Actions taken for :

Center for Research and Learning staff will now report directly to the new Vice Chancellor for Research, but will also maintain membership in the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship. This change will improve IUPUI’s ability to align research goals and objectives for the entire university community.

 

Programs that are housed in or affiliated with the CRL are designed to be part of a continuum that recruits students from high school, engages them in research as early as possible, and supports faculty and student interaction in research and research-related activities through graduate school.

 

Evidence of Progress:

1. Pipeline concept made explicit.
2. Program directors now work together to make sure that students are place in correct program.
3. Future indicators:
• Number of researcher pipeline “program segments” identified for each targeted group of students.
• Number of programs where learning outcomes have been aligned with research priorities for the University community.

Activities planned for :

1. Create Task Force that includes CRL mentors to review required current interdisciplinary undergraduate research skills and develop a set of common research learning outcomes aligned with campus research priorities.
2. Facilitate greater communication among Center for Research and Learning program directors, graduate office, etc.
3. Create programming committee to ensure that research skills identified by Task Force are embedded in CRL pipeline programs.
4. Strengthen work with Office of Graduate Studies.
5. Continue to recruit and develop students.

Actions taken for :

The IUPUI Preparing Future Faculty Program (PFF) will now also reside in the CRL. This will further solidify the pipeline for research development and future faculty development.

 

Services were provided to approximately 56 PFF scholars

 

Approximately 8 students participated in the mentoring component of the program. The mentors were from the schools of Liberal Arts, Social Work, Dentistry, Nursing and Engineering.

CRL provided funding for the graduate student association for underrepresented minorities (UpnGO) from the NSF AGEP funding ($3000) to support activities.

 

Evidence of Progress:

This year’s attendance nearly doubled at the IUPUI PFF Summer Institute (approximately 88 graduate students, postdocs, and junior faculty). The keynote was Dr. Roosevelt Johnson, Director of the NSF Alliance for Graduate Education to the Professoriate.

 

Activities planned for :

CRL will increase its collaboration with the Graduate Office to recruit and place undergraduates recruited for graduate programs especially at IUPUI into summer programs. CRL will seek support in collaboration with IU Bloomington and the Graduate School for additional HBCU student participation in summer programs. The McNair Scholars Program will send three students to the Institute for Teaching and Learning and AGEP will send one graduate student. 

 

Actions taken for :

Undergraduate research was recommended as one of four experiences that undergraduates can choose from to complete for their degree.

CRL Executive Director served on Academic Plan Committee and RISE Steering Committee to discuss opportunities and challenges associated with the RISE initiative and to define what would constitute RISE transcript notation.

CRL Executive Director also presented at Plater Symposium highlighting CRL’s role in the RISE initiative.

In June, 2008, the Director of the Themed Learning Communities organized a team from IUPUI which included the CRL Director to attend the Evergreen Workshop in Olympia, Washington. Part of the goal of attending the workshop was to initiate themed learning communities that incorporate experiential learning, including undergraduate research. The coming year will be spent setting up several integrated class experiences.

Evidence of Progress:

CTE funds totaling $90,000 have allowed the IUPUI MURI Project to expand undergraduate team research across all disciplines on the IUPUI campus. Previously the team research programs were limited to the School of Engineering and Technology.  Increased funding has allowed the Center for Research and Learning to more than double the number of students served in the summer. Over the entire year MURI participation increased from 50 to 81 students.

Future indicators:

Number of participating students in participating in RISE for-credit experiences

Number of “RISE-approved” courses

Activities planned for :

Promote the MURI undergraduate research “team model” to make undergraduate research scalable.

Actions taken for :

The Center for Research and Learning was successful in securing two highly competitive renewal grants for the McNair Scholars Program and the Louise Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program.

Evidence of Progress:

The McNair Scholars Program is a federally-funded effort to increase the numbers of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students who pursue the Ph.D. and seek careers in research and teaching in higher education. Funds totaling $923,984 over a period of four years will provide support for 26 students each year. Services provided to students include individual mentoring for research projects, GRE test-taking skills, consultation regarding graduate school admission and financial aid, social events, travel funds for research conferences, and workshops on communication, writing, information literacy, and computer skills. McNair Scholars funding was increased by 39,000

 

The LSAMP grant, funded by the National Science Foundation, is aimed at strengthening minority participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. The Indiana project is a collaboration of five university campuses including IUPUI, Indiana University Bloomington, Purdue University Lafayette, Purdue University Calumet and Ball State University. The Center for Research and Learning received $59,372 per year to support eight underrepresented minority students intensively each summer for five years.

 

Other grant activities reported by the Directors of the Diversity Scholars Research Program (DSRP) and the Louise Stokes Alliance for Minorities in the Professoriate (LSAMP) Program (Drs. Rafael Bahamonde and Kim Nyugen) include:

 

Bahamonde, R. Effects of the Diversity Scholars Research Program on Minority Students Graduation Rate at IUPUI. (2007). Funded by the Program Review and Assessment Committee. 

 

Gavrin, A., Bosron, W., Bahamonde, R. & Evenbeck, S. (2008). IUPUI Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program, National Institute for Health Grant. Amount funded: $200,000 for 5 years. (NOTE: This program will support 18 Ivy tech students to participate in the DSRP program housed in CRL. The new DSRP Director, Dr. Marci Littlefield, will assist in counseling and will include the Ivy Tech students in all DSRP activities. The program will be managed by Vicki Gayfield, the new CRL Associate Program Director. The CRL will receive part of the grant funds for its contributions.)

 

Bahamonde, R., Mikesky, A., & Nguyen, K. (2008). Learning and  Teaching Science and Math Concepts Through Sport Science, Limited Submission Honda Foundation- Not selected

Activities planned for :

Collaborate with IU Bloomington to write and submit grant to replace current AGEP grant.

Actions taken for :

The Executive Director of the CRL consulted with the following groups regarding grant submissions during 2007-2008:

§         Bridges to Science

§         School of Science URM NSF grant

§         School of Medicine NIH grant

§         University College.

Evidence of Progress:

Future indicator:

Activities planned for :

Continue to consult with faculty across campus to develop external grants.

Actions taken for :

 

During 2007-2008 CRL provided funding and support to four CRL formal programs and collaborated with an additional seven programs to provide services to students pursuing research.

 

The following chart lists Center for Research and Learning Programs:

 

 

In addition to the programs mentioned above, the Center for Research and Learning collaborates with and provides programming support to the following affiliated programs:

 

• Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center Summer Research Program
• Bridges to the Doctorate (T 32)
• IU School of Medicine Summer Research Program (T35 –NIH)
• Summer Scholars Institute (IU-HBCU-STEM)

Evidence of Progress:

UROP Fellows program participation increased from 15 to 50 students in the summer.

Activities planned for :

Continue to expand the number of students that can participate in research programs. 

Review communication processes with students and establish regular schedule and flowchart for sending letters regarding participation in the program, orientation information, expectations, and important dates of events.

Create a common application form and a central point of contact for any student interested in undergraduate research. This will provide program directors the ability to view entire pool of applicants and allow greater precision in placing students in appropriate programs for summer 2009.

Create and distribute revised handbooks to all students and mentors beginning in summer of 2009.

Revise orientation format to include increased participatory activities for students and mentors.

Develop information for students and mentors who are unable to attend orientation and place materials on Center for Research and Learning website.

Actions taken for :

Depending on which program students participated in, they experienced several (and in some cases all) of the following program components and events:

 

Orientation for students and mentors

Individual or group assignment to mentor

Academic, financial aid, and college admission counseling

Summer camp

H399 Honors Research course

GRE preparation

Introduction to Research workshop

Writing workshop

Multi-tiered mentoring sessions

Field trips

Poster sessions

Symposia

Travel to conferences that include professional development workshops, graduate student recruitment, and poster presentations.

Social events

Workshops for future faculty on topics related to teaching, research, and service

 

Increased collaboration and planning with the Graduate Office.

Evidence of Progress:

CRL supported 17 IUPUI students to attend the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at Salisbury University in Maryland in April.

 

CRL supported almost 60 students from IUPUI summer research programs to participate in the CIC conference at Michigan State University.

 

As a member of the Midwest Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP), a consortium supported by the National Science Foundation, the CRL participated in the first Midwest Mega AGEP Conference which included students and faculty from five states. This three-day conference supported graduate students pursuing academic careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. CRL supported three graduate students and two staff members to attend this conference.

 

CRL supports and runs the IUPUI Undergraduate Research Symposium each spring in late March or early April and the Summer Research Poster Session in late July for all undergraduate and graduate researchers at IUPUI.

 

The following list represents some of the sample conference presentations and publications from CRL students:

 

 

Amanda Nicole Wilson, a senior in the Department of Biology, Purdue School of Science won a second place at the student researchers’ oral presentation on Saturday, September 15, 2007 at the Eighth National Role Models Conference at Arlington, Virginia.  The Conference was organized by Minority Access, Inc. with support from the National Institutes of Health and the Auxiliary of the National Medical Association (http://www.minorityaccess.org/national_conference_04.htm ). Medical researchers, health practitioners, and administrator served in the panel of judges of the competition.

 

At the Joint Annual LSAMP Indiana and Midwest Crossroads AGEP Research and Alliance Enrichment Conference, Beatrice Thungu, an outstanding undergraduate junior Biology major, won first place in the student oral presentation competition. Angela Su, won third place in the oral presentation competition, and Ginger White won third place in the poster competition.

 

Eric Woerly, the 2007 Bowling-Jones-Russo winner, was also nominated for Chancellor’s award this year.

 

Activities planned for :

Same as above, plus the following events:

§         NOBCChE Indianapolis Conference: A Life Sciences and Biotechnology Integration Project

§         Getting You into IU

 

Actions taken for :

Librarians Tony Stamatoplos and Ed Gonzalez provided library instruction to students in several CRL programs.

Evidence of Progress:

Future indicators:

Number of sessions on information literacy and research skills were provided to students.

Number of books purchased for CRL collection.

Activities planned for :

Continue to provide instruction in information use and library resources for IUPUI courses related to the programs of the Center for Research and Learning.

Continue to provide specialized reference and research consultation services for faculty and students served by the Center for Research and Learning.

Work with librarians to establish learning outcomes for students participating in undergraduate research programs.

Determine whether CRL will have separate library collection or whether books will be housed with general collection.

Actions taken for :

Needs analysis was performed to establish data tracking needs.

Analysis of Blumen software was also performed to determine whether it met identified needs.

In the short term, the Center for Research and Learning will continue to use the former Office for Professional Development database to track event reservations and attendance until the Office for Research Development website offers this functionality. In the interim event attendance will be ported to the Blumen database after it is collected.

Evidence of Progress:

Future indicators:

Number of students who develop ePortfolios to provide evidence of research learning outcomes.

Blumen software fully implemented to allow tracking of students from all undergraduate research programs.

Activities planned for :

Integrate use of the ePortfolio in order to provide evidence of student progress with respect to research-related outcomes.  

Administer end-of-program surveys.

Track participation of students and mentors via the Blumen database.

Work with the Registrar’s Office and Information Management and Institutional Research to establish a set of program codes and data linkages with Student Information Systems.

Work with Information Management and Institutional Research to track outcomes via the Alumni Survey.

Actions taken for :

CRL staff met to discuss options for improving publicity regarding CRL programs and generated list of planned activities for 2008-2009.

Evidence of Progress:

The 2008 edition of U.S. News and World Report’s America’s Best Colleges cited IUPUI’s undergraduate research/creative projects as one of four outstanding examples of programming commonly linked to student success. Other programs mentioned were first-year experiences, learning communities, and service learning.

 

CRL staff presentations:

Akay, H. and Wilson, K. (June, 2008). IUPUI Multidisciplinary Research Undergraduate Institutes (MURI). Presented at the 12^th CUR National Conference, St. Benedict College, Saint Joseph, MN.

Blackwell, S., Price, M., Rubens, E., Vander Kooi, L., & Ward, L. (April. 2008). Moving From My Course to Our Curriculum: Navigating the Challenges of Portfolio Integration. Presented at the Making Connections: ePortfolios, Integrative Learning, and Assessment Conference at La Guardia Community College, New York, NY.

Gosney, J., Hamilton, S., Kahn, S., Price, M., Rubens, E. & Ward, L. (October, 2007). Multiple Faculty Perspectives on the ePortfolio Experience. Presented as a pre-conference workshop at the Assessment Institute, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN.

Wilson, K., Bahamonde, R., & Nguyen, K. (April, 2008). Collaborative programming for nine summer undergraduate research program at a large university. Presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Salisbury University, Maryland.

CRL staff publications:

Wilson, K., & Crowe, M., "Undergraduate research: A powerful pedagogy deserves an early start", ( ). Book chapter, Accepted., Editor(s): Hunter, S., Tobolowsky, B., & Gardner, J., Collection: Helping sophomores succeed: Understanding and improving the second year experience, Jossey-Bass

Stamatoplos, A. (In Review). The role of academic librarians in mentored undergraduate research: A new model of engagement in the academic community. College & Research Libraries.

