1. PROVOST’S REPORT
October, 23, 2014

2. OVERVIEW
Faculty Recognition
Quarterly Updates
OSP
Undergraduate Studies
Graduate Studies
Admissions & Enrollment Mgmt.
Library
College Updates
CASB
CEC

3. OTHER
VPAA
Provost Office Staff
Student Success “Retention”

4. Congratulations to Dr. Yew San Hor
Listed in Thomson Reuters’ “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds 2014,” for publishing the greatest number of highly cited papers (top 1% by citation),

5. Office of Sponsored Programs
Summary of FY15 activities and year-over-year comparison through the end of August
Proposals awarded in total dollars: $9.4M (up 10.5%)
Number of proposals awarded and amendments: 57 (down 24%)
Proposals submitted in total dollars: $19.7M (up 29.5%)
Number of proposals submitted: 73 (down 9.9%)
Total expenditures: $9.1M (down 15.1%)
Net grant and contract expenditures: $6.4M (down 19.6%)
F&A recovered: $1.5M (down 16.4%)
Number of active awards: 589 (down 3.9%)
Net grant and contract expenditures is calculated as total expenditures - federal student financial aid. 5

6. Office of Undergraduate Studies
Experiential Learning Award
1 faculty and 1 staff awarded
Due November 21, 2014
Service Learning Award
Center for Educational Research and Teaching Innovation (CERTI)
Curators’ Teaching Summit – “Great Expectations: Bridging the Gap Between Instructor and Student Expectations,” Sept. 27, Oct. 13 and Nov. 12
“Making Group Work, Work,” Oct. 31
Student Design and Experiential Learning Center
Formula SAE team hosted intercollegiate autocross event in St Charles, MO, Sept 27th
Mars Rover team outreach at STL-area Boy Scout weekend Sept 27th event
Solar Car Team opted out of AbuDhabi partnership race

7. Office of Undergraduate Studies
Learning Enhancement Across Disciplines (LEAD)
LEAD has significantly expanded this semester setting several new records, including:
75 courses provided with LEAD learning assistance
60 courses with LEAD Learning Centers
36 Courses with Tutoring Sessions
Launched all LEAD tutoring and most LCs by the second week of classes
Implementation of our new sign-in system
Created a new “Marketing” position (undergraduate John Gettemeyer)
Writing Center
Tutor Training - Largest ever cohort of new tutors fully trained and actively tutoring by third week of semester.
Innovations Grant - Grant received to purchase 5 iPads and related resources for use during tutoring sessions.
Growing Demand - Number of tutoring sessions increased by 36% over same period last year.
Phase II Renovations - Plans underway for further renovations to improve traffic flow and increase capacity.

8. Office of Undergraduate Studies
Math Assistance Where Success Happens (MASH)
Nine one-hour-long, active-learning session are held weekly for Math 1120 Students
Approximately 69% of student in Math 1120 took advantage of the program during the first three weeks MASH was held (102 students out of 147 enrolled)
South-Central Regional Professional Development Center (SC RPDC)
October primary learning sessions include: (broken into 6 consultant-types)
Special Education (SpEd)
Positive Behavior Supports (PBS) Consultants
Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Collaborative Work (CW)
Curriculum & Instruction Consultants
Leadership Consultants
Consultants are cross-trained in most areas to provide on-going support and coaching to the 63 school districts in our region.

9. Office of Graduate Studies
FS14 Graduate enrollment: 2114
Graduate Leadership Program held at UMSL in September; meeting scheduled at S&T on November
Dealing with minor course renumbering issues, but working with the Registrar’s Office to resolve them quickly.
Technical Editing: 116% increase in student submissions from FS 13 (12) to FS 14 (26).
Working with graduate programs to host Q&A webinars for prospective graduate students.
100 S&T undergraduate students attended the Graduate Fair on October 1.

