2008-09Budget Forum Charles W. Sorensen Chancellor UW-Stout.

2008-09Budget Forum

Charles W. Sorensen

Chancellor

UW-Stout

Today’s Agenda

State Budget

2008-09 Funding Allocations

Fall 2007 Listening Session

Action Plans/Accomplishments

2008 Stakeholder Visioning Session

Questions / Comments

State BudgetState of the State Address

• America’s economy is slowing and WI will need to make cuts

• Initiatives: • Grow Wisconsin• Creating renewable energy• Making health care affordable• Investing in quality education

NanoSTEM DIN

– $1.1 Million and 9 positions

– Nanotechnology: 1 faculty, 1 technical instrumentation specialist

– Computer and Electrical Engineering: 2 faculty

– Polymer Engineering: 3 faculty

– Biotechnology: 2 faculty

Teacher Education DIN

– $174,400

– 1 instructional staff,1 recruiter/advisor, LTE funding

Faculty recruitment and retention funds

State Budget DINs

Jarvis

– Received approval for additional funding of

$8.1 million for a total of $43.2 million

– Bid date in April 2008

– Construction to start in June 2008

– Anticipated completion in August 2010

Harvey- Theater Renovation

– $5.1 million

– A/E selection anticipated in Spring 2008

– It is a renovation project, not a restoration project

State Budget Capital Projects

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated in Fall 2006

Curricular Incubation Center ($40,000)

Prepare students for a Global Society

– Site Development Funds ($12,500)

Internal Communication

– University Writer ($16,700)

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated in Fall 2006, cont.

Polytechnic Marketing

Budget Actions:

– Marketing Initiatives ($150,000)

– State and Federal Relations Director ($28,953 base)

– Honor’s Program ($98,956 base, $4,500 one-time)

• Goals: double the size of the program over the next 5 years; increase graduation rates; and revise the Honors Program and curriculum, increasing the number of honors courses

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated Prior to Fall 2006

First Year Experience

Peer Mentor Program, Professional Development, Faculty Grants ($64,800)

FYE Coordinator (fill-behind funding) ($21,733)

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Priorities Initiated Prior to Fall 2006

Enrollment Mgmt

Writing Lab ($49,650)

Admissions Staff, LTE, S&E ($88,202 base)

Financial Aid LTE ($29,250 base)

Registration & Records ($128,000 base)

Ad hoc hires ($750,000)

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Information Technology

Information Technology

Content Management System Maintenance ($6,300 base)

Imaging ($2,000 base, $25,000 one-time)

Commons Systems ($511,000)

PeopleSoft Conversion ($928,000)

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Access to Learning

Graduate assistantships

Lab technicians and extending open lab hours

Discipline-specific tutoring & writing center

Supplemental instruction program

Special course fees

Library support

Child and Family Study Center: staff, cost reduction for students, learning materials

Co-op program

Student research fund

Graduate student research assistance

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Student Tech Fee

Keyserver Software

Computer-based testing

RosettaStone Project

Online codes for Math/Statistics

Wireless upgrades

D2L

Sound and lighting systems for Student Center

Software licenses

Servers

Student support for Help Desk and Micheels Hall

2008-09 Funding Allocations: Other Funded Priorities

Lab mod

– Biotech Cell and Molecular Biology Lab ($40,385)

– Golf Enterprise Management ($29,076)

– ECE/FCSE/Art Education ($30,673)

– Generally Assigned Classrooms ($50,000)

– Preschool (CFSC) ($4,900)

– Psychology/Psychophysiological Facilities ($118,450)

– Food Production Lab ($25,000)

– Visual Resources Center ($11,425)

– Rendezvous ($2,410)

Work study proposal: Jumpstart program ($30,000)

Focus 2010 Goals

1. Prepare alumni for success.

2. Create a learning community that supports and encourages the engagement of its members in active learning.

3. Achieve national leadership and excellence in educating students in the theory and application of a broad range of technologies.

4. Strengthen the on-campus organization by focusing on UW-Stout’s unique mission within the UW System.

5. Create a school outside a school enterprise that serves learners statewide, nationally, and internationally.

Listening Session Topical Areas

Program AlignmentProgram Alignment What’s Next in Information What’s Next in Information Technology?Technology?

Enrollment ManagementEnrollment Management Polytechnic MarketingPolytechnic Marketing

Listening SessionAction Plans/Accomp. (selected)

Implement workflow processing and digital signatures through the ImageNow Sunflower Document Management Suite.

Examine existing parking policies and practices and develop a plan to improve satisfaction with parking services.

Implementation of American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment

Ask governance to consider the requirement of a minimum of a one Cooperative Education experience for all undergraduate academic programs.

Create an office or center for diversity

Continue funding Curricular Incubation and New Program Development Projects.

Develop multicultural student scholarships

Stakeholder Visioning Summer 2008

Foundation Board

UW System Officers

Industry

Board of Regents

Cooperative EducationService Agency

Economic Development Specialists

County and City Administrator

State Dept of Public Instruction

Unions

Legislators

University Administrators

Technical CollegesK-12 Schools

Faculty Staff and Students

Thank you for your input!

Questions? Comments?