Future indicators:

Number of features, press releases etc. regarding CRL program events, awards, etc. generated for internal and external audiences.

Number of presentations about CRL programs made by student ambassadors.

Number of staff presentations re: CRL programs at conferences.

Number of staff publications re: CRL programs.

Activities planned for :

Work with Advisory Board and enlist their assistance in promoting programs

Move CRL website to Office for Research Development and align content and format.

Review and revise program brochures.

Continue to consult with students, faculty, staff, and administrators regarding CRL programs

Continue to present the work of CRL and the accomplishments of undergraduate researchers at local, national, and international conferences.

Continue to publish books and/or articles about best practices that derive from experience and research.

Provide information and examples of students and mentors engaged in undergraduate research to External Relations.

Publish press releases concerning the work of CRL and the accomplishments of undergraduate researchers.

Actions taken for :

The Center for Research and Learning is leading a national project, funded by a major NSF grant, to use ePortfolios to enhance and assess intellectual growth resulting from students’ participation in undergraduate research programs. The project aims to promote faculty and student assessment of undergraduate research products in relation to outcomes associated with basic research skills and general undergraduate learning principles (communication and quantitative reasoning, critical thinking, and integration and application of knowledge). CRL is working in collaboration with five partner institutions: The College of Charleston, SC; the University of North Carolina-Greensboro; Winthrop College; East Tennessee State University; and Appalachian State University. 

 

During the past year, team members Kathryn Wilson, Tony Stamatoplos, Elizabeth Rubens, Jacqueline Singh, John Gosney, and Chetan Mangala Onkarappa accomplished the following:

• Created an evaluation tool similar to a rubric that can be used by students and faculty from multiple disciplines to assess undergraduate research products (abstracts, posters, lab reports, research papers, etc.)
• Converted the evaluation tool and three additional surveys to an electronic format using Checkbox survey software administered by University College
• Established ePort sites for both treatment and comparison groups at IUPUI and five other campuses.
• Created a prototype “wizard” and subsequent matrix for students to use to archive products that document the skills that they have gained as a result of their undergraduate research experience.
• Established an NSF Project “home” site where reference materials and resources in support of undergraduate research programs can be housed and accessed by all project participants.
• Drafted handbooks for coordinators at each project site
• Sponsored four meetings with external partners
• Began to enroll participants in the study

Evidence of Progress:

Integration of the Portfolio will allow CRL programs to assess survey responses, actual research products, and student reflections to determine student proficiency in relation to undergraduate research learning outcomes.

Future indicators:

Number of participating students/mentors.

Number of responses to surveys.

Number of conference presentations resulting from research.

Number of publications resulting from research. 

Activities planned for :

Continue to develop and refine processes associated with the integration of the NSF electronic portfolio.

Create handbooks for NSF project coordinators and participating faculty and staff.

Recruit students/mentors for NSF ePort study.

Collect data from Checkbox demographic surveys, research product evaluation tools, mentoring surveys and student reflections on an interim basis.

Work with UITS to develop embedded forms in the electronic portfolio in order to collect data.

Analyze data gathered trough the NSF grant-funded project.

Actions taken for :

Fifty-three workshops were offered during 2006-2007. Workshop topics included:

• Authentic Assessment: Measuring Student Learning Effectively
• Exploring Oncourse CL
• Oncourse CL Library Resources Tool
• Exporting Courses into Oncourse CL
• PowerPoint Basics
• Macromedia Captivate
• Mobile Learning
• Integrating Effective Assessment Programs with Online Course Design
• Oncourse CL Grade book Enhancements

In addition to the traditional two hour workshop format, the Center for Teaching and Learning offered the following three all day mini symposia to much success:

 

Power Up Your Pedagogy: Exploring Emerging Technologies provided faculty with innovative ways to introduce technology into their courses. Classroom response systems, Breeze web conferencing, blogs, wikis, and Second Life were just some of the new tools that were demonstrated. Seventeen IUPUI faculty and staff members

 

participated as session presenters or facilitators and shared their expertise in integrating instructional technologies.

 

Online Teaching: It’s Not Just for Techies Anymore allowed faculty the opportunity to spend time with colleagues engaged in online teaching and to explore tools, tips and strategies for effective online pedagogy. Discussions included best practices in online teaching, creating social presence and encouraging interactivity, assessing student learning, and using technology and Oncourse CL to enhance online courses.

 

Don McCabe, founding president of the Center for Academic Integrity at Duke University and a nationally recognized expert on academic integrity issues in higher education, delivered the keynote address at Building a Culture of Academic Integrity, a symposium CTL co-sponsored with University Library and the Office of the Dean of Students. IUPUI faculty and staff offered nine additional sessions on topics such as establishing values and professional standards, designing assignments that encourage integrity, modeling ethical research, and using civic engagement to promote academic integrity.

Evidence of Progress:

In 2006 workshop attendance was reviewed and a decision was made to hold fewer but more in depth mini symposia rather than multiple one and two hour workshops. As a result the three day long symposia mentioned above were planned in an attempt to increase participation in Center for Teaching and Learning events. Total symposia attendance was 211, averaging 70 individuals per event. As a comparison, in fall 2005 there were 31 workshops sponsored by the CTL with an average attendance of only three participants per event.

Activities planned for :

For 2007-2008 CTL will once again offer three all-day symposiums per semester in lieu of several one or two-hour workshops. The themes and dates for fall 2007 are:

• Symposium on First Year Student Success, September 28
• Multicultural Teaching and Learning Symposium, October 19
• To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before: Maximizing Oncourse CL, November 2

 

The three CTL units will continue to offer workshops on request of schools and departments or to address any needs that may be determined by their work with faculty.   

Actions taken for :

During 2006-2007 the Instructional Design and Development and Informational Resources Unit conducted 728 consultations. The Instructional Technology Unit conducted 1055 consultations with faculty members. Major topics and the frequency of attendance at consultations were tracked as follows:

 

 

Evidence of Progress:

The Center for Teaching and Learning was highly rated in the 2005 Faculty Survey conducted by the Office of Information Management and Institutional Research. Of the respondents who indicated that they had used the Center for Teaching and Learning services in the past two years (n=410), 90% ranked the center as good or excellent. According to the June 2006 Research Brief re: the 2005 Faculty Survey, this placed CTL as the fourth highest rated unit on campus.

Activities planned for :

Center for Teaching and Learning will continue to offer consultations in response to faculty requests.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

Actions taken for :

The Center for Research and Learning (CRL) sponsored and assisted in arranging and inviting speakers to IUPUI who promoted undergraduate research and graduate education:

 

Dr. John Mateja, from Murray State University, was invited to the Plater Institute on the Future of Learning to deliver a lecture entitled Undergraduate Research: Why We Need It Now More Than Ever. He also delivered a workshop to the IUPUI McNair Scholars about graduate education.

 

Donald Asher was supported by the Ronald E. McNair Scholar’s grant held by CRL, in collaboration with the McNair Scholars Program in Bloomington, to deliver two major workshops to undergraduate and graduate students at IUPUI: Destination Ph.D.: How Not to Get Stuck at the Masters Degree Level and The Graduate School Application Process.

 

The Center for Research and Learning collaborated with other TRIO programs on two major TRIO events during the year that recruit students to IUPUI and enhance student leadership:

 

IUPUI TRIO Educational Opportunities Day: This event brought over one hundred local high school students who participate in IUPUI Upward Bound programs to IUPUI. Students heard success stories and advice from IUPUI students, TRIO alumna and current scholars, and were encouraged to attend college. The students were welcomed by Executive Vice Chancellor Uday Sukahtme.

 

The Student Leadership Conference is a statewide conference supported by the state TRIO professional organization and is usually held when the state legislature is in session. This year’s conference allowed students to visit with legislators, view a state supreme court session after visiting with one of the judges and attend leadership workshops. McNair and Student Support Services students attended this workshop.

 

Additional events included the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Mid Summer Poster Program, the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC), the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Symposium, two Center for Research and Learning awards banquets, and the Center for Research and Learning student picnic.

Evidence of Progress:

The creation of a formal network among faculty in the schools who have an interest in undergraduate research has resulted in improvements in the planning processes and collaboration both within the Center for Research and Learning and across campus in support of undergraduate research programs.

Activities planned for :

The Center for Research and Learning will participate in the following major programs during 2007-2008:

• Workshop for McNair Scholars
• Third Annual Louise Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)/ AGEP Joint Research Conference at IUB
• Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC) at IU Southeast, New Albany, IN
• Diversity Scholars Research Opportunities Program (DSRP) fall event
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Poster Session for December Graduates
• Center for Research and Learning Banquet
• National TRiO Day Celebration
• Mid America Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (I-MAEOPP) Student Leadership Conference
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Symposium
• Center for Research and Learning Annual Award Banquet
• National Council on Undergraduate Research at Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
• Diversity Scholars Research Opportunities (DSRP) Spring Program

 

Actions taken for :

Eighty-four students received Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) project and travel or conference grants during 2006-2007. Of these, 61 were research project and travel grants and 28 were conference grants. Five students received both a project and a conference grant. (These did not include funds issued for NCUR which averaged $1000 each. Seventeen students were funded for the NCUR conference.)

 

Evidence of Progress:

This program has recently grown and currently has over thirty proposals under review in a competitive process.

Activities planned for :

An additional $90,000 has been received to further develop the UROP Program.

Actions taken for :

The McNair Grant was renewed, and it will provide $230,996 annually for the next four years to serve 26 participants each year.  

 

Twenty-two active McNair Scholars participated in the program each year for the last four years. One hundred percent of these students have participated in academic counseling, financial aid assistance, mentoring, research opportunities, seminars, and summer internships. Many have also participated in tutoring sessions.

 

Evidence of Progress:

All of the McNair Scholars participated in and presented oral and poster research presentations at the IUPUI Summer Research OpportunitiesProgram/Committee on Institutional Cooperation 2007 Conference.

Activities planned for :

This year a new policy will be implemented, and each summer 100% of the McNair Scholars will be new applicants.

Actions taken for :

Twenty five students participated in the DSRP. Three students graduated from the program in engineering, social work and biology.

 

Evidence of Progress:

From 1997-2002 the program had a six year graduation rate of 65% and of those that graduated 46% are either working toward an advanced degree or have already received an advanced degree

 

The fall 2007 average cumulative GPA for DSRP students was 3.31. Seven students had a 3.50 GPA or better, and two students had a perfect 4.0 GPA.

 

·         One biology student (Hai Nguyen) received full scholarship to IU medical school.

·         Six students were selected for Top 100 IUPUI Students in Spring 2007: Charlene Gonzalez; Anthony Gutierrez; Hai Nguyen; Leon Nowlin; Whitney Price; and Nathaniel Williams.

·         Two students (Nathaniel Williams and Jocelyn Ford) received Black Student Union and Black Faculty Council Association I Have a Dream Awards.

·         One student (Leon Nowlin) received IUPUI Joseph Taylor Academic Achievement Award.

·         Two students (Cody Williams and Amanda Wilson) received best oral presentation awards at the AGEP/LSAMP Conference. 

·         One student (Sola Omosegbom) received YWCA Award and the Charles and Jo Ann Linsmith Scholarship.

·         One student (Charlene Gonzalez) received the Indianapolis Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI) Top Junior in Accounting or Finance Award.

·         DSROP students presented at the following:

o        Summer Research OpportunitiesProgram / Committee on Institutional Cooperation 2007 Conference

o        Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference

o        Louise Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) /Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Conference

o        SIGGRAPH Conference

o        Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research

o        National Conference for Undergraduate Research ( 8 students presented at the conference)

Activities planned for :

A Program Review and Assessment Committee (PRAC) grant will be used to study the effects of the Diversity Scholars Research Opportunities Program (DSRP) program on graduation rates and retention in minority students.

 

An online mentoring and student research evaluation system and better tracking of student achievement will be implemented.

Actions taken for :

• Successfully obtained NSF funding for LSAMP Phase II for the next five years.
• Recruited eight undergraduate minority scholars for the LSAMP Summer Training Program and matched scholars with full-time faculty mentors.
• Introduced scholars to research endeavors in science, technology, engineering or mathematic (STEM) fields.
• Provided each student with a $3000 stipend.
• Provided opportunities for scholars to write abstracts, formulate hypotheses and research questions, and deliver oral presentations.
• Organized academic field trips designed for team building and for exposure to career fields in STEM disciplines.
• Provided opportunity for each scholar to give an oral presentation at a regional conference and taught scholars to give a post presentation.
• Provided opportunity for scholars to learn to model professional conduct and attire while presenting their research achievements.
• Wrote dozens of letters of recommendation for graduate and professional school admissions for continuing LSAMP scholars.
• Faculty mentors and scholars were engaged in 20 hours of research per week for 10 weeks.
• Scholars are registered for the 3^rd Annual LSAMP/AGEP Conference at Purdue University.
• Two scholars from the 2005-2006 cohort received first and second place honors for best oral presentations at the 2^nd Annual LSAMP/AGEP Conference at Purdue University.

