State of the University (#6)
Fall 2008 Incoming Class
John F. Carney III
December 4, 2008
Issues
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Economic situation
Enrollment management
Quality measures
University advancement
Green campus initiatives
Recreational facilities
Accreditation
Administrative services
Student affairs
Academic affairs
S&T in the news and upcoming events
Economic Situation
 President Forsee instituted a
hiring freeze on November 17
 Contingency planning
 Nodler/Icet memorandum of
12/1/08
State Support vs Student Fees
Percent
55%
Percent of Budget
50%
45%
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
FY90 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08
State Appropriations
Tuition & Fees
FY 08 Current Fund Revenue
7%
3% 2%
State Appropriations
27%
5%
Tuition & Fees
Grants & Contracts
Gifts
21%
Auxiliary Enterprises
Endowment Income
35%
Other
Enrollment
Management
Enrollment Goals
 Achieve 2011 total enrollment of 6,550
Undergraduate
Graduate
Total Enrollment
2000
2005
3,698
928
4,626
4,313
1,289
5,602
Fall Semester
Headcount
Actual
2006
2007 2008
4,515
1,343
5,858
4,753
1,414
6,167
4,912
1,459
6,371
Goal
2008
2011
4,675
1,475
6,150
4,800
1,750
6,550
Freshmen Class
Fall 2008
One of the largest and most talented new
student classes in Missouri S&T history
 1,056 Freshmen enrolled
 286 New transfer students enrolled
 34 States represented
 New Hampshire to Alaska
 10 Foreign countries represented
Freshmen Class
Opening Week Profile
Fall 2008
 Avg. ACT: 27.4 (upper 10% in nation)
 Avg. HS GPA: 71% have a 3.5 GPA or
higher
 85 Valedictorians and Salutatorians
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
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
New Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty
2008 hires
 36 new hires
12 female
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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
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
Quality
Measures
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 institution’s
academic record, curriculum, faculty,
programs, and graduates.
U.S. News: High School Guidance
Counselors’ Rankings
 National Universities
Missouri S&T is tied for 45th in the nation
Missouri S&T is ranked 2nd in Missouri
 Public Universities
Missouri S&T is ranked 12th in the nation
Missouri S&T is ranked 1st in Missouri
Missouri S&T 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
University
Advancement
Advancing Excellence
Capital Campaign Progress
As of November 30, 2008
$164.9M
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160
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120
80
48
65
months
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36
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Dollars Raised
Months
Dollars (in millions)
200
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
S&T during their lifetime. (65% of all
undergraduate alumni)
Advancing Excellence
July 1, 2003 - Present
 Endowed 100+ scholarships
 Funded the construction/renovation
 Havener Student Center
 Toomey Hall: Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
 Student Recreation Center
 Increased S&T endowment by 52% to $99.2M
Advancing Excellence
Endowed 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
Proud Miner Campaign
 48% of S&T faculty, staff, and
retirees have contributed to the
campaign and have contributed
in excess of $3.5M campaign-todate.
Miner Recreation Building
Student Design Center Plans
Proposed Renovations
Green Campus
Initiatives
3
E
=C
Energy, the Environment,
and Education
equals Civilization
2008 Hydrogen Road Tour
EcoCAR NeXt Challenge
 In May 2008, Missouri S&T was among 17 college teams
selected for the 3-year EcoCAR competition
 In November, Missouri S&T 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
Wind Turbine
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Troop I
Funding:
Missouri Office of Administration
Division of Facilities Management,
Design and Construction
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 S&T 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
American College and
University Presidents’
Climate Commitment
Environmental Management
2008 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
Recreational
Facilities
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
General Fitness Complex
Accreditation
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
Higher Learning
Commission of the
North Central
Association of
Colleges and Schools
Self Study Steering Committee
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Jerry Bayless
Harvest L. Collier
Caroline Fisher
Ralph E. Flori Jr.
Amy M. Gillman
Jay W. Goff
Larry Dale Gragg
Edna Grover-Bisker
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Thulasi Kumar
Wayne Huebner
Roberta Morgan
Jim Murphy
Jia Ren
Laura Stoll
Henry Allen Wiebe
Summer Young
NCA Accreditation Visit
 Missouri S&T 2008 Institutional Self Study Report is
now available on-line at http://accreditation.mst.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.
