College of Information
Sciences and Technology
Advisory Board Meeting
February, 2013
Agenda
Thursday
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• 8:30 Breakfast
• 9:15 IST Development/
Alumni Relations
• 10:00 Research update
• 10:30 Break
• 10:45 IST Undergraduate education
• 11:30 Curriculum update & discussion
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Wrap up
• 2:00 Break
• 6:00 Casual group dinner (optional)
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10:30
10:45
12:15
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Welcome & agenda review
College update
Development/Alumni Relations
Break
Strategic marketing plan
Lunch
Small group discussions
– A: Executive & online education
– B: Disruptive technology
– C: Branding & strategic marketing
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2:15 Break
2:30 Large group discussion
4:00 Adjourn
6:00 Social (Mike & Rosemary Laphen)
A Brief Update
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University-level activities
IST health check
Student recruiting and placement
Graduate programs
Instructional design
New online activities
Entrepreneurial programs
Research and Graduate Program
Facilities update
Development update
Office of multicultural affairs
Continuing challenges and initiatives
University-Level Actions/Activities
• Multiple ongoing executive searches
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Presidential search (R. Erickson)
Provost (R. Pangborn)
Vice President for Research & Technology Transfer (D. Richardson)
Dean, College of Engineering (D. Wormley)
Dean, College of Agriculture (B. McPheron)
Dean, Law School (P. McConnaughay)
• Focus on recruiting
• Blue-White Vision Council
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Charged by BOT to provide strategic planning recommendations by mid-year 2013
28 members including, BOT members, PSU administration, faculty and staff
• University Budget Task Force
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Seek revenue generation, resource optimization, cost containment and promote opportunities
for collaboration & innovation
Develop short- & long-term recommendations for consideration by Administration & BOT
Build on Core Council review
IST Health Check
• Undergraduate resident admissions
• Placement
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2012 placement at 82 % with $ 60 K starting salaries
• Graduate resident admissions
– 25 Ph.D. students; 20 M.S. students
• Online enrollments
– Undergraduate: 275 FTE
– Graduate: 205 FTE
• Faculty recruiting
• Research funding
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$ 4.16 M to date (41 % ahead of 2012)
• Development
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Achieved 118 % of Campaign (revised) $ 18 M goal
• Budget
Recruiting
• Social Media
– Webpage: for 2017 students
– Tweets: among perspective & accepted students
– Google +: Current students & alums for reach out to accepted students via Google+
• Yield Enhancement Initiatives
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Moradeyo Olorunnisola
Follow up letters to accepted students
Holiday greeting cards
Current students e-mailing to accepted students
Alumni in selected regions attending Accepted Student programs in their area
Coffee house events in MD-DC-VA and NY-NJ areas
Dean’s scholarships ($ 3000) to 20 students
• Prospective Student Plans
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Expanding recruitment areas
Social media to connect with prospective students
Microsite update
Open House planning
Centre region plan to host regional Computer and Technology competition in IST Building
Development of a marketing plan for iTech Academy (summer camp for high school students)
Undergraduate Enrollment
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UP: 199 applications, 139 offers, 38 acceptances (as of 2/12/12)
• 10 % increase in applications, 23 % increase in acceptances
System wide: 298 applications, 288 offers and 73 acceptances
• 7 % increase in applications, 12 % increase in acceptances
Transfers from DUS and Other Majors
Anticipated transfers from campuses
Career Services/Placement
Activities/Programs
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Corporate Associate Resumania!
IST Pro Expo
IST Future Forum
Corporate Associates meeting
CIA Recruiter-in-Residence Program
PwC Dining Etiquette Seminar
Employer Technical Workshops/Information Sessions
Corporate Associate Recorded Mock Interviews
Addition of two more Corporate Associates
– Total of 15 Corporate Associates
In 2012, 82 % of IST graduates had job offers by graduation
• Average starting salary: $ 60.5 K (IST majors); $ 59.2 K (SRA)
• $ 5.2 K average signing bonus
Graduate Programs
Sherry Rogers
Grad Pgms Staff
Supervisor
Sue Kelleher
Total Graduations
2011 10 M.S. students
17 M.P.S. students
9 Ph.D students
2012
4 M.S. students
42 M.P.S students
17 Ph.D students
Mary Beth Rosson
Grad. Student Advisor
Michelle Hill
Madhu Reddy
Director, Grad.
Programs
IST Online Programs
Value Statement
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Quantitative Measures of Success
Collaborate with the IST faculty in the development
and delivery of quality academic programs to nonresidential students nationally and internationally.
Insure a learner-centered approach that facilitates
academic success, insures that online programs are
meeting the needs of learners and their employers,
and maintain academic quality.
Maintain a financially viable program that contributes
to the College’s overall fiscal stability.
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546 associate and baccalaureate degree students.
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205 graduate students in the Master of Professional
Studies (MPS) in Information Sciences, Information
Security & Forensic Option, iMPS in Homeland Security,
MPS in Enterprise Architecture.
