M:
We prepare our students for life, work and citizenship in the
twenty-rst century.
V:
rough active discovery, applied knowledge and creative
interaction, we positively transform our students and the
communities where they live and work.
Our vision dened:
St. Cloud State University makes a positive, long-term
impact on the lives of our students. We provide rigorous and
relevant academic experiences with engaged, active learning
opportunities in an intellectually vibrant, inclusive and diverse
campus community. Our graduates are well-prepared to act as
responsible global citizens and professionals who remain actively
connected with our university.
L C:
• Active and applied learning
• Community engagement
• Sustainability
• Global and cultural understanding
MISSION, VISION
AND LEARNING COMMITMENTS
MINNESOTA STATE
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
APRIL 20, 2011
CAMPUS PROFILE APRIL 2011
PRESIDENT EARL H. POTTER, III
STCLOUDSTATE.EDU
In 1869 St. Cloud Normal School’s rst 70 students came from local
neighborhoods and farms to learn how to teach Minnesota schoolchildren – a
profound need for a growing state not yet in its teens. Today St. Cloud State
University’s 18,300 students have been welcomed from central Minnesota
and every corner of the world to prepare for a wide range of career elds and a
lifetime of successfully embracing opportunities and tackling challenges that
impact their communities and their world.
In the past four years our campus has engaged in amplied collaborative
planning discussions about how to best adapt and improve to meet the changing
needs of our students and the world in which they will live and work. We have
stepped back as a campus community and talked honestly about the character
of our institution and how we should build on its strong foundation. at
foundation was built by the contributions of dedicated people before us who
served the State of Minnesota through their commitment to the mission of this
University. e foundation they built has served the University well. Yet, in a
time when the fundamental value of what we do is being examined in a national
debate and change is pressed upon us, we must change and change fast in order
to protect our ability to honor the sacred trust that I believe we hold in our
hands. is trust is no less than the future of our graduates and thus the future
of the communities in which they will work and live.
As we move forward with a direct, clear mission and vision along with a new
academic structure, St. Cloud State University will continue to anticipate and
respond to the needs of our region. We will be accountable to the increasingly
diverse mix of students who come to us with expectations and dreams that we
will help them all achieve. We have a fundamental obligation to all we serve to
step up to the very real challenges facing all public institutions and to continue to
be the very best we can be.
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TEAMING UP
FOR A HEALTHY COMMUNITY
KALEIDOSCOPE PLAYGROUND
FOR ALL ABILITIES AT WILSON
REGIONAL PARK
– This spring the
completion will be celebrated for this
decade-long project spearheaded
by SCSU students who served as
planners, organizers, fundraisers,
grant writers and partners with the
city, the Central MN Community
Foundation, Bremer Foundation and
East Side Boosters. More than 1,000
SCSU students, faculty and sta
had a role in bringing the colorful
playground to life as a unique,
accessible play space for children of
all physical abilities.
OUTDOOR ENDEAVORS, part
of the Oce of Sport Facilities &
Campus Recreation and led largely
by students, has been working
with the City of St. Cloud, St. Cloud
Parks Department and the St. Cloud
Rotary Club to establish Lake George
as a centerpoint of community
outdoor recreation activity. For
three years Outdoor Endeavors
has been operating boat rentals
and instructional programs at Lake
George, located between downtown
and campus.
A community partner
St. Cloud State is a community of nearly 20,000 people teaching, learning,
serving and living in the midst of a healthy and vital region. Built along the
oak-crowned banks of the Mississippi River in the fast-growing Central
Minnesota region, St. Cloud State University is an integral part of a surrounding
community that has a signicant impact on our students. Community
engagement, which we consider an essential element of a St. Cloud State
education, grows out of a positive spirit of give and take – a realization of the
philosophy that the success of one partner is linked to that of the other.
A new Welcome Center on the Fifth Avenue corridor that runs through
downtown and along the campus oers the community a new intersection with
the campus as an information-gathering and meeting place. e physical changes
on Fifth Avenue are matched by the strengthening of partnerships benecial
to the growth, economic development, health and well being of campus and
community alike, as well as the growth and well being of our students.
Together we’re sending a strong message that Fifth Avenue is a two-way street –
a real and symbolic corridor of activity and opportunity.
e broader community is a valuable extension of the classroom where students
nd many opportunities to put academic learning into practice. rough a
wide array of internships, volunteer positions, work opportunities and practical
work placements, including student teaching and in-hospital practicums, critical
learning is taking place. It’s been estimated that 85 percent of our students have
jobs – many in the community – and collectively our students invest 1 million
volunteer hours a year. Studies have shown that students who are engaged in
these life-altering activities are more likely to be successful before and after
graduation. We are committed to teaching our students to recognize the
responsibility that goes along with being good citizens and good neighbors in
this community and in future communities where they live and work.
