Purdue University Calumet
2003 – 2004 Annual Report
Submitted by
Chancellor Howard Cohen
Summary of Activities
- Implemented Enrollment Management Plan to progress toward growth to 10,500 students. Major components budgeted for 2004-05.
- Implemented major retention strategies: Orientation, Freshman Seminars, and Supplemental Instruction. Required a reorganization of University Division.
- Campaign Kick-off for $10.8 million “Plan for Success” comprehensive campaign
- Initiated planning for Water Institute, Center for Energy Efficiency and Reliability, and Center for Minorities and Women in Construction
- Addressed transitions in Leadership Team (replacing Executive Assistant and preparing to replace Vice Chancellor for Advancement)
- Formed Chancellor’s Advisory Board
- Construction planning and implementation for Student Housing, Parking Garage and Academic Learning Center (Merrillville). Also participated in development of Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana development
- Created Academic Integrity Task Force
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Strategic Initiatives Implementation
Goal 1: Student Success
What we accomplished:
Reconstructed University Division into the Student Success Network
- Hired Assistant Vice Chancellor Ron Kovach to oversee this effort
- Reassigned staff to schools, learning center, supplemental instruction program, internship development and outreach
- Implemented New Student Orientation (29 sections in Summer 04 for Fall)
- Completed implementation of Freshman Seminar in all academic programs
- Implemented Supplemental Instruction (130 sections served in 2003-04)
- Increased participation in Undergraduate Research Program (70 students and 37 faculty members participated)
Student Financial Support
- Adopted Student Employment Task Force report and allocated $400,000 to student wages in supplemental instruction
- Increased annual scholarship awards to $718,000
- Received more than $300,000 for 21st Century Scholars mentoring program and 21st Century Scholars summer transition program
- Created “Best and Brightest” Scholarship award program and implemented it for Fall 04 (170 students have applied and 89 have registered to date for Fall 04)
- Developing a financial aid early notification process
Student Housing
- Completed all approvals. Groundbreaking in March 2004
Goal 2: Faculty and Staff Excellence
Professional Development
- Created a Faculty Development plan and allocated $180,000 to implement it in 2004-05
- Conducted the first Purdue Calumet Forum on Research
- Supported professional development program at monthly “faculty club” lunches
- Identified niche areas of academic excellence around faculty expertise and provided support for seeking applications-focused sponsored research
- Developed conceptual frameworks for Water Institute, Center for Energy Efficiency and Reliability and Center for Minorities and Women in Construction
- Identified administrative professional staff to reallocate into a staff development program
Positions and Compensation
- Allocated funds to convert 20 visiting and continuous lecturer positions into tenure track faculty lines
- Added 0.5 percent to salary increase funds for EMME
- Planned for five Lilly Challenge professorships
Goal 3: High Performance Learning Environment
Technology Infrastructure
- Created Academic Computing Council and Technology Infrastructure Committee to plan technology improvements
- Participate in Purdue Enterprise Resource Planning
- Adopted Web-CT/Vista instructional software to replace Blackboard Challenges require work to continue in order to complete this transition in April of 2004
Facilities
- Developed plan for replacing Gyte Annex with Emerging Technologies Tower. Part of Purdue capital submission for 2005-07
Goal 4: Regional Economic Development
Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana
- Construction underway
- Hired a Program/ Facilities Manager and a Business Development Specialist
- Worked out supervision and reporting with Purdue Research Foundation
Entrepreneurship Center
- Developed a fundraising plan to support participants
- Created “Opportunities” program to encourage new start-up businesses
- Participated in Lilly Initiative “Opportunities for Indiana” and placed 11 students in summer internships with small business technology companies in Northwest Indiana.
- Partner with Empowerment Zone and Hammond Development Corporation to support emerging small businesses
- Working on a major gift for naming rights to the Entrepreneurship Center
Academic Learning Center
- Completed approval process for construction (Purdue Research Foundation) and lease of building in Merrillville
- Successful bid in July 2004
Community Advisory Boards
- Increased boards to 20 and membership to 228
- Closed East/West Partnership with City of Hammond (regime change)
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Enrollment Management
- Implementation of Enrollment Management Task Force Plan
- Funded five new positions: academic advisor/recruiters
- Added positions in recruitment and financial aid
- Expanded inquiry pool
- Using Best and Brightest Scholarships as recruitment tool
- Increased high school visits
- Met with Illinois community college transfer institutions (South Suburban, Moraine Valley, Prairie State) to establish articulation agreements
- Met with Ivy Tech Northwest to update articulation agreements and collaborate on new programs
- Created Enrollment Management Assessment Committee
- Registered 85 students (1,346 hours) through the Purdue System-wide joint admission program
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Accreditation
- Completed successful accreditation reviews in Nursing and Engineering (ABET)
- Created first draft of AQIP accreditation portfolio
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Student Housing
- Raised $1.2 million in private funds
- Established a $900,000 security fund to complete $2 million in external funding sources
- Continuing to raise private funds
- Completed all approvals and conducted a successful bid process
- Construction underway
- Developed a first draft of residential life policies
- Established a management arrangement with American Campus Communities (contract still to be executed)
- Developed initial marketing pieces
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Advancement
- Comprehensive campaign kick off 10/28/03
- Initial meeting of Chancellor’s Advisory Board
- Added a 17-member Purdue Alumni Association-Calumet (PAA-C) Student Delegate board while facing PAA-C Board turnover in leadership.
- Addressing ongoing staffing issues resulting from the death of Vice Chancellor for Advancement Dolores Steuer Wagner and a failed search for an academic affairs development officer
- Significantly strengthened collaboration with Purdue West Lafayette’s Development offices, including Planned Giving; Research Services; and Foundation Relations.
- Received approval for Lilly Endowment challenge grant
- Added 18 new Chancellor’s/President’s Council members prompted by the PC16K Challenge
- Raised $4.5 million (includes $2 million Lilly Endowment Challenge)
- Reached $6.75 million toward campaign goal of $10.8 million
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Marketing and Communications
- Implemented “Plan for Success” brand campaign
- Initiated a communication audit to evaluate campus communications (conducted by students under the supervision of faculty member Tom Roach)
- Interviewing consultants to evaluate campus communication plan
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Facilities
- Noted elsewhere: construction of student housing, Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana, and the Purdue University Calumet Academic Learning Center
- Construction initiated for the campus’ first parking structure (all approvals completed)
- Developed program statement for the Emerging Technologies Tower (2005-07 capital request)
- Completed update of campus facilities plan
- Initiated remodeling design of student space on first floor of SFLC
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Information Technology
- Developed committee structures to support IT: Academic Computing Committee and Technology Infrastructure Committee
- Established a presence in Enterprise Resource Planning for Purdue systems
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New programs
- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs is designing a process to develop additional academic programs called for in strategic plan
- Three new institutes designed for implementation – Water, Energy, Construction Management
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Institutional Research
- Director position funded. Offer pending
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Diversity
- Implemented campus diversity climate audit. Reviewed a leadership level
- Training and salary study yet to be complete
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Regional Economic Development
- Purdue Technology Center of Northwest Indiana under construction
- Staff for Technology Center hired
- Chancellor’s participation in regional economic development efforts continues
- Northwest Indiana Forum, Lakeshore Chamber of Commerce, Northwest Initiative, etc…
- Hosted Senator Bayh’s job fair
- Continued to work with steel industry on blast furnace efficiency
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Leadership Development
- Implemented campus five-year review of senior administrators (Newsom and Bryant)
- Conducted a survey on Senior Leadership Team leadership effectiveness
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