Evidence of Progress:

• Participating faculty mentors provided positive feedback.
• Dr. Uday Sukhatme, Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties, and Dr. Pamela Shaw, Director of Midwest Crossroads AGEP, provided positive recognition and support.

Activities planned for :

• Triple the number of LSAMP participants from eight to 24 by 2010.
• Partner with other programs such as DSRP, MCNAIR, MURI, especially AGEP to maximize the support to the underrepresented minority groups in STEM by sharing resources, staffing, and best practices.
• Continue support for LSAMP scholars through regular campus interactions, academic support, and exposure to career opportunities in STEM disciplines via field trips.

Actions taken for :

MURI sponsored 19 undergraduate research projects supervised by the School of Engineering and Technology faculty and researchers. While the primary mentors were chosen from engineering and technology, several faculty from other schools, such as Science, Education, Dentistry, and Medicine also participated as co-mentors or consultants due to inter/multidisciplinary nature of the projects.

 

Funded projects and students are posted at http://www.muri.iupui.edu/muriprojects_f06-s07.html.

 

The students presented their work at various venues including: two undergraduate research conferences organized by the Center for Research Learning at IUPUI; a regional conference of the American Society of Engineering Education; the IUPUI Solutions Conference; and the annual meeting of the industrial advisory boards of the school of engineering and technology.  Nearly 90 % of the participating students were involved with one or more of these activities.

 

The projects completed covered a range of topics such as Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Downtown Indianapolis for Extreme Wind Conditions and Air Quality Studies, which was highlighted at the Remote Sensing Workshop at the 2007 Indiana GIS Conference.  Students received first prize and $250 cash prize in the poster competition of the conference.  It also received the runner up prize among 2006 MURI projects. 

 

Evidence of Progress:

In 2006-2007, MURI funded 48 students and 19 research projects This represents a slight increase, as in 2005-2006 MURI funded 45 students and 16 research projects.  In both years only three students were unable to complete their MURI obligations, and most students have presented papers or posters at more than one event.  

Activities planned for :

MURI has instituted an industry sponsorship program by asking industry to sponsor research teams to work on industry-specified research and development projects.  So far, two companies have been signed up and MURI would like to expand this to more companies.

 

Actions taken for :

The Center for Research and Learning and the Preparing Future Faculty Program (PFF) collaborated to establish a new Alliances for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (AGEP) Connection Program, supported by the National Science Foundation and the IUPUI Research and Sponsored Programs Office, to provide scholarships to current PFF scholars and PFF alumni who agree to mentor small groups of underrepresented undergraduate students to encourage them to pursue graduate education.  

Evidence of Progress:

This is a new program. Future indicators will include the number of PFF scholars, alumni, and CRL undergraduates who participate in the program and feedback from participants regarding the number and type of activities completed.

Activities planned for :

PFF scholars and alumni who receive scholarships will mentor 2-3 undergraduate students associated with CRL programs and connect at least three times with each one (or jointly) to accomplish the following: 

• assist the undergraduate student with development of the require poster presentation;
• invite he undergraduate to the graduate student’s lab to observe everyday life in the lab or a special procedure;
• observe the undergraduate student’s oral presentation and providing written feedback;
• attend CRL sponsored fieldtrips/outings;
• participate in a panel discussion on the graduate student experience; and
• participate in an AGEP capstone event to share highlights and challenges of the experience with other participants of this initiative.

Actions taken for :

Seventeen IUPUI undergraduate research students had abstracts accepted to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research and were supported to attend the 21^st NCUR at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA.

 

Evidence of Progress:

Holding these two elected offices in these national organizations contributes to the ability of IUPUI to influence the growth and importance of undergraduate research and scholarship in undergraduate education. These offices provide national visibility to the IUPUI undergraduate research programs, their best practices, their creativity, and the excellence they confer on the undergraduate education available to our students.

 

Activities planned for :

The Center for Research and Learning will continue to participate in The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

Actions taken for :

The Center on Integrating Learning (COIL) sponsored four SoTL-related events:

 

• Getting Started with SoTL
• This workshop presented an overview of SoTL and what it involves, suggestions for designing a classroom research project, SoTL resources and an overview of the IRB process. Its goal was to give participants the tools they needed to carry out SoTL projects.
• Getting Your SoTL Work Published
• Editors from the Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning discussed the types of SoTL work they consider publishable, and offered tips to adapting their  work into publishable form.
• Diverse Ways of SoTL (co-sponsored by IUPUI FACET)
• In this panel presentation, FACET members discussed their SoTL work. The purpose of the panel was to introduce the diverse ways that faculty are "doing SoTL".
• Two workshops by Dr. Kathleen McKinney, professor of sociology at Illinois State University, entitled Enhancing Learning Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: An Example and Practical Suggestions. The first workshop presented results of a SoTL project funded at Illinois State by the Carnegie Scholars Program to examine how sociology majors learn their discipline. Dr. McKinney also addressed the relevance of her approach for instructors from other disciplines interested in further enhancing the learning of their students The second workshop engaged participants in a mini-workshop focused on the act of "doing SoTL.”

 

Evidence of Progress:

The SoTL listserv has 313 subscribers. Attendance at three scheduled meetings drew 31 participants. This year’s decision to also invite a well known external speaker to campus resulted in 40 participants attending the McKinney presentations.    

Activities planned for :

Continue SoTL related programming of four events per academic year. Build a repository/online bibliography of SoTL work by IUPUI faculty.

Actions taken for :

During 2006-2007 CoPs recorded the following accomplishments:

 

Critical Thinking:

• Presented at the AAC&U Conference in Chicago and at the E.C. Moore Symposium and FACET retreat at IUPUI.
• Submitted journal article. 

 Culture and Society:

• Presented at the E.C. Moore symposium and the FACET Retreat.

 Integration and Application of Knowledge:

• Commenced work on an article for publication that discusses student assignments and projects that incorporate the integration and application of learning.
• Presented It’s NOT Just for the Capstone Anymore! at the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning 36^th Annual Conference.

 

Multicultural Teaching:

• Presented at the E.C. Moore Symposium and the FACET Retreat.
• Began process of developing survey to assess multicultural teaching practices of IUPUI faculty. 

Values and Ethics:

• Discussed range of topics under the “values and ethics” umbrella, including the codes of ethics in many academic disciplines; ways to infuse consideration of values and ethics into curriculum content; proactive and reactive policies and practices instructors can consider to address plagiarism and cheating; availability and use of Turnitin software; presence and understanding of the IUPUI Student Code of Conduct.
• Conducted five brown bag sessions on selected values/ethics topics.
• Assisted with the planning for the Academic Integrity Institute.

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning on the Impact of Instructional Technology:

• Completed meta-synthesis of evidence found in podcast literature.
• Created and distributed Faculty and Student Surveys of Podcasting Usage.
• Designed and obtained IRB approval for quasi-experiment on impact of vodcasts in speech class to be conducted during fall 2007 semester.
• Presented at the E.C. Moore Symposium and FACET retreat.
• Sponsored eight workshops: iPod Training; getting Started with SoTL; Podcast Training; Podcasts & Intellectual Property Rights; Vodcast Training; Meta-Synthesis/Meta-Analysis Techniques; Advanced Podcasting Techniques; and Using Oncourse CL.

Evidence of Progress:

Eighty faculty participated in one of seven communities and undertook more than a dozen collaborative research projects. The CoPs also redrafted the language of the PULs that the Faculty Council debated and approved during both 2005-06 and 2006-07.

Activities planned for :

Creativity:

• This is a newly organized Community of Practice for 2007-2008.

 Critical Thinking:

• Collaborate on book project that will showcase work of IUPUI faculty as it relates to the creation of teaching and learning tools designed to teach and assess critical thinking at the introductory, immediate, and advanced levels within IUPUI’s principle based learning model represented by the Principles of Undergraduate Learning.
• Submit additional journal articles.

Integration and Application of Knowledge:

• Work on several publications and disseminate activities at IUPUI by participating in CTL-organized workshops and events celebrating the 10^th anniversary of the PULs. 
• In addition, seek new projects to further understanding of effective teaching and learning in relation to Integration and Application of Knowledge and advance practice of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

 

Multicultural Teaching:

• Conduct study of the multicultural teaching practices of IUPUI faculty.
• Disseminate results of study through conference presentations and publications. 

 

Values and Ethics: 

• Identify ways to create greater student and faculty awareness regarding the application and enforcement of university policies related to Academic Integrity.
• Using a model developed at Notre Dame as a springboard, collect data from across campus to create short and succinct brochures for students and faculty that clearly explain the importance and application of Academic Integrity according to current approved IU/IUPUI/School guidelines. 
• Draft Academic Integrity quiz that faculty could offer to students via Oncourse CL.

 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning of Instructional Technology: 

• Continue examination of the pedagogical uses of iPods in the classroom.
• Deliver several workshops and complete surveys of podcast usage among faculty and students.

Actions taken for :

NSF Grant:

The primary goals of this $435,000 grant from the National Science Foundation are to: 1) document the intellectual gains experienced by students as a result of participating in a mentored research experience, and 2) explore the mentoring relationship and its effect on student intellectual gain. This is a basic research grant, and will include development and use of IUPUI’s electronic portfolio to assess student learning as a result of participating in an undergraduate research experience.  

 

Retention Study:

The Center for Teaching and Learning, along with other units within the Office for Professional Development, is currently involved in a study looking at the retention and graduation of IUPUI students. The study focuses primarily on the factors that can be influenced by individuals, programs, and other institutional efforts. These include institutional, academic integration and social integration variables. The sample for the study includes two groups of individuals. The first group consists of students who have recently departed IUPUI. The second group is students who have persisted to graduation. Interviews for the project were conducted during the fall 2006 semester and data analysis began in spring 2007.

 

Two OPD Research Enhancement Proposals were funded: Academic-Work-Linkages and Promoting Professional Development in an Online Learning Environment.  

 

Academic-Work-Linkages:

This project seeks to identify the implicit theory of the Academic-Work- Linkages model.  Thus far, a graphic representation exposing the model’s program theory has been completed and four pilot Skills Bridge workshops were launched during the summer months.  Other achievements included a feedback session on Skills Bridge to gather evaluative data and suggestions for improvement and future follow-up workshops; Spin-off Skills Bridge workshop presentations for the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology; Campus Visits Ambassadors and Multicultural Outreach Liaisons; Norm Brown Scholars and Nina Pullman Scholars; and a presentation to “Academic Core” faculty fellows.

 

Promoting Professional Development in an Online Learning Environment:

The purpose of this pilot study is to develop and evaluate an online module that provides evidence-based information as a way to link research with practice. Twenty part time faculty members from the Comprehensive Care clinic will provide important preliminary data for application of an R25 Education Research Grant sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.  There is an urgent need amongst health education in general, and especially in dental education, to find adequate ways to incorporate and link part-time clinical faculty to research and evidence changes. This pilot study would help in obtaining the necessary preliminary information to help develop such a program at Indiana University School of Dentistry.

 

Partnering for Promotion:

Evidence of Progress:

For a list of Office for Professional Development publications, external presentations, and courses that have been taught during 2006-2007 please see Attachment B.

Activities planned for :

National Science Foundation Grant:

During the coming year the Center for Research and Learning will further expand the project to 19 other member institutions. Students from member institutions will construct an electronic learning portfolio to document evidence from undergraduate research and collaborate with faculty mentors to assess and understand their own intellectual growth as a result of participation in research. Members of the NSF grant consortium recently approved a rubric for evaluating undergraduate research projects. The rubric was specifically adapted to meet the needs of the consortium. Student projects will be evaluated for originality; approach and methodology; design, innovation, and solution; thoroughness; and presentation. The rubric and the portfolio site have been “mounted” on IUPUI’s Oncourse system.

 

Retention Study:

Data analysis will conclude in the fall 2007 semester.

 

Academic-Work-Life linkage:

A poster presentation is planned for the New England Faculty Development Consortium (NEFDC) Conference; interviews to collect additional formative data are scheduled with two Skills Bridge participants; on-going collaboration with a SPEA faculty member continues to further develop the faculty-side of the Academic-Work-Linkages Model; and applicability of the model to off-campus employment opportunities is also under development.

 

Promoting Professional Development in an Online Learning Environment:

This project is in the process of development.

 

Partnering for Promotion:

Actions taken for :

Eleven scholars of color presented their research and received insight and constructive feedback from symposium participants. Various disciplines were represented such as Social Work, Education, Pharmacology, Chemistry, Musicology, Nursing, and History. Two academic deans showed their support of the scholars and the Dean of Faculties provided support in an encouraging welcome. Seventy-one participants attended. 

Evidence of Progress:

Feedback regarding the symposium has been consistently positive. Presentations that included information regarding critical race theory and intrusive advising were mentioned by participants as being particularly useful on the symposium evaluation form. Other attendees suggested providing more time for questions at the end of each presentation and extending the event to include scholars from all of the state’s colleges and universities.

