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Framework for Excellence

• UMass Amherst Foundation Board May 14, 2009

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The Soundest Foundation Expanding Our Faculty

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The Soundest Foundation Expanding Our
Faculty

• UMass Amherst ranks in the top 40 research
• institutions for faculty awards and top 50
• for national academy memberships.

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The Soundest Foundation Expanding Our Faculty

• Implement a 10-year plan for hiring new faculty
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• concert with long-range plans to increase private
• support, bolster faculty grants and awards,
• and create new facilities

New faculty must deliver a balance of teaching,
research, and service.
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Architecture for Growth Broad Support of
Research and Creative Activity
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Architecture for Growth Broad Support of
Research and Creative Activity
David Reckhow, professor of civil and
environmental engineering, researches trace
contaminants in water supplies.
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Architecture for Growth Broad Support of
Research and Creative Activity
George Huber, chemical engineering, received
1.9 million from DARPA to conduct research on
biofuels. Last year, the campus secured more
than 135 million in sponsored research awards.
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Architecture for Growth Broad Support of
Research and Creative Activity

• Hire a Vice Chancellor for Research
• and Engagement to increase
• research and research support

Psychology professor Lisa Sanders studies whether
attention disorders contribute to
language-learning problems.
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Underpinnings of Success Undergraduate Education
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Underpinnings of Success Undergraduate Education
History major Joseph Sklut 10 is the only Truman
Scholarship recipient from a Massachusetts
college this year.
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Underpinnings of Success Undergraduate Education

• Establish a First-Year Experience program
• focused on advising and coursework, increase
• undergraduate research opportunities and
• re-envision General Education

Fulbright Scholar Anissa Talantikite 09 heads to
Morocco to study a womens cooperative.
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Designing Tomorrow Graduate Education
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Designing Tomorrow Graduate Education
Mariel Feliciano is working on a PhD in chemistry
and biology, thanks to NSF and NIH grants.
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Designing Tomorrow Graduate Education

• Identify strength areas and then
• provide multifaceted support
• private support, retention strategies,
• stipends, and fellowships

Master printmaker Tom Friedman teaches and
collaborates with graduate fine arts students.
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Building Learning Landscapes Residential Life
and Student Affairs
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Building Learning Landscapes Residential Life
and Student Affairs
For more than 30 years, Residential Academic
Programs have helped students become part of
smaller learning communities on a large campus.
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Building Learning Landscapes Residential Life
and Student Affairs
Since its inception in 2006, a social norms
campaign has reduced binge drinking on campus by
38 percent.
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Building Learning Landscapes Residential Life
and Student Affairs

• Support and create dynamic living and
• learning environments for our students

Commonwealth College students pitch in on a
community farm in Holyoke.
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Opening All Doors Cultivating Diversity
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Opening All Doors Cultivating Diversity

• Expand programs to attract and
• retain a diverse student body

Sidney Topol 47, 85Hon, and his wife, Lillian,
have given scholarships to six students aimed at
boosting diversity in the natural sciences.
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and Physical
Plant
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
Completed last year, the new studio arts
building brought fine artists under one roof.
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
The 155,000-square-foot ISB first held classes
this spring labs will be fully operational by
this fall.
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
The campus's new co-generation plant produces
both electricity and steam heat. 
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
New apartment-style housing for nearly 900
students opened in 2006.
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
Completely renovated Skinner Hall is now
equipped to train the next generation of nurses.
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NSB (complete)
LSB
Facilitating Greatness Facilities and
Physical Plant
100M
325 Faculty Staff
44M shell
722 Faculty Staff
51M fit-out
The Life SciencesResearch Complex maximizing
efficiency minimizing total project cost
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Campus Landscape Improvement Program
Campus Master Planning Timeline
Science Facility Study
Classrm /Acad Study
Master Plan
Jun Aug Dec
Jul
Oct
Oct
Aug
Jan 06 Jan 07 Jan 08 Jan 09 Jan 10 Jan 11
Jan 12
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Facilitating Greatness Facilities and Physical
Plant

• Complete an ambitious life sciences
• complex renovate learning and living
• spaces for the future

The 155,000-square-foot ISB first held classes
this spring labs will be fully operational by
this fall.
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Bricks and Mortar State Support
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Bricks and Mortar State Support
Bridge the distance between Boston and Amherst
to advocate for state support of the campus, its
people, and its programs.
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Bricks and Mortar State Support

• Reinvigorate the advocate network of alumni,
• parents, staff, and faculty tailor funding
• requests to campus and state priorities

Every April, the Alumni Association bestows
Distinguished Alumni Awards at a State House
ceremony.
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Engineering the Future Enrollment
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Freshmen Applications 2003-2008
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Freshmen Admissions Accept Rate 2003-2008
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Grade Point Average Freshmen Enrollment 2003-2008
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Freshmen Enrollment in Commonwealth College
2003-2008
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Commonwealth College Freshmen Enrollment Grade
Point Average 2003-2008
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Engineering the Future Enrollment

• Continue upward momentum of
• recruiting the best and the
• brightest students.

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A Master Plan Leadership
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A Master Plan New Leadership

• Provost
• Vice Chancellor for Development
• Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus
  Life

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Room for Expansion Development
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Room for Expansion Development
The potential for future growth is substantial.
This year, 600,000 was raised through Reasons
to Give, a targeted campaign for undergraduate
scholarships.
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Room for Expansion Development

• Increase private support for UMass Amherst

Michael Leto, the new Vice Chancellor for
Development and Alumni Affairs, arrives in June.
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Beyond Our Threshold Outreach
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Beyond Our Threshold Outreach
The UMass Cranberry Station helps keep the crop
healthy the Bay States cranberry industry
employs nearly 6,000 people.
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Beyond Our Threshold Outreach

• Establish campus collaborations with the
• City of Springfield expand distance-learning
• and summer sessions enhance partnerships
• with community colleges

Campus partnerships with Springfield will focus
on the creative economy and green industry
development.
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Constructing Our Image Communications
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Constructing Our Image Communications
Launched in March, the new campus website
features stories that illustrate our strengths.
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Constructing Our Image Communications
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Constructing Our Image Communications

• Establish the Office of University Relations to
• brand the campus, support regional development
• strategies, and communicate with
• alumni in a unified, strategic manner
• students, dollars, votes, image.

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Ensuring a Future Sustainability
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Ensuring a Future Sustainability
The new Central Heating Plant cuts campus
emissions by 24 percent and reduces
energy consumption by one-fifth.
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Ensuring a Future Sustainability

• Plan a campus infrastructure with
• reduction of campus carbon
• footprints creation of new
• green policies and procedures

Green features of the new Integrated Sciences
Building include rainwater recycling, roof
gardens, bamboo cabinetry, and recycled rubber
floors.
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