State of the University

1. State of the University Warren K. Wray, Ph.D., P.E. December 13, 2011

2. Fall 1981 Total Students: 7,480 On-campus: 7,039 Distance/EEC: 441 Undergraduate: 6,313 Freshmen: 1,488 Graduate: 1,167 Fall 2011 Total Students: 7,522 On-campus: 6,659 Distance/EEC: 863 Undergraduate: 5,672 Freshmen: 1,101 Graduate: 1,850 Fall 2000 Total Students: 4,626 On-campus: 4,393 Distance/EEC: 233 Undergraduate: 3,698 Freshmen: 696 Graduate: 928 Enrollment Shifts Fall 2010 Total Students: 7,206 On-campus: 6,520 Distance/EEC: 686 Undergraduate: 5,504 Freshmen:1,170 Graduate: 1,702

3. Freshmen DemographicsIncoming Class of 2011 • 1,101 new first-time freshmen • 374 new transfer students • 29 states represented • +6 foreign countries represented • Average ACT is 27.8 (2010: 27.7) • Upper 10% in nation

4. Enrollment Diversity

5. Student Affairs Athletics Miner Athletics rank 4th in the nation in the number of student-athletes earning Academic All-American status since 2000 S&T Volleyball Team GLVC West Division Champions and participated in the NCAA National Tournament S&T Baseball Team GLVC West Division Champions and participated in the NCAA National Tournament

6. Student Affairs Athletics Football Team 11 players named to the GLFC’s All-Academic Team Men’s Soccer Team Qualified for the GLVC Tournament, was ranked #7 nationally during the 2011 season

7. Student Affairs2011 Athletic Honors • 23 All GLVC or GLFC honors • 1 women’s cross country • 1 women’s soccer • 2 men’s soccer • 4 volleyball • 15 football • 17 Academic All-District Team • 1 women’s soccer • 5 men’s soccer • 11 football

8. Student Affairs2011 Athletic Honors • Team Honors • Men’s soccer qualified for GLVC tournament and ranked 7th nationally • Volleyball won GLVC west division championship, qualified for GLVC tournament, and earned program’s first bid to NCAA Division II tournament • Coach of the Year Awards • Jason Holt, volleyball • David Brown, football • Bryan Nardo, football, assistant coach

9. Student Affairs • Greek House Renovations • Kappa Delta (new construction) • Kappa Sigma (renovation & addition) • Sigma Phi Epsilon (renovation) Kappa Sigma Organizations that received national recognition in 2010-11 National Residence Hall Honorary Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity (regional chapter of the year) Kappa Alpha Fraternity Panhellenic Council Kappa Sigma Fraternity Chi Omega Sorority Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority Sigma Chi Fraternity Kappa Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon

10. Student Affairs Residential Life completed its 10 year, $50M master plan. Increased residence hall capacity from 1350 beds to 1760 beds Thomas Jefferson Cafeteria • Thomas Jefferson hall was completely refurbished, including its infrastructure Thomas Jefferson North Lounge

11. Payscale’s 2011-12 Salary Report • 2nd among Midwestern public and private universities ($58,600) • Second to Rose Hulman ($60,700) • 2nd in nation among public universities • Second to Colorado School of Mines ($63,400) • 15th in nation among all universities

12. Fall 2011 Career Fair • 3,061 students and alumni attended • 210 employers attended • 14% increase from Fall 2010 • 88 from Missouri • 122 from outside of Missouri • 35 employers hiring international students • 30% increase from Fall 2010 • 34 states represented • 14% increase from Fall 2010

13. Popular ScienceSeptember 2010 and 2011

14. Celebration of NationsSeptember 24, 2011 • International students visited 55 Middle and High School classrooms • Passport • Parade • 85 countries represented • Fort Leonard Wood • Camels • 45 Vendors • 27 student organizations • 18 community • Rolla Downtown Merchants sponsored a two-week “scavenger Hunt” to promote the event

16. Annual Alumni Contribution RatesTechnological Research Universities

17. University AdvancementPurpose of GiftFY 2011

18. University AdvancementSources of GiftFY 2011

19. Alumni of InfluenceNovember 12, 2011 • Just under 300 alumni nominated • 28 "Alumni of Influence" selected by a panel of Missouri S&T alumni and faculty • 36 “Remarkable Alumni” were recognized at the event http://influence.mst.edu/

20. Alumni of InfluenceNovember 12, 2011 • 3 members of S&T family • Tom Akers • retired Air Force colonel and NASA astronaut • taught in the mathematics and statistics department for 11 years • earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in applied mathematics from S&T in 1973 and 1975, respectively • Jerry Bayless • associate professor of civil engineering • member of the university faculty since 1959, instructing more than 10,000 students • earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in civil engineering from the university in 1959 and 1962 • Del Day • Curators' Professor emeritus of ceramic engineering • pivotal role in developing radioactive glass microspheres that are being used worldwide to treat patients with inoperable liver cancer • earned his bachelor's degree in ceramic engineering from S&T in 1958

21. Alumni of InfluenceNovember 12, 2011

22. Grant and Contract Expenditures

23. Office of Sponsored Programs FY11 activities through the end of June and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $43.2M 17.4% Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 292 10.7% Number of proposals submitted: 496 6.1% Proposals submitted in total dollars: $149.5M 42.3% Research expenditures: $45.9M 2.7% F&A recovered: $7.6M 1.3% Number of active awards: 593 3.4%

24. S&T Moving Forward

25. Chemical and Biological Engineering Building The new 63,500 GSF building will provide the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department a state-of-the-art teaching and research facility. The new facility will also allow for consolidation of teaching and research activities for the department.

