PROVOST’S REPORT

1. PROVOST’S REPORT November 20, 2014

2. OVERVIEW • BIC/Signature Area Status • President Wolfe Visit • Provost Office Staff • Barb Palmer • Janelle Goss (gossjr@mst.edu) • Committee To Review Dean Hiring Process • Division Updates

3. College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessFaculty Highlights • John McManus was named a Curators’ Professor of History and Political Science • Melanie Mormile received funding as part of the EPSCoR research with NASA for her work with extremophiles in Acidic Saline Lakes of Australia • CASB submitted 11 proposals to the UM Research Board totaling approximately $400,000

4. College of Arts, Sciences, and BusinessMiscellaneous • College staffing update • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs • Associate Dean of Research and External Relations • Administrative Assistant – Cindy Heck began November 10 • Finance and Budget Officer – Lucretia Eaton began November 18 • Executive Director of Development • Humanities Open House was held on November 10 • Premier event • Highlighted research from Arts, Languages, and Philosophy; Economics; English and Technical Communication; History and Political Science and Psychological Science

5. College of Engineering and Computing • The college has completed an initial tactical and operational review using a standard SWOT analysis. The following where the top raked categories: • Strengths - Faculty • Weaknesses - Resources • Opportunities - Building Strong Faculty Teams • Threats - High Enrollment Growth • Dr. Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor and head of geology and geophysics has been named interim chair of the geosciences and geological and petroleum engineering department. The appointment takes effect Jan. 1, 2015.

6. Office of Undergraduate Studies S&Tconnect • The 8-week S&Tconnect survey was sent out for all instructors and all course sections on October 16, 2014. • The total percent of faculty submitting the survey’s more than doubled from the 3-week survey to the 8-week survey. Faculty/Staff Experiential Learning Award & Service Learning Award • Nominations are due November 21, 2014 • The Experiential Learning Award recognizes faculty and staff who require undergraduate students to go beyond mastering basic skills and knowledge in the application of that material to problem solving challenges.  These activities involve collaborations and reflective learning and allow students to learn environments that align with their aptitudes. • The Service Learning Award recognizes faculty and staff who involve or influence undergraduate students in academic service learning or community service activities outside the classroom.

7. Office of Undergraduate Studies Assessment Committee • The Assessment Committee will be reconvened to continue with and reinvigorate campus efforts focused on HLC accreditation, and overall campus assessment and accreditation initiatives. • The next comprehensive accreditation visit coming in 2018. Writing Center • Total tutoring sessions: ↑20% • STEM tutoring sessions:↑25% • Number of students served: ↑38% • Number of instructors involved: ↑25%*Compared with fall 2013.

8. Office of Graduate Studies • Graduate Leadership Development Program (GLDP) final meeting scheduled at S&T on November 13-14. Includes workshops on project management, tour of solar house and geothermal plant • 2nd Annual Graduate Family Halloween Party • 150+ attendees • Table hosts almost doubled from 2013 • “Promote U” (power introduction practicing) for Chancellor’s Fellows • Consisted of workshop with COER, editing of speech by Technical Editor, “speed dating” type practice event with OURE students, and recording of perfected power introduction for web use

9. Office of Graduate Studies • Recent recruiting events: • 8 different universities • 75+ students reached, contact information shared with departments • Inviting students to S&T for a campus visit • 86 theses/dissertations turned in for format checking (for FS 14 graduates) • Final copy of theses and dissertations due Nov. 12th!

10. Enrollment Management • Thank you to everyone that contributed to the Open House on November 1 - 217 students and their families visited. • Commencement December 19 & 20 - 1,057 candidates, a 15% increase. • Chancellor’s Scholarship finalists will be on campus Saturday, December 6. 100 of our most talented applicants for Fall 2015.

11. Curtis Laws Wilson LibrarySuccesses • Record number of instruction sessions and one-on-one research consultations (more in the first semester of 2014, than in all of FY13/14) • Reservations for visualization wall growing step-by-step

12. Curtis Laws Wilson LibraryChallenges Recruiting for two open positions (due to a retirement and a resignation)

13. Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY15 activities and year-over-year comparison through the end of September Proposals awarded in total dollars: $15.2M (up 28.9%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 84 (down 22.2%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $48.2M (up 103.5%) Number of proposals submitted: 130 (up 7.4%) Total expenditures: $11.6M (down 15.1%) Net grant and contract expenditures: $8.4M (down 19.9%) F&A recovered: $1.9M (down 21.1%) Number of active awards: 598 (down 3.4%)

14. Congratulations to … • S. Jung and D. Day, “Scaffolds with Trace Elements for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,551,513, October 8, 2013. • Newkirk, J., Liou, F. and Francis, R., “Systems and Methods for Fabricating a Direct Metal Deposition Structure Having Fully Forged Structural Qualities,” US Patent Number 8,617,661, December 31, 2013. • Dogan, F., “Nanostructured Dielectric Materials for High Energy Density Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors,” US Patent Number 8,644,000, February 4, 2014. • Dogan, F., “Nanostructured Dielectric Materials for High Energy Density Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors,” US Patent Number 8,675,344, March 18, 2014. • Brow, R., Reis, S. and Chen, G., “Corrosion-Resistant Glasses for Steel Enamels,” US Patent Number 8,679,389, March 25, 2014. • Hilmas, G., Fahrenholtz, B., Watts, J. and Brown-Shaklee, H., “Ceramic Welds, and a Method for Producing the Same,” US Patent Number 8,715,803, May 6, 2014.