UC Blue Ash CollegeConvocation • Administrative ReportsAugust 19, 2014

Contents

Academic Affairs ..............................2Selective Admissions, Internship Opportunities, Cross-College Committees, Academic Assessment, Early Alert, Withdrawals, Retention and Completion

Academic Affairs: Student Behaviors/Policies .............4Counseling, Emergencies, Title 9, Academic and Non-academic Misconduct, Student Grievances, Disability Services, Academic Standing

Admissions .......................................6Admissions Statistics, Recruitment, Placement Testing

CCL & Career Center .........................7Center for Corporate Learning, CCL Advisory Board, Career Center, Internship Program

Communications ..............................8Brand Campaign, In the News, Website, Photography & Publications

Development & Alumni ...................9Development, Alumni Relations

Information Technology............... 10Muntz Auditorium, Classroom Upgrades, New Staff

Institutional Research .................. 11Noel-Levitz Survey Results, Fast Facts, CSRDE Results, SENSE Survey Fall 2014

Maintenance/Facilities/Events .... 14Facilities Improvements, Events Stats

One Stop ........................................ 14Extraordinary Service, Scholarship Apps, Efficiencies & Improved Ratings

Student Life ................................... 15Student Engagement & Development, Multicultural Affairs, Veteran Student Affairs, Orientation

Impacting LivesInspiring Dreams

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Academic AffairsMarlene Miner, Associate Deanmarlene.miner@uc.edu • 745-5684

Selective Admissions for Three Health ProgramsThe first group of students who have applied to the Nursing and Radiologic Technology programs through the new selective admissions process begin their program classes this fall. Dental Hygiene is soon to follow. Dental Hygiene will begin the selec-tive admission process this year for admission in fall of 2015.

Internship Opportunities Two new courses, Preparing for the In-ternship and Internship Experience, are being offered this fall and provide new possibilities for students who want to participate in an internship. While the courses are housed in the Business & Economics Department, these courses are open to all students.

During the first course, students gain professional knowledge and learn resume writing and interviewing skills while receiving assistance in finding an appropriate internship placement. The second course provides tran-scripted credit for the internship and guidance through the experience. Our Career Center has developed a long list of businesses and non-profits who want interns. The Career Center staff will work individually with students to guide them through the application process.

Faculty can help by encouraging students to consider this opportunity and by inviting Career Center repre-sentatives to their classes to explain the benefits.

Cross-College Committees For semester conversion UCBA aca-demic departments worked to align all transfer programs and all courses taught on multiple campuses, but there was no structure in place to maintain this alignment. Last year cross-college committees were creat-ed for each transfer program and for each discipline that is shared by more than one college.

The committees met in the spring and will continue their work to keep the alignment in place and to make needed changes together. This is an opportunity for faculty to build pos-itive, professional relationships with colleagues across UC, while ensuring that our students have a smooth tran-sition to baccalaureate programs.

Academic Assessment All academic programs developed assessment plans for semesters, which were submitted to the Provost’s Office and will be reviewed by the UC Academic Committee. While a few programs and courses began to collect data last year, this is the year when all programs begin their full collection and reporting.

Faculty can help by participating in their department’s program assessment and by attending the assessment forums the college will host to share results (in aggregate). Assessment is an ongoing process that allows us to see what we are doing well and find ways to improve our students’ learning. It is another way to talk about our teaching and students’ learning as members of an academic community devoted to best practices and student success.

Early Alert Our Academic Advising Center has been using their own Early Alert refer-ral system since Fall 2012 with a total of 1,044 referrals made during the 2013-14 academic year. A reminder is sent to all faculty beginning the end of the first week of classes regarding attendance and every two weeks afterward for academic concerns. Students are referred to the appropri-ate academic advisor for intervention; final semester alerts are sent approxi-mately two weeks ahead of semester withdrawal deadline giving advisors time to reach the student.

