PROVOST’S REPORT

October, 23, 2014

OVERVIEW

• Faculty Recognition• Quarterly Updates

• OSP• Undergraduate Studies• Graduate Studies• Admissions & Enrollment Mgmt.• Library• College Updates

• CASB• CEC

OTHER

• VPAA• Provost Office Staff• Student Success “Retention”

Congratulations to Dr. Yew San Hor

• Listed in Thomson Reuters’ “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014,” for publishing the greatest number of highly cited papers (top 1% by citation), 2002-2012.

Office of Sponsored Programs

• Summary of FY15 activities and year-over-year comparison through the end of August

– Proposals awarded in total dollars: $9.4M (up 10.5%)

– Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 57 (down 24%)

– Proposals submitted in total dollars: $19.7M (up 29.5%)

– Number of proposals submitted: 73 (down 9.9%)

– Total expenditures: $9.1M (down 15.1%)

– Net grant and contract expenditures: $6.4M (down 19.6%)

– F&A recovered: $1.5M (down 16.4%)

– Number of active awards: 589 (down 3.9%)

Office of Undergraduate Studies

Experiential Learning Award• 1 faculty and 1 staff awarded • Due November 21, 2014

Service Learning Award • 1 faculty and 1 staff awarded • Due November 21, 2014

Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI)• Curators’ Teaching Summit – “Great Expectations: Bridging the Gap

Between Instructor and Student Expectations,” Sept. 27, Oct. 13 and Nov. 12

• “Making Group Work, Work,” Oct. 31

Student Design and Experiential Learning Center• Formula SAE team hosted intercollegiate autocross event in St Charles,

MO, Sept 27th• Mars Rover team outreach at STL-area Boy Scout weekend Sept 27th event• Solar Car Team opted out of AbuDhabi partnership race

Office of Undergraduate StudiesLearning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)

• LEAD has significantly expanded this semester setting several new records, including:

• 75 courses provided with LEAD learning assistance• 60 courses with LEAD Learning Centers • 36 Courses with Tutoring Sessions

• Launched all LEAD tutoring and most LCs by the second week of classes• Implementation of our new sign-in system• Created a new “Marketing” position (undergraduate John Gettemeyer)

Writing Center• Tutor Training - Largest ever cohort of new tutors fully trained and actively

tutoring by third week of semester.• Innovations Grant - Grant received to purchase 5 iPads and related

resources for use during tutoring sessions.• Growing Demand - Number of tutoring sessions increased by 36% over

same period last year. • Phase II Renovations - Plans underway for further renovations to improve

traffic flow and increase capacity.

Math Assistance Where Success Happens (MASH)• Nine one-hour-long, active-learning session are held weekly for Math 1120

Students• Approximately 69% of student in Math 1120 took advantage of the program

during the first three weeks MASH was held (102 students out of 147 enrolled)

South-Central Regional Professional Development Center (SC RPDC)October primary learning sessions include: (broken into 6 consultant-types)• Special Education (SpEd) • Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) Consultants• Professional Learning Communities (PLC) • Collaborative Work (CW)• Curriculum & Instruction Consultants • Leadership Consultants

Consultants are cross-trained in most areas to provide on-going support and coaching to the 63 school districts in our region.

Office of Undergraduate Studies

• FS14 Graduate enrollment: 2114 • Graduate Leadership Program held at UMSL in September;

meeting scheduled at S&T on November 13-14.• Dealing with minor course renumbering issues, but working

with the Registrar’s Office to resolve them quickly.• Technical Editing: 116% increase in student submissions

from FS 13 (12) to FS 14 (26).• Working with graduate programs to host Q&A webinars for

prospective graduate students.• 100 S&T undergraduate students attended the Graduate

Fair on October 1.

