Board of Visitors Planning Session

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Board of Visitors Planning Session

• Accomplishments 2002-2003
• And
• Challenges 2003-2004

August 28, 2003
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PLANNING SESSION AGENDA

• 100 130 p.m. Board Overview
• Rector
• 115 145 p.m. University Accomplishments
• President
• 145 200 p.m. Break
• 200 315 p.m. Major Accomplishments and
• and Major Challenge
• Vice Presidents
• Academic Affairs
• Business and Finance
• Student Affairs
• Research and Technology
• Advancement
• 315 345 p.m. Goals for 2003-04
• Executive Vice President
• 345 400 p.m. Question and Answer Session

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Increase funding from the City of Norfolk
  and the General Assembly
• Gained voter approval for the General Obligation
  Bond Referendum (GOB) and obtained funding for
  NSUs Research and Innovations to Support
  Empowerment (RISE) Center (18 M), as well as
  approval of language to accelerate the RISE
  Project
• Obtained funding (3M) from the City of Norfolk
  to provide infrastructure, water and sewage for
  the RISE Center Complex
• Increased state funding for NSU by 56, in spite
  of declining revenues over the past five years
  (OCR)

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Upgrade campus infrastructure
• Obtained capital outlay funding from 2003 General
  Assembly session for renovations to the
  Communications Bldg., Teacher Education Building,
  Robinson Technology Building, HVAC systems and
  handicapped access
• Obtained capital outlay funding to purchase the
  Norfolk Community Hospital (3 M)

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Attract and retain quality students and
  improve graduation rate
• Improved retention rate by 11
• Improved graduation rate by 35
• Gained approval from the State Council of Higher
  Education in Virginia (SCHEV) for, and began
  implementation of, six new bachelors and masters
  programs mandated by the Office of Civil Rights
  (OCR) in electronics engineering, optical
  engineering, computer science and criminal
  justice
• Increased passage rate on PRAXIS I from 27 in
  1999-2000 to 91 in 2001-02
• Increased passage rate for Praxis II to 85 in
  2002 (State requirement is 70)

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Stronger relations between Board and
  Administration
• Coordinated with Governor Warners administration
  for the appointment of five new members to the
  NSU Board of Visitors
• Worked with the University Rector to streamline
  Board meetings and committees of the Board
• Created a template and numbering system to be
  used for developing and publishing
  university-wide policies and procedures via the
  web
• Increased Board awareness of higher education
  policies and issues through subscriptions to the
  Chronicle of Higher Education and by increasing
  their access to reference materials from the
  Association of Governing Boards as well as other
  pertinent articles, publications and journals

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Improve public image
• Served on numerous boards NAFEO, MEAC and Lumina
• Served as guest speaker or on education panels
  (i.e. AASCU)
• Received National Administrator of the Year Award
  from the Association of Educational Office
  Professionals and was selected by Dominion
  Resources to receive a Strong Man and Woman Award
  in January 2004.

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Attract and retain quality faculty
• Established the Presidential Institute for
  Administrative Leadership Development through
  Title III funding

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Lift political clout (State)
• Enlisted the aid of the Legislative Black Caucus
  to obtain reinstatement of state funding
  designated in the Office of Civil Rights Accord
  (OCR) for new mandated academic programs during
  budget cuts and obtained carry-over language for
  all OCR funding
• Served as Civilian Aide to the Army for Virginia

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Lift political clout (National)
• Served on President Bushs White House Initiative
  for Historically Black Colleges and Universities
• Worked with the Southeastern Universities
  Research Association to organize a consortium of
  HBCUs to share technology resources, and help
  close the digital divide (CMSIT)
• Testified in Congress in support of two pieces of
  legislation that would provide technology
  research funding for minority-serving
  institutions across the nation (S. 196
  sponsored by Senator George Allen and H.R. 2183
  sponsored by Congressman Randy Forbes)

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EXECUTIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Goal Boost diversity
• Began a transfer program with Tidewater Community
  College to provide DNIMAS scholarships for 8
  honors students.

