BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
ALUMNI COUNCIL
Harvey G. Stenger
President
April 25, 2015
ENROLLMENT GROWTH
 Goals established by NYSUNY 2020
 Add 400–500 students per year
 Total of 2,000 by fall 2016, bringing total enrollment to 16,746
 Each of past three years we’ve had higher UG yield than expected
 UG at target two years early: 13,398 actual vs. 13,361 target
 Total is 64 students below the 2016 target
GROWING STAFF AND FACULT Y
 Our hiring plans have worked hard to keep up with increases in enrollment
 Summary: UG’s up 13.0% GR’s up: 13.8%Total Students up 13.1%
 Staff: UUP up 12.1%; CSEA up 2.0%; total up 9.0%;
 TTF (+84 in UUP numbers) up 16.3%
 Hiring is broad-based, with a focus on TAE process and areas
 TTF Growth: Harpur +48 : Professional Schools: +36
ROAD MAP PLANS: FACULT Y HIRING
Faculty hiring for fall of 2015
 Searches underway : 64
 Distribution
 42/64 TAE’s (8, 10, 5, 12, 6)
 33/64 in Harpur
 27/64 in professional schools
 4/64 TAE TBD
 Funding:
 Salary: Units -- $1.8/yr; University -- $3.8M
 Startup: University -- $2.9M; State EIP -- $3.0M
DEVELOPING THE ROAD MAP
 Planning stage (Spring–Summer 2012)
 400 volunteers respond
 Nine teams formed around university activities
 Round 1 (Fall 2012–Summer 2013)
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Teams develop vision statements and propose projects
Defined “premier”
Five Strategic Priorities identified
46 projects funded
 Round 2 (Spring–Fall 2014)
 Strategic priority goals and metrics identified
 10 projects funded
 Round 3: (Fall 2014–Summer 2015)
 Goal and metric targets identified
 96 proposals submitted
 Round 3 funding decisions in July
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WHAT IS PREMIER?
The Premier
Public University
has. . .
Balance
Accountability
Excellence
Pride
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FIVE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
 The Premier Public University will. . .
1 engage in path-breaking graduate education, research,
scholarship and creative activities that shape the world
2 provide a transformative learning community that prepares
students for advanced education, careers and purposeful living
3 unite to foster a diverse and inclusive campus culture
4 enhance the University's economic, social and cultural impact
through engagement from the local to the global level
5 optimize the acquisition and allocation of human,
technological, financial and physical resources
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STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
Definition
Goals
Measurements
Strategies
A highlight
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GOALS: STRATEGIC PRIORIT Y ONE
Engage in path-breaking graduate education, research,
scholarship and creative activities that shape the world.
 Gain national recognition for outstanding
doctoral education
 Increase research, scholarship, and creative
activities profile
 Enrich collaborative culture for research,
scholarship and creative production
 Increase the transformational impact of the
university’s research, scholarship, creative
activities and doctoral education on society
SP1: RESEARCH AND CREATIVE
ACTIVITIES METRICS
 Doctoral degrees awarded
 Sponsored programs expenditures
 Faculty participation in TAEs, Organized Research Centers, and
Advanced Study Institutes
 Strength and recognition of faculty scholarship
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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
 Establish School of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences
 Increase PhD support and
recruitment
 Strengthen TAEs and ORCs
 Enhance faculty recruitment
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CORE HIRING IN OUR TRANSDISCIPLINARY
AREAS OF EXCELLENCE (TAE)
 J. David Jentsch, currently
professor of psychology at UCLA
 Joining Binghamton’s Health
Sciences TAE
 Research focus on issues of
impulse control in addiction
 6 current NIH grants
 2010 Joseph Cochin Young
Investigator Award
 2011 Jacob P. Waletzky Award
for Innovative Research
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GOALS: STRATEGIC PRIORIT Y T WO
Provide a transformative learning community that prepares
students for advanced education, careers and purposeful living.
 Build a dynamic and transformative learning
community
 Prepare undergraduates for the challenges
of graduate school
 Prepare students to enter the workforce and
successfully navigate career choices
 Engage alumni in their communities
 Increase four-year graduation rate
 Foster and promote healthy living in support
of students’ lifelong success
SP2: LEARNING COMMUNIT Y METRICS
 Undergraduate graduation rate
 Retention rate
 Percentage of students entering
graduate school
 Percentage of students with
high-impact learning
experiences (study abroad,
undergraduate research,
internships, community service)
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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING THE
LEARNING COMMUNIT Y
 4-1-1: Increasing MA and MS
enrollment
 Center for Learning and Teaching
 High impact learning experiences
 Study abroad, undergraduate
research/freshman research
immersion, internships, community
service
 Fleishman Center for Career and
Professional Development
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FLEISHMAN CENTER FOR CAREER AND
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Kelli Smith, Director
 Goal is to reach out to
“communities” of students,
alumni and employers
 serve alumni 6 months out
 Worked with Alumni Relations office
to create an online “career toolkit”
 Outstanding facilities
 Support for internships, full-time
hiring and alumni networks
 2014-15: record 6,000 walk-in career
advising sessions and appointments.
