ACADEMIC COUNCIL REPORT Y. T. SHAH PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR October 20, 2005

ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Total UM Enrollment Fall 2005 and Growth Since Fall 2000 FreshmenNew Transfers Total Continuing Education Total Undergrad Total Graduate** Total Enrollment 1 st –2 nd Year Retention UMC 4,714 (+12%) 1,278 (+13%) 1,324 NA 21,375 (+17%) 6,610 (+27%)* 27,985 (+20%)* 84.2% (-.3%) UMKC 1,048 (+48%) 1,443 (+11%) 2,159 (-8%) 9,487 (+27%) 4,819 (+5%) 14,306 (+13%) 71.5% (-2%) UMR 914 (+31.3) 314 (+61%) 501 (+115%) 4,313 (+17%) 1,289 (+39%) 5,602 (+21%) 87% (+7%) UMSL 542 (-14%) 1,911 (+1%) 3,087 (+97%) 12,429 (+1.2%) 2,801 (+11%) 15,230 (-1%) 72 (+5%) UM Total 7,2184,9467,07147,60415,51963,123 * UMC - Beginning in 2002, MU Direct and CDIS students were included in total enrollment figures * * Total Graduate Includes First Professional Students

RESEARCH

Research Nuggets….  Through September:  Proposals awarded: $10.8M  Proposals submitted: $28.4M  Kick-off meetings were held on campus for two new NSF I/UCRC’s:  Center for Friction Stir Processing, PI: R. Mishra  Center for Intelligent Maintenance Systems, PI: J. Saragapani  MOU signed with USGS on October 10th establishes a formal working relationship with UMR’s Natural Hazards Mitigation Institute  A grant from the USGS has enabled UMR faculty to be in New Orleans collecting “perishable” data. Focus is on environmental remediation….  The F-15 System Program Office at Warner Robins ALC (Robins AFB, AG.) have now converted to the use of UMR’s Non-Chromated Epoxy Primer (licensed by DEFT) for ALL F-15's at this facility, and are in the process of converting the overseas Depot Contract facility(Korean Air/Kim Hae,Korea) to it's use also.  The contract is in place from TSWG for UMR faculty lead by Tony Nanni to blow up a bridge in Italy in 2006

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDIES

Student Retention l F’04 1st to 2nd Year – 85% l F’05 1st to 2nd Year – 87% *2006 goal 88% - 90% 6-Year Graduation Rate l 1998 Cohort - 63% l 1999 Cohort - 64% *2006 goal 65% - 68%

Academic Alert System l 420 Academic Alerts issued to UMR students (prior to fall mid-term) l The Academic Alert System is improving communication between: Students & Instructors Students & Advisors Instructors & Advisors

6-Week Pilot Program for Academic Success l Program targets students who are currently on academic probation or are academically deficient l 6-week pilot program begins Monday, Oct. 10, 2005 l 25 UMR students are participating in order to improve their academic success l Course content delivered by UMR faculty and students

Experiential Learning l UGS recently established a Service Learning Advisory Committee, involving 16 UMR faculty and staff. l The committee will oversee the development of the campus-wide Service Learning Program at UMR. l The Mission: To make reflective service learning an integral part of the education and life experiences of UMR students.

Center for Educational Research & Teaching Innovation (CERTI) l New! University Center Concept Classroom – for faculty who use active, collaborative, experiential or technology-enhanced learning strategies.

October CERTI Activities l October 20 - “Instructional Design & Learning Theory”, GTA Workshop, sponsored by RPDC, 3:00-5:00 PM, St. Pat’s A, Havener Center l October 20- “Leadership in the Trenches: An organizational learning approach to enhance success”, by Carl Burns, UMR, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm, Havener Center

Academic Advising Program l October 3- “Reaching the Millennial Student”, by Cathy Tipton, UMR Admissions. (An encore presentation of this session will be offered late Oct. early Nov.) l Nominations for the Outstanding Academic Advising Awards will be accepted beginning Nov. 1, Applications available at:

Voyager Learning Community- October Seminars l October 3 “Mid-Semester– Are you where you want to be?”, by Dr. Patti Fleck, 4:00 PM, South Lounge, TJ Hall l October 5 “Alcohol 101” by Kim Joseph, 7:00 PM, South Lounge, TJ Hall l October 17 “Using Joe’s Self Service” -by Laura Stoll, 4:00 PM, South Lounge, TJ Hall l October 25 “What Does Student Health Services Offer You?”- by Melba Read, 7:00 PM, South Lounge, TJ Hall

New Student Honor’s Seminar l October 16 “Etiquette Dinner”- 4:45 pm, Zeno’s Motel & Steak House Hosted by Career Opportunities Center, UGS & Women as Global Leaders

SCHOOL OF EXTENDED LEARNING

School of Extended Learning l Three new distance MS degree programs have started this fall. They are: »Civil Engineering »Information Science and Technology »Mechanical Engineering l The International Affairs Office is coordinating a program of eight non-credit short courses being taught in cooperation with King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. The short courses are sponsored by Boeing and participants come from companies located in Saudi Arabia. Courses are transmitted over the internet and permit two way audio/visual communication between the instructor and the participants. The departments involved are Electrical & Computer Engineering, Engineering Management, and Information Science & Technology. l UMR is now in a position to take advantage of expertise outside the confines of our campus. The VCC is bringing in a course from the University of Naples, Italy this semester for the Architectural Engineering program at UMR and previously was involved in bringing in a course from Penn State for this same program.

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 l The Official Web Project (TOW) »Real Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds established for news.umr.edu site »Urchin Web Statistics application –Electronic Market Communication has been trained l Freshman Engineering Online Advisor application created for Freshman Engineering program advising needs Networks and Computing l Voice-Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephony Project »Over 550 VoIP phones deployed »Curtis Laws Wilson Library deployment completed l SAP Center of Excellence »Serving students at 15 colleges and universities l Wireless environment moving to the 802.1x standard for increased security l USGS MOU has been signed and hosting began on September 15 th l Cdigix to provide legal music access l Cluster Computing »Beta testing for Fall Semester l Student led gaming server implemented l Gigabit connectivity between data centers has been upgraded with the installation of an additional 10GigE circuit 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 »50 seat Technology Classroom implemented in UC East »18 seat Technology Classroom being planned for installation in McNutt l Five new Information Access Kiosks being deployed around campus bringing the total to seven l CLC environment upgraded »258 out of 1060 machines groomed during Summer 2005 »New 14-seat CLC in the Residential College »Holtman Hall –All machines over 2 GHz in processor speed »Thomas Jefferson Hall –18 new machines with 3.2 GHz processors and 1 GB of RAM l Student Installation/Setup options with UMR Bookstore