With the help of the One Stop, advi-sors will be reaching out by phone this fall to the first set of Early Alerts they receive for non-attendance. The hope is that they can reach these students before the refund deadlines.

Withdrawals from Classes In one year, we significantly reduced the number of students who missed the university withdrawal deadline and sought permission for a late with-drawal. Students received emails and the message boards announced with-drawal deadlines, but, most impor-tantly, faculty helped by putting the dates on their syllabi and announcing in their classes. We want to continue helping students to know and follow these deadlines and to understand that, after the date, withdrawals must have the approval of both the faculty member and the Dean’s Office. Fac-ulty can help by posting the dates on their syllabi and announcing in class, as well as by having enough graded work returned to students before the last day to withdraw, so students can make wise decisions.

Focus on Student Success, Retention, and Completion: The Quality Improvement Initiative the college is undertaking (as required by the Higher Learning Commission) has its focus on student success. Staff and faculty approved this topic last fall, and a steering committee has been working for nearly a year to analyze data and refine the focus.

Action Teams comprised of faculty and staff are being formed to focus on 6 identified areas, and there will be op-portunities for even more involvement over the next three years.

The Quality Initiative is part of a larger effort to retain students, help them to be successful, and help them to complete their programs within three years. Although the new state funding model (based upon course and pro-gram completion rather than on en-rollment in classes at the beginning of the term) has motivated all institutions to improve their retention and com-pletion numbers, at UCBA the effort is a natural part of our student-centered learning and teaching mission. Every-one has an important role to play in helping our students to succeed.

Academic Affairs Academic Affairs

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Academic Affairs – Student Behavior/PoliciesGreg Metz, Assistant Deangregory.metz@uc.edu • 936-1641

Counseling Services & Assisting Students in DistressIn October 2013, a licensed counselor (Jill Trigg) was hired for 25 hours per week. This addressed a critical student need as well as a need that faculty and staff had voiced. Student use has been robust from the start. Continued efforts to highlight this resource will be made throughout the year.

For 2014-15 Jill Trigg will be on cam-pus 30 hours per week; her office is Muntz 117. Fall 2014 semester, Jill’s hours will be –Mondays & Fridays: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.Tuesdays: 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.Wednesdays &Thursdays: 9 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Appointments with Jill Trigg can be made through Frances Lowery in Muntz 140 (Dean’s Suite) or by calling 745-5670. Appointments are preferred; however, walk-in is available when Jill is not with a student.

All of us – faculty and staff – can play a critical role in identifying and referring students in distress. Information and resources as to how to effectively do so will be re-distributed and additional training provided in Fall 2014.

Some small group counseling is being piloted for Fall 2014.

Further training for interested faculty and staff on identifying, initially assist-ing and referring students in distress will be offered during Fall 2014.

Emergencies, Injuries, Accidents or DisruptionsShould any situation arise in which you:• Observe an emergency, injury or

accident• Observe behavior – whether in

your own classroom or on campus - that is highly (and unusually) of-fensive, disruptive, inappropriate or threatening (to you or others)

You should always:• Contact campus security by

calling 911. Security can follow up, furnish a formal report (as necessary) and otherwise address the situation as appropriate. Note: Cell phone calls to 911 are direct-ed to the Hamilton County 911 center. You will need to identify yourself and state the location of the incident being on the UCBA campus. A call using the classroom HELP phones or Blue HELP phones will go directly to the UC Clifton dispatcher.

• Notify Greg Metz• Report incident in writing to Dean

Short-Thompson, Associate Dean Marlene Miner and Assistant Dean Greg Metz

Should a situation be of concern but not necessarily rise to the threshold above, please confer with Greg Metz for assistance.

Title 9 Responsibilities & ProtocolsPer Title IX requirement, instances of sexual harassment or sexual violence fall within the parameters of Title IX and must be reported to an appropri-ate university official for further inves-tigation and action as appropriate.

