eastern kentucky university 2009 fall convocation
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EKU President Doug Whitlock's 2009 Fall Convocation RemarksTRANSCRIPT
Re-imagine.
Fall Convocation, Aug. 17, 20091
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Welcome to EKU 2009-10
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Welcome to EKU 2009-10★Chronicle: “A Great College to Work for”
★Recognized for community and regional involvement
★Top 10% two years runningForbes: “America’s Best Colleges”
★Near top 10% in US News & World Report Top Colleges and Universities
★One of America’s most Veteran Friendly campuses3
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My Performance Evaluation
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My Performance Evaluation
• Restored stability
• Weathering current economic storm
• You want to know:★ What is the Essential Eastern?★ What is the Power of Maroon?
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My Performance Evaluation
You appreciate the streamlining done.
But there is still red tape and drudgery to eliminate.
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My Performance Evaluation
You want to know:
★What is my view of the relationship betweeninstruction, scholarship, and service?
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Transformational leadership at Eastern during this significant era in Higher Education.
My Performance Evaluation
Your hope for me:
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Thank You
Dr. Rodney Piercey
Provost2007-09
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Dr. Janna Vice
Interim Provost2009-10
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Institutional Finances
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Institutional Finances
• We prepared for 4% cut
• Only had to take 2% cut
• We captured the 2% left
• Through reallocation, almost 3% more
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Institutional Finances• Stimulus funds are 7% of our state
appropriation this year• The Good News:☞ No more cuts going into this year
☞ No penalty once stimulus funds are gone
• The Bad News:☞ Stimulus dollars are nonrecurring
☞ May have another budget cut soon13
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Freshman T-Shirts
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Today’s Interpreters
★Tina Savelyev ★ Jennifer Paycheck
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EKU Enrollment Trends
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EKU Enrollment Trends
This fall: approx. 14,600 students, up 2.8%:★ 3.2% Undergraduates up★ 7% New freshmen up★ 12% African-Americans up★ 56% Online credit-hours up★ 3.8% Total credit-hours up
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EKU Graduation Trends
•Largest growth in bachelor’s degrees in Kentucky public institutions
•Over last 5 years, largest growth among 4-year institutions, increasing 48%with 60% growth in baccalaureates
•Project Graduate generated 16 more graduates this past May,20 more adults to graduate this fall
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Move-In Day
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Move-In DayDo NOT park in Martin or Wallace lots on Friday.
Park on periphery
City lot on
Crabbe St.is free
onFriday.
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Benefits
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Benefits
★Effective January 1,at no cost to employees,individual dental coverage under Option 1of University’s existing dental plan
★EKU branch of UK Federal Credit Union closing its campus facility at end of Sept.
★ 3 new ATMs will open soon
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Infrastructure Update
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Infrastructure UpdateESPC Sustainability Project
✦Will reduce energy consumption by almost $8000 per day
✦Will reduce our overall greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 76 million lbs per year
✦EKU becomes better steward of the public trust25
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Click on the bottom right of homepage
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Infrastructure UpdateManchester Campus DedicationManchester Campus
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Infrastructure UpdateManchester Campus Dedication
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Infrastructure UpdateNew Science Building
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Infrastructure UpdateCB&T Phase II, Performing Arts Building
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Infrastructure Update
Todd and Dupree Greek Towers
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Infrastructure UpdateWalters Hall
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Infrastructure UpdateNoel Studio for Academic Creativity
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Infrastructure Update
Intramural Fields Renovation Project Is Complete34
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Infrastructure UpdatePreliminary design of Stratton building addition in the works
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Personnel
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Personnel
Dr. Janna Vice
Interim Provost2009-10
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PersonnelLinda FossenAVP Student
Affairsand
Dean of Enrollment
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Personnel
Russell CarpenterDirector,Studio for Academic Creativity
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Personnel
Peter CizdzielGeneral
Manager,Arlington
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Fulbright Scholar
• 2009-10 in Slovakia
Dr. Carol RuppelModel Lab Teacher
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Fulbright Scholar
• In Montenegro earlier this year
Dr. Barbara HusseyEnglish Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Fulbright Scholar
