Spring Address April 20, 2006

recovering from budget cuts regaining equilibrium returning to full fiscal health

over $437,000 in mid-year salary increases

three-year program to make faculty and staff salaries competitive

modest salary increases for full and associate professors and non-negotiated staff

Additional increases are planned

over $500,000 to depts in additional operating $

additional resources to support teaching & research and advance Strategic Plan

new computers scientific instruments other technology items

faculty and staff support initiatives

additional 5% in overhead funds = $35,809 for depts

Research Enhancement Awards course releases research assistants

increased funding amt by 16% ($3,500 per award) increased total funding 43%

10 Enhancement Awards totaling $34,200

Enhancement Award Winners Michaelene Cox (POL) Lucian Ionescu (MAT) Marjorie Jones (CHE) Anthony Otsuka (BIO) Eric Peterson (GEO)

Enhancement Award Winners Ali Riaz (POL) John Sedbrook (BIO) Kam Shapiro(POL) C. Frank Shaw (CHE) T.Y. Wang (POL)

Associate Dean Sam Catanzaro

Research Proposal Rev Committee Sam Catanzaro (Chair) Epa Rosa (PHY) Skip Nelson (GEO) Lee Beier (HIS) Julie Webber (POL) Jim Reid (FOR) Ron Fortune (ENG) Ann Beck (Asst Dean)

Travel Supplement Grants grants of up to $500

Travel Supplement Grants tripled the amt of $ 39 proposals totaling $16,500

Travel Grant Awardees Fusan Akman (MAT) Bruce Burningham (FOR) Olcay Akman (MAT) McKenzie Clements (MAT) John Baldwin (COM) Michaelene Cox (POL) Gina Bessa (SOA) Lane Crothers (POL) Joan Brehm (SOA)Kristin Dykstra (ENG)

Travel Grant Awardees Nerida Ellerton (MAT) Marjorie Jones (CHE) Kass Fleisher (ENG) Jim Kalmbach (ENG) Virginia Gill (SOA) Steven Landau (PSY) Rajeev Goel (ECO) Cong Liu (PSY) Alycia Hund (PSY) Dawn McBride (PSY)

Travel Grant Awardees Lucinda McCray-Beier (HIS)Epa Rosa (PHY) Craig McLauchlan (CHE)Scott Sakaluk (BIO) James Pancrazio (FOR)Rebecca Saunders (ENG) Aaron Pitluck (SOA)John Sedbrook (BIO) Paula Ressler (ENG) Kam Shapiro (POL)

Travel Grant Awardees Richard Sullivan (SOA) Jim van der Laan (FOR) Charles Thompson (BIO) Jeffrey Wagman (PSY) Maura Toro-Morn (SOA) T.Y. Wang (POL) Mary Trouille (FOR) Julie Webber (POL)

New Faculty Book Support $500 of books purchased by library

New Faculty Book Support 9 new faculty $4,500 available

Research Grant Writing Support feedback from experienced grant writers

streamlined services improved recruitment

$ 100,000 in debt now debt free

Kasia Stadnik Janie Leatherman

Expanded Summer comprehensive website publicity campaign

Informational Flyer Every ISU student Illinois Wesleyan U U of Illinois Bradley U Heartland CC Parkland CC

Ads in Student Papers Southern Illinois U Illinois Wesleyan U U of Illinois

Summer Enrollment 2005: 2,592 students 2006: 3,388 students

Summer Enrollment 2005: 122 Classes 2006: 180 Classes

Sarah Sarah Sally Walczynski Diel-Hunt Parry

New Initiatives

CAS International Grant Program CAS and Research and Sponsored Programs

CAS International Grant Program $20,000 for international travel next academic yr

Galen Crow, Director of Research and Sponsored Programs Gary McGinnis, Associate Vice President for Research

sociologist author literary scholar Neil Smelser Christopher Stanley Fish Hitchens

Visiting Scholars Colloquium internationally prominent intellectuals scholarly lectures and dialogue

Visiting Scholars Colloquium annual lecture series 4 speakers each year

Provost John Presley

Regular CAS Forums NTT Faculty TT Faculty AP Staff Civil Service Staff

CAS AP Teaching Award annual $3,000 award to recognize and reward AP teaching efforts

CAS AP Teaching Award Claire Lamonica Department of English

Civil Service Advisory Committee articulate staff concerns elected committee 7 civil service members

Staff Representation College Council Chair Searches Chair Evaluation committees

Staff Representation Judy Becker Dept of Psychology

Office of the Dean Commitment support & reward excellent teaching provide highest quality instruction support research and scholarship

Office of the Dean Commitment support technological needs support, recognize, facilitate, and reward the hard work all CAS members

Key CAS Values Inclusiveness Spirit of openness and transparency

College of Arts and Sciences Ever-Greater Levels of Excellence

College of Arts and Sciences Awards Ceremony

Program of Excellence Competition Undergraduate or grad certificate New minor New sequence Primary research

Program of Excellence Clearly interdisciplinary Two or more departments Innovative collaborations

4 Well ‑ Crafted Proposals Personal Relationships and Social Dynamics Photodynamic Therapy Research Program in Energy Science and Education Quantitative Risk Study Group

