Transcript State of the University, April 2009
State of the University (#7)
John F. Carney III
April 28, 2009
MDHE Quick Facts Affordability Fact: Missouri is currently 47 th in the nation in per capita support for public higher education
Fact: Missouri is currently 4 th in the nation in per capita support for private higher education
$350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $0 $159 $297 Missouri Kansas $227 $303 $257 Illinois Arkansas US Average
Legislative Outlook
Access Missouri
Concealed weapons on campus
Bond for higher education capital projects
Level funding
Other potential state and federal capital project funding
Use federal economic stimulus dollars to provide $1 billion tax cut
Stimulus Requests Project
Biological Sciences/Chemical Engineering Building Emerson Electric Company Hall Addition Innovation Park/Child Development Center S&T Research Park Facilities Campus infrastructure repair and replacement Undergraduate engineering/science teaching laboratories upgrades Research laboratory equipment Classroom technology enhancements and upgrades
Cost
$40,000,000 $16,611,000 $3,500,000 $5,000,000 $14,790,301 $11,900,000 $10,000,000 $10,600,000
ABET Accreditation Visit On campus October 18-21, 2008 16 engineering programs evaluated
Aerospace Engineering Architectural Engineering Ceramic Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Engineering Management Environmental Engineering Geological Engineering Interdisciplinary Engineering Mechanical Engineering Metallurgical Engineering Mining Engineering Nuclear Engineering Petroleum Engineering
Engineering laboratories and equipment Faculty size
North Central Association of Higher Learning Commission Accreditation Visit
On campus February 22-25, 2009
Two-year project
Institutional Self Study Report is available on-line at http://accreditation.mst.edu
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Enrollment Undergraduate Graduate Total Enrollment 2000 3,698 928 4,626 2005 4,313 1,289 5,602 Fall Semester Headcount Actual 2006 4,515 1,343 2007 4,753 1,414 5,858 6,167 2008 4,912 1,459 6,371 Goal 2011 4,800 1,750 6,550
Diversity since 2000
Total minority student enrollment has grown by 74% (278 additional minority students)
A 89% minority first-to-second year retention rate has been maintained
Female enrollment has grown by 35% (369 additional female students)
Non-engineering majors have grown by over 40%
1 400 1 200 1 000 800 600 400 200 1 050 377 Enrollment Diversity
35% increase in Female Students 86% increase in Minority Students
1391 1 248 1 326 1 224 1 209 1 133 1 097 1419 414 456 508 483 542 600 641 655 Total Minorities, Non-Caucasian US Citizens Female
700 650 600 550 500 450 400
452
2003
Out-of-State Admits up 45% since 2003
as of 3/30/09
470 519 534 622
2004 2005 2006
Fall Semester
2007
606
2008
655
2009
30 20 10 0 80 70 60 50 40
40
2003
International Admits up 80% since 2003 as of 3/30/09 34 27 36 49
2004 2005 2006
Fall Semester
2007
44
2008
72
2009
Tenure and Tenure Track Female Faculty (Fall) 30 20 10 60 50 40
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Strategic Plan goals 0 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 Year
2009 Incoming Class
Since the name change, our undergraduate freshmen out-of-state applications have increased by 12% and our international freshmen admits have increased by 70%
Fall 2009 freshmen class is projected to be 54% larger than the freshmen class of 2000
VERY talented Fall 2009 incoming class:
6 with perfect 36 on ACT 2 with perfect 1600 on SAT Average ACT composite is 28.06 for all incoming freshmen 38% of admits have ACT composite of 30+
Toyota Names S&T One of its Six Key Schools
After attending the Fall Career Fair, Toyota was so impressed with our graduates, service, career fair, and culture they named us a key school
They will assign a key executive to serve on our corporate development council and provide opportunities for training, funding, and other partnership activities
Examples of Other Key Schools
Garmin International: 1 of 8 universities Nucor Corporation: 1 of 4 universities US Steel: 1 of 12 universities
Advancing Excellence
Capital Campaign
200 150 100 50 0
Advancing Excellence Capital Campaign Progress
as of March 31, 2009 $173.2M
69 months 84 72 60 48 36 24 12 0 Dollars Raised
Office of Sponsored Programs
FY09 activities through the end of March and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:
Proposals awarded in total dollars: $35M Proposals submitted in total dollars: $124.2M
Proposals submitted: 441 F&A recovered: $4.8M Active awards: 592 (up 12.3%) (up 16.2%) (up 3%) (up 21.6%) (up 3.5%)
General Fitness Complex
Missouri Energy Summit
Missouri Energy Summit April 22-23, 2009 Guest Speakers
T. Boone Pickens Michael Chesser
, Chairman and CEO, Great Plains Energy and Kansas City Power and Light
Daniel Cole,
Senior Vice President, Ameren Corporation
Bob Dixon
, Incoming Chair, Alliance to Save Energy Board
Robert K. Dixon
, leader, Climate Change and Chemicals Team at the Global Environment Facility
Karen Harbert
, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21 st Century Energy
Dale Klein
, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bob Kruse
, Executive Director, Global Vehicle Engineering, Hybrids, Electrical Vehicles and Batteries, General Motors
Fredrick D. Palmer
, Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Peabody Energy
Richard Sayre
, Director, Enterprise Rent-A-Car Institute for Renewable Fuels, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Joan Woodard
, Executive Vice President and Deputy Laboratories Director for the Nuclear Deterrent, Sandia National Laboratories.
Energy Summit
Energy Summit
Student Design Teams
April 2009 Competition Results
Formula SAE Car
1 st place overall in season-opening Formula Car competition at the Virginia International Raceway
Advanced Aero Vehicle Group
(heavy lift team) 1 st US team (3 rd overall behind Poland and Brazil) at the SAE Aero heavy lift competition in Marietta, GA
Advanced Aero Vehicle Group
(rocket team) 1 st place in aesthetics and team spirit award in Huntsville, AL – NASA has not released final results yet
Student Design Teams
April 2009 Competition Results
Concrete Canoe
5 th place at the ASCE's Mid-Continent Conference in Carbondale, IL
Steel Bridge Team
1 st place in aesthetics and 1 st place in display at the ASCE's Mid-Continent Conference in Carbondale, IL
Human Powered Vehicle
2 nd place overall at ASME competition in Philadelphia 1 st place in female sprint setting a new school record and ASME record (41.8 MPH) 2 nd place in male sprint (44.6 MPH – ½ MPH behind champion)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex Dedication was April 17
Toomey Hall Dedication
Toomey Hall Dedication
Athletics
Football team won the Great Lakes Football Conference championship in 2008 and 10 Miners were first team selections
Men’s track and field team won the GLVC Conference Championship
Coach Sterling Martin was named GLVC Coach of the Year for men’s track and field
Three Miners earned All-America honors in NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships: Jordan Henry, Peter Hollenbeck, and Dan Hellwig
Athletics
Sophomore Zlatan Hamzic became the first student-athlete in school history to earn an individual national championship in the 200 yard breaststroke in school record time at the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships
Miner swimmers finished third in the team competition, the third straight top-four national finish in the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships
Missouri S&T: The State’s lean, mean economic machine
Honorary Knight Gary Forsee