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Report of the President President the of Report Report of the President Indiana State University 2006-2007 Indiana State University University State Indiana 2006-2007 www.indstate.edu www.indstate.edu The Seventh Street Arts Corridor, running from Indiana State’s Ground was broken in November 2006 for the Cherry Street campus through downtown Terre Haute, includes two libraries, Multi-Modal Transportation Facility located adjacent to the an art museum, an historic movie theater, and ISU’s New Hulman Center. Theater and Center for Performing and Fine Arts. Report of the President Indiana State University 2006-2007 Indiana State University Board of Trustees MICH A E L J. All EY RON CA R P EN T ER RICH A RD SH A G L EY PRES I DENT Vic E PRES I DENT SE C RETARY CARMEL IND I ANAPOL I S TERRE HAUTE NORM A N L. LOWERY BA R ba R A HOUSE AMY L. HUN T SINGER ASS I STANT SE C RETARY IND I ANAPOL I S FRANKTON TERRE HAUTE R. BROOKS LAPla N T E GEORGE PI ll OW JOHN THYEN TERRE HAUTE IND I ANAPOL I S JASPER 2006-2007 Report of the President Indiana State University TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from the President ....................................1 Best in the Midwest ................................................2 Community Engagement .........................................3 Building for the Future ............................................13 Distinctive Programs ...............................................17 Networks Financial Institute .....................................21 Minas Center for Investment and Financial Education ..26 Experiential Learning ..............................................29 International Activities ............................................36 College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services .......49 Graduation Project ................................................51 Research ..............................................................53 2006-2007 Promising Scholars ...............................63 Faculty, Staff, and Student Recognition......................68 New Faces ...........................................................87 Honorary Degree Recipients ...................................92 Alumni Recognition ................................................95 2006-2007 Grants Received ...................................105 Dashboard Indicators .............................................125 Dear friends, I am exceedingly pleased to provide you with this copy of the 2006-2007 President’s Report from Indiana State University. As you will discover from the contents of this report, Indiana State University has made significant progress toward becoming the institution we defined in “The Path to Pre-Eminence” strategic plan more than four years ago. This progress is evidenced on multiple fronts, including the national recognition we have garnered from the Carnegie Foundation, the President’s Honor Roll for Community Service, and the Princeton Review; the success we have experienced in garnering external funding to support our strategic initiatives; and the growth in first-time freshmen for the second year in a row despite increasing competition. The Lilly Endowment has contributed mightily to this progress. In addition to the initial $20 million grant to create Networks, Lilly recently awarded Indiana State a $3 million grant to continue this important work. Lilly Endowment funding also provided resources for our Distinctive Programs, Promising Scholars, and experiential learning initiatives. We are deeply appreciative of their support and its endorsement of the strategic direction we developed. We have also worked diligently at becoming more efficient, and were pleased to have our Department of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Foundations recognized by The Chronicle for Higher Education as one of the top ten programs in the country for faculty productivity and scholarly activities. The most meaningful outcome of this work, however, is in the impact it is having on our students. Along with a strategic refinement of our academic offerings and unprecedented improvements to our facilities, the experience our students receive at Indiana State also has been transformed. A greater number of our students are engaged in community service, experiential learning, and international educational opportunities than ever before, and they are finding these experiences to be life-changing. Their experience is also enhanced by the cutting-edge technology we have put into place to support our decision to become the first public laptop university in Indiana beginning this past fall. As this publication was going to print, I was deeply honored to be the first American to receive an honorary doctorate in international relations from Hassan II University-Mohammedia. I accepted this award on behalf of the many administrators, faculty, and students who have helped grow our partnerships with Morocco and other countries and develop our University into a leader in international higher education issues. I am proud of the tremendous work of our faculty and staff in preparing our students to be productive citizens of the world. The impact of Indiana State University truly spans the continents of our planet, and each member of our University community makes an important contribution to that impact. Thank you for your support of Indiana State University and the students we serve. Go Sycamores! Lloyd W. Benjamin III President Welcome from the President 1 Report of the President ISU Again Rated Among Best in the Midwest or the fourth straight year, the Princeton Review Making the list for the fourth year in a row showed recognized Indiana State University as one of the that Indiana State had made substantial progress in Fbest colleges and universities in the Midwest. its effort to become the best university of its kind in the Midwest, a goal defined by President Lloyd The education services company said Indiana State W. Benjamin III as part of ISU’s strategic planning offers a “good education at a reasonable cost” and process, said Dr. C. Jack Maynard, ISU’s provost and students can expect a “really special” experience. vice president for academic affairs. A total of 161 institutions were designated by the “What is especially gratifying about the Princeton Princeton Review for its annual list of the “Best Review rankings is that they are based largely on Midwestern Colleges.” The list covered a ten-state student surveys. Our students recognize that they region that included Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, are learning from some very knowledgeable faculty Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South who care about them as individuals and want to help Dakota, and Wisconsin. Assessments were based on them succeed,” Maynard said. academic excellence and student surveys. The Princeton Review noted that more than half (56 The typical ISU student “works hard academically percent) of all undergraduate students at Indiana while maintaining a healthy social life,” and students State receive some form of financial assistance in like the University’s “small class size and amount of order to make college more affordable. individual attention,” student surveys reported. “Students and professors are closer to each other and interact more than they would at a larger school,” another student stated. Most agreed that the “exceptional, down-to-earth, and approachable” professors “seem to really know what they are doing.” 2 Best in the Midwest Indiana State University Community Engagement Community Engagement 3 Report of the President ISU Receives New Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement ndiana State University’s emphasis on community students, and community in mutually beneficial engagement has been recognized on the and respectful collaboration. Their interactions Inational level by the Carnegie Foundation for the address community-identified needs, deepen Advancement of Teaching. students’ civic and academic learning, enhance community well-being, and enrich the scholarship The Carnegie Foundation named Indiana State of the institution. University to a new classification of colleges and universities that focuses on community engagement. • Outreach and partnerships describes two different but related approaches to community Indiana State was one of two institutions in Indiana, engagement. The first focuses on the application and only 62 in the nation, initially included in a new and provision of institutional resources for curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships community use with benefits to both campus and category that recognizes substantial commitments community. The latter focuses on collaborative to both an academic approach to mutually beneficial interactions with community and related and respectful community collaboration and scholarship for the mutually beneficial exchange, extensive outreach and partnerships. exploration, and application of knowledge, An additional 14 institutions were included in information, and resources (research, capacity separate categories of either curricular engagement building, economic development, etc.). or outreach and partnerships. • Curricular engagement and outreach and “This is a tremendous accomplishment for our partnerships includes institutions with substantial campus,” said ISU President Lloyd W. Benjamin commitments in both areas. III. “Being among only 62 institutions across the Institutions had to provide descriptions and country to obtain the classification in both areas is examples of institutionalized practices of community compelling evidence of the progress

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