Program of Excellence Winner rigorous academic curriculum cutting ‑ edge research agenda

Program in Energy Science and Education Interdisciplinary M.S. in energy science Research program in bioenergy and biomass fuel

Participating Faculty Biological Sciences Physics Chemistry Agriculture (CAST) Economics Technology (CAST) Geography/Geology

John Sedbrook Biological Sciences

Dean’s Awards Outstanding Civil Service Outstanding Administrative Professional

Last Year’s Winners Outstanding Civil Service Outstanding Administrative Professional

Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member dedicated CAS member for 15 years

Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member “Perfect blend of skills, experience, intelligence, and temperament” “Would gladly give up evening and weekend hours”

Outstanding Civil Service Staff Member James Dunham Dept of Physics

CAS Outstanding Administrative Professional

Outstanding Administrative Professional dedicated citizen for over 16 years

Outstanding Administrative Professional Bruce Bergethon WGLT

Thanks to CFSC

CFSC Brian Clark Matthew Hesson-McInnis Mary Anne Moffitt Jan Neuleib Lisa Szczepura Kathryn Wehrmann

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching extraordinary record of teaching in preceding three years

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching 11 nominations: 6 in tenured category 5 in pretenured category

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching 1 honorable mention (plaque) 1 winner (plaque and $3,000)

Honorable Mention Teaching Initiative winner 1 article book in press 12 presentations 6 graduate students 5 undergraduates

Honorable Mention “constantly challenging and expecting the best of students” “very energetic about teaching” “a tough teacher who expects a lot of students”

Honorable Mention Dean’s Award — Teaching John McHale School of Communication

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Pretenured Category

Dean’s Award Winner Teaching Initiative winner SEA Outstanding Professor 1 article several grants 22 graduate students 16 undergraduates

Dean’s Award Winner “is committed to educating all students, meeting the needs of all of the different majors in the class, and providing every opportunity for all students to learn and be successful.”

Dean’s Award Winner “definitely one of the best teachers I have ever had” “an excellent role model”

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Jon Friesen Dept of Chemistry

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Tenured Category

Honorable Mention—Tenured 9 national teaching awards 2 books 6 papers 10 graduate students countless undergraduates

Honorable Mention—Tenured “hard but fair” “an asset to ISU” “the most organized professor of any class that I have taken at ISU”

Honorable Mention—Tenured “knowledge and determination are second to none”

Honorable Mention—Tenured “It was refreshing to know exactly what was required and what we needed to learn”

Honorable Mention Dean’s Award — Teaching Nancy Lind Politics & Government

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Tenured Category

Dean’s Award — Teaching 16 graduate students 12 undergraduates 13 peer reviewed pubs

Dean’s Award — Teaching 43 papers 22 papers/workshops 2 external grants 3 instructional videos

“a true leader in topics related to pedagogy”

“by far one of the most skilled teachers in the department and also the most caring ”

“knows how to help & understands where a person is coming from”

“is a truly great teacher”

Inaugural Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Stephen Hunt School of Communication

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement extraordinary scholarly achievement in calendar year

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement 2 awards of $3,000 1 to tenured faculty member 1 to pretenured faculty member

Dean’s Award publications grants/contracts papers/major speeches honors and awards

Dean’s Award theses/dissertations undergraduate research service to the discipline

Dean’s Award 9 nominations: 5 in tenured category 4 in pretenured

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Honorable Mention Pretenured Category

Research—Pretenured 4 peer-reviewed articles 6 accepted 7 papers 4 grants

Research—Pretenured “innovative and solid contributions” to the discipline “an innovator, discoverer, producer and reporter.”

Honorable Mention Dean’s Award — Scholarship Rita Bailey Dept of Speech Pathology and Audiology

Dean’s Award Research Pretenured Category

Dean’s Award 12 graduate students 7 scholarly papers 4 peer-reviewed articles 1 book chapter 1 scholarly monograph (major UP)

Research—Pretenured innovative contributions to discipline remarkable record of achievements a rising star an outstanding young scholar

Dean’s Award—Pretenured Christopher Breu Department of English

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Honorable Mention Tenured Category

Honorable Mention Dean’s Award—Tenured 4 international lectures 1 book chapter 6 scholarly articles 7 accepted or in press

Honorable Mention “extraordinary levels of dedication, energy, and accomplishment” “sustained record of excellence” is “not only outstanding” but “truly amazing”

Honorable Mention Dean’s Award—Tenured Distinguished Professor Willard Bohn Dept of Foreign Languages

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Tenured Category

Dean’s Award Winner one of ISU’s most distinguished and celebrated scholars

Dean’s Award Winner 10 articles in prestigious journals 4 in press 4 international speeches $290,000 in research grants

Dean’s Award Winner won major national award supervised 9 student projects student won national award

Dean’s Award Winner “one of the leading theorists in this field” “publishes only innovative work and only in the most prestigious journals”

Dean’s Award for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement Distinguished Professor Rainer Grobe Department of Physics

College of Arts and Sciences join us for refreshments and conversation

College of Arts and Sciences