 Record number of campus interviews—2,300
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GOALS: STRATEGIC PRIORIT Y THREE
Unite to foster a diverse and inclusive campus culture.
 Enhance diversity at both undergraduate
and graduate levels.
 Enhance diversity of the faculty, staff,
and administration.
 Provide support services to all students,
faculty, and staff with special needs.
 Elevate the culture of diversity and
inclusiveness in the campus community.
SP3: INCLUSIVE COMMUNIT Y METRICS
 Percentage of under-represented
minority students
 Percentage of students receiving
Pell Grants
 Graduation rate of underrepresented students
 Number of students with special
needs served by campus programs
serving these needs
 Percentage of under-represented
minority faculty and staff
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STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING
INCLUSIVENESS
 Office of Diversity, Equity,
and Inclusion
 Divisional diversity officers
 Faculty and staff recruiting
 Strengthening programs
that support diversity:
 EOP, McNair, CSTEP, Clark,
Myers scholars
 Campus climate survey
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GAUGING THE ENVIRONMENT:
THE CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY
 2042 responses—students, faculty, staff
 Report on line at ODEI home page
 Binghamton is a good place to work
 People at Binghamton place a high value
on diversity
 Challenges to be addressed
 Student to student interactions
 Supervisor to staff interactions
 Creating a more diverse workplace
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GOALS: STRATEGIC PRIORIT Y FOUR
Enhance the University's economic, social and cultural impact
through engagement from the local to the global level.
 Strengthen the University’s regional economic impact
 Improve the University’s regional social impact
 Enhance the University’s regional cultural impact
 Improve the University’s global social impact
 Enhance the University’s global cultural impact
SP4: ENGAGEMENT METRICS
 Number and percentage of students involved
in volunteerism, service learning, internships
 Number of new companies associated with
Binghamton University
 Number of people participating in on-campus
events
 Number of students enrolled in study abroad
programs
 Number of graduates who live abroad
 Total university economic impact
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STRATEGIES FOR CREATING
A MORE ENGAGED CAMPUS
 International student and scholar support
 Off campus projects: Incubator, School of PPS
 Center for Civic Engagement (CCE)
 Fostering entrepreneurship
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STRENGTHENING OUR CAMPUS AND
COMMUNIT Y THROUGH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
 Southern Tier High Tech Incubator
 Binghamton University Start-up Suite
 Upstate Revitalization: the Southern Tier Strategy
 Endicott, Johnson City, and Binghamton corridor
 Supporting the transition from research to
production
 Prof. Ron Miles MEMS Microphone
 Prof. David Davies biofilm dispersal molecule
 Our challenges:
 looking for venture capital and experienced
entrepreneurs
 Referrals and networks
 Business and technical expertise
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GOALS: STRATEGIC PRIORIT Y FIVE
Optimize the acquisition and allocation of human,
technological, financial and physical resources.
 Develop the financial resources necessary to
achieve the University’s goals
 Optimize staff and faculty resources
 Expand technological resources
 Continue to upgrade our physical infrastructure
and facilities
SP5: STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS METRICS
 Total external resources
 Gift and donation revenues
 Campus building space by type and FTE
 Student to tenure track faculty ratio
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STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING
STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS
 Growth in MA/MS 4-1-1
and other growing
disciplines
 REDC and Upstate
Revitalization proposals
 NY SUNY 2020 tuition
policy renewal
 Philanthropy
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PHILANTHROPY
 Fiscal year 2014–15:
11 New commitments of over $100,000
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Kim Korean Center
Menner Family endowed faculty fellow in pharmacy
Ford Family Senior Care Center
Should exceed goal of approximately $6M
 Binghamton Fund (telefund and direct mail)
raised $1M by December 31 for first time
 Telefund reached $500,000 this week
 On-line giving in December up nearly 40%
compared to last year
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SUMMARY
We’re getting bigger
We’re getting better
We’re doing it with Balance, Excellence,
Accountability, and Pride
We’re doing it with a plan
We’re impacting the world
We’re enjoying it!
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THANK YOU
Slides available at binghamton.edu/roadmap