2011 State of the University A Tradi6on of Moving Forward Kirk H. Schulz, President University Standing • U.S. News and World Report best colleges – Top 75 public university (143 overall) – Top 40 engineering program (public) • The Princeton Review's Best 376 Colleges – #2 in the na6on for campus/community rela6ons – #14 in quality of life – #15 in campus food • Forbes’ America’s Top Colleges MOVING FORWARD: ACADEMICS Endowed Faculty Posi6ons Faculty Recogni6on • Endowed chair recogni6on dinner • Recogni6on wall in Anderson Hall Faculty Achievements • Bernard King (Aeronau6cs) – McArthur Faculty Fellow Award • Thomas A. Wright (Jon Wefald Leadership Chair, Business) – American Psychological Associa6on Fellow • Susan Brown (Biology) – Entomological Society of America Fellow • Angela Powers (Director, A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Comm.) – Research Fellow at Media Management and Transforma6on Center, Jonkoping University, Sweden Faculty Achievements • Chris6ne Aikens (Chemistry) – 2011 Sloan Research Fellowship • James Shroyer (Research & Extension) – Crop Science Society of America Fellow • Michael Wesch (Anthropology) – Na6onal Ins6tute for Technology in Liberal Educa6on Fellow • Kimetris Baltrip (Journalism and Mass Comm.) – Business Journalism Professors Seminar Fellow, Donald W. Reynolds Na6onal Center for Business Journalism Faculty Achievements • Summer Lewis (Housing and Dining Services) – Rotary World Peace Fellow • Frank White (Plant Pathology) – American Phytopathological Society Fellow • Guihua Bai (Agronomy) – American Society of Agronomy Fellow • Daniel Devlin (Director, Kansas Center for Agricultural Resources & the Environment; Director, Kansas Water Resources Ins6tute) – American Society of Agronomy Fellow Fulbright Scholars • Jon Mahoney (Philosophy) – Fulbright Scholar at American University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan • Sunanda Dissanayake (Civil Engineering) – Fulbright Scholar at University of Perdeniya, Sri Lanka • Sara Thurston-­‐Gonzalez (Director, Interna6onal Student and Scholar Services) – Fulbright Scholar at Interna6onal Educators Administrators Program in Korea • Emizet Kisangani (Poli6cal Science/Director, African Studies Center) – Fulbright Scholar in Central Africa MOVING FORWARD: STUDENT LIFE Growing Enrollment Student Origin MOVING FORWARD: ADVANCEMENT Record Fundraising MOVING FORWARD: RESEARCH Research Submissions & Awards MOVING FORWARD: ATHLETICS Athle6cs Support MOVING FORWARD: STAFF Classified Award of Excellence • Office and Clerical: Caron Berges – Office of Research and Sponsored Programs • Technical and Professional: Kealan Schroeder – Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital • Service and Maintenance: Dawn McCune Wall – Career and Employment Services Record Aiendance at 33rd Annual Classified Recogni6on 2025 Next Steps • 2011-­‐12 – Define metrics and tracking process – Develop college/department/unit planning process – Ini6al college plans completed in Spring • 2012-­‐13 – Departmental plans Basketball Training Facility Student Welcome Center Jus6n Hall Expansion Bill Snyder Family Stadium Recrea6on Complex Ques6ons?