PRESIDENT’S REPORT Ohio University Board of Trustees October 20, 2006
President’s Goals for 2006 -07 • Improve Faculty Communication and Collaboration • Manage the Office of Information Technology Recovery Process • Implement the Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce High-Risk Drinking • Improve Academic Honesty • Implement Vision OHIO • Raise Funds to Support Strategic University Priorities • Strengthen the Financial Control Environment
Faculty Communication and Collaboration • Working on Faculty Senate and Administration Shared Priorities for the 2006 -07 year: – – Faculty Retention and Recruitment General Education Information Technology Academic Integrity • Meeting with Faculty in all Departments and Schools on the Athens and Regional Campuses During Fall and Winter Quarters – Attended 15 Meetings to Date, which Includes 208 Faculty – Significant Positive Exchange of Information and Ideas • Holding Weekly Luncheon Discussions with Faculty – Provost Kathy Krendl and Faculty Senate Executive Committee Representative also Attend
Information Technology Recovery Process • Facilitating Weekly Meeting of IT Oversight Committee with Board Members Input • Implementing 20 -point Plan – Top Priorities Include Installing a Perimeter Firewall and Minimizing Use of Social Security Numbers • Top Two CIO Candidates brought to Campus for Interviews – Margaret P. Cline, Information Technology Consultant and Former CIO at Eastern Michigan University – Michael Hites, CIO at New Mexico State University
Personal and Civic Responsibility • Implementing the New Comprehensive Strategy to Reduce High-Risk Drinking – Committee Appointed to Implement the New Strategy – Working with Student Senate to Ensure Strategy is Implemented Effectively and Fairly • Athletics Director Kirby Hocutt Conducting Thorough Review of Student-Athlete Code of Conduct – Improved Disciplinary System will be in Place by Beginning of Winter Quarter
Academic Honesty • “Day of Discourse” held September 28 th to Address Academic Honesty – More Than 135 Attended the Gathering which was a Productive Exchange of Ideas – Education, Prevention, Detection, and Discipline were the Main Discussion Topics • Academic Honesty Committee Reviewing Policies and Practices and Seeking Ways to Improve Academic Honesty – Committee Co-chaired by Associate Professor Scott Titsworth and Associate Professor Susan Sarnoff
Vision OHIO Implementation • Faculty, Staff, and Students Involved in Strategic Planning Identified Three Top Priority Areas for Investment – Undergraduate Education – Graduate Education and Research – Faculty
Vision OHIO: Undergraduate Education • Improve General Education • Expand Service Learning and Other Learning Growth Opportunities • Improve First-Year Student Engagement and Retention
Vision OHIO: Graduate Education and Research • Increase Support for Graduate Research and Creative Activity • Increase Efforts to Recruit and Retain Excellent Graduate Students • Establish Realistic Workload Guidelines
Vision OHIO: Faculty Support • Increase Efforts to Recruit and Retain Excellent Faculty • Set Realistic Faculty Workloads • Establish a Faculty Professional Development Office
National Recognition • Tied for 14 th Place in Chronicle of Higher Education Ranking of U. S. Student Fulbright Grants • Ranked 40 th on Washington Monthly’s list of 245 National Universities – Ranking Measures Community Service, Research, and Commitment to Providing Access to Higher Education • Ranked 110 th on U. S. News & World Report’s List of Best 249 Universities • New Record Set with 45 Nationally Competitive Student Awards in 2005 -06
Alumni Events/Development Trips • • Chatham, MA Cleveland, OH Bangkok, Thailand Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Public Relations/ Community Relations • 33 Speaking Engagements • 17 Press Briefings/Conferences/Media Interviews • 14 Higher Education Council/MAC Meetings/Conference Calls • 10 Receptions/Luncheons for Community and Faculty Members, Students, and Alumni • 7 Meetings with Government Officials • 6 Community Meetings/Events
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