Virginia Commonwealth University: International Agenda

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VCU 2020 Progress ReportAugust 23, 2006
Stephen D. Gottfredson, Ph.D. Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs Sheldon M.
Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H. Vice President for Health
Sciences and CEO VCU Health System Francis L.
Macrina, Ph.D. Vice President for Research
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VCU 2020 Vision for Excellence

• Board of Visitors approved VCU 2020 in
  February 2006.
• Academic and Health Affairs Policy Committee
  required an implementation progress report twice
  yearly.
• Behind Tab VII Full Report of Progress to Date.
• Today, we will present highlights.

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Five Themes / 40 Initiatives

• Ensure and maintain the highest levels of
  University efficiency, accountability and
  infrastructure support required to achieve our
  strategic vision.
• Achieve national recognition as a
  learning-centered research university that
  embraces a world-class student experience.
• Assure continued international recognition for
  our research, scholarship and creative
  expression.
• Achieve preeminence for our academic medical
  center.
• Maintain VCU as a model for university-community
  partnerships.

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Best Practices
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Former Division of Administrative Information
Technology Reported to the Senior Vice President
for Finance and Administration

May 2004
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Former Division of Academic Technology Reported
to the Provost and Vice President for Academic
Affairs
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New HEETF Allocation Process

• Virginia Higher Education Equipment Trust Fund
  (HEETF) provides vital equipment and
  instrumentation in support of instruction and
  research.
• The Provost, Vice President for Health Sciences
  and Vice President for Research agreed to form
  three committees - research, instruction and
  academic/student support - to review and
  prioritize requests.
• All three committees concentrated on overarching
  university needs, like
• Core facilities research and classroom
• Building-related needs for the new School of
  Nursing and School of Business buildings
• Faculty start-up and faculty development
  initiatives
• Successfully allocated 12.0 million for central
  university needs, rather than sprinkling the
  funds among departmental or school requests.

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Centralized Classroom Scheduling

• Central Scheduling
• Substantially reduced departmental scheduling of
  classrooms on the Monroe Park Campus
• Mandatory Block Scheduling
• Consistency of class times/days across the
  Monroe Park Campus

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Reorganization of Academic Affairs

• Combined administrative oversight of academic and
  faculty affairs under new position of Vice
  Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs.
• Combined oversight of instruction, student
  engagement and services for first year and
  undeclared students under new position of Vice
  Provost for Instruction.
• Transferred equity and diversity officer and
  EEO/AA services office