Office of Undergraduate Studies

1. Office of Undergraduate Studies 2013 Curators’ Teaching Summit, Sponsored by CERTI • “Emerging Student Issues in the Classroom,” featuring the Curators’ Teaching Professors • Noon meetings, Sept. 16, Oct. 16 and Nov. 11 with lunch provided. LEAD • For the first time ever Chem 2 (759 students) will offer a learning center. It will meet in TJ Hall. • LEAD tutoring and learning centers were initiated by the second week of the semester. • We launched our first-ever “On Line Learning Center” in Chem 1. • We are arranging a “LEAD Showcase” on Nov 12-13 for fellow UM faculty/administrators.

2. Office of Undergraduate Studies South Central Regional Professional Development Center • Partnering in leadership training for implementation of the Missouri Educator Evaluation System. • Four training modules: Foundations, The Probationary Period, Student Growth Measures, and Evaluator Training / Descriptive Feedback. • Each module is a full day of training, and will be repeated 8 times throughout the region.

3. Office of Graduate Studies Record Graduate Enrollment Growth: • Graduate enrollment rose from 1414 in FS 2007 to 1927 in FS2013 -- a 36.28% increase.  • The PhD student enrollment rose from 344 in FS2007 to 545 in FS2013 – a 58.43% increase. Note: The FS2013 numbers are based on 2nd week data.

4. Office of Graduate Studies New Graduate Student Orientation: • 88 new graduate students in attendance • Faculty panel discussion with students • 7 speakers from various campus departments (Registrar’s, Student Affairs, etc.) • 7 informational booths

5. Office of Graduate Studies Summer Semester 2013 Technical Editing Data: • Total completed edits: 134 • Total number of pages edited: 2,206 • Documents submitted per genre: • Conference papers: 21 • Dissertations: 44 • Dissertation Proposals: 3 • Journal Articles: 40 • Theses: 24 • Thesis Proposals: 2 • Departments submitting the largest number of documents: • Computer Science: 23 • Electrical Engineering: 20 • Petroleum Engineering: 19

6. Enrollment 6,082 Undergraduate • 1,237 new freshmen • 420 new transfers 1,927 Graduate • 1,382 Masters • 545 PhD ___________________________ 8,009 Students* 45 1 5 4 10 2 1 16 3 5 14 20 22 2 1 5 25 3 35 37 35 6 21 4 10 501 6 30 44 9 50 5,390 129 21 23 13 17 22 44 44 8 11 2 16 11 128 9 9 28 Fall 2013 3 *Unofficial data based on 2nd week of classes Official S&T enrollment data available after 4th week census

7. Enrollment Shifts Fall 2012 Total Students: 7,647 On-campus: 6,760 Distance/EEC: 887 Undergraduate: 5,843 FTC: 1,125 Graduate: 1,804 Fall 1982 Total Students: 7,795 On-campus: 7,200 Distance/EEC: 595 Undergraduate: 6,586 FTC: 1,313 Graduate: 1,209 Fall 2013* Total Students: 8,009* On-campus: 7,135* Distance/EEC: 874* Undergraduate: 6,082* FTC: 1,237* Graduate: 1,927* Fall 2000 Total Students: 4,626 On-campus: 4,393 Distance/EEC: 233 Undergraduate: 3,698 FTC: 696 Graduate: 928 *Based on 2nd week of classes Unofficial data provided for internal university planning and training - NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION Official S&T enrollment data available after 4th week census

8. Record High Enrollments • Under-represented minority students  8.5% • Female students  5.8% • Graduate students  8.8% • Non-resident international students  19.2% • Out-of-state students  5.4% • New transfer students 14.4% • Distance and online students  7.9% • Total enrolled students  5.9%

9. Not Your “Average Joe” • Mid-range ACT: 26-31 • Average ACT: 27.9 • Average high school GPA: 3.80 • Average transfer credits: 14 hours • 57 National Merit Scholars* • 1,014 Bright Flight Scholars* • 1,671 Access Missouri Scholars* • 850 Curator’s Scholars* * Total of ALL students at S&T

10. Office of International Affairs • International Student Enrollment • FS13 set a record for incoming new students 380 (a 50% increase over FS12) • Intensive English Program • 123 students are currently enrolled • 49 full-time and 74 part-time • Countries represented include Brazil, China, Colombia, East Timor, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Libya, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand • Non degree Students • International Affairs hosted a scavenger hunt for Brazil Scientific Mobility Program students and exchange students (non-degree). The international students were matched with American Students and sent out to explore the campus. Twenty-nine students participated.

11. Office of International Affairs • Celebration of Nations is in full-swing! • Outreach programs have started in the local community • Organizing committee meeting regularly to ensure a great event • All campus and community members are invited to the 4th annual event on September 28th • The program begins with a parade that will march from the campus to Rolla Street, 6th Street and Pine Street to the downtown bandshell area • International Idol try-outs are Sept 4th • Celebration of Nations tee-shirts are now available and can be purchased at the Missouri S&T bookstore for $10 – $12. Camels are returning September 28!

12. Global Learning Engineering Education Center Courses St. Louis Based Adjunct Faculty • Number of courses broadcast from EEC = 18 • Enrollment in EEC courses • MSU students = 13 • Rolla campus students = 265 • Graduate students = 91 • Undergrad students = 174 • Distance students = 96 • Total Number of Students = 374 Note: Enrollment (as of 9-4-2013)

13. Office of Sponsored Programs Summary of FY14 activities through the end of July and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $4.9M (down 81.9%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 48 (up 84.6%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $8.5M (up 1%) Number of proposals submitted: 48 (up 118.2%) Total expenditures: $4M (up 32.3%) Net grant and contract expenditures: $3.9M (up 32.4%) F&A recovered: $0.9M (up 15.6%) Number of active awards: 614 (up 6.6%)

14. Congratulations to … • D. Pommerenke, R. Zoughi, M. Ghasr, J. Case, A. McClanahan and K. Guinn, “Non-Destructive Rotary Imaging,” US Patent Number 8,482,602, July 9, 2013. • D. Day, S. Jung and R. Brown, “Scaffold for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,481,602, July 9, 2013. • N. Leventis and C. Sotiriou-Leventis, “Pre-formed Assemblies of Sol-gel Derived Nanoparticles as 3D Scaffolds for Composites and Aerogels,” US Patent Number 8,501,319, August 6, 2013. • V. Flanigan, S. Kapila, K. Chandrashekhara, R. Seemamahannop, A. Garg and S. Misra, “Soybean Based Epoxy Resin and Methods of Making Same,” US Patent Number 8,481,622, August 6, 2013.