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Strategic Planning. January 16, 2013 - Donors Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session January 31, 2013 – Undergraduate Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session January 31, 2013 – Graduate Distance On-Line Students Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
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Strategic Planning • January 16, 2013 - Donors Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • January 31, 2013 – Undergraduate Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • January 31, 2013 – Graduate Distance On-Line Students Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • February 1, 2013 – Employer Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • February 7, 2013 – Research-Based Graduate Students Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • February 7, 2013 – Research Investors Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session • February 1 – 15 will hold 7 sessions with degree awarding academic department groupings (working on scheduling those) • Will schedule an Undergraduate Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session in the evening • February 26 the Strategic Planning Coalition will hold a Prioritization Session • March 12 Innosight Training Date • June 1 is targeted completion date
Office of International Affairs • Spring semester began January 22ndwith orientation, placement testing and registration. • English Language Proficiency testing for new students was conducted January 15th and results and recommendations were forwarded to campus administrators on January 18th.
Office of International Affairs • 11 new sponsored students from Thailand arrived January 12th. We hosted 4 representatives from the Royal Thai Embassy who traveled with the arriving students. • 4 new Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) students arrived this week. Missouri S&T will host a total of 15 BSMP students for SP2013.
Enrollment Management • Spring 2013 enrollment first day of classes was up 2.7% (6,111) on-campus and 12.3% (742) off-campus. Total enrollment is up 3.6% (6,853). • First freshman PRO registration day for Fall 2013 is February 23.
Enrollment Management • Bridgette Betz is the new Director of Student Financial Assistance, replacing Lynn Stichnote. • $28.8 M of total financial aid disbursed for Spring 2013, an increase of 11.2% from last year.
Office of Sponsored Programs FY13 activities through the end of December and a year-over-year comparison are as follows: Proposals awarded in total dollars: $39.8M (up 239.4%) Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 135 (down 3.6%) Proposals submitted in total dollars: $78.1M (up 8.1%) Number of proposals submitted: 249 (up 4.6%) Research expenditures: $19.9M (down 9.1%) F&A recovered: $3.3M (down 8.4%) Number of active awards: 562 (down 4.3%)
Congratulations to … Sriram Chellappan, “CAREER: Human Behavior Assessment from Internet Usage: Foundations, Applications and Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, $428,409.
Congratulations to … • Joel Burken, “Assemblies for Use in Evaluating Subsurface Contamination and Related Methods,” US Patent Number 8,286,511, October 16, 2012. • Delbert Day, “Scaffolds with Trace Elements for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,287,896,‡ October 16, 2012. ‡ Currently licensed on an exclusive basis to Mo-Sci Corporation for use in humans and to Redi-Heal LLC for veterinary uses.