State of the University

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• State of the University (7)
• John F. Carney III
• April 28, 2009

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MDHE Quick FactsAffordability

• Fact Missouri is currently 47th in the nation
  in per capita support for public higher education

• Fact Missouri is currently 4th in the nation in
  per capita support for private higher education

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Legislative Outlook

• Access Missouri
• Concealed weapons on campus
• Bond for higher education capital projects
• Level funding
• Other potential state and federal capital project
  funding
• Use federal economic stimulus dollars to provide
  1 billion tax cut

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Stimulus Requests
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ABET Accreditation Visit

• On campus October 18-21, 2008
• 16 engineering programs evaluated

• Aerospace Engineering
• Architectural Engineering
• Ceramic Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering Management

• Environmental Engineering
• Geological Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

Engineering laboratories and equipment Faculty
size
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North Central Associationof Higher Learning
Commission Accreditation Visit

• On campus February 22-25, 2009
• Two-year project
• Institutional Self Study Report is available
  on-line at http//accreditation.mst.edu.

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Enrollment
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Diversitysince 2000

• Total minority student enrollment has grown by
  74 (278 additional minority students)
• A 89 minority first-to-second year retention
  rate has been maintained
• Female enrollment has grown by 35 (369
  additional female students)
• Non-engineering majors have grown by over 40

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Out-of-State Admits up 45 since 2003as of
3/30/09
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International Admitsup 80 since 2003as of
3/30/09
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Tenure and Tenure TrackFemale Faculty(Fall)
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Strategic Plan goals
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2009 Incoming Class

• Since the name change, our undergraduate freshmen
  out-of-state applications have increased by 12
  and our international freshmen admits have
  increased by 70
• Fall 2009 freshmen class is projected to be 54
  larger than the freshmen class of 2000
• VERY talented Fall 2009 incoming class
• 6 with perfect 36 on ACT
• 2 with perfect 1600 on SAT
• Average ACT composite is 28.06 for all incoming
  freshmen
• 38 of admits have ACT composite of 30

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Toyota Names ST One of itsSix Key Schools

• After attending the Fall Career Fair, Toyota was
  so impressed with our graduates, service, career
  fair, and culture they named us a key school
• They will assign a key executive to serve on our
  corporate development council and provide
  opportunities for training, funding, and other
  partnership activities

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Examples of Other Key Schools

• Garmin International 1 of 8 universities
• Nucor Corporation 1 of 4 universities
• US Steel 1 of 12 universities

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• Advancing
• Excellence
• Capital
• Campaign

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Advancing ExcellenceCapital Campaign Progressas
of March 31, 2009
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Office of Sponsored Programs

• FY09 activities through the end of March and a
  year-over-year comparison are as follows
• Proposals awarded in total dollars 35M (up
  12.3)
• Proposals submitted in total dollars 124.2M (up
  16.2)
• Proposals submitted 441 (up 3)
• FA recovered 4.8M (up 21.6)
• Active awards 592 (up 3.5)

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General Fitness Complex
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Missouri Energy Summit
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Missouri Energy Summit

• April 22-23, 2009
• Guest Speakers
• T. Boone Pickens
• Michael Chesser, Chairman and CEO, Great Plains
  Energy and Kansas City Power and Light
• Daniel Cole, Senior Vice President, Ameren
  Corporation
• Bob Dixon, Incoming Chair, Alliance to Save
  Energy Board
• Robert K. Dixon, leader, Climate Change and
  Chemicals Team at the Global Environment Facility
• Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the U.S.
  Chamber of Commerce Institute for 21st Century
  Energy
• Dale Klein, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory
  Commission
• Bob Kruse, Executive Director, Global Vehicle
  Engineering, Hybrids, Electrical Vehicles and
  Batteries, General Motors
• Fredrick D. Palmer, Senior Vice President of
  Government Relations, Peabody Energy
• Richard Sayre, Director, Enterprise Rent-A-Car
  Institute for Renewable Fuels, Donald Danforth
  Plant Science Center
• Joan Woodard, Executive Vice President and Deputy
  Laboratories Director for the Nuclear Deterrent,
  Sandia National Laboratories.

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Energy Summit
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Energy Summit
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Student Design TeamsApril 2009 Competition
Results

• Formula SAE Car
• 1st place overall in season-opening Formula Car
  competition at the Virginia International Raceway
• Advanced Aero Vehicle Group (heavy lift team)
• 1st US team (3rd overall behind Poland and
  Brazil) at the SAE Aero heavy lift competition in
  Marietta, GA
• Advanced Aero Vehicle Group (rocket team)
• 1st place in aesthetics and team spirit award in
  Huntsville, AL NASA has not released final
  results yet

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Student Design TeamsApril 2009 Competition
Results

• Concrete Canoe
• 5th place at the ASCE's Mid-Continent Conference
  in Carbondale, IL
• Steel Bridge Team
• 1st place in aesthetics and 1st place in display
  at the ASCE's Mid-Continent Conference in
  Carbondale, IL
• Human Powered Vehicle
• 2nd place overall at ASME competition in
  Philadelphia
• 1st place in female sprint setting a new school
  record and ASME record (41.8 MPH)
• 2nd place in male sprint (44.6 MPH ½ MPH behind
  champion)

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Complex
Dedication was April 17
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Toomey Hall Dedication
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Toomey Hall Dedication
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Athletics

• Football team won the Great Lakes Football
  Conference championship in 2008 and 10 Miners
  were first team selections
• Mens track and field team won the GLVC
  Conference Championship 
• Coach Sterling Martin was named GLVC Coach of the
  Year for mens track and field
• Three Miners earned All-America honors in NCAA
  Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships
  Jordan Henry, Peter Hollenbeck, and Dan Hellwig

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Athletics

• Sophomore Zlatan Hamzic became the first
  student-athlete in school history to earn an
  individual national championship in the 200-yard
  breaststroke in school record time at the NCAA
  Division II Swimming and Diving Championships
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• Miner swimmers finished third in the team
  competition, the third straight top-four national
  finish in the NCAA Division II Swimming and
  Diving Championships

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