ANNUAL REPORT PRESIDENT CHUCK STABEN UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO APRIL 17, 2019
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP
• $20 million NSF EPSCoR grant focused on fish genetics, sagebrush
INNOVATING
• $2.6 million from USDE to develop
RESEARCH & SCHOLARSHIP WITH IMPACT
• $5 million NIH grants for multiple
Increasing annual research expenditures
nuclear energy innovations projects: antibiotic resistance, vaccines, malaria
• Scholarship & creative activity: humanities, arts, social sciences.
Conducting research and scholarship
FACULTY EXCELLENCE
that impacts Idaho, improves lives and spurs new applications
Connecting research and scholarship with the student experience
• NSF Career Awards: Elizabeth Cassel, Michael Strickland IMAGES – RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP
• George Barley Water Prize finalist & American Academy of Inventors: Greg Moller
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Janet Nelson
ENGAGING WITH IDAHO CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Delivering Direct Admissions, Next Steps, Durable Admissions
Promoting Opportunity Scholarships, Vandal Promise
Executing Vandal Ideas Project: Engage – Caminos al Futuro Project
TRANSFORMING LIVES STUDENT SUCCESS Maintaining retention & graduation success
Implementing VandalStar data management tool
Focusing on career experiences: Fenway Group
CULTIVATING A VALUED AND DIVERSE COMMUNITY Making strides on market-based compensation
Countering the trend on international enrollment
Updating a diversity plan and identifying concrete objectives
FACILITIES BUILDING OUR FUTURE Idaho WWAMI laboratories & classroom space Rinker Rock Creek Ranch / Nancy M. Cumming RE&E Center
Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food & the Environment
ARI Aquatic Animal Research Facility Sandpoint Organic Agriculture Center University House Idaho Central Credit Union Arena
THANK YOU