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MAKING IOWA AND THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY2017-2022 Strategic Plan Progress
W E N D Y W I N T E R S T E E N , P R E S I D E N TN o v e m b e r 1 4 , 2 0 1 9
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Good morning. It’s great to be here with you today. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to update you on Iowa State University’s 2017-2022 Strategic Plan. As the state’s only land-grant university, Iowa State’s strategic plan advances our land-grant mission to create, share, and apply knowledge to make Iowa and the world a better place. In the docket, we provided a number of metrics and initiatives related to the four goals of our plan. In this presentation, I would like to highlight some of the unique ways we are serving our students and the state every day to make Iowa and the world a better place. [Next slide]
GOAL 1: ENSURING ACCESS TO THE IOWA STATE EXPERIENCE
4.4 YEARS 95% POST-GRAD SUCCESS 75% HIGH-IMPACT $2 MILLION SAVED
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Goal #1 is ensuring access to the Iowa State experience. That experience includes practical, global, and leadership opportunities to prepare our students for the 21st century. This experience also includes our growing culture of innovation and entrepreneurship – which we are integrating across the undergraduate curriculum. Last year, we graduated a record number of students in record time. More than 6900 undergraduates earned bachelor’s degrees, and the average time-to-degree was 4.4 years. 95% of our graduates secure a job in their field or go on to graduate school within six months of getting their degree. This success is due in part to the high-impact practices they engage in during their time at Iowa State. High-impact practices include things like internships, undergraduate research, entrepreneurial programs, and study abroad. 75% of our undergraduates completed two or more high-impact practices during the last three years. One example is the Joan Bice Tea Room in the College of Human Sciences (picture – third from left). This is a working restaurant that serves as a learning lab for students in our hospitality management, culinary science, and dietetics programs. The students plan, prepare, and serve lunch everyday by reservation or pre-order to faculty, staff, students, and visitors. FYI – the special this week is vegetable lasagna. [turn page] As part of our commitment to affordability and accessibility, we’re also finding innovative ways to save students money on supplemental college costs. Last year, students saved $2 million on textbooks and other course materials thanks to faculty adopting open educational resources for their courses. [next slide]
GOAL 2: ENHANCING IOWA STATE’S RESEARCH PROFILE
BIOBASED CHEMICALS UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINES
187 COMPANIES INVESTED
RECORD $261 MILLION EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING
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Goal #2 is enhancing Iowa State’s research profile through diverse, interdisciplinary, and high-impact research. What makes research at Iowa State so exciting is the direct impact it has right here in Iowa – making our people, communities, companies and economy healthier, stronger, and more productive. For example, Iowa State has taken a lead role in generating research, innovation, and collaboration in three platforms to grow the state’s bioeconomy. Through our National Science Foundation Center for Biorenewable Chemicals and the ISU BioCentury Research Farm, Iowa State is working on a comprehensive system for producing biobased chemicals. These chemicals can be used as petroleum alternatives in everything from building materials to personal-care products. This past year, we were able to leverage new resources from the state to support a Chief Technology Officer for this platform. This position is responsible for accelerating the transfer of new biobased chemicals and product technologies to the commercial sector. We also established a seed grant program designed to create new industry-university collaborations. [turn page] The other two platforms are precision and digital agriculture, and vaccines and immunotherapeutics. In the past year, researchers at ISU’s Nanovaccine Institute earned $5.6 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health to develop universal influenza vaccines. These vaccines would protect against a wide range of flu strains, but do not require refrigeration. Collaboration is key to our research programs, and industry partnerships provide a mutual benefit to our faculty and students and Iowa companies. In total, 187 companies invested in Iowa State research in the last fiscal year. 28 of those companies are headquartered or have a significant presence in Iowa, and 10 have locations in the ISU Research Park. Overall, ISU researchers set a new record for external research funding – securing $261 million dollars last year. This funding is reinvested to support things like graduate student education, equipment, technology, and collaborative innovation that addresses complex problems and improves quality of life. [next slide]
