2007–2008 overview
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2007–2008 Overview
Tim GilmourUniversity President
2008 Convocation
2007–2008 Overview
75th Anniversary
2008 Convocation
2007–2008 Overview
75th Anniversary
• Homecoming will be planned around anniversary
• Enjoy the parade down Main Street Oct. 3rd
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Why We’ve Thrived
• Met 75 years of challenges• Grit of our staff and faculty• Students’ desire for better life• Everyone has helped keep University
strong
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• Build on strengths• Adapt to the future• Discuss strategic plan Vision 2010• Implement action plans
How Will We Continue to Thrive?
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Address Four Key Points
1. Are we achieving Vision 2010 goals?2. What did we accomplish last year?3. What’s next year’s strategic plan?4. How will we develop next 10-year plan?
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Key Point 1: Achieving 2010 GoalsRevenue — Graduate and Undergraduate Tuition (Thousands)
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Key Point 1: Achieving 2010 GoalsRevenue — Room and Board (Thousands)
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Key Point 1: Achieving 2010 GoalsExpenses — Faculty and Staff Salaries (Thousands)
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Key Point 1: Achieving 2010 GoalsFirst Year Retention (Wilkes Goal in Black)
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Key Point 1: Achieving 2010 GoalsGraduation Rate (Wilkes Goal in Black)
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Key Point 2: Accomplishments
• $1 million grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Center for Global Education and Diversity• Open budget process• Hired new library dean and law school
planning dean
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Key Point 2: Accomplishments
• Ad campaign featured across country• Tennis teams won conferences• Teacher education goes national with
Discovery Education partnership• First-time donors increased
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Key Point 2: Accomplishments
• Communication Studies department made a national presentation on mentoring to National Communications Association
• Dr. KarenBeth Bohan was named as the outstanding Rho Chi Society Faculty Advisor. Rho Chi is the academic honor society in pharmacy.
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Accomplishments
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Key Point 3: Vision 2010 Initiatives
• Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
• Develop a World-Class Support Environment
• Valuing Our People
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Purpose of the Middle States Ten-year Review
• Reflect on progress since 2000• Ensure meeting Middle States criteria• Set stage for next ten years• Meet main challenge — ASSESSMENT —
through academic and administrative program review
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Financial Condition Strong
• $850,000 surplus for budget year 07–08 • Balanced budget for 08–09
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Financial Challenges
• Reduction in residence hall demand • Uncertain year in financial markets• Energy costs driving up operating
expenses• Commitment to keep salaries and
benefits competitive
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Strategic Plan:Academic Year 08–09
• Need a new science building and athletics facility
• Employee surveys– Job satisfaction– Faculty work load– Benefits packages– Salary structure
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Strategic Plan:Academic Year 08–09
• Commitment to the environment includes greenhouse gas inventory
• Update campus master plan• Enhance mentoring capacity• Make city more attractive college town
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Key Point 4: The Next 10-Year Plan
• Extensively and effectively involve the University community
• Informed by the Middle States Review• Driven by what Wilkes will face in the
coming decade
Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Reynold VerretProvost
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Academic Accomplishments
• Hosted Mid-Atlantic Annual Conference of the Ecological Society of America
• Fresh approach to philosophy program• ACPE accreditation, partnership with Allied
Health • ACBSP accreditation, International partnership
with Punjabi University and New Accelerated Bachelor’s of Business Administration program
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Academic Accomplishments
• Realignment of education programs• Law school planning initiative timetable • Progress on programming Science, Health and
Engineering building
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Develop Program Excellence
• Create vision for each college and school– Expectations for the well-educated
Wilkes graduate– Encompasses undergraduate and graduate – Focuses on program excellence and balance
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Develop Program Excellence
• Vision will:– Identify program growth and revenue
opportunities – Identify programs of excellence to
develop or extend– Find opportunities for innovation in
programs and program delivery– Strengthen mentoring
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Develop Program Excellence
• Strengthen academic program review process – Annual program reviews– Tri-annual in-depth reviews with
external evaluations
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Develop Program Excellence
• Strengthen academic program review process – Implement assessment process for each
academic program– Improvements to programs based
on the assessment
• Review and refine general education core
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Develop Program Excellence
• Enhance the university’s capacity to mentor– Through thinking systematically about mentoring– Through relationships and learning communities – Through students working closely with faculty – Through capacity for lifelong learning
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Excellence and Growth in Academic Programs
Faculty Load
• Identify areas of need• Utilization of adjuncts
Develop a World-Class Support Environment:
“Alumni/Development Goals”Mike Wood
V.P. for Advancement
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2008–2009 Alumni/Development Goals
Engage Alumni
• Increase alumni participation • Develop a lifelong learning program
for alumni• Provide faculty with communication tools• Increase alumni financial support• Alumni involved in student recruitment
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2008–2009 Alumni/Development Goals
Increasing Financial Support
• Increase the number of face-to-face conversations with donors
• Secure 100 percent trustee participation
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2008–2009 Alumni/Development Goals
Fundraising
• Implement the campaign marketing plan• Improve annual support programs
– Donor choice options• Scholarships for Students• Green Initiatives• Mentoring• Information technology
Valuing Our People:“Changing Student
Demographics”María Suárez
Interim Special Assistant to the President for Global Education and
Diversity
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Changing Student Demographics
Past Five Years
• Domestic minority students almost doubled
• International student population increased eight-fold
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Changing Student Demographics
