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Freshmen Faculty Orientation

Freshmen Faculty Orientation. UMR Campus Update John F. Carney III August 15, 2006. UMR Goal Strategic Planning Flattening of Administrative Structure Promotion and Tenure Capital Campaign Fall Enrollment. UMR Success Indicators.

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Freshmen Faculty Orientation

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  1. Freshmen FacultyOrientation UMR Campus Update John F. Carney III August 15, 2006

  2. UMR Goal • Strategic Planning • Flattening of Administrative Structure • Promotion and Tenure • Capital Campaign • Fall Enrollment

  3. UMR Success Indicators • Average starting salary of undergraduate students over $51K • 576 different employers from 37 states recruited the UMR student population 12% increase • 10th in the nation for number of doctoral engineering degrees granted to women • 22nd in the nation for number of engineering degrees granted

  4. UMR Success Indicators • 22nd on list of “America’s Most Entrepreneurial Campuses” Source: Forbes magazine • One of the nation’s 25 “most connected campuses” Source: Forbes.com/Princeton Review • A top 25 civil engineering program Source: America’s Best Colleges Guidebook 2004

  5. Student Design Teams • Solar Car Team finished in fourth place in the 2005 North American Challenge • Solar House Team finished seventh in the 2005 Solar Decathlon in Washington, D.C. • Mucking Teams placed second in the 2006 Men’s and Women’s Intercollegiate Mining Competition after winning world championships in the two previous years • Formula Race Car Team placed eighth in the 2006 SAE Formula West competition, which featured 708 teams • Human-Powered Vehicle Team won the East Coast championship for the fifth year in a row • UMR students won the American Ceramic Society’s 2006 national mug drop contest • UMR students won first place in a helicopter design competition sponsored by the American Helicopter Society

  6. Capital Campaign • Gary D. Forsee (Chair) • BS Civil Engineering, ’72 • President and Chief Executive Officer, Sprint Nextel Corporation • Keith E. Bailey (Tri-Chair) • BS Mechanical Engineering, ’64 • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Williams Companies, Inc. (retired 2002) • Gary W. Havener (Tri-Chair) • BS Mathematics and Statistics, ’62 • President and Owner, Havener Enterprises • David B. Price (Tri-Chair) • BS Civil Engineering, ’68 • President and Chief Executive Officer, Birdet Price LLC

  7. Capital Campaign Update • Timing • Quiet phase began July 2003 • Public launch anticipated April 2007 • Completion anticipated June 2010 • Campaign Dollar Goal: $200 million • Campaign Categories • Student Support • Faculty Support • Facilities & Equipment • Program Support • Private Grant Support • $80M raised as of 6/30/06

  8. Campaign ProgressResults as of June 30, 2006 millions

  9. MOHELA

  10. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs • W. Kent Wray • PhD in Civil Engineering Texas A&M University, 1978 • MS in Civil Engineering Air Force Institute of Technology, 1974 • BS in Civil Engineering Kansas State University, 1968 • BS in Physics Washburn University, 1967

  11. Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs • W. Kent Wray • Michigan Technological University (2000 - 2006) • Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (2000 – 2005) • Ohio University (1996 – 2000) • Dean, Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ College of Engineering and Technology • Texas Tech University (1978 – 1996) • Chair of civil engineering from (1990-1996)

  12. Enrollment Projections For FS 2006

  13. Enrollment Growth Trends 5,602 5,720 estimated 4,626

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