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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALUMNI CLUB
WEEKEND COLLEGE
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!
Dr. James R. Ramsey President, University of Louisville
July 30, 2011
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE
GREAT HISTORY/WONDERFUL TRADITION
YOU ARE A PART OF THAT HISTORY/TRADITION!
OUR MANDATE TODAY IS TO BUILD ON HISTORY/TRADITION:
“UOFL IS TO BE A PREMIER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED METROPOLITAN
RESEARCH UNIVERSITY”
(HOUSE BILL I – POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1997)
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AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY GOOD/GREAT
THINGS ARE HAPPENING….
Freshman ClassAverage ACT score of 24.5
33% scored 27 or greater on ACT58 Valedictorians
33% college level courses in high school
59.9% outside Jefferson County17.4% from out of state
UofL receives $3.15 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust. Funds to support cancer research
program in Owensboro
AUGUST 2010
CII researchers receive over $2 million grant from NIH for the next
generation of artificial hearts/pumps
Cardinal Singers make triumphant return to Far
East
NIH gives more than $1.5 million for interdisciplinary oncology palliative care
education program
SEPTEMBER 2010
Signature HealthCARE moves to Louisville
UofL's Center for Predictive Medicine, a $44 million regional
biosafety research lab designed to better protect Americans from
emerging biological threats
KFC Yum! Center opensKicks off with Eagles concert
OCTOBER 2010
Sign letter of intent to form statewide health network
UofL launches largest fundraising campaign – $750
million is goal for‘Charting Our Course’ campaign
UofL researchers report cardiac stem cells as safe, effective in heart failure
treatment
NOVEMBER 2010
UofL soccer team Finishes Historic Season as NCAA Runner-Up
UofL Winter Commencement at Yum! Arena 700 students participate
DECEMBER 2010
KPPC help schools, businesses cut energy costs
154 school districts – $28 savings per student
Nursing students pass licensure exam at rate higher than
national average – 97% vs. 88% national avg
$4.8m grant to the Kent School program aims to reduce teen pregnancy,
disease risk
JANUARY 2011
$9.56 m from NIH to head multicenter
cardiovascular research network
Faculty from the University of Louisville's
Kent School of Social Work are joining with
the KIPDA Rural Diabetes Coalition to
reduce the prevalence of the disease in Shelby,
Bullitt and Henry counties
$2.6m grant to the Office of Community
Engagement to create a college-going culture
among low-income, minority and potential first-generation college
students
FEBRUARY 2011
University of Louisville’s College of Business in the top 10 percent of the nation’s business schools
for 2011
MARCH 2011
Mayor announces partnership with Nucleus on the "Lifelong Wellness and
Aging Initiative”
UofL & Kosair Charities Autism Center
University of Louisville has earned official
status as a Tree Campus USA
UofL Nursing Faculty Honored for Race Track Clinic Success
APRIL 2011
UofL Entrepreneurship Students – TNG Pharmaceuticals – Win National Awards
MAY 2011
Dr. Susan Harkema, UofL’s Owsley Brown Frazier Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation,
hopes to get people walking again
Fulbright’s – 14 & counting!
Commencement 2010-11Over 2,600 graduates!
MAY 2011
UofL and Ft. Knox discuss partnership
Nursing Fellowship program for stroke care
Continue to work on partnership agreement
$750,000,000
$520,538,046
Campaign Results
Another record year for fundraising – over $125 million with more to come!
JUNE 2011
Audit of HSC TIF expenditure approved
BUT IT ISN’T EASY
• STATE CUTS• FEDERAL CUTS– EARMARKS
• ENDOWMENT EARNINGS
KY NON AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
Jan-99Jul-9
9
Jan-00Jul-0
0
Jan-01Jul-0
1
Jan-02Jul-0
2
Jan-03Jul-0
3
Jan-04Jul-0
4
Jan-05Jul-0
5
Jan-06Jul-0
6
Jan-07Jul-0
7
Jan-08Jul-0
8
Jan-09Jul-0
9
Jan-10Jul-1
0
Jan-11Jul-1
11750.0
1770.0
1790.0
1810.0
1830.0
1850.0
1870.0
1890.0
Jan '991769.4
Oct '001833.6
Jul '031777.6
Dec '071872.4
Jun '111791.1
HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &
Achievement
Educational Excellence
Goals 1998 Actual
2011 Actual
2020 Goals
Increase baccalaureate degrees awarded annually 1,694 2,603 3,074
Increase baccalaureate graduation rate 30.1% 48.6% 60%
Increase doctorate degrees awarded annually 76 163 272
HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &
Achievement
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Goals 1998 Actual
2011 Actual
2020 Goals
Increase total grant and contract expenditures $39.1M $198.4M $310.3M
Increase total grant and contract awards $42.1M $144.4M $280M
HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &
Achievement
Diversity, Opportunity, and Social Justice
Goals 1998 Actual
2011 Actual
2020 Goals
Achieve Kentucky Plan Goals 5 for 8 8 for 8 8 for 8*
Achieve annual goals specified in the University Diversity Plan
<86%4 100% 95%*
HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &
Achievement
Creative and Responsible Stewardship
Goals 1998 Actual
2011 Actual
2020 Goals
Annual philanthropy received $42.5M $140.7M $150M
Participate in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
NA5 Silver Gold
FIRST IN KENTUCKY
INCREASE OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED
FIRST IN KENTUCKY
INCREASE IN ALL DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
FIRST IN KENTUCKY
INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATE
FIRST IN KENTUCKY
INCREASE IN AVERAGE ACT SCORES
HIGHEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN KENTUCKY
IN FUNDED RESEARCH
LOWEST IN KENTUCKY
INCREASE IN TUITION RATES
But being #1 in Kentucky is
not good enough!
We have more to do!
MANAGING COSTS$136 MILLION
IN 7 YEARS
UNDER PERFORMING ASSETS
e.g. SHELBY CAMPUS
DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS
WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH
STUDENT SERVICES
IMPROVING CONTRACT RESEARCH
AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
BEING CREATIVE
TWO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS
ENHANCING CLINICAL INCOME
FACULTY PHYSICIANS SUPPORT OUR ACADEMIC MISSION – TEACHING AND RESEARCH
INCREASING PHILANTHROPIC/
PRIVATE SUPPORT
AND SOWE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD ON OUR GREAT HISTORY & TRADITIONS!
YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR ALMA MATER!
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TODAY AND GOING FORWARD…WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER!
• BE ENGAGED• HELP US COMMUNICATE• HELP US RECRUIT• TALK TO POLICY MAKERS• GIVE BACK
THANK YOU