1. Global Learning
Missouri S&T and UMSL will hold a joint reception for St. Louis area business leaders on February 22. The event will be held at S&T’s Engineering Education Center (EEC) located in UMSL’s newly renovated continuing education facility near the intersection of I-270 and Manchester Road. The EEC now serves as a video broadcast center for departments bringing in courses taught by adjunct faculty located in St. Louis.

2. Global Learning
A record 109 courses are being broadcast to distance students by the Video Communications Center with 25 of these originating in the new EEC facilities in St. Louis.
Based on 2nd week numbers, total distance enrollment stands at 879 students compared with 742 last Spring.

3. Office of Undergraduate Studies
Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI)
Faculty Learning About Educational Research, Feb. 14 initial training
Mini-grant cycle for will be introduced
Student Design and Experiential Learning Center (SDELC)
Students annual phonathon hopes to exceed $50k in pledges this year
12 alumni participated in the first ever alumni-based team review session
providing feedback
allocating this year's matching gift grants to teams
keeping alumni engaged in the design team process
Construction has begun on the 2013 Solar House, visible from 10th Street across from the hospital

4. Office of Undergraduate Studies
Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)
LEAD learning assistance ( for 63 courses was launched during Spring 2013.
58 faculty in 14 departments are running 50 collaborative LEAD guided-learning centers (e.g. undergrad Elementary Spanish to graduate Statistical Decision Theory).
For the first time, a spring semester matched the LEAD record for learning assistance with 63 courses, including the 50 faculty- led learning centers.
LEAD has its first history-course Learning Center (Western Civ)

5. Office of Sponsored Programs
FY13 activities through the end of January and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:
Proposals awarded in total dollars: $40.7M (up 209.1%)
Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 150 (down 6.8%)
Proposals submitted in total dollars: $83.5M (down 3.7%)
Number of proposals submitted: 271 (down 5.9%)
Research expenditures: $25.3M (down 8.6%)
F&A recovered: $3.7M (down 7.6%)
Number of active awards: 564 (down 4.1%) 5

6. Technology Transfer Metrics YTD

7. Congratulations to …
Cihan Dagli, “Methods and System for Modeling Network Traffic,” US Patent Number 8,352,392,† January 8, 2013.
Delbert Day, “Controlling Vessel Growth and Directionality in Mammals and Implantable Material,” US Patent Number 8,337,875,‡ December 25, 2012.
Delbert Day, “Scaffold for Bone and Tissue Repair in Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,353,966,‡ January 15, 2013.
† Jointly owned with The Boeing Company
‡ Currently licensed on a field use basis to Mo-Sci Corporation and Redi-Heal, LLC.

8. Enrollment Management
Freshman PRO (Preview, Registration, and Orientation) sessions for Fall 2013 begin February 23.
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Regional Championship competition at Student Rec Center on February 23.

9. Enrollment Management
Burns & McDonnell Student Success Center open house is February 27 at 1:30 in room 198 Toomey Hall. Planning underway for future activities and programming to promote student success.