26. Chemical and Biological Engineering Building • Schedule • Design Efforts October 2011 – November 2012 • Construction Contract Award January 2013 • Project Complete May 2014 • Cost • Gifts $8,000,000 • Campus Funding $2,000,000 • Bonds $12,343,000 TOTAL Project $22,343,000

27. Geothermal Energy Project • Move away from environmentally unfriendly emissions • Achieve energy savings and accomplish a reduction in deferred maintenance backlog • Includes the installation of ground source heat pump chillers, construction of a geothermal loop, construction of well fields, and required modifications to building HVAC systems

28. Geothermal Energy Project • Schedule • Design Efforts January 2011 – December 2012 • Construction Contract Award April 2012 • Project Complete December 2015

29. Task Force Studies • Research Capacity • Review the “current state” research capacity • Recommend short- and medium term actions to improve the research performance and capacity • Recommend areas/disciplines in which we must invest • Financial Aid • Merit and need-based institutional financial aid review • Competitor/comparator scholarship/aid review • Noel Levitz-financial aid leveraging data analysis • Institutional scholarship management review

30. Commencement • Saturday, December 17 • 11:00 a.m. • Gale Bullman Multipurpose Building • Steve Owens, Interim President, University of Missouri System is Commencement speaker • 662 candidates eligible for graduation • 432 Bachelors • 205 Masters • 25 Ph.D.

31. Sichuan Missouri University

32. What is Proposed? • Partner with UMSL and with a Chinese university to create a new university • Located in Chengdu, China • Enrollment: 4,000 – 8,000 students • A “Tier 1” Chinese university • First cohort enters in Fall 2013

33. Proposed Degree Programs at SMU • Missouri S&T • Mining Engineering • Metallurgical Engineering • Ceramic Engineering • Engineering Management • UMSL • Business • Nursing • Graphic Design • Social Work and Gerontology

34. Our Proposed Partner • Tianfu College (TC) is a private college founded under the auspices and academic leadership of the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) • TC-SWUFE is one of the top 100 independent colleges of China • Recognized in 2010 for excellent graduates by Sichuan Province and received the “21st Century Innovation Demonstration Site of Education Reform” national award

35. Opportunity • The development of Sichuan Missouri University presents the opportunity to link the University of Missouri and the economy of the state of Missouri to one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing economies in today’s global economy.

36. Timeline • September 2011 • UM Board of Curators approved agreements • October 2011 • Application/proposal submitted to Sichuan Province Board of Education and Provincial officials • March 2012 • Additional land to be acquired • Application to be submitted to Chinese Ministry of Education • May 2012 • S&T and UMSL chancellors to be interviewed by Ministry of Education officials

37. Timeline • June 2012 • License to be issued by Ministry of Education • Develop curricula • Advertise/hire faculty • March 2013 • Ministry of Education to approve proposed degree program curricula • September 2013 • First cohort of students to enter SMU

38. How We Will Do It • SMU will pay all costs associated with • Facilities • Laboratory equipment • Start-up • Recruiting faculty • Faculty and staff salaries and benefits • Travel costs associated with S&T and UMSL faculty spending a semester at SMU • Operating costs (e.g., E&E expenses) • UM (S&T and UMSL) investment will be limited to intellectual capital and “know-how”

39. What’s In It For Us? • Increased visibility and enhanced brand image in largest higher education market • Further enhance UM reputation as a leader in international education • Increased ability to recruit top students from China • Enrollment increases from SMU students who want to complete their degrees in Missouri • Income generated by providing our intellectual capital and “know-how” (10% of tuition collected or a minimum of $1000/student/year)

40. What’s In It For Us? • No requirement for UMSL or S&T to invest capital in the project • Serve as a bridge between rapidly growing regional economy (#5 regional economy in China) and the state of Missouri, possibly providing clients for proposed China Air Cargo hub in St. Louis

41. What’s In It For Us? • Located in Longtan Industrial Park • Significant opportunity to deliver non-credit training programs and contract research from co-located companies in Chengdu and Sichuan • Significant opportunity to deliver distance courses • S&T degree programs’ projected enrollment at “steady state” is 2,500 students resulting in new revenue of $2,500,000 per year

42. What’s In It For Us? • Will create increased study abroad opportunities in China for UM students, in a situation where they will be able to take major courses taught in English and following the course outline of their home campus • Will create faculty development opportunities for UM faculty who will have open invitations to teach at SMU

43. Join Us Later Today • Timothy M. Wolfe, 23rd President of the University of Missouri System • Former executive with Novell and IBM • Native Missourian • MU graduate • Reception at 4:30 p.m. in Atrium • Brief program at 5:00 p.m.