Recently, a great deal of national attention has been focused on the

extent to which higher education insti-tutions are appropriately enacting Title IX responsibilities. UC is taking active steps to assure effective compliance and ensure that students are support-ed appropriately.

UC has recently hired a new campus wide Title IX deputy and is in the pro-cess of hiring a new campus-wide Title IX Coordinator.

Greg Metz is the UCBA Title IX liaison. Report any incidents that you have observed and suspect may fall under Title IX parameters to Greg Metz. If you are at all unsure, consult with Greg – better safe than sorry. Greg will clarify if Title IX is applicable, and (if so) ensure that appropriate parties at the university are informed. Those parties will then coordinate appropriate steps.

Academic and Non-Academic Misconduct Information/ProtocolsAs an instructor, should you have good reason to suspect academic miscon-duct, utilize the university prescribed academic misconduct allegation process. It’s a carefully structured, fair and reasonable protocol that serves the interests of all parties concerned. The process and associated forms can be found at following link:uc.edu/conduct/Academic_Integrity.html

Greg Metz serves as the College Conduct Administrator for UC Blue Ash. Feel free to confer with Greg for any questions whatsoever regarding academic misconduct, non-academic misconduct, or student grievances.

Student GrievancesShould a student have an issue with a grade – overall or an assignment – or another matter with faculty, the process for raising the matter (per UC Ombudsman Office) is:• Address concern directly with

faculty member• Address concern with department

chair (should student feel faculty member did not respond in a fair or appropriate manner)

• (In very rare instances) file a formal grade grievance

Greg Metz serves as the UC Blue Ash campus representative to confer with students or faculty on grievance relat-ed matters.

In the past 18 months, there has been one formal grade grievance on the UCBA campus. Most UC colleges aver-age one or less formal grade grievanc-es per year.

Below is link to UC Grievances guiding principles and processes:uc.edu/content/dam/uc/ombuds/docs/ Undergraduate Student Grievance Policy.pdf

Disability Services & Accommodation ProcessesThe UCBA Disability Services Office serves approximately 200 registered students per semester and administers approximately 800 tests per semester.

During the past year DSO has sur-veyed faculty as well as students regarding needs, satisfaction with services and suggestions. The data indicates substantial satisfaction in various areas but DSO has carefully analyzed the data and will draw on it for enacting continuous improvement and further innovation.

John Kraimer provided a workshop for the Teaching and Learning Center during 2013-14 and is available for consultation with departments, in-structors or staff at any time in regards to serving students with disabilities.

John Kraimer has distributed – and will redistribute on request – an FAQ which includes a guide to the accommoda-tions process, reference to appropriate forms, and the resources of Disability Services Office.

DSO will be making special efforts to proactively provide regular coaching/mentoring to students who are reg-istered with DSO and would benefit from this extra attention. Should you know of a DSO student that would benefit from this, please let John Kraimer know.

Academic Standing Policies and InterventionsThe Academic Renewal Task Force met throughout 2013-14 and enacted various strategies and practices in the interest of positively impacting the (approximately) 700-800 registered UCBA students per semester who are on either university academic proba-tion or university academic alert.

Interventions include:Early Alert:• Early alert administered by Cathy

Willoughby. Academic advisors as well as USAs at One Stop assist with outreach to students who are identified through the early alert process. An effort is made to call every student.

• Robin Lightner and Matt DeMat-teo have recently developed some strategies and tips for faculty in regard to intervening early with

students who are struggling in classes.

For students on university academic alert or university academic probation:

• Monthly communication is sent reiterating status, providing academic success strategies and tips, cautioning on financial aid implication of status and empha-sizing the availability of support resources

• Students receive a monthly aca-demic progress survey. Members of the task force and additional staff members assist with re-sponding to survey. –Typically, approximately 50% of students on academic probation and 25% of students on academic alert responded to surveys. –57% of the students on academ-ic probation achieved a term GPA of 2.0 in Spring 2014.

