eastern kentucky university 2009 fall convocation

Re-imagine.

Fall Convocation, Aug. 17, 20091

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Welcome to EKU 2009-10

Welcome to EKU 2009-10★Chronicle: “A Great College to Work for”

★Recognized for community and regional involvement

★Top 10% two years runningForbes: “America’s Best Colleges”

★Near top 10% in US News & World Report Top Colleges and Universities

★One of America’s most Veteran Friendly campuses3

My Performance Evaluation

• Restored stability

• Weathering current economic storm

• You want to know:★ What is the Essential Eastern?★ What is the Power of Maroon?

You appreciate the streamlining done.

But there is still red tape and drudgery to eliminate.

You want to know:

★What is my view of the relationship betweeninstruction, scholarship, and service?

Transformational leadership at Eastern during this significant era in Higher Education.

Your hope for me:

Thank You

Dr. Rodney Piercey

Provost2007-09

Dr. Janna Vice

Interim Provost2009-10

Institutional Finances

• We prepared for 4% cut

• Only had to take 2% cut

• We captured the 2% left

• Through reallocation, almost 3% more

Institutional Finances• Stimulus funds are 7% of our state

appropriation this year• The Good News:☞ No more cuts going into this year

☞ No penalty once stimulus funds are gone

• The Bad News:☞ Stimulus dollars are nonrecurring

☞ May have another budget cut soon13

Freshman T-Shirts

Today’s Interpreters

★Tina Savelyev ★ Jennifer Paycheck

EKU Enrollment Trends

This fall: approx. 14,600 students, up 2.8%:★ 3.2% Undergraduates up★ 7% New freshmen up★ 12% African-Americans up★ 56% Online credit-hours up★ 3.8% Total credit-hours up

EKU Graduation Trends

•Largest growth in bachelor’s degrees in Kentucky public institutions

•Over last 5 years, largest growth among 4-year institutions, increasing 48%with 60% growth in baccalaureates

•Project Graduate generated 16 more graduates this past May,20 more adults to graduate this fall

Move-In Day

Move-In DayDo NOT park in Martin or Wallace lots on Friday.

Park on periphery

City lot on

Crabbe St.is free

onFriday.

Benefits

★Effective January 1,at no cost to employees,individual dental coverage under Option 1of University’s existing dental plan

★EKU branch of UK Federal Credit Union closing its campus facility at end of Sept.

★ 3 new ATMs will open soon

Infrastructure Update

Infrastructure UpdateESPC Sustainability Project

✦Will reduce energy consumption by almost $8000 per day

✦Will reduce our overall greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 76 million lbs per year

✦EKU becomes better steward of the public trust25

Click on the bottom right of homepage

Infrastructure UpdateManchester Campus DedicationManchester Campus

Infrastructure UpdateManchester Campus Dedication

Infrastructure UpdateNew Science Building

29Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Infrastructure UpdateCB&T Phase II, Performing Arts Building

Todd and Dupree Greek Towers

Infrastructure UpdateWalters Hall

Infrastructure UpdateNoel Studio for Academic Creativity

Intramural Fields Renovation Project Is Complete34

Infrastructure UpdatePreliminary design of Stratton building addition in the works

Personnel

Dr. Janna Vice

Interim Provost2009-10

PersonnelLinda FossenAVP Student

Affairsand

Dean of Enrollment

Personnel

Russell CarpenterDirector,Studio for Academic Creativity

Personnel

Peter CizdzielGeneral

Manager,Arlington

Faculty/Staff Accomplishments

• Fulbright Scholar

• 2009-10 in Slovakia

Dr. Carol RuppelModel Lab Teacher

• In Montenegro earlier this year

Dr. Barbara HusseyEnglish Professor

• Traveled to China as part of Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad

Dr. Samuel HintonEducational Studies Professor

• Acorn Award Recipient

• EKU has the most of these of any university or college in Kentucky

Dr. Jerry CookFoundation Professor of Physics

• 2009-11 Foundation Professor

• EKU’s highest honor for teaching excellence

Dr. Joe MolinaroArt & Design Professor

• Lifetime Achievement AwardAssociation of American Geography

Dr. David ZurickFoundation Professor of Geography

• Frederick D. Kagy Life Achievement Award

• Highest honor of the International Graphic Arts Education Association

Dr. David DaileyGraphic Arts Professor

• Sexual Assault Awareness Month Award

• One of only four recognized statewide

Marta MirandaDirector, Multicultural Student Affairs, Women & Gender Studies

• Martha Layne Collins Leadership Award

Dr. Cindy ShainDirector of Kentucky Regional Community Policing Institute

• President’s Award from the Kentucky Health and Safety Network

Dr. Allen AultDean of College of Justice & Safety

• $378,000 NSF Grant

• Examining potential impact of climate change on forest fires

• Involves international cooperation between USA and Mongolia

Dr. Neil PedersonBiological Sciences Professor

• $24,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

• Developing undergraduate course

Dr. Mike AustinPhilosophy & ReligionAssociate Professor

• NCAA 2009-10 Fellows Leadership Program

• One of only 12 athletics administrators selected nationwide

Tracy ScottAssistant Athletics Director

• Promoting QEP

• Presenting at International Conference in Critical Thinking

Lynnette Noblitt & Beverly HartEKU Faculty Members

• Named VP of Association for Continuing Ed. & Outreach for 2009-10

• Member 25th annual Leadership Kentucky Class

Dr. Charles HickoxDean of Continuing Ed. & Outreach

• Serving as executive directorfor the Board of the Councilon Education on the the Deaf

Dr. Karen DilkaSpecial Education Professor

• Serving as International President of Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Dr. Robert RogowDean of College of Business & Tech.

