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Wichita State in Brief

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WSU is in a period of renewal and growth

• See the new Strategic Plan handout

• The “Bardo Five”1. Overall quality2. Increasing enrollment3. Quality of student life4. Enhancing basic research5. Technology transfer

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wichita.edu/Parking

• Parking shuttles depart Hughes Metropolitan Complex (29th Street and Oliver) at roughly 10-minute intervals starting at 7 a.m. and ending at 10 p.m.

• The last shuttle will arrive back at the Hughes Metropolitan Complex at 10:30 p.m.

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Organizational Structure

Academic Colleges

Who are our Students?

Degree Requirements

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Organizational Structure

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Kansas Board of Regents System

• University of Kansas• Kansas State University• Wichita State University• Fort Hays State University• Pittsburg State University• Emporia State University• Washburn University• 25 community and technical colleges

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President’s Direct Reports

• Vice presidents• Executive Director of Government Relations and

Board of Trustees (Andy Schlapp)

• Director of Intercollegiate Athletics (Eric Sexton)

• Internal Audit (Chris Cavanaugh)

• EEO (search in progress)

• [WSU Foundation (Elizabeth King)]

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Vice Presidents

• Academic Affairs (Tony Vizzini)

• Research and Technology Transfer (John Tomblin)

• Campus Life and University Relations (Wade Robinson)

• Administration and Finance (Mary Herrin)

• General Counsel (Ted Ayres)

• Information Technologies [reorganization in progress]

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Academic Colleges

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The Graduate School

• Abu Masud, Interim Dean• About 3,000 current students• 12 Doctoral programs, 40 Master’s degrees, and more

Jardine Hall, built 1930

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College of Fine Arts

• Rodney Miller, Dean• 20 programs in the Schools of:

– Art and Design– Music– Performing Arts

Duerkson Fine Arts Center, built 1956

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College of Education

• Shirley Lefever-Davis, Interim Dean• 4 departments, 21 Bachelor’s, 13 Master’s, 2 Ed.D.

programs

Corbin Education Center, built 1963

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W. Frank Barton School of Business

• Cindy Claycomb, Interim Dean• 5 academic departments, several centers

Clinton Hall, built 1970

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Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

• Ron Matson, Interim Dean• 17 academic departments• Largest college

Lindquist Hall, built 1976

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College of Engineering

• Vish Prasad, Interim Dean• 4 departments (9 undergraduate and 7 graduate degree

programs)

Wallace Hall, built 1977

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College of Health Professions

• Keith Pickus, Interim Dean• 8 departments (23 programs)

Ahlberg Hall, built 1980

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University Libraries

• Don Gilstrap, Dean

Ablah Library, built 1962 with additions in 1988 and 1999

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Coming Soon: The Honors College

• Kimberly Engber, Director

New Residence Hall, opens 2014

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Our Students

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The WSU Student Body

• 14,893 students in fall 2012

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Undergraduate Demographics

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The Incoming Class

This year Convocation will be 11am -1pm on Tuesday, August 27, in Koch Arena.

About 1,100 new freshmen each fallAbout 900 new transfer students each fall

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Other Student Characteristics

• 44% of Freshmen are the first in their families to attend college

• 4.9% non-residents; 8.9% are international

• Of domestic undergrads (about 86% of student body):– 71.3% are from Sedgwick County– 89% are from the Wichita Metropolitan Statistical

Area– 97% are from Kansas (!)

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Other Student Characteristics, cont.

• Only 1,000 students live on campus.

• Our students have a WIDE range of talents, interests, motivations, backgrounds, support systems, mentors, role models, life experiences, life circumstances, etc.

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Student Success Statistics

• 70.8% of full-time freshmen return for a second year– Coincidence? About 30% of freshmen earn a first-

semester GPA of < 2.0

• 19.6% graduate from WSU within four years• 42.1% graduate from WSU within six years

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KBOR’s “Foresight 2020”

• Increase freshman retention from 70% to 80% by 2020

• Increase six-year graduation from 40% to 50% by 2020

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Retention Matters

• State scrutiny• HLC Reaccreditation• The benefits to individuals and families• Societal flourishing• Our moral duty to students

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Retention Matters

• State scrutiny• HLC Reaccreditation• The benefits to individuals and families• Societal flourishing• Our moral duty to students • The university’s bottom line:

– Each 1% increase in retention generates $415,000 in gross revenue—more than $4 million over ten years.