• Workshops for first year students on academic alert were provided by faculty in Spring 2014 and are being planned in collaboration with the Writing Center for Fall 2014.

Academic Affairs Academic Affairs

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Admissions CCL & Career Center

AdmissionsChris Powers, Directorchristopher.powers@uc.edu • 745-5719

Admissions StatisticsApplication, offers, and confirms increased from 13FS. (As of 7/30/14)

Freshmen: Applications é 16% Offers é 18%Confirms é 22%

Transfer Students: Applications é 26% Offers é 6%Confirms é 7%

Total increase in new student UCBA enrollment is é17.5%

RecruitmentHired two admission officers (recruiters) to increase UCBA presence in the community and area high schools.

As a result we:• Increased (more than doubled) our

high school visits (20 to 42)

• Nearly tripled college fair attendance (12 to 30)

• Increased on campus group visits by 52%

Placement TestingPlacement testing (on-campus and online) was moved under admission.

• Hired program coordinator to assist with increased admission workflow and placement testing process

• Implemented proactive placement testing communication process

Open House Events

Admissions hosted a fall and spring open house. The fall event was the largest in school history with 196 prospective students and a total attendance of 418.

Center for Corporate Learning (CCL) / Career CenterJoyce Wagner, Directorjoyce.wagner@uc.edu • 936-1741

UC Center for Corporate LearningThe UC Center for Corporate Learning, based at UC Blue Ash College, serves the Greater Cincinnati business community with high-quality programs that are customized to improve the leadership, management, and team-building skills for leading organizations.

CCL supports customized training and development for aca-demic and staff departments at UC Blue Ash. Please note that there is a limited budget set aside by the college each year for this training.

Examples of the customized training CCL provided this past year include:• One-on-one coaching• Developing strategic plans for department retreats• ICD-10 training for health care organizations• Leadership• Customer Service

CCL Advisory BoardThe CCL team is constantly working to enhance the services it provides to area businesses. One way they do this is through the invaluable feedback and support provided by the CCL Advisory Board, which includes executive representatives from some of the area’s top companies.

Advisory Board Members:Ampac, DirectorLuxottica, VP Learning & Leadership DevelopmentUC Health, Director of HR DevelopmentGE Aviation, VP Learning LeaderGeneral Cable, VP of HRCincinnati Eye Institute, VP of HR & Managed CareOhio National, Director of HRTriHealth, VP of HRWestern & Southern, Senior VP of Human ResourcesDevicor, Senior VP of Human ResourcesChampion Windows, VP of HRCVG, VP of Organizational DevelopmentThe Kroger Co., VP of Talent DevelopmentTotal Quality Logistics, VP of Human Resources

Career Center Services OverviewIndividual student appointments can be scheduled via phone 513-745-5671, email: Christin.Jackson@uc.edu, or by stopping by Flory 120.

• Resume Review• Cover Letter Assistance• Interviewing Tips• Mock Interviews• Networking Ideas• Job Search Techniques & Resources• Alumni Assistance• Career-Related/Professional

Development Events & Activities

Internship Program• Ran two successful, brand new courses

this summer, MLTI 2010: Preparing for the Internship and MLTI 2020: Internship Experience

• Total of nine students in internships this summer

• Expanded departmental participation in the program – now offered in Liberal Arts, Business, IT, English/Communica-tion, Behavioral Science, Chemistry and Biology

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CommunicationsPete Gemmer, Directorpeter.gemmer@uc.edu • 936-1632

Brand CampaignLaunched the new UC Blue Ash brand campaign: • Our new brand incorporates a consistent message and look for all of our materials – internal and external.

• It is designed to increase awareness about our new name, our high-quality academic programs, and the tremendous value we offer.

• Includes advertising in a variety of mediums, including online, print, radio, and billboards.

