2011 - 2012
PROGRESS REPORT TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY
From t he Pre s id e n t .
T
he 2011-12 year at Tennessee Tech University was marked not only by enrollment
growth, national recognition and student engagement, but also by transition with the retirement of TTU’s eighth president, Dr. Bob Bell.
In my short time on campus, I have often thought of Sir Isaac Newton’s comment, “If I have seen a little farther it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
When I came to Tennessee Tech in July, I came to a campus with a long history of putting students first and of academic excellence. Eight presidents have maintained and built upon that vision, and I am honored to have been selected the ninth.
We serve more than 11,000 students who are immersed in a wide variety of experiential learning opportunities. We hold national rankings for quality while our graduates leave with one of the lightest debt loads in the country.
To create global citizens, students and faculty have built international collaborations and exchanges. TTU continues to serve the community with outreach programs for younger
students, workshops on economic development and energy efficiency, as well as concerts and cultural events.
We have a strong foundation on which to build the future.
President philip b. oldham
Vis ion. Tennessee Technological University will be one of the best universities in the nation through a commitment to the lifelong success of our students.
Cont ents . This report showcases the university’s 2011-2012 year. More information about the university’s strategic planning process can be found at tntech.edu/strategicplanning. University
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Excellence in Teaching & Instruction Degree Innovations Retention Research
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community
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Outreach
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Enrollment
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Undergraduate/Graduate
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Peer study
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Graduation/Retention Rates
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Financials
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Sources/Uses of Current Funds 2011 TTU Foundation Financial Aid Invested Funds
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TTU At A Glance
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Student Profile Facts & Figures
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Giving
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Private Giving
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About Tennessee Tech
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Univers it y. A university measures its strength by the quality of its instruction, the innovation of its programs, its ability to retain students and guide them through graduation, and the insight of its research. Excellence in Teaching & Instruction Students from the Colleges of Business and Engineering developed business plans and engineered packaging to launch Turkish products in the U.S. They travelled to Celal Bayar University in Turkey, and Turkish students returned the visit and worked on several service learning projects in the Upper Cumberland. Agritourism students learned all about food safety in a new course developed under a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Students planted and tended gardens, studied hazards of pesticides and fertilizers, and canned produce from three seasons, from spring spinach to fall pumpkins. TTU associate professor of agriculture Janice Branson developed the courses to give students the chance to learn different ways to process and profit from their crops. Spring graduates of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination to become practicing nurses. TTU received a $1.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create a program to recruit individuals with strong science, technology, engineering and math backgrounds into secondary teaching careers.
Nursing and nutrition students spent a month last summer in Finland and Russia learning how other forms of government oversee healthcare. While there, they hiked, went whitewater rafting and met Santa’s reindeer.
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A group of engineering and business students at Tennessee Tech University studied how to make select Turkish products more available as part of a new international service learning project. In partnership with students from a university in Turkey, the group of 20 TTU students developed ideas, from packaging to marketing, to launch sales of Turkish products in the U.S. The students conducted market research at Tennessee Tech.
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Degree Innovations The TTU College of Education is redesigning the licensure-based teacher preparation programs to meet new state standards. Ready2Teach prepares PreK-12 teachers,
counselors, psychologists, librarians and administrators to be ready to teach and have a positive impact on students from their first day in the classroom.
To meet the increasing demand for teachers in science, technology, engineering and
math fields, a concentration in educational technology has been added to the master’s in curriculum and instruction degree program.
The music and art programs have separated to become two departments, giving each more opportunity to grow and develop, and to meet the specific academic needs of musicians and artists.
TTU has redesigned its nursing program to make it easier for practicing registered
nurses to earn their bachelor’s degree. Classes have been moved online and scheduled for times outside the standard workday.
TTU became the first in the state to offer a child life program. The human ecology
program teaches students how to work with children in hospitals and explain medical procedures to them in an age-appropriate way.
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Retention
Since Fall 2012, students have participated in the Engineering Career Awareness
Program, which introduces students to potential career opportunities through co-ops, internships and service learning experiences. The program aims to increase retention and graduation rates.
TTU is turning its residence halls into Living and Learning Villages to help students
connect with each other and with faculty who lead each village. Five learning villages have opened so far, and four of the village heads are faculty from the College of Arts and Sciences.
To lower student stress levels, the upper division class in the Whitson-Hester School of
Nursing has changed from four semesters to five. Students have more time to master the basics of nursing before taking advanced courses.
Math courses are being redesigned to give students more time to talk one-on-one with their professors. Some class sessions have moved to the Math Zone, in the Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library Commons.
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Research Amanda Crook, a doctoral. student in the environmental science program, is researching easier ways to remove heavy metals, such as nickel, cadmium and mercury, from water.
