The Year in Preview Deans Directors and Chairs

The Year in Preview Deans, Directors and Chairs Meeting Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak Sept. 19 & 20, 2007

“When I want to understand what is happening today, or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back. ” Oliver Wendell Holmes

Honoring the Past Professor James Busey § UCCS founder § UCCS professor of political science 1965 -1980 § CU-Boulder 1952 -1965 § Campus memorial service July 30

Honoring the Past Leslie Manning §Dean, Kraemer Family Library § 27 years CU service §Campus builder §“How do we buy a book? ” § 86, 000 to 1. 2 million item collection § 700, 000 in-person and 1. 3 million web visits

Honoring the Past Professor Tim Tregarthen § Professor of Economics, 1971 -1996 § Computer-aided communication, scholarship § First Dwire Hall dedication -- Colorado Springs Gazette photo

Honoring the Past

Inventing the Future

Dwire Hall § First true university building § Constructed 1972 § $10 million remodel and expansion § § § 9 conference rooms 11 classrooms 77 offices 1 lecture hall 1 coffee shop § 1 p. m. Aug. 16 rededication ceremony

Honoring the Past

Inventing the Future

Campus Recreation Center § Features § § Pool Aerobic and fitness rooms Two gyms Green/LEED certification § 2: 30 p. m. Aug. 16 dedication ceremony § Student fee-funded

Inventing the Future New Programs § Master’s of Engineering § Games and Media Integration track § Computer Science links to Geropsychology, VAPA § Connect technology to people § Doctorate of Nursing Practice § Doctorate of Educational Leadership § Bachelor of Innovation § Bachelor of Criminal Justice

Inventing the Future New Programs § Athletics § Women’s soccer, Fall 2008 § All teams GPA 3. 15 (Spring 2007) § Most successful UCCS teams in history

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: New faculty/staff § 29 new tenured, tenure-track faculty this fall (12 new positions) § 1 associate dean § 1 professor § 2 associate professors § 25 assistant professors § 18 new staff (positions)

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Vice Chancellors § Provost/VCAA § VCSS search § Peg Bacon, chair

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Strategic Planning § Campus priority setting forums § 3 p. m. Sept. 26 § 11 a. m. Oct. 25 § 9 a. m. Nov. 27 § Priorities linked to University budget

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Reciprocal tuition § Pikes Peak Community College § Space available § Tuition only § Faculty and staff § Spring semester launch

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Five-day schedule § Headcount steady since 2005 § 30% increase in Friday classes since 2005 § Importance? § Space utilization § Parking § Student behavior Student photo

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Enrollment §Fall enrollment 7, 662, 1. 9% increase § Increases in minority freshmen, transfer and graduate students § Increases in Business, LAS, SPA § COF impact

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: University Advancement § Martin Wood, chief operating officer § Jennifer Hane, director, University Events and Alumni Relations § Branding, marketing, fundraising, alumni, and community relations focus

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: UCCS Construction § Frontage road to University Hall § Oct. -Nov. completion § Science and Engineering § Additional green space § November, structural steel § Spring 2009, completion § Summer 2009, move-in

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: UCCS Construction § Heller Center § Field House

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Near-campus construction § Union/Austin Bluffs §Dec. 2008 completion § N. Nevada § Just the beginning … -- Underpass bridge -- COSMIX ends, N. Nevada reconstruction begins

Inventing the Future What’s Ahead: Near-campus construction §LDS Church § Religious institute near FDC § Compliments campus look § Spring 2008 construction § 100 + additional students anticipated

UCCS: Coming of Age in the 21 st Century