10. Numbers reflect enrollment as of Sept. 22, 2014
Student
Enrollment
% Change
First-time, degree-seeking college
1,291
2.2%
New Transfer
460
7.7%
New Graduate
532
-11.0%
Out-of-state
3,011
8.7%
Distance or On-line
1,066
8.2%
International
1,516
18.6%
Underrepresented Minority
706
8.4%
Female
1,955
6.3%
Credit Hours
104,907
6.8%
Total enrollment
8,642
Numbers reflect enrollment as of Sept. 22, 2014

11. Armed Forces Pacific & Europe
Geographic Origin of All Students - Fall 2014 l
WASHINGTON 59
NORTH DAKOTA
MINNESOTA
MAINE
MONTANA 1 3
OREGON 5 VT 20 2 2 16
IDAHO
WISCONSIN 80 NH 3
SOUTH DAKOTA 12 5 24
NEW YORK MA
WYOMING
MICHIGAN CT 2 RI 25 2 4
PENNSYLVANIA 8
IOWA
NEVADA
NEBRASKA 32 42
OHIO NJ 4 4 37
UTAH IN
ILLINOIS 36 22 DE DC 12
521 WV MD 16
COLORADO
KANSAS 16 7
VIRGINIA 42
MISSOURI 12
DC 2
114
CALIFORNIA
5,680
KENTUCKY 50 21
NO. CAROLINA
TENNESSEE 12
ARIZONA
OKLAHOMA 54
ARKANSAS
CAROLINA
SO. 22
NEW MEXICO 41
50 or more students
10 – 49 students
1 - 9 students
No students
Legend 12 11 MS
GEORGIA 6
ALABAMA 13
TEXAS LA 14 6
135 7 30
ALASKA FL
All Students, Totals
United States ,316
Other Countries ,326
Total ,642 6
HAWAII
Armed Forces Pacific & Europe 1
PUERTO
RICO 3
Note: Geographic Origin is defined as student's legal residence at time of original admission to Missouri S&T.
Source: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) frozen files, end of 4th week of classes.
Revised

12. Curtis Laws Wilson Library Successes
New furniture installed on the
first floor and receiving positive
comments from students.
Area for the visualization wall
has undergone re-modeling,
and we are ready for MinerView.

13. Curtis Laws Wilson Library Challenges
Suggested cuts to journals have been submitted to LLRC and to department liaisons.

14. College of Arts, Sciences, and Business Student Highlights
1,293 students
up 7.8% from AY
up 12% from AY
588 women (45.5% of total enrollment; up from 43.3% in AY)
Amy Ketterer Diane Feldman Technical Editing Undergraduate Scholarship from the Technical Editing Special Interest Group of the Society for Technical Communication
Sarah Jones - Curtis E. Huntington Scholarship in recognition of her academic achievements in actuarial science
CASB Open House was held October 8
37 prospective students and their families attended

15. College of Arts, Sciences, and Business Faculty Highlights
2 faculty promoted to Professor:
Diana Ahmad, Robert Paige
7 faculty tenured and promoted to Associate Professor: Eric Bryan, Richard Dawes, Cassandra Elrod, Audra Merfeld-Langston, Jorge Porcel, John Singler, Alexey Yamilov
Major Awards and Honors
Patrick Joseph Huber, 46th annual ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/ Virgil Thomson Award for his article “Black Hillbillies: African American Musicians on Old-Time Records, ” In Hidden In the Mix: African American Country Music Traditions, ed. by Diane Pecknold, Duke University Press.
Larry Gragg, Western Writers of America Spur Award, Finalist in Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary, Bright Light City: Las Vegas in Popular Culture, University Press of Kansas

16. College of Arts, Sciences, and Business College Staffing Update
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Four finalists being interviewed and screened
Associate Dean of Research and External Relations
Application period closes today
Executive Director of Development
Three finalists interviewed
Finance and Budget Officer
Screening applicants now
Administrative Assistant
Four finalists interviewed; offer ready pending HR approval

17. College of Engineering and Computing
The sixteen academic programs associated with the College of Engineering and Computing successfully completed ABET accreditation, October 3-6th.
A number of reoccurring themes associated with continuous improvement, course prerequisites and institutional support were observed for a number of programs.