Irvin D. Reid Honors CollegePresentation to the

Wayne State University Board of Governors

Jerry Herron Dean

May 6, 2016

Agenda

Discussion Topics• College Overview

• Trends

• Recent Developments• Building Community• Engaging through Service• Engaging through Research• Building Engaged Careers

• What Next?

• Questions & Answers 2

Vision: To represent the best of undergraduate education at a preeminent public, urban research university—utilizing the many resources we are proud of institutionally, and in the city of Detroit, to create a student experience that is “Distinctively Wayne State.”

Mission: The Irvin D. Reid Honors College provides Wayne State University’s highest-achieving undergraduate students the opportunity to become members of an engaged and dynamic academic community through a curriculum that is challenging, innovative, and interdisciplinary. Honors courses enrich undergraduate education, providing a unique set of experiences that integrate our four defining pillars: community engagement, service-learning, undergraduate research, and career exploration.

College Overview

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1877

110

390

Honors Students (2,377)

FTIACS Earn-Ins Transfers

Honors Programs

•CommunityEngagement@Wayne•Pre-Professional Programs

BStart, HealthPro Start, Wayne M-D•University Scholars •Detroit Urban Scholars•Community of Scholars•Detroit Fellows Tutoring Project•Research@Honors

Trends

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Staffing 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Faculty Positions 5 6 5 6 6 6+2

FT Staff Positions

9 10 11 11 11 11

Students, Faculty and Staff

Development Highlights

Trends

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$1M Planned Gift $300,000 Scholarship Endowment $300,000 Campaign Committee pledge to raise funds

for Detroit Urban Scholars $50,000 cash gift from the Roberts Family Foundation Annual Berman Scholarship Dinner Pillar Awards (June 2016)

93%of the Honors College

campaign goal reached to date

Trends

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community • service

I I Dl~[tl [\1 research• career

Retention of Honors FTIAC Students

100% -0

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75% +-' Q) a:

'*-50%

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Average

-e- !st Year 98% 97% 98% 98% 98% 97% 99% 99% 97% 98% 99% 98%

-e- 2nd Year 89% 87% 91% 90% 95% 90% 92% 95% 91% 90% 91%

-e- 3rd Year 84% 78% 88% 87% 90% 84% 90% 89% 87% 86%

-e- 4th year 78% 74% 84% 80% 87% 82% 89% 82% 82%

-e- !stYear -e- 2nd Year -e- 3rd Year -e- 4th year

Graduation Rates for FTIAC Honors Students 78%

80% 72% 72%

65% 63'> 61 % 60% 5991 60% 5691

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20% 14% 10% 7% 8%

0% I • I I 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

• 4yr 26% 26% 34% 27% 33% 32% 36%

• Syr 51% 48 % 59% 56% 63% 61%

• 6yr 65% 60% 72 % 72% 78%

• Still Enrolled 10% 7% 8% 18% 14%

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Recent Developments

Community Service Research Career

• Proactive advising• ePortfolio• Pre-Professional Programs

– Business– Pharmacy– Medicine– Law

Minakshi Lahiri: Effect of Expert Modeling on Ill-Structured Problem Solving in an Undergraduate General Education Honors Course.

Monita Mungo: Assessing Service-Learning as a Pedagogical Approach to Closing the Educational Achievement Gap in Higher Education.

Dale Thomas and Marcella Verdunreceiving the 2015 Alumni Service AwardFor the Detroit Fellows Tutoring Project

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Building Community

Return of Scholars DayDonors – Faculty – Students – Staff – Alumni

Scholars Day 2015-2016 November 7 & 8, 2015 and February 6 & 7, 2016

Number of Prospective Students: 1,135 + parents & guests

Number of Staff, Faculty & Alumni Volunteers: 152

Number of Honors Student Volunteers: 127

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2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

21-25 100% 114% 135% 137% 141% 153% 157% 157% 152% 161% 143% 140% 160% 170%

26-30 100% 123% 126% 113% 116% 141% 140% 162% 166% 196% 208% 190% 205% 246%

31-36 100% 238% 288% 163% 188% 294% 244% 419% 400% 525% 675% 700% 769% 813%

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238%288%

163%188%

294%244%

419% 400%

525%

675%700%

769%813%

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ACT Groups as a Percentage of 2002 Entering Class

Enrollment Management

National Merit Finalists:123 since 2004

Engaging Community Through Service

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Community of Scholars & Habitat for Humanity House

Volunteer Hours Value

54,407 $1,138,052

Community of ScholarsService to the Community 2011-2016

Tutors Students Tutored Hours of Service

539 2,638 30,118

Detroit Fellows Tutoring Project 2011-2016

“This experience changed me as a person because I now want to make service a greater priority in my life.”

—Samantha Mannino, Detroit Fellows Student

Engaging Community Through Research

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Our Students Our Faculty Our Staff

Katie Krupp, Honors Geology major,

spent 10 weeks in Fall 2015 conducting research at the North Pole and Bering and Arctic Seas measuring levels of radioactive lead and polonium.

Dr. Monita Mungo

Dr. Minakshi LahiriDr. James Buccellato

Dean Jerry Herron

Graduation for Students Who Take a Service-Learning Course:• 4 year rate: 1.65 x non S-L• 5 year rate: 1.59 x non S-L• 6 year rate: 1.49 x non S-L

26 Honors College presenters

Building Engaged Careers

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Matthew Tukel• Honors Junior• 313 Energy Drink Founder

• 11 cents of every can sold donated toDetroit Public Schools Foundation

• Detroit Aerial Innovations Founder• Promote and facilitate technology,

entrepreneurship and craftsmanship relatedto unmanned aerial vehicles (drones)

• Apply drone technology as tool for the re-vitalization of Detroit

• Plans to attend the WSU-SOM in fall 2017

“If you’re trying to revitalize the city, it starts with the students.”

— Matthew Tukel

Next?

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Students Faculty

• Fall Class Recruitment

• Talent Show• Day of Service• Honors Student

Resource Center

Staff

• Innovative teaching development awards• Jr./Sr. Seminars• Service-Learning

courses• Research in Honors

Workshops• Honors Best-Ideas

Faculty Forum • Articulation agreements with community colleges

• Value-added assessment• Campus-wide advisors

luncheon

Judith ArnoldHonors Library Liaison

Questions?

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