Academic Affairs and International Programs

ACADEMIC REPORT FOR 2006-2007

1. 2006-2007 Highlights a. Programmatic achievements

. Initiatives in support of student engagement and success

 Planned and coordinated a site visit by nationally acclaimed consultant, Tom Brown, that included nine workshops and sessions with involvement from every college (students, faculty, staff, and administrators) designed to promote increased satisfaction, achievement, and retention.  We received assessment reports from eight colleges and 51 departments/programs—100% involvement of undergraduate programs. Twenty-five percent of the departmental reports contained full cycle assessment (the standard for the upcoming year):  ELI increased number of courses, students, and conditionally admitted students (see metrics).  This is the 8th consecutive year that student use of the writing center has increased (see metrics).  The Academic Success Center and the CWL offered Supplemental Instruction for more than 410 students in Math 111 and 178 students in ZOO 332, and 333.  Academic Programs fostered communication and relationships between OSU and community colleges through improved articulation web pages, newsletter, listserv, and personal visits to promote efficient and accurate pathways for transferring students.  CAMP program completed its third year, with retention above OSU average, good GPA’s, and high retention of students from years one and two (should produce a high graduation rate (see metrics).  Thirteen CAMP students participated in the AmeriCorps program. Students gave back to the community through their involvement in projects or sites such as: Lincoln and Garfield Elementary School, Linus Middle School, OSU Kaleidoscope, OSU SMILE Middle School Challenge, Día del Niño, Peace Jam, OSU Chicanito Tour, and Wildcat Playground Building Project.  Four CAMP students participated in the study abroad program in 2005-06. Six students will be in the study abroad program in 2006-07.  IRIIS website had 4,578 sessions, and IR website had about 20,000 visits /quarter  WIC awarded 20 Culture of Writing Awards to recognize excellence in undergraduate writing.  Army ROTC cadre developed a peer/cadre mentorship program to help further student success and inculcate counseling and leadership principles in our future leaders. This program helped reduce attrition and migration in the Army ROTC program this year (only three cadets voluntarily left the program), and helped raise the program's GPA. Dr. Ross has used this program as an example of a successful OSU-community mentorship initiative, and we will work with him and other groups to help spread similar efforts throughout the OSU community.  Eleven new study abroad programs/providers were approved by the SAAC and faculty senate. Currently, OSU offers 182 programs in over 50 countries.  Seventeen International Degree graduates; secured two $2500 ID scholarships from the Oregon Consular Corps.  Commissioned 38 officers into the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Maintained unit cumulative GPA of 3.3 versus an overall campus GPA of 3.0. Had 95.8% retention rate of scholarship students Freshman to Commissioning. Maximum student load of 118 students made up of scholarship and college program (non-scholarship).  Using gift funds, the second floor of the OSU Library reference area was remodeled to encourage and accommodate students for group learning. This includes moveable seating, re-wiring for better wireless access and bringing Media Services into the area in order to offer expertise to students for incorporating media into their projects.  The CTL Academy space in Milam 215 has become a showpiece that is impacting the way departments think about learning environments and has become a central location for faculty development programs offered by other areas. The room is also being used by Deans to motivate donors.  The CTL and TAC are bridging the gap between learning the functionality of technology and achieving student learning. Together, we have offered a workshop on assessment which combines the pedagogy of assessment with the use of Blackboard in conducting assessment online. We have also offered a well attended workshop led by Mary Burke and Kathy Greaves on the effective use of student response systems.  The BEST Summer Bridge Program was offered for a second time.  ASC and SAAS established Structured Study as a pilot program. Trained 45 Learning Strategists to provide intensive and directed learning assistance to 62 identified at-risk athletes. ASC is extending that model to the larger campus through the ALS study skills courses by offering an optional contract for directed learning assistance, particularly for students on Academic Probation or returning from suspension. We have revised the curriculum for ALS 116 and eliminated the special topics ALS 199 Passport class in order to accommodate this retention strategy.  The ASC continued to offer academic coaching to students at OSU. During July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, there were 330 success appointments held by seven Academic Coaches (formerly called Success Specialists) serving 211 different students.  Joe Hoff and Amy Nelson Green taught a course entitled “Globalization of Higher Education” for the CSSA program in spring term in the College of Education. Renee Stowell and Valerie Rosenberg participated as guest speakers.  Representatives from SAAS and ASC were selected for the NACADA/NCAA Academic Reform Institute in Colorado Springs, May 2007.  UESP staff members provide substantial support for the CSSA and Counseling graduate programs by providing internships and the attending supervision. Last year, advisors supervised 15 graduate students, most over a period of two terms.  Five UESP staff members taught either ALS 199 or ALS 114, serving 161 students. In addition, 133 of these students had mandatory one-on-one meetings with their instructors. This instruction coupled with 30 minute advising sessions demonstrates the high touch contact the UESP provides students. It is notable that the retention of UESP students for the 2006 cohort was 81.6%.

Major research/scholarship initiatives

 OSU Academic Advising was highlighted at the National NACADA conference, in an article for NACADA’s Academic Advising Today publication, and in a book chapter on Assessment of Academic Advising.  ELI had 8 scholarly presentations and 3 publications (see Appendix)  Dennis Bennett, Lisa Ede, and Wayne Robertson all attended and made presentations at the 2007 International Writing Centers Association Conference. Bennett and Robertson also presented at the 2007 Pacific Northwest Writing Center Conference.  Lisa Ede was part of a featured panel at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. She published an article and book chapter during the year, and her new textbook The Academic Writer: A Brief Guide is in production. The Academic Writer is Ede’s 2nd textbook and 6th book.  The OSU Press published Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests by John C. Tappeiner (OSU, Forest Resources), Douglas Maguire (OSU, Forest Science), and Timothy Harrington (PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service), the first book of its kind to focus on this specific region, incorporate the newest research findings, and explore changing social values. A valuable reference for professionals, policy makers, and students (it’s being used as a primary textbook at OSU and other major universities), this volume provides a basis for modern silviculture practices and contemporary management of western forests.  The OSU Press published Forest of Time: A Century of Science at Wind River Experimental Forest by Margaret Herring (OSU, Extension and Experiment Station Communications) and Sarah Greene (PNW Research Station, USDA Forest Service). The book follows 100 years of forest science at Wind River and the generations of scientists—many affiliated with OSU’s College of Forestry—who studied the forest landscape.  OSU Libraries: Jane Nichols/Margaret Mellinger paper accepted by portal: Libraries and the Academy; Alison Bobal paper accepted by JMLA, Margaret Mellinger paper presented at ACRL conference; website by Laurie Bridges that was recognized by The Information Advisor as a best bet for 2007.  The number of requests from departments and faculty engaged in seeking grants relating to teaching and learning has doubled since last year. CTL services are written into specific grant proposals that have some aspect dealing with improving student learning in their respective areas. The support we provide these groups strengthen the proposals and in many cases (such as Biological and Ecological Engineering) result in both a grant and publications.  The DPD anthology, Teaching for Change, was published by Lexington Press. Edited by Jun Xing, Judith Li, Larry Roper, and Susan Shaw, the anthology contains chapters written by OSU DPD faculty members and faculty members from other institutions which have adopted the DPD model.  Susan Shaw, Roni Sue, Donna Champeau, and Bob Amico (St. Bonaventure University) presented a workshop on “Facilitating Curricular Change” at the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education in San Francisco in May.  Joe Hoff and Amy Nelson Green presented at the “Capstones of a Global Education” in Portland.  NAFSA Region I fall conference, October 2006, presentations by three IEO study abroad staff members (Renee Stowell, Jill Gutzler, Amy Nelson Green).  Dr. Saunders was asked by the editors of The Teaching Professor publication to present on the topic: Improving Teaching and Learning. This presentation took place in July 2007 and was well received. The seminar was broadcast across the nation.  IE3 Poster Session at NAFSA Annual Conference