New Center for Global Education and Diversity
• Consolidation of services under one roof• Provides support for diverse populations,
including international students and faculty• Promotes internationalization of campus
– International experiences for students and faculty
– Support for faculty that want to infuse teaching with global themes
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Changing Student Demographics
Services
• Immigration services for international faculty and students
• Advising and support for international students
• Multicultural programming• Support for staff and faculty dealing
with issues related to diversity
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Changing Student Demographics
Services
• Support services for domestic students of diverse backgrounds
• International experiences for students, including Study Abroad
• ESL program (IEP)• Support for faculty who want to infuse
their teaching with global themes
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Changing Student Demographics
New Team
• Dr. Godlove Fonjweng, Director of the Center for Global Education and Diversity
• Brandon Ice, Associate Director of Diversity Initiatives
• Marcie Riebe, Assistant Director of International Faculty and Student Services
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Changing Student Demographics
New Team
• Kimberly Niezgoda, Assistant Director of Global Education and ESL (IEP) coordinator
• Elizabeth Miranda, Administrative Assistant
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Changing Student Demographics
Interdependence Day
• Center Inauguration on Interdependence Day, September 12– Dedication of flag exhibit– Open house in Polish Room– Meet and greet with Rabbi Telushkin
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Changing Student Demographics
Interdependence Day
• Interdependence Day, September 12– Center open house at Max Roth Center– Interdependence Day lecture “Words That
Hurt, Words That Heal” — Rabbi Telushkin
“Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation”
Paul AdamsV.P. for Student Affairs
2008 Convocation
Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Middle States Association on Higher Education
• Based in Philadelphia• One of six regional accrediting bodies in
the US that accredit approximately 3000 institutions of higher education
• Serves DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA, PR, VI
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
• Voluntary, non-governmental, peer-based membership dedicated to educational excellence
• Reviews membership periodically through visits and reports
• Wilkes has been accredited with Middle States since 1937
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Spring 2010:
• Wilkes Decennial Self-Study Evaluation for Reaffirmation of Accreditation
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Self Study is an Ongoing Process
• Our formal self-study process for MSCHE began in November of 2007
• Steering Committee appointed in fall 2007
• Steering Committee completed and submitted self-study design in June 2008
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Self Study is an Ongoing Process
• Design accepted with compliments to Wilkes by MSCHE in June 2008
• Four working groups appointed to carry out the self study
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Wilkes Self-Study Design
• Comprehensive• Titled: Planning, Achieving and
Sustaining Excellence at Wilkes University
• Focus of the Self Study is on VISION 2010
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Calendar for 2008–2009
• Sept–Dec: working groups work to answer research questions
• Jan–Mar: working groups begin drafting reports
• March: First drafts of WG reports are due to the Steering Committee
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Calendar for 2008–2009
• March: MSCHE selects visiting team chair; dates for visit are set
• May: Working groups submit final draft of reports to the Steering Committee
• June–August: Steering Committee develops working draft of the Self Study
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Calendar for 2008–2009
• Sept–Oct: Open forums held for comments and suggestions
• Sept: Working draft shared with campus• Nov–Dec: Team chair visits campus• Dec: Final version of self-study report
sent to MSCHE
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Middle States Decennial Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Communication
• Steering Committee
KarenBeth Bohan Darin Fields Melanie Mickelson Maria Suarez
Gene Camoni Anthony Kapolka Ann NoonJoan McDonald (planning and research support)
Sandra CarrollAmanda Karasinski (alumnus)
Charles Siarkowski (student)
Paul Adams (co-chair)
Richard Czyzyk Arthur Kibbe Chad StanleyMing Lew (co-chair)
Nandita Das Maggie Lund Mark Stine
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Communication
• Web site: course.wilkes.edu/msa/• Periodic reports to the campus
community through Today@Wilkes• Not too late to join the working groups
Valuing Our People:“Employee Health & Wellness”
Maggie LundV.P. for Human Resources
2008 Convocation
Employee Health & Wellness
Demographic Information
• Total covered individuals – 572 • Average age of covered lives - 39
– 30 percent age 50-plus– According to Blue Cross of Northeastern PA statistics,
employees over the age of 50 account for 2½ times the dollars than employees under age 50.
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Employee Health & Wellness
Cost Drivers
• Prescription drug utilization– Per employee per month pharmacy
expenses (54 percent above network average)
• Home Delivery 5.9 percent• Generics 90 percent
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Employee Health & Wellness
Cost Drivers
• Preventive screenings– cholesterol 35 percent– colon cancer 17 percent
• (after 50 or below if family history)
– mammogram 67 percent (40-plus)– PSA 11 percent (40-plus)
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Employee Health & Wellness
Prevention is Key!
• 80% of next year’s high-risk members are currently in a low-risk category– Based on actual claims data provided by Blue Cross
of Northeastern PA
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Employee Health & Wellness
Wilkes’ Chronic Conditions
• Coronary artery disease• Depression• Diabetes• Asthma
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Employee Health & Wellness
Lifestyle Influenced Illnesses
• Coronary artery disease
• Depression• Type II diabetes
• Obesity• High blood pressure• Cholesterol
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Employee Health & Wellness
Important Facts
• American Diabetes Association– 1 out of 10 healthcare dollars spent in the U.S. are
spent on diabetes complications
• American Lung Association– $16.1 billion spent each year on asthma patients
• Northeast Regional Cancer Institute– NEPA colon cancer rate is 20% higher, 1/3 of deaths
can be avoided with proper preventive screening
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Employee Health & Wellness
Current Wellness Programs
• Blue Health Solutions– Health coach– Online health risk assessment– Patient education– Disease management
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Employee Health & Wellness
Current Wellness Programs
• YMCA membership• Wilkes fitness facilities• Weight Watchers at Work• College Town Challenge
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Employee Health & Wellness
Future Wellness Programs
• Smoking Cessation• Health education
– Lunch and Learn sessions– “Did you know?” e-mail notifications
• Wellness newsletter• Employee health fair