ACADEMIC COUNCIL REPORT Y. T. SHAH PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR November 17, 2005

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

l People Soft Financial Aid Implementation is proceeding. ISIR records have been placed on P.S. for us to review for correctness. The People Soft Financial Aid Go-Live date is February l The 8.9 PS student modules upgrade is on-schedule to go-live January 14, l Fall registration is underway and going smoothly. l Admission and Orientation reports for FS2006 will start to be distributed campus-wide by November 14. Initial reports show gains in freshmen and transfer applications and enrollment deposits for PRO 2006.

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT l F-05 state of Missouri financial aid funds have arrived on campus and have been applied to the recipients university accounts. l Spring 06 initial fee statements will be sent to students who pre-registered on or around November 20th with a due date of December 15th. Financial aid students have been awarded or the Spring 06 semester will show as a credit on the initial fee statement. l Scholars Day for the 06/07 Chancellor’s Scholarship applicants will be on Saturday, December 3rd. Faculty and staff interviewers are still needed. Please contact Bob Whites in the Student Financial Assistance Office to register.

RESEARCH

FY 06: Proposals Awarded through October Total: $16.0 M 18.9% growth over FY05

Total: $45.9 M FY 06: Proposals Submitted through October -2.1% compared to FY05

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Academic Pilot Program l 26 UMR students are participating in a 6-week pilot project to assist in the development of a program to help students who are not meeting their academic expectations. l Faculty members involved include Harvest Collier, Larry Gragg, Diana Ahmad, Ralph Flori,

Academic Dishonesty Academic Dishonesty Panel Discussion November 2, :00-4:00 pm Carver Turner Room Havener Center l Moderated by Vice Provost Harvest Collier l Panelists will include representatives from UMR Student Council, UMR Council of Graduate Students, UMR Student Affairs, UMR IT Security, UMR Academic Council and UM System Legal Counsel.

Academic Advising Awards l UGS is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding Academic Advising Awards. l Any UMR faculty or staff member who serves as an academic advisor to students is eligible to receive this annual award. l The Outstanding Academic Advisor Award is given to one faculty member from each school/college, one staff advisor, one freshman advisor, and one transfer student advisor. l Nominations Forms are Due February 28, Copies of the nomination form and instructions are available on line at:

New Student Honor’s Seminar Topic: “UMR Research” November 16, :00-8:00 PM G-3 Schrenk Hall

Voyager Learning Community November Seminars: Wed. Nov. 2- “Campus Life- Part II- Figuring it Out”, by Matt Goodwin, 5:00 PM, TJ Hall South Lounge Tues. Nov. 8- “The Writing Center- Achieving Success in Writing”- by Dr. Kate Drowne, 4:00 PM, TJ Hall South Lounge Tues., Nov. 15- “Take the Torture Out of Testing”, by Cheryl Downey-Eber, 4:00 pm, TJ Hall South Lounge

CERTI- Faculty Workshop Assessment of Teaching Innovations Presented by Richard Hall November 3, 2005 In this workshop we will introduce faculty to techniques and tools for assessing the impact of instructional innovations they implement in their classes. We will also discuss ways to translate these into publications and grant proposals, with a focus on UMR resources that can facilitate this process. Faculty will leave the workshop with a practical knowledge of tools and techniques that will allow them to: 1. Assess the impact of instructional innovations they introduce into their courses, 2. Publish research regarding these innovations in discipline specific and educational research journals, utilizing resources available on the UMR campus, and 3. Prepare competitive grant proposals to external agencies associated with these innovations, utilizing resources available on the UMR campus.

SCHOOL OF EXTENDED LEARNING

School of Extended Learning l The Video Communication Center (VCC) will conclude, in December, a series of eight 20-hr. non-credit short courses videoconferenced to King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. l This semester the VCC has added integrated one-way audio to its WebEx interactive and streaming video delivery. This provides partial redundancy and a “real time” alternative to telephone conferencing. l The Engineering Education Center (EEC) is continuing it’s recruiting efforts in the St. Louis area by sending several thousand recruitment letters to members of the MO Society of Professional Engineers. In addition the EEC participated in an educational fair held at the Boeing facility. l The International Affairs Office has been working jointly with Admissions to screen for admission and issue immigration documents to approximately 65 new Saudi students for FS05. Twenty-three of these students have arrived on campus so far. These students are part of a contingent of 25,000 students that Saudi Arabia wants to send to US universities over the next 5 years. These students have been arriving at UMR during the course of the semester, and have been enrolled in intensive English classes prior to starting their academic studies. The following graphs show the breakdown of currently enrolled sponsored Saudi student program admissions.

School of Extended Learning

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Information Technology Applications/Enterprise Reporting l Academic Alert has been released campus-wide for the Fall Semester »Two demos have been conducted for faculty and advisors »Additional reports added for department chairs, faculty and advisors l Creation of enterprise level application to track and control Desktop Enhancement process Networks and Computing l Voice-Over IP Telephony Project »Over 600 VoIP phones deployed »Engineering Management deployment completed »McNutt Hall scheduled for December 5 deployment l Wireless environment moving to the 802.1x standard for increased security »Near 100% wireless coverage in Humanities and Social Sciences »Wireless coverage expanded in Mechanical Engineering l Cdigix to provide legal music access l Cluster Computing »Beta testing underway l Cyber Security Awareness Month »Open Forum »Weekly information tables in Havener »Operation Fortify for security screening of student machines l Cisco Meeting Place Technology pilot with UMC »Video conferencing and web presentation solution l Fax service coming in late November »Integrated solution allows customers to receive faxes in Outlook inboxes. Solutions Center l Desktop Enhancement »910 machines have been inventoried to date for FY2005 – FY2007 »FY2005 complete with 296 machines deployed »FY2006 underway with 18 machines deployed l Technology Classroom Enhancement Program »52-seat Technology Classroom implemented in UC East –Grand Opening – November 8 l Technology demonstrations by faculty »18-seat Technology Classroom being planned for installation in McNutt