Major outreach/engagement initiatives

 Met with Oregon congressional delegation aides in Washington, DC to discuss current issues of importance to international students and scholars and US students studying abroad.  ISFS CAP Coordinator, Marybeth Trevino, spent three days in Washington, DC, with representatives of the Saudi Arabian Educational Mission and also made visits to other embassies and sponsoring agencies.  Visited 12 community colleges in Oregon and Hawaii to coordinate articulation endeavors (course articulation, academic program advising guides, and direct transfer agreements); initiated an articulation newsletter to enhance and improve communication between OSU and its community college partners as well as within OSU with regard to the latest articulation related information.  Collected and submitted to OUS, feedback from academic disciplines regarding stated learning outcomes for the six major areas of OUS’s AAOT and hosted Karen Sprague (JBAC representative) in an open forum to solicit faculty input.  Resolved and wrote policy necessary for OSU’s implementation of ATLAS. These policies allow greater numbers of courses to articulate automatically making OSU more desirable to the searching student as compared to other OUS institutions. (Team included representatives from academic programs, enrollment management units, academic advisors, and teaching faculty.)  The ELI had over 250 conversation partners for ELI students, most of them OSU students. They had over 3600 meetings with students during the past year. We also had over 300 weekend host families for special programs groups. This provides an excellent way for OSU students and Corvallis community members to interact with international students, enhancing cross-cultural understanding on both sides.  ELI Alumni Newsletter (Rachel Powell and Michael Witbeck, eds.); mailed and emailed to 1500 ELI alumni.  Wayne Robertson and Dennis Bennett gave more than 50 short presentations across campus about the writing center. Also gave more than 35 hours of writing workshops on a variety of topics (resumes and cover letters, personal statements, basic expository essay writing, technical writing, etc.) to a variety of departments/units on campus including Animal Science, Mechanical Engineering, Exercise and Sports Science, the Pre-Med Club, Pharmacy, the International Degree Program, A Taste of College Program, etc.  Fifty-three community organizations and schools received information about CAMP. Some of the organizations we worked with are the Oregon Migrant Education Center, INROADS, OSHA, Upward Bound, etc.  CAMP gave numerous presentations to parents, schools, and community groups (see metrics).  WIC Director served on the planning team and co-hosted the first Oregon Information Literacy Conference to improve instruction in information literacy across state institutions.  OSU Press acquisitions editor Mary Elizabeth Braun did outreach and staffed an exhibit of OSU Press books at the 60th Annual Pacific Northwest History Conference in Tacoma, WA. The Press was also represented by staff, authors, and/or books a the following conferences and events: The Wildlife Society; North American Wildlife and Natural Resources; Western American History; Book Expo America; Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; Oregon Literary Coalition; Get Lit!; Greenbelt Land Trust; Oregon Historical Society Holiday Author Party; Eugene Library Author Fair; Multnomah County Library Writers Faire; Corvallis-Benton County Public Library Random Reviews; OSU College of Forestry Centennial; and University Day, among others.  Joe Hoff presented with Professors Chris Bell, Hua-Yu Li, and David Hannaway in February ’07 on the OSU engagement with Chinese universities and other Chinese organizations to the sub-committee on Higher Education of the Oregon State Legislature. Charlotte Moats-Gallagher prepared the presentation materials.  Marion McNamara organized a Webinar on the meaning of “Global Competency” open to the OSU community, attended by approximately 30 advisors and faculty from 10 different departments. The Webinar was held at the Center for Teaching and Learning in cooperation with Peter Saunders.  Worked with 3 departments, Biology, Animal Science and Environmental Science to develop “Curriculum Integration of Study Abroad” advising sheets highlighting departmental study abroad policies, suggestions for when to study abroad and recommended programs that contain coursework related to the 3 different majors.  Navy ROTC: Provided funeral detail to over 100 veteran funerals and provided a military detail for local Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day celebrations  OSU Libraries is using its digital collections as major outreach tools – websites produced in the library are: Oregon Explorer which includes: the Wildfire Risk portal allowing landowners to type in their zip code to learn about the risk of wild fires in their community; the three basin portals – Willamette; Umpqua and North Coast giving citizens and policy makers restoration information and, the soon to be developed, Land Use and Rural Oregon communities portals.  CTL: Presented a teaching and learning seminar in the Mechanical Engineering/Industrial & Mechanical Engineering departments in the College of Engineering. The audience included ME/IME faculty, staff, and graduate students, and faculty/staff, and graduate students from other College of Engineering departments. The attendance was 50+  CTL: Presented workshop to Cascade campus faculty on student learning styles and have been asked to present two workshops per academic year  Presidential delegation to China, Taiwan, and Thailand resulted in new relationships with educational and research institutions, and renewed relationships with OSU alumni.  VPAAIP and President joined Governor’s trade delegation to Japan, and took the opportunity to meet with student exchange partners and OSU alumni.

National/International impact of programs and initiatives

 ISFS partnered with Hong Kong City University to bring a student on a fully paid HKCU scholarship to participate in the ICSP program. HKCU officials hope to recreate this program at their institution.  OSU has received national recognition for its very large Saudi contingent; we were in the top 10 in number of Saudi students in the US this past year. The OPB/NPR broadcast received national airplay. The ELI has worked closely with other intensive English programs around the US in dealing with opportunities and issues arising from the Saudi students in our program.  ELI finished the Tunisia-Oregon Project after three years of highly successful interactions. The Tunisia Study Abroad program that came out of the Tunisia projects has expanded to enroll students from around the US.  The CWL is hosting this year’s International Writing Center Association’s Summer Institute. Sixty participants from across the United States as well as from four continents and eight countries will attend this week-long institute.  The CWL has now distributed more than 1600 copies of Writing Across Borders. This year, the film was favorably reviewed in major Rhetoric and Composition journals, including Composition Studies, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and The Writing Center Journal. It also was cited as the inspiration for a three-year research study funded by George Mason University which resulted in a publication titled Valuing Written Accents. This year, the film was presented at the international Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL) conference and the National Council of Teachers of English conference (NCTE). Writing Across Borders was positively reviewed in three national scholarly journals  WIC Director serves on the Board of the National Writing Across the Curriculum Network  The OSU Press generates favorable publicity for the University through news coverage, book awards, exhibits at conferences, and events featuring Press authors. In 2006-07, OSU Press books were featured in more than one hundred scholarly and general interest publications and venues, carrying the name of the University to thousands of readers across the country. They include Alaska Airlines Magazine, Bend Bulletin, Bloomsbury Review, Choice, East Oregonian, Forestry Source, Corvallis Gazette- Times, High Country News, Journal of American History, National Public Radio, The Oregonian, Orion, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, Portland Monthly, Powells.com, Publishers Weekly, The Register- Guard, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times, Statesman Journal, Western North American Naturalist, among others.  IEO arranged for human resource capacity training for 2 University of Nizwa, Oman staff members in collaboration with Rich Shintaku of the College of Education and Mary Rhodes in the Registrar’s office in November, 2006.  NROTC provided graduates into key Navy accession needs, particularly Naval Flight Officer and Nuclear Power Officer programs.  OSU Libraries: Both national and international scholars make heavy use of the digital copies of the papers and research notebooks of Linus Pauling.

Faculty recognition and awards

 Susan Shaw received an L. L. Stewart Faculty Development grant to take Becky Warner, Barbara Mason, and Loren Chavarria to the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ conference on “The Student as Scholar.” In the fall, this team will offer a workshop directed toward CLA faculty on utilizing undergraduate research in the DPD classroom.  OSU academic advising recognized by NACADA as an example of an “Exemplary Program” to be highlighted in the next edition of the Academic Advising—A Comprehensive Handbook, published by NACADA and recognized as THE authoritative source for advisors nationwide.  Eve Chambers and Michael Witbeck from the ELI were Senior English Language Fellows for the 2007-08 academic year in Turkey.  The OSU Press book Long Journey: Contemporary Northwest Poets, edited by David Biespiel (OSU, English), won the 2007 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award.  The OSU Press book The Grail by Brian Doyle was a 2006 Oregon Book Award finalist and winner of a 2007 Association of American University Presses Book, Jacket, and Journal Show award.  Three OSU Press titles were among the “Twenty Greatest Oregon Books of All Time” as selected by Portland Monthly magazine. And an Oregon Department of Tourism/Oregon Library Association list of two dozen recommended Oregon books featured eleven OSU Press titles.  Leanna Ott in IP received the Professional Faculty Leadership Association “Our Hero’s Award.”  Annuncia Escala received the International Service Award  Four OSU teaching faculty members were selected for teaching positions in AHA/NCSA programs (out of seven applicants).  NROTC: Outstanding Command Assessment Inspection  NROTC: Outstanding Naval Service Training Command Safety Inspection  One officer awarded Navy Commendation medal  AFROTC: Our Detachment received an overall "Excellent" rating on the recent formal Air Force inspection in March 2007. These inspections occur on a 3-year cycle.  University Archivist, Larry Landis received the Oregon Heritage Excellence award recognizing his work to preserve the historical records of Oregon.  OSU Press interim director Tom Booth was appointed to the Editorial Advisory Board for the Oregon Council for the Humanities.

