1. Strategic Planning
January 16, Donors Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
January 31, 2013 – Undergraduate Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
January 31, 2013 – Graduate Distance On-Line Students Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
February 1, 2013 – Employer Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
February 7, 2013 – Research-Based Graduate Students Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
February 7, 2013 – Research Investors Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session
February 1 – 15 will hold 7 sessions with degree awarding academic department groupings (working on scheduling those)
Will schedule an Undergraduate Targeted Brainstorming Ideation Session in the evening
February 26 the Strategic Planning Coalition will hold a Prioritization Session
March 12 Innosight Training Date
June 1 is targeted completion date

2. Office of International Affairs
Spring semester began January 22nd with orientation, placement testing and registration.
English Language Proficiency testing for new students was conducted January 15th and results and recommendations were forwarded to campus administrators on January 18th.

3. Office of International Affairs
11 new sponsored students from Thailand arrived January 12th. We hosted 4 representatives from the Royal Thai Embassy who traveled with the arriving students.
4 new Brazil Scientific Mobility Program (BSMP) students arrived this week. Missouri S&T will host a total of 15 BSMP students for SP2013.

4. Enrollment Management
Spring 2013 enrollment first day of classes was up 2.7% (6,111) on-campus and 12.3% (742) off-campus. Total enrollment is up 3.6% (6,853).
First freshman PRO registration day for Fall 2013 is February 23.

5. Enrollment Management
Bridgette Betz is the new Director of Student Financial Assistance, replacing Lynn Stichnote.
$28.8 M of total financial aid disbursed for Spring 2013, an increase of 11.2% from last year.

6. Office of Sponsored Programs
FY13 activities through the end of December and a year-over-year comparison are as follows:
Proposals awarded in total dollars: $39.8M (up 239.4%)
Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 135 (down 3.6%)
Proposals submitted in total dollars: $78.1M (up 8.1%)
Number of proposals submitted: 249 (up 4.6%)
Research expenditures: $19.9M (down 9.1%)
F&A recovered: $3.3M (down 8.4%)
Number of active awards: 562 (down 4.3%) 6

7. Congratulations to …
Sriram Chellappan, “CAREER: Human Behavior Assessment from Internet Usage: Foundations, Applications and Algorithms,” National Science Foundation, $428,409.

8. Congratulations to …
Joel Burken, “Assemblies for Use in Evaluating Subsurface Contamination and Related Methods,” US Patent Number 8,286,511, October 16, 2012.
Delbert Day, “Scaffolds with Trace Elements for Tissue Regeneration in Mammals,” US Patent Number 8,287,896,‡ October 16, 2012.
‡ Currently licensed on an exclusive basis to Mo-Sci Corporation for use in humans and to Redi-Heal LLC for veterinary uses.