Office of Graduate Studies

Student Enrollment % Change

First-time, degree-seeking college 1,291 2.2%

New Transfer 460 7.7%

New Graduate 532 -11.0%

Out-of-state 3,011 8.7%

Distance or On-line 1,066 8.2%

International 1,516 18.6%

Underrepresented Minority 706 8.4%

Female 1,955 6.3%

Credit Hours 104,907 6.8%

Total enrollment 8,642 6.3%

Numbers reflect enrollment as of Sept. 22, 2014

All Students, Totals

United States 7,316 Other Countries 1,326 Total 8,642

ALASKA

CALIFORNIA

IDAHO

OREGON

WASHINGTON

MONTANA

WYOMING

UTAH

COLORADO

ARIZONA

NEW MEXICO

TEXAS

OKLAHOMA

KANSAS

NEBRASKA

SOUTH DAKOTA

NORTH DAKOTA MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

IOWA

ILLINOIS

OHIOIN

KENTUCKY

WV

VIRGINIA

NO. CAROLINA

GEORGIA

FL

ALABAMA

MS

MISSOURI

ARKANSAS

LA

NEVADA

HAWAII

MICHIGAN

PENNSYLVANIA

NJ

NEW YORKCT

MA

VT

NH

MAINE

TENNESSEE

CAROLINASO.

MD

DE

RI

DC

59

16

3

5

4

4

12

42

50

2212

54

114

37

5

32

5,680

41

7135

6

320

24

521 36

25

22

16

21

1413

11

30

12

127

42

80

1

2 2

6

Geographic Origin of All Students - Fall 2014ll

Note: Geographic Origin is defined as student's legal residence at time of original admission to Missouri S&T. Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) frozen files, end of 4th week of classes. Revised 9-23-14.

12

28

416

DC 2

50 or more students

10 – 49 students

1 - 9 students

No students

Legend

PUERTORICO

3

Armed Forces

Pacific & Europe

1

6

2

New furniture installed on the

first floor and receiving positive

comments from students.

Area for the visualization wall

has undergone re-modeling,

and we are ready for MinerView.

Curtis Laws Wilson Library Successes

Curtis Laws Wilson LibraryChallenges

Suggested cuts to journals have been submitted to LLRC and to department liaisons.

• 1,293 students– up 7.8% from 2013-14 AY– up 12% from 2012-13 AY

• 588 women (45.5% of total enrollment; up from 43.3% in 2013-14 AY)

– Amy Ketterer - 2014 Diane Feldman Technical Editing Undergraduate Scholarship from the Technical Editing Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication

– Sarah Jones - Curtis E. Huntington Scholarship in recognition of her academic achievements in actuarial science

• CASB Open House was held October 8– 37 prospective students and their families attended

College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessStudent Highlights

• 2 faculty promoted to Professor: Diana Ahmad, Robert Paige

• 7 faculty tenured and promoted to Associate Professor: Eric Bryan, Richard Dawes, Cassandra Elrod, Audra Merfeld-Langston, Jorge Porcel, John Singler, Alexey Yamilov

• Major Awards and Honors• Patrick Joseph Huber, 46th annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/ Virgil

Thomson Award for his article “Black Hillbillies: African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, 1924-1932.” In Hidden In the Mix: African American Country Music Traditions, ed. by Diane Pecknold, Duke University Press.

• Larry Gragg, Western Writers of America Spur Award, Finalist in Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary, Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture, University Press of Kansas

College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessFaculty Highlights

College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessCollege Staffing Update

• Associate Dean of Academic Affairs– Four finalists being interviewed and screened

• Associate Dean of Research and External Relations– Application period closes today

• Executive Director of Development– Three finalists interviewed

• Finance and Budget Officer– Screening applicants now

• Administrative Assistant– Four finalists interviewed; offer ready pending HR approval

• The sixteen academic programs associated with the College of Engineering and Computing successfully completed ABET accreditation, October 3-6th.

• A number of reoccurring themes associated with continuous improvement, course prerequisites and institutional support were observed for a number of programs.

College of Engineering and Computing