Student recognition and awards

 Ruander Cardenas, Costa Rica. Undergraduate in Engineering and ICSP student. Selected as one of 10 semi-finalists invited to participate in Engineering “I-Show” (Innovation Showcase) in Seattle.  Sara Haidar, Lebanon. Pre-Med and ICSP student. Selected as an alternate for Yale Medical School. (It is extremely difficult for an international student to be selected for medical school in the US).  Parvathy Binoy, India, Undergraduate in Political Science and International Relations. 2006-07 recipient of Clara Simerville Award for International Education.  Rachael Weber was part of a presentation team that received a “Best of Region” presentation award for a NAFSA session on Generational Difference in the Work Place. The team also presented their session at the NAFSA national conference.  Several articles about ELI students appeared in the Gazette-Times and the Daily Barometer (see list under Articles below).  At least three ELI conversants were accepted into the Peace Corps this spring and at least two conversants are currently serving. Two of our conversants got accepted to the nursing program at Johns Hopkins (the ELI did letters of recommendation for both). One student is a former Peace Corps volunteer who collected medical supplies and made a trip to Africa over winter break to bring supplies to a clinic that had nothing (they were washing out gauze and reusing, washing rubber gloves and hanging them on barbed wire fencing to dry and then reuse them).  Megan Wolf of the CWL received a prestigious internship with NASA’s Space Medicine Program during Summer and Fall terms of 2006.  Armando Gutierrez – Year 3 CAMP student received the Waldo Cummings Freshman Award.  The Cadet Ranger Challenge team (an Army ROTC "varsity" sport), won the northwest competition for the third consecutive year.  Ten Army ROTC cadets were selected for and successfully completed either Airborne School at Fort Benning, GA or Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, KY.  ID student Kelsey Edwardsen was recognized in the May ‘ 07 Research Office newsletter. She will be entering a Masters of Philosophy of Engineering for Sustainable Development, at the University of Cambridge, UK in fall ’07.  NROTC: Two unit members awarded Military Outstanding Volunteer Award for service to a variety of local charities.  NROTC: 35% of students earned Honor Roll in each term during the 2006-2007 school year.  First place overall in Northwest Navy sports and drill competition against the NROTC programs of the Universities of Washington, Idaho, and Utah.  Our Arnold Air Society Squadron (a national honors and community service organization comprised of Air Force ROTC cadets) won multiple awards including "Best Civic Programs" in the nation for all of Air Force ROTC for the 2nd consecutive year (#1 of 141 units). Our cadets are involved in dozens of community/campus activities each year.  Matthew Bradley, Carmen Halstead and Luke Peterson received the first annual OSU Libraries Advisory Council Undergraduate Library Research Award. Within the library, student workers Nathan Bruner and Derek Han were each awarded $1000.00 for receiving the Carl E. Totten student excellence award.  Colette McEldowney of the ASC was on the ASOSU Judicial Board in winter and spring of 2007, and she was nominated to be the Chair. She continues on as the Chair in fall 2007.  One senior Army ROTC cadet was selected as one of only five to be awarded an educational delay commission to pursue a veterinary degree and commission as an Army vet.  One senior Army ROTC cadet was selected from a pool of over 350 applicants to be one of only 25 to be awarded a fully-paid seat in the US Army - Baylor School of Medicine medical specialist program.

2. Strategic Plan Implementation

See previous sections for initiatives in student engagement and success, and increasing research and outreach. Diversity and Community

 First International Film Festival sponsored by Crossroads International. The event grossed $6,000 and netted $3,000 for the Crossroads organization and provided outreach to the community about Crossroads, international students and international programs at OSU.  ICSP/Crossroads worldview series produced 7 different programs for the community on select areas of the world. Sixty community members participated in the “Faces of Islam” program.  There have been several articles focusing on the Saudi students in the Gazette-Times and the Barometer, as well as one in the Eugene Weekly (written by an ELI faculty member) and a piece on Oregon Public Broadcasting that was picked up by NPR.  The Writing Center initiated a collaborative relationship with the CAMP program to provide one-on- one weekly tutoring in writing for CAMP students identified as at-risk. It also provided a three-hour workshop to help CAMP students write successful scholarship applications.  Dennis Bennett improved writing center recruitment procedures by developing stronger ties with CAMP, the cultural centers, and EOP. The result is that 9 out of our current 40 writing assistants (22.5%) are now students of color.  Dennis Bennett co-authored the diversity climate report for faculty and staff in AAIP.  CAMP recruits students of migrant background, and since the inception of the grant, 86 students have been enrolled in OSU; 39 students are enrolled for 2007-08. Because of CAMP there has been an increase of underrepresented parent attendance in the START programs.  Distribution of Writing Across Borders continued within OSU and nationally. Film promotes improved teaching and learning for international student writers.  In collaboration with Ecotrust, the OSU Press marketed and distributed Renewing Salmon Nation’s Food Traditions, a comprehensive list of the foods that have nurtured the cultures of the Pacific Northwest over the centuries, with descriptions of efforts underway to revitalize these heritage foods.  With the Oregon Council for the Humanities, OSU Press developed and contracted to market the forthcoming book, The First Oregonians, a collaborative project between the council, Oregon tribes, and scholars. The First Oregonians provides a comprehensive view of Oregon’s native peoples from the past to the present and is intended as an authoritative reference for teachers, students, and general- interest readers.  IEO awarded $50,000 in IFSA Foundation grant funds for 10 scholarships of $5000 each to encourage students from under-represented populations to study abroad.  IEO staff continued to engage in the Multicultural Study Abroad Group, made up of faculty and administrators from across campus with goal to increase education abroad participation by underrepresented groups.  IEO hosted Tracy Bentley-Townlin for discussion on study abroad and students with disabilities. IEO is collaborating with Tracy on developing a special website with a focus on disabilities and study abroad.  Performed NROTC recruiting trips to high schools with higher than average minority enrollment  The library hosts the regular meetings of the Diversity Book Club. Our major contribution continues to the Oregon Multicultural Archives. This is the only collection in Oregon that is actively soliciting papers, photographs and other media devoted to Oregon’s four major cultural groups. Most recently, the library acquired the papers of the Portland Urban League. Archives staff also work with the cultural centers on campus to help them maintain their onsite collections as well as providing them with a repository for collections they can no longer maintain. a. Summarize major unit activities during 2006-2007 that helped promote one or more of the five thematic areas

AA&IP activities support colleges and departments that are directly engaged in the five thematic areas. Outside of the Library’s work with INR and OSU Press’s books that might be in one of these areas, we are not directly involved in the thematic areas.

b. Summarize major accomplishments for 2006-2007 in support of the OSU Capital Campaign

 ELI included a call for donations in the Alumni Newsletter.  Presented the Supplemental Instruction Program to the Capital Campaign Steering Commission.  Received a $100,000 grant for the Supplemental Instruction Program from Ruth Lipscomb, a private donor.  IR supports OSU’s involvement in virtually all major national surveys, the results of which are important to positioning OSU in the Capital Campaign.  WIC Director is collaborating with the Foundation officer for the College of Engineering on planning for a forthcoming $1,000,000 gift to improve written and oral communication skills of OSU engineering graduates.  Arranged for Kelsey Edwardsen, and ID students to present for the “Student Experience” component of the Capital Campaign.  NROTC has hosted a donor.  Burlingham Trust pledged $200,000 over five years to support the OSU Libraries laptop lending program. In support of the OSU Faculty Development Award, Bob Lundeen pledged $100,000 in addition to five one-time yearly contributions of $25,000.  OSU Libraries is at 44.09% of its campaign goal. Of the 21 identified units 9 exceed this and 10 are below.

3. Other initiatives and their outcomes [e.g., Faculty/Staff Professional Development Activities]

 ISFS Staff Development: Chris Pena and Rachael Weber attended the national NAFSA conference; Charlotte Ross attended the regional NAFSA conference in Boise, Idaho, and presented information on J-1 and H-1B visa issues; Laurie Lewis attended a two-day seminar in Salem on handling personnel issues; Stacey Schulte and Cindy Nair attended a one-day seminar in Salem on dealing with difficult situations in the work place; Marybeth Trevino visited our agency contacts at consulates and embassies in Washington, DC.; Valerie Rosenberg attended a California scholar advisors meeting in San Francisco and the national NAFSA conference.  Effectively reestablished the Undergraduate Education Council (UEC) as a place for communication and relationship building.  Prepared and coordinated a site visit by Charlie Nutt, Associate Director of NACADA, to work with head advisors on assessment of academic advising at OSU. Sponsored four NACADA Webinars for advisor professional development.  APAA and CTL initiated and coordinated a Rubric Workshop featuring David Sandrock, Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture, specifically aimed at using rubrics to feed assessment and improve grading.  ELI sponsored China/Vietnam recruitment: Deborah visited Sichuan University with Dean of Education Sam Stern to discuss a possible Master’s degree for Chinese students and universities in Chongqing (Southwest University) and Beijing to talk about possibilities, including student recruitment and faculty exchanges. These were relationship-building ventures, so they are still in process. Deborah used connections from a current ELI student to visit several universities and government offices in Danang and Hanoi to build relationships. Part of the discussion with Foreign Trade University in Hanoi was about a potential exchange opportunity with the College of Business. Discussions are continuing.  Thirteen ELI instructors were funded and attended the TESOL Conference in Seattle, bringing back ideas that we have used in our curriculum revision efforts; three faculty went to national NAFSA; one faculty and one staff member went to regional NAFSA; and one faculty member took teachers from our five school district partners to the National Association of Bilingual Education (grant-funded).  CAMP: All staff attended at least 2 out state conferences related to student support services.  IR staff development: Faculty and Staff took part in Webinars by IPEDS; faculty attended national AIR conference and annual Sungard Higher Education conference; faculty took classes toward the Certificate in Institutional Research.  WIC Fall Faculty Seminar: five week seminar to equip WIC teachers to teach writing to their majors.  WIC Best Practices Seminar: three session seminar to train faculty to use the Writer’s Personal Profile Assessment Instrument.  WIC brought President-elect of the National Council of Teachers of English, Kathleen Yancey, to campus to give a talk on what writing skills students transfer from one course to another and how we can teach to improve that transfer. WIC co-sponsored a campus presentation by Gerald Graff and Kathy Berkenstein on the new WR 121 textbook They Say/I Say, a text for teaching academic writing.  Staff development in IP: Kelly Gibbs attended Access training, Drupal Training, and Cascades Style Sheets; Joe Hoff attended NAFSA and AIEA; NAFSA Academy, a 13-month leadership training completed by Amy Nelson Green and Jill Gutzler in fall 2006; CIEE summer meeting attended by Amy Nelson Green, June 2007; Paul Primak participated in “journey through leadership” program; Paul Primak served on national selection panel for Gilman Scholarship Program.  Joe Hoff became “Network Manager” of the Internationalizing the Curriculum and Campus network for the Teaching, Learning and Scholarship knowledge community for NAFSA. He is gaining ideas and resources on internationalization of higher education from across the country by leading the ICC network.  OSU Libraries has introduced a number of services to students with the goal of making their library experience profitable in terms of learning and their use of time. A major service addition is the drop-in day care (Our Little Village). The services will begin in late summer but the origination process and planning was a 2007/2008 activity.