D P
St. Cloud State is a highly diverse campus community serving more than
18,300 undergraduate and graduate students who represent not only Minnesota
communities but 86 countries from Albania to Zimbabwe and several other
states. While about 85 percent of St. Cloud State students are from Minnesota,
1,076 international students were enrolled in spring of 2011. e largest
represented groups are from Nepal (206), China (159), India (81) and Saudi
Arabia (115). More than 9 percent of St. Cloud State students – 1,706 in fall of
2010 – are domestic students of color.
With its large international student population as well as a growing number
of students from immigrant families (10% of K-12 students enrolled in the
St. Cloud public schools are of Somali descent and increasing numbers are
enrolling at St. Cloud State University), the campus is enriched through the
sharing of diverse perspectives and traditions. Each year students representing
various international and ethnic groups host “cultural nights” during which they
share the music, dress, dance and food of their home traditions. Hmong Night,
Somali Night, Chinese New Year, Nepal Night, Africa Nigh and Japan Night
are some of the 22 annual cultural nights that attract as many as 700 individuals
from the campus and community, Minnesota and neighboring states.
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St. Cloud State’s commitment to building a more diverse student population and
closing achievement gaps is essential to achieving our mission. Planned student
of color enrollment has increased from 583 self-identied in 2000 to 1,706
students in 2010, or 9.3% of the student body. Our six-year graduation rate for
students of color is 43%.
e University also is committed to access and opportunity for students. In
2009-2010, St. Cloud State had 4,381 Pell Grant recipients awarded on the
federal formula of income, assets, family size, number in college and other items.
For the same year, among our 18,300 students, there were 13,259 nancial aid
recipients receiving $125,204,390.
Enrollment
FYE (Full Year Equivalent)
2010 ............................................15,096
2009............................................14,563
2008............................................14,382
2007 ............................................14,070
2006 ...........................................13,825
Source: Oce of the Chancellor Research, Planning, and Eectiveness
Headcount Enrollment for Full- and Part-Time Students
Student Characteristics
Age Groups of St. Cloud State University
Students in FY2010
Age Number Percent
<21 9,791 45%
21-24 6,853 31%
25-34 3,478 15%
35-44 1,012 5%
45> 716 3%
Percent Unknown = <1%
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
Fall 2006 Fall 2007
4,024
4,387
4,727
5,215
3,936
12,018
12,308
12,552
12,702
12,908
Fall 2008 Fall 2009 Fall 2010
Full-Time
Part-Time
MATHSCIENCECOMPUTER CAMPS
TURN STUDENTS ON TO COLLEGE
For 24 years Ethnic Studies Professor
Robert C. Johnson’s residential
math-science-computer camps have
provided life-altering experiences
to more than 3,100 students from
grade 2 to grade 12. The camps serve
demographic groups which have
traditionally been underrepresented
in STEM elds, including those from
ethnic minority and immigrant
backgrounds, low- or moderate-
income families and a high
proportion of females. They also
serve as a pipeline to college for a
signicant number of participants
by exposing them to campus life
and the opportunities of education.
For his work in this eld Dr. Johnson
has been honored with a Minnesota
Minority Education Partnership
Award for promoting success for
students of color.
Professor Johnson’s work is
supported by a grant from the Oce
of the Chancellor to promote access
and opportunity.
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Race/Ethnicity for St. Cloud State University
Students in FY2010
Number Percent
African American 888 4%
American Indian 173 <1%
Asian 655 3%
Caucasian 18,040 82%
Hispanic 268 1%
Non-resident alien 1,253 6%
Total 21,939 100%
Percent Unknown = 3%
Gender of St. Cloud State University Students in FY2010
Source: Oce of the Chancellor Research, Planning, and Eectiveness
Human Resources
Employee Headcount
Source: MnSCU HR Oracle Database
Female
53%
Male
47%
0 100 200
Administrators/Classied
Commissioner’s Plan
MAPE
MMA
MNA
AFSCME
MSUAASF
Adjunct
Instructor
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Professor
2010
2009
300 400 500
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
• The most recent book by Ethnic
Studies Professor Christopher
Lehman, “Slavery in the Upper
Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865,”
was released last month. The
publication documents the
persistence of slavery in Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin
through the end of the Civil War.
• History Professor Mary Wingerd’s
“North Country: The Making
of Minnesota,” was published
by the University of Minnesota
Press. It oers a fresh and long-
overdue account of the founding
of Minnesota and examines its
multicultural, multiracial origins.
• Geography Professor Mikhail
Blinnikov has published one
of the few textbooks that exist
in English about his native
Russia, “Geography of Russia
and Its Neighbors.”
• English Professor Steve Klepetar
has had 75 poems published
in recent years and been a multi-
year nominee and recipient of
the Pushcart Prize. In addition,
his chapbook, “Thirty Six Crows,”
was published last year by
erbacce press.
• The Academy of American Poets
has selected one of English
Professor Steve Crow’s poems
for their “Poem in Your Pocket
(for Kids)” program for National
Poetry Month in April.
• English Professor Bill Meissner’s
novel, “Spirits in the Grass,” was
published by the University of
Notre Dame Press in 2008. It won
the 2008 Midwest Book Award
for the novel and was a Forward
magazine nalist for the Book of
the Year.
