1. University of Delaware VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016@
University of Delaware VIP Consortium Meeting ● May 12-13, 2016
Andy Novocin, Director

2. Numbers The Institution Enrollment 17500
Student body 56% non-STEM 32% STEM 12% undecided
Diversity 75/25 white/minority 58/42 Male/Female
VIP
First term students enrolled 75
Number of teams most recent term
upcoming term
Enrollment 75
Diversity by ethnicity Enrollment survey didn’t ask but promising
by major 14 Distinct Majors Represented top 4: ECE,CISC,MATH,MISY
by year 1 / 36 / 25 / 13 (FR / SO / JR / SR)

3. Success(es)
First cohort far exceeded our expected enrollment (over 100 interest submissions)
Cloud Crypto team is one of the first research math teams
Early departmental support in ECE/CISC/ME/Math
Unsolicited interest from outside faculty beginning already
First courses created and enrolled officially

4. Key Factors to Success
Sneaker power
Networking
Marketing
Clear Vision

5. Challenges and Possible Strategies
CHALLENGE: Teams have less funding than I expected
STRATEGY: Bootstrap with inter-team resource sharing; help leads in grant process; early corporate support leads; worst-case patch some supplies for the goal of early success but avoid precedent
CHALLENGE: Making sure that the teams are self-sustaining
STRATEGY: Follow the best practices we’ve seen in place here at GT; Keep it to students per mentor; Tweak the mix each semester

6. Opportunities
There are several VIP-like teams on campus that we would like to bring into the fold
We’ve had some early conversations with potential corporate partners
The recruitment office is keen to work us into marketing materials
The CISC department is considering replacing/augmenting their senior design experience with VIP