4. Scorecard a. Performance on metrics:

 We received assessment reports from eight colleges and 51 departments/programs—100% involvement of undergraduate programs. Twenty-five percent of the departmental reports contained full cycle assessment (the standard for the upcoming year):

% that met standard in last % partially report % met met % not met Wrote measurable outcomes 74 22 4 Outcomes student centered 82 14 4 Methods described 76 6 18 Tools described 71 12 18 Timeline 86 2 12  Curricular Processes:  Facilitated three full and six abbreviated Category I proposals and Study Abroad Programs through five consortia through the final approval stage. Submitted four substantive change reports to NWCCU.  Facilitated 352 course and 139 program Category II proposals through the final approval stage.  Coordinated two Academic Program Reviews, both joint with the Graduate School. Brought the Natural Resources APR to completion (from 2003-04!).  ELI: Number of courses taught: 207 Intensive Program (IEP), 33 in Special Programs (DSP), including two distance education courses with Waseda University in Japan. This was an increase of 90 courses over last year.  ELI: Number of students taught: IEP- 810 term enrollments/363 individual students, which includes 97 CAP term enrollments/70 individual students, 5 of which are fully-admitted OSU students taking one or two ELI courses, usually by departmental recommendation, and 16 would-be international Graduate Teaching Assistants. DSP – 261 individual students, including 60 distance ed students, 37 teacher training participants, 153 incoming study abroad, and 11 teens. This was an increase of over 100 term enrollments in the IEP. We had our first teen program in a number of years, and it was our first Indonesian special program ever.  ELI: Number of conditionally admitted students: 57 individual students were CAP during the academic year. We currently have 33 students in CAP status, including 17 Saudi students. This is an increase from about 40 CAP students last year.  ELI: Number of students who go on to enroll at OSU: Approximately 24 of the former CAP students, including 18 Saudis, are currently fully enrolled at OSU. In addition, we had approximately 4 ELI students who went directly from the ELI to full-time admission at OSU. We are seeing far more undergraduates going on to OSU than in the past, thanks to the Saudi contingent.  ELI: Student diversity: Our student diversity has changed dramatically in the past two years, going from 74% Asian in Fall 2005 to 75% Middle Eastern in Summer 2006. We are now a bit more balanced, with 40% Asian and 50% Middle Eastern in Spring.  ELI: Number of conversant meetings: approximately 250 conversants met with ELI students, meeting over 3500 times in the intensive program and over 100 times in Special Programs. This is a substantial increase in intensive program activity due to our increased number of students.  While assessment for this year’s Supplemental Instruction Program is incomplete, a new retention assessment was completed for students who used the SI program last year for Math 111. Results showed that 168 students out of 193 (87%) students in the SI program were retained at OSU for their second year. 684 students out of 854 (80%) students not in the SI program were retained at OSU for their second year. This 7% higher retention rate for SI participants comes even though these students had much lower incoming Math Placement Test scores.  The Writing Center logged 7,271 contacts during the 2006-07 year (each contact equals one half-hour individual session with a writing assistant), including 929 contacts with science majors, 795 contacts with engineering majors, 791 students in Health and Human Sciences, and 693 students in the College of Business.  Student satisfaction remained high for the Writing Center with 3968 sessions rated “very helpful” (81.93%), 859 sessions rated “helpful” (17.74%), and only 16 sessions rated “not helpful” (0.33%) on the post-conference evaluation form.  The number of students reporting they would continue to use the writing center improved substantially this year: yes 4,345 or 89.72% of all contacts (up from 84.30% last year); no 6.67 or 12.17% (down from 12.17% last year).  When asked if their writing center session was helpful in preparing them to revise, 3302 students strongly agreed (61.24%), 1041 students agreed (19.31%), 95 students somewhat agreed (1.76%), while only 6 students disagreed (0.11%), and only 4 students strongly disagreed (0.07%).  More first-year students (2012 contacts) used the Writing Center than in any other year of the Writing Center’s history. First-year students accounted for 41.54% of all Writing Center contacts, another all- time high.  Students in the Supplemental Instruction Program attended a total number of 3,564 hours of supplemental instruction. (Each hour here represents an hour that each student spent in study table or a review session; therefore, a study table with 3 students meeting for 1 hour would equal 3 hours. Because the groups are very small (average of 3-4 students), those hours of contacts represent very individualized attention.)  The CWL co-sponsored a CONNECT Week seminar series with the Academic Success Center to help prepare incoming first-year students for Math 111. A total of 111 students attended the 3-hour seminars.  As in the past, the Writing Center continues to provide support for non-native speakers at OSU. This year, 31.81% of all students who conferenced with writing assistants were English language learners.  CAMP: The GPA of Year3 students is lower compared to the previous group. The retention rate continued the same (97%). The number of recruited students continues to increase despite fewer parents and students reached this year compared to last year. This shows schools and communities are aware of the program. We received more referrals this year than previous years.  CAMP Recruitment (2006-07)  1208 potential students received information about CAMP at OSU.  53 presentations were given to students and parents throughout the state and on campus (6 presentations on campus, 3 college fairs, 36 school visits, and 8 parent night/workshops).  100 students received direct assistance to maximize their post-secondary options from CAMP staff.  A total of 53 community organizations and schools received information about CAMP. Some of the organizations we worked with are the Oregon Migrant Education Center, school districts, OHSA, INROADS, etc  A total of 225 parents received direct contact via phone, presentations.  35 students participated in the program. Our goal was 40 students.  39 Y4 students are accepted and enrolled for fall 2007; 4 in the process to being admitted to OSU and CAMP.  CAMP Retention (2006-07)  34 students (*97%) completed their first year in college. One student went to the Navy boot camp during the spring term.  33 of the 35 students completed the academic year in good academic standing (GPA 2.0 above).  Cumulative GPA of Year 3 student was 2.84.  Cumulative GPA for all years during the first year of participation is 2.96.  34/35 Y3 students are expected to return to OSU for their second year (97% retention rate)  29/30 Y2 students enrolled (28 OSU, 1 PSU for 2006-07. (97% retention rate in higher education).  19/21 Y1 students enrolled (16/OSU, 2/PSU, 1/Heald College) for 2006-07. (90 percent retention in higher education).  98% retention rate at OSU during their first year in college for all 3 years. (CAMP retention rate goal during their first year in college is 85%)  90% retention rate at OSU since the inception of the grant. (CAMP retention rate goal for continuing into their second year is 70 percent.)  95% retention rate in higher education since the inception of the grant.  Fall WIC Seminar trained ten faculty to teach WIC courses. (2005-6: 12)  Winter WIC Best Practices Seminar trained twelve faculty to use the Writer’s Personal Profile. (2005- 6: not offered – new this year)  Eight WIC lunch/speaker events, total attendance 115 (2005-6: 105)  17 Oregon community colleges and 15 Oregon high schools received WIC Newsletter each quarter (unchanged)  11 WIC courses approved; 7 WIC courses under development (2005-6: 8 courses approved)  20 students recognized with WIC Culture of Writing Awards (2005-6: 8 students)  WIC Presentations to departments/colleges: College of Pharmacy fall retreat; Philosophy Department fall retreat; Women Studies graduate students; Library staff. (2005-6: 2 departments).  4 WIC Department Development Grants awarded (2005-6: 2 grants).  Army ROTC: Increased cadet student enrollment from 88 to 118, and as a result of the enrollment increase and cadre initiatives, student scholarships, financial aid, and student pay increased from $880k to $1.27M.  18 Army Cadets successfully completed the Leadership Development and Assessment Course at Fort Lewis, WA. Their performance ranked their cohort in the top 15% of all 272 Army ROTC programs.  18 Army ROTC seniors were (or will be by 17 August), commissioned during this school year, as compared to 9 last year.  Percentage of OSU Press books published in 2006-2007 fully or partially funded by subsidies from publishing partners: 33  Number of OSU faculty authors whose books were published by OSU Press in 2006-2007: 7  OSU Study Abroad: 447 students went abroad on study or internship programs, the largest number ever; compared to 389 in ’05-’06 and 441 in ’04-’05. 131 international students came to OSU on exchange.  OUS Study Abroad: Served 233 OUS (53 OSU) students in 2006-07 on exchange programs; Served 131 OUS (32 OSU) students in 2006-07 on internships  IEO - First-Steps Advising numbers: Over 300 students attended the “First-Steps Advising Sessions” – the first time we have kept statistics and offered these sessions  Study Abroad Fair: Over 500 students attended the fair. Up by 100 over the fall ’05 fair.  International Degree: 96 students enrolled in May ’07, compared to 88 students in May ’06.  Navy ROTC:

