FY2016 BUDGET HEARINGS 0 APP O RIAT 0 UNLVERSLTY OF ;ou TH DAKOTA COMMI E Student Success • Fa ll 2014 enrol lment 10,061. , Both USD men 's and women's t ra ck teams were Top 10 in the nati on academically. · irst-time, full· time 1, 14 7; average ACT23.08. · Emi ly Grove was named the Women 's Indoor Fi el d Sc hola r- At hlete of the Year by • Honors program freshmen enrollment the U.S. rack and Field and Cross Country 137, ave rage AC T 28.69. Coaches Association. · Retent ion Fa ll 2013 to Fall 2014 75 per ce nt. • Eliann Carr, a Ph .D. student in Counseling • Off campus and distance enroll ment Fa ll & Psychol ogy in ducation, was among a 2013 4,841; Fall 2014 4,845. handful of scholars from around the wor ld • Degrees awarded increased from 1,893 in chosen to attend the Haruv Inst itute Ph .D. 2010 Lo 2 ,1 68 in 2014. wo rkshop on Ch ild Maltreatment h el d in Jerusalem last fa ll. • Lena Tron of Sioux Falls won a Gilman Scholarship from th e Depar tm ent of State • Five undergraduate studen ts from USD 's an d the Institute of International Education Department of Anthropology received for Spring 20 15. The award prepar es U.S. the South Dakota State Historical Socie ty students for leadership in a global and A ward for student s er vi ce fo r volunteering Interdependent world . at archaeological sites. • Bethany i rsick , track and field at hlete, • Bro dy Krogman, a USD music ma jor in was named the 2013-20 14 Summit L ea gue voice, won 3rd prize in the Glen Miller Fe male Scholar-Athlete of the Ye ar, the Vocal C ompetition . most presiigious honor given by the league.
U !lVE RS T OF Academic Program Success SOU TH DAKO TA • USD is ranked am ong the Forbes To p Coll le ges. overa ll ! an d also placed as .i Fo rbes Top Rese3rc h University and Best in the Midwest. Forbes rankings are based on categories such as student s.atisfaction, post-graduate success, graduati on rate and s tu dent debt • U.S . News & Wo r 1d Report ran ks the Beacom S c ho o1 of Bu si n ess 41 st in the nation for online MBA prog ra m s. The Mas ter of Prof ess ional Account.incy progr.im ranks 31st in the n.it ion for Best Online Gr ad uat e Busin ess Program. • The National Council on Teacher Quality ranks USD 's s.econdary educ.iti on progr.im in the top 3 percent n.iti onw ide, ;ind the elementary education program In the to p S percent. • USD Health Sciences major is ranked No. 15 in the nation by The B es t Schools.org . • US D Opera won 3rd Pr i ze in th e National Opera Assoc iation Collegiate Produ ct ion Compet ition. · USD Ch.imber Singers were finalists fo r the fou r th consecutive year fo r the American Prize in Cho.ra l Performance. • Esta bli sh ed the IT Consul tant Academy in 2013 that this • New Paramedic Specialization for Hea lth Sc iences major ye.iris xp.inding through SDEPSCoR, the Governor's .iddresses i nc re as i ng st.itewide needs for high ly-t rained lir Office of Economic Devel opme nt and tl.e Board of st-responders. Regents to t ra in information technology prof ess.iona l s. · USD-Pf.ii r ie F utures pa rtnership su pports nursing , 15 S TE M graduate students part icipated in a statewide students a. nd ea r ly scholars in Health Sc iences cou r ses to project to provi de cross-di sci pli na ry tr aining in solar help develop the wo rkforce of central South Dakota. energy. Twenty undergr.iduate STEM students did • USO now offers BSN degree in Pierre to ad dr ess regional su mmer research in ch;emi stry and engineering. needs fo r BSN -trained nmses. • Masters of Public Health cl3sses sta rtJanu3ry 2015, • Year - long student t ea . ching is fully im plemented at USO . a p art nership betwee n USO and S0 5U. Dur ing 1014, 99 percent oheache r education graduat es • Masters of Social Wo r kgr.iduated its first class in 20 14 , from USO were employed. awarding 23 MSW degr ees. • lnter professional Dis.ibilities Se rvi ces minor tr ains di r ec t supp ort pr.ofess ionals to work wi th peo ple wi th disabilities.
u I [ R I y OF SO UTH DAK O TA , Onward: The Campaign for South Dakota kicked off with S135 ,000,000 raised toward the goal of $250 ,000,000. · Ultimately the campai gn will provi de $97,000,000 for and academic space for Physica l herapy, Occupational scholarships, $112,000,000 for facilities, $29.000,000 Therapy and Kinesiology and Spo rt s Science. for endowed chairs and professors and $12 ,000,000 • Nursing Center for Simulati on and lnterprofessional for student and facu lty enrichment. Educati on opens to provi de rea lrstic training situations • The Center for Diversi ty and Community is open in for health sciences education across disciplines. the MlJenster Universi ty Center, providing space for • Support governor's recommendati on to incr ase fundi ng interaction and collaboration across the for facility maintenance and repa ir to 2 percent of student population. replacement cos . The 10-year deferred critical • Constructi on 1 s underway for sports comp l ex including maintenance list for the USD exceeds $106,000,000. basketball/Volleyball arena, outdoor track, soccer compl ex
U IV RSI OF SOU H DAl(OTA Research Highlights • Master Plan for USO research park in Sioux Fa lls being nalized. The plan is funded by USD , Forward Sioux Fal ls and the City of Sioux Falls. • Const ruct i on of the Good Manufacturi ng Practices ( GMP) space at the Gea r Center in Sioux Falls ls complete, funded by the Governor's Office of E conomic Development. • Intellectual proper ty : 37 active invention disclosures, 42 acti ve patent applications and grants, 2 licensed technologies. • Two facul ty members received CAREER Awards from the Nationol Sc ience oundat i on . Looking Ahead • Construction of first phase infrastructure for USD research park in S i oux Falls to begin in 2015. · USO research park conducting a feasi bility study for expanded cGMP scale-up space to be located in Phase II of the GEAR Center Expansion or in a new building at the research park. • Second GEAR building proposed at estimated cost of $12.1 million with S950 ,000 annual debt service. • Biomedical Eng ineer ing undergraduate degree proposed. · Recommended demolition of Julian, Brookman and Noteboom halls.
U I RSI OF Sanford School of Medicine SOUTH DAKOTA • The Frontier and Rural Medic ine (FARM } Progrc1m placed the first 6 students in 5 rural commun ities. • SSOM admitted 56 M.D. and 2 M.D. -Ph .D. students in fall 2014, 55 of them in-state studen s c1nd a thi rd of the m from towns of fewer than 10,000 people . Fifte en of the new students are strongly interested in FARM . * MOBRIDuE. MILBANK * FARM PROGRAM WINNEll * * PlATTE • In 2015 the new SSOM class w ill grow to 67 M. D. st udent s an d 2 M.D. -Ph .D. students as a result of class expansion approved by the 2014 Legislature . • In 2014, the US D Sanford School of Medicine was No. 1 In the country for the proportion of graduates who ultimately p<actlce in rural areas. • The South Dakota He alth Occupations Stu den t Association (HOSA } is in its th ird year, wit h more than 500 hi gh school students statewide . In 2014 a HOSA stude nt won the S 18 5,000 National Academy Medical School Scholarship Challenge.
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