Activities planned for :

The role of the Office for Multicultural Professional Development will be moving to the Multicultural Center in 2008-2009.

Actions taken for :

In fall 2006, the Office for Multicultural Professional Development presented a three-workshop series that highlighted one scholar of color at each session. This more intimate version of the Symposium Highlighting the Research of Faculty, Staff, and Students of Color allows the campus community to learn more about the scholar’s research.

Evidence of Progress:

Although the total attendance for all three forums was no more than thirty, the scholars expressed gratitude for the time to share their research and dialogue with other tenured and tenure-track faculty. The workshop attendees expressed satisfaction with the workshops and the opportunity to learn more about faculty of color.  

Activities planned for :

The role of the Office for Multicultural Professional Development will be moving to the Multicultural Center in 2008-2009.

Actions taken for :

To recognize the leadership of William M. Plater, executive vice chancellor and dean of the faculties at IUPUI from 1987 to 2006, 112 participants gathered to attend the first Institute on the Future of Learning on September 22, 2006. Local and national experts on community engagement, undergraduate research, and the federal commission on higher education discussed the implications of recent trends in higher education for IUPUI.  In addition to remarks by William M. Plater, speakers included Gerald L. Bepko, IUPUI; George Kuh, IU Bloomington; Richard Meister, De Paul University; John Mateja, Murray State University; and Diane Oblinger, EDUCAUSE. The event was organized by the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Center for Research and Learning, the Center on Integrating Learning, and the Center for Service and Learning.

Evidence of Progress:

92% of participants in the 2006 Plater Institute agreed or strongly agreed that they were satisfied with the Institute.

Activities planned for :

The 2007 Plater Institute will bring together distinguished scholars from across the country and ask them to project out to the year 2020 to envision how this transformation may unfold.  Through panel discussions and interactive presentations, presenters will examine those issues that practitioners need to embed into our own teaching and research as we work collectively to make our campuses relevant and responsive to 21st century needs.

 

Actions taken for :

A Strategic Planning Committee was formed in order to provide guidance for the future of OPD. Committee members met frequently during the fall 2006 and spring 2007 semesters to discuss the OPD mission, needs of the campus community, existing assessment data that had been compiled, and possible changes that might need to be made to better serve the campus. 

Evidence of Progress:

Three principal recommendations were made by the Strategic Planning Committee and these will be considered by Consortium for Learning and Scholarship leaders.

Activities planned for :

Outcomes from the OPD Strategic Planning process will be reviewed by the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship and applied as appropriate.

Actions taken for :

The IUPUI Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program has experienced a steady growth over the past six years. During 2006-2007, 34 students started the program, and eight students completed the program. The total number of current participants is 51.

 

The mentoring component of the PFF program was successfully implemented during 2006-2007, and a total of five faculty/PFF scholar mentor pairings were established. The pairings included faculty from Ivy Tech, Butler University, IU Bloomington, and IUPUI.

Evidence of Progress:

The second Annual IUPUI Preparing Future Faculty Summer Institute was held during 2006-2007, with 52 current and prospective IUPUI PFF scholars participating. This represents a 41% increase over last year.

Activities planned for :

Increase the number of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows participating in the IUPUI PFF program and using the program to supplement their academic credentials by five percent. Students will be asked to complete 12 units of professional development requirements (in the areas of teaching, research, service, and general professional development) as well as a Capstone project such as mentoring, co-writing a grant proposal, participating on an academic committee, or another similar project. 

 

Increase the number of minority graduate students and postdoctoral fellows participating in the IUPUI PFF from STEM disciplines by five percent.

 

Actions taken for :

IUPUC Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws were updated in October 2007.  The revised documents are available at:  http://www.iupuc.edu/facstaff/IUPUC%20Constitution%20and%20Bylaws%2010%2007.pdf

References to Purdue University College of Technology (PUCOT) were eliminated from the IUPUC Constitution.  

Changes were made to the bylaws to be consistent with the above Constitution change to include changes in boards and committees of the Senate.

Verbiage was changed to reflect how the bylaws describe involvement of the faculty in defining the membership, terms of service, and duties and responsibilities of the promotion and tenure boards of the faculty. 

The requirement for the Sergeant-at-Arms (and Parliamentarian since the Sergeant-at-Arms serves that role as well per this Article) was changed to be a voting member of the Senate to allow any individual designated by the President to serve in that capacity. 

Removed staff awards from the duties and responsibilities of the Budgetary and Resources Policy Committee since full responsibilities for staff awards is now vested in the Staff Council.

Online student course evaluations were in place for IUPUC courses in December 2007; however, organizational changes at the IUPUI Testing Center delayed implementation.  Online evaluations were implemented in May 2008 and had a slightly lower response rate than evaluations previously administered during class time.  The Faculty Affairs Committee recommended more publicity for the new procedure and pointed out that asynchronous evaluations result in a significant increase in in-class learning time for each course.

 

Faculty Senate Committees

 

Academic Affairs

 

Early Warning System: This new policy can be found at:    http://www.iupuc.edu/facstaff/agenda_files/Early%20Warning%20to%20Senate%20April%2020.pdf

 

Probation, dismissal, and reinstatement procedures were developed in a number of academic divisions.

 

Honors programs:  Designated faculty explored the possibilities of establishing honors courses at IUPUC.

 

E-Portfolio:  As part of their accreditation process, the IUPUC Division of Education faculty have worked to establish e-portfolio for education majors that may serve as a template for other IUPUC Divisions as well as other IU campuses.  During 2007-08, the second year of an ePortfolio grant awarded to members of the IUPUC Division of Education, faculty across disciplines worked with Education majors to identify for ePortfolio use learning artifacts that both address the Principles of Undergraduate Learning and standards for teachers.

Evidence of Progress:

A comprehensive IUPUC Academic Bulletin  was developed and approved by the IUPUC Faculty Senate. www.iupuc.edu/academics/IUPUC%20Academic%20Bulletin.pdf

An IUPUC Faculty Workload Policy was developed and implemented.  http://www.iupuc.edu/facstaff/agenda_files/COFS-FA-0506-D003.pdf

Outstanding faculty award recipients have been recognized according to the newly established award guidelines.  

IUPUC students were named to the Dean’s List using new criteria in each of the undergraduate divisions.    http://www.iupuc.edu/facstaff/agenda_files/IUPUC%20Deans%20List%20Criteria%200701.pdf

Faculty presentations and workshops continue to be provided through the Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUC as a result of a faculty survey conducted during the previous academic year.

Following recommendation by the Budgetary and Resources Policy Committee, construction of a sidewalk on the south side of campus leading to the Center for Teaching and Learning was completed in spring of 2008 and signs will be installed to designate names for each campus building entrance.

The Student Affairs Committee approved the guidelines and online forms for student organizations in December 2007.  

Extended library hours for students on weekends during the final exam period in Spring 2008 proved to be highly successful.  A permanent extension of Friday and Saturday hours during exam period weekends will begin Fall 2008.

Activities planned for :

Faculty Senate Committees

Actions taken for :

A committee of tenured faculty drafted a promotion and tenure document for the campus that includes the criteria for satisfactory and excellence performance in the areas of teaching, research, and service, as well as identifies an appropriate process for promotion and tenure at IUPUC.  IUPUC´s Promotion and Tenure document was approved by the Dean of the Faculties in June 2007.

IUPUC Faculty Senate approved excellence criteria for promotion and tenure in March 2008.  Excellence in teaching, research, and service was defined for each of the IUPUC Divisions. The Faculty Affairs Committee worked on the dissemination and implementation of the new criteria and fielded faculty questions.  The Promotion and Tenure Committee presented an extensive promotion and tenure workshop in May 2008.

An IUPUC tenure-track faculty was evaluated in Fall 2007 using the new IUPUC guidelines for promotion and tenure.  

Evidence of Progress:

Faculty are being considered for promotion and tenure according to the new guidelines approved for IUPUC. 

Following the IUPUC Faculty Senate´s approval of “Excellence Criteria” for promotion and tenure, a very useful Promotion and Tenure workshop, facilitated by Dr. Jay Howard, was conducted at IUPUC in May 2008.

 

Activities planned for :

IUPUC´s Promotion and Tenure document guidelines apply to all IUPUC faculty, whether they are in Indiana or Purdue University schools, and apply to both promotion and tenure for tenure-track faculty and promotion for all other categories.  For faculty tenured after July 2007, tenure of IUPUC faculty appointees is specific to IUPUC.  The tenure status of IUPUC faculty appointees does not apply to IUPUI, Purdue University, IU Bloomington, or other university campuses and units.  At this time, IUPUC librarians at IUPUC seek promotion and tenure through Indiana University.  See: http://www.iupuc.edu/facstaff/IUPUC%20PT%20Guidelines%202007%20Final.pdf

An IUPUC tenure-track librarian will be evaluated in Fall 2008.

Actions taken for :

IUPUC faculty published one book, twelve peer-reviewed articles, two book chapters, one book review, forty-one conference proceedings/presentations, and three other scholarly works.

Evidence of Progress:

Greater emphasis is being placed on providing tenure-track faculty with necessary tools to help them be successful in the promotion and tenure process. 

Two groups of IUPUC faculty have received ePortfolio grants.

Faculty are attending presentations provided by the Center for Teaching and Learning at IUPUC to assist them with their grant writing efforts.

Activities planned for :

New Faculty Orientation sessions will continue in August 2008.  Faculty will continue to be encouraged to seek external grant funding for their research.

Actions taken for :

Articulation agreements have been signed to offer joint degree programs in the following Indiana University and Purdue University Schools at IUPUI:  engineering, general studies, informatics, labor studies, music, liberal arts, nursing, public and environmental affairs, science, and tourism, conventions, and event management.

A total of 21 Bachelor of Science or Arts degree programs are now available at IUPUC, including the joint programs with IUPUI. The list of programs in which students can apply for admission is available at: http://www.iupuc.edu/academics/.

Evidence of Progress:

The success of these programs will be assessed in the years to come.

Activities planned for :

We will continue to seek opportunities for articulation.

Actions taken for :

• Recruited three junior faculty with research as their main focus
• Expanded the research capabilities of the Oral Health Research Institute to accomodate increased demands by industry
• Formalized the process and the funding of start-up accounts for new research faculty
• Supported two new faculty start-up research accounts
• Funded three Postdoctoral Research Fellows on competitive basis using ICR funds
• Provided funding for research supplies and biostatistical support for 20 MS candidates
• Provided funding for supplies and stipends for four PhD candidates
• Provided funding for 14 dental research stipends, supplies, travel and biostatistical support

 

Evidence of Progress:

• 07-08 was a record year for research income with over 1 million dollars obtained in indirect cost recovery
• Both our Signature Centers have been very active applying for and receiving external funding.
• 07-08 was a record year for LHSI, DRSP, MURI, UROP internal awards for student research funding (10 awards)
• Major Internal grant awards, including Service Learning Faculty Fellow award, RSFG award, ePort Integrative Department award, Commitment to Excellence and Aedvanced Study visiting fellow  award,  were obtained by our research faculty.

Activities planned for :

• Develop a compensation plan to incentivize and reward faculty for successful grant applications
• Increase collaborations with other schools on the IUPUI campus and other Indiana research institutions
• Creating a new course for student researchers titled Research Methodology. The course will include information related to ethics, human research, bioresearch research,  research risk regulations

Actions taken for :

• Submitted highly competitive CTSI pre-doctoral training position by one of our doctoral students, includes funding for stipends, fringe benefits supplies.

• Obtained the expansion of the Office of Research Division of Clinical Trials to provide school-wide support for protocol development, IRB submissions and regulatory compliance oversight for research faculty and students in 08-09.
• Reorganized and upgraded equipment in the Bioresearch Facility to facilitate the inclusion of non-IUSD research faculty projects

 

Evidence of Progress:

• Awarded CTSI pre-doctoral training position by one of our doctoral students, includes funding for stipends, fringe benefits supplies
• Expanded the IUSD Office of Research to include a Division of Clinical Trials to further support faculty engaged in clinical research by providing support for protocol development, IRB submissions and regulatory compliance oversight
• Increased the census of the Bioresearch Facility by providing access to research faculty from other schools on the IUPUI campus

Activities planned for :

• Actively pursue opportunities to engage the resources and training opportunities provided by the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
• Utilize the CTSI resources and strengthen our collaborations with the Medical School and other schools on the IUPUI campus, Purdue University and other Indiana research institutions

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

1.      Each Benchmark assessment is clearly described in writing for all teacher education students, and procedures and rubrics are understood by all faculty.

2.      Assessment data regarding student outcomes and satisfaction is collected and shared with all SOE faculty and staff.

Activities planned for :

1.      Continue to articulate processes (e.g., for students and faculty) and desired outcomes for each Benchmark assessment.

2.      Collect qualitative and quantitative assessment data from all program completers.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

                     Ph.D. proposal is reviewed and approved.