• Human Relations Professor Julie
Andrzejewski was the lead editor
and author of a book which
received the 2009 Peace Studies
Book of the Year Award from the
Central New York Peace Studies
Consortium, “Social Justice, Peace,
and Environmental Education:
Transformative Standards.”
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Academic Offerings
Majors of Graduates by Program Area in FY2010
Top Categories Majors
% of All
Majors
Agriculture, Conservation, Park & Rec. 73 2%
Business and Marketing 783 24%
Child Development and Personal Services 2 <1%
Communication and Comm. Technology 240 7%
Computer Science and Engineering 141 4%
Education 521 16%
Health Professions 205 6%
Liberal Arts and Sciences 1,045 33%
Protective Services, Public Admin. & Law 205 6%
Total Majors 3,215 100%
Instructional Programs by Program Area in FY2010
Instructional Program Area
# of
Programs
Agriculture, Conservation, Park & Rec. 9
Business and Marketing 15
Communication and Comm. Technology 6
Computer Science and Engineering 16
Education 68
Health Professions 19
Liberal Arts and Sciences 109
Protective Services, Public Admin. & Law 7
Trades, Mechanics, & Transportation 2
Total Program Awards 251
Source: Oce of the Chancellor Research, Planning, and Eectiveness
Customized Training Courses and Enrollments
at St. Cloud State University in FY2010
Source: Oce of the Chancellor Research, Planning, and Eectiveness
FACULTY AWARDS, PRODUCTIONS
• Professors G.N. Rangamani,
Communication Sciences and
Disorders, Lakshmaiah Sreerama,
Chemistry, and Artatrana Ratha,
Economics, are 2011 recipients of
Fulbright Awards.
• Communication Studies Professor
Erika Vora has been named the
International Listening Association
Listening Legend for 2011. She
has also released her most recent
book, “The Will to Live: a German
Family’s Flight from Soviet Rule.”
• Phyllis Greenberg, associate
professor of Gerontology, was
awarded the 2011 Gerontologist of
the Year Award for her outstanding
contributions to the eld.
• Rona Karasik, director of the
Gerontology program and
professor of Community Studies,
was the recipient last year of the
Distinguished Faculty Award from
the Association for Gerontology in
Higher Education.
• Steve Frank, professor of Political
Science, received the rst
Distinguished Political Scientist
Award from the Minnesota
Political Science Association in
2009. A founder and co-director
of the SCSU Survey, which has
earned considerable credibility
for its statewide political polling
as well as work with various state
agencies, local governments
and non-prot organizations,
also is a City Council member
for St. Cloud’s neighboring
municipality, St. Joseph.
• The o-Broadway run of English
faculty member Trista Baldwin’s
play, “American Sexy,” has been
extended this spring in New York.
• Professor of Biology Matthew
Julius spoke at the 50th
anniversary of the National Science
Foundation’s Tokyo Oce last year
at a one-day symposium which
celebrated research advances
achieved through U.S.-Japan
collaboration.
40,000
369
Total
Unduplicated
Contract Courses
Unduplicated
Open Enrollment
(Non-Credit Only)
Total Unduplicated
Headcount for
Customized Training
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
33,871 34,240
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Facilities
Deferred Maintenance
Deferred
Maintenance
Sq. Feet DM/SF
St. Cloud State University $35,353,000 $2,001,258 $18
System $632,242,000 $21,515,447 $29
Fall 2010 Space Utilization
Campus Percent Room Usage
St. Cloud State University 85%
Repair and Replacement Expenditures
Expense $/GSF
FY2008 $2,298,553 $1.17
FY2009 $1,156,916 $0.58
FY2010 $2, 567, 889 $1.28
Source: Oce of the Chancellor, Facilities Unit
P S
Institutional Distinction and Integrated Planning
St. Cloud State University has been engaged in active strategic and operational
planning for the last three years. roughout our planning process, SCSU has
given careful consideration to the Strategic Plan of the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities System to ensure alignment and support. During spring
2008, SCSU completed its Strategic Action Plan which was organized around
the following Distinctive Characteristics, or sets of knowledge, strengths and
qualities, that we must focus on if we are to achieve our goals. As the following
graphic illustrates, each SCSU Distinctive Characteristic aligns directly to one
of the four strategic directions in the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
Strategic Plan that was approved last year.
Accessibility that leads
to success
Aligns with Board Strategic Direction 1:
Increase access opportunity and success
Education that drives
knowledge into action
and a portfolio of
distinctive programs
Align with Board Strategic Direction 2:
Achieve high-quality learning through a
commitment to academic excellence and
accountability
Character that reects
our region
Aligns with Board Strategic Direction 3:
Provide learning opportunities, programs
and services to enhance the global economic
competitiveness of the state, its regions and
its people
Institutional capacity
for excellence and
innovation
Aligns with Board Strategic Direction 4:
Innovate to meet current and future
educational needs and Board Strategic
Direction 5: Sustain nancial viability during
changing economic and market conditions
SCSU
Distinctive
Characteristics
FACULTY AWARDS, PRODUCTIONS
CONTINUED
• Music Department faculty
members have had recent releases
of CD recordings of their work;
trombonist Mark Springer with
“ARIA: Music for Trombone and
Organ,” with Charles Echols, organ;
and electro-acoustic composer
and musician Scott Miller’s
Grammy-nominated “Willful
Devices” with collaborator and
clarinetist Pat O’Keefe.
