ACADEMIC COUNCIL REPORT

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• ACADEMIC COUNCIL REPORT
• WARREN K. WRAY
• PROVOST AND
• EXECUTIVE VICE CHANCELLOR
• FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
• June 7, 2007

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• ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

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Enrollment Update

• Summer Semester Pre-Enrollment
• SS2006 SS2007 Change
• Total 1430 1531 7.1
• Fall Semester Pre-Enrollment
• FS2006 FS2007 Change
• Total 4212 4500 6.8

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• RESEARCH

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Research

• UMR received three of the 62 FY07 Graduate
  Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
  awards from the U.S. Department of Education.
  Congratulations to Drs. Belarbi, Madria,
  Venayagamoorthy and their team members!
• Proposal activities through April 2007
• Proposals awarded 30.96M (up 4.4)
• Proposals submitted 97.62M (down 3.3)
• FA recovery through April 3.69M (down 15.8)
• Externally sponsored grant and contract
  expenditures through April 2007 25.06M (down
  16)

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FY 07 Proposals Awarded through April
Total 30.96M
4.4 compared to FY 06
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FY 07 Proposals Submitted through April
Total 97.62M
-3.3 compared to FY 06
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Proposals Awarded Year-over-Year Comparison
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Proposals Submitted Year-over-Year Comparison
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F A Recovery through April
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• UNDERGRADUATE AND
• GRADUATE STUDIES

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Academic Advising Webinar

• Expanding Your Comfort Zone
• Strategies for Developing and Demonstrating
  Cultural Competence in Academic Advising,
• a live Internet-broadcast Webinar event on
• Tuesday, June 12, 2007
• 100-230 PM
• UMR Havener Center
• Please RSVP to Amy Gillman (gillman_at_umr.edu) or
  Sunnie Hughes (hughessu_at_umr.edu) by Thursday,
  June 7, 2007.

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Hit the Ground Running- 2007

• Hit the Ground Running (HGR), UMRs high
  school-to-freshman year summer transition
  program, is expected to have a record high number
  of attendees for the July 8th-28th program.   
• HGR has proven to benefit UMR students
  significantly in assisting them to quickly
  establish realistic academic expectations and
  strategies to meet the requirements of coursework
  expectations, campus life, and community
  involvement at UMR.

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Honors Academy Recruiting

• The Office of Undergraduate Graduate Studies
  recently sent letters of invitation and Honors
  Academy brochures to over 300 prospective
  students who are eligible for membership in the
  Honors Academy for Fall 2007.

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Re-Accreditation Self Study

• Current Happenings/Project Timeline
• Sub-committee Outlines Done/Chancellor Provost
  Review June 8, 2007
• HLC liaison, Mary Breslin, to visit UMR on June
  13-14, 2007
• Self-Study Report Compilation Begins
  May-September 2007
• NCA HLC Comprehensive Review Team Visit Dates
  February 23-25, 2009

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• SCHOOL OF EXTENDED LEARNING

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School of Extended LearningAcademic Council
ReportMay 2007

• The Video Communications Center is projecting
  significant growth for FS 2007 as indicated in
  the accompanying graph below.

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School of Extended LearningAcademic Council
ReportMay 2007

• Outstanding Teaching Awards were announced for
  the following faculty at a luncheon held on April
  23, 2007.
• Awards of Excellence for those receiving a
  perfect 4.0 rating.
• Richard Bullock
• David Enke
• Scott Grasman
• Roger LaBoube
• Robert Laney
• Harold Wagner, Jr.
• Award of Commendation for outstanding performance
  slightly below 4.0
• Victor Birman
• Ronald Carson
• K. Chandrashekhara
• Leroy Cox
• Lokesh Dharani
• Benjamin Dow
• Xiaoqing Liu
• Ronaldo Luna

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School of Extended LearningAcademic Council
ReportMay 2007

• Dr. Juma Al Ghailani, Dean and Managing Director
  of Mazoon College, Muscat, Oman, made his annual
  visit to UMR May 9-13, 2007. The purpose of this
  visit was to discuss our international
  affiliation agreement and to attend UMRs
  undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 12.
• Last month, Chancellor Carney, Dr. Henry Wiebe
  and Jay Goff visited several institutions in
  Malaysia to discuss Model Transfer Programs. Two
  agreements were finalized and signed during this
  trip Taylors University College and INTI
  International University. In addition, PETRONAS
  has agreed to send several fully funded students
  to UMR for completion of their degrees and three
  additional applications have been received from
  INTI.

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School of Extended LearningAcademic Council
ReportMay 2007

• In conjunction with the above trip, Dr. Tan Yew
  Sing, President, and Dr. Tee Meng Yew, Academic
  Director of INTI visited the UMR campus on
  Friday, May 25 and Saturday, May 26 with the
  purpose of further strengthening the relationship
  between the two institutions.
• The Intensive English Program sponsored an end
  of the semester picnic for all IEP students,
  teachers, participants in the Conversation
  Partner program, and International Affairs staff
  members.  Our special guests were members of the
  Missouri Department of Conservation Agent Steve
  Zap, Agent Jason Braunecker, Rob Chapman, Brian
  Hall, Lee Hughes, and Nick Girondo.  They helped
  introduce the international students to another
  Ozark tradition --- fishing. They brought
  fishing poles so that the students could practice
  fishing skills while learning about Missouri
  fishing regulations.

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• COLLEGE OF ARTS
• AND SCIENCES

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• Sanjay Madria and his team (Maggie Cheng, Fikret
  Ercal, Jagannathan, and Genda Chen) received
  funding from DOE for 3 years in the amount of
  383,640. This grant will provide fellowships for
  PhD students who will study Secure and Adaptable
  Energy-efficient Sensor Networks for
  Infrastructure Monitoring.''

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• - Jennifer Leopold and Anne Maglia have received
  funding from NSF for 3 years at 350k/year. The
  project is entitled "Semi-Automated Construction
  of an Ontology for Amphibian Morphology.
• Jim Bogan will be presenting his BRAZILOGYthree
  poetic documentaries made in Brazilat the
  Brazilian-American Cultural Institute in
  Washington DC on June 6. 

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• SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Positive HappeningsBusiness Administration

• Graduate certificate in Business Essentials in
  final stage of approval.
• Center for Enterprise Resource Planning in final
  stage of approval.
• Negotiating with several universities in China to
  establish agreements.
• First MBA students participating in great summer
  internships.