GOAL 3: IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL IOWANS
CIRAS• 1,736 businesses served• 4,500 jobs
created/retained• $419M economic impact
Tech Transfer• 165 IP disclosures• 98 patent
applications• 32 patents received
(#69 worldwide)
Entrepreneurship• 3,800 students• 10,000 total
individuals
ISU Research Park• 17 new companies• 96 total companies• 2,250 total
employees
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That brings us to Goal #3 – which captures Iowa State’s efforts to improve the quality of life for all Iowans. We are making significant contributions every day through our economic development programs and extension and outreach efforts in all 99 counties. ISU’s economic development assistance programs including the Center for Industrial Research and Service and the Small Business Development Center are housed at the ISU Research Park, but they reach companies and businesses in every Iowa county. Last year alone, CIRAS served more than 17-hundred Iowa businesses, helping create or retain 4,500 jobs, and generating more than $419 million dollars in total economic impact. The photo on the far left is from the opening of CIRAS’s new Digital Manufacturing Lab in September. Thanks to a commitment from Alliant Energy, the new CIRAS lab will allow Iowa manufacturers to experiment with cutting-edge technologies in a risk-free environment. CIRAS experts also will provide education about new and emerging technologies such as collaborative robots and 3D scanners. Iowa State faculty continue to excel in transferring their research to the marketplace. Last year, ISU researchers submitted 165 intellectual property disclosures, which is essentially the first step to commercializing technology. [turn page] Researchers also filed 98 new patent applications, and received 32 patents – improving Iowa State’s worldwide ranking for number of U.S. patents to #69. Our culture of innovation and entrepreneurship is strengthened by engaging our students and Iowans. More than 38-hundred students enrolled in entrepreneurship-themed coursework last year. When you add in our engagement with recent graduates and other individuals who worked with Iowa State to launch their startups, grow their small businesses, or participate in entrepreneurial programs – that number grows to more than 10,000. Pictured third from the left is one of our Cyclone CEO’s – Lauren Jones. She’s a junior majoring in entrepreneurship. Her company is called the Modern Milkman. This is a food truck-style grocery service. It targets rural communities without an accessible grocery store, delivering the essentials like milk, bread, eggs, and produce. And earlier this week – the Princeton Review ranked Iowa State #26 out of 300 universities for entrepreneurship program excellence. The ISU Research Park is flourishing with activity from startups and industry giants who want access to Iowa State talent and expertise. 17 new companies moved in to the Park last year, including Kent Corporation and Collins Aerospace. We now have a total of 96 companies located there, employing 2,250 Iowans. [next slide]
GOAL 3: IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL IOWANS
5.6 MILLION CONTACTS WITH IOWANS
4-H FLEx2Go Program
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In our role as the state’s only land-grant university, Iowa State has a unique and robust extension and outreach mission. With specialists in ever single county, Iowa State provides front-door access to services, research, and education to all Iowans. Last year, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach had 5.6 million contacts with Iowans – including face-to-face, web and social media interaction, and downloads and purchases of our educational materials. Each year, we reach nearly 100,000 young Iowans through 4-H youth development. One example is the 4H FLEX 2 Go program. The photo shows students in the program getting a 360-degree video tour of a Rock Valley manufacturing plant in northwest Iowa. Students are learning what careers are available in modern manufacturing, and the program helps challenge preconceived notions about the industry. This partnership also supports the Governor’s Future Ready Iowa Initiative. [turn page] I also want to highlight the great work of our Extension and Outreach community development specialists. Last year, they helped 27 minority owned businesses start or improve their businesses. [next slide]
GOAL 3: IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL IOWANS
Iowa Latina youth take part in Abriendos Caminos (Clearing the Path to Health) program
Kimberly GrederProfessor of Human Development and Family Studies and Family Life Extension Specialist
2019 National Extension Diversity Award
