200809Budget Forum

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2008-09Budget Forum
Charles W. Sorensen Chancellor UW-Stout
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Todays Agenda

• State Budget
• 2008-09 Funding Allocations
• Fall 2007 Listening Session
• Action Plans/Accomplishments
• 2008 Stakeholder Visioning Session
• Questions / Comments

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State Budget State of the State
Address

• Americas economy is slowing and WI will need to
  make cuts
• Initiatives
• Grow Wisconsin
• Creating renewable energy
• Making health care affordable
• Investing in quality education

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State Budget DINs

• NanoSTEM DIN
• 1.1 Million and 9 positions
• Nanotechnology 1 faculty, 1 technical
  instrumentation specialist
• Computer and Electrical Engineering 2 faculty
• Polymer Engineering 3 faculty
• Biotechnology 2 faculty
• Teacher Education DIN
• 174,400
• 1 instructional staff,1 recruiter/advisor, LTE
  funding
• Faculty recruitment and retention funds

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State Budget Capital
Projects

• Jarvis
• Received approval for additional funding of
• 8.1 million for a total of 43.2 million
• Bid date in April 2008
• Construction to start in June 2008
• Anticipated completion in August 2010
• Harvey- Theater Renovation
• 5.1 million
• A/E selection anticipated in Spring 2008
• It is a renovation project, not a restoration
  project

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Priorities
Initiated in Fall 2006

• Curricular Incubation Center (40,000)
• Prepare students for a Global Society
• Site Development Funds (12,500)
• Internal Communication
• University Writer (16,700)

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Priorities
Initiated in Fall 2006, cont.

• Polytechnic Marketing
• Budget Actions
• Marketing Initiatives (150,000)
• State and Federal Relations Director (28,953
  base)
• Honors Program (98,956 base, 4,500 one-time)
• Goals double the size of the program over the
  next 5 years increase graduation rates and
  revise the Honors Program and curriculum,
  increasing the number of honors courses

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Priorities
Initiated Prior to Fall 2006

• First Year Experience
• Peer Mentor Program, Professional Development,
  Faculty Grants (64,800)
• FYE Coordinator (fill-behind funding) (21,733)

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Priorities
Initiated Prior to Fall 2006

• Enrollment Mgmt
• Writing Lab (49,650)
• Admissions Staff, LTE, SE (88,202 base)
• Financial Aid LTE (29,250 base)
• Registration Records (128,000 base)
• Ad hoc hires (750,000)

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2008-09 Funding Allocations
Information Technology

• Information Technology
• Content Management System Maintenance (6,300
  base)
• Imaging (2,000 base, 25,000 one-time)
• Commons Systems (511,000)
• PeopleSoft Conversion (928,000)

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Access
to Learning

• Graduate assistantships
• Lab technicians and extending open lab hours
• Discipline-specific tutoring writing center
• Supplemental instruction program
• Special course fees
• Library support
• Child and Family Study Center staff,
  cost reduction for students,
  learning materials
• Co-op program
• Student research fund
• Graduate student research assistance

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Student
Tech Fee

• Keyserver Software
• Computer-based testing
• RosettaStone Project
• Online codes for Math/Statistics
• Wireless upgrades
• D2L
• Sound and lighting systems
  for
  Student Center
• Software licenses
• Servers
• Student support for Help Desk and Micheels Hall

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2008-09 Funding Allocations Other
Funded Priorities

• Lab mod
• Biotech Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (40,385)
• Golf Enterprise Management (29,076)
• ECE/FCSE/Art Education (30,673)
• Generally Assigned Classrooms (50,000)
• Preschool (CFSC) (4,900)
• Psychology/Psychophysiological Facilities
  (118,450)
• Food Production Lab (25,000)
• Visual Resources Center (11,425)
• Rendezvous (2,410)
• Work study proposal Jumpstart program (30,000)

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Focus 2010 Goals

• Prepare alumni for success.
• Create a learning community that supports and
  encourages the engagement of its members in
  active learning.
• Achieve national leadership and excellence in
  educating students in the theory and application
  of a broad range of technologies.
• Strengthen the on-campus organization by focusing
  on UW-Stouts unique mission within the UW
  System.
• Create a school outside a school enterprise that
  serves learners statewide, nationally, and
  internationally.

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Listening Session Topical Areas

Enrollment Management
Polytechnic Marketing

Whats Next in Information Technology?
Program Alignment
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Listening Session Action Plans/Accomp.
(selected)

• Implement workflow processing and digital
  signatures through the ImageNow Sunflower
  Document Management Suite.
• Examine existing parking policies and practices
  and develop a plan to improve satisfaction with
  parking services.
• Implementation of American College and University
  Presidents Climate Commitment
• Ask governance to consider the requirement of a
  minimum of a one Cooperative Education experience
  for all undergraduate academic programs.
• Create an office or center for diversity
• Continue funding Curricular Incubation and New
  Program Development Projects.
• Develop multicultural student scholarships

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Stakeholder Visioning Summer 2008
University Administrators
Cooperative EducationService Agency
Legislators
Board of Regents
Unions
Industry
Technical Colleges
K-12 Schools
State Dept of Public Instruction
Foundation Board
County and City Administrator
UW System Officers
Faculty Staff and Students
Economic Development Specialists
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Questions? Comments?

• Thank you for your input!