3 C
• Energy, the Environment,
• and Education
• equals Civilization

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2008 Hydrogen Road Tour
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EcoCAR NeXt Challenge

• In May 2008, Missouri ST was among 17 college
  teams selected for the 3-year EcoCAR competition
• In November, Missouri ST was selected as one of
  only two teams in North America to receive a
  hydrogen fuel cell powertrain
• Team has more than 130 members, including more
  than 20 graduate students covering 15 majors

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Wind TurbineMissouri State Highway Patrol, Troop
IFunding Missouri Office of
Administration Division of Facilities Management,
Design and Construction
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Green Campus Activities

• New Institute for Environmental Excellence (IEE)
  Director hired July 2008 - Angie Rolufs
• Attract outside support and target collaborative
  environmental sustainability research and
  education opportunities
• Guide collaborative efforts to advance Missouri
  ST as a leader in campus sustainability
• Green Campus Coordinator hired September 2008 -
  Julie Wilson
• Lead on-campus environmental activities and
  coordinate events and projects that will involve
  the entire campus and community

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• American College and University Presidents
  Climate Commitment

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Environmental Management2008 Target Objectives

• Reduce electrical usage by 4
• Efficient lighting improvements
• Monitoring usage per square foot currently
  using 14.67 kw hours
• Reduce paper usage by 40
• Working with student groups to implement new
  policies
• Reduce solid waste by 10
• Student groups are adopting buildings and
  managing the recycling bins, especially plastic
  bottles

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• Recreational Facilities

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Student Recreation Facilities Referendum

• With a 63 majority, the student body approved a
  new 30 per student per semester capital fee to
  fund additional renovations of the student
  recreational facilities, including the student
  recreation center, intramural fields, and tennis
  courts
• Faculty and staff who use the new fitness
  facility will also be assessed a fee of 30 per
  semester

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General Fitness Complex
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• Accreditation

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ABET Accreditation Visit

• On campus October 18-21, 2008
• 16 engineering programs evaluated

• Aerospace Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Ceramic Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Management

• Environmental Engineering
• Geological Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

Engineering laboratories and equipment Faculty
size
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• Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
  Association of Colleges and Schools

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Self Study Steering Committee

• Jerry Bayless
• Harvest L. Collier
• Caroline Fisher
• Ralph E. Flori Jr.
• Amy M. Gillman
• Jay W. Goff
• Larry Dale Gragg
• Edna Grover-Bisker

• Thulasi Kumar
• Wayne Huebner
• Roberta Morgan
• Jim Murphy
• Jia Ren
• Laura Stoll
• Henry Allen Wiebe
• Summer Young

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NCA Accreditation Visit

• Missouri ST 2008 Institutional Self Study Report
  is now available on-line at http//accreditation.m
  st.edu.
• An Open Forum  will be held for students on
  January 28, 2009 from 12-1 PM in 125
  Bulter-Carlton Building. 
• An Open Forum will be held for faculty and staff
  on January 30, 2009 from 12-1 PM in the Havener
  Center.
• The NCA Accreditation site visit will take place
  February 23-25, 2009.

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• Administrative
• Services

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Administrative Services

• Physical Facilities
• Campus grounds
• New buildings
• University Police
• Progress toward accreditation by the
  International Association of Campus Law
  Enforcement Agencies

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex
Dedication April 17, 2009
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• Student
• Affairs

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Career Opportunities Center

• 301 employers at fall Career Fair
• Largest participation in history of University
• 1 employer for every 20 students
• Probably the largest career fair in the country

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Athletics

• Miners football won the Great Lakes Football
  Conference championship and the Miners had 13
  selections to the all-conference team
• In November the ST swim team beat Drury
  University, the defending national champions.

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• Academic Affairs

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Planning

• Strategic Plan
• FY 2008 - FY2012 available on the web
• Tactical Plan
• 2009 Tactical Plan
• 2008 Tactical Plan Accomplishments
• http//chancellor.mst.edu/stratplan/

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Sponsored Programs Activities

• FY09 activities through the end of November and a
  year-over-year comparison are as follows
• Proposals awarded in total dollars 25.5M (up
  22.4)
• Number of proposals awarded and amendments 177
  (up 12)
• Proposals submitted in total dollars 69.1M
  (down 2.8)
• Number of proposals submitted 242 (up 6.6)
• Research expenditures 16.1M (down 6.2)
• FA recovered 2.9M (up 25.2)

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Success Stories Research

• Missouri ST is one of five U.S. universities in
  the NSFs Engineering Research Center for Future
  Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management
  (FREEDM) Systems (PI Dr. Mariesa Crow)
• "Neuroscience and Neural Networks for Engineering
  the Future Intelligence Electric Power Grid" is
  one of four projects awarded by NSF under the
  Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation
  Cognitive Optimization and Prediction From
  Neural Systems to Neurotechnology Program (PI G
  K Venayagamoorthy)

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Patents2008 Calendar Year
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Success Stories Patents(national average review
time for all patents is 41.5 months)

• Beetner, Sequin and Hubing, Electromagnetic
  Emissions Simulations and Detection Systems
  (allowed in 13 months)
• Zoughi, Kharkovsky and Stephen, Non-Destructive
  Testing of Physical Characteristics of Composite
  Structures (US Patent 7,439,749 issued in 24
  months)
• Al-Assadi and Chandrasekhar, Domino Logic
  Testing Systems and Methods (US Patent 7,332,938
  issued in 20 months)

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System Wide TTO performanceInvention Disclosures
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System Wide TTO performancePatents Filed
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Global Learning

• Enrollment has increased from 304 in Fall 2003 to
  603 in Fall 2008
• 11 graduate degrees are available via the Web
• We have 33 distance graduate certificate programs
  in 12 different disciplines

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International Activities

• Signed 5-year contract with Gulf University of
  Science and Technology in Kuwait
• Expect to sign new contract with Mazoon College
  in Oman
• Completed transfer agreement with University of
  Botswana 20 students per year to complete
  junior and senior year in mining engineering

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• ST in the News
• and
• Upcoming Events

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ST in the News

• Sandra Magnus (Phys86, MS EE90) arrived at the
  International Space Station in November for a
  4-month stay
• While on the ISS, she is posting updates on
  Missouri STs spacebook website,
  http//spacebook.mst.edu

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ST in the News

• The Detonators is a new Discovery Channel
  program featuring Missouri ST explosive expert
  Dr. Paul Worsey and ST graduate Dr. Braden Lusk
  of the University of Kentucky
• The 13-week series begins in January
• Each hour-long program will offer a
  behind-the-scenes look at the science of
  explosives engineering

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CommencementDecember 20

• Anticipate just under 600 candidates
• 375 bachelors
• 200 masters
• 20 Ph.D.
• Dr. Joan B. Woodard will be speaker and honorary
  degree recipient
• Executive Vice President and Deputy Laboratories
  Director for the Nuclear Deterrent at Sandia
  National Laboratories.
• B.S. and a professional degree in applied
  mathematics from Missouri ST in 1973 and 1999,
  respectively
• Member of ST Board of Trustees, Campaign
  Organizing Committee, and Engineering Advisory
  Board

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Board of Curators Meeting/ Board of Trustees
Meetingwill be held on Missouri ST campus on
April 2-3, 2009