2006 2007 Officers Commissioned 37 38 GPA (unit) 3.3 3.3 % Remedial Fitness 10% 8% Retention UKN 95.8% Budget Mgmt (State - Fed) 93% - 99% 99% - TBD

 AFROTC: Total number of students: A moving target but usually averages about 75 by the end of the academic year. 60% of our cadets are on scholarship. GPAs: Freshmen 2.71 Sophomores 2.73 Juniors 3.26 Seniors 3.15  AFROTC: GPAs are just slightly up from previous year. About half of our cadets are pursuing "Technical" Majors, which are usually more difficult. The Freshmen and Sophomore numbers are usually the lowest because most of them are not contract cadets and are checking out the program and/or are just getting adjusted to the university environment, etc. You can see the upperclassmen numbers jump up quite a bit.  AFROTC: Physical Fitness scores average is 92.76( out of 100…this is a very good score, but we continue to strive for better). This score has been steadily rising as we have put continued emphasis on physical conditioning. A score of 75 is the minimum passing score.  AFROTC: Meeting Viability (15 grads/year). Air Force ROTC HQ considers an ROTC unit "viable" if it averages 15 graduates per year--and our 10 year average is right at 15!  AFROTC: We graduated and commissioned 21 new Lieutenants in 2007  OSU Libraries:

Current metrics 2006 2007 Courses Taught 267 classes/5963 participants 269 classes/6263 participants Research Seminars 10 classes/93 participants 15 classes/269 participants Gate Count 1,126,986 1,139,302 Circulation 321,675 270,721 Laptop Checkout 113,551 114,554

 CTL Workshop Attendance:  In Fall 2006, 174 faculty indicated interest in our workshops and 109 attended compared with 145 expressed interest in Fall 2005 and attendance of 77.  In Winter 2007, 130 faculty signed up for our workshops and 96 attended, compared with 115 and 96 in Winter 2006.  In Spring 2007, 169 faculty signed up for our workshops and 116 attended, compared with 100 and 64 in Spring 2006.

University Exploratory Studies Program

Table 1: UESP Enrollment (1997-2007) – Week 4 numbers pulled from Data warehouse

2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-00 1998-99 1997-98 Fall 967 968 974 1051 1123 1178 998 809 622 502 Winter 834 830 857 904 823 830 882 723 530 456 Spring 694 669 760 761 793 777 740 623 473 358

Table 2: Appointment Data 07/01/2006 to 06/30/2007 (2005-06 data in parentheses)

Total number of student contacts 4263 (4305) No-shows for a scheduled appointment 412 (419) Cancellations 76 (46) UESP 4049 (4057) Non-UESP (includes prospective students) 251 (248) Face-to-face appt 3520 (3679) Phone appt 186 (137) E-mail appt 572 (449) Appointment type not designated 40 (38)

Thoughts: Our appointment numbers were down a bit, but we may be able to account for this because of imprecise recordkeeping with regard to ALS 114 meetings. We did notice that spring term this year, we seemed to have a hard time getting the students to come in for an appointment. There was a change in the priority registration schedule process which may have influenced the students’ tepid response. However, we sensed students being less and less responsive to e-mails in general, meaning that we need to explore different ways to reach them.

The largest percentage of these appointments are what we call “regular advising” appointments. A typical regular advising appointment is scheduled for thirty minutes and consists of reviewing academic performance, discussing potential major options and the student’s progress through the decision making process, exploring curriculum requirements, and course planning for the subsequent term.

Table 3: Frequency by Appointment Type

Type of Appointment Number Percentage of Total Regular Advising 1922 45% S/U 408 10% Petition (Academic Requirements 108 3% Committee, Financial Aid, etc.) Academic Regulations 66 2% UESP Inquiry 54 1% Academic Counseling 137 3% Major Counseling 186 4% START/CONNECT/Initial Advising 403 9% ALS 114 Class (does not include Midterm 31 1% Meetings – see Table 7) Scheduling 527 12% Other 129 3% Follow-up from START 35 1% PIN Request 100 2% Reinstatement Process (Academic 157 4% Standing Committee)

Table 4: Migration Data (2001-2007)

Transferring Into UESP College Transferring Out of UESP FY07 FY06 FY05 FY04 FY03 FY02 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 2% 1% <1% 1% <1% <1% Ag Sciences 1% 3% 2% 4% 2% 2% 27% 36% 35% 40% 64% 57% Business 19% 22% 18% 19% 19% 16% 33% 31% 30% 32% 18% 24% Engineering 5% 4% 6% 7% 7% 9% 2% 1% <1% 1% <1% <1% Forestry 1% 2% 2% 4% 2% 2% 7% 8% 9% 8% 6% 5% Liberal Arts 39% 36% 35% 30% 37% 41% 2% 2% 1% 2% 1% 3% Pharmacy 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% <1% 18% 13% 17% 10% 7% 5% Science 12% 9% 13% 12% 11% 10% Health/Human 9% 8% 5% 5% 3% 5% 22% 22% 23% 23% 21% 19% Sciences 249 312 341 297 461 341 Total 585 707 547 498 521 454

These results are interesting. We had fewer students transfer in and out this past year, while our overall numbers were fairly consistent with last year. I’m not sure if there is an explanation for this. We have found that some students will hold on as long as they can now to avoid paying college related fees. The colleges, in turn, may be countering this trend by getting more restrictive with classes. An example of this is Human Development and Family Sciences, which assesses its students a $75 per term fee. Historically, they only major restricted classes intermittently, but now they have revised their curriculum and restrict all but two of their HDFS major core classes. We may see students move to transfer out of UESP a little more quickly next year as a result.

University Exploratory Studies Winter Advising Survey Results  My advisor was easy to talk with and approachable 96% Strongly agree/agree  My advisor understood and effectively explained core requirements 89% Strongly agree/agree  My advisor suggested courses to help me explore my interests and abilities 91% Strongly agree/agree

Academic Success Center

 BEST Summer Bridge enrollment: Summer 06 2 sessions 30 students Summer 07 3 sessions 50 students

 Academic Coaching appointments: 2004/05 100 appointments 2005/06 314 appointments 2006/07 330 appointments

 Student payroll processed through Academic Success Center: Spring 07, 71; Summer 07, 16; Fall 07 projection, 64 Note: ASC manages payroll for a variety of programs: our own Admin Central and academic coaches, Learning Strategists are paid by athletic index but processed here, tutors for SI program. Our philosophy is to provide strong academic support for all students in our programs so we work with them to ensure their own academic success.  ALS study skills courses: 2004/05 580 students served 2005/06 374 students served 2006/07 254 students served

Note: Since these classes are taught by volunteers or graduate interns, the program has not been sustainable at its original levels. We have therefore discontinued ALS 199 Passport. In addition, we have revised the curriculum for ALS 116 and designed new instructor training that is aligned with the competencies in the CSSA program. We believe we can now recruit more interns for teaching the sections.

 Due to staffing overload issues, we discontinued our involvement with the TLCs. Subsequently, they were cancelled for Fall 2007. However, here is the retention data which may be useful in learning community planning.

TLC: 200301 – 44 students registered TLC courses 200401 – 182 students registered TLC courses 200501 – 149 students registered TLC courses 200601 – 224 students registered TLC courses

retention rate to First year retention Second year Third year Cohort first term rate retention rate retention rate

200301 TLC 97.7% 75% 66% 56.8%

200401 TLC 97.8% 75.3% 68.7%

200501 TLC 99% 88.6%

200601 TLC 99%

No TLC and no Odyssey: 200301 – # students of this cohort is 2683 200401 – # students of this cohort is 2849 200501 – # students of this cohort is 2870 200601 – # students of this cohort is 2743

retention rate to First year Second year Third year Cohort first term retention rate retention rate retention rate 200301 93.8% 78% 64% 50.9% 200401 94.7% 78.6% 64% 200501 94.7% 77.5% 200601 92.9%

Student Athlete Academic Services

 Over the previous 6 fall terms, students on the Football team passed an average of 76% of their credits hours. This past fall term, they averaged 90%. Participation grew from 34 student athletes in the 2006 BEST Bridge program to a projected 53 student athletes in the 2007 program.  Business Administration attracted the most student-athletes in terms of majors with 91 individuals. Exercise and Sport Sciences was second with 53 student-athletes. The two most popular majors for first- year student-athletes -- University of Exploratory Studies Program with 36 and Business Administration with 27. Men’s and women’s rowing, women’s basketball, gymnastics and women’s soccer all had team members in the OSU Honors College.

