Welcome Back 2011

Fort Lewis College: At a glance

Rankings & Recognitions– Forbes’ Magazine: America’s Best Colleges– Princeton Review: Best in the West– Princeton Review: Best Green Colleges – COPLAC member– Officially designated as Colorado’s public liberal arts college

Student Body – Fall 2010– Enrollment: 3,864 students– Multicultural population: 30%– Average high school GPA: 3.18– Mid-range ACT scores: 20-25– States represented: 45– Countries represented: 20– 13% of our new freshmen enrollment is from our region

EnrollmentWeek 34 Enrollment 2011 vs. 2010

(subject to change through Census Date) • Preliminary Headcount: 3,736

• Up 22 (+0.6%)

• New Student Recruiting: 1,142• Freshmen down 76 (-9%)• Transfer up 39 (+12%)

• Continuing Students: 2,472 • Up 99 (+4%)• Preliminary freshman retention 65% (up by 2.5 percent)

• Out-of-state Students: 1,330 (excluding New Mexico Reciprocal Students) • Up 110 (+8%)

Academic Action Items for 2011-12

Curriculum Architectural Map

Curriculum Plan

Curriculum Management

Curriculum Evaluation and Assessment

Four-Year Schedule of Instruction

Faculty Workload and Review

Strategic PlanningCurrent strategic plan expires at the end of the year

•New plan will be completed by December 2011 and submitted to the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College.

•Process is an expansion of the Academic Program Prioritization process and the Budget Committee’s work.

Equity Increases

2011 increases received by faculty and exempt staff, continued push for classified staff increases

• Faculty Increases: 3% allocated, 0-8% increase range

• Exempt Staff Increases: 2% allocated, 0-15% increase range

• Classified Staff: While classified employees’ wages and benefits are set by the Legislature, we believe they should not be set without our influence. Fort Lewis College will continue to communicate with legislators in Denver, working to persuade them that our classified staff, by their efforts and abilities, are deserving of increased pay and benefits.

Student UnionConstruction completed on the Student Union

• Grand Opening Celebration: Tuesday, Sept. 6 – Thursday, Sept. 8

• $40.5 million project funded mostly by a fee the students chose to institute

• LEED GOLD 38,000 sq. foot addition for campus dining, over 100,000 sq. feet in total

• Complete renovation of existing union• Ground Floor:

• Post Office, SkyCard Office, El Centro, Native American Center, Bookstore• 1st Floor:

• Vallecito Room, Media Center, Environmental Center, ASFLC, Leadership Center

• 2nd Floor:• Ballroom

Future Construction Projects

Future Campus Construction Priorities

• Berndt Hall Geosciences Wing Reconstruction

• Exercise Science/Adventure Education Whalen Gym South Expansion

• Reed Library Expansion and Renovation

• Exercise Science/Adventure Education Whalen Gym North Expansion

• Road Improvements (Closure of portion of 8th Avenue to traffic,construction of new perimeter road around campus)

• Theatre Building Reconstruction

FLC Branding Progress

• Positioning Fort Lewis in our prospective students’ and influencers’ minds is an ongoing process

• Since branding was last discussed at this meeting in 2009:• Marketing & Communications has collected rich qualitative data• Retired global marketing exec offered new way of thinking

• Current focus is on articulating the five attributes of the FLC educational experience

• Work April-July on this task expanded to Deans Council July-August

• More groups will be brought into the conversation this academic year

Presidential Guidance Groups•Campus Art Committee

•Distance Education Task Force

•Old Fort Feasibility Committee

•Organization Task Force

•Parking & Signage Committee

Milestones

• Dr. Erin Lehmer, assistant professor of Biology, was featured in ScienceNews, USNews, and The New York Times with articles on sudden aspen decline and the effect on deer mice carrying the sin nombre virus.

• In April, the Fort Lewis College School of Business Administration (SOBA) was reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB). This accreditation sets the FLC School of Business Administration among the premier business schools in the world.

• Dr. Sarah Roberts-Cady, associate professor of Philosophy and Gender and Women’s Studies, was awarded the prestigious Alice Admire Outstanding Teaching Award.

Milestones

• Fort Lewis College is one of the Princeton Review’s “Best in the West” colleges. This puts Fort Lewis on an elite list of 121 colleges in the western United States that are above-the-rest academically.

• The new Biology wing of Berndt Hall was certified LEED® Gold in January. The Biology wing is the second new building to earn LEED Gold status after Animas Hall, the College’s newest residence hall, was certified last year.

Milestones

• Dr. Barbara Morris began her work as provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at Fort Lewis College in July.

• Ross Nelson was hired as FLC’s new director of Alumni Relations this summer.

• Gary Hunter will become Fort Lewis College’s new director of Athletics effective September 1, 2011.

Milestones• Skyhawk Men’s Basketball defeated Mesa State in the first round of the 2011 NCAA

Division II Central Regionals and gave their longtime head coach, Bob Hofman, his first NCAA tournament victory in seven tries.

• Skyhawk Women’s Basketball maintained the highest team grade point average of any women's basketball program in the country, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced in July.

• Among the highlights for Skyhawk Cycling was a 2010 MTB National Championship, an individual MTB title for Sage Wilderman, and an individual Road title for Alister Ratcliff.

• Senate Bill 484 remains in consideration and supported by the Colorado delegation and many Native American tribes and organizations. The effort to get this bill passed continues.

Native American Tuition Waiver

Upcoming Events/Reminders

• Student Union Grand OpeningTuesday, September 6 – Thursday, September 8http://www2.fortlewis.edu/studentunion

• Fiesta on the MesaWednesday, September 7; 5-7 p.m. The Plaza

• Homecoming 2011Monday, October 3 – Saturday, October 8www.fortlewis.edu/homecoming

• Athletic Home Openers:• Men’s Soccer: Thursday, September 1 vs. Montana State-Billings• Football: Saturday, September 3 vs. South Dakota Mines• Volleyball: Thursday, September 15 vs. UC-Colorado Springs• Women’s Soccer: Friday, September 16 vs. CSU-Pueblo

Go out there and do good things!

And away we go!