• Music Department faculty
chamber music ensemble
Trio Lorca has been selected
to perform on the 2011-2012
Distinguished Concerts Artists
Series in New York. Trio members
include Catherine Verrilli-voice,
Melissa Krause-ute, and Terry
Vermillion-percussion.
• Music Department faculty
members Scott Miller and
Kristian Twombly hosted the
25th Anniversary National
Conference (2010) for the Society
for Electro-Acoustic Music in
the U.S. (SEAMUS) at St. Cloud
State University. 160 composers,
performers, and other participants
from the U.S. and Europe
shared over 120 compositions,
installations, scholarly
presentations and videos in 13
concerts over three days in April.
• SCSU faculty received more than
$7.3 million in external grants
and contracts last year. Examples
of research partnerships with
regional businesses include
Algadyne and LVX.
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Accessibility that leads to success:
Embedded in this Distinctive Characteristic is SCSU’s commitment to providing
access to a high quality education with a commitment to individual student
success. An important component of our mission and vision is our ability to
meet the needs of our changing student populations. rough this priority,
SCSU is pursuing initiatives that support the Board’s goals for raising student
participation and achievement, with a focus on underrepresented students, and
partnering with K-12 schools to ensure our young people are prepared for college.
SCSU Strategic Initiatives:
» Craft an integrated student experience that supports the student
horizontally, from curricular to co-curricular, and vertically from the rst-
year through graduation
» Create recruitment and support strategies for underrepresented students
that support their academic and personal success
» Develop and strengthen our preK-16 partnerships to improve student
preparedness and teacher education
Evidence of success:
» Student of color enrollment has increased from 583 students in 2000 to
1,706 students in 2010, 9.3% of our student body. Among these students
are 799 self-identied Black or African-American students compared
to 113 in 2002. rough eorts such as our Advanced Preparation
Program and programs developed as part of the Access, Opportunity and
Success program, we have seen improvement in the retention and success
rates for students of color.
» We were designated a Military Friendly School by GI Jobs Magazine and
a “Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Campus” by the Minnesota National Guard
for providing student veterans and their families with a high-quality and
caring learning environment.
» St. Cloud State is one of 14 colleges and universities in the Dakotas and
Minnesota sharing in a $40 million Bush Foundation grant that is aimed
at helping schools of education recruit high quality students and guarantee
teacher eectiveness among their graduates. e Teacher Preparation
Initiative (TPI) has engaged over 100 faculty and sta from dierent
colleges across campus and teachers and administrators from six partner
districts in reviewing and redesigning our teacher preparation programs.
» e innovative Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE) project at St. Cloud
State has received national recognition for researching and developing
Co-teaching strategies in the preparation of teacher candidates. In 2007,
the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
recognized this project with a Christa McAulie Excellence in Teacher
Education award. In 2008, the American Association of Colleges of
Teacher Education (AACTE) recognized this work with a Best Practice
Award in Support of Teacher Education Quality and Accountability.
» SCSU, in partnership with the St. Cloud Technical and Community
College and local school district 742, has created the Access and
Opportunity program to increase participation in college preparatory
course work in grades 8-12, improving high school graduation rates, and
increasing postsecondary participation among underrepresented students.
SUPPORTING INTERCULTURAL
UNDERSTANDING, SUCCESS
COMMUNICATING COMMON
GROUND
, a service-learning project
initiated in 2007 by Associate
Professor Eddah Mutua-Kombo,
brings students in her intercultural
communication classes into three
local high schools to facilitate
honest dialogue among students
from diverse backgrounds about
the challenges and prospects of
intercultural and interracial relations
in the St. Cloud area. The initiative
impacts her students as well as the
community, promoting intercultural
understanding. To date, a total of 315
students have acquired intercultural
communication skills that will serve
them well in the future.
THE GREATER ST. CLOUD AREA
THRIVE PROJECT
, a collaborative
venture between Sauk Rapids-Rice
Early Childhood Program and St.
Cloud State College of Education,
began in 2007 with a mission to
support healthy social/emotional
development of children ages
0-5 in the greater St. Cloud area.
The project, originally funded
by the Initiative Foundation, has
leveraged additional funding to
support ve collaborative projects
that are impacting more than 600
children through the Child Care
Connections and early Intervention
projects as well as providing training
opportunities for mental health
clinicians, early care and other
education professionals and parents.
The project currently is engaged in
a Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation
grant to explore ways to make the
early intervention system more
accessible and responsive to the
community’s immigrant and refugee
children.
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» In Minnesota there are 10,315 teachers, 675 school administrators and 419
coaches who are St. Cloud State alumni educating the state’s youth.