Leveraging resources 1. CAMP distributed a supplemental aid of $160,800.00 to students in Year 3. 2. CAMP: 8 students were part of the Multi-Cultural Community Internship program (MCIs) through the University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS). In compensation for providing cultural programming and outreach, the eight students have the cost of their rooms refunded. 3. CAMP: The SMILE program provided 5 scholarships for CAMP non SMILE participants during the summer of 2006. 4. Navy ROTC: Awarded six scholarships to OS students. 5. CTL: We continue to meet with success in attracting corporate gifts and funds and will continue to explore these relationships. In total we have received over $51,000 in gifts from Herman Miller, Inc. and $21,333 in equipment from SMART Technologies, Inc. 6. IEO: Secured a grant of $75,000 to host five Borlaug fellows from Algeria and Tunisia; one of the five OSU faculty mentors spent a week in Algeria and in Egypt working with his mentee as follow-up. 7. IEO: Assisted faculty in proposal writing, with three proposals submitted to funding agencies, one of which just awarded $500,000 to Susan Shaw, the Director of Women’s Studies by the Dept of State’s Bureau for Educational and Cultural Exchanges. 8. IEO awarded $96,000 in study abroad awards, including $50,000 in a new Diversity Scholarship, which resulted from a successful external grant proposal. International Degree scholarships of $10,500 were also awarded. 9. TRF grant allowed for the purchase of 30 laptop computers available for teams while traveling for competition and for 30 flat-panel monitors for the computer labs in Gill and VFC.

Initiatives to improve administrative efficiencies 1. ISFS: Redesigned student, scholar, and alumni databases to bring together data from OSU and government information systems and monitor the immigration status of students and scholars. This has allowed us to streamline internal workflow and greatly improve the accuracy of the work we do. 2. ISFS: Redesigned student, scholar, and alumni databases to bring together data from OSU and government information systems and monitor the immigration status of students and scholars. This has allowed us to streamline internal workflow and greatly improve the accuracy of the work we do. 3. This was the first full year of Writing Center collecting data from our online evaluation software system. Due to our gathering “cleaner” data on the students who use the Center we have a more accurate picture of who they are and what colleges we service. Additionally we have a more honest appraisal of student satisfaction with our services because our evaluation systems affords them more confidentiality than did our previous paper-based system. The information that we have collect will enable us to perform much more sophisticated analyses of student demographics, student retention, etc. 4. The OSU Press contracted with the University of Arizona Press to assume business functions, including royalty accounting and inventory management, that can be more efficiently and economically handled by a larger publisher, thereby allowing press staff to focus on their core functions.

5. Assessment of your 2006-2007 Priorities Provide a brief assessment of your 2006-2007 priorities, including a self-assessment of what worked and what did not, and lessons learned.

We continue to align student success efforts in AA&IP, now bringing EOP and SAAS into the unit. Assessment of programs, such as supplemental instruction, TLC’s, and BEST show that we can have an impact on success and retention, but we need to find ways to broaden the impact across the university.

We have made significant increases in study abroad opportunities, and the number of students studying abroad rebounded strongly from the previous year. Our work with academic units on curriculum integration to reduce barriers to participation appears to be paying off, along with other marketing efforts. The new grant that awards substantial study abroad scholarships to students from under-represented groups will greatly increase participation next year.

International student numbers increased for the first time in many years, in part due to the organized efforts of the International Recruitment Committee. The number of Saudi students moving from the ELI to regular OSU admits increased, and the ELI developed a unique bridge program for students to enroll in a regular OSU class while still getting assistance from the ELI, but in the context of that class. We would like to expand the idea of a bridge program for incoming international students to improve retention.

We instituted new fees for some visa services, allowing us to hire another scholar advisor and to improve our expertise in visa services. Despite this, the number of international scholars at OSU increased last year, so hopefully the new fees are not deterring departments from hiring international scholars, despite their stated opposition to the fees. We will evaluate the new fees after one year, and if revenues are excessive, we will lower the fees or grant exceptions for certain types of scholars (e.g., those coming for a very short time).

Our international outreach efforts have ramped up, and the new International Council is playing an active role in efforts to internationalize the campus. The members of the Council are interested and engaged, and it will be imperative to keep the momentum going with real progress and support from central administration. The international alumni newsletter has been very well received, and we continue to make progress on developing an international alumni database.

The Presidential delegation to China last year was very successful in securing new relationships and connecting with OSU alumni. Outcomes from that trip include: (1) the decision to go forward with a College of Ag Science office in Beijing that will be collaborative with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, (2) a student group from Nanjing Agricultural University will arrive at OSU in August for a study tour, (3) the College of Engineering is collaborating with Tsinghua University on new initiatives, (4) the ELI and College of Education are exploring new opportunities with Southwest University in Chongqing. Other opportunities in Asia have also opened up, due in part to the trip and the focus on Asia (Asia Initiative and China Initiative).

The CTL, DPD and WIC have continued to assist faculty through seminars, workshops, and one-on-one consultations. With the transition in DPD leadership, we did not make progress on developing DPD courses in every college, but will renew that effort this year.

ROTC leadership has turned over in the last year, and all units are performing very well. They are exploring ways to partner with Student Affairs on leadership development efforts for all students.

The Library continues to provide high quality service in the face of increasing publication costs. Their reliance on TRF funds continues to be a source of concern, but there don’t seem to be any other alternatives. Library staff have been active participants with other Academic Affairs leaders in the student success agenda. The new partnership with OSU Press has great potential, but is not without risks. The Press needs to increase the number of titles and ramp up private support, and the new partnership with the Library can help with both of those.

The Vice Provost, IR, and APAA continue to serve faculty and academic programs. The biggest accomplishment may have been the revision of the P&T Guidelines, and associated revisions of the Dossier Preparation Guidelines. This will give us an opportunity to arrange meetings with department heads and chairs, and move toward more regular administrative development efforts. There was a very productive working relationship with Faculty Senate leadership that should continue in the future. The new leadership hires for APAA and IR will be crucial to maintaining these improved relationships across campus.

6. Proposed Priorities for 2007-2008

 Plan a new end of year graduation reception for international students/families  Host a Scholar Research Fair in November 2007 as part of International Education Week.  Developing an International Alumni Fundraising Network and other outreach efforts for the Capital Campaign.  Launch assessment of the Baccalaureate Core.  Develop academic program advising guides to ensure smooth transition of students from Community Colleges to OSU; renovate electronic Category II proposal system.  Complete the Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) accreditation report submitted and site review. This will be the end of a nearly 2-year effort. The goal is initial 5-year accreditation.  Work to secure stable internal funding for the Supplemental Instruction Program, which is currently being funded by a private donor.  Recruit 40 CAMP students for Year 5, and have the 170 students for the 5 years as we proposed to the U.S. Department of Education. Continue to meet or surpass our retention rate goal of 70% for all continuing students.  Increase Army ROTC cadet enrollment to 140 by the end of the FY07-08 school year.  Increase Army ROTC cadet visibility on campus and in the local community through a formal community service outreach program (cadet-led and cadre-mentored).  Prepare 3- and 5-year business and operations plans for the OSU Press and work to implement them; find synergies in marketing, fund raising, and technological initiatives for OSU Press and OSU Libraries.  Increase OSU Press’s annual title output.  Streamline administrative procedures, track actions, and improve controls  Compile the first State of the Asia Initiative Report. Seek funding for Asia Initiative-related activities.  Compile the first Report on Internationalization activities on campus. Continue working with small working groups on faculty development, student international engagement and external engagement.  Work with Capital Campaign, ASOSU, and the Foundation to secure study abroad and ID scholarships.  All NROTC students meet degree completion requirements on time while achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.  Create a world class forestry collection using the recently purchased Jerry Williams Collection as a core which contains historic books, papers and photographs about forestry in the Pacific Northwest.  Develop a prototype large classroom that supports student learning and engagement. By redesigning the large classroom space to match the hybrid pedagogies that we have been experimenting with, some of the negative connotations that surround the very phrase “large classroom” will be removed. Our premise is that with changes and a reasonable investment in renovations, OSU can lead the way in improving faculty and student productivity and engagement in large classrooms without compromising capacity.  Create a sustainability plan for the BEST Summer Bridge Program. In its current form, the BEST program is NOT sustainable. The ASC will provide budget and staffing information to assist in the future planning and expansion of this program. In particular, Kate Halischak and Moira Dempsey cannot afford to spend the hours we have this summer to run the program.  Work with the Math Department (Tom Dick and Barbara Edwards) in a complete revision of curriculum and delivery of Math 102, 103, and 111. Sherm Bloomer is committed to developing a more engaging and learner-centered experience in lower level math courses. This change has the potential to affect retention in a positive manner.  Manage potential merger of ASC and EOP as well as restructuring of the academic success groups in Academic Affairs.  Convene a series of meetings between SAAS and Athletic Department administrators regarding the importance of focus (mission clarity); the need for organizational alignment, clarity, and efficiency; the need for deeper leadership engagement; the need to have our talent and commitment rise to the occasion.  Develop sustainable financial models for OUS Study Abroad programs.  Expand OUS Study Abroad program offerings in Africa, Asia and Europe. Appendix – Other Initiatives