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Academic AffairsAccomplishments

• Goal Attract and retain quality students and
  quality faculty
• DNIMAS Outstanding Science and Math Scholars
• Pre-Service Teacher Training
• Academic Links to Learning (ALL)
• Partnerships and Collaborations

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Produced Outstanding Science and Math Scholars

• Graduated 212 DNIMAS, 103 (49) have earned
  terminal degrees

• Four May 2003 DNIMAS graduates received 145,678
  in scholarships for advanced study

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Hosted Pre-Service Teacher Training Program
Conference

• Program objective--to enhance pre-service
  elementary and middle school teachers knowledge,
  skills, and strategies for teaching mathematics
  and science
• Award for 2002-2003--800,000
• NASA/NSU Eighth Annual Conference was held March
  27-29, 2003 in Alexandria, Virginia, Attendance
• More than 650 students and faculty members from
  51 colleges
• 4 faculty advisors and 53 students from NSU

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Title III Initiative

• Academic Links to Learning (ALL)
• Global Education
• Service Learning
• Cross-Curricular Collaboration
• Professional Development

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Increased Partnerships and Collaborations

• Municipalities
• City of Franklin, Department of Social Services,
  Hard-to-Serve Project
• City of Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach Department
  of Social Services, MSW
• City of Norfolk, Norfolk Department of Social
  Services, Establishment of a Training Academy for
  Professional Development
• City of Norfolk, Housing and Redevelopment,
  Evaluation of HOPE VI
• City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Department of
  Social Services, TANF Job Retention and Wage
  Advancement Project
• Other
• International Longshoremen Association
• Norfolk Public Schools
• USAA
• Empowerment 2010, Inc.
• Nexcom

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Academic Affairs

• Major Challenge for 2003-04
• Increase Pass Rate on University Writing Exit
  Examination
• Written Communication Overall Pass Rate61.7
• Student performance highest in form and
  organization, 74 and 76 respectively
• Student performance lowest in development and
  usage and style, 65 and 61 respectively
• Requirement for graduation

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Finance and BusinessAccomplishments

• Upgrade campus infrastructure
• Completed the design for construction of an
  Optical Engineering Lab. in Robinson Technology
  Center (OCR program)
• Improve public image and lift political clout
• Decreased the Federal Government student loan
  default rate from 27 to 6
• Successfully obtained an unqualified opinion on
  the financial statements
• Exceed the 95 State prompt pay standard by
  processing 98 of payment on-time.

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Finance and Business

• MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR 2003-04
• Increase the number of Finance and Business staff
  with a working knowledge of the student
  information system

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Student AffairsAccomplishments

• Attract and retain quality students and improve
  graduation rate
• Improved the profile of entering students
• Implemented the Spartan Transition Program and
  Freshman Transition Day
• Upgrade campus infrastructure
• Refurbished residence halls on the east side of
  campus
• Boost diversity
• Approved by the Bureau of Citizenship and
  Immigration Services to provide services for
  international students and staff

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Student Affairs

• MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR 2003-04
• Increase diversity of student body

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Research and TechnologyAccomplishments

• Upgraded campus infrastructure
• Upgraded Campus Network Backbone from 155 Mbps to
  1000 Mbps with 100 Mbps to the desktop
• Completed the migration of users from Netscape to
  exchange e-mail server
• Attract and retain quality students
• First state university to establish a new
  state-of-the-art student computing lab using seat
  management
• Improve public image
• Created a template and numbering system to be
  used for developing and publishing
  University-wide policies and procedures via the
  web
• Attract and retain quality faculty
• Increased sponsored program funding by 42.9
  since 2000

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Research and Technology

• MAJOR CHALLENGE FOR 2003-04
• Obtain funding to complete wiring of all
  buildings to include the student residence halls

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AdvancementAccomplishments

• Goal Increase overall giving through expanded
  fundraising efforts
• Completed preparation for the Universitys first
  comprehensive Major Gifts Campaign, The Campaign
  for Norfolk State University Initiatives for the
  Future
• Increased the percentage of alumni who give from
  7 to 9.3

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AdvancementAccomplishments

• Goal Improve public image
• Activated the Universitys first main
  thoroughfare electronic message/event sign on the
  corner of Park and Brambleton Avenues
• Held the third and highest attended Green and
  Gold Ball with over 550 in attendance

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Advancement

• Major Challenge for 2003-04
• Implement the leadership phase of the
  Universitys first major gifts campaign

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GOALS FOR 2003-2004

• Presentation by Executive Vice President