Harmony Through Communications And Engagement:

Expanding Our Universein 2005-2006

Dr. Lou Agnese

President

Looking Back at 2004-2005

• Highest Enrollment Ever

• SACS Accreditation

• Feik School of Pharmacy

UIW is a complex organism

We have undergone many changes since 1985 …

• This fall, the number of first-time freshmen and transfer students will be greater than the entire number of full-time students 20 years ago

• Enrollment reflects the diversity of Bexar County

• The number of buildings has more than tripled

And many more changes since 1995 …

• More than twice as many students• A greater number of majors• A Ph.D. program• ADCaP and Virtual University• Sites in China and Mexico

Also since 1995 …

• Professional School of Pharmacy• Greater #s of faculty have terminal degrees• Have more than doubled the size of faculty• Purchased SACHS property• Wireless campus

Growth creates many challenges and raises many questions …

UIW Enrollment Growth1985 to 2005

20 -Year Annual 1985 2004 2005 %Growth %Growth

Full-time 780 2,366 2,649 239.6% 12.0%

Part-time 518 2,434 2,568 395.8% 5.5%

TOTAL 1,298 4,800 5,217 302.0% 8.7%

UIW New Student Growth1985 to 2005

1985 2004 2005 20–Year

% Growth

Annual

%Growth

UG First-time Freshmen

238 486 578 143.0% 19.0%

Transfer 283 345 386 36.4% 11.9%

TOTAL 521 831 964 85.0% 16.0%

Grad 82 155 171 108.5% 10.3%

Total 603 986 1,135 88.2% 15.1%

UIW Diversity Percentage of UIW Population

American Indian/ Alaskan Native 0.5%

Asian/Pacific Islander 2.1%

Black Non-Hispanic 7.4%

Hispanic 52.0%

International 6.0%

White Non-Hispanic 32.0%

Percentage of UIW Population

American Indian/ Alaskan Native 0.5%

Asian/Pacific Islander 2.1%

Black Non-Hispanic 7.4%

Hispanic 52.0%

International 6.0%

White Non-Hispanic 32.0%

Enrollment

• How much do we want to expand our universe?

- Last year we became the fifth largest private university in Texas; this year we could become the fourth largest

• Manage growth by programs, while developing synergistic opportunities

Enrollment

• What are the tools for expanding our universe?

- New academic programs?

- Continued financial aid leveraging?

Enrollment

• We want to grow existing graduate and professional programs while developing new ones

• We want to become academically more selective while maintaining our diversity

• Engagement in an effort to increase retention and graduation rates

Enrollment

• What ramifications for growth should we prepare for? Parking, creative scheduling, etc.

Looking ahead to the new school year

This year we’ll focus on these areas:

1)Mission and Catholic Identity

2) Managing our growth• Quality• QEP/retention/persistence• Infrastructure

Our focus for this year:

3) Communications (internal & external)

4) Growth of graduate and professional programs

We must remember the five tenets:

Education

Truth

Faith

Service

Innovation

Mission

And also the five service values:

Service

Respect

Community

Effectiveness

Creativity

And that Mission drives Vision

Looking Ahead …

• 2% cost-of-living raise

• SACS re-accreditation announcement in December

• Completion of Math, Science & Engineering Center

• Groundbreaking for the Feik School of Pharmacy in the spring

Looking Ahead …

• Continued growth of Mexico & China campuses

• Open new ADCaP site in the spring to replace the site at the Medical Center

• Continued development of the two high schools

• Resolve the athletic conference situation

Looking Ahead …

• Complete the E-Mail conversion• Greater use of card entry system• Doubling of bandwidth• Moving away from Social Security #s• Wireless access at SACHS

Looking Ahead …

• Parking situation

- 35 new spaces by Convocation Center

- 7 new spaces by Natatorium

- Free parking for employees by ICC

- Parking at the SBC lot

- Implement prioritized decal system by

spring term

Looking ahead to this year, we’ll be celebrating several important milestones

UIW’s 125th

Nursing Program’s 75th

100th of Motherhouse

SACS 10-year re-accreditation

10th Anniversary of the College becoming the University

And Dr. Agnese’s 20th as President