Communications Development & Alumni Affairs

Development & Alumni AffairsMeredith Delaney, Directormeredith.delaney@uc.edu • 936-1734

DevelopmentThe Development Department is re-sponsible for raising funds for UC Blue Ash College to directly benefit our students, programs and our facilities. In FY2014, the college raised close to $300,000 to support scholarships, essential equipment, technology and programs at UCBA. In Fall 2013, the college hosted its signature fundraiser, the UC Blue Ash Dash for Scholar-ships—a 5K Walk/Run to support our scholarship fund. Over 425 partici-pants, including faculty, staff, students, alumni, corporate partners and com-munity residents raised $28,500 at this important event.

What is the role of faculty/staff in Development?

Participate in the UC Blue Ash Dash on Saturday, Oct 11 at 8:30 a.m. by walking, running or sleeping-in for scholarships. Encourage your friends and family to join you! Post race infor-mation on your personal social media sites to help get the word out. Offer extra credit to students who volunteer or participate. Form a team with your department.

Help us identify existing partnerships with local business or individuals, as they may be willing to provide a donation to UCBA, sponsor an event, or start a new scholarship.

Attend the annual Scholarship Luncheon on Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Cooper Creek Event Center and celebrate our scholarship donors and recipients! Encourage any schol-arship recipients for your department or in your classes to attend this event to meet their scholarship donor.

Let us know when you have received an in-kind donation of goods or ser-vices for your program or department. There are many generous organiza-tions and individuals who provide us with donations of equipment, food, artwork, etc. and we want to thank them! All in-kind donations should be properly accounted for by the Devel-opment Team. It helps us keep track of all donors and the values of their gifts to our college.

In The News• Distributed 47 news releases that resulted in more than 100 media placements.

• Secured prominent articles in the Cincinnati Enquirer that highlighted our support, faculty accomplishments, and value.

ucblueash.edu/possible

We make it possible. When you’re ready, so are we. We’re here for our students – attracting some of the best faculty and sta�. Professors teach here because they want small classes and a larger role in the lives of their students. Because here, closeness is more than a matter of proximity.

You make it happen.

Dr. Timothy Forest World traveler, Fulbright scholar, and history expert – he brings history alive.

JOIN US FOR OUR SPRINGOPEN HOUSE MARCH 13 • 7-9 PM

Register at ucblueash.edu/openhouse

Photography & PublicationsSignificantly increased our library of photos of our current students, faculty and alumni to help support our marketing and publications.

UCBA WebsiteLaunched the new UC Blue Ash website.

• Recognized as a Gold Award winner in the 2014 AVA Digital Awards

Alumni RelationsThe Alumni Relations office works in conjunction with the UC Alumni As-sociation to provide opportunities for alumni engagement, programs, events and connections to the Career Center. In Spring 2014, the college launched an Alumni Mentoring Program to connect students with alumni for career guid-ance and professional development.

What is the role of faculty/staff in Alumni Relations?

Nominate a former student to be considered for the annual Distinguished Alumni Award. Nominations are due Friday, November 14.

Post event and program information for alumni on your personal social media sites to help us increase our reach. Not every alumni updates his or her contact information beyond graduation, so social media is an excellent way for us to keep in touch!

Send recommendations for alumni who would make great mentors, and recommend students who would bene-fit from this program.

Attend the Distinguished Awards and Silent Auction on Thursday, April 9, 2015. Come celebrate our outstanding alumni, faculty and staff and bid on awesome auction items to help support the Alumni Scholarship Fund.

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Information TechnologyDale Hofstetter, Directordale.hofstetter@uc.edu • 745-8308

UCBA IT has been busy over the summer performing upgrades to classroom systems. Here are some of those improvements:

Muntz AuditoriumThe Muntz 119 auditorium has undergone a major upgrade.

• A new projector that is better equipped to handle the space.

• New, larger screen provides a big-ger, brighter, and clearer display than the previous configuration.

• Controls are now operated via touch screen, and conform to the standard UCBA classroom touch screen standards.