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Graduate enrollments have grown 54% from fiscal year
(FY) ’11-’12 to FY ‘12 – ‘13
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Undergraduate Enrollment has grown 23% from FY ’11 –
’12 to FY ‘12 – ’13
Challenges
Future
• Agility in developing faculty and staff resources to meet
exploding demand.
• Program changes: Renaming MPS-IS option to
Cybersecurity & Information Analysis, new MPS-IS option
Information Analytics & Intelligence, SRA option in
Intelligence & Analytic Modeling, & IST Open Education
Resources.
• Competition & changing learning environment
• College integration
• Judicious integration of new technology to enhance learner
• University policies, procedures, and systems that inhibit
flexibility with regard to device, place, and time of study.
growth and entrepreneurship
• Continued development of corporate relationships
Copyright 2013
Online Program Update
• New Programs
– MPS in Enterprise Architecture –
Launched!
– U/G SRA Major – Launched!
– In-process planning for MPS in
Information Intelligence
• Projected Growth
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– 97 sections
– 546 degree seeking undergrads
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2199 U/G 3-credit enrollments
– 205 degree seeking grad students
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789 G 3-credit enrollments
– 56 % increase in Grad enrollments
– 23 % increase in Undergrad
enrollments
Current online head count
• 275 undergraduates (275 FTE)
• 205 graduate students (205 FTE)
College Engagement
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46 faculty taught online this fiscal year.
– 36 Full-time PSU faculty
– 10 adjuncts
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Master in Information Sciences ranked #2
nationally
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Contributes $1.3 M to the College annually
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New Initiatives
– Implementation of IST-specific open online
educational resources
– Expanding corporate & government relationships
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Staffing
– 3 full-time program staff
– 5 Instructional Designers
– Faculty Executive Director
Instructional Design
Amy Garbrick
Kent Matsueda
Melissa Hicks
Ravi Patel
By the Numbers
IST ANGEL Templates
Lecture videos and slides
Discussion forums
Team Tools & Peer Evaluation
Quizzes
Drop Boxes
Readings
Online Meetings
Gradebook
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47 completed courses
12 new courses in development
7 Enterprise Architecture
21 IST & 8 SRA undergrad courses
New mini-MOOCs in development
Peggy Fisher
IST Online is Mobile
Ongoing
developments are
aimed at enabling the
complete IST online
educational
experience to be
accessible via smart
phones
Center for Online Innovation in Learning (COIL)
Co-Founders
• College of Information Sciences & Technology
• College of Education
• World Campus
Co-Directors
• Cole Camplese (ITS)
COIL Initiatives
• Research initiation grants
• Online HUB for exchange of ideas, best
practices and collaboration
• Fischer Speaker Series
• Leadership development
• Fred Fonseca (IST)
• Kyle Peck (College of Ed)
• Larry Regan (World Campus)
Purpose
• Develop R&D community for exploration of
methods to improve learning through online
innovations
• Create synergy across colleges, departments &
programs
• Create a place of experimentation, learning and
sharing outcomes
• Capitalize on significant online innovation &
leadership of Penn State faculty, staff and
students
www.coil.psu.edu
Entrepreneurial Activities
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IST/university minor in entrepreneurship
IST BA in entrepreneurship
LION Launchpad Move to IST
Innoblue Accelerator
Vice President of Research (VPR) Initiatives
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Overhaul of IP policies
New initiatives for PSRF
Training sessions for faculty and grad students
New entrepreneur-in-residence announced (Peter Linder)
Penn State-wide survey
Start-up Week 2.0
IST Classroom activities
Development of a PSU wide Portal
Entrepreneurship Portal
Entrepreneurship Students
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Minors & Certificates
Penn State Courses
Competitions & Events
Student Organizations
Seminars and Professional
Courses
• TechCelerator Training Program
Tutorials and Online
Resources
Centers, Laboratories &
Related Organizations
http://eshipprototype.weebly.com/index.html
http://eshipprototype.weebly.com/index.html
Other Resources
Start-up Week 2013
Entrepreneurs from:
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Weebly
Scribd
DigitalGlobe
Sincerely
Mapbox
redkite
Mediabarn
Reddit
Pamela’s Punch
MorganFranklin
Tripwire
Brightly Digital
SongSplits
Socialcam
NSAi
Innoblue
http://startupweek.weebly.com/index.html
Twitter: #ISTstartup
Facebook: IST@PennState
Blogging: ISTstartup
Web: ist.psu.edu/startup
Speaker live interaction via texting
Research Update
Some Recent Awards (since Oct, 2012)
• DoD IASP – National Security Agency $ 44.5 K
• Unrestricted research gift – Korea Association of Industry, Academy and
Research Institute $ 50.4 K