• Traveled to China as part of Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad
Dr. Samuel HintonEducational Studies Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Acorn Award Recipient
• EKU has the most of these of any university or college in Kentucky
Dr. Jerry CookFoundation Professor of Physics
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• 2009-11 Foundation Professor
• EKU’s highest honor for teaching excellence
Dr. Joe MolinaroArt & Design Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Lifetime Achievement AwardAssociation of American Geography
Dr. David ZurickFoundation Professor of Geography
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Frederick D. Kagy Life Achievement Award
• Highest honor of the International Graphic Arts Education Association
Dr. David DaileyGraphic Arts Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month Award
• One of only four recognized statewide
Marta MirandaDirector, Multicultural Student Affairs, Women & Gender Studies
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award
Dr. Cindy ShainDirector of Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• President’s Award from the Kentucky Health and Safety Network
Dr. Allen AultDean of College of Justice & Safety
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• $378,000 NSF Grant
• Examining potential impact of climate change on forest fires
• Involves international cooperation between USA and Mongolia
Dr. Neil PedersonBiological Sciences Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• $24,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities
• Developing undergraduate course
Dr. Mike AustinPhilosophy & ReligionAssociate Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• NCAA 2009-10 Fellows Leadership Program
• One of only 12 athletics administrators selected nationwide
Tracy ScottAssistant Athletics Director
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Promoting QEP
• Presenting at International Conference in Critical Thinking
Lynnette Noblitt & Beverly HartEKU Faculty Members
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Named VP of Association for Continuing Ed. & Outreach for 2009-10
• Member 25th annual Leadership Kentucky Class
Dr. Charles HickoxDean of Continuing Ed. & Outreach
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Serving as executive directorfor the Board of the Councilon Education on the the Deaf
Dr. Karen DilkaSpecial Education Professor
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Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
• Serving as International President of Phi Kappa Phi honor society
Dr. Robert RogowDean of College of Business & Tech.
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Healthy You at EKU
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Healthy You at EKU
★ Culture of wellness★ We are self-insured health care provider★ The more we use, the more it costs us
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The Biggest Lifestyle Risk Factors
★ Physical activity
★ Dietary fat intake
★ Fruit & vegetable intake
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The Biggest Medical Risk Factors
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★ Weight
★ Blood Pressure
★ Cholesterol
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Healthy YouAverage Annual Health Costs
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★ $3,531 for Healthy You participant★ $3,781 for non-participant
Healthy You participants cost $250 less per year.
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★ 1 in 3 EKU employees participate
★ 400+ attended health fair
★ About 200 took free health screening
★ #participants with low number of risks is up
★ #participants with high risk is down
Healthy You Participation
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Healthy You at EKU Culture
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★ Positive health practices are promoted, encouraged, recognized, and rewarded
★ 22 wellness credits = (Pick one!)• $150 credit toward health care premium
• $150 into an FSA
• 1 personal holiday
• $150 cash
• 1-year membership, Fitness & Wellness Center
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Campus Walking Paths
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Preparing for Flu & Emergencies
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★ Pandemic Flu Work Group is meeting regularly★ Keep up via www.prepare4flu.eku.edu★ Seasonal influenza vaccination is free
for benefitted faculty and staff
• Public Safety continues to update ourEmergency Action Plan
• Arrange for Emergency Preparedness Training by contacting EKU Police
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CRAFT Sustainability
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CRAFT Biofuel Research
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CRAFT Sustainability
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Gathering Support
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Gathering Support
★ In the midst of oneof our nation’s worst financial crises
★ Gifts of support are up 37%
★ Total donors have increased by nearly 3%
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Coordinating University Branding
★ Printing Services now coordinatesEKU visual identity
★ Printing Services assists with visual identityin wide range of communications
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Aligning the EKU Web with the Authentic EKU Experience
★ The EKU Web Work Group engages university web contributors
★ Is transforming EKU Web into student-friendly experience
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Hanger Field Changes
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2009 Football Schedule
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DATE OPPONENTSept. 3 at Indiana
Sept. 19 Tennessee Tech
Sept. 26 at Murray State
Oct. 3 at Eastern Illinois
Oct. 10 Tennessee State