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One of our aspirational goals is to make Iowa State University the best land-grant university in the nation for creating a welcoming and inclusive campus. And our efforts to advance this goal truly extend statewide through our extension and outreach programs in every Iowa county. We want to make the state of Iowa as welcoming and inclusive as possible so that all Iowans have the opportunity to thrive. Two Iowa State Extension and Outreach programs have been recognized nationally for their success in improving the lives of Latin-x youth in Iowa. Kimberly Greder is an Iowa State professor in human development and family studies and family life extension specialist. She leads two programs that promote higher education and healthy life choices, and provide access to resources, skill development, and support networks – reaching a combined 1500 Iowa Latin-x youth and their families. As a result, Greder was selected for the 2019 National Extension Diversity Award. The award is given by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Cooperative Extension, and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).[next slide]
GOAL 4: ENHANCING AND CULTIVATING THE IOWA STATE EXPERIENCE
U.S. multicultural or international
• 24.5% of student body• 28% of faculty and staff
Destination Iowa State• 1200 first-year students
attended One Cyclone
ISCORE Conference on Race and Ethnicity
• 1200 students, faculty, and staff attended
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Goal 4, which is enhancing and cultivating the Iowa State experience for our students, faculty, staff, and visitors, captures our on-campus efforts toward our goal of becoming the most welcoming and inclusive land-grant university. Last fall, the percent of students at Iowa State who identified as U.S. multicultural or international set a record at 24.5 percent of the student body. 28% of our faculty and staff are minority. But universities must do much more than simply recruit students from diverse backgrounds. At Iowa State, we are committed to ensuring students have the tools, resources, and support to work hard and be able to reach their full potential. During our student orientation program, Destination Iowa State, nearly 1200 new students participated in a session called “One Cyclone.” This session shared lessons about diversity and the students’ roles in creating an inclusive campus. Last spring, another 1200 students, faculty, and staff participated in ISCORE: the Thomas L. Hill Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity. [turn page] This program has truly become a national model for other universities in creating a forum to talk about race and ethnicity issues.[next slide]
GOAL 4:ENHANCING AND CULTIVATING THE IOWA STATE EXPERIENCE
Leaders Enhancing Agriculture, Diversity, Inclusion and Trust, Collective (CALS, LEAD IT)
Connect Four Learning Community for students of color in CHS
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I also want to highlight the excellent work of our Multicultural Liaison Officers – or MLO’s for short. These are staff in every college who work hard every day to support and serve as advocates for our multicultural students. A couple of great examples: Carmen Flagge serves as the MLO in the College of Human Sciences. She led an effort to create a new Learning Community this year for students of color called Connect Four – pictured on the left This is open to all first-year students of color in Human Sciences… focused on Academic Success, Leadership, and Networking. In the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, MLO Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky and Assistant Dean Theressa Cooper are engaged with a team called LEAD IT. That stands for Leaders Engaging in Agriculture, Diversity, Inclusion, and Trust. These student leaders serve as diversity liaisons to student organizations and academic departments in the college of agriculture. They also work with closely with the dean and his leadership team. And last year, MLO’s in several colleges teamed up with Deere and Company to create the ISU/John Deere Emerging Leaders Program. This promotes leadership development and provides job shadowing experiences for multicultural scholars. This semester, we’ve also been engaged with a new group , Students Against Racism. Just yesterday, we responded to a list of their demands – which are posted on our updated Campus Climate website. We value our students standing against racism and we stand with them in this fight. [next slide]
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Finally, I would like to end my presentation by recognizing the 120th anniversary of one of the most iconic sounds on the Iowa State campus – the Stanton Memorial Carillon. It is housed in our equally iconic Campanile. Pictured here is a one-fifth scale playable model. It was unveiled last month during a celebration concert to mark the 120th anniversary. Eight capstone classes, consisting of nearly 100 students from several majors, have worked on the project over the past four years, helping to design and build the model. Another class will now be tasked with creating containers to pack and move the model. The portable Carillon is 21 and a half feet tall, with 27 bells, and working clocks on all four sides. Tin-Shi Tam, Cownie Professor of Music, is the talented performer who plays the Carillon every noon hour. Now this Cyclone Tradition can be shared across the state – for special events, guest performances – county fairs, and educational outreach. It’s been a pleasure to give you an update on our strategic plan and I’d be happy to answer any questions.