SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ALUMNI CLUB

WEEKEND COLLEGE

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE!

Dr. James R. Ramsey President, University of Louisville

July 30, 2011

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE

GREAT HISTORY/WONDERFUL TRADITION

YOU ARE A PART OF THAT HISTORY/TRADITION!

OUR MANDATE TODAY IS TO BUILD ON HISTORY/TRADITION:

“UOFL IS TO BE A PREMIER NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED METROPOLITAN

RESEARCH UNIVERSITY”

(HOUSE BILL I – POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION REFORM ACT OF 1997)

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AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY GOOD/GREAT

THINGS ARE HAPPENING….

Freshman ClassAverage ACT score of 24.5

33% scored 27 or greater on ACT58 Valedictorians

33% college level courses in high school

59.9% outside Jefferson County17.4% from out of state

UofL receives $3.15 million grant from Helmsley Charitable Trust. Funds to support cancer research

program in Owensboro

AUGUST 2010

CII researchers receive over $2 million grant from NIH for the next

generation of artificial hearts/pumps

Cardinal Singers make triumphant return to Far

East

NIH gives more than $1.5 million for interdisciplinary oncology palliative care

education program

SEPTEMBER 2010

Signature HealthCARE moves to Louisville

UofL's Center for Predictive Medicine, a $44 million regional

biosafety research lab designed to better protect Americans from

emerging biological threats

KFC Yum! Center opensKicks off with Eagles concert

OCTOBER 2010

Sign letter of intent to form statewide health network

UofL launches largest fundraising campaign – $750

million is goal for‘Charting Our Course’ campaign

UofL researchers report cardiac stem cells as safe, effective in heart failure

treatment

NOVEMBER 2010

UofL soccer team Finishes Historic Season as NCAA Runner-Up

UofL Winter Commencement at Yum! Arena 700 students participate

DECEMBER 2010

KPPC help schools, businesses cut energy costs

154 school districts – $28 savings per student

Nursing students pass licensure exam at rate higher than

national average – 97% vs. 88% national avg

$4.8m grant to the Kent School program aims to reduce teen pregnancy,

disease risk

JANUARY 2011

$9.56 m from NIH to head multicenter

cardiovascular research network

Faculty from the University of Louisville's

Kent School of Social Work are joining with

the KIPDA Rural Diabetes Coalition to

reduce the prevalence of the disease in Shelby,

Bullitt and Henry counties

$2.6m grant to the Office of Community

Engagement to create a college-going culture

among low-income, minority and potential first-generation college

students

FEBRUARY 2011

University of Louisville’s College of Business in the top 10 percent of the nation’s business schools

for 2011

MARCH 2011

Mayor announces partnership with Nucleus on the "Lifelong Wellness and

Aging Initiative”

UofL & Kosair Charities Autism Center

University of Louisville has earned official

status as a Tree Campus USA

UofL Nursing Faculty Honored for Race Track Clinic Success

APRIL 2011

UofL Entrepreneurship Students – TNG Pharmaceuticals – Win National Awards

MAY 2011

Dr. Susan Harkema, UofL’s Owsley Brown Frazier Chair in Neurological Rehabilitation,

hopes to get people walking again

Fulbright’s – 14 & counting!

Commencement 2010-11Over 2,600 graduates!

MAY 2011

UofL and Ft. Knox discuss partnership

Nursing Fellowship program for stroke care

Continue to work on partnership agreement

$750,000,000

$520,538,046

Campaign Results

Another record year for fundraising – over $125 million with more to come!

JUNE 2011

Audit of HSC TIF expenditure approved

BUT IT ISN’T EASY

• STATE CUTS• FEDERAL CUTS– EARMARKS

• ENDOWMENT EARNINGS

KY NON AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

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Jan-11Jul-1

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Jan '991769.4

Oct '001833.6

Jul '031777.6

Dec '071872.4

Jun '111791.1

HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &

Achievement

Educational Excellence

Goals 1998 Actual

2011 Actual

2020 Goals

Increase baccalaureate degrees awarded annually 1,694 2,603 3,074

Increase baccalaureate graduation rate 30.1% 48.6% 60%

Increase doctorate degrees awarded annually 76 163 272

HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &

Achievement

Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity

Goals 1998 Actual

2011 Actual

2020 Goals

Increase total grant and contract expenditures $39.1M $198.4M $310.3M

Increase total grant and contract awards $42.1M $144.4M $280M

HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &

Achievement

Diversity, Opportunity, and Social Justice

Goals 1998 Actual

2011 Actual

2020 Goals

Achieve Kentucky Plan Goals 5 for 8 8 for 8 8 for 8*

Achieve annual goals specified in the University Diversity Plan

<86%4 100% 95%*

HITTING THE MARKUofL Exceeds Goals & Expectations for Academic Excellence &

Achievement

Creative and Responsible Stewardship

Goals 1998 Actual

2011 Actual

2020 Goals

Annual philanthropy received $42.5M $140.7M $150M

Participate in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education

NA5 Silver Gold

FIRST IN KENTUCKY

INCREASE OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED

FIRST IN KENTUCKY

INCREASE IN ALL DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED

FIRST IN KENTUCKY

INCREASE IN GRADUATION RATE

FIRST IN KENTUCKY

INCREASE IN AVERAGE ACT SCORES

HIGHEST PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN KENTUCKY

IN FUNDED RESEARCH

LOWEST IN KENTUCKY

INCREASE IN TUITION RATES

But being #1 in Kentucky is

not good enough!

We have more to do!

MANAGING COSTS$136 MILLION

IN 7 YEARS

UNDER PERFORMING ASSETS

e.g. SHELBY CAMPUS

DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS

WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH

STUDENT SERVICES

IMPROVING CONTRACT RESEARCH

AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF OUR INTELLECTUAL

PROPERTY

BEING CREATIVE

TWO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICTS

ENHANCING CLINICAL INCOME

FACULTY PHYSICIANS SUPPORT OUR ACADEMIC MISSION – TEACHING AND RESEARCH

INCREASING PHILANTHROPIC/

PRIVATE SUPPORT

AND SOWE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND BUILD ON OUR GREAT HISTORY & TRADITIONS!

YOU CAN BE PROUD OF YOUR ALMA MATER!

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TODAY AND GOING FORWARD…WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER!

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