Oct. 17 UT-Martin (HC)
Oct. 24 at Austin Peay
Oct. 31 Southeast Missouri
Nov. 7 at Kentucky
Nov. 14 Western Carolina
Nov. 21 at Jacksonville State
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We Must Love
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Eastern Must Change
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★Stability ≠ Desire for sameness
★Process, order, commitment as we work together to transform EKU
★Examine all under light ofcurrent and future priorities
★ Increaseeffectiveness and efficiency
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Gary Larson CartoonPilots in Plane
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The Most Original Minds Win
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★Foolhardy risks sink the ship
★No risks = ship dead in the water
★Measured risksrock the boat without capsizing it
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Our Time
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★Time of profound change
★Wrong time to hunker down
★Time to adapt, improvise, be creative
★We’ve maxed out large tuition increases
★Time of tight finances
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Strategic Planning & BudgetingAre Critical
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★Reduce our 150 key performance indicators
★Focus on:
• Student Success
• Regional Stewardship
• QEP
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Forces for Change
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★Technology
★Economy
★Global Warming
★Globalization
Any of these is enough to drive the most significant change to this planet since the industrial revolution.
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Zogby’s 4 Meta-Movements
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★ Living with limits
★ Embracing diversity
★ Looking inward
★Demanding Authenticity
Young adults truly place a value on being “green” and view themselves as global citizens.
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Phoenix is Not the Future of Higher Ed.
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1) Brick & Mortar racing toward online
2) Online suffers from “enthusiasm gap”
3) Only 27% of population and even smaller %of prospective employers attach as much value to online degree
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The New Paradigm
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★Online students
★Minimal cost
★Knowledge is power
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The Quick and the Dead
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★ Why are we better than competition?
★ What makes us special?
“Don’t just outcompete, reshape the terms of the competition.”
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Gary Larson CartoonModern Lions
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New Priorities Conclusions
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★ We face increased scrutiny
★ Competition may drive changesin operational assumptions
★ Moving forward may require significant differentiation
★ Today’s realities will open the door to conversations about: scope, goals, and fulfillment of our mission
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What do we do BEST?
“What is great today will not be good enough for tomorrow.”
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Kirby Easterling
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Toni Hacker
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The Essential Eastern
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★ A door to opportunity
★ dedicated and skilled facultyadvise, mentor, instruct in a culture of caring
★ skilled and devoted stafffacilitate teaching-learning experience
★ gives students means to earn a living,live a meaningful life
★ “Yes, and” instead of “Yeah, but”
★ Natural and physical beauty
★ Power of Maroon
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Re-Imagining Ourselves
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★ Remain true to our mission
★ Focus on teaching and learning
★ T & L requires two active participants
★ For what scholarship do faculty get rewarded?
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Gary Larson CartoonFire is invented.
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Re-Imagining Ourselves
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★ Service to University, not just to department
★ Even more time for professional development
★ Celebrate diversity
★ Grow opportunities forstudent and faculty exchanges
★ Important to be green andsustainable
★ Engage more in online education
★ Re-engineer processes to gain efficiencies and free resources
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Our 3 Strategic Themes
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1. Student Success2. Regional Stewardship3. Quality Enhancement Program
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In Closing...
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In Closing...
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★ “We cannot look for more and ingenious ways to continue to do the wrong things better.”
★ We must re-imagine and reinvent EKU while staying true to the Essential Eastern.
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Thank You
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It’s about the conversation.
Re-imagine.Essential Eastern
Student Success
Power of Maroon
Regional Stewardship
teach ing
QE
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lars
hip
service
conversationsHealthy You
cultureof caring
yes, and
opportunity
transformationalleadership
authenticity
collaborate
improvise
resh
ape
the
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effective,efficient change
technology
diversity
online education
adapt
globalization
measuredrisks
sustainability
b e c r e a t i v eglobal
warming
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