The State of the University
A Family Reunion
Kirk H. Schulz
President
September 24, 2010
Family Home Movies
K-State Family Trivia
• 23,588 students
• 19,205 undergraduate
• 3,921 graduate
• 462 veterinary medicine
– 19,350 full-time students
– 4,328 part-time students
– 74% of all students are Kansas residents
• 80% undergraduate
– 7.7% international students
K-State Family Trivia
• $147.7M in new grants and contracts (up from $128M)
• 7 new patents in 2010 (to date)
• 6,461 faculty and staff members
– 1,293 full-time faculty
• 37 Faculty of Distinction (up from 35)
• $90.9M raised by KSU Foundation (up from $81.5M)
– $29M deferred; $61.9M outright gifts
– Of the $61.9M only $9.5M endowed
K-State Family Trivia
• Number 1 in Big 12 for 14 years in percentage
of graduates who are alumni association
members
Attendance at alumni
events up 21.7%
New K-State Family Members
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April Mason
– Provost and Senior VP
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Bruce Shubert
– VP for Administration and Finance
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Jeff Morris
– VP for Communications and Marketing
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Jackie Hartman
– Director of Community Relations and
Assistant to the President
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Ken Stafford
– CIO and Vice Provost for Information Technology
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Fred Cholick
– President and CEO, KSU Foundation
Family Album: Students
• Johnathan Bostrom
– Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for
study in China
• Kristen Henriksen and Morgan Zwickel
(Interior Design)
– Won the international student design competition
of the Interior Design Educators Council
• Elizabeth Ploetz
(Biochemistry)
– Won NSF Graduate Fellowship ($120K)
– Will attend K-State for doctoral work
Family Album: Students
• Amy Sents
(Animal Sciences and Industry)
– Harry S. Truman Scholar
• K-State Salina Students In Free
Enterprise (SIFE)
– Grand Champion Award in
Walgreen’s Wrangle
• K-State PROUD
– Raised more than $95,000 last year
Family Album: Students
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Chad Maulsby
(Social Sciences)
– George C. Marshall Leadership Award
– Ranked in the top 1% of ROTC cadets nationally
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Shane Scott
(Physics and Mathematics)
– 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
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Emily Tummons
(Biological Systems Engineering and Natural Resources
and Environmental Sciences)
– 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
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Crops Team Won National First Place Award
– 9th national title in last 12 years
Family Album: Staff
• UniversityLifeCafe.org named top 10 innovation
– American College Personnel Association
• Exemplary job cleaning up after microburst
• Tremendous strides in preparation of the NBAF site
All facilities removed
Family Album: Staff
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Classified Award of Excellence recipients
– Office and Clerical: Cheryl Heverin
(Political Science)
– Technical and Professional: Shannon Castleberry
(Registrar's Office)
– Service and Maintenance: Robin Brown
(K-State Libraries)
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Classified Employee Opportunity Fund
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Can be reimbursed for 25 percent of a qualified expense
$200 Meritorious Award for outstanding leadership or effort
Record Attendance at 33rd
Annual Classified Recognition
Family Album: Faculty
• 6 National Science Foundation Career Awardees
– Christine Aikens
(Chemistry)
– Jianhan Chen
(Biochemistry)
– Kendra McLauchlan
(Geography)
– Simon Ou
(Computing and Information Sciences)
– Anna Whitfield
(Plant Pathology)
– Wenqiao "Wayne" Yuan
(Biological and Agricultural Engineering)
Family Album: Faculty
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Architectural Engineering and Const. Science
– 2010 recipient of American Society of Civil Engineers' Walter
LeFevre Award
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Ray Weisenburger
(Landscape Architecture, Regional and Community Planning)
– Muriel Golobay Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kansas
Preservation Alliance
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Be Stoney
(Curriculum and Instruction)
– Faculty Athletics Representative
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Anthony Joern
(Biology)
– University Distinguished Professor
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Elizabeth Dodd
(English)
– University Distinguished Professor
Family Album: Faculty
• Brett DePaola
(Physics)
– U.S. Department of State Jefferson
Science Fellow
• Naiqian Zhang
(Biological and Ag Engineering)
– Fulbright Scholar at the University of
the Philippines
• Brent Maner
(History)
– Fulbright Scholar at International
Research Center for the Cultural
Sciences in Vienna
Family Album: Faculty
• Stephen Benton
(Special Ed., Counseling and Student Affairs)
– Fellow of the American Educational
Research Association
• Thomas Wright
(Management)
– Fellow of the American Psychological
Association; Fellow of the Western
Psychological Association
• Stephen Wolgast
(Journalism and Mass Comm.)
– Fellow of the Burgon Society
Family Album: Faculty
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Yoshiro Ikeda
(Art)
– Excellence in Teaching Award presented by National
Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
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Virginia Moxley
(Dean, Human Ecology)
– First recipient of Public Service Award by Association
of Public and Land-grant Universities Board on
Human Sciences
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John Leslie
(Plant Pathology)
– Honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of
Sciences based on career achievements
Family Album: Wildcat Athletics
• No. 1 all-sport graduation rate in Big 12 for
3 years running
• 69 Academic All-Big 12 and 5 Academic
All-American selections
• 18 All-Big 12 and 10 All-American selections
• 5 Big 12 Player/Coach of the Year awards
• Elite Eight run in Men’s Basketball
• Reserve National Women’s
Champion in Equestrian
Family Album: Diversity
• Sixty-eight (68) Tilford incentive grants
– Approximately $200,000 in university funds awarded to date
• K-State sponsored events
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Community Cultural Harmony Week
HALO Encuentro
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Week
Diversity Summit
• 18 percent multicultural enrollment increase
• President’s Commission on Multicultural Affairs
– University-wide assessment of the Strategic Plan for Diversity
K-State Family Check-Up
• NCAA Certification Visit (every 10 years)
– Chairperson: Ruth Dyer, Senior Vice Provost
– Visit in Fall 2011
• Higher Learning Commission Visit (every 10 years)
– Chairperson: Brian Niehoff, Associate Provost
– Visit in Spring 2012
K-State 2025 Overall Timeline
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Establish Overall Goal
(February 2010)
Where Are We Now?
(March-September 2010)
Develop Major Themes
(October 2010)
Establish Goals and Objectives
(November/December 2010)
Overall Plan Draft
(January 2011)
Revision and Feedback
(February/March 2011)
Final Plan Roll Out and Publicity
(April 2011)
Family Finances
• Aggressively seek new resources to make
Vision 2025 a reality
• Engage the family – Foundation, Alumni Association,
University, and Athletics
• Engage Alumni, Friends, Corporate Partners
– Believe in and resource the vision
• Inspire investment
Other University Initiatives
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Student Credit-Hour Fee – Faculty Hiring
K-State Welcome Center Project
Faculty and Staff All-University Campaign
150th Anniversary
(Coming soon)
Growing the Family
Questions?