PROVOST S REPORTRT June 18 2015 Overview

PROVOST’S REPORTRT June 18, 2015

Overview • Promotion and Tenure 2015/2016 will be electronic using Google Drives. • The results of the CRR 300. 030 vote did not pass. Results were 57%. • Additional sections were added and additional faculty to teach for Physics as well as the Provost, CASB and CEC each put up $50 K for a new Physics Lab.

College of Arts, Sciences, and Business Best-in-Class Pilot Study Program • Mahelet G. Fikru (Economics) – Economic Analysis of the S&T Solar Village and Some Policy Recommendations Co-PIs: Gregory Gelles (Economics); Ana M. Ichim (Economics); Jonathan Kimball (Electrical and Computer Engineering); Joseph Smith (Chemical and Biochemical Engineering); Maciej Jan Zawodniok (Electrical and Computer Engineering) • Julie Semon (Biological Science) – 3 D Printing of Bone Using Bioactive Glass and Mesenchymal Stem Cells • V. A. Samaranayake (Mathematics and Statistics) – Statistical Tools for Developing &Testing Advanced Materials for Infrastructure and Extreme Environments • Audra Merfeld-Langston (Arts, Languages, and Philosophy) – Going with the Flow? Adapting to New Cultures and Technologies in Guatemala • Manashi Nath (Chemistry) – Synthesis and Applications of Nanostructured Ceramics under Extreme Environments

College of Engineering and Computing Student Awards • Kailea Tilden, Renaissance Student Award • Nikki Breeland, Outstanding History Major Award • Rebekah Harrah, Undergraduate Research Award in English • Amy Ketterer, Diane Feldman Technical Editing Special Interest Group Scholarship from the Society for Technical Communication • Michael Pride, Outstanding Senior in French, presented by the American Association of Teachers of French

Office of Undergraduate Studies • Service Learning Symposium • September 29, 2015 • Keynote Speaker: Dr. S. David Mitchell, Associate Professor of Law, UMC • Student Design & Experiential Learning Center • Human Powered Vehicle • 2 nd Place HPVC West – San Jose, CA • 1 st Place HPVC East – Gainesville, FL • Mars Rover • 5 th Place at University Rover Challenge, International World Championship

Office of Undergraduate Studies • AAVG-Rocket, Electric Formula, Solar Car will compete in June/July • Mars Rover will compete in September in Poland • i. GEM will compete in September in Boston • Hit the Ground Running (HGR) – July 12 -31, 2015 • Summer Bridge Program • 83 registered with 4 on wait list • Goal Enrollment is 100

Office of Graduate Studies • • Thesis/Dissertation Boot Camp – 21 students attended over Spring Break – Evaluations for this program were outstanding; several students have finished theses/dissertations, passed comprehensive exams, or submitted journal papers as a result – Next boot camp: June 19 -26 1400+ applications processed by Office of Graduate Studies in Spring 2015 April was Graduate Education Month – 9 Brown Bag Lunch and Learn events held with 61 students in attendance Graduate Learning Outcomes – Revised GLO rubrics will be used starting Fall 2015 – The Office of Graduate Studies will meet with each department over the summer to go over changes

Office of Graduate Studies • • Graduate Leadership Development Program – Funded from UM System for 3 more years beginning in 2017 Experience S&T Campus Visit Program for prospective domestic doctoral students – 3 visit days scheduled for fall 2015 Chancellor’s Distinguished Fellowship – 9 selected so far (7 accepted, 2 declined); applications still open Dissertation Completion Fellowship – Selection committee reviewing; awardees will be notified in early June

Enrollment Management • Early registration for Fall 2015 is up 4. 5% over last year. Largest growth levels are freshmen and Ph. D students. • First-time college students are projected to be 1, 467, an increase of 13. 6%. This will be our second largest incoming class. The largest was 1, 488 in 1981. • Freshmen this fall will continue to have high academic credentials and there will be increases in female, minority, and out-of-state students. The percentage of incoming students in engineering is declining.

Office of Sponsored Programs • Summary of FY 15 activities year-to-date (May) • Number of funded proposals down 14% for a total of 225 • Total dollars is $30. 3 M which is up 17% • Number of new proposals submitted is up 10% at 543 • Total dollars is $179 M which is up 55% • Number of active awards is down by 8% at 566 • Total expenditures is $35 M which is down 7% • Net grant and contract expenditures is $28 M which is down 9% • F&A recovered is $5. 2 M which is down 13%

Curtis Laws Wilson Library Classes done…Time for System Upgrades • Inter-Library Loan (aka Illiad): integration with LDAP authentication • Integration with RAPID consortium (faster delivery of articles via inter-library loan) • Implement Web Print (Ed Tech’s program for wireless printing) • Calendaring software for study/conference room reservation: new system, integration with LDAP authentication • …and other back room systems that will not be noticeable to library users…