Transformational Change at Idaho State University

Fall 2010

Transforming CampusAccreditation

� NWCCU reaffirmed ISU’s accreditation� Three commendations

� Rendezvous Complex� Enterprise Resource Planning System� Enterprise Resource Planning System� Providing students with financial

support despite poor economy

Transforming CampusCampus Restructure

� New Division of Health Sciences

� New College of Science and Engineering

� New College of Arts and Letters

� New Student Success Center

� Student Affairs Structure Streamlined

Transforming CampusCampus Restructure

� New leadership in place� Realistic budgets set for new units� Strategic planning underway

Transforming University Finances

� Significant cost reductions achieved� Stable financial operations� Improved financial reserves posture� Significantly improved debt service � Significantly improved debt service

coverage� Athletics

� Deficit erased � Positive operations restored and maintained

� Continued successful annual audits� Bond ratings sound� University Business Officers fully

deployed

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Headcount: End of Term

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Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009

Transforming CampusEnhanced Recruitment Efforts

2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010

10,000 313,729 Students exposed to ISU

60 98 Idaho high schools visited

4,000 6,230 Inquiries from Idaho students

15 in 3 states 39 in 9 states College fairs15 in 3 states 39 in 9 states College fairs

483 1,550 Individual campus tours

�Recruiting better qualified students

1,114University of Idaho

Highest number of FTE graduate students in the state Fall 2009 10th Day Data

Transforming CampusGraduate Student Comparison

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Boise State University

Idaho State University

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Transforming CampusAvailability and Access to Classes

� Priority enrollment process� Opens up classes for paying students� Helps identify need for additional class sessions

� Additional 24 sections in Arts and Letters and 17 Arts and Letters and 17 sections in Science and Engineering have been added to ensure access

Transforming CampusUniversity Housing

� Turner Hall and Rendezvous at capacity� FY’11 apartment occupancy at 92%� Overall residence hall occupancy up 20%

from FY’09� Creating greater opportunities to expand

Living-Learning Communities and advance student success rates.

Transforming CampusStatus of ERP Project

� All 8 core business functions completed on schedule

� Completed on budget

� Presented the IT Project Management Awardby The Information Technology Resource Management Council by The Information Technology Resource Management Council

(a body within the Idaho State Department of Administration)

� Project will continue over the next two years

Transformative National Rankings

� PhD in Clinical Psychology ranked 1st

nationally (Psychological Reports)

� Counseling program tied for 13th in nation by U.S. News and World Report (April 2010)U.S. News and World Report (April 2010)

� ISU ranked fifth-safest campus in the U.S. (Daily Beast)

Transforming StudentsStudent Success Center

� One-stop shopping for academic support services:

� University Honors Program� University Honors Program� Academic Advising� University tutoring� TRiO� ADA Resource Center� Native American

Academic Studies� Student Athlete Academic Support

Transforming StudentsVeterans’ Sanctuary

� 150% increase in veteran students at ISU� 325 veterans in 2009…813 veterans in 2010

� “One stop shopping” approach

� National citations from The American Legion and VFW

� Support ISU National Guard students being deployed in mid September

Transforming StudentsStudent Recreation Center

� Approved by students in 2004

� $7M cost paid by students

� Operation costs shared by faculty/staff through membership faculty/staff through membership fees

� 32,000 square feet of additional space

� Includes weights, fitness machines, multi-purpose room and personal training

� Key to recruitment and retention

Transformative ResearchExternal Funding

� 27% increase in external funding in FY’10, to $36,658,131� 70% is federal funding� 17% increase in industry funding

� More than 20 active industry projects, including:� AREVA� Battelle Energy Alliance� Lockheed Martin Corp.� Monsanto� Portneuf Regional Medical Center� Premier Technology, Inc.

Transformative Research2010 Fulbright Awards

� Alan Johnson (Professor, English)� Teach and study at University of Mumbai,

India

� Dr. Jennifer Attebery� Dr. Jennifer Attebery(Professor, English)� Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American

Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden

� Bethany Hundley (Master’s Student, Deaf Education)� Study deaf and deaf literacy in Nepal

Transformative ResearchEnergy Research

� DOE Nuclear Energy University Program (NEUP) grants� ISU received of 3 of the 42

grants awarded in the U.S.grants awarded in the U.S.

� NRC laboratory equipment grant

� New joint faculty hire with the INL

Transformative ResearchHealth Research

� Family Medicine Clinical Research Center� Multiple, ongoing clinical trials

� NIH funded faculty doubled in the past yearpast year

� Medical isotope production project� 2 new DOE grants totaling $925,000� Patent in progress

Transformative ResearchEnvironmental Research

� Professor Dan Ames� Developed MapWindow GIS software� Downloaded by 250,000 users in 40 countries� 2010 Early Career Research Excellence Awardee, International

Environmental Modeling Software Society National awardEnvironmental Modeling Software Society National award

Transformative ResearchSocial Science Research

� $1.7M National Science Foundation Grant:� Interdisciplinary: history,

geoscience, computer science, mathematics

� Principal Investigator: Jack Owens, History

� International collaborators

Transformative ResearchSocial Science Research

� Minerals Management Service contract for studying the impacts of oil disasters in Alaska ($339,000) (U.S. Department of the Interior)

� NSF funding for an analysis of fisheries policy � NSF funding for an analysis of fisheries policy ($199,000)

� NSF funding for Aleutian Island Biocomplexity($1,390,000)

� Inaugurated Spring 2008� Collaborative partnership between:

� ICEE� College of Education� 21 southeast Idaho School Districts

Transforming CommunitiesTotal Instructional Alignment

� 21 southeast Idaho School Districts

� Alignment of Idaho core academic K-12 standards to classroom instruction and assessment

� Novel team-based delivery model� Supported by the Idaho SBOE and Dell, Inc.� Student achievement increases through improved

teaching and learning in SE Idaho.

Transforming Communities

� Memorandum of Agreement: Shoshone-Bannock Tribes� Formalizes relationship between ISU and Tribes� Develops services for Shoshone-Bannock students

and community� Focuses on recruitment and retention� Focuses on recruitment and retention

� Indigenous Nations Institute

President Arthur and Dr. Laura Vailas with Larry EchoHawk,U.S. Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Transformative ResearchMirador Basin

The Ultimate Goal of Transformation