» During 2010-11 the Oce of Clinical Experiences in the College of
Education has made 717 student teaching placements and 1421 eld
experience placements in 185 schools in 41 school districts in our region.
Education that drives knowledge into action:
Central to our mission and vision is our commitment to ensuring our students
have the opportunity to be engaged in active and applied learning while at
SCSU. We are developing and expanding academic programs that prepare our
students for success in work and life through integrated learning and the expert
and innovative application of knowledge. rough this priority, we support
the Board’s goals of developing graduates with strong, adaptable and globally
competitive skills, providing multiple delivery options for our programs and
services, and supporting the development faculty who are prepared to educate
our students for the future.
SCSU Strategic Initiatives:
» Develop systems and structures to create an environment that supports
basic and applied research, scholarship and creative expression for our
faculty and students
» Expand and institutionalize our international activities and partnerships
that provide global learning opportunities for our students, faculty and sta
» Develop a plan for on-line courses and programs that support the needs of
our students and the market
Evidence of success:
» Committed to the internationalization of campus, St. Cloud State is ranked
11th in the country among masters level institutions in 2009-2010 in
international student enrollment. Currently there are 1,076 international
students from 86 countries. In the last ve years more than 2,000
St. Cloud State students have studied abroad, which ranks St. Cloud
State 31st nationally by the Institute for International Education.
In 2010-2011 St. Cloud State is hosting 26 international students
studying on government-sponsored programs, including eight who
have Fulbright awards.
» SCSU generated more than 47,000 on-line credits in scal year 2010, the
highest in the MnSCU system and nearly 40% more than the next largest
provider. St. Cloud State’s on-line credits have more than tripled since 2005
and represent 7 percent of MnSCU’s 654,527 registered on-line credits.
» Our Applied Behavioral Analysis program, a completely on-line graduate
program, is seen as a national model for delivering graduate education in
the eld.
» St. Cloud State is a participant in the Red Balloon Project, a national
initiative launched by the American Association of State Colleges and
Universities (AASCU) to re-imagine and then redesign undergraduate
education for the 21st century. We are partnering with Winona State
University in Next Generation Learning Challenges-AASCU and e
University of Central Florida Project on Blended Learning, which involves
exploring new opportunities related to curriculum in developmental Math
and English courses.
STEM INITIATIVES
BRING SCIENCE TO LIFE
Science Express, a unique mobile
science lab, is bringing hands-
on, high-tech, inquiry learning to
outstate Minnesota school districts
since 2009. University ocials
created the Science Express to bridge
the gap between what professional
scientists use and what is available
in rural and small-town classrooms.
Nearly 12,000 students from 29
schools combined for nearly 14,000
visits to the 52-foot retrotted
Medtronic training trailer during
2009-2010. The rolling laboratory
will visit 33 schools and anticipates
serving more than 16,000 by the end
of the academic year.
St. Cloud State was one of 75
U.S. colleges and universities to
participate in the inaugural USA
science expo that was a collaboration
of more than 500 of the nation’s
leading science and engineering
organizations in an eort to reignite
interest among youth in the study of
related elds.
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» Applied research, scholarship and creative activity in partnership with
faculty is a vital component to an SCSU student experience. rough our
annual Student Research Colloquium, students had the opportunity to
engage in research and present their ndings at a campus-wide event.
A portfolio of distinctive programs:
e ongoing development and enhancement of high-quality, distinctive
academic programs is critical to the future success of St. Cloud State University.
rough this priority, SCSU is assessing our existing programs, building on our
prominent programs and creating new programs that align with the priorities of
the state and region, and support the Board’s commitment to being the state’s
leader in workforce education.
SCSU Strategic Initiatives:
» Expand applied graduate education opportunities that t student and
market demand and align with our undergraduate strengths
» Build interdisciplinary programs with a clear research and
service connection
» Develop academic programs with a focus on sustainability
Evidence of our success:
» SCSU created the Twin Cities Graduate Center in Maple Grove as a site to
oer graduate-level classes in the major population center and the region
where the largest percentage of our graduates live and work. Programs
oered include: Doctoral degree programs for working professionals
in Higher Education Administration and Educational Administration
and Leadership; master’s degree programs in: Master of Business
Administration, Regulatory Aairs and Services and Applied Clinical
Research. Additional programs in areas such educational administration,
counseling and special education are being developed.
» St. Cloud State’s Broadcast Journalism, Print Journalism, and Public
Relations programs are nationally recognized, with students and campus
television and radio stations frequently earning regional and national
awards—including Emmys—from organizations like the Broadcast
Education Association, National Association of Broadcasters, Public
Relations Society of America, Society of Professional Journalists, and
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for their outstanding work.
» Recently, SCSU was certied as a Center of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance from the NSA and the Department of
Homeland Security. Our Information Assurance Program is among
the top 100 in the country.