2006-2007 Highlights a. Programmatic achievements

Initiatives in support of student engagement and success

 DPD sponsored a one-day workshop on service-learning in the social justice classroom. Jan Shoemaker from Louisiana State University facilitated the workshop which was attended by 35 people. Roni Sue offered a three-hour seminar for English TAs and coordinated a reception for the DPD anthology.  ISFS: Rachael Weber (ISFS), worked with ISOSU and Student Involvement leadership to begin formation of an ISOSU Advisory Council.  ISFS: Conditional Admission Program (CAP) Coordinator, Marybeth Trevino, worked with advisors in Engineering and Business and with staff in the ELI to assist Saudi students with their transition to OSU.  ISFS worked closely with Julie Walkin in Admissions to increase scholarship funding for new international students through the International Provost Scholarship.  ELI improved curriculum developed, including metrics and student learning outcomes for all 24 core courses and almost all 15 elective courses at this point.  The Academic Success Center and the CWL organized supplemental instruction for OSU’s Athletic Department. In total, the CWL arranged supplemental instruction for 34 classes over three terms, including introductory chemistry, biology, physics, anatomy & physiology, as well as for a broad range of math courses.  IR: Retention and Graduation Reports  Baccalaureate Core Revision: WIC director took a leadership role in resolving problems with the Core caused by CLA departments going to 4 hour courses.  Writer’s Personal Profile Assessment: WIC program piloted use of student self-assessment tool, Writer’s Personal Profile. (Collaboration with TAC program).  CTL: Our attempts to develop an Advanced Academy program continues to move forward, and we hope to prototype our first institute in 2008, first at OSU and then at the Cascade Campus.  CTL: This year with the help of Professor Linda Bruslind, the CTL was able to experiment with a hybrid model of pedagogy that combined videotaped lectures and in-class team activities. The number of students enrolled in MB 230 was 142.  Joe Hoff and Carol Wenzel taught a re-entry course for returned study abroad students during the fall 2006 term.  Second (along with two other universities) only to the U.S. Naval Academy in providing officers accepted into U. S. Navy nuclear power training  Navy ROTC: One student completed overseas (Denmark) studies  University Exploratory Studies Program continues to offer high quality advising and support for undeclared students. The program continuously seeks to improve the program by utilizing the vision, mission, and goals developed by the Council of Head Advisors at the NACADA Summer Institute in 2006. Students work with an advising syllabus and also take a winter term advising survey which measures satisfaction and student outcomes.

Major research/scholarship initiatives

 ELI Professional presentations  ABS International, Buenos Aires: Keeping classes relevant with the Internet (Jaci Mull)  Buenos Aires, Argentina: ELI/OSU promotional presentations to high school, US Embassy, and language institute (Jaci Mull)  MexTESOL 2006: Teacher training at Oregon State University (Deborah Healey with Fulbright Mexico personnel)  ORATE 2007: Inside perspectives on the Oregon school budget crisis (Donna Shaw with College of Education faculty)  Rangoon, Burma: Series of presentations and workshops on self-access centers for autonomous language learning; short-term Department of State Academic Specialist position (Sheila Mullooly)  TESOL 2007: Computer phones, voice email, audio blogs, podcasting, audio chat, virtual classrooms--how effective are they in providing practice and feedback? and Energy Break: Pluses and Pitfalls of Computer Use in K-12 (Deborah Healey); CALL for Newcomers (Deborah Healey with Suzanne McLaughlin)  ThaiTESOL 2007: The Internet: Helping create 'New English' or reinforcing old dominance? (Deborah Healey, featured speaker)  Xavier University: Oral communication analysis and assessment in Pharmacy (Barbara Dowling, Tina Withrow-Robinson). This was a two-day workshop designed for College of Pharmacy admissions reviewers.  ELI: Publications  Averill, J. (2006). Scaffolding. Online document available at www.labschool.pdx.edu/PD_Mini- Modules/. This was created as part of the PSU Lab School project.  Healey, D. (in press). Autonomy in language learning and Knowledge acquisition. In Hanson- Smith, E. & Egbert, J. (Eds.) (2007). CALL Environments, 2nd Edition. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.  Mullooly, S. (2006). The essence of performance art DVD; translation of a Swiss art film from German and Swiss-German for subtitles.  Dennis Bennett created the website for the Pacific Northwest Writing Center Association, which allows writing center directors, staff, and tutors a forum to communicate with each other as well as to keep updated with writing center news and events in our area.  WIC Director’s book, Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley’s Methodism, accepted and under contract with Baylor University Press.  WIC: “Rereading the Account of Hester Ann Rogers.” Methodist Women in History (Great Britain). Forthcoming.  WIC: “Community Literacy in Early Methodism.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. New York, March, 2007.  17 ID graduates conducted research on various subjects including health policy, political culture, film production, diseases, accounting regulations, exports, alternative energy, publishing and viticulture  IEO: INTL 407: Introduction to Thesis was taught during Fall and Winter terms, with 31 students enrolled – these students learned the basics of finding a thesis topic and advisor, conducting human subject research and cross-cultural considerations in research. The class was taught through distance education during fall term to include two students at the Cascades campus and one student on a study abroad in France.  Initiated assessment tool on Culture-Learning strategies with OUS IP orientation group in consultation with OSU IEO.  Joined the Forum for Education Abroad to participate in quality assurance for programs through assessment.

Major outreach/engagement initiatives

 ISFS: ICSP student (Sandila Ekaputri) spent the day with State Senator Margaret Carter as part of OSU day.  Recruiting: OSU/ELI Recruiting DVD in Arabic and English developed (Rachel Powell as the lead); the ELI funded recruiting trips for OSU and ELI to Mexico, China, Vietnam, Thailand (Deborah Healey), and Argentina (Jaci Mull).  The CWL Participated in OSU’s BEST program by contributing more than 60 hours of Wayne Robertson’s time to teach WR 121 to last year’s new student athletes. Wayne also participated in all the BEST planning meetings and chaired the instructors’ meetings.  Wayne Robertson trained tutors for a number of programs across campus, including the athletic department, the school of veterinary medicine, and the Sigma Delta Omega science sorority which provides free tutoring in introductory physics, chemistry, and biology.  WIC Program hosted Oregon Writing and English Advisory Council winter meeting; purpose: to coordinate curriculum and articulation issues across Oregon institutions.  The OSU Press published Corvallis Trails: Exploring the Heart of the Valley, which has been a local bestseller and is already in its second printing, and Birds of Lane County Oregon , which sold over 1,000 copies in the first two months and was a top-seller in Eugene bookstores last fall.  The OSU Press published The Oregon Water Handbook: A Guide to Water and Water Management by Rick Bastasch (OSU, Forest Engineering), a handbook intended for a wide range of readers, from Oregonians seeking interesting facts about water resources to water specialists and users in need of a handy reference.  Received delegation from Ocean University of China who met with various faculty across campus to discuss collaboration efforts, organized by Charlotte Moats Gallagher.  In order to promote understanding and encourage enrollment in the ID program, there were meetings with advisors from all departments within the COE, Life Sciences and CLA. In addition Renee Stowell hosted an advising brown bag session  Navy ROTC: Unit Food Share program drive raised over $4000 and 5000 lbs of food  Navy ROTC: Hosted Armed Forces Blood Drive on campus, provided a team for cancer Relay for Life, significant NROTC student involvement in March of Dimes, Special Olympics, Children’s Farm Home events, and Habitat for Humanity.  Army ROTC cadets participated in almost 1,000 hours of community service throughout the school year.  In addition to the Oregon Explorer the library extends its collection through the research oriented Linus Pauling websites, the community oriented Baseball website and through its many electronic journals.  OSU Libraries: On a local level, archivist Larry Landis conducts historical tours of OSU to interested community citizens and campus faculty and staff.  CTL: Odyssey Peer Leaders (Dr. Saunders presented two sessions to undergraduate students who co- teach one credit first year experience classes  CTL: Extension Service training week – Dr. Saunders presented two workshops, Collaborative Learning and Learning Styles  CTL: Horticulture – support for new faculty teaching Extension courses, collaborating with Ray William. Will mentor new faculty and support their research efforts in teaching and learning.  Provided support as judges for NJROTC drill meets in Eastern Oregon.  Navy ROTC: Hosted Class Reunions and served as guest speaker at military events throughout the state of Oregon  AFRTOC: Mass mailouts of OSU and AFROTC literature and invitation to New Student Orientation to all inbound students (approx. 5000 each summer).  Provided outreach to campus on international student scholar/issues: Student advisors gave a presentation to athletic coaches on international student athletes and visa issues; scholar advisors gave presentations on the new scholar fees and immigration issues to the colleges of Forestry, Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural Sciences and Business; student advisor gave presentation at ISOSU event promoting career options for international students after graduation.  Invite representatives of key campus offices: ISFS staff met with Business Affairs on account holds and payment from sponsoring agencies; Counseling and Psychological Services and ISFS held joint meeting; Sexual Assault Prevention Training provided by CAPS and SHS for ISFS staff.  OUS staff (Cuenca and Wenzel) worked with IEO on Diversity Scholarship proposal, selection and awards.  IE3 celebrated 10th anniversary with conference workshops at PSU  OUS Study Abroad collaborates and cooperates with every OUS institution as well as Linfield College, Reed College, Pacific University and Willamette University.