• EA Center Partnership – PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP $ 18 K
• EA Center Partnership – Vertex, Inc. $ 21.5 K
• IBM Faculty Award – IBM $ 10 K
• New methods for representing and interacting with qualitative GIS data –
U. Army Corps of Engineers $ 100K
• E2E Penn State – Purdue Visual Analytics Integration $ 49 K
• Network-based hard/soft information fusion – State University of New
York at Buffalo $ 100K
• Computer-aided human centric cyber situation awareness – U.S. RDEC
$ 720 K
• EA Center Partnership – Siemens Corp $ 18 K
• Towards secure lean software – Office of Naval Research $ 50 K
• Multi-INT data fusion and analytics research – Raytheon Corp $ 100 K
• Towards optimization of macro-cognitive processes – Carnegie Mellon
University $ 45.5 K
• Using mobile phones for improving chronic disease management
practices – Nokia $ 6.3 K
Total research awards FY11/12 = $ 6.679 M
Awards to date FY13 = $ 4.159 M (41% above 2012)
Research Centers
• Center for Cyber Security, Information
Privacy and Trust (LIONS Center)
• Center for Network Centric Cognition and
Information Fusion (NC2IF)
• Center for Human Computer Interaction
• Center for Enterprise Architecture
Research
• Center for Online Innovation in Learning
Facility Updates
• New and enhanced Labs
– New Spatial Visualization Lab
– Enhanced Extreme Events Lab
– New Innovation Lab
• New student-centric facilities
– Knowledge Commons area
• Enhanced classrooms
– Smart podiums
• Building interior
enhancements
– New colors
– New photos and displays
– Enhanced signage
Marketing Planning
• Office of University Relations
marketing study
– New recruiting book
– New poster displays, easels, banners, website,
videos, etc.
• College-level strategic marketing
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Led by Ed Glantz
Initial focus on recruiting
Meeting(s) with Jordan Rednor
Planned WPSU videos commissioned
Additional photographs
Continued focus on marketing and
communications
Additional Activities
– New Web Design commissioned
– Green room implemented
– New videos (students, corporate
associates, etc.)
– Increased social media
emphasis
– Dean’s blog, Facebook, etc.
Development & Corporate Associates
Endowment Summary
• Current IST market value: $ 7.1 M
• Faculty chairs/professorships
• 1 faculty chaired position
• 1 professorship position
• 2 career development professorships
• Scholarships
• 22 Trustee scholarships
• 11 undergraduate scholarships
• 1 student combination scholarship
• 1 graduate student scholarship
• 2 program support funds
• Corporate Associates: $ 150 K/year
• Gifts in Kind: $ 12.98 M
Corporate Associates
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AT&T
Capital One
CIA
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Deloitte Consulting
Ernst &Young (EY)
Hewlett-Packard
LGS Innovations
National Security Agency (NSA)
Northrup Grumman
PNC
PPG
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Tata Consultancy Services
Unisys
At 85 % of the way through the Campaign for
the Future, IST has achieved 118 % of the $18 M
goal
Rita Griffith
Joyce Matthews
Maureen Kilian
Thon 2013: $ 56,512.79!!!!
IST THON Team
Activities included:
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Executive Chair: Adam Krempasky
Vice-Executive Chair: Matt Brown
Alumni-Relations Chair: Chase Miller
Family-Relations Chair: Adam Stavely
Merchandise Chair: Kaitlin O-Grady
Social Chair: Danny Vance
Technology Chair: Krista Krebs
Finance Chair: Bobby Kirk
Canning weekends
Date Auction
Pie your professor event
Pizza & Hoagie sales
Video Game Tournament
Challenge collection events
Dance Marathon
Alumni socials
Office of Multicultural Affairs
Activities and Events
• Recruitment visits
• Wake County Young Women's Leadership
Academy
• Multiple STEM Colleges
• St. Augustine University, Raleigh, NC
• Career Fairs
• Bennett College, Greensboro, NC
• The PhD Project, Chicago, IL
• Diversity Keynotes/Presentations
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon Speaker
• Wake County Young Women’s Leadership
Academy
• College Programs
• Girlz Digital World – middle school
summer camp 2013
• Women of Distinction Day - March 2013
• Black History Month – February, 2013
• Summer Research Opportunity Program –
summer 2013
Current Initiatives
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Development of new concepts & support for online and resident instruction
Planning activities of Research Center for Online Innovation in Learning
Re-look at Scholarly Interest Groups (SIGs)
Planning Startup Week 2013
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Implementation of new web & mobile IST option
Implementation of EA MPA and U/G SRA major
Development of a new cross-college minor in entrepreneurship & innovation
Design of a template for a B.S. in IST (in entrepreneurship & innovation)
Review and refinement of graduate resident curriculum
• Recruiting
– Focus on improved recruiting of resident undergraduates
– Complete the search for the Frymoyer Chair
(Continuing) Challenges
• Student recruiting
– Continuing challenge in recruiting resident students
• Space
– Bursting at the IST building seams
• Rapid changes in curriculum required
– Assessment of mathematics requirements
– Implementation of studio labs
Questions?