• A new automated sound system has been installed. This not only provides better audio quality, but the system is able to detect and adjust for optimum levels. Also, up to five wireless microphones can be used at the same time.

Classroom UpgradesUpgrades were installed in the follow-ing classrooms over the summer:

• Walters 367,363,330,310,267, and 250.

• Also, Muntz 257 and the nine classrooms in the new modular building.

Classroom Standard ChangesThere were two changes made to the UCBA classroom standard this year.

• The first was a move to a new generation of Panasonic projec-tors that use a laser projection system instead of a standard bulb. This not only provides a brighter and more consistent display, but also a life span of 40,000 to 50,000 hours as opposed to the average 2000 hour life of a standard bulb projector.

• We added control of the docu-ment camera to the touch screen system. When the document cam-era is selected, the control system will power the camera on, switch the projector to show the camera, and allow you to adjust the cam-era directly from the touch screen.

The classrooms that were upgraded last year have been reprogrammed so the touch screen displays match those of the new classrooms. This provides a more consistent and intuitive user experience across all the upgraded classrooms. In total, 32 classrooms now have these improved controls.

Information Technology Institutional Research

Noel-Levitz Student Satisfaction Inventory Results Highlights (Administered Spring 2014)

Out of 12 scales, the scale that showed greatest improvement: Student Cen-teredness (mean score went from 4.88 to 5.39) é 10.5 % change

Top 5 survey items that improved the most in rank order:• Item #5: The personnel involved in

registration are helpful (mean score 4.88 to 5.39) é 10.5% change

• Item #65: Students are notified early in the term if they are doing poorly in a class (mean score 4.18 to 4.54) é 8.5% change

• Item #9: Internships or practical ex-periences are provided in my degree/certificate program (mean score 4.65 to 5.03) é 8% change

• Item #38: The student center is a com-fortable place for students to spend their leisure time (mean score 4.78 to 5.16) é 8% change

• Item #15: I am able to register for classes I need with few conflicts (mean score 5.02 to 5.38) é 7% change

Notable improvements in Responsive-ness to Diverse Populations

Nice jump up in Career Services items: “The career services office provides students with the help they need to get a job.” and “There are adequate services to help me decide upon a career.”

Improvement in orientation item: “New student orientation services help students adjust to college.”

Major improvement in all academic advising items

Big improvements in Admissions and Financial Aid

Big improvements in Registration Ef-fectiveness, particularly in the item, “The personnel involved in registration are helpful.”

Got rid of a number of the “red down arrows” (indicated that our mean score was below the mean of that for National Community Colleges and the difference was statistically significant.)

Institutional ResearchSandi Parker, Directorsandra.parker@uc.edu • 745-5736

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE)

The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange at the University of Oklahoma is a consortium of two-year and four-year institutions dedicated to achieving the highest levels of student success through collaboratively sharing data, knowledge, and innovation. Founded in 1994, the CS-RDE is probably best known for its annual retention studies which provide executives at two-year and four-year institutions with access to timely, comprehensive, compar-ative benchmarking data on retention and graduation, not available from any other source.

UC Blue Ash has participated in CSRDE since 2013. Each spring, participating institutions submit data electronically that tracks continuation and completion rates over a ten year period for first-time, full-time and part-time cohorts of entering students. The following are some select statistics from our 2013 report:

UCBA Retention Rates (Fall to Fall):• 12FS First-Time Full-Time Students:

53.9% returned to UCBA in 13FS• 12FS First-Time Part-Time Students:

36.8% returned to UCBA in 13FS

UCBA Graduation Rates (UCBA degrees only. Does not include students who transitioned/transferred and then earned a degree):

First-Time Full-Time Students:• 9% graduate within 3 years• 18% graduate within 4 years• 23% graduate within 5 years• 28% graduate within 6 years

First-Time Part-Time Students:• 2% graduate within 3 years• 8% graduate within 4 years• 10% graduate within 5 years• 17% graduate within 6 years

Benchmarking with Other InstitutionsCSRDE provides a similar report with reten-tion and graduation rates for selected peer institutions (based on Carnegy Classifica-tion). The report usually comes out in late summer/early fall so we have not received the 2014 peer report, but the following shows how UCBA compared to peer institu-tions based on the 2013 report.

