Budget Forum Charles W. Sorensen Chancellor UW-Stout

Today’s Agenda  State Budget  Funding Allocations  Fall 2007 Listening Session Action Plans/Accomplishments  2008 Stakeholder Visioning Session  Questions / Comments

State Budget State of the State Address America’s economy is slowing and WI will need to make cuts Initiatives: Grow Wisconsin Creating renewable energy Making health care affordable Investing in quality education

 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 State Budget DINs

 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 State Budget Capital Projects

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)

Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated in Fall 2006, cont. Polytechnic Marketing  Budget Actions: –Marketing Initiatives ($150,000) –State and Federal Relations Director ($28,953 base) –Honor’s 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

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)

Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated Prior to Fall 2006 Enrollment Mgmt  Writing Lab ($49,650)  Admissions Staff, LTE, S&E ($88,202 base)  Financial Aid LTE ($29,250 base)  Registration & Records ($128,000 base)  Ad hoc hires ($750,000)

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)

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

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

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)

Focus 2010 Goals 1.Prepare alumni for success. 2.Create a learning community that supports and encourages the engagement of its members in active learning. 3.Achieve national leadership and excellence in educating students in the theory and application of a broad range of technologies. 4.Strengthen the on-campus organization by focusing on UW-Stout’s unique mission within the UW System. 5.Create a school outside a school enterprise that serves learners statewide, nationally, and internationally.

Listening Session Topical Areas Program Alignment What’s Next in Information Technology? Enrollment Management Polytechnic Marketing

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

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

Thank you for your input! Questions?Comments?