OPES Data Report 2024

Office of Prestigious External Scholarships

2024

OPES 2024 IN NUMBERS

156

387

Number of Students Advised

Number of Advising Meetings

8569

Number of Applications Submitted

212.45

454.2

Number of Hours Spent Advising

Number of Hours Spent Non-Advising

61

51

Number of Students to Submit an Application

Number of Majors Represented by Advisees

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OPES 2023 TO 2024 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

1.9%

0.25%

Increase in Number of Students Advised

Increase in Number of Advising Meetings

8.25%

7.59%

Increase in Number of Hours Spent Advising

Increase in Number of Applications Submitted

The number of students who submitted applications remained the same.

40% Increase in Number of Scholarship Recipients/Finalists

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ADVISING HOURS 2024 AMGEN

Astronaut

Critical Language Scholarship Delta

Fulbright Goldwater

Churchill

DAAD RISE

DAAD Study

Fulbright Summer UK Govern For America

Knight Hennessy

Marshall

National Geographic PPIA

Boren

Hollings

McCall MacBain

NSF GRFP

PPLC Harvard

Gaither

Rhodes

Mitchell

Pickering and Rangel Truman

Udall

Voyager 30

25

20

15

10

5

Au gu st Se pt em be r O ct ob er N ov em be r D ec em be r

Ju ly

Ju ne

M ay

Ap ril

M ar ch

Ja nu ar y Fe bu ar y

0

03

TOTAL HOURS 2024 (ADVISING AND NON-ADVISING) Astronaut

Boren

Churchill

CLS

Fulbright UK SI

Gaither

Goldwater

McCall MacBain

Marshall

PPIA

DAAD

Fulbright

Knight-Hennessy Rhodes

Truman

Udall 100 80 60 40 20

Au gu st Se pt em be r O ct ob er N ov em be r D ec em be r

Ju ly

Ju ne

M ay

Ap ril

M ar ch

Ja nu ar y Fe br ua ry

0

TIME SPENT ADVISING VS. OTHER ACTIVITIES Advising

Presidential

Non-Advising

Au gu st Se pt em be r O ct ob er N ov em be r D ec em be r

Ju ly

Ju ne

M ay

Ap ril

M ar ch

Ja nu ar y Fe br ua ry

120 100 80 60 40 20 0

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STUDENTS ADVISED

BY COLLEGE

60 50 40 30 20 10 0

College of Business 6%

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences 11% College of Arts & Sciences 37%

Bagley College of Engineering 36%

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Number of Students Advised with this Major

