University of Louisville Indianapolis Alumni Outreach UofL: It’s Happening Here! 7/18/08

2 What’s Happening Here? Let’s start with where we have been… Milestones 1970: UofL enters State Higher Education System 1970–97: Another mouth (expensive) to feed 1996: Boyle Report - Community agenda to grow/diversify economy–new cluster Healthcare/Life Science Logistics/Distribution - Role of UofL 1997: HB1 -- Postsecondary Education Improvement Act -- Public Agenda – increase economic opportunity/Quality of life -- UofL shall be a premier nationally recognized metropolitan research university

3 Boyle Report – 1996 Community Agenda to Build Economy House Bill A Public Agenda for Higher Education to Build Economy Challenge for Excellence U of L 10 Year Plan What’s Happening Here? So…

4 1.Achieve classification as a Carnegie Research I University Done The Goals

5 2.Have a national reputation for its quality undergraduate programs Done  Improved ACT scores from 21.2 to 24.3  Increased graduation rate from 33.2% to 43.6%  Increased retention rate from 72.1% to 78.2%  Wall Street Journal survey named UofL on of the top 30 feeder schools to nation’s top graduate schools  Record number of student awards (Fulbright, Goldwater, etc.)

6 The Goals 3.Have at least 20 nationally recognized research and graduate/professional programs Done  30 nationally recognized programs in 2007 Spinal Cord Injury Research Center -- SOM Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center -- SSE Ensemble Program -- Music Entrepreneurship – Business College of Education and Human Development

7 The Goals 4.Attain designation as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Cancer Center In Progress  More than 15 new cancer drugs under development – top 5 in the country  Nationally sponsored research funding grew from $300,000 in 1999 to $44 million in 2007  Cancer capital campaign topped its $60 million, five-year goal in only 18 months; campaign continues

8 The Goals 5.Have 75 endowed chairs and professorships in key fields Done  54 to 125  Role of “Bucks”

9 The Goals 6.Graduate at least 140 doctoral students per year Done 72 to 155

10 The Goals 7.Increase federal funding to more that $40 million annually and increase total sponsored funding to $80 million per year Done  Increased federal funding from $15 million to $80.4 million in 2007  Increased total sponsored funding from $28.9 million to $101 million in 2007

11 The Goals 8.Increase its endowment from $255 million to $500 million Done $796 million

12 The Goals 9.Increase significantly the number of business start-ups that develop from university research activity Done

13 The Goals 10.Increase the number of patents and licenses based upon university research Done 40

14 The Goals 11.Be recognized as a national leader for linking its resources to the needs of its community Done  Metropolitan College  Signature Partnership  New Cities Solution  Partnership for Green City  Haymarket/NUCLEUS

15 Pretty good progress But you have heard the expression “What have you done lately?” “It’s time to finish the job.” -- President James Ramsey State of the University address September 2007

16 It’s Time to Finish the Job  Strategic Plan  Vision  Goals  Strategies  Tactics  Funding Plan  Capital Campaign  Branding Effort

17 The 2020 Plan Educational Excellence  Achieve “Double the Numbers” goals (CPE)  Award 350 doctoral degrees, up from 155  Achieve Phi Beta Kappa Chapter  Transform campus life and housing so that 32% of our students live on campus  Double the number of nationally recognized programs – 30 to 60

18 The 2020 Plan Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity  Recruit 180 nationally recognized researcher/scholars and increase total grant and research to $400M, including $193.5M in federal funding  Achieve NCI Cancer Center designation

19 The 2020 Plan Community Engagement  Expand our commitment to downtown Louisville and support all Kentucky cities through the City Solutions Center  Achieve the 13 goals of the West Louisville Signature Partnership to reduce disparities in education, health, economic and social conditions

20 The 2020 plan Diversity, Opportunity and Social Justice  Be the leader nationally in preparing students to live and work in a global society, with particular emphasis on cultural diversity, international studies, and social justice

21 The 2020 Plan Creative and Responsible Stewardship  Increase our endowment from $796.8M to $3B in 2020  Spur economic development in Louisville and Kentucky through the commercialization of research at our business development and commercialization enterprises (Nucleus, Metacyte, Haymarket, Shelby Campus)

22 But  Fiscal Year 2002 – Fiscal Year 2005State Cuts  Fiscal Year 2008$5M Cut  Fiscal Year 2009$10M Cut  Fiscal Year 2010$10M Cut

23 So a New Challenge  Keep momentum  Keep moving forward  Look for light at the end of the tunnel

24 How, You Say?  Efficiency  Underperforming assets  Clinical operations  Private partnerships  Fundraising  Research Commercialization  Being Smart  TIF