Agricultural economics professor Michael Best spent a summer growing heirloom tomatoes under a
plastic canopy and in an open field to see which method is better for growing the fragile plants that are increasingly popular with consumers.
Remotely operated robots designed by mechanical engineering professor Stephen Canfield are being commercialized by one of his former students, who has started a business in Cookeville.
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Com m uni ty. A university measures its impact by its involvement in the life of the community. Outreach TTU partnered with the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the Department of
Environment and Conservation to stabilize stream banks, develop wildlife habitats and food plots, and provide clean water sources for livestock at the Oakley Farm.
The Appalachian Center for Craft hosted more than 1,300 school-age children for
workshops and demonstrations through its educational outreach program. The program
serves 17 schools and introduces students to arts otherwise unavailable during the school day. For nearly 40 years, LeBron Bell, professor of exercise science, physical education and
wellness, has organized the Area 9 Special Olympics for local special needs children and adults.
The Gallery at the Craft Center received the Cumberland Business Journal’s “Excellence in Business Leadership Award” in the fall of 2011. The Gallery gives professional and student artists a place to interact, learn and sell their work.
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Enrollmen t . Tennessee Tech has experienced record enrollment over the course of the last decade. undergraduate/graduate From 2009 - 2011
freshmen
sophomores
seniors
juniors
Fall 2009
2,779
Fall 2010
2,886
1,931
1,913
2,462
Fall 2011
2,964
1,907
2,103
2,505
0
1
2
1,731
3
1,867
4
5
2,299
6
7
non-degree
8,918
242
8
9
9,436
244
441
9,920
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(in thousands)
Master’s
Fall 2009
1,343
Fall 2010
1,044
Fall 2011
866 147
0
0.5
276
218
167
1
801
1.5 (in thousands)
1,929
92
90
747
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doctoral
non-degree
education specialist
88
2
2,102 1,848 2.5
Peer S t ud y. Tennessee Tech benchmarks its graduation and retention rates against other universities in the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). graduation/retention rates 2011–2012
Six-year Graduation rate for First-time, Full-time Freshmen Fall 2005
50 50
44
46 41
(percentage)
40 30 20 10 0 TTU
THEC
TBR
OVC
One-Year retention rate for First-time, Full-time Freshmen Fall 2010 80
73
72
71
72
THEC
TBR
OVC
(percentage)
60
40
20
0 TTU
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Financials . s o u r c e s o f c u r r e n t fu n d s
(unrestricted and restricted)
for the year ended June 30, 2011
(in thousands)
$192,018 TUITION & FEES $75,760 RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS $35,182 FEDERAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS $23,740 STATE, LOCAL & PRIVATE GRANTS & CONTRACTS $25,873
AUXILIARIES $14,511
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY | $1,187 GIFTS | $732 SALES & SERVICES | $8,649
NON-RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS | $4,738 INVESTMENT | $290 OTHER | $1,356
u s e s o f c u r r e n t fu n d s
(unrestricted and restricted)
for the year ended June 30, 2011
(in thousands)
$193,259 LONG-TERM DEBT, RENOVATION & OTHER TRANSFERS $18,918 SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS $46,069 INSTRUCTION $53,063 STUDENT SERVICES $19,635
AUXILIARIES | $7,182 RESEARCH | $9,882 PUBLIC SERVICE | $5,487 ACADEMIC SUPPORT | $10,209
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT | $10,953 MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF PLANT | $11,861
TTU foundation
for the year ended June 30, 2011
$3,488
Revenue GIFTS $2,034
(in thousands)
$4,199
Expenses OPERATING $1,919
ADDITIONS TO PERMANENT ENDOWMENT $940
OTHER OPERATING $823 PAYMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY $786
INVESTMENT INCOME -$344 CAPITAL GRANTS & GIFTS | $31 DISPOSAL OF CAPITAL ASSETS & OTHER | $4
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SCHOLARSHIPS $1,494
financial aid
i n v e s t e d fu n d s
summary, 2011–2012
2007 - 2012
Nearly 87 percent of TTU students received some
Foundation endowment
form of financial aid.
university endowment
# Awards $ Amount
chairs of excellence
Federal Grants
4,962
16,638,486
Loans
8,208
34,550,299
560
554,804
13,730
51,743,589
86
111,144
Scholarships
9,886
26,316,720
Subtotal
9,972
26,427,864
272
3,411,682
Scholarships
2,562
8,044,690
Subtotal
2,834
11,456,372
Work Program Subtotal
60
50
state Grants
40
30
institution Athletics
20
private
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Scholarships
980
2,548,908
Loans
222
1,621,251
Subtotal
1,202
4,170,159
Total
27,738
93,797,984
0 2008 2009 2010 (in millions)
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2011 2012
T TU At a G la n ce . Stu d e n t P r o f i l e 2011–2012
Female/male 49.9 percent / 50.1 percent
racial/ethnic minority 13.5 percent international 5.3 percent
Age > 25 24.6 percent
AG&HS
undergraduate
graduate
total
1,109
46
1,155
1,180
180
2,133
151
1,995
A&S Bus
2,052
ED ENG
1,172
IND
2,068
617
2,669
748
1,920
33
279
IS
73
1,360
2,284
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Facts & figures 2011–2012
Fall Enrollment 11,768
student-to-faculty ratio 22:1
degrees awarded 2,166
highest degree offered Ph.D.