Secondary Education

2

Political Science

11

Spanish

2

Computer Science

10

Accounting

1

Biochemistry

9

1

Biomedical Engineering

9

Animal and Dairy Science

Aerospace Engineering

8

Agricultural Business

1

Chemical Engineering

7

Architecture

1

Biological Sciences

1

Electrical Engineering

7

Business Administration

1

Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture

7

Chemistry

1

English

6

Cybersecurity

1

Psychology

6

Educational Psychology

1

International Business

5

Elementary Education

1

Mechanical Engineering

5

Environmental Economics

1

Anthropology

4

Microbiology

4

Fashion Design and Merchandising

1

Computer Engineering

3

French

1

Data Science

3

German

1

Geosciences

3

Graphic Design

1

History

3

Kinesiology

1

Industrial Engineering

3

Marketing

1

Meteorology

3

Mathematics

1

Physics

3

Philosophy

1

Agronomy

2

Social Work

1

Civil Engineering

2

Sociology

1

Economics

2

Software Engineering

1

Environmental Geosciences

2

Sustainable Bioproducts

1

Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability

2

NUMBER OF MAJORS REPRESENTED: 51 06

ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE

BY SCHOLARSHIP - WHOLE YEAR

Udall 5.3% Truman 10.7%

Astronaut 10.8% Boren 3.3% CLS 5.3%

Rhodes 8.4%

DAAD RISE 2.1%

PPIA 1.9% NSF GRFP 2% Marshall 1.2% Knight Hennessy 3.7%

Fulbright 24.1% Goldwater Gaither 9.2% 0.8%

04

07

Goldwater 23.5%

Astronaut 21.7%

Voyager 6.5%

CLS 4.3% DAAD RISE 4.3%

NSF GRFP 28.3%

Fulbright 8.7% Fulbright Summer UK 4.3%

General 14.8%

Udall 20.7%

Voyager 1.8%

Astronaut 51.4%

Truman 10.8%

National Geographic 3.6%

General 11.1%

Churchill 11%

Rhodes 16.7%

Mitchell 5.6% Goldwater 2.8%

Truman 9.8%

Truman 2.7% Fulbright 44%

MAY

Rhodes 11%

Knight Hennessy 5.5% Goldwater 8.2%

MARCH

General 17.4%

Fulbright UKSI 20.6%

APRIL

Boren 11.8%

JUNE

Truman 20.6%

Astronaut 8.8%

JANUARY

Udall 5.9%

FEBRUARY

ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE

BY SCHOLARSHIP - BY MONTH

Fulbright 63.9%

Boren 7.3%

Rhodes 14.6%

McCall MacBain 9.8%

Fulbright 53.7%

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Fulbright 52%

JULY

Rhodes 34%

Rhodes 12.6% Marshall Goldwater 4.1% 6.5%

Other 11% General 10.7% Udall 3.5%

Truman 20.6%

CLS 19.8%

DAAD RISE 6.1% Gaither 1.5%

Rhodes 4.6%

Goldwater 12.2%

OCTOBER

Fulbright 34.1%

Truman 1.6%

NOVEMBER

General 21.6%

SEPTEMBER

DAAD Study 3.2%

DECEMBER

PPIA 4% Goldwater 6%

AUGUST

ADVISING HOUR PERCENTAGE

BY SCHOLARSHIP - BY MONTH General 20%

Astronaut 6.7% Churchill 6.7%

Rhodes 4.4%

Knight Hennessy 13.3%

Fulbright 31.1%

OtherBoren 10.5% 2.6% General 13.2%

CLS 13.2% DAAD RISE 5.3% DAAD Study 5.3%

Truman 2.6% Rhodes 5.3% PPIA 5.3% Goldwater 13.2%

Udall 13.6%

Fulbright 21.1%

Fulbright Summer UK 8.5% Gaither 6.8% Goldwater 10.2%

Truman 30.5%

Hollings PPIA 3.4% 10.2%

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ADVISEE YEAR BREAKDOWN First-Year Senior

Sophomore Graduate

Graduate Alum 8% 3%

Junior Alum

First-Year 14.2%

Senior 23.9%

Sophomore 23.9%

Junior 32.1% 10

Satisfaction Survey Data The following data was taken from a Qualtrics survey sent to all students who applied for a scholarship in the Fall of 2024. Of these students, there were 9 respondents.

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COMMENTS FROM STUDENTS

I might have just been bad at navigating the website, but I always had trouble finding internal/national deadline dates on it.

Easier to find internal and national deadlines on the main OPES website.

I really enjoyed my experience. The only drawback was having to schedule meeting almost months in advance, but that is understandable given the high demand.

Everything was put together very well!

A consideration for the future: ask students who have gone through the process before to look into future applicants materials. This could even be a student worker role for these individuals which would allow students, who are not able to meet with Dr. Hoffman, an opportunity to hear some of what might be considered through a third party.

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DATA: STUDENT SATISFACTION Very Good Experience Good Experience Neutral Bad Experience Very Bad Experience 0

1

2

3

4

5

6

PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO ENGAGED IN SELFREFLECTION

PERCENT OF STUDENTS RECEIVED HELPFUL FEEDBACK FROM OPES

PERCENT OF STUDENTS WHO INCREASED THEIR CONFIDENCE IN COMMUNICATING THEIR RESEARCH OR PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES

100%

100%

100%

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2024 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS

Name

Major

Scholarship

Jenny Baldwin

Secondary English Education

Fulbright Awards

Hanna Clark

Educational Leadership

Fulbright Awards

Sydney Denton

History and Political Science

Rhodes Finalist

Valencia Epps

Elementary Education

Fulbright Awards

Surabhi Gupta

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

DAAD-RISE

Ryan Harper

Electrical Engineering

Critical Language Scholarship Spark

David Heson

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science

Astronaut Scholarship

David Heson

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science

Goldwater Scholarship

Devin Hutchins

Philosophy and Economics

Truman Scholarship Finalist

Devin Hutchins

Philosophy and Economics

Rhodes Finalist

Alijah Jones

Political Science

PPIA Junior Summer Institute

Payton Kelly-Van Domelen

Biomedical Engineering

Rhodes Finalist

Lily Langstaff

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

PPIA Junior Summer Institute 14

2024 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND FINALISTS Name

Major

Scholarship

Lily Langstaff

Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

Udall Scholarship

Kaleb Love

Computer Engineering

UK Fulbright Summer Institute

Josh Phillips

Political Science and Economics

Boren Award

Josh Phillips

Political Science and Economics

Critical Language Scholarship

Josh Phillips

Political Science and Economics

Truman Scholarship Finalist

Annamarie Thompson

Biomedical Engineering

Astronaut Scholarship

Annamarie Thompson

Biomedical Engineering

Goldwater Scholarship

Alyssa Williams

Psychology and Biochemistry

Astronaut Scholarship

Alyssa Williams

Psychology and Biochemistry

Goldwater Scholarship

HIGHLIGHTS: HIGHEST NUMBER OF AWARDS AND RECIPIENTS IN A SINGLE YEAR IN OFFICE HISTORY. THREE ASTRONAUT SCHOLARS AND THREE GOLDWATER SCHOLARS THREE FULBRIGHT AWARDS 15