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General Faculty Meeting

General Faculty Meeting. August 21, 2008 Ralph Faudree Provost. Recruitment. Number of Active Honors Students 2002-2007. 1285. 1103. 993. 907. 711. Distance Education Enrollment. Off-Campus Enrollment at Major Sites. Admission Standards.

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General Faculty Meeting

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  1. General Faculty Meeting August 21, 2008 Ralph Faudree Provost

  2. Recruitment

  3. Number of Active Honors Students 2002-2007 1285 1103 993 907 711

  4. Distance Education Enrollment

  5. Off-Campus Enrollment at Major Sites

  6. Admission Standards Figures for full time, first time freshmen or graduate enrolled students

  7. First-Term Freshmen

  8. West Tennessee and MSA Enrollment

  9. Retention Living/Learning Communities • Carpenter Complex • Architecture • Foreign Languages • Engineering • Honors • Emerging Leaders • New West Hall – other opportunities

  10. Retention

  11. RetentionInternships & Experiential Learning

  12. RetentionEarly Intervention • 800 faculty referrals on ~600 students • Positive faculty feedback • Overwhelming student appreciation • Majority referred to Instructional Support Office • 1 semester retention rate noticeably higher • Mean GPA First time freshman: 2.6 to 2.8

  13. Faculty • 49/57 petitions for T, P or T&P positive • 42 Promoted in Rank • 7 to Full Professor • 35 to Associate Professor

  14. To FULL PROFESSOR…

  15. Dr. Shannon L. BlantonPolitical Science(international relations, comparative politics, U.S. foreign policy)

  16. Dr. Pu-Qi JiangRudi E. Scheidt School of Music(orchestral studies)

  17. Dr. Deborah L. LowtherInstruction Curriculum Leadership(educational technologies)

  18. Dr. Laurie MacGillivrayInstruction Curriculum Leadership(literacy practices in urban areas)

  19. Dr. Danielle S. McNamaraPsychology(text comprehension; human memory; computer automated reading strategy training)

  20. Dr. Charles PierceManagement(workplace romance, sexual harassment in organizations ; HR management; organizational behavior; research methods in management)

  21. Dr. Jerry TurnerSchool of Accountancy(auditing & fraud detection; auditing; IT auditing)

  22. To ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

  23. College ofCommunication & Fine Arts • MUSIC • Leonardo Altino • Jonathan Frazer • ART • Lucas Charles • Gary Golightly • COMMUNICATION • Craig Leake

  24. College of Education • ICL • Celia Anderson • Michael Grant • Deborah Moberly • J. Helen Perkins • Angiline Powell • Allen Seed • Health and Sport Sciences • Richard Southall • Paul Wright • Counseling, Ed Psych & Research • Erin Martz

  25. Herff College of Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Amy Curry • Civil Engineering • Paul Palazolo • Electrical & Computer Engineering • Aaron Robinson

  26. LowenbergSchool of Nursing • Linda Finch • Brenda Gardner (clinical) • Nancy Mele • Diane Ruppel (clinical) • Carolyn Speros • Joan Thomas

  27. Fogelman College of Business & Economics • Finance, Insurance & Real Estate • Pankaj Jain • Marketing & Supply Chain Management • R. Jeffrey Thieme

  28. School of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology • Linda Jarmulowicz

  29. College of Arts & Sciences Philosophy Mary Beth Mader Deborah Tollefsen Physics Mohamed Laradji Math Sciences Randall McCutcheon • English • Lorinda Cohoon • Brad McAdon • Joshua Phillips • Biology • David Freeman • Foreign Languages • CosettaGaudenzi

  30. Faculty Spotlight • Dr. Ken Reardon, Director Graduate Program in City & Regional Planning • Cornell University • East St. Louis Action Research Project • Recovery planning for New Orleans’ Ninth Ward

  31. Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Gayle Beck Lillian and Morris Moss Chair of Excellence in Psychology • Moss Chair of Excellence in Psychology • SUNY Buffalo • Research: post-traumatic stress disorder; panic disorder; anxiety in the elderly; generalized anxiety disorder

  32. Faculty Spotlight • Dr. Robert Kozma, Professor of Computer Science & Director – Computational Neurodynamics Lab • Nominated as finalist for the 2007 Sensors Directorate “Patron of the Year Award” • Dr. Steven D. Mittleman, Deputy Division Chief, Electromagnetics Technology Division, Air Force Research Laboratory

  33. Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Robyn CoxProfessor of Audiology • Director – Hearing Aid Research Laboratory • Research: • improving methods for fitting hearing aids on older adults • Determining long-term outcomes of hearing aid fitting • Other audiological rehabilitation

  34. Academic Spotlight • Dr. Daphne McFerren – Director, • Graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School • Trial attorney for U.S. Dept of Justice • Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno

  35. Faculty

  36. New Graduate Degrees • PhD with major in Environmental Health Sciences (submitted to TBR 06-30-08) • PhD with major in Health Services Research and Administration (submitted to TBR 06-30-08) • PhD with major in Social and Behavioral Health Sciences (submitted to TBR 06-30-08) • PhD with major in Health and Sport Science (submitted to TBR 11-20-07; revision submitted 07-07-08)

  37. New Graduate Certificates • Applied Lean Leadership • Local Government Management • Artist Diploma (submitted to TBR) June 2008)

  38. New Academic Units • Department of Architecture • School of Public Health

  39. Total External Funding (2006-2008)

  40. Total External Funding by Academic Unit ( 2006-2008) Total $49,191,337 $51,403,154 $50,596,827

  41. Institutional Improvements

  42. Square Footage of Classroom Space Impacted Cumulative 204 “smart rooms”.

  43. McWherter Library Turnstile Count The Learning Commons

  44. Faculty Evaluation Process SETEs(Student Evaluation of Teaching Effectiveness) Spread over larger # of sections Overall results remain constant Ability to view grade when posted

  45. College of Education NCATE reaccreditation • NO findings • NO weaknesses • NOTED strengths in every area!!!

  46. On-line degree programs(>400 on-line courses) • 5 Undergraduate degree programs • BA - History • BA - Public Relations • BPS - Organizational Leadership • BPS - Information Technology • BLS interdisciplinary studies • IDT (instructional design technology masters –level certificate) • 6 Graduate degree programs • MS – ICL with Library Info Spec endorsement • MA - Journalism • MA – ESL • MSN -Nursing • MED – Education • MPS – Professional Studies

  47. Research - $100M • Systemic Initiatives • Interdisciplinary Grants • Centers • Institutes • FIT • Strategic Hires • Focus Areas • State/Federal Earmarks • New Programs • School of Public Health

  48. Proposal Submissions Over and Under $150,000 Submissions up 34% over 2006 Large proposal submissions up 61% from 2006 # of individual faculty submitting proposals continues to rise Partnership development laying groundwork for future funding

  49. 23,000 by 2010 • Retention • Early intervention • Course Redesign • Classroom improvement • Living/Learning Communities • Fresh Connections • New buildings (West, UC) • Enrollment • MSA • Dual Enrollment • Honors/Emerging Leaders • Off site • Online • New programs • Out of State

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