Activities planned for :

1.      Complete Ph.D. program proposal.

2.      Send completed proposal through appropriate channels for review and adoption.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

1.      Increase in the participation of SOE students and faculty in To Mexico with Love program.

2.      Involvement of alumni and teachers in To Mexico with Love program.

3.      Dialogues have occurred between faculty at target universities and plans for joint research, teaching and service activities have been identified.

Activities planned for :

1.      Expand “To Mexico with Love” program to include alumni, teachers, and School of Education students.

2.      Conduct dialogues between our faculty and faculty at our partner universities to identify research, teaching and service activities of common interest.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

1.      Increase in the number of faculty involved with CUME research.

2.      Research funding has increased at least 20%.

3.      The number of graduate students involved in research doubled.

4.      The number of collaborative research studies has doubled.

5.      Interdisciplinary research has doubled.

Activities planned for :

1.      Support research activities of faculty in the School of Education.

2.      Increase externally funded research.

3.      Increase graduate student research.

4.      Conduct and disseminate community-based collaborative research.

5.      Engage in interdisciplinary research with other units at IUPUI.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

Increase in the number of students working with faculty and in CUME and UCASE.

Activities planned for :

1.      Develop an informational handout about research opportunities in the School of Education.

2.      Increase undergraduate research.

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

1.      Research studies and publication reflect identified themes.

2.      Research seminars are conducted.

Activities planned for :

1.      Identify research themes for UCASE.

2.      Conduct a series of seminars to discuss research activities of UCASE faculty, Steering Committee members, and Fellows.

Actions taken for :

All departments submitted short range and long range research plans. Developed preliminary research plan for the school with priority research areas and projected external funding to 2013.

Evidence of Progress:

No feedback has been received yet.

Activities planned for :

The plan is being refined and it will be an ongoing activity.

Actions taken for :

Faculty members were urged to apply for Federal earmark funds. Biomedical Engineering faculty continued submitting proposals to NIH. School continued its strong relationship with Raytheon, Rolls-Royce, Crane, Roche, Cummins, and others continue with frequent visites to industry sites, laboratory tours, faculty projects, and joint research proposals to State and federal agencies. We also arranged several faculty visits and presentations to these partner companies.

Evidence of Progress:

Research income increased from $5,752,455 in 2006-07 to $6,200,000 in 2007-08. Schoool also received its first federal earmark funding of $1.5M per year for three years from the US Army on renewable energy. The second and third year funds were renewed.

Activities planned for :

A half-time Director of Industry Relations was be hired to increase the number and amount of industry-based research.

Actions taken for :

Some of the cash funds in the school have been used to make the start-up offers to new faculty more attractive. Release time from teaching has been extended to two years for new faculty from the time they are hired. Associate Dean for Research meets with most active research faculty members on individual basis, discusses how to provide service and support for their research. School pays more attention to productive research faculty, their concerns. We promote and publicize school faculty and their research.

Evidence of Progress:

We were able to recruit one biomedical engineering and one mechanical engineering faculty  for 2007-08.

Activities planned for :

We plan to reintroduce the concept of "Faculty Practice Center" in the school which was turned down by the university administration few years ago. We believe that such a center, similar to the ones in existence at the schools of Medicine and Dentistry, will provide additional incentive for higher quality faculty to come to IUPUI.

Actions taken for :

Every full-time faculty member in each department is given $1,400 annually for professional development activities. More funds may be available at the school level for faculty members who are active in research-related professional activities. About 40% of the indirect cost recovery from a research and grant contract is returned to principal investigators and their departments.

Evidence of Progress:

Faculty feedback so far has been tolerant and understanding.

Activities planned for :

The current practice was suspended for 2006-07 fiscal year due to budget limitations but it will be restored for 2007-08.

Actions taken for :

Grant writing and budgeting workshops and orientation sessions were conducted for new faculty members.

Evidence of Progress:

Although the number of research proposals submitted decreased from 81 in 2004-05 to 57 in 2005-06, the total research income increased.

Activities planned for :

Orientation activities and also facilitation of meetings with industry partners and senior research faculty will continue.

Actions taken for :

School encourages faculty to attend OPD sponsored workshops on proposal writing. At the beginning of every academic year part of the orientation workshop for new faculty includes proposal writing.

Evidence of Progress:

Only few faculty members used the assistance provided so far.

Activities planned for :

School plans to conduct its own grant writing workshops and seminars for faculty.

Actions taken for :

School provided modest support for research initiation as part of the start-up funds.

Evidence of Progress:

Number of faculty developed full proposals using the seed funds.

Activities planned for :

The number of the research seed awards will not be increased due to budgetary constraints.

Actions taken for :

This is a new objective for 2006-09 school strategic plan.

Evidence of Progress:

No data is available.

Activities planned for :

No new initiatives could be planned due to budgetary constraints.

Actions taken for :

Renovation of ET Lower Level provided additional space for the school. The newly formed Space Committee is the lead group studying the space reallocation plans to improve the research environment.

Evidence of Progress:

Plans have been prepared with participation by department chairs, directors, and research faculty.

Activities planned for :

Several space renovation projects have been launched to be completed sometime during 2008-09 academic year.

Actions taken for :

The three engineering departments continue sharing the research laboratory space and equipment. The technology departments started participating in this initiative as well.

Evidence of Progress:

Departments have been consolidating the teaching and research lab spaces.

Activities planned for :

With the completion of ET Lower Level renovation noe there is more research space for biomedical engineering.

Actions taken for :

This is a new objective for 2006-09.

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

Actions taken for :

Through Dean´s Industrial Advisory Council (DIAC), our research partnership with industry is on the agenda every quarter. DIAC has a research subcommittee working closely with the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs in the school.

Evidence of Progress:

There are number of research contracts with Rolls Royce and Raytheon.

Activities planned for :

The planning for collaboration with DIAC will continue. School will hire half-time Director of Industry Relations to increase the interaction with our industry partners.

Actions taken for :

This is a new objective for 2006-09 school strategic plan. The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Institute (MURI), established by the Department of Mechanical Engineering has been very successful as number of our undergraduate students and faculty are involved in MURI sponsored activities.

Evidence of Progress:

MURI has a good record of getting undergradutes involve in research.

Activities planned for :

MURI received additional funding for 2007-08 from campus and therefore there were more activities in this area for 2007-08 and there will be more expansion.

Actions taken for :

1. Developed  a national marketing campaign to increase visibility of IUPUI among peer  institutions. Launched Phase I of the IUPUI “Where Impact is Made” campaign with:
 
   
• Distributed  a brochure on the IUPUI Signature Center Initiative to 1500 Presidents,  Chancellors, Provosts and Vice Presidents for Research nationwide.
   
• Created  a print presence for IUPUI promoting executive searches and opportunity at  IUPUI in the Chronicle of Higher Education and Diversity publication.
   
• Distributed   an IUPUI introductory brochure and the  academic plan brochure to university Presidents and Provosts nationwide. 
 

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

       
1. Develop  and deliver Translational Research direct mail piece promoting IUPUI as THE  translational campus.
       
2. Continue  national ad placement and regional market promotions of TRIP.
     

Actions taken for :

1. Launched  and implemented the Indiana University Visual Identity program. Phase I of the  signature implementation is complete with over 3,000 signatures developed and  deployed. The Integrated Image Roundtable met monthly throughout the year to  keep lines of communication open and to share best practices. Web banners are  revised to reflect the new guidelines. To view more visit:  http://ocm.iupui.edu/integratedimage/
   
2. Developed  a campus based promotions plan including consistent messaging, verbal brand  tools and talking points for campus leadership. Conducted fall workshops with  the Council of Deans and External Affairs Coordinating Council releasing new  commercials, advertising and promotion strategies. To view more visit: http://ocm.iupui.edu.
 

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

   
1. Increase  ownership of the IUPUI brand through the development of critical campus  partnerships, offering tools to faculty and staff to continue the momentum,  develop a campaign to drive employees and students to the homepage for frequent  time sensitive information.
   
2. Update  the membership of the External Affairs Coordinating Council to the IUPUI Brand  Management Council
   
3. Create  a strong coalition of new media content providers on campus to share new media  content and cross promote events and successes.
   
4. Develop  IUPUI Fax template for campus partners.
   
5. Develop  and deliver the IUPUI Web Policy
   
6. Develop  a strategy to earn national recognition for marketing and electronic  communications.
   
7. Create  new tools including news content management, robust calendar system,  synchronized captioning system for video process.
 

Actions taken for :

1. Continued  the contract with a national media relations representative with particular  expertise in health and life sciences to promote IUPUI research.
   
2. Deployed  media data gathering service to capture and measure media exposure for IUPUI.
   
3. IUPUI  hosted US Diving Olympic Trials in June 2008 with live network television  broadcasting with over 237 million household impressions with an estimated  value of $4.8 million in advertising.  2  million household impressions were in Indianapolis.
 

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

 
1. Continue  IUPUI sponsorship of Sound Medicine in local market and extending the  syndication nationally.
 
2. Produce  faculty video interviews for centers of excellence, signature centers, national  distinctions and achievements.

Actions taken for :

1. Developed  phase I of the Translating Research into Practice promotion to create awareness  of IUPUI’s leadership in translational research.
    
   • Website  went live in the fall 2007. 
    
   • First  translational panel luncheon launched during Celebrate IU week 2007.  Print pieces have been distributed showcasing  the participating translational scholars.
    
   • A  Dialogue Spaces luncheon was held with Lorraine Blackman as the speaker.
    
   • A  Community Showcase was held in April featuring 14 translational scholars.

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

 
1. Recognize  the achievement of nearly 300 translational scholars at IUPUI through website,  special promotional hero cards, media relations and special events.
 
2. Promote  and assist in the coordination of a second translational scholar showcase in October  2008.
 
3. Plan  a strategic translational campus event for 40th Anniversary of IUPUI  in 2009.
 
4. Promote  future Dialogue Spaces luncheons. 
 
5. Promote  the CTSI initiatives for life sciences at IUPUI, highlighting in the IUPUI magazine,  website and electronic media.
 
6. Leverage  campus TRIP events and other activities as news pitches including mining campus  calendars for news stories to promote.
 
7. Produce  a dozen faculty videos to showcase on the TRIP website, campus website and You  Tube.
 
8. Continue  to engage alumni in TRIP events on campus.

Actions taken for :

1. Over  15,000 alumni attended events during the academic year and over 500 volunteers  serve on advisory and alumni boards on the IUPUI campus. Six schools held class  reunion and alumni weekend programs touching over 1,530 participants.
 
2. Delivered  continuing education and lifelong learning programs through school based  programs like Continuing Legal Education and Sports Law in the School of  Law-Indianapolis, Fall Dental Conference for the School of Dentistry, School of  Social Work Mental Health Conference to interdisciplinary programs including –  the Healthy Living Conference, Going Green, Global Environment for Change.
 
3. Promoted  scholarly research and creative activity at IUPUI through alumni programs  Winter College in Florida reaching 80 alumni and showcasing 14 faculty from IUPUI  as well as Lee Hamilton and Dan Coats as keynote speakers.
 
4. Delivered  25 Dean Visits, 14 out of state, to connect regional and out of state alumni to  programs and achievements of schools on the IUPUI campus.
 
5. IUPUI  Alumni Council pledged to raise $100,000 for the Distinguished Alumni Board  Room in the IUPUI Campus Center.
 
6. Alumni  events were conducted in every major city in Indiana.
 
7. Nearly  900 alumni and family members attended IUPUI Alumni Holiday Night at The  Children’s Museum.
 
8. 1,530  alumni attended health sciences alumni weekend with Schools of Nursing,  Medicine, Law, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Dentistry and Social Work.

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

 
1. Expand  collaborative interdisciplinary programs for alumni on the IUPUI campus  including continuing education events and lifelong learning.
 
2. Develop  the framework for a leadership summit bringing alumni volunteers and friends together  for the 40th Anniversary of IUPUI in 2009.
 
3. Launch  a Neal-Marshall Indianapolis Club in the fall of 2008 to serve and engage our  African American community.

Actions taken for :

1. Continued to develop collaborations with other academic and research units at IUPUI to demonstrate a critical mass of faculty to recruit new faculty in specific areas of expertise.

2.  Recruited one new faculty on a new line (paid for by increasing student enrollment)

3. Provided laboratory space and start-up dollars to support research initiatives of newly recruited doctoral faculty.

4.  Completed development of the SHRS´s Clinical Research Laboratory.

5.  Continued to seek resources for endowed professorships in Occupational Therapy and Nutrition and Dietetics.

6.  Made the decision to pay actual moving costs of recruited faculty rather than pay one month salary equivalent.

7.  Revised a school plan for distribution of salary savings and indirects from grants and contracts to the individual academic departments generating the dollars

8.  Through the peer review procedure ensured that faculty members were aware of necessary academic department goals and individual responsibility for promotion, tenure, and long-term contract.

