1. Transformational Change at
Idaho State University
Fall 2010

2. Transforming Campus
Accreditation
NWCCU reaffirmed ISU’s accreditation
Three commendations
Rendezvous Complex
Enterprise Resource Planning System
Providing students with financial
support despite poor economy

3. Transforming Campus
Campus Restructure
New Division of Health
Sciences
New College of Science and
Engineering
New College of Arts and
Letters
New Student Success Center
Student Affairs Structure
Streamlined

4. Transforming Campus
Campus Restructure
New leadership in place
Realistic budgets set for new units
Strategic planning underway

5. Transforming
University Finances
Significant cost reductions achieved
Stable financial operations
Improved financial reserves posture
Significantly improved debt service
coverage
Athletics
Deficit erased
Positive operations restored and maintained
Continued successful annual audits
Bond ratings sound
University Business Officers fully
deployed

6. Headcount: End of Term
16,000
15575
15,500
15,000
14544
14,500
14195
14,000 14163
13,500
13,000
Fall 2006 Fall 2007 Fall 2008 Fall 2009

7. Transforming Campus
Enhanced Recruitment Efforts
2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010
10,000 313,729 Students exposed to ISU
60 98 Idaho high schools visited
4,000 6,230 Inquiries from Idaho students
15 in 3 states 39 in 9 states College fairs
483 1,550 Individual campus tours
Recruiting better qualified students

8. Transforming Campus
Graduate Student Comparison
Highest number of FTE graduate students in the state
Fall 2009 10th Day Data
University of Idaho 1,114
Idaho State University 1,270
Boise State University 1,149
1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 1250 1300

9. Transforming Campus
Availability and Access to Classes
Priority enrollment process
Opens up classes for paying students
Helps identify need for additional class sessions
Additional 24 sections in
Arts and Letters and 17
sections in Science and
Engineering have been
added to ensure access

10. Transforming Campus
University Housing
Turner Hall and Rendezvous at capacity
FY’11 apartment occupancy at 92%
Overall residence hall occupancy up 20%
from FY’09
Creating greater opportunities to expand
Living-Learning Communities and
advance student success rates.

11. Transforming Campus
Status of ERP Project
All 8 core business functions completed on
schedule
Completed on budget
Presented the IT Project Management Award
by The Information Technology Resource Management Council
(a body within the Idaho State Department of Administration)
Project will continue over
the next two years

12. Transformative
National Rankings
PhD in Clinical Psychology ranked 1st
nationally (Psychological Reports)
Counseling program tied for 13th in nation by
U.S. News and World Report (April 2010)
ISU ranked fifth-safest campus in the U.S.
(Daily Beast)

13. Transforming Students
Student Success Center
One-stop shopping for academic support
services:
University Honors Program
Academic Advising
University tutoring
TRiO
ADA Resource Center
Native American
Academic Studies
Student Athlete Academic Support

14. Transforming Students
Veterans’ Sanctuary
150% increase in veteran students at ISU
325 veterans in 2009…813 veterans in 2010
“One stop shopping” approach
National citations from The
American Legion and VFW
Support ISU National Guard
students being deployed in
mid September

15. Transforming Students
Student Recreation Center
Approved by students in 2004
$7M cost paid by students
Operation costs shared by
faculty/staff through membership
fees
32,000 square feet of additional
space
Includes weights, fitness
machines, multi-purpose room
and personal training
Key to recruitment and retention

16. Transformative Research
External Funding
27% increase in external funding in FY’10, to
$36,658,131
70% is federal funding
17% increase in industry funding
More than 20 active industry projects, including:
AREVA
Battelle Energy Alliance
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Monsanto
Portneuf Regional Medical Center
Premier Technology, Inc.

17. Transformative Research
2010 Fulbright Awards
Alan Johnson
(Professor, English)
Teach and study at University of Mumbai,
India
Dr. Jennifer Attebery
(Professor, English)
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American
Studies at Uppsala University, Sweden
Bethany Hundley
(Master’s Student, Deaf Education)
Study deaf and deaf literacy in Nepal

18. Transformative Research
Energy Research
DOE Nuclear Energy
University Program
(NEUP) grants
ISU received of 3 of the 42
grants awarded in the U.S.
NRC laboratory
equipment grant
New joint faculty hire with
the INL

19. Transformative Research
Health Research
Family Medicine Clinical
Research Center
Multiple, ongoing clinical trials
NIH funded faculty doubled in the
past year
Medical isotope production
project
2 new DOE grants totaling $925,000
Patent in progress

20. Transformative Research
Environmental Research
Professor Dan Ames
Developed MapWindow GIS software
Downloaded by 250,000 users in 40 countries
2010 Early Career Research Excellence Awardee, International
Environmental Modeling Software Society National award

21. Transformative Research
Social Science Research
$1.7M National Science
Foundation Grant:
Interdisciplinary: history,
geoscience, computer
science, mathematics
Principal Investigator:
Jack Owens, History
International collaborators

22. Transformative Research
Social Science Research
Minerals Management Service contract for
studying the impacts of oil disasters in Alaska
($339,000) (U.S. Department of the Interior)
NSF funding for an analysis of fisheries policy
($199,000)
NSF funding for Aleutian Island Biocomplexity
($1,390,000)

23. Transforming Communities
Total Instructional Alignment
Inaugurated Spring 2008
Collaborative partnership between:
ICEE
College of Education
21 southeast Idaho School Districts
Alignment of Idaho core academic K-12 standards
to classroom instruction and assessment
Novel team-based delivery model
Supported by the Idaho SBOE and Dell, Inc.
Student achievement increases through improved
teaching and learning in SE Idaho.

24. Transforming Communities
Memorandum of Agreement:
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
Formalizes relationship between ISU and Tribes
Develops services for Shoshone-Bannock students
and community
Focuses on recruitment and retention
Indigenous Nations Institute
President Arthur and Dr. Laura Vailas with Larry EchoHawk,
U.S. Department of Interior Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

25. Transformative Research
Mirador Basin

26. The Ultimate Goal of
Transformation