Faculty Senate
2010 Spring Career Fair
John F. Carney III
June 17, 2010
Commencement Graduate Ceremony
Friday, May 14265 candidates
Undergraduate CeremonySaturday, May 15675 candidatesGovernor Nixon
• Governor’s speech may be viewed at http://mst.edu/Curator Carnahan
1,467 degrees in the 2009-2010 academic year
2010 UM System Awards President’s Award for Research and Creativity
Richard Brow
President’s Award for Outstanding TeachingFrances “Dee” Montgomery
C. Brice Ratchford Memorial Fellowship AwardCurt Elmore
Student Entrepreneur of the Year AwardMichael Orlando, Jr.Colby HallR.J. Miller
FY2011 Budget Modifications
5.2% cut in state appropriations
$2,657,166 Increased recurring revenues
$1,274,666 Budget reductions
$1,382,500
FY2011 Budget Modifications
Academic Departmentsand
all other areaswere cut ~1.5%
Enrollmentend of fourth week
Fall Semester
Headcount
Actual Goal
2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011
Undergraduate Students 3,698 4,313 4,515 4,753 4,912 5,205 4,800
Graduate Students 928 1,289 1,343 1,414 1,459 1,610 1,750
Total Enrollment 4,626 5,602 5,858 6,167 6,371 6,815 6,550
Applications and Admitsas of 6/8 each year
2000 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
FRESHMEN Applications 1801 2095 2341 2351 2618 2793
Admitted 1580 1870 2081 2055 2308 2427
TRANSFERS Applications 334 423 434 482 506 605
Admitted 237 288 308 342 345 392
Limiting Freshman Engineering Enrollment
Closing admission to Freshman Engineering Program for Fall 2010New students admitted after June 21 will be
deferred to spring 2011 semester and encouraged to enroll in fall classes at one of S&T’s 52 transfer partner colleges
Limiting Freshman Engineering Enrollment
S&T will continue to accept applications for transfer, graduate, and online engineering programs
S&T will continue to accept freshman applications for other 12 academic programs
Project Lead the WaySummer 2010
Train over 150 high school teachers and counselors from all over the countryBiomedicalEngineering
Only University in the U.S. selected to provide training in both biomedical and engineering
S&T is the PLTW National Affiliate Training Center in Missouri
FIRST Robotics Competition S&T will host a Missouri State Championship
weekend in Spring 2011The FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) is a
multinational competition that teams professionals and high-school students to solve an engineering design problem in a competitive way.
Will attract 1,000 visitors to campus
Solar Car
June 20 – June 26, 2010Tulsa, OK – Naperville, IL
• Stops and Checkpoints: Tulsa – Neosho – Topeka – Jefferson City – Rolla – Alton, IL – Normal – Naperville
• Ceremonial run on June 27 to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
Solar Cars Arrive in Rolla Wednesday, June 23
Teams arrive between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.View cars and meet team members in the
parking lot of the Multipurpose BuildingAll-you-can-eat BBQ from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for
$7.00
Thursday, June 249:00 a.m. race resumesGale Bullman parking lot