Faculty Senate September 2015

Numbers2011 2014 2015 Change %

Full Time tenure track faculty 467 555 587 120 25.7%

Undergraduate enrollment 11,681 13,412 13,454 1773 15.2%

Graduate enrollment 2,885 3,283 3,404 519 17.9%

Average SAT score 1,306 1,290 1,304 -2 -0.2%

Philanthropy (new investments) $5.4M $6.7M $9.1M $3.7M 68.5%

Alumni volunteers 626 818 1,173 547 87.4%

Research expenditures $40.2M $31.7M $35.8M -$4.4M -10.9%

Undergraduate degrees granted 3,144 3,014 3,141 -3 -0.1%

Graduate degrees 996 1,046 1,173 177 17.8%

Underrepresented minority faculty* 37 49 54 17 45.9%

URM staff* 76 106 112 36 47.4%

URM undergraduates* 1,781 2,222 2,423 642 36.0%

URM graduate students* 169 221 267 98 58.0%

*African American, Hispanic, Native American

FacultyCCPA DSON GSE Harpur Pharm SOM Watson Total

New Tenure-Track (2012–15) 10 6 4 127 2 17 34 200Net TT Growth (2011–15) 6 4 1 82 2 5 20 120Total TT in 2015 (P) 26 16 19 402 2 39 83 587

New People

Net Staff Growth 2011–15Academic

AffairsAdvance./

Found. Athletics ODEI Operations President Research Student Affairs Total

Total Net Growth 82 0 -16† 3 39 5 1 50 164Total Staff in 2015 (P) 578 22 85 6 764 16 33 231 1735

†Includes staff transferred to other divisions, including health and wellness

284 more university employees and 2321 more students in the community.

200 NEW TENURE TRACK

FACULTY2012–15

164 NET NEW STAFF

2011–15

New Spaces

New Center of Excellence Dickinson Residential Community Turf Field

New Classrooms

University Union

Smart Energy Facility Southern Tier High Tech Incubator School of Pharmacy

Central Heating Plant

The Castle

New Approaches

✦ 35% of the 200 new faculty are in Transdisciplinary Areas of Excellence✦ Sustainable Communities, Material and Visual

Worlds, Health Science, Smart Energy, Citizen Rights and Cultural Belonging

✦ Utilizing Road Map priorities and process to hire support staff✦ Round 4 proposals due December 1, 2015

✦ Graduate program development✦ 8 new or pending academic programs✦ 7 new or accelerated or revised academic programs✦ 7 additional programs under development

New support✦ Student success

✦ More advisors✦ More undergraduate research

✦ Teaching ✦ Expanded Center for Learning and

Teaching

✦ Research✦ More shared laboratory facilities✦ Better start up support✦ Increased doctoral candidate stipends

…. New support ✦ Diversity

✦ Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion created

✦ Building Bridges to Cultural Competency workshops

✦ Campus Climate Survey completed

✦ Leadership development✦ >200 supervisors certified

✦ Alumni Association strategic plan✦ Volunteers and chapters growing

✦ Regional economic development✦ REDC campus wide involvement

Recent Recognition of Research and Scholarship✦ $12.8 million grant to develop innovations in the

energy economy

✦ National press for examination of the dark side of leadership

✦ $8.5 million grant to understand the impact of alcohol on brain development

✦ Discovery of “the world’s oldest murder”

✦ Author at the top of Kindle bestseller list

✦ $20-million award to translate flexible electronics to commercial products

The Environment: Challenges and Opportunities

✦ Stagnant Upstate economy✦ Governor’s focus on Upstate and the Upstate Revitalization

Initiative

✦ Enrollment for many graduate programs remains flat✦ Career-directed graduate programs in high demand

✦ Salary increases the responsibility of campus✦ NYSUNY 2020 preserved budgets

✦ Private support lags behind peers✦ Philanthropy performance improving

Choosing a direction

✦ Embracing our role as a research institution with strong graduate programs

✦ 20x2020: important goal, but hard work ahead✦ Undergraduates almost at our 2020 goal of

14,000✦ Graduate students moving steadily (3404

currently), but slowly (+519 in four years) toward our 2020 goal of 6,000

✦ 70/30 undergrad to grad mix

Growing Research and PhD Programs

✦ Hire exceptional faculty who can build external support✦ and provide support for success

✦ Support strong graduate programs in the arts, social sciences, and humanities to provide critical guidance for our world's future

✦ Make offers to top PhD students more competitive

✦ Encourage collaboration through TAEs to address global challenges

Growing Career-DirectedGraduate Programs

✦ High demand for career-oriented programs at both master’s and doctoral levels

✦ Provide support, resources, and incentives to grow existing programs

✦ Develop new programs based on current strengths

Why? To help our students have better careers.

A Big IdeaTransforming the Southern Tier with $500M from an Upstate Revitalization Initiative Award

✦ $500 million over 5 years✦ Part of the Governor’s REDC process✦ Southern Tier proposal includes establishing 3

Innovation Districts (iDistricts)

Upstate Revitalization Initiative

JC Health and

Cultural iDistrict

Binghamton iDistrict

Endicott iDistrict

Southern Tier Health Sciences and Technology Park✦ 96, 48 Corliss, and 31 Jenison – 8.0 acres

96 Corliss

48 Corliss

✦ Builds regional health care infrastructure

✦ Links Decker School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Social Work, and UHS Medical Students

✦ Interdisciplinary education and research

✦ Establishes a biopharmaceutical industry hub

✦ Significant URI potential with a 5 year projection of 1,040 new jobs

✦ Community engagement opportunities

✦ Timeline for decision ….. December 2015!

The Southern Tier Health Sciences and Technology Park

The Direction…

✦ Continuing our NYSUNY 2020 growth plan

✦ Utilizing regional economic growth opportunities

✦ Using the TAE approach for hiring faculty

✦ Using the Road Map process to add staff

✦ Growing and investing in doctoral programs

✦ Growing applied graduate programs to enhance student success

Thank You!QUESTIONS / COMMENTS

New External Support

✦ Mark Zurack ’78✦ Steve ’91 and Judy ’90 Fleishman✦ Charles Kim ’98✦ Two other $1M gifts pledged in

2015✦ Endowment up from $82M in 2011

to over $120M in 2015