» Responding to workforce needs, St. Cloud State initiated a master’s degree
program in regulatory aairs with an emphasis on medical devices. is
was a direct response to concerns of industry leaders like Howard Root
of Vascular Solutions, one of the fastest-growing device companies in the
region. Root said at a forum last April that an undersupply of adequately
trained professionals in elds like regulatory aairs has at times limited
the growth of his company. e medical device manufacturing industry
employed more than 29,000 people in Minnesota in 2007.
» e Land Surveying and Mapping Science program provides trained
surveyors for the Upper Midwest. It is the only such program in Minnesota
and the surrounding states.
STUDENT ARTWORK
GOES TO TOWN
GALLERY VAULT BRINGS STUDENT
WORK TO DOWNTOWN
– SCSU Art
students have written and received
Central MN Arts Board grant funding
to open, operate and serve as
curators of a downtown gallery space
dedicated to SCSU art student work
and collaborative exhibitions within
the community. With mentorship
from the Art Department, the Gallery
Vault has sponsored more than 12
shows by university art students and
faculty, and has also collaborated
with Visual Arts Minnesota, the St.
Cloud School District, regional artists,
and area businesses to provide
unique opportunities for the arts.
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» St. Cloud State’s Meteorology program is recognized as the best in the
Upper Midwest.
» St. Cloud State’s accredited Applied Sociology program is the only applied
program in the Midwest.
» SCSU’s three nationally accredited arts programs in Music, eatre
and Art—the only 4-year institution in the state of MN with this
distinction (including the U of M)—will anchor the newly organized
School of the Arts.
» e Atwood Memorial Center Community Farmer’s Market was launched
in 2009 to promote sustainability by making locally grown foods provided
by o-campus vendors as well as campus growers available on campus.
Character that reflects our region:
As a public regional comprehensive university, SCSU has a unique responsibility
to be a good “steward of place” by meaningfully engaging in the social and
economic issues facing our communities and state. Community engagement is
an important component of our mission and vision and is one of the pillars of the
learning experience of our students. rough this priority, SCSU will oer an
array of programs and services that reect the needs of our community and state
and support the Board’s priority of improving the competitiveness of Minnesota
and its people.
SCSU Strategic Initiatives:
» Expand and institutionalize our commitment to civic and community
engagement
» Expand Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
initiatives that strengthen our basic and applied science programs and
science education
Evidence of our success:
» St. Cloud State was recently awarded the 2010 Community Engagement
Classication by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, recognizing the institution’s “practices that support dynamic
and noteworthy community engagement. A total of 311 schools among the
3,900 degree-granting institutions are recognized.
» e Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota,
incorporating faculty from six departments across campus, has been
conducting research projects in conjunction with community organizations
on developing data of use to community and academics on the social
conditions of immigrant workers in Minnesota communities. e group
has led two “Global Goes Local” conferences that have been supported
by MnSCU grant funds and the second co-sponsored by the University of
Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center.
» e Minnesota Trade Oce satellite oce is housed in St. Cloud State
University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC). e SBDC
worked with clients who bought or started 53 businesses in 2010 which
created 121 jobs and had a capital infusion of $6.2 million in loans and
equity. ey delivered 3,715 hours of business counseling to 433 clients
including 231 women and minorities and 51 veterans.
» e rst Minnesota satellite oce of the Minneapolis oce of the
Better Business Bureau is housed with the University’s Small Business
Development Center.
UNIVERSITY SUSTAINABILITY
ACTIVITIES
• President Potter has signed the
AASCU President’s
Climate Commitment.
• The University has completed
its carbon footprint assessment
as it moves to limit or level the
carbon output.
• The University is constructing
and renovating building to LEED
standards.
• The University has worked with
Sodexo food services to provide
trayless dining, which has led to
a decrease in food waste, and
encouraging use of local foods in
food preparation.
• The University has added two
rain gardens to campus as well
as other storm water runo
mitigation measures.
• The campus power distribution
system is poised to directly
connect to the Hydroelectric plant
in the Mississippi River on the east
side of campus to provide nearly
all its power needs when the
current contract with Excel expires.
FACULTY SUSTAINABILITY
ACTIVITIES
• 36% of faculty responding to a
recent survey stated they were
involved in sustainability activities
in their teaching, scholarly and
service work. They indicated
involvement in 75 categories of
sustainability.
• 29% were currently using
sustainability themes in their
teaching. These faculty teach more
than 90 courses in 23 departments
and programs across campus.
• 32% were currently engaged in
scholarly activities (i.e. research,
creative initiatives) that contain
a sustainability component.
• 37% were performing service
work that contains a sustainability
component.
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» St. Cloud State University had a $369 million economic impact on the
economy in 2006 when it enrolled 15,444 students. Today’s enrollment is
more than 18,300 students.
» e Microloan Program through the G.R. Herberger College of Business
provides small loans to individuals interested in starting a business
but who do not meet the eligibility criteria for a traditional bank loan.
University partners, such as ING Direct and US Bank, provided capital,
and SCSU students serve as consultants to the microloan recipient. e
program remains relatively unique in its focus to involve students with
microenterprises to enhance business development. Universities such as Yale
and Rutgers have similar programs; we believe SCSU’s program is the only
Midwest program of its kind.
