Town Hall

September 5, 2011

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The Citadel Mission

Educate and prepare graduates to become principled leaders in all walks of life by instilling the core values of The Citadel in a challenging intellectual environment.

Admissions remains very strong

Class of 2015 by the numbers:

• 2,714 – record number of applications

• 734 – largest freshman class in 37 years• 56 – ties record number of women (7.6%)• 3.52 –highest GPA average

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Four-Year Graduation Rates

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My priorities

•Build upon academic quality•Provide a world-class leadership

experience•Ensure the college’s fiscal capacity to

achieve our institutional goals•Raise the regional and national profile of

The Citadel•Increase the number of individuals and

institutions supporting The Citadel

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Honor, Duty, Respect

•We will not lose sight of The Citadel’s unique role: excellence in the education of

principled leaders•Revised Core Values: “Honor, Duty,

Respect”o Clear and memorableo Immediately associated with The Citadel•Core Values are for the entire Citadel family

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Let’s have a great year!

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Provost’s Report

Samuel H. Hines, Jr., Ph.D.Brigadier General, SCM

Blueprint progress2010-11

• Completed first year of the Sophomore Seminar

• Completed the first year of e-Leadership Portfolio

• Renovated the interior of Daniel Library • Advanced online education• Expanded enrollment in the College Success

Institute• Established the STEM Center

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Blueprint progress(Cont’d)• Created new programs:

o Criminal Justice bachelor’s degree (Evening Undergraduate Program)

o Graduate certificate in Systems Engineeringo Homeland Security Graduate Certificateo Accelerated MAT in Math and Biology

• Krause Center for Leadership and Ethics:o Developed a Junior Year leadership programo Coordinated over 800 students providing

more than 5,600 hours of community service

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•Focuses our efforts on being the foremost institution for educating principled leaders

•The Blueprint invites an internal look at resource alignment

•Provides a foundation for our fundraising efforts and the upcoming capital campaign

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The Citadel Strategic Plan:2012-2015

Strategic Planning Process

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Strategic Planning ProcessActivities for 2011-2012Academic Year

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2012-2015 Strategic Plan to BOV for Approval

June 2012

2009-12 Blueprint Implementation2011-2012 Academic Year

Creation of Fall 2012-2015 Plan

• New objectives and action items

• Refined KPIs

• Enhanced Assessments

• Strategic Planning Folders: please take one with you!

• Folder Content:o Welcome Letter and Goal Statemento Strategic Planning Overviewo Strategic Planning Process Description and Definitionso Strategic Planning Timelineo Campus-wide SWOT Analysis Resultso Environmental Scan o New Objective Proposal Forms and Examples

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Creation of 2012-2015 Strategic Plan

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Report of the Executive Vice President

Thomas W. ElzeyBrigadier General, SCM

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Base State Appropriations $16,287,740

FY 08/09 Reductions (24.2%) ($3,940,592)

FY 09/10 Reductions (8.8%) ($1,090,924)

FY 10/11 Reductions (21.0%) ($2,263,823)

Total Reduction ($7,295,339)

FY 10/11 Base State Appropriation $8,992,401

Total 3-Year Reduction Percent 44.7%

FY 11/12 Reduction = 7% ($629,468)**

FY 11/12 State Appropriation*** $8,362,933

4-Year Percent Reduction 48.7%

The Citadel’sState Appropriations*

*Without one-time stimulus funds.** FY12 reduction $0.6M (7% cut) + $2.4M lost stimulus funding = $3M.*** Does not include $811,439 in State Deferred Maintenance Funds.

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How We Finished FY10/11: E&G

Original Revenue Budget

$54.98M

Actual Revenue$57.13M

Original Expense Budget

$54.98M

Actual Expenditures

$53.14M

Carryover:Gross Carryover = $3,996,022FY12 Budget = ($1,000,000)Net Carryover = $2,996,022

Difference$3.99M

Revenue Expenditures

BCG Analysis

• Provided a fiscal modeling instrument• Reviewed college’s fiscal condition• Recommended:

o Develop a mix of revenues to replace diminished state funding

o Improve retentiono Add programs in high-demand fieldso Coordinate fundraisingo Prioritize athletics self-sufficiencyo Increase on-line course offerings

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Moving Forward• TCF Grant

o Additional to the Academic Granto $3.5 million for FY 2011-12o Funds revenue-generating initiativeso Provides support for campus operations

• Vice President for Institutional Advancement

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Parking

• Provided 35 spaces at Kovats Field• Demolish the old City Gym and Congress

Street apartments• Create 300+ spaces• Move cadets to new spaces• Make more spaces available for

faculty/staff at Kovats Field

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Questions