degree programs 41 UG | 23 G | 10 P-P campus size 252 acres
athletics 8 W | 6 M
ovc championships 2
AG&HS Agricultural & Human Sciences | A&S Arts & Sciences | Bus Business | ED Education | ENG Engineering | IND Independent Programs | IS Interdisciplinary Studies UG Undergraduate | G Graduate | P-P Pre-Professional | W Women’s | M Men’s
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Giv ing. The cumulative effect of gifts and private support stands as an indicator of the university’s health. In honor of Sharon Thompson, a professor in the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2011, Tennessee Tech created the Dr. Sharon S.
Thompson Courage Award, beginning with a donation from the Jeanette Travis Foundation in Nashville. Donations are being accepted to increase the size of the endowment.
The family of Cookeville artist Emma Lee Dowell Wade donated her painting, Rebecca at the Well, to TTU for display in the Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library. Wade’s granddaughters, Patricia Van Gilder and Martha Arnett, and Wade’s daughter, Beckyanne Marable, celebrated the work of art with TTU president Bob Bell during a reception at the library.
To recognize Bob and Gloria Bells’ lasting contributions to the College of Business, family and friends donated funds to renovate one of his favorite teaching classrooms, Johnson Hall 308. The renovation is part of the college’s “Keeping the Promise” campaign.
private giving
University/foundation gifts For 2011–2012
Cash/Securities In-Kind University Foundation
$108,902 $2,425,928
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$43,323
$446,995
Ab out Tenn e s s e e Te c h . AS A PUBLIC, STATE UNIVERSITY, Tennessee Tech offers programs in six academic divisions: Agricultural and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering and Interdisciplinary Studies.
T
he university is committed to the lifelong success of students through high-quality instruction and learning experiences. Tennessee Tech students are engaged in
scholarly activity, especially basic and applied research, creative endeavors and
public service, with special emphasis on community and economic development.
AFFORDABILITY. TTU is consistently ranked one of “America’s 100 Best College Buys” by
Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc., making the list every year from 2006 to 2012. TTU students graduate with the lightest debt load in the region, according to U.S.News
& World Report. Fifty-three percent of Tennessee Tech’s 2011 graduates left school debt
free, and students who carried a debt after graduation had the second lowest average debt amount nationwide.
ALUMNI. Among TTU’s more than 74,000 graduates are a retired CEO of Boeing, two
space shuttle astronauts, a retired New York Times assistant managing editor, an admiral and a four-star general. More than 70 percent of TTU’s alumni live in Tennessee.
CAMPUS. TTU occupies a 252-acre campus in Cookeville, Tenn. In addition, the university
owns and operates the Shipley Farm and W. Clyde Hyder-Tommy Burks Agricultural
Pavilion just north of campus, as well as the Appalachian Center for Craft, located on
Center Hill Lake near Smithville. TTU works the 1,800-acre Oakley farm, the second largest beef cattle operation in the state,.
The TTU campus extends statewide through the Center for Manufacturing Research, a
regional Tennessee Small Business Development Center, the Center for the Management,
Utilization & Protection of Water Resources, and the Center for Energy Systems Research.
These centers spur economic development, aid manufacturers and provide critical research for Tennesseans. Distance education opportunities and the 2+2 and Transfer Pathways arrangements with community colleges statewide are among TTU’s efforts to help Tennesseans obtain a four-year degree without leaving their hometowns.
RESEARCH. Nearly $13.1 million in externally funded grants and contracts come from a
variety of sources, including industry, the state of Tennessee, and federal agencies such as the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, NASA and the U.S. Army. TTU’s research efforts in agriculture, energy efficiency, fisheries biology, Smart Grid
technologies and civil engineering are among those that have international impact and recognition.
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This report was produced by the offices of the President and Communications & Marketing. Tennessee Technological University is a constituent university of the Tennessee Board of Regents. The TBR, the sixth largest system of higher education in the nation, governs 45 institutions: six universities, 13 community colleges and 26 area technology centers, providing programs to more than 190,000 students in 90 of Tennessee’s 95 counties. TTU is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its program and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of Diversity & Legal Affairs, PO Box 5164, Cookeville, TN 38505, 931-372-3016. Pub# 103-PRNT-13