 

Evidence of Progress:

1. Yearly review of benchmarks to monitor for ongoing competitive salaries.

Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions salary benchmark data used

2. Doctoral faculty recruited with split appointments in other academic and research units

2002-03: 1 faculty member total

2003-04: 2 faculty members total

2004-05: 3 faculty members total

2005-06: 5 faculty members total

2006-07: 6 faculty members total 

2007-08: 6 faculty members total

3. Hire an Occupational Therapy Department Chair by Fall, 2003

Completed Fall 2003

4. Hire a Physical Therapy Department Chair

Completed Fall 2004

5. Move Nutrition & Dietetics into Coleman Hall renovated facilities

Completed Spring 2004

6. Have the necessary physical therapy faculty in place by Fall, 2005 for full implementation of the Doctor of Physical Therapy degree at maximal class size- 8.5 FTE faculty

2003-04: 3 faculty hired

2004-05: 7 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment

2005-06: 7 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment- Recruiting on 1 FTE

2006-07: 8 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment

2007-08: 6 FTE, 1 additional FTE 50% fellow in provost office; 1 vacancy

7. Have the necessary occupational therapy faculty in place by Fall, 2006 for full implementation of the M.S. in Occupational Therapy at maximal class size- 8 FTE faculty

2003-04: 2 occupational therapy faculty hired

2004-05: 4 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment

2005-06: 5 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment 

2006-07:  6 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment

2007-08:   6 FTE, 1 additional FTE on shared faculty appointment

8. One endowed professorship for each academic department

Physical therapy- Professorship established.

Occupational therapy- Professorship established, securing funding

Nutrition & Dietetics- Ongoing

9.  SHRS administration and faculty approval of "An Incentive Plan for the Indiana University School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences"

Completed 2002-03

Revised 2005-06

Revised 2006-07

Affirmed 2007-08

10.  Implementation of the SHRS "Annual Faculty Evaluation"

Ongoing

 

Activities planned for :

1.  Recruit faculty with post-doctoral training experience

2.  Provide start-up funds for new faculty

 

Actions taken for :

1. Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research formed in 2004; ongoing development

2007-08;  Decision made to reassess the role of the center with the hiring of the new dean

2. 21st Century Fund proposal submitted for $2 million. Approved and awaiting funding (X 2 years)

2007-08: Funds not released, decision made not to pursue

3. Department of Defense proposal submitted for $800,000- Approved (second of 2)

2007-08: Funding continued

4. Meeting of Center Advisory Committee

2007-08: Committee met once

 

Evidence of Progress:

Center fully operational by 2007 as detailed in the SHRS document, "Creating an Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research"

2003-04:

Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research established

Interim Director hired

U.S. Department of Defense identifies $1,000,000 in federal earmarks

2004-05:

21st Century Fund approved- awaiting funding decision

2005-06

Department of Defense grant funded- $800,000

Research Associate hired

2006-07:

No funds will be distributed to the SHRS from the 21st Century Fund

Decision made not to continue to pursue

Department of Defense grant-received $800,000

2007-08:   Department of Defense funds continuing

 

Activities planned for :

1.  Review and revise the mission and goals of the Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research

2.  Re-constitute the membership of the advisory committee

Actions taken for :

1. As necessary and appropriate, faculty are supported in their development of grants through protected time for research and writing and attendance at events that increase their competitiveness for extramural funding.

2. New faculty hires in tenure track positions continue to have an explicit expectation to secure external funding through grants/contracts as part of their contractual arrangements.

Evidence of Progress:

1. Gradual increase in external funding to achieve goal of 25% by 2009:

2003-04: 7%

2004-05: 8%

2005-06: 17%

2006-07: 28%

2007-08: 19%

2. Percentage of total school compensation supported by external funding at 10%

2003-04: 9.6%

2004-05: 9.6%

2005-06: 9.6%

2006-07: 9.6%

2006-08: 9.6%

2007-08: 9.6%

3. Gradual increase in grant submissions

2003-04: 5 grants submitted totaling $1,661,245

2004-05: 9 grants submitted totaling $ 883,716

2005-06: 10 grants submitted totaling $1,703,806

2006-07: 14 grants submitted totaling $2,112,954

2007-08: 19 grants submitted totaling $2,283,637

3. Sponsored and non-sponsored grants and contracts

2003-04: sponsored ($150,068), non-sponsored ($158,487), total ($308,555)

2004-05: sponsored ($379,500) non-sponsored ($110,829), total ($490,329)

2005-06: sponsored ($775,196) non-sponsored ($40,000), total ($815,196)

2006-07: sponsored ($1,588,381) non-sponsored ($7,500), total ($1,595,881)

2007-08: sponsored ($1,207,476) non-sponsored $0

Activities planned for :

1.  Review the trends of funds obtained from external sources

 

 2.  Review the number of proposals submitted to external funding agencies

Actions taken for :

1. The School continues to increase its external funding from national agencies, and faculty members continue to be recognized for their contributions to enhance knowledge in their disciplines.  The school received 1.5 million in external funding for 2007-08.

2. The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has received $1 million funding from the US Department of Defense.  Joyce Mac Kinnon, EdD, PT, Associate Dean, will be the PI for the project as of September 2008.

3. Arlene Schmid, PhD, OTR, faculty member in occupational therapy, received a VA Rehabilitation and Development Career Award of $400,000 to study "Re-establishing Social Participation after Stroke".  She also received a $50000 award from the Roybal Foundation Foundation to study "Fear of Falling after Stroke.  She is a co-investigator on two other projects: Adapting Tools to Implement Stroke Risk Management to Veterans ($251,000) and Effectiveness of STRP Care for Chronic Pain in Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans" ($747,000)

4. Robyn Fuchs, PhD, faculty member in physical therapy, received a $57,000 grant from the National Osteoporosis Foundation "The Role of Periostin in Regulating Bone Size in Respons to Anabolic Therapy"

5.  Stuart Warden, PhD, faculty member in physical therapy, received a $100,000 grant from Eli Lilly to study "The Effects of Osteoporosis Drugs on Fracture Repair" and is a sub-contractor on a grant through the National Space Biomedical Research Institute and the Cleveland Clinic on the "Extent, Causes and Countermeasures of Imapired Fracture Healing in Hypogravity" ($33800)

6.  Karyl Rickard, PhD, RD and M. Sue Brady, DMSc, RD, faculty members in Nutrition and Dietetics, received word that their Maternal and Child Health grant "Leadership Education Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition Program" has been funded for the next cycle.  This MCH grant is the longest continually funded project through that agency.

7. The Nutrition-Kenya research project continues

 

Evidence of Progress:

1. Determine existing faculty appointments in other IUPUI schools

2002-03: 5 faculty

2003-04: 3 faculty

2004-05: 4 faculty

2005-06: 6 faculty

2006-07: 6 faculty

2007-08: 6 faculty

2. Annual listing of collaborative grants/contracts submitted

2002-03: 7 submitted

2003-04: 4 submitted

2004-05: 9 submitted

2005-06: 10 submitted

2006-07: 14 submitted

2007-08:  7 submitted

3. Nutrition & Dietetics ongoing research and training programs in Kenya and Romania

2004-05:

Active and ongoing- Supported through $50,000 in external funding

2005-06:

J. Ernst- "Increasing animal source foods in diets of HIV-infected Kenyan womne and their children: can outcomes be enhanced?" Funded by the USAID Global Livestock Research Support Program, 2006-09 $748,857

2006-07:  see above

2007-08:  see above

 

Activities planned for :

1.  Continue to support the Nutrition-Kenya research project

2.  Sponsor "brown bag" research discussion sessions

3.  Document faculty presentations at professional meetings

 

Actions taken for :

Evidence of Progress:

Activities planned for :

1. Provide staff support to handle pre-award and post-award budget and fiscal issues.

2. Compile and disseminate annual report on student involvement in research activities, publications, and presentations at professional conferences

3. Explore the feasibility of crating and funding a new position of Associate Dean for Research/Director of the ICRSER/Chair of Ph.D. Program

Actions taken for :

•   Herron sent representatives to National Graduate Portfolio Days in New York City, San Francisco, and Chicago to recruit potential graduate students for Herron’s MFA programs in Visual Communications and Visual Art (Sculpture, Printmaking, and Furniture Design).
•   Herron organized and held Open Houses for potential graduate students at Herron in Fall 2007.  Separate Open Houses will be scheduled for the MFA in Visual Communication and MFA in Visual Art (Sculpture, Printmaking, and Furniture Design).
•   We have submitted materials for approval from our accrediting body “National Association of Schools of Art and Design” for our new Master of Fine Arts degree programs in Visual Communication and Visual Art (printmaking, furniture design, and sculpture). Approval for these MFA degree programs is expected from NASAD during fall 2007

Evidence of Progress:

•    Recruited six additional graduate students in Visual Communication program for 2008-09 academic year.
•    Twelve graduate students enrolled in the MFA in Visual Arts degree program in Furniture Design, Printmaking and Sculpture
•    Department of Visual Communication Design conducted a successful search for a tenure-track faculty member who adds intellectual and racial diversity to the graduate faculty.
•    Received university approval for all new courses for curriculum for MFA in Visual Communication and Fine Art (Sculpture, Printmaking, Furniture Design)

Activities planned for :

•    Develop relationships with businesses, non-profits, and government organizations throughout Central Indiana as potential partners for community engagement projects
•    Provide graduate students with opportunities for community projects and professional practice
•    Develop marketing and recruitment strategy to recruit top quality graduate students
•    Hire highly qualified faculty to add intellectual diversity to the graduate faculty

•    Research Art Therapy degree programs and develop curriculum
•    Consult with several experts in the field of Art Therapy
•    Fundraise to support the launch of an Art Therapy degree program

Actions taken for :

•    Align Herron’s activities and goals to reflect the RISE initiative of IUPUI
•    Herron provides students with opportunites for research through professional practice, civic engagement projects, experiential learning and international travel.
•    Visited 6 out-of-state high schools and 15 in-state schools (doubled from previous years)
•    Hosted undergraduate Open House with attendance of 405 students.  The Open House included a newly-added section of workshops regarding admission, careers, etc.
•    Number of incoming freshmen admitted to Herron increased by 25%
•    Participated in 8 portfolio days (7 of which were out-of-state)
•    In coordination with the Office of Student Life, a Herron House was opened for Herron students in need of campus housing
•    Scholarships were awarded to out-of-state transfer students
•    Student clubs have been formed in most of the academic programs
•    Spectrum Club for minority students actively participates in community projects and exhibitions
•    Field trips have been organized to Chicago
•    The dean meets with students each semester for a pizza lunch to promote better communication

Evidence of Progress:

•    The ratio of full-time to part-time students has steadily increased (full-time students went from 64% to 77% in the last three years).
•    In the past three years Herron’s undergraduate enrollment has increased by approximately 200 students and the retention rate is 83% for juniors and seniors.
•    7 non-resident students accepted the new Herron Out-of-State Scholarship and matriculated
•    19 Out-of-State scholarship offers were made to students for fall 2007.  Eleven accepted and two deferred.
•    The Spectrum Club for minority students at Herron exhibited work at the Black Expo
•    There is a significant increase of the number of Herron students trying to get into the Herron House campus housing
•    More students are participating in social activities and extracurricular activities at Herron

Activities planned for :

•    Host Herron Open House during spring
•    Host National Portfolio day September 30th
•    Host two Visual Communication Open Houses and one for Fine Art
•    Attend 8 National Portfolio Days.
•    Continue to promote Herron House and recruit good candidates for the RA position.
•    Analyze admissions policy to make sure Herron is recruiting the best potential students
•    Continue to develop materials for recruiting ie., view books, rack cards, poster for undergraduate programs, web site updates        
•    Participate in 6 JagDays.
•    Have a presence at two Campus Days.
•    Provide a good experience during the admissions process
•    Raise admission standards
•    Encourage more undergraduate students to enroll as full-time students
•    Reduce degree requirements by 3 credit hours (Herron is currently at the highest limit of credit hours for BFA degree programs)
•    Implement strategic plan for out-of-state recruitment
•    Fundraise for student scholarships
•    Develop new strategies for student advising
•    Expand marketing to focus more on non-resident recruitment
•    Promote high school visits, open house and portfolio day visits
•    Actively engage students in the schools annual fundraiser gala
•    Continue to provide students with opportunites for research through profesional practice, civic engagement projects, experiential learning and international travel.

