College of Sciences No Doom and Gloom Accomplishments Faculty Searches Budget Additional revenues FYI Discussion Student Success Fee Initiative 2/14/14

Distinction and Reputation

Some Highlights Merit scholars and Fulbright scholars X-Prize team among top 30 internationally Marshal Hedin – President, American Arachnological Society Lisa Kath – President, Society for Occupational Health Psychology Tom Rockwell and Steve Day served advisory role for AEC Anca Segall – Fellow of American Academy for Microbiology Sam Shen – Albert W. Johnson Award Mark Sussman led team for new PPG on heart research New 50” telescope at MLO Psychology Department ranking for NIH support

Faculty Searches Departments: Astronomy – Mt. Laguna Observatory Director / Prof Biology – Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics / Assistant Prof Chemistry – Analytical Chemistry / Assistant Prof (2x) Computer Science – Assistant Prof Geology – Geophysics / Assistant Prof Math & Stats – Harmonic Analysis / Assistant Prof Physics – Detector Physics / Assistant Prof College: BioScience Center – Fred Henry Chair / Prof Strategic Plan: Math & Statistics – Mathematics Education / Assistant Prof

Areas of Excellence Faculty Searches Climate Change & Sustainability: Climate Mathematics – Math & Stats Ecosystem & Land Surface Modeler – Biology Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience: Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience – Psychology Viromics: Biomathematician – Math & Stats Genome Engineering / Synthetic Genetics – Biology Structural Biologist – Biology Biophysicist – Physics

CoS Budget

Importance of Additional Revenues College of Extended Studies courses, certificates, degrees (International Trade Security, Science Entrepreneurship, etc) International and out-of-state students Full-indirect grants Industry affiliates Philanthropy Patents Other

Republic of Georgia Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU) Millennium Challenge Corporation STEM Campus in Tbilisi, Georgia Benefits: – Income for contributing departments – Visiting professors – International student exchange – Reputation

FYI …

1.Required by law to verify that all new employees are eligible to work in the U.S. 2.All new employees must provide documentation of their eligibility to work on or before their first day of employment. 3.Documentation can take the form of a birth certificate, passport, etc. 4.Documentation must be shown in person to human resources department. 5.ICE audit has determined that we did not fully comply with these regulations. In many cases, employees worked and were paid for time they worked prior to going through the verification process. 6.Now facing a multi-million dollar fine for infractions. 7.Must be careful to comply with the regulations. 8.Employees who do not complete the verification process on or before the first day of employment will not be paid for any work performed prior to verification. 9.Research Foundation will no longer be processing retroactive pay. 10.Applies to additional pay to faculty through the RF. The RF cannot accept the University’s verification of eligibility because technically a separate employer. 11.Bottom line: if new research foundation hires are anticipated, must provide documentation to verify eligibility to work on or before their first day on the job. 12.Ramifications of non-compliance are very serious – failure to comply could jeopardize ability to receive federal grants

Twenty-Sixth Annual DONALD R. WASSENBERG II MEMORIAL LECTURE ON GENETIC DISEASE RESEARCH Gene Targeting into the 21st Century: Mouse Models of Human Disease from Cancer to Neuropsychiatric Disorders Mario Capecchi Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (2007) Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics University of Utah 3:30 PM Thursday, March 6 in GMCS 33

Discussion

Student Success Fee Initiative Kathy LaMaster Associate VP for Academic Affairs