Institutional capacity for excellence and innovation:
e changing environment and expectations of public higher education requires
SCSU to operate very dierently in order to operate in the “new normal” of
public higher education. rough this priority, SCSU will develop internal
structures and capacities that support the achievement of our mission, vision
and Strategic Action Plan and support the Board’s priorities of innovation and
nancial sustainability.
SCSU Strategic Initiatives:
» Recruit, develop, and retain a high-quality, diverse workforce to meet
current and future educational needs
» Develop planning, assessment and data infrastructures to support decision-
making and continuous improvement
» Leverage technology to enhance student access, learning and service and
organizational eciency and eectiveness
» Create facilities and spaces designed to house critical current and future
programs
» Expand private support for university priorities and to support student
achievement and success
» Strengthen our approach to alumni relations to encourage active
engagement of our graduates with the university for life
Evidence of success:
» SCSU’s approach to strategic program appraisal and reorganization is
being presented at national conferences and is receiving recognition by
peer institutions as a model for collaborative strategic planning in higher
education.
» As a demonstration of our commitment to accountability and student
learning and success, SCSU was a founding member in both the AASCU/
APLU Voluntary System of Accountability and the National Institute for
Learning Outcomes Assessment’s President’s Alliance for Student Learning
& Accountability.
» e Strategic Analytics & Management Systems (SAMS), SCSU’s approach
to business intelligence and performance management data and analysis, is
being seen as a model within the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
system and at universities across the country.
» e renovation of Riverview, built in 1911 and the only campus building
listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has received local and
state preservation awards. Once the home of a laboratory school where
TOP 10 EMPLOYERS
OF OUR GRADUATES
NUMBER EMPLOYED SINCE 2000:
• Target – 218
• Wells Fargo – 187
1976 graduate John Stumpf is
CEO of Wells Fargo
• State of MN—185
• St. Cloud Hospital – 183
• Military – 171
• St. Cloud State University – 147
• ING Direct – 102
• Enterprise Rentacar – 77
• Menards – 68
• US Bank – 68
• TCF – 65
• CH Robinson – 59
• Larson Allen – 55
• City of St. Cloud – 53
A LOCAL LEADER’S PERSPECTIVE
“As one of the largest employers of
St. Cloud State students and
graduates, I continue to be impressed
with the quality of students that St.
Cloud State University produces.
They are ready to work and
regardless of their major, add value
to our organization. St. Cloud State
University is truly an asset in our
community and greatly contributes
to the economic vitality of Central
Minnesota and to the growth of
ING DIRECT USA in the State of
Minnesota.”
Brian H. Myres,
Head of Sales, ING DIRECT USA
THE “MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL
BUSINESS JOURNAL” RECENTLY
PUBLISHED THE TOP 25
ACCOUNTING FIRMS
4 ARE RUN BY SCSU ALUMNI
• #2 ranked Larson Allen, top metro
exec alumnus Gordon Viere, B.S.
1975, Accounting
• #10 ranked KDV, top metro exec
alumnus Loren Viere, B.S. 1976,
Accounting
• #21 ranked Boyum & Barenscheer,
top metro exec alumnus Thomas
Margarit, M.B.A. 1983
• #23 ranked Froehling Anderson,
top metro exec is alumnus David
Benusa, B.S. 1991, Accounting
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St. Cloud Normal School students honed their teaching skills to the benet
of local schoolchildren, the building now houses the Communication
Studies Department. is campus gem, reopened in the fall of 2009, is a
stunning reminder of both our strong heritage and our promising future.
» Biology and Chemistry departments moved physically into the 21st century
with safer and more modern classrooms, laboratories and oces in the
Wick Science Center Addition, opened in 2009. is important move was
the rst in a three-step science initiative that will strongly support campus
leadership in science and engineering education with facilities that support
academic excellence and service to students and faculty.
» Brown Hall, renovated and reopened in spring 2010, is home to St. Cloud
State’s growing Nursing Sciences program, as well as Continuing Studies
and Communication Sciences and Disorders. e renewed facilities will
allow the campus to double its nursing enrollment in order to address on of
Minnesota’s most pressing workforce needs.
» 15,000 unique St. Cloud State students had at least one course via D2L
(Desire2Learn) during spring semester 2010.
Collaborations
St. Cloud State University actively seeks collaborations and partnerships that
further the mission of the university and provides mutual benets for both
partners. SCSU has more than 300 active partnerships and agreements with
system institutions, school districts, clinical sites, international universities, and
public agencies that support student learning and experiences.
• e St. Cloud Technical & Community College Connection (SCTCCC)
Program provides an excellent opportunity to begin the college experience. e
program is oered to freshman applicants who do not qualify for admission to
St. Cloud State University programs. Students accepted into the program take
classes taught by St. Cloud Technical & Community College faculty on the
campus of St. Cloud State University. St. Cloud State also provides for SCTCC
students: Comprehensive Student Health Services; Public Safety services; living
space and service in residence halls; satellite U-Choose Program; coordination
relating to St. Cloud Police Reports (sharing daily police reports that involve
their students and inviting their personnel to attend St. Cloud State’s monthly
meeting with police personnel; Metro Bus service; telephone and voice mail
service; parking and recreation programs; Learning Resources facilities and
support services; and Campus Card service.