Actions taken for :

•    Completed solicitations to members of the Dean’s Advisory Board
•    Continued solicitations of top prospects for major gifts
•    Continued cultivation of potential major donors and members of John Herron Society
•    Continued solicitation and stewardship of the John Herron Society helping to build Herron’s unrestricted endowment
•    Established the Friend of Herron Board to better utilize community volunteers and supporters of the school to raise the awareness of Herron, its priorities and opportunities for support
•    Hosted the first annual signature fundraising event at Eskenazi Hall called "The Herron Experience ´08" which raised aproximately $30,000.
•    Created new messaging and communication for newly designed website and printed materials for development
•    Strengthened Herron’s annual giving program
•    Hosted donor recognition event for John Herron Society members

Evidence of Progress:

•    Several solicitations have taken place resulting in a total of $500,000 in committed gifts, $120,000 in deferred gifts and $410,000 in pending gifts
•    The John Herron Society has annually increased its membership since the 2002 inception resulting in increased annual support.  The JHS brought in $63,921 in 2006-07  and increased to $81,550 in 2007-08
•   Herron´s total annual funds raised increased from $773,968 in 2006-07 to $785,933 in 2007-08  and the current total our annual fund YTD is $803,335
•    Sponsorships for programs, gallery and events increased from $40,846 in 2006-07 to $82,450 in 2007-08
•    The Fraser International Travel endowment has reached two-thirds of its $300,000 goal.
•    The Shared Heritage Scholarship endowment is half way to its goal of $300,000.
•    A $100,000 deferred gift was committed which will help endow the activities of the Basile Center for Art, Design and Public Life.
•    A $40,000 endowment was established for the Jane Fortune Outstanding Women Visiting Artist Lecture.
•    Plans of an endowment campaign were shared at the Dean’s Advisory Board with each member expressing his or her interest in participating in the implementation of the campaign
•    Top donor prospects have been prioritized.
•    Several members of the Dean’s Advisory Board made gifts to establish endowments for scholarships.

Activities planned for :

•   Develop and implement a strategy to raise an additional $2 million for the expansion of the Sculpture and Ceramics building on Indiana Avenue.
•    Raise start-up funding for the launch of a new masters degree program in Art Therapy.
•    Create a strategic plan for marketing, development and external affairs
•    Engage the Dean’s Advisory Board in identifying new potential donors
•    Request endowment support from individuals that supported the capital campaign
•    Host donor recognition event for John Herron Society members
•    Distribute direct mail solicitation for new and lapsed John Herron Society members
•    Coach the Dean’s Advisory Board members to become better advocates for Herron’s fundraising priorities
•    Host annual fundraising event at Eskenazi Hall.

Actions taken for :

•    Hired a new director of the Basile Center
•    Gained significant attention and support from the community
•    Developed a vision statement and proposal to secure external funding and support
•    Continued dialogue with external community partners
•    Developed an operational budget for the Basile Center
•    Developed a viable 3-year business plan for the activities of the Basile Center
•    Secured contracts and funding for community-based projects
•    Initiated a centralized program to manage student internships

Evidence of Progress:

•    Received Eli Lilly and Company Grant for marketing the Basile Center to prospective graduate students and for funding assistantships for the graduate programs
•    Received $30,000 private gift for technology and resources for the Basile Center.

Completed student projects and community collaborations
•    Marion County Circuit and Superior Courts - Visual Communication Design
•    Imani Workshops - students developed and presented proposals for institutional identity, exhibit identifiers, and marketing communications.
•    United Way of Central Indiana – Students produced promotional materials for the United Way´s Ready to Learn, Ready to Earn campaign
•    St. Louis for Kids - Visual Communication students developed and presented proposals for institutional identity and marketing communications.
•    Indiana State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce - Students developed and presented proposals for institutional identity and marketing communications.  
•    Council for Court Excellence - Development for the online tutorial for the Court Observation Project
•    Indiana Children´s Health Services Research, Department of Pediatrics - Herron students worked to increase recruitment and retention for the study and developed a ´model´ for communications and community outreach for further research studies.
•    Citizens Action Coalition - students developed an exhibition proposal for a traveling exhibit
•    Medical History program of the IU School of Liberal Arts - Eugenics Online Experience Design Project
•    Indiana Partnership for Young Writers - Students developed, designed, fabricated and installed an interpretive exhibition that engages the work of the IPYW publication “Coming to Light”
•    iMOCA Gallery of Contemporary Art - IPS elementary educational video about contemporary art
•    Student/Community Team - Help Indianapolis Renters to Recycle - students developed  a prototypical door hanger recyclables container, a renter recycling incentive program that benefited local charities and a proposal book for a state law to make it mandatory that recycling containers be placed at all rental properties. Herron student designers produced all materials for the recycle for charity program. Herron students also produced a book that was given to state legislators proposing consideration of the mandatory rental recycling law; this book was given to legislators to raise awareness and support for the law.
•    Indiana Dollars for Scholars - students researched and evaluated the communication needs for the organization and developed a marketing plan that included the design of various promotional materials.
•    Student/Community Team, Help Indianapolis High School Students Accept Differences – Herron students participated in a collaborative team and held a brainstorming event to develop solutions. A curriculum was created and tested at Park Tudor High School in which students could get experiential learning about issues of diversity and stereotyping. Student designers produced all related materials for the curriculum and gave it to the school and several teachers in other local high schools.
•    Domestic Violence Network of Central Indiana - Herron students performed research and created outreach materials to aid in fundraising and public engagement with the DVNCI including a Powerpoint presentation to be given at local schools and community groups, an outreach brochure and a table tent for school lunch rooms. Students photographed kids and adults to represent victims and perpetrators as part of this project.
•    Midwest Food Bank - Herron students performed research and created outreach materials to aid in fundraising and public engagement with the Midwest Food Bank including a volunteer water bottle, posters, an outdoor board and ‘bubble gum cards’ representing the heroic people who support the food bank.
•    Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana - Herron students developed an interpretive master plan for the Eiteljorg´s WestFest with the goal of more closely aligning the museum’s programming and interpretive environments with the mission of the Eiteljorg Museum.
•    Indianapolis Men´s Chorus and the Indianapolis Women´s Chorus - Herron students developed a visual theme and promotional materials for the Men´s Chorus and the Indianapolis Women´s Chorus 2008-9 season.  The promotional materials included oversized poster, direct mail cards and ads in various publications.
•    Rock for Riley concert event - Herron students developed sponsors kit, a visual theme and promotional materials for the 2008 rock concert—a fund raiser for Riley Children´s Hospital hosted by IU medical students.  The promotional materials included a logo, posters and ads in various publications.
•    Indianapolis Museum of Art, Horticultural Society fundraiser event - Herron students developed visual theme, invitation and program for fund aising event to benefit the restoration of one of the garden pools on the grounds of the IMA.
•    Indianapolis Museum of Art, Membership drive direct mail campaign - Herron students developed various ideas that would interest newer and younger members to join the IMA.
•    Early Music Festival Society - Herron students researched and evaluated the communication needs for the organization and developed a marketing plan which included a new logo identity and the design of various promotional materials and posters.
•    H.A.N.D. (Hamilton County Area Neighborhood Development) - Herron students researched and evaluated the communication needs for the organization and developed a marketing plan which included a new logo identity and the design of various promotional materials and community wide advertising.
•    Indiana Dollars for Scholars, Communications Plan - Herron students researched and evaluated the communication needs for the organization and developed a marketing plan that included the design of various promotional materials.
•    Indiana Dollars for Scholars, Hoosier Heroes event - Herron student designed the invitation and program for Indiana Dollars for Scholars, Hoosier Heroes event banquet honoring the 11 scholarship winners. Invitation was designed to appeal to an academic audience of educator and program sponsors. An event program and 11 individualized posters were designed to follow the visual theme created for the invitation.
•    Indy Parks, Holiday Park Visual Identity - Herron students developed new logo and application of the logo to various promotional materials for the Holiday Park Nature Center
•    IU Natatorium, Summer Camps and Sports Camps marketing - Herron students designed a 32-page booklet marketing the IU Natatorium’s Summer Camps and Sports Camps
•    Community Hospital North – Contracted for three public sculpture commissions (possibility for renewal)
•    Arts Council of Indianapolis  - Pennsylvania Street Window Installations
•    Best Buddies – Sculpture Commission
•    Festival Music Society - Graphic Design
•    Damien Center – Design Teams
•    Indiana Chamber of Commerce - Artwork for auction
•    IUPUC - Interior/Exterior Art- 3-D exterior sculptures
•    IUPUI Med Center - Dean´s Award
•    IUPUI University College - Student Art
•    Phoenix Theatre - artwork in Theatre Gallery
•    Wishard Hospital - Painting/Pharmaceutical Event - students artwork

Activities planned for :

•    Integrate the education of artists, designers and art educators with the needs of the broader community
•    Develop partnerships that help sustain successful programs in the visual arts and contribute to the cultural vibrancy of our community
•    Establish partnerships that would involve Herron students with public art projects for the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park
•    Endow Public Scholar faculty position (to teach public art concepts, history and practical implementation)
•    Establish partnerships with the Indianapolis Cultural Trail and the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Virginia B. Fairbanks Art and Nature Park
•    Develop program curriculum for academic goals
•    Work with Dean´s Advisory Board to develop external action plan for fundraising
•    Expand Herron’s Sculpture and Ceramics Building on Indiana Avenue
•    Continue to secure contracts and funding for community-based projects
•    Implement policies and procedures whereby the Basile Center negotiates and oversees school-sponsored projects
•    Market the mission of the Basile Center for Art, Design and Public Life to campus and external constituents regionally and nationally
•    Continue to build on the strengths of Herron’s academic programs, faculty expertise, and the school’s ability to form partnerships within the community and other cultural organizations
•    Develop more opportunities for student internships

Actions taken for :

•   Herron has been successful in attracting new faculty in junior level positions at competitive salaries
•   Salary increases were relatively high in 2007-08
•   Salary adjustments were made for some faculty will continue to be a part of the annual budgeting process until all inequities are resolved
•   The dean worked with the Herron Faculty Council to reduce expectations for committee service
•   Faculty work was featured in the Herron E-News and press releases
•   Travel funding was awarded on a competitive basis determined by the Faculty Resource Planning Committee
•   Three sabbaticals were awarded to faculty
•   Private funds were used to match funding for faculty external research grants
•   Round Table Discussions were scheduled to improve communication with faculty
•    Criteria was developed for new Civic Engagement Awards of $2,000 for faculty

 

Evidence of Progress:

•    The Dean allocated funds from the John Herron Society foundation account to support faculty research.  These will be matching funds for external grants up to $1,000 per faculty member.
•    Professional development, research and creative activity will continue to be supported at $500-$750 per faculty member annually as determined by the Faculty Resource Planning Committee.  A formal request process has been established.
•    Herron will support three reduced teaching schedules for full-time, tenure track faculty.  (This means 2/3 loads.) Guidelines and eligibility were established in 2004 by faculty.  The requests are evaluated and determined by the Faculty Resource Planning Committee.
•    A Civic Engagement Award of $2,000 was awarded to one faculty member in recognition of Excellence.  The recipient is identified through the same peer review process as the Trustee Teaching Awards.

Activities planned for :

•    Herron will publish an annual report that features significant research and creative activity accomplishments and civic engagement activities.
•    Herron will invest in creating displays (electronic and photographic) of faculty civic engagement work in the Basile Center for Art, Design and Public Life.
•    Round Table Discussions will be scheduled as a forum to keep communication open.  All faculty are encouraged to attend and submit topics for the agenda.
•    Provide increased funding for travel to professional conferences and research
•    Develop marketing materials to highlight faculty research and creative work
•    Herron will contine to support  reduced teaching schedules for full-time, tenure track faculty for the purpose of high level research and creative activity.  (This means 2/3 loads.)

Actions taken for :

Objectives for 2007-08 were:

(a) To have at least 80% of the faculty apply for grants/contracts each year

 (b) To attain (at least) a 30-40% grant success (award) rate/year

(c) To encourage faculty to apply for multiple grants each year

(d) To promote collaborative grant opportunities

(e) To focus on health/life science related opportunities and

(f) To promote multidisciplinary research projects.

The rationale for these goals was based on several criteria. As part of improving research, scholarship and creative activity in 2006-07, various data pertinent to these areas were collected and studied. Activities such as publications in peer reviewed venues and presenting research and creative activities at national and international forums were found to be good (quantitatively sufficient). However, the data showed that there was a lack of effort in applying for and securing both internal and external grants and contracts. Along the same line, there was a need to improve on multidisciplinary research and grants efforts as the School is well positioned to take advantage of these opportunities because of its multidisciplinary nature. 

 

Evidence of Progress:

• External grant applications have grown from 32 submissions in 2006-07 to 44 in 2007-08 and total research expenditure has grown to over $1.2M.  Scholarly publications have also steadily improved.
  
• Teams led by School of Informatics faculty received two Signature Center awards – the Android Science Center (Karl MacDorman) and Translational Bioinformatics Center (Jake Chen). Prof. Tony Faiola is a key contributor on the TASI Signature Center in the School of E&T.
  
• The research activities in the School are highly multidisciplinary and hence there are significant collaborations with the IUPUI and Indianapolis communities. Faculty collaborate with the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Engineering, Science (Computer & Information Science), the Regenstrief Institute, VA Health Center and the Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, among others.

Activities planned for :

• Identify 2-3 major collaborative research initiatives:  possible areas include Translational Health; Android Science; Health Communication; and Personalized Medicine.
• Develop undergraduate research opportunities program through IRI and UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program).
• Seek again to have at least 80% of the faculty submitting grant proposals for the year with at least a 30% success (award) rate.
• Have 50% of Graduate students funded by faculty research support.

