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College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 8, 2011 AGENDA Welcome new faculty Where are we in 2011-2

College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 8, 2011 AGENDA Welcome new faculty Where are we in 2011-2012? Enrollment & External Funding Budget Picture 3. Points of Emphasis for 2011-12 4. Questions from the Floor . New Faculty Air Force ROTC

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College of Sciences and Arts Fall Faculty Meeting, September 8, 2011 AGENDA Welcome new faculty Where are we in 2011-2

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  1. College of Sciences and ArtsFall Faculty Meeting, September 8, 2011 AGENDA Welcome new faculty Where are we in 2011-2012? Enrollment & External Funding Budget Picture 3. Points of Emphasis for 2011-12 4. Questions from the Floor

  2. New Faculty Air Force ROTC Lt. Col. Michael Brothers, Department chair 1st Lt. Michael Bennett Army ROTC Capt. Barrett Newsom Biological Sciences Guilang Tang Erika Hersch-Green PurnimaBandyopodhyay Dam Cognitive & Learning Sciences Ranjana Mehta Shane Mueller Computer Science Steven Carr, Department chair

  3. Welcome New Faculty • Humanities • Kathleen Burke Talia Dajes • StefkaHristovaSyd Johnson Scott Marrato Alejandro Quin Medina Alexandra Morrison Kate Nearing Katherine Wu • Mathematical Sciences • Stefan De Winter Alex Labovsky • Rebecca Schmitz ZhengfuXu • Eric Kamiscke Mike Misson • Josh Ruark • Social Sciences • Adam WellsteadRichelle Winkler

  4. Enrollment, Fall 2011 (9/8/11) Total: 7,031 (+74)(6957/2010; 7,132/09) (2nd highest since 1983) UG 5,728 (+ 8)(5720/2010; 5,942/09) Female 1,837 (26.1%) (288 freshman, up from 273) New 1st yr. 1161 (+46) (1115/2010 Retention: 83.3% (up from 80.9%) GRAD 1,303 (+47)(1256/2010; 1,189/ 09) (largest enrollment ever) 1st time MS 262 1st time PhD 97

  5. CSA Budget Reductions, 2011 & 2012

  6. CSA Budget, 2011-2012 2011-12 Budget $15,902,152 (S&W) $ 700,703 (SS&E) $16,602,855 (Total) 2010-11 Budget $16,246,740 (S&W) $ 726,466 (SS&E) $16, 973,210 (Total) Budget Difference: Reduction of $347,564 (S&W, SS&E, not counting fringes) Transfer of $325,281 (CEC & IT wage & fringes transfer); Addition of $320,534 (SFHI, other base changes); NOTE: Does not consider one-time start-up funds.

  7. Points of Emphasis for 2011-12 • Tight year for finances; few new budget commitments (AGAIN!) • Basic expectation: Show what can be accomplished with your existing resources as the basis for future funding. • Space: Challenging issue, as always • (a) Lab assignments increasingly connected to external funding; • (b) Fisher basement; Meese Center renovations. • Information Technology support restructuring • Strategic Plan review

  8. University Strategic Plan Revision GOAL 1: Attract, retain, and support a world-class and diverse faculty, staff, and student population. GOAL 2: Deliver a distinctive and rigorous discovery-based learning experience grounded in science, engineering, technology, sustainability, the business of innovation, and an understanding of the social and cultural contexts of our contemporary world. GOAL 3: Establish world-class research, scholarship, innovation, and creative work that promotes sustainable economic and social development in Michigan, the nation, and the world.

  9. Michigan Tech in 2035 • 1. World Class faculty – 40% in endowed positions; • 2. Student body of 8750; • – 5750 Undergrad; 3000 Graduate • ‐ 40‐50% Female Enrollment • 3. Communication/cross‐cultural/foreign language skills will be a prominent part of education; • 4. Sustainable financial model with less reliance on state funding; • 5. Recognized nationally and internationally as a catalyst for research development and innovation at all levels of learning; • 6. University as an enterprise (entrepreneurial) –not an agency (bureaucratic); • 7. High quality Univ. services: efficient, responsive, sustainable; • 8. High tech/high touch, residential based transformational education; • 9. Year‐round Calendar

  10. Points of Emphasis for 2011-12 (cont.) • Department Charter revision: new Senate Policy • Diversity • Recruitment: faculty & students; Spousal Accommodation • Training program thru ADVANCE grant • All members of Search committees and PT&R committees, beginning AY 2012-13. • Assessment Activities: Align with University learning outcomes • General Education (Core and Distribution list) • 1st Programs (Majors) and then map courses on to goals

  11. University Learning Goals • Disciplinary Knowledge • Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world • Global Literacy • Critical & Creative Thinking  • Communication   • Information Literacy • Technology   •  Values and Civic Engagement

  12. Ending on a Good Note! • Pushpa Murthy – Distinguished Service Award, 2011 • Mike Meyers – Distinguished Teaching Award 2011 • David Chesney: Elected Fellow of the ACS • Linda Ott: ACM SIGSOFT Retrospective Impact Award • Shaw, Cantrell, & Mazzoleni: cloud chamber project; Nitz/Fick: Auger; Pico atmospheric observatory; Cliff mine archaeology; Auer/Huckins grayling restoration project; Human Factors; Yap: nano; Levy: photonics) • KIP: Building cooperative DPT program with CMU • Math: Examining Business Analytics program

  13. QUESTIONS?

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