Administrative
Services
Administrative Services
 Physical Facilities
Campus grounds
New buildings
 University Police
Progress toward accreditation by the
International Association of Campus Law
Enforcement Agencies
Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering Complex
Dedication: April 17, 2009
Student
Affairs
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
Midwestern Colleges
Starting Median
Salary
1
Missouri University of Science and Technology
$57,100
2
University of Notre Dame
$56,300
3
Case Western Reserve University
$56,200
4
Illinois Institute of Technology
$56,000
5
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
$55,800
6
University Of Chicago
$53,400
7
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
$52,900
8
Northwestern University
$52,700
9
University of Michigan
$52,700
10
Purdue University
$51,400
11
University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison
$48,900
12
Marquette University
$48,500
13
Carleton College
$47,500
14
University of Illinois at Chicago
$47,500
15
Bradley University
$47,000
Athletics
 Miners football won the Great Lakes
Football Conference championship and the
Miners had 13 selections to the allconference team
 In November the S&T swim team beat
Drury University, the defending national
champions.
Academic
Affairs
Planning
 Strategic Plan
 FY 2008 - FY2012 available on the web
 Tactical Plan
 2009 Tactical Plan
 2008 Tactical Plan Accomplishments
http://chancellor.mst.edu/stratplan/
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%)
 F&A recovered: $2.9M (up 25.2%)
Success Stories: Research
 Missouri S&T is one of five U.S. universities in the
NSF’s 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)
Patents
2008 Calendar Year
Technology
Inventor (s)
Patent#
Glass and Glass-Ceramic Sealant Compositions
Brow, Reis, Benson
7,399,720
Integral Channels in Metal Components and fabrication
thereof
Mishra
7,354,657
Domino Logic Testing Systems and Methods
Al-Assadi, Chandrasekhar
7,332,938
Enantiospecific Catalysts prepared by Chiral Deposition
Switzer, Bohannan,
Kothari, Nakanishi
7,361,261
Additive Assisted Cerium based Corrosion Resistant ecoating
Stoffer, O’Keefe, Morris,
Lin, Hayes, Yu
7,241,371
Non-Destructive Testing of Physical Characteristics of
Composite Structures
Zoughi, Kharkovsky,
Stephen
7,439,749
Design and Fabrication of High Sensitivity continuous
Sensors with Cables
Chen, Pommerenke,
Drewniak, Mu
7,421,910
Electromagnetic Emissions stimulation and detection systems
Beetner, Sequin, Hubing
TBA
Method of Metallurgically bonding articles and article thereof
Tsai
7,268,319
Method and Apparatus for improving cooling resistance
welding cap
Tsai
7,265,313
Medium for Chromatographic Separations
Stoffer, Schuman
7,250,388
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, “NonDestructive 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)
System Wide TTO performance
Invention Disclosures
UM System
increase 67%
AUTM target =133
125.0
UMSL
145% increase
Invention Disclosures
100.0
Missouri S&T
76% increase
UMKC
67% Increase
75.0
MU
57% increase
50.0
25.0
0.0
Ave 01-05 (before Decentralization)
MU
UMKC
Ave 06-08 (after Decentralization)
Missouri S&T
UMSL
90.0
80.0
System Wide TTO performance
Patents Filed
UM System 55%
increase
Patents Filed
UMSL 358%
increase
70.0
60.0
Missouri S&T
122% increase
50.0
UMKC
9% increase
40.0
MU
27% increase
30.0
20.0
10.0
0.0
Ave 01-05 (before Decentralization)
MU
UMKC
Ave 06-08 (after Decentralization)
Missouri S&T
UMSL
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
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
S&T in the News
and
Upcoming Events
S&T in the News
 Sandra Magnus
(Phys’86, MS EE’90)
arrived at the
International Space
Station in November for
a 4-month stay
 While on the ISS, she is
posting updates on
Missouri S&T’s
“spacebook” website,
http://spacebook.mst.edu
S&T in the News
 “The Detonators” is a new Discovery Channel
program featuring Missouri S&T explosive expert
Dr. Paul Worsey and S&T graduate Dr. Braden
Lusk of the University of Kentucky
 The 13-week series begins in January
 Each hour-long program will offer a behind-thescenes look at the science of explosives
engineering
Commencement
December 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 S&T in 1973 and 1999, respectively
 Member of S&T Board of Trustees, Campaign Organizing
Committee, and Engineering Advisory Board
Board of Curators’ Meeting/
Board of Trustees’ Meeting
will be held on Missouri S&T
campus on April 2-3, 2009