State of the College (2013-11-07)

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

State of the College

Dean’s Advisory Council

November 7, 2013


LAS in numbersx

Building and celebrating successx

New ventures


Student enrollments

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 201323.0%

24.0%

25.0%

26.0%

27.0%

LAS as % of ISU

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

30000

35000 ISU

LAS


New undergraduates

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000ISULAS

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 201326%

28%

30%

32%

LAS as % of ISU


Faculty

Aug 2010 Aug 2011 Aug 2012 Aug 20130

100

200

300

400

500

TE faculty

NTE faculty

458467

185 188

2012 – 2013:19 searches17 hires (including 6 partners/spouses)


Grants and Contracts

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY130

50

100

150

200

250

300

Expenditures (millions of $)

LASISU

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY135%

10%

15%

New awards - LAS % of ISU

FY09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY135%

10%

15%

20%

Expenditures - LAS % of ISU


LAS General Fund Budget FY14

TuitionState funds F&A

% of total

83.3%14.6%

2.1%

FY14$114,957,00

0$20,213,021

$2,836,031

State fundsF&ATuition

Δ on FY13+ $15.2M

− $8.1M− $0.5M+ $6.6M

ISUx 56.1%

38.4%2.7%


Investing in success

• Allocated expenses$1.3M

• New salaries $3.4M

includes new hires, humanities salary initiative, salary increases and special adjustments for faculty, staff, and graduate students

• Benefits $0.6M

• New Initiatives $1.3M


Building the LAS Signature Themes

• “Data-rich Environments” workshop October 11

• 800 MHz NMR (total cost: $2.3M)• New Steinway piano• Funded 5 projects under the

LAS Signature Research Initiative


Mark Hargrove. Engineering plant proteins to treat stroke and myocardial infarction.

Sanjeevi Sivasankar. Three dimensional imaging of single biomolecules with nanometer resolution.

William Gutowski. Water and Climate Change: Building Community Consensus for a sustainable future for Iowa and the world.

Volker Hegelheimer. CyWrite:

Making automated writing evaluation work for students, teachers, and researchers.

Craig Ogilvie. I-AMASE Interdisciplinary Math and Science Education.


Presidential Initiative Research Awards

Drena DobbsIdentifying RNA Therapeutic Targets

Carol ChapelleLanguage of Writingin STEM Disciplines

Marty SpaldingCrop Bioengineering Consortium

Three of seven awards to LAS faculty


Faculty Hiring for 2013-14

• 27 regular faculty searches underway• 7 searches under the President’s High Impact

Hiring Initiative:o “Big Data” with Engineering, Vet Med, Business,

Agricultureo “Translational Health” with Engineering, Vet Medo “Energy Policy” with Bioeconomy Institute o “ISUComm Initiative”


More good news• New public relations degree• First Picnic on the Plaza• $1.8M gift for the geology field station,

thanks to Tom and Evonne Smith• Troxel Hall opens, with 400 seats


Faces of LAS – Students

Onalie AriyabandhuEconomicsTsunami essay award

Melvin EjimHistoryBig 12 Scholar-Athlete

Advertising students1st place college EffieHeineken PSA


Faces of LAS – Students

Cyclone BattalionMacArthur Award, 3rd BrigadeOne of eight top ROTC programs

American Meteorological SocietyISU Student ChapterWe’re #1 – Again!


Faces of LAS – Faculty

Alan Goldman and Paul CanfieldNew family of quasicrystals

American Physical Society David Adler Lectureship awarded to Paul

Diane BasshamFirst Loomis Professor


Faces of LAS – Faculty

Tom GreenboweAmong first ISUMorrill Professors

James AndrewsKeenan Institute Senior Policy Expert


What’s next…

• Continue to build recruitment• Focus on student progress: DFW rates,

retention, CI, career services, …• Innovate pedagogy and delivery methods:

blended, flipped, activity based, … • Plan for classroom and teaching lab needs• Think creatively about new programs

… for students?


What’s next…

• Focus on excellence: Salaries and recognition

• Searches for 34 new faculty in progress• Focus area hiring

… for faculty?


What’s next…

• Continue to build signature themes• Next workshop• Next round of SRI• Biosciences building project

… for research?


What’s next…

• Development team fully staffed • Alumni relations director almost(!) hired• Mark Imerman works with industry and

business• Continue to enhance communications

… for college advancement?


Three key goals:

• Focus on excellence

• Attract new resources

• Communicate ourvalue and success


An inventor:Bruce RothSynthesized first statin in 1985

A professor:George KrausProfessor of Chemistry since 1976

A student: Tezcan Guneyfrom Istanbul, Turkey


Thank you!

To my team

To all of you

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