UCBA

2011 Cohort Full-Time Student Retention Rate: 49% 2011 Cohort Part-Time Student Retention Rate: 40%

Full-Time Student 3-Year Graduation Rate: 11%

Peer Institution

2011 Cohort Full-Time Student Retention Rate: 52%

2011 Cohort Part-Time Student Retention Rate: 39%

Full-Time Student 3-Year Graduation Rate: 11%

SURVEY OF ENTERING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT (SENSE)

This fall, UC Blue Ash will be partici-pating in an exciting national survey focused on institutional practices and student behaviors in the earliest weeks of college. As research shows, under-standing students’ earliest experiences can help us enhance student learning, retention, and success. The Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) is an initiative of the Center for Commu-nity College Student Engagement in the Program in Higher Education Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin. The survey results will further support our institution’s efforts to understand the critical early student experience and to improve practices in ways that will increase student success in the first college year.

The survey will be administered during the fourth and fifth class weeks of the fall academic term in classes random-ly selected by the Center to ensure a representative sample and to preserve the integrity of the survey results. Instructors whose classes are selected for survey administration will receive further information from the institution’s designated Campus Contact.

UCBA is intent on being a leader in higher education, and this survey can assist us in improving course comple-tion rates, as well as the rate of student persistence to the completion of their educational goals. To learn more about SENSE visit www.enteringstudent.org, or contact the Center for Community College Student Engagement at 512-471-6807 or info@cccse.org.

New Staff MemberUCBA IT welcomes Aaron Matey to the team. Aaron is our new Computer System Administrator and is in charge of the Windows servers and desktop manage-ment. As he works his way through the current back-log of projects, we will be able to offer more services to the UCBA community.

To see a report with our past SENSE results, go to www.ucblueash.edu/offices/administrative/institutional-research/sense.html

About Our StudentsFAST FACTS

24AVERAGE STUDENT AGE

WE’RE GROWING YOUNGER• The 19 & under age group is growing:

up 2% compared to the previous year• The 40+ age group is declining:

down 23% compared to the previous year

76%APPLY FOR AID

FINANCIAL AID• 76% of our freshmen (83% of matriculated

students) completed the FAFSA for financial aid• 68% of entering students receive financial aid• 53% of entering students are Pell eligible

62%FULL TIME STUDENTS

38%PART TIME STUDENTS

4816STUDENTSENROLLED

ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS ARE STRONG• Freshman applications are up 16%• Transfer applications are up 26%

TOP 10 REPRESENTED COUNTRIES• India• Vietnam• Ghana• China

• Canada• Uzbekistan• Peru• Jordan

• Kenya• Ethiopia220

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS(AN 18% INCREASE)

41%MALE STUDENTS

59%FEMALE STUDENTS

WE’RE GROWING BRIGHTER• UCBA transition students’ average GPA is 96% of

UC Clifton native students’• UCBA transition students’ average ACT score is

89% of UC Clifton native students’• UCBA transition students’ average GPA

at graduation: 3.20

NEARLY HALFOF ENTERING STUDENTS ARE

1ST GENERATIONCOLLEGE STUDENTS

WE’RE GROWING MORE DIVERSE19% African-American3% Asian3% Hispanic

62% Caucasian3% Multi-Race10% Other/Unknown

299ENTERING FRESHMAN

REFERRED FROM CLIFTON

UCBA TRANSITIONS TO CLIFTON ARE UP NEARLY 30% IN THE PAST 5 YEARS

75% OF UCBA STUDENTS TRANSITION WITHOUT EARNING ASSOCIATES DEGREES

28%MINORITY STUDENTS(AN INCREASE OF 3%)