Actions taken for :

• Four “Grant Chat” sessions were held to make faculty aware of grants and contract opportunities, collaborative project opportunities, and to discuss campus priorities and internal funding opportunities.

• Research infrastructure, especially additional laboratory space, was created to support and expand research in the School.

Evidence of Progress:

• Grant chats continue
• Laboratory space in use

Activities planned for :

• Establish an effective mentoring mechanism for faculty to submit successful grant proposals and grant pre-submission review process.

Actions taken for :

• Full administrative support for pre- and post award mechanisms were put in place.
• A research seminar series was started to connect faculty with outside leaders and to promote external collaborations.

 

Evidence of Progress:

• Administrative support has been identified and deployed

• Research seminars continue

Activities planned for :

Provide faculty with incentives for securing external funding, such as decreased teaching load, give back certain percentage of F&A to faculty awardee, public recognition, annual research awards.

Actions taken for :

Campus Planning Theme: Teaching and Learning, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, Best Practices, Campus Climate for Diversity

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Evidence of Progress:

Most of the units on the IUPUI and IUPUC campus are using the web based system to report the annual budgeting report to campus administration.

Activities planned for :

Most of the units on the IUPUI and IUPUC campus are using the web based system to report the annual budgeting report to campus administration.

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Nearly complete first draft is in the hands of an IU Press editor. This manuscript is near completion. Additional historic materials were discovered that were incorporated into the book.

Evidence of Progress:

In October 2006, ConocoPhillips provided a grant of $10,800 for subvention.

All materials were delivered to IU Press by the November 15, 2006 deadline. The book is in production and is scheduled to be released in November 2007.

"Long Journey Home: Oral Histories of Contemporary Delaware Indians" was award first place for nonfiction books by the Society for Professional Journalists.

The editors, James Brown and Rita Kohn, were interviewed by three public radio stations. The editors were guests on the Hoosier History show moderated by Nelson Price.

One magazine article has been published in Traces, a magazine of the Indiana Historical Society.

Brown´s photographs have been used to illustrate an article in a cultural journal.

Activities planned for :

Finish writing, layout and photographs.

The finished manuscript has been accepted by IU Press. However, the press has only agreed to publish black and white photographs in one signature. We, and the subjects of the book, want color photographs to appear with each person´s chapter. To accomplish this goal, we need to raise $15,000 in subvention. We have raised approximately $5,000.

Actions taken for :

Instructors for the three sections of J100 worked from a common web site and syllabus for spring and fall semesters 2008.

Evidence of Progress:

http://j100.journalism.iupui.edu

Activities planned for :

Continue this process for J100 and for other lower division courses.

Actions taken for :

Dean Hamm recruited Pam Laucella whose speciality is sports journalism and assigned her to IUPUI.

Dean Hamm recruited Tim Franklin, editor of the Baltimore Sun, and assigned him to develop the sports program at IUPUI.

Evidence of Progress:

Laucell and Franklin are here.

Activities planned for :

Actions taken for :

We interviewed people from our Bloomington program for advice on structuring our program. There were many faculty meetings to define our program. This program will be our honors program.

Evidence of Progress:

Twenty students in the program for fall semester 2009.

Activities planned for :

Applications will be received spring semester 2009.

Actions taken for :

In the spring of 2008, the faculty decided to promote multimedia skills in the curriculum. We decided that all students should have their own camera(s) capable of shooting both still pictures and video, a digital voice recorder, and a tripod.

A web site was developed that explained both the philosophy and requirements.

The new equipment requirement was widely publicized in the school´s publications.

Jim Brown facilitated a cooperative sales arrangement between the on-campus Barnes and Noble and Robert´s Imaging so that the basic equipment could be stocked at the bookstore as a convenience to students.

Evidence of Progress:

http://www.journalism.iupui.edu/Information/multimedia.php

Activities planned for :

The j210 Introduction to Visual Communication class taught by Jim Brown in spring 2009 will be the first to have students supply their own equipment.

Actions taken for :

1. Tenure-track hires had significant research accomplishments.

 

2. Continued to provide internal financial support for faculty research.

 

3. We continued to support an active Kelley Indianapolis Colloquium series.

 

4. The Kelley Accounting Faculty hosted the Big-10 Accounting Research Conference at the IUPUI Conference Center, with attendees from Indiana (Kelley Bloomington and Kelley Indianapolis), Purdue, Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan State, and Ohio State. 

Evidence of Progress:

1. Number And Quality of Publications in Top Research Journals.

• 2007A/A- publications per the Kelley School     list: 10
• 2006A/A- publications per the Kelley School     list: 15
• 2005A/A- publications per the Kelley School     list: 11
• 2004A/A- publications per the Kelley School     list: 14

 

2. Participation in Kelley School Competitive Summer Research Grant Process.

 

The Kelley School has a competitive summer research grant process in which faculty from both Bloomington and Indianapolis compete.

• 2008 Summer research grants received: 10     (with an additional 2 faculty qualifying but who received research support     from other sources). 
• 2007 Summer research grants received: 11
• 2006 Summer research grants received: 10
• 2005 Summer research grants received: 7

 

 

3. Research Colloquium Presentations.

 

The Kelley Research Colloquium is an interdisciplinary colloquium where scholars from Kelley and other universities present and discuss their current research. 

• 2007-08: 5
• 2006-07: 6
• 2005-06: 7
• 2004-05: 6

 

4. Recognition in Research Rankings

 

Kelley Indianapolis was ranked 53^rd in the world and 44^th in the U.S. in “Global Contests in the Production of Business Knowledge” (Long Range Planning, Mangematin and Baden).  Institutions were ranked based upon article counts, weighted by the citation impact rating of the journal in which each article appeared.  The authors considered 149 journals listed in the Thomson ISI database, encompassing 65,000 articles by more than 54,000 authors.  http://info.kelley.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8699.html 

 

5. Faculty Received Research Awards. 

• For his research     into backdating of stock options, Associate Professor Randy Heron received     the 2008 Jensen award for the best paper in the Journal of Financial Economics, and he was recognized as one     of the 2007 Academic Influencers by Business     Finance Magazine. 
• Professor Roger Schmenner received the 2008 outstanding     paper award for a 2007 publication by International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
• Professor Barbara Flynn (and coauthors) received the 2008 Decision     Sciences Institute’s Distinguished Paper award in the manufacturing     management and practice track.
• Professor Barbara Flynn (and coauthors) received the 2008 Decision     Sciences Institute’s Distinguished Paper award in the supply chain     management track. 
• Professor Barbara Flynn (and coauthors) received the 2007 Chan Hahn Best Paper Award from     the Operations Management Division of the Academy of Management. 
• Assistant Professor Sue Mantel and Associate Professor Mohan Tatikonda     in August 2007 received the Journal     of Operations Management     Best Paper Award for 2006.
• Professor Marjorie Lyles (and coauthor) received in 2007 the award for     the Journal of International     Business Decade Award Paper.     
• Associate Professor Todd Saxton (and     coauthors) received     the 2008 Stevens Institute Best Paper     Award at the Babson College Entrepreneurship     Research Conference for his 2007 paper on Corporate     Entrepreneurship.

 

 

6. Active Extramural Grants.

• National     Institutes of Health (NIH) Research GrantTitle: "A Marketing Concept     Test of Vaginal Microbicide Acceptability for STD-HIV Prevention Among     High-Risk Adolescents."  Investigators:      Dennis Fortenberry (PI), Gregory Zimet, Dena Cox, and Anthony D.Cox.  Budget $1.2 million, over four years
• National     Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Grant Application Title: "HIV     Testing and Women´s Attitudes on HIV Vaccine Trials."       Investigators: Gregory Zimet (PI), Anthony D. Cox, Dena Cox, Rose Fife,     Kenneth Fife, and Rose Mays (all of Indiana University). Budget: $2.3     million, over five years.

 

7. Faculty Made Keynote Addresses at Academic Conferences

 

• Professor Marjorie     Lyles made keynote addresses at two academic conferences. 
• “All supply chains don’t flow through:  Issues with Product Recalls in China,”      International Association of Chinese Research and Management, Guangzhou,      P.R.C., June 2008.
• “Alliance Research:  The Importance of Partnering and      Knowledge Development, International Association of Chinese Research and      Management, Guangzhou, P.R.C., June 2008.
• Professor Barbara     Flynn made the keynote address at the International Conference on     Supply Chain and Operations Management, Taipei, Taiwan, July 31,     2008.  “Operations Process     Capabilities:  Defining the Constructs, Measuring the Artifacts”

 

8. Media Exposure

 

Number of times that Kelley Indianapolis faculty were quoted in the media as faculty experts in their discipline. 

• 2007-2008:  over 100 times

Activities planned for :

1. Continue pursuit of funding for the Crossroads Center for global Supply Chain, which will have a significant research component.

2. Continue to emphasize our interdisciplinary Research Colloquium.

3. Provide additional incremental internal funds to support faculty research.

4. Continue to pursue funding for Faculty Fellowships and Chairs to support faculty research.

5. Support faculty sabbaticals to enhance research. 

Actions taken for :

Supported faculty research and professional development; and encouraged grant applications.

Evidence of Progress:

Paper presentations by faculty at refereed conferences increased dramatically. Book published by IUN Professor.  Book to be published by IUB faculty member.  A number of articles published, and in the pipline for publication by our faculty.  A number of small grants received by faculty.

Activities planned for :

Continue to support faculty research and professional development, budget permitting.

Actions taken for :

Growth in contracted research occurred.  Forms taken: Web-site development, CD-ROM, software program, position papers, reference book, data inquiries, data collection and analysis.

Evidence of Progress:

Reputational effect developing due to successful applied research.  Leading to increase in requests for research.

Activities planned for :

Expand contracted research.  Examine the possibility of receiving larger grants through our research center at IUB.

Actions taken for :

For the last several years, after all sections of our American Bar Association ("ABA") Annual Questionnaire have been completed, law school administrators have met to discuss any problem areas and review all data before the report is officially submitted.

Evidence of Progress:

In the most recent U.S. News Law Schools Survey, our law school jumped 17 points in the rankings to become the 68th law school from the top in the U.S.  We expect to do as well, if not better, in the survey that will be published in the spring of 2009.

Activities planned for :

The committee of administrators will continue to meet periodically to review the information prepared for submission to the ABA for the annual questionnaire.  This submission forms the basis for the U.S. News & World Report questionnaire, which has ranked law schools in a report published every spring since 1994.

Actions taken for :

Summer research grants to support faculty research have been provided to faculty for the last several years and we continue to grant a large number each summer.

A modest bonus scheme continues to reward faculty research productivity.

Evidence of Progress:

With our budget deficit firmly behind us, we were able to increase staff and faculty salaries for 2008-09.

We will be seeking to recruit six new faculty members in the fall of 2008:  five regular faculty members  and one clinical professor.

 

Activities planned for :

When recruiting new faculty, we also intend to bear in mind Executive Vice Chancellor Sukhatme´s SRUF program to have an even more diverse faculty at the law school.

Actions taken for :

Marketing of program in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America.

Development of LL.M. brochure.

Development of contacts at major institutions worldwide.

Evidence of Progress:

As reported last year, we received a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to operate the U.S. Master of Laws (LL.M.) Program at two universities in Egypt:  Alexandria University and Cairo University.  The degree track chosen is in International and Comparative Law.  Classes began early in 2008 for approximately 25 students at each of the two campuses, which target graduates of the four-year bachelor of laws programs at the universities, along with practicing attorneys and judges in Egypt.  Graduates of the program are anticipated to play a significant role in on-going efforts to improve Egypt’s economy and legal system.  Ours is the only U.S. law school to offer a graduate law degree program in the Middle East.

Activities planned for :

Continue marketing as above.

Actions taken for :

In process: The IU School of Liberal Arts has been actively supporting the University’s life and health sciences initiative in two ways: through teaching and learning to enable undergraduates to pursue further education and careers in the life and health sciences; through the continuation and development of interdisciplinary research projects that are focused on the life and health sciences; through centers that emphasize the impact of life and health sciences issues worldwide as the example of the School’s Consortium of Global Health Communication Research and Resources illustrates.

The IU School of Liberal Arts has supported research endeavors that have strong applied components, ranging from the publication of scholarly editions of major American writers to analyses of environmental policies that regulate the use and distribution of water in North American and Europe, in addition to health-related issues such as the economic impact of obesity, health insurance, and health communication in relation to diabetes and patient compliance.

Evidence of Progress:

One key niche for the IU School of Liberal Arts involves life and health sciences. This focus is reflected in the research interests of the faculty—new as well as long-standing—and the curriculum, as is especially manifest in several of the School’s graduate programs, particularly efforts to design and implement PhD programs in Health Economics and Medical Sociology.

Activities planned for :

In process: Continuation of the direction and initiatives described above.

Actions taken for :

The IU School of Liberal Arts, through the Office of the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and the Office of Development and External Affairs, continues to support grants development.

Evidence of Progress:

Breakdown of external funding (2005-2008):