• In partnership with Metropolitan State University, SCSU oers the Masters in
Engineering Management degree.
• SCSU has formed strategic partnerships with Nelson Mandela Metropolitan
University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, Universidad de Concepción in
Concepción, Chile, and Nankai University/Binhai College, China. ese
strategic international partnerships provide global learning and research
opportunities for SCSU students and faculty.
• SCSU is engaged as a partner with local agencies on the continued
development and implementation of the St. Cloud region’s cultural plan,
including the ArtWORKS Initiative to creatively engage, transform and
enhance the community through the arts.
• e Communication Sciences and Disorders Department provides clinical
experiences for its students and clinical services to the community through its
audiology, speech therapy and autism programs. ey engage in partnerships
COBORN PLAZA COMES ALIVE
St. Cloud State’s new front door,
the 12,000-square-foot Welcome
Center, opened last fall as home to
University oces that interface with
the community such as Continuing
Studies, the Central Minnesota Small
Business Development Center, the
university’s micro-loan program,
Admissions and a satellite bookstore.
Meeting rooms are being used by
community organizations related
to the university. St. Cloud State’s
unique residence hall, the Coborn
Plaza Apartments, is in the upper
three oors of two four-story
buildings that are part of Coborn
Plaza, the rst phase of the Fifth
Avenue Live! development plan for
a revitalized Fifth Avenue corridor
from the Civic Center downtown
to the National Event and Hockey
Center on the south end of campus.
Coborn Plaza also includes several
retail shops. The apartments and
the Welcome Center are leased from
J.A. Wedum, a Minneapolis-based
foundation which has developed
student and senior housing in several
Minnesota communities.
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and collaborations with a large number of partners, including e Courage
Center, Talahi Care Center, Whitney Senior Center, CentraCare, Alina,
Fairview Health Services and Paynesville Medical Center. School district
partners include St. Cloud, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Foley, Brainerd, Monticello,
Minnetonka, Willmar, Sartell, Sauk Rapids-Rice, ROCORI, Holdingford,
and Kimball.
F P –
During Summer and Fall 2010, SCSU completed a complete reorganization
of its academic programs and colleges to align our academic and student support
structures with our emerging mission, vision and Strategic Action Plan. e
intent of Academic Reorganization was to:
• Provide a more integrated student experience
• Build and sustain exible and supportive student pathways
• Enhance the rigor and relevance of our academic programs
• Improve organizational connectedness
• Better facilitate interdisciplinary work and innovation
• Embed exibility and feedback loops for continuous improvement
• Decrease administrative overhead so we can focus our resources on
serving our students
e new organizational structure that was announced on Dec. 10, 2011 was
an important next step in fullling SCSU’s new mission and will enhance the
identity and reputation of SCSU and its programs, expand collaborative research
and outreach, and provide a more rigorous, integrated and engaged experience
for its students. In addition, the new organizational structure resulted in more
than $2 million in administrative savings. Starting July 1, 2011, SCSU will be
organized into six autonomous colleges and schools with two schools embedded
in each of the colleges.
• College of Science & Engineering, with an embedded School of Computing,
Engineering & Environment
• College of Liberal Arts, with an embedded School of the Arts
• School of Education
• School of Public Aairs
• School of Health & Human Services
• Herberger Business School
e new organizational structure uses professionally focused schools as its
primary organizing structure. is was done with the belief that schools that
are smaller and more nimble will be able to approach academic program
development from an interdisciplinary perspective and be more responsive to the
changing environment.
SCSU is in the process of transitioning to its new organizational structure which
must be operational by Fall 2011. e real benet of the academic reorganization
will occur as it is more fully implemented over the next three to four years.
SCSU will focus on developing expanding applied, interdisciplinary programs
that will meet future workforce needs of the state. For example, the construction
of the Integrated Science & Engineering Laboratory Facility (ISELF) will
provide the facilities to fully develop the potential of the School of Computing,
Engineering & Environment.
TACKLING AN ISSUE
OF HEALTH, SAFETY
THE IMPACT PROGRAM
, created in
2006 to educate students who have
violated the student code of conduct
with alcohol, has demonstrated
a signicant reduction in student
alcohol use. In fall 2010 St. Cloud
State and the City of St. Cloud
formed a partnership to reduce
underage drinking in St. Cloud for
students and non-students. The
collaboration’s IMPACT Diversion
Program allows individuals to take
the IMPACT program on campus
rather than go before a judge if they
are caught underage drinking. Since
September over 600 have qualied
for the program and over 400 have
participated. The recidivism rate for
underage drinking is less than 4%
compared to over 12% in previous
years. Through this partnership
individuals will have an opportunity
to receive education which ultimately
may improve their health and success
and reduce the demand on police
services and negative impact to the
community.
