H. Catherine Miller, EdD, RN, CNE Interim Dean April 1 st , 2015
H. Catherine Miller, EdD, RN, CNEInterim DeanApril 1st, 2015
Special Thanks To:Janeen Mollenhauer, MS, LCPC,
Assistant Dean, Office of Student & Faculty Services
Caroline Mallory, PhD, RN, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs
Dianne Clemens, MSN, RN, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs
Diane Folken,Director, Business and Finance
Amy Irving, Director, Public Relations
Chris Morgan, Director, Technology
Heather Winfrey-Richman, Academics Special Projects Manager
Fiscal Year 2015 Review
2013-2018 MCN Strategic Map
2013-2018 Educating Illinois Goal 1:
Ensure Academic and Health Care Excellence
Goal 2:Advance Research
and Scholarship Impact
Goal 3:Grow Strategic Partnerships
Goal 4:Promote Faculty
and Staff Excellence
Goal 5:Sustain Resources
Aligned with Strategic Priorities
Provide a supportive and student-centered educational experience for high-achieving, diverse, and motivated students that promotes their success.
X X X X
Provide rigorous, innovative, and high-impact undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare students to excel in a globally competitive, culturally diverse, and changing environment.
X X X
Foster an engaged community and enhance the University’s outreach and partnerships both internally and externally.
X X X X
Enhance institutional effectiveness by strengthening the organizational operation and enhancing resource development.
X X
Alignment of Mennonite College of Nursing Goals and Educating Illinois Priorities
Accomplishments
• Fiscal Year 2015 was filled with change but Mennonite College of Nursing has remained strong, productive and steadfast in its mission to:
– Prepare outstanding nurses leaders and advocates in an uncertain environment
Challenges
• Staffing shifts• High quality outcomes• Increased competition
• Faculty shortage• Clinical site
availability• Succession
planning• Limited physical
space
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
Headcount Enrollment In All Programs
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015Undergraduate Program
Direct Admit N/A 155 242 352External Transfer N/A N/A 39 68Prelicensure (previous plan of study)
232 277 231 93
RN-BSN 25 25 33 49Accelerated 18 13 17 20
Total Undergraduate 275 470 562 550Graduate Program
Master’s 65 76 63 79PhD 18 22 24 28DNP 0 0 11 16
Total Graduate 83 98 98 123College Total
358 568 660 705
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Undergraduate(Direct Admissions)– Applications – 1350 – Admissions – 305 – Enrolled – 135
• RN-BSN– Applications - 61– Admissions - 47– Enrolled
• Fall – 24• Spring – 17
– First cohort
• DNP– Applications – 12 – Admitted – 11 – Enrolled – 8
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
Graduations/Degree By Program
2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015
B.S. in Nursing
139 127 165 186
M.S. in Nursing
23 24 25 23
PhD in Nursing
N/A 2 5 4
Total 162 153 195 213
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
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120%
Retention Rates
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
70%
75%
80%
85%
90%
95%
100%
2011 2012 2013 2014
Undergraduate NCLEX Pass Rates
MCN Pass RateIllinois Pass RateNational Pass Rate
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
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20%
40%
60%
80%
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2011 2012 2013 2014
FNP Certification Pass Rates
MCN Pass RateNational Pass Rate
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• 2 Bone Scholars• 1 M.J. Scholarship
• 6 Presidential Scholars• 1 University Scholar
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Student Success Plan
• PROUD– 92 members in
Spring 2015– Retention rates
steadily increasing• 2013 – 93%• 2014 – 95%• 2015 – 98%
• America’s Promise– Preparations for
expansion• 20 schools in Fall
2015
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Student Nurses Association (SNA)– Registered Student Organization
(RSO)– Support leadership development
• By law changes• Numerous community
activities
• Men Are Excellent Nurses (MEN)– Supporting a minority
population in nursing• 22 members
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care ExcellenceClinical & Lab Site Placements
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2014-2015
Lab Sections 19 21 25 33
Clinical Sections
126 132 154 169
Total # Sections
145 153 179 200
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Simulation integration– Over 409 individual
simulations per semester
– Over 830 per year
• Full year of Psychomotor Nursing Skills Course complete– Continued
assessment and evaluation
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• US News and World Reports
• Best Online Nursing Program
• Support On-line Education– DART program for
faculty teaching on-line courses
– Quality Matters certification for the RN-BSN program
Goal 2 – Strengthen And Focus Research Capacity
• Cancer Care Initiative– Reporting Phase
• McLean County Health Department– Influenza Study
• Nursing Simulation Lab– Electronic Health
Records• Research Colloquium
– Doctoral students– Faculty
• Midwest Nursing Research Society– Faculty and students
(undergraduate and graduate) participation
Goal 2 – Strengthen And Focus Research Capacity
• 2 Textbooks
• 4 Externally Funded Grants– 3 Funded
• 3 University Research Grants submitted– 2 Funded
Goal 2 – Strengthen And Focus Research Capacity
• 20 peer-reviewed / refereed articles– 1.25 per T/TT faculty
member• 36 peer-reviewed
presentations at regional, national and international conferences– 2.25 T/TT faculty
member
Goal 2 – Strengthen And Focus Research Capacity
• Development of IRB protocol processes– 25 reviews MCN reviews
• Statistical consulting services– 38 consultation sessions
• Internal peer-review system for grant peer-reviews– Fall 2014
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Committee involvement– 88% NTT serve on a