National/International impact of programs and initiatives

 ISFS: Rachael Weber is a member of two national SEVIS committees through our professional organization, NAFSA.  Deepened relationships with NWCCU to promote meaningful accreditation processes and provide feedback in answering concerns of USDOE.  Wayne Robertson began his elected term on the International Writing Center Association Executive Board. Dennis Bennett continued his elected position on the Pacific Northwest Writing Center Association board. Lisa Ede continues to serve on the editorial boards of Writing on the Edge and the Writing Center Journal; she also serves on the advisory board of Composition Studies.  OSU Libraries: Janet Webster, Guin librarian continues her work with FAO in describing the difficulty in identifying grey literature. In addition, she serves as a member of the International Federation of Libraries Association.  CTL: Our international efforts to attract partners for our Academy continue, but despite our success at securing an MOU with Hebei University in China, they have yet to fulfill their promise to send a delegation to OSU to observe our Academy. We plan to continue our efforts to promote OSU’s Academy abroad at every opportunity. It is felt that we will meet with more success once our first three-day institute is up and running.

Faculty recognition and awards

 ELI: LL Stewart Faculty Development Award (Barbara Dowling, Donna Shaw)  ELI: Scott Henderson Memorial Scholarship awarded for 2007-08 (Donna Shaw)  For being an International Degree student advisor, each faculty advisor receives a plaque in recognition for the work that he/she has done with a student. This includes a photo of the student, as well as the thesis topic and advisor’s name. This year, we made a special effort to award these plaques during department meetings to particularly recognize the advisor in front of their peers.

Student recognition and awards

 Katie Parker of the CWL received a scholarship from the History Department, and Tawnya Redding received a scholarship from the College of Liberal Arts. Additionally, Summer Beanland received an outstanding senior award from the College of Liberal Arts.  Lauren Smith of the ASC was hired as a PROMISE intern for Student Health Services for Summer 2007.  Jeni Gatherum of the ASC was awarded for the 2007-2008 school year the Home Builders’ Foundation Jim Irvine Oregon Mentored Scholarship.  Several students on OUS programs have received Gilman, Freeman, IFSA-Butler and NSEP scholarships.

Diversity and Community

 International Women’s Day reception coordinated by Jackie Bangs of ISFS as a member of the PCOSW.  Engaged entire Academic Programs staff, including our student workers in six meetings to view and discuss Voices Project episodes. This has been a rich forum for self-examination and questioning, an opportunity for building relationship with our students, and a contribution to our collective growth.  Academic Programs staff participated in the C2D (Committed to Diversity) Task Force.  ELI hired a new classified staff person who is a member of a protected class, and we have one new pool instructor who is a member of a protected class. We routinely hire international students and students who are members of a protected class to work at the ELI, both in our Learning Center and in Special Programs. We have used our influx of Saudi students as an opportunity for outreach to the wider university community, helping build greater awareness of and sensitivity to cultural differences.  The Writing Center substantially increased the attention given to issues of diversity in our weekly staff training and in pre-service training.

Other initiatives and their outcomes [e.g., Faculty/Staff Professional Development Activities]

 ISFS: Investigated and identified the source of annual discrepancies in international student counts by OUS, OSU and ISFS. Developed a plan to audit and correct international student data in Banner and redefine the coding that identifies international students for enrollment counts.  ISFS: Negotiated with Enterprise Computing for direct electronic access to all international student data in Banner including visa type and batch transmission records to SEVIS. None of this data was previously available and could not be effectively audited for accuracy.  Twenty teaching faculty members attended May ’07 Fulbright workshop presented by David Adams from the DC Fulbright office, organized by IP.  New ELI student involvement activity: Across Borders: The Inter-Culture Club. ELI and OSU students meet to discuss cross-culture issues and popular US TV shows such as Friends.  The CAMP Director meets on a monthly basis with other HEP and CAMP programs in Oregon. There has been a strong collaboration among these programs in Oregon.  The Y3 students with the support of CAMP staff organized the Migrant Student Organization Club. They have one more year before they become an official club.  Most NROTC staff take classes at OSU in pursuit of Master’s Degrees  NROTC: Weekly faculty General Military Training  AFROTC: We offer each academic class in the AM and PM to help mitigate scheduling difficulties and allow more flexibility for the students to accommodate their other academic requirements.  AFROTC: We conduct individual term counseling sessions for ALL students each term (we are only required to do this for contract cadets).

Proposed Priorities for 2007-2008

 The CTL and TAC are joining forces to develop a comprehensive program of support for faculty who teach our large classes. We will begin with instructors of classes of 300 students. Some of our plans include:  Developing a survival handbook  Developing a training video on how to use PowerPoint effectively and how to develop a hybrid pedagogy that encourages active learning  An open forum where faculty who teach large classes can share their best practices with others

 Finalize ISFS website details and moving toward on-line fillable forms, and other technical advances  Implement academic advisor training and orientation for new advisors.  Collaborate with International Admissions recruitment effort to leverage ELI investment in publicity with travel by International Admissions and translation of key information on the ELI website into at least three of the following languages: Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Thai, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese. These translations will enable us to have printed material in those languages as well. The goal is a more diverse student body, with no more than 40% from any one country.  Increase student pay in the CWL from $25,000 to $30,000 in order to better handle the rush of students to the Writing Center during fall term. Last fall, we estimate losing as many as 500 contacts with students because there was no space on the schedule. This was due to increased student use as well as increases in Oregon’s minimum wage. There has been no increase in the student pay budget in four years.  Continue the CWL’s ongoing effort to improve our assessment. To that end, we plan to implement new assessment projects focusing on diversity and retention. We plan to institute a Writing Center assessment project to study what populations of students are using or not using the Writing Center. The results will help the CWL focus its marketing and outreach efforts. In addition, we plan to institute assessment studies which will better measure the impact of the supplemental instruction program on first-year students’ persistence at the university.  Write at least 2 proposals to foundations/private corporations for scholarships and funds for CAMP outreach and recruitment activities.  Write the CAMP grant proposal for refunding.  Continue the automation process for many standard IR reports for the purpose of continuing advancement in effectiveness and efficiency.  Continue process of adding important faculty and peer comparison charts and tables to the IR website.  Continue process of streamlining the SCARF reporting procedure and eliminating data errors in BANNER.  Continue consulting and faculty development for WIC faculty  Conduct a series of workshops for the College of Business faculty to improve the teaching of writing in the college.  Continue leadership role in Oregon Information Literacy Conference.  Increase scholarship and financial aid opportunities for Army ROTC.  Improve upon the Army ROTC cadet mentorship program to both increase student success and involvement as well as improve upon the program's health, legitimacy and value to the OSU community.  Work with the Alumni Center to increase communication with ROTC alumni, and leverage this to demonstrate to cadets what forms life after college can take, and allow the alumni to see what our students do - increasing pride in our program for both groups.  Research and publish a history of military education (ROTC) at OAC/OSU, for use as both a teaching and learning tool for cadets, as well as to the OSU community at large.  Work with the history department to develop a "Staff Ride" course - a battlefield study and analysis tool which brings history to life (my suggested outline is for a staff ride to the Modoc Indian War site in the Lava Beds area east of K-Falls).  Continue to work with departments to develop “Curriculum Integration of Study Abroad” Advising Sheets. Seek funding for larger CI development.  Continue to develop policies and processes that support the integration of study abroad into regular university practices such as the Banner system. Work with Academic Programs and Assessment and Faculty Senate to determine best processes for the approval of new education abroad program proposals. Establish regular communication with Curriculum Council and Faculty Senate about education abroad.  Continue to improve recruitment of students for study abroad through outreach to advisors at OSU, prospective students and special populations such as International Baccalaureate students.  Commission quality Navy officers who have a high balance of academic rigor, physical fitness, character, and leadership skill.  All eligible NROTC college program students earn a scholarship.  Add the Land Use portal to the Oregon Explorer site – the portal is funded through a $175,000 Oregon Community Foundation grant.  Continue to support improved faculty teaching and learning through CTL services and planned institutes  Provide support to departments and faculty seeking grants, working on publications, and offering institutes and faculty development programs related to teaching and student learning  Seek solutions to teaching and learning issues that need addressing in a realistic way – issues such as teaching large classes, assessment – a part of this effort is to find more intensive ways to train faculty in three-day institutes. It is hoped these institutes will also generate funding for OSU and the Center and achieve national recognition.  Manage ASC staffing transitions: 1) Complete search for Learning Services Coordinator in Athletics. This is a key position for the collaborations with the Athletic Department and for working to establish a campus tutoring data base and comprehensive training for tutors. The addition of this position will ease the support work that the ASC contributed to athletics in the past year. 2) Hire new SI/Writing Assistant Coordinator. This position will be key in ensuring a smooth transition in the Supplemental Instruction Program given Wayne Robertson’s departure. Dennis Bennett has been approved through a waiver of search to take over Wayne’s leadership role with SI.  Acquire customized, integrative software to facilitate “early warning” systems for academic performance, tutor tracking, tutor reports, faculty grade reports, class and study schedules, counselor file notes.  Continued development of programs and policies for the integration of student athletes into the larger campus.  Develop University policy (or at least shared understanding) regarding travel away from campus on University business (team competitions).