Healthy You at EKU

★ Culture of wellness★ We are self-insured health care provider★ The more we use, the more it costs us

The Biggest Lifestyle Risk Factors

★ Physical activity

★ Dietary fat intake

★ Fruit & vegetable intake

The Biggest Medical Risk Factors

★ Weight

★ Blood Pressure

★ Cholesterol

Healthy YouAverage Annual Health Costs

★ $3,531 for Healthy You participant★ $3,781 for non-participant

Healthy You participants cost $250 less per year.

★ 1 in 3 EKU employees participate

★ 400+ attended health fair

★ About 200 took free health screening

★ #participants with low number of risks is up

★ #participants with high risk is down

Healthy You Participation

Healthy You at EKU Culture

★ Positive health practices are promoted, encouraged, recognized, and rewarded

★ 22 wellness credits = (Pick one!)• $150 credit toward health care premium

• $150 into an FSA

• 1 personal holiday

• $150 cash

• 1-year membership, Fitness & Wellness Center

Campus Walking Paths

Preparing for Flu & Emergencies

★ Pandemic Flu Work Group is meeting regularly★ Keep up via www.prepare4flu.eku.edu★ Seasonal influenza vaccination is free

for benefitted faculty and staff

• Public Safety continues to update ourEmergency Action Plan

• Arrange for Emergency Preparedness Training by contacting EKU Police

CRAFT Sustainability

CRAFT Biofuel Research

CRAFT Sustainability

Gathering Support

★ In the midst of oneof our nation’s worst financial crises

★ Gifts of support are up 37%

★ Total donors have increased by nearly 3%

Coordinating University Branding

★ Printing Services now coordinatesEKU visual identity

★ Printing Services assists with visual identityin wide range of communications

Aligning the EKU Web with the Authentic EKU Experience

★ The EKU Web Work Group engages university web contributors

★ Is transforming EKU Web into student-friendly experience

Hanger Field Changes

2009 Football Schedule

DATE OPPONENTSept. 3 at Indiana

Sept. 19 Tennessee Tech

Sept. 26 at Murray State

Oct. 3 at Eastern Illinois

Oct. 10 Tennessee State

Oct. 17 UT-Martin (HC)

Oct. 24 at Austin Peay

Oct. 31 Southeast Missouri

Nov. 7 at Kentucky

Nov. 14 Western Carolina

Nov. 21 at Jacksonville State

We Must Love

Eastern Must Change

★Stability ≠ Desire for sameness

★Process, order, commitment as we work together to transform EKU

★Examine all under light ofcurrent and future priorities

★ Increaseeffectiveness and efficiency

Gary Larson CartoonPilots in Plane

The Most Original Minds Win

★Foolhardy risks sink the ship

★No risks = ship dead in the water

★Measured risksrock the boat without capsizing it

Our Time

★Time of profound change

★Wrong time to hunker down

★Time to adapt, improvise, be creative

★We’ve maxed out large tuition increases

★Time of tight finances

Strategic Planning & BudgetingAre Critical

★Reduce our 150 key performance indicators

★Focus on:

• Student Success

• Regional Stewardship

• QEP

Forces for Change

★Technology

★Economy

★Global Warming

★Globalization

Any of these is enough to drive the most significant change to this planet since the industrial revolution.

Zogby’s 4 Meta-Movements

★ Living with limits

★ Embracing diversity

★ Looking inward

★Demanding Authenticity

Young adults truly place a value on being “green” and view themselves as global citizens.

Phoenix is Not the Future of Higher Ed.

1) Brick & Mortar racing toward online

2) Online suffers from “enthusiasm gap”

3) Only 27% of population and even smaller %of prospective employers attach as much value to online degree

The New Paradigm

★Online students

★Minimal cost

★Knowledge is power

The Quick and the Dead

★ Why are we better than competition?

★ What makes us special?

“Don’t just outcompete, reshape the terms of the competition.”

Gary Larson CartoonModern Lions

New Priorities Conclusions

★ We face increased scrutiny

★ Competition may drive changesin operational assumptions

★ Moving forward may require significant differentiation

★ Today’s realities will open the door to conversations about: scope, goals, and fulfillment of our mission

What do we do BEST?

“What is great today will not be good enough for tomorrow.”

Kirby Easterling

Toni Hacker

The Essential Eastern

★ A door to opportunity

★ dedicated and skilled facultyadvise, mentor, instruct in a culture of caring

★ skilled and devoted stafffacilitate teaching-learning experience

★ gives students means to earn a living,live a meaningful life

★ “Yes, and” instead of “Yeah, but”

★ Natural and physical beauty

★ Power of Maroon

Re-Imagining Ourselves

★ Remain true to our mission

★ Focus on teaching and learning

★ T & L requires two active participants

★ For what scholarship do faculty get rewarded?

Gary Larson CartoonFire is invented.

Re-Imagining Ourselves

★ Service to University, not just to department

★ Even more time for professional development

★ Celebrate diversity

★ Grow opportunities forstudent and faculty exchanges

★ Important to be green andsustainable

★ Engage more in online education

★ Re-engineer processes to gain efficiencies and free resources

Our 3 Strategic Themes

1. Student Success2. Regional Stewardship3. Quality Enhancement Program

In Closing...

★ “We cannot look for more and ingenious ways to continue to do the wrong things better.”

★ We must re-imagine and reinvent EKU while staying true to the Essential Eastern.

Thank You

It’s about the conversation.

Re-imagine.Essential Eastern

Student Success

Power of Maroon

Regional Stewardship

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conversationsHealthy You

cultureof caring

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opportunity

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authenticity

collaborate

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effective,efficient change

technology

diversity

online education

globalization

measuredrisks

sustainability

b e c r e a t i v eglobal

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