UCBA HAS THE

LARGEST MINORITY REPRESENTATION OF ANY UC COLLEGE

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One Stop

Student Life

Student LifeMarcus Langford, Directormarcus.langford@uc.edu • 745-5773

Student Engagement& DevelopmentContinue to explore opportunities for student engagement and develop-ment. As a result:

• Offered more than 25 academic, personal development and social programs throughout the year

• Created a Multicultural Affairs Intern position which gives a current student an enhanced leadership opportunity

• Created an Orientation Intern position which gives a current student an enhanced leadership opportunity

• Hosted the first ever College Day event on Clifton’s campus for UC Blue Ash students living on Clifton campus during Welcome Week 2013. Will be doing this again for Welcome Week 2014

• Recognized three new student organizations – Association for Students in Education, Psycholo-gy/Social Work Club, and Student Veteran Support Group

Multicultural AffairsHired a new Coordinator for Multicul-tural Affairs. As a result:• Offered more than 25 diversity/in-

clusion related programs & events including first ever Alternative Thanksgiving Program

• Created a new Multicultural Club for students

• Created Sister Circle; a networking and support group for African American female faculty, staff and students

Veteran Student AffairsHired a Coordinator for Veteran Stu-dent Affairs. As a result:

• Offered three ‘Working with Veter-an Students’ training/information sessions for faculty and staff

• Offered in-person counseling/ad-vising to more the 50 UC Blue ash student veterans

• Created a student organization/support group for student veter-ans

OrientationContinued to develop and enhance orientation programming. As a result:

• Served 1,586 total students in the 2013-14 orientation cycle (sum-mer, winter, online for transfers, & summer start students)

• Achieved a 92% participation rate in summer orientation for first time first year students.

• Created a new Orientation Guide publication

• Created an in person orienta-tion for summer semester start students

One Stop Student CenterMartha Geiger, Directormartha.geiger@uc.edu • 936-1691

Extraordinary Service• Successfully transitioned into a

fully functional One Stop Team

• Implemented a student service tracking system to help us better staff during peak periods

• Since implementation of new tracking system on March 18, USAs have addressed over 7,400 students’ needs and/or issues from all three UC campuses

• Implemented a different phone system to allow better handling of One Stop calls

Scholarship Apps on the Rise• New scholarship application

procedure resulting in an increase of applications for review

Efficiencies & Improved Ratings• Begun looking into procedures for

efficiency. Many procedures are mandated by the university but some can be modified.

• Received much improved rating from our Noel-Levitz survey results

Maintenance/Facilities/Events

Maintenance/Facilities/EventsTom Cruse, Directorthomas.cruse@uc.edu • 936-1538

Facilities Improvements• Recorded 600 work requests from

June 1st through July 31st• The modular building (Pavilion D)

will be open for classes• A total of 4 hot water (vs. steam)

high efficiency boilers for Walters Hall installed as part of our energy efficiency plan

• Concourse and lobby floors in Muntz Hall replaced

• New parking lot signage will be installed for the Muntz and Walters Hall lots to provide easier wayfinding

• Met with the architects, Glaser works, to kick off the planning for the new building

• Third floor offices in Walters Hall were painted and carpeted

• Moved over 40 faculty into their new offices

• Plan to install a new patio just west of Vet Tech building

• Allied Health classrooms, 244 & 245 Muntz received new paint and furniture

• New lights just inside the east entrance to Muntz which improve main entrance appearance

• Entrance carpets were replaced in Walters and Muntz

• Parking lot repairs were made: new seal coating & striping

• Repair of main water pump that circulates the chilled water

• Transformer for the Flory Building was replaced

• Created 4 new offices on the south side of Flory

Events• Implemented centralized

scheduling and 25 Live• We handled numerous events.

This fall we will host the 1,000th student for UC Smiles

• Celebrating the Best in April topped over 600 students, faculty and guests.

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