college committee
– 95% of T/TT faculty serve on a college committee
– 49% T/TT and NTT serve on a University committee
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Transcultural opportunities and partnerships– Identify plan of study
for travel abroad early
– Brazil– England– Russia– Texas
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Over 175 active Affiliated Agreements
• RN – BSN Collaboration with Community Colleges
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Interdisciplinary education– Communication Sciences
and Disorders– Family and Consumer
Science– Kinesiology and
Recreation– Theatre and Dance
• Collaborative exploration
• Innovative Clinical education model– America’s Promise School
Project (APSP)
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Nursing Simulation Lab provides Continuing Educational Support for:– School Nurses (America Promise School
Project)– Bloomington Eye Institute– Long term care nurses– Student Health Services
Goal 3 – Build Strategic Partnerships
• Alumni and donor visits– Chicago, Peoria, Ohio, Florida, Arizona
• December – MCN December
Update for Alumni and Donors
• Alumni Awards– Alumni Banquet - April 25, 2015
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
MCN Faculty / Staff Headcount
2011 -2012
2012 -2013
2013 -2014
2014 -2015
Tenured or Tenure Track (full time)
16 16 18 19
Non-Tenure Track (full time)
17 17 17 19
Non-Tenure Track(part time )
28 37 38 53
Staff (full time) 15 15 18 19
Total 76 85 91 120
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
• 21 Faculty & Staff Received Awards– Fellows – National and State levels
Illinois Board of Higher Education American Academy of Nursing Academy of Emergency Nursing Illinois Organization of Nurse Leaders
– Appointments to state and national organizational boards– University Service Initiative Award– Meridean Maas Faculty Research– Teaching Awards– Founder’s Day bell ringers– Midwest Nursing Research Society Outstanding
Researcher– Mennonite Nurses Alumni Organization
Distinguished Alumni– YWCA’s Women of Distinction
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
• Succession planning• ASPT guideline revisions• College Council By-laws revisions• Faculty and Staff development
– Development Day• August and January
– Clinical Best Practices Workshop• August
– Plan for College Assessment Day• January
– PROUD Events– CTLT Events
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
• Faculty changes
– 2 Tenure Track faculty searches in progress
– 2 Sabbaticals• 1 Fall 2014• 1 Spring 2015
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
• Nursing Simulation Lab staff changes– Director of Nursing Simulation– Coordinator of Simulation – Simulation Technology Associate
• Technology changes– MCN, Director of Technology– Graduate Assistant for technology
• Administrative Changes– Dean → Interim Provost → Provost– Associate Dean → Acting Dean → Interim Dean– Administrative Planning Council members
assumed new responsibilities
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
• Committee resource requests
• Assessment of personnel and operating funds
• Full Cost Recovery Model– RN-BSN– DNP
• Student scholarships – 72 Student
scholarships– Totaling $110,622
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
• Planned giving gifts– 8 new scholarships
• 2 endowed• 6 restricted
• Capital campaign– Preliminary
discussions– Prioritization
activities• Technology support
– Computer rotation
• Physical facilities– A new front door
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
• Baby SIM– Replacement of 8
year old infant mannequin
– $52,000
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
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$500,000
$1,000,000
$1,500,000
$2,000,000
$2,500,000
2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Gifts
Fiscal Year 2016 Preview
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Target marketing and recruitment efforts
• Career placement pilot– Provost initiative
• Non-traditional clinical sites – Innovative delivery– Increased weekend clinical
sections
• CCNE Accreditation– DNP - Fall 2015– All Programs - Spring 2017
Goal 1 – Optimize Academic and Health Care Excellence
• Faculty development– DART courses– Quality Matters
certification
• Program revisions– Graduate Program
outcomes and course objectives revisions
• Strategic Planning– Nursing Simulation
Lab– Research /
Scholarship– Marketing and
recruitment
Goal 2 – Strengthen And Focus Research Capacity
• Evaluate SharePoint– Grant submissions – Internal peer review
system
• Support– Research interest
groups– Research awards and
student research
Goal 3 – Grow Strategic Partnerships
• Community partners• Faculty and staff
involvement • University global
studies requirement• Transcultural travel of
faculty/staff• Alumni events and
visits
Goal 4 – Foster Faculty and Staff Excellence
• Fiscal Year 2016 searches– 4 TT replacement positions
• Succession planning
• Sabbaticals– 2 approved
• Professional goal development
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
• GA efficiencies• IT Audit
recommendations• Nursing Simulation Lab
needs• Planned giving
• SharePoint and Digital Measures training
• Strategic priorities
Goal 5 – Align Resources with Strategic Priorities
• Build sustainable capacity
• Campus Solutions data management
• Strategy and Planning Council
Strategic Budget Carryover• NSL Education Management Systems
– 2 years
• Course reallocations – variances
• Marketing and recruitment– Google Ads
• Graduate assistants, student workers
Provost Enhancement Funds• Replacement costs
– 6 Tenure Track faculty
• Clinical Laboratory Simulation Specialist– Full time
• Academic Enhancement Coordinator– Part time
• Career Placement/Internship Coordinator– Part time
A heartfelt thank you to all of the Mennonite College of Nursing faculty, staff and students for
making our college such a wonderful place to
learn and teach