Consolidated Financial Report - SUNY Canton

School of Science, Health, and Criminal Justiceof the four-year programs. Additionally, ourinnovative block-scheduled Criminal JusticeCertificate program has proven successful inpreparing students for entrance into one of theCriminal Justice Degree programs.Housed in a recently-built, showcase building,our Veterinary Technology programs continueto be very popular and very successful. Thispast year, we added a Bachelor’s of Science inVeterinary Technology to our programmaticofferings, and interest was so great that we hadto restrict the number of qualified applicantsthat were allowed to register in the program.The Physical Therapist Assistant program hasentered into a collaborative agreement withthe International Institute of Health Sciencesin Sri Lanka. The first four Sri Lankanstudents from this agreement are currently oncampus, and we anticipate having up to fournew Sri Lankan students in the program eachyear.Our Dental Hygiene Associate’s degreeprogram, operated out of Rome, New Yorkcontinues to have nearly perfect board passagerates and is regionally known for its communityservice. We sent the first group of“Dental Hygiene Select” students to Romethis year. The Dental Hygiene Select programoffers students the opportunity to spend theirfirst year taking mainly science and generaleducation requirements at our home campus,after which, if they meet the performancestandards, they are guaranteed admission tothe program in Rome.We welcomed four new tenure-track facultymembers to the school: David Penepent (FuneralServices Administration), Crystal Holt(Nursing), Dr. William Rivers (Biology), andDr. Rajiv Narula (Chemistry.) We also hiredDiane Chappell as a member of the Dean’sOffice staff.GoalsGoals for the School of Science, Health, andCriminal Justice for 2012-2013 include the following:• Achieve initial NLNAC accreditation for theRN-BS program, and re-accreditation of thePhysical Therapist Assistant program.• Before the end of the Fall 2012 semester,complete the renovations of Wicks Hallto house the Physical Therapist Assistant,Sports Management, and Health & FitnessPromotion programs and faculty. By thestart of the Fall 2013 semester, complete therenovations of Cook Hall which will includenew facilities for the Funeral Services Administrationprogram and faculty.• Strengthen all academic programs throughcurriculum mapping and performancebasedassessment activities.• Develop and implement enrollment strategiesfor programs with more qualified applicantsthan the program can support.• Develop marketing and recruiting strategiesto stimulate the growth of recentlyapprovedprograms.• Develop and implement “1+2” programswith the Nursing and Physical Therapist AssistantAssociate degrees.• Hire tenure-track faculty to support thegrowth of new programs and to reduce thepercentage of temporary faculty.2011-2012 Consolidated Financial Report B-14