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Higher Learning Commission Reaccreditation “Quality Initiative”

1. Improve freshman orientation program, include faculty participation.

2. Initiate measures to identify academically at-risk students with proactive advising.

3. Deploy the GradesFirst academic early alert system.

4. Deploy a revised student success course (WSU 101).

5. Increase Supplemental Instruction offerings.

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The Faculty Role in Retentionand Student Success

• See the handout, “12 Reasons Students Drop Out”

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Academic Policies

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Degree RequirementsWhat our students go through, or

How to be a good advisor

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Advising

• “Mixed Model”– In most colleges, professional advisers (yes, that’s how

we spell it...) take care of students through their sophomore year or until they declare a major.

– Faculty advisers take care of their majors.– BUT there are plenty of exceptions to this basic pattern:

Your chair will tell you your role in the advising process in your department.

• INFORMAL advising is a key part of your role.

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Info you need

• Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs going back to 1995 are available on the Registrar’s website.

• The Schedule of Courses is available several months before each semester begins (mid-November, mid-March).

• See also: Academic Affairs Calendar (handout)

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Admission Requirements

For Kansas residents attending accredited high schools:

– Min ACT of 21; or– Rank in top 1/3rd of graduating class; or– Complete the “precollege curriculum” with at least a

2.0 GPA

For transfer students:– > 23 transfer hours: Min. 2.0 college GPA– < 24 transfer hours: Min. 2.0 college GPA, and meet

one of the freshman qualified admissions requirements.

• NB, some colleges/majors have higher standards.• NB, beginning fall 2015, these standards will be changing.

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Tuition and Fees

$187.40/cr hr + $42.35/cr hr + $17 per semester

For a 15-hour course load: $2,811 + $652.25 = $3,463.25

(Plus any course/lab/department fees, plus books, etc.)

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Class standing

• Freshmen: < 30 credit hours earned;• Sophomores: 30 to 59 cr hr;• Juniors: 60 to 89 cr hr;• Seniors: > 89 credit hours

An undergrad is FULL TIME if enrolled in 12 or more credit hours in fall or spring semesters • 9 cr = FT for grad students• 6 cr = FT in summer

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Degree Requirements

• Components of the degree– General Education (incl. “48 hour rule” for Foundation

courses)– College Requirements– Major Courses and Requirements– Electives

• Minimum for a Bachelor’s degree: 120 credit hours.

• (Currently some Fine Arts degrees require 150 cr hr!)

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Submitting Grades

• myWSU (not Blackboard)• Final grades due four days after end of Finals

(this fall, Dec. 17)– 5th week: email request for early alert feedback in

GradesFirst– Mid-term grades encouraged

NB: Whenever you submit a final grade of “F” you MUST give the student’s “Last Date of Attendance”—This is a federal Financial Aid requirement.

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Satisfactory Academic Progressfor Financial Aid

• GPA• “Pace” (% of attempted courses passed)• Max. credits

– NB there is no grace period: Students who drop below the standards are ineligible to receive financial aid. (There is an appeal process to be reinstated.)

– Last year >1,300 students were suspended from Fin Aid for SAP violations

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Probation, Dismissal, Exceptions

• Whenever CUM GPA < 2.0, student is placed on probation.

• Students on probation who do not earn the minimum GPA in the next semester are dismissed from WSU.

• Dismissed students may appeal to Exceptions Committee for re-admission (to another college).

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Introducing a New Course

• Get the forms on the VPAA site.• Your chair/department should be part of the discussion

from the beginning.• Must get department, college and university level

approvals.

• Note the special requirements for General Education courses.

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FERPA Basics

• See handout: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act