Fast Facts 2015 framingham state university
Committed to our Students • Framingham State enrolls 4,478 undergraduate students and 1,920 graduate students for a total enrollment of 6,398. • The incoming class for Fall 2015 includes 855 first-year students and 384 transfers. • FSU’s student to faculty ratio is 15 to 1. • Enrollment in the FSU Honors Program has risen from 129 to 279 since 2010. The program is part of the Commonwealth Honors Program. • The six year graduation rate rose by 5 percent from 2014 to 2015. • More than 900 students graduated in Spring 2015 – the largest graduating class in the University’s history. • Framingham State University’s First Year Foundations program works with all first-year students to assist their academic and social transition to college. • FSU opened Hemenway Labs in fall 2015, a 68,000-squarefoot addition to Hemenway Hall that features 16 state-of-the-art lab spaces, a large atrium and several lounge and study areas. • The University’s Entrepreneur Innovation Center continues to grow, providing students the opportunity to intern with local entrepreneurs launching their exciting business ideas. • The Office of Career Services and Employer Relations partnered with The TJX Companies Inc. and the United Way of Tri-County to offer the Suitable Solutions program, which provides students with mock interview feedback, networking, a professionalism seminar and free professional clothing. • Nearly 500 students completed an internship experience during the 2014-15 academic year. • The Center for Academic Success and Advising (CASA) offers students tutoring, peer-led instruction, and disability/ access services. • The University’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society was chartered in December 2014. The inaugural induction ceremony for students occurred in May 2015. • FSU launched the SHAPE (Sexual Harassment & Assault Prevention & Education) Web site, which provides students with comprehensive information on the resources, training, and services available to them when it comes to issues of sexual assault and harassment.
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Committed to our Faculty and Staff • Eight-nine percent of full time FSU faculty have terminal degrees in their fields. • FSU employs 174 tenure track faculty members and 265 full-time equivalent faculty. • The University hired 16 new tenure track faculty during the 2014-15 academic year. • Framingham State has five nationally accredited academic programs. The University as a whole is accredited through the New England Associaton of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). • The University transitioned to a new dean structure in 2014. • The Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service (CELTSS) has launched a new faculty mentoring program. • The University applied and was accepted as a Smithsonian Affiliate. The collaboration will facilitate personnel and resource exchanges between FSU and the Smithsonian Institution. • FSU continues to offer a three day professional development series for faculty and staff during the month of January. • The University is in the third year of a groundbreaking food study being run in partnership with Boston Children’s Hospital. The food study is open to faculty, students and staff and is funded through a $14 million private grant. • Dr. Éamonn Ó Ciardha, Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Ulster, will be our visiting scholar in fall 2016. In addition to teaching courses, he will conduct presentations for the campus community.
Committed to Inclusive Excellence • Overall minority enrollment has risen from 19 percent to 27 percent since 2012. • The percentage of minority full time faculty has risen from 8.1 percent to 16.8 percent since 2012.
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• Framingham State was a 2014 and 2015 recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award given by INSIGHT into Diversity Magazine. • Framingham State University, in partnership with MassBay Community College, operates the MetroWest College Planning Center (CPC). The mission of the CPC is to provide the necessary outreach, training, mentoring and advising to connect with youth and non-traditional adult learners in the region and guide them on their desired educational pathway to higher education. • The Center for Inclusive Excellence is dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that reflects a collective commitment to promoting equity, advocating social justice and making excellence inclusive. The Center hosts over 50 programs and events each year that provide FSU faculty, staff and students with information and resources to promote a safe and welcoming campus environment for all. • The following new courses, all of which emphasize themes of diversity and inclusion, were offered for the first time in 2014-2015: Latinos in the United States, The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Gender and Religion in Middle Eastern Politics, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Movements, and Social Conflict in Northern Ireland.
Committed to Access • Student fees at FSU are the lowest of the comprehensive state universities. • FSU was ranked as a Top 10 Value in Massachusetts by personal finance Web site NerdWallet. • The University is in the midst of its largest-ever comprehensive fundraising campaign, and has already raised more than $8.0 million toward a goal of $12 million. • University funded financial aid has nearly doubled since 2012, from $1.2 million to $2.3 million. • The FSU Foundation, Inc. endowment stood at $9.2 million as of the close of fiscal year 2015. • FSU offers bachelor’s degrees in 38 different programs. Master’s degrees are offered in 27 programs. • Top undergraduate majors for Spring 2015 were Psychology, Food and Nutrition, Criminology, Business Administration and Sociology. • The C. Louis Cedrone International Education Center offers 23 graduate programs in 15 countries: 20 locations offer the M.Ed. in International Teaching; 2 locations offer the M.Ed.
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in Teaching English as a Second Language, and 1 location offers the Master of Arts degree with a concentration in Educational Leadership. • The University is in the process of developing streamlined 5-year paths toward earning both a bachelor’s and master’s degree, saving students time and money. • Several new scholarships are available to students who are interested in traveling abroad through the Office of International Education
Committed to our Community • Framingham State has been recognized as a Green College by the Princeton Review since 2010. • FSU has a unique partnership with United Way of Tri County that provides service learning internships and volunteer opportunities to FSU students. The University has been instrumental in the establishment of Framingham’s new family assistance center, the “Pearl Street Cupboard and Café.” • The University launched a new Center for Climate Change Education in Fall 2015. • The University’s Lifelong Learning Program offers 20 lectures from September through April that are free and open to the community. • The science departments and the McAuliffe Center hosted Science on State Street in April, an interactive science festival for the community. • The University’s Arts & Ideas program brings dozens of scholars and artists to campus for lectures, performances and exhibits that are free and open to the public. Recent guests have included Naomi Tutu and Nathanial Philbrick. • The FSU Community Education Center supports MetroWest workforce needs through a variety of programing.
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Committed to the Commonwealth • Ninety-five percent of FSU undergraduates are Massachusetts residents. • FSU has experienced large increases in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) enrollment, which are areas of anticipated job growth in Massachusetts. • The FSU CHOICE Internship Program provides students with the money to intern at non-profit and public sector organizations, which don’t have the resources to take on paid interns. • Framingham State is a primary producer of employees for businesses in the region. FSU alumni are employed at local companies such as Bose, The TJX Companies, EMC, Genzyme, Staples, Reebok, Natick Labs, and MathWorks. • As the leading producer of teachers for K-12 schools in the region, FSU works with more than 150 public schools in 25 cities and towns to place more than 600 students annually in field experience and student teaching assignments. FSU also provides more than 440 professional development courses for graduate credit; these courses enroll more than 4,650 teachers annually. • The FSU MetroWest Economic Research Center provides authoritative, timely, and rigorous analyses to business and economic development leaders in the region. The FSU John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition is a state and national leader on child nutrition issues. • The Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Center hosts thousands of middle school students each year and takes them on an interactive mission to mars. The center also hosts many professional development programs for teachers and has recently begun offering free shows to the general public in the state-of-the-art planetarium.
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