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Dean’s Report
to the
CAS Faculty Council’s
Spring Assembly
April 30, 2010
Priorities in the Strategic Plan
Have Not Changed!
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Community Engagement
Global Literacy and Impact
Integrated, Interdisciplinary Inquiry
Research and Innovation
Student Success
CAS remains very well positioned to contribute
to each of these priorities!
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• Even in these difficult economic times,
Academic Affairs understands and has been
remarkably supportive of CAS goals and
priorities:
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Faculty lines
Instructor positions
TA lines
Counter-offers
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State of the College
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Graduate and Undergraduate Studies
Research and Scholarship
Facilities, Safety and Security
Business Services
Development
Faculty Affairs
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From 30,000 feet
UG SCH Spring 10
1%
6%
5%
6%
8%
58%
10%
6%
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Arts & Sciences
Behavioral & Comm Sci
Business Administration
Education
Engineering
Health Science
The Arts
Other
Undergraduate Student Success Initiatives
• University Student Success Task Force brings needed
change
• Assessment of student outcomes for improvement
continues
(5th year report [SACS] using Fall 2010 data)
• Health Science Major enrolling students
– One of what will be a menu of options in health
science
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Undergraduate Student Success
Initiatives (cont.)
• New student degree audit system coming (Degree
Works)
– Phasing in Summer 2010; replaces SASS
• Professional Advising Model is evolving
– 9 new advisors in place, with 5 more to come next
year
• New registration process based on performance and
level (high GPAs first)
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Undergraduate Student Recruiting
Improving Yield of Quality Students
• Phone contacts from advisors to admits
• Letters from the Dean (next year--departmental
letters?)
• Honors student recruiting day (showcase CAS)
• Stampede for Success (faculty and advisors involved)
– (recruiting HS sophomores and juniors)
• Orientation and registration for new first year
students
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
From Transactions to Relationships
• Our goal should be to reach out to and
develop genuine relationships with our
applicants, to deepen our engagement
with them when they are our students,
and to stay connected to them when they
become loyal alumni.
From 30,000 feet
GRAD SCH Spring 10
18%
23%
5%
8%
10%
9%
8%
19%
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Arts & Sciences
Behavioral & Comm Sci
Business Administration
Education
Engineering
Health Science
The Arts
Other
Graduate Student Initiatives
Graduate Program Support and Expansion
• USF Goal is to have 25% graduate enrollment on Tampa
Campus
• Provost support: 43 new recurring PhD GA lines (12 depts.
$711K competitive stipends), 14 additional PhD GA lines
(one time)
• General Education Council: Since 2007 >80 new GA
positions constitutes more than $1.3M investment in CAS
• Dean’s Excellence Award (22 current enhancements to
15K)
Graduate & Undergraduate Studies
Research & Scholarship News
Research & Scholarship
USF touts rank as state's No. 2
research university
USF award dollars have risen steadily from
$134M in 1998 to $380M in 2009.
NSF ranked USF at 63rd of nearly 680
institutions.
USF is ahead of the University of Miami, at
78th with $241.7M in research spending;
Florida State University, at 97th with $182M;
and the University of Central Florida, at 125th
with $108 million.
Research & Scholarship
A Tiny Defect That May Create
Smaller, Faster Electronics
A new technique to turn defects in graphene into tiny metallic wires was
developed by Physics professors Ivan Oleynik and Matthias Batzill
Research & Scholarship
Prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Global
Citizenship Award
Anthropology professor Linda
Hose was nominated for the
Center for Public
Anthropology’s Eleanor
Roosevelt Global Citizenship
Award for inspiring university
students to partake in the
global community and think
critically, respond
intelligently, and act
responsibly.
Research & Scholarship
History's Forgotten Fallen
Graydon “Jack” Tunstall,
USF history professor and
researcher conducts groundbreaking investigation into
neglected World War I
battle, and produced the
first full story of history’s
forgotten fallen soldiers on
the eastern front in Blood in
the Snow: The Carpathian
Winter War 1915
Research & Scholarship
Holocaust oral history project:
preserving oral histories of survivors
Professor of Communication and Sociology, Carolyn
Ellis received a 2010 National Endowment for the
Humanities Summer Stipend for her Holocaust survivors
project
Research & Scholarship
Cold Cases Examined: Forensic science
puts a name to a skeleton
Anthropology professor
Erin Kimmerle is the go-to
person for identifying
remains and assisting
Hillsborough County law
enforcement with cold
cases
Research & Scholarship
Rome Fellowship in Literature from
the American Academy of Arts and
Letters
Jay Hopler, professor of
English, was awarded the
Rome Fellowships in
Literature, a one-year
residency (2010-2011) at the
American Academy in Rome
Research & Scholarship
Center for Drug Discovery
and Innovation
Synergizing strengths, on‐going
research, expertise, and
interdisciplinary resources
across USF for the discovery
and development of innovative
pharmaceuticals; from research
bench to point-of-care.
(Formerly FCoE-BITT)
Research & Scholarship
Rate of F&A Recovery
Arts & Sciences
Behavioral & Community Sciences
Engineering
Medicine
USF
*30.30%
9.00%
23.20%
13.80%
14.30%
*High F&A recovery is associated with a greater amount of Federal funding.
Research & Scholarship
Summer Grant Writing Workshops
The return on investment is reflected in the 627
compelling proposals submitted, totaling well
over $174 million in competitive proposals,
which has yielded 235 awards with over $49
million in award dollars.
Registration opens May 1st
Research & Scholarship
The Final Frontier
Interdisciplinary Science Building
• Move in date approximately July 2011
• Will be tallest building on campus
• ISA building is going to be a “Green” building
IDRB Build out
• Focus on the SNSM Materials Science Cluster
• Unique combination of faculty from Chemistry,
Physics, and Engineering
Facilities, Safety and Security
Business Services
State of Florida Outlook for 2010/11
 While economic freefall has been quelled and the
worst is likely behind us, the recovery remains
weak and is projected to continue at a slow pace
 $68 billion state budget relies on considerable help
from feds and revenues from the compact with
Seminole Indian Tribe
 Big holes to fill for 2011/12
Business Services
Florida Legislature - Proposed Higher
Education Appropriations Bill
 15% Increase in UG Tuition
 8% State UG Tuition Increase
 7% USF Differential Tuition Authority
 It is a shared priority across the SUS and for UFF
to make sure the Governor does not veto this
increase
Business Services
CAS Budget Highlights for 2009/10
 2% increase for out-of-unit faculty
 1xonly bonus payments for staff
 $4.8M in federal stimulus funding used to
for visiting faculty and adjunct salaries
 1xonly funding in place for summer 2010
Business Services
Overall Fundraising
• FY 09 (as of 4/24/09)
$ 699,213
• FY 10 (as of 4/24/10)
$1,186,298
Increase of 69.66%
Development
Faculty & Staff Campaign
• Tremendous Thank You to area representatives:
– Dr. Dean Martin
– Dr. Dan Bagley
– Ms. Lorene Hall-Jennings
– Ms. Sue Viens
Development
Faculty & Staff Campaign
• FY 10 (as of 4/24/10):
– 32.64% participation
• (FY 09: 28.7%)
– 251 of 769 CAS faculty and staff participating
• (FY 09: 210 of 731)
– Only 8 more participants to reach our FY 10 goal!
Development
Faculty & Staff Campaign
• 2011 USF Campaign Chair: Eric Eisenberg
– More volunteers to serve as Area Representatives?
– Contact Melissa Mayse, 4-4072
Development
Alumni Outreach
Partnered with local alumni chapters and held
outreach events in:
• Washington, DC
• New York City
• Los Angeles, California
Development
• Within Florida:
– Naples
– Clearwater
– Ft. Lauderdale
Phi Beta Kappa Lecture Series
This series is a joint project of USF faculty and the City of Tampa
aimed at raising the level of intellectual discourse in our
community. Nationally and internationally known thought
leaders create opportunities for interaction between these
visionary individuals and our best and brightest citizens.
Research & Scholarship
2009/10 Faculty Searches
• This year alone, we will hire in CAS:
– 10 instructional post docs
– 30 full time instructors
– 19 Assistant Professors
– 4 Associate Professors
– 5 Full Professors, including new Chairs of Sociology and
Mass Communications
• Instructor hires in our biggest departments will help satisfy
accreditation standards for courses taught by full time faculty
• Instructors are not a substitute for research active faculty hires
that are essential to our mission and vision
Faculty Affairs
Faculty Governance
• Completed a thorough revision of the CAS
governance document
• Kudos to the Chairs and Directors, the Faculty
Assembly, and Assembly Chair Dr. Case Boterbloem
for their tireless work on the revised document
• 88% of CAS faculty who voted cast their votes to
approve the new document
Faculty Affairs
Congratulations and Best Wishes to
Our Retirees!
Dennis Bennett
Fred Essig
John Hodgson
Bill Kinder
Edward Levine
Daniel Lim
Randy Miller
David Stamps
Nancy Tyson
Faculty Affairs
CAS Dean’s Office
Biology – IB
Economics
Psychology
Psychology
Biology – CMMB
Mass Communications
Sociology
English
Questions?
Have a great final week of the semester
and a fun and rejuvenating summer!
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