by the Chair, Dr. Ann Hagni
by the Chair, Dr. Ann Hagni
by the Chair, Dr. Ann Hagni
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Ag and Au Room, Havener Center<br />
MS&T, Rolla, MO<br />
January 19, 2010
Student Recruitment & Retention Committee<br />
Mitchell Barklage<br />
Ron Greeley<br />
Elizabeth Griffith<br />
Cheryl Seeger<br />
Edie Starbuck<br />
Joseph <strong>Dr</strong>ew<br />
Patricia Gregg<br />
Zach Lawrence<br />
Jeffrey Spooner<br />
Sun Yan<br />
<strong>Ann</strong> <strong>Hagni</strong>
Recruitment – Undergrad Students<br />
Increase Recruiting efforts<br />
Improve Self-Recruiting<br />
<br />
Recruitment – Graduate Students<br />
Steady at ~20-30 students for past 20 years<br />
Leave Grad Recruiting as-is, if faculty satisfied<br />
<br />
Retention<br />
Does not seem to be a problem, leave as-is
Career Fairs<br />
High Schools<br />
Community Colleges<br />
MO Scholars Academy (~300 Top HS Sophomores)<br />
<br />
Currently little MS&T G&G presence at Fairs<br />
<br />
Ad Board Challenge:<br />
For every Career Fair a G&G Faculty attends,<br />
Board Member will match <strong>by</strong> attending a Career Fair
Workshops<br />
HS Counselors<br />
HS Science Teachers<br />
Grade School Teachers<br />
Educate Teachers and Counselors<br />
<br />
Court Teachers and Counselors<br />
Geology is a Career<br />
Provide flier with Alumni, Companies, Industries<br />
Give G&G informational DVD’s<br />
Grade School, High School, Community Colleges
MS&T Camps<br />
Jackling Institute<br />
G&G intro to full group very important and efficient<br />
1-on-1 research projects very effective<br />
Scholarships very attractive<br />
Waiver of $30 application fee makes a huge difference<br />
Take advantage of this small incentive which is significant!<br />
Grade School Summer Camps<br />
Start introducing Geology at an early age
G&G Informational DVD<br />
Upgrade DVD, if resources available<br />
UMR vs MS&T; website domain name<br />
Take out Faculty who have left (Gregg, Atekwana, etc)<br />
Add new Faculty (Abdelsalam, Gao, Liu, etc)<br />
Give old DVD’s to HS Teachers and Counselors<br />
Replace with YouTube videos on website<br />
Add Virtual Tour to website
Improve Brochures<br />
Include Field Camp<br />
Include Undergrad Research<br />
Emphasize Field Work<br />
Emphasize YouTube’s, Virtual Tours, Website<br />
<br />
Add Flier<br />
Alumni locations/positions/companies<br />
Where Alumni are Today<br />
Show Career Opportunities and Diversity
Student Involvement<br />
YouTube videos – stories and stats<br />
Virtual Tour videos – instruments, resources<br />
Career Fair display – all fields represented<br />
Brochure updates – include alumni flier<br />
<br />
Student Incentive<br />
Competition with Reward – travel support to Tech Mtg<br />
Work Study – appreciation through payment<br />
1 Credit Hour Course – on-going updates and focused<br />
Extra Credit – specific classes, immediate implementation
Phone Calling HS Juniors and Seniors<br />
Proven effective<br />
Past<br />
Present<br />
Follow up with personal tours<br />
Led <strong>by</strong> Faculty<br />
Interaction with current Students<br />
Follow up with incentives<br />
Scholarships<br />
Application Fee Waivers
Improve Online Presence<br />
YouTube videos<br />
Virtual Tour videos<br />
Full Package: low cost, high value, job opps after grad<br />
Job Opportunities – Where Alumni are Today<br />
Contact info for Dake Society President on website<br />
Higher positioning on Google, Petersen’s, online<br />
<br />
Today’s Students are Internet/Technology Savvy<br />
Take advantage of Self-Recruiting<br />
Provide resources for Information on Website<br />
Provide resources for following up
Research Facilities Funding Committee<br />
David Borrok<br />
Bruce Doe<br />
Robert Koch<br />
Erwin Mantei<br />
Edie Starbuck<br />
Bill Dennis<br />
Farouk El-Baz<br />
Richard Hunt<br />
Mike Party<br />
Keith Wedge<br />
<strong>Ann</strong> <strong>Hagni</strong>
G&G Faculty Request<br />
Permanent Seismic Observatory<br />
1 Station: $50k<br />
Monitors, Plaques, etc: $10k<br />
Total: $60k
National Science Foundation Grant<br />
Educational Research Project<br />
Unique<br />
Specific question(s) that this would answer<br />
Tie to local geology and/or geophysics<br />
Tie to research interests and specialties
Specific Agencies<br />
EPA example:<br />
Environmental Application<br />
December 15 th deadline<br />
http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/grants.html<br />
$2-3M grant dollars given out per year<br />
$15-25k per grant<br />
Ask for small amount, add to grant with o<strong>the</strong>r monies
Alumni<br />
Phonathon – target<br />
600 people giving $100<br />
120 people giving $500<br />
60 people giving $1000<br />
Pre-Phonathon Marketing Piece<br />
Snail Mail/E-mail ½ page with bullets and pictures<br />
Matching Funds from Industry<br />
Matching Challenge<br />
Committee needs Alumni and Companies and Year Grad
Stimulus Monies<br />
Everybody wants equipment<br />
Do not ask for equipment<br />
Emphasize specialty areas of Research<br />
Show how equipment is necessary for<br />
Answering specific questions<br />
Providing skill sets for Students<br />
Unique applications<br />
Funding approval may be delayed<br />
Due to government red tape
Additional Comments, Questions, Suggestions<br />
<br />
Action Items:<br />
What areas/items does <strong>the</strong> Faculty want to pursue?<br />
What areas/items does <strong>the</strong> Ad Board want to pursue?<br />
What areas/items do <strong>the</strong> Students want to pursue?<br />
Resources required<br />
<br />
Next Full Board Meeting<br />
Week of March 8<br />
St Pat’s week – Thursday morning?
Both Committees have been very active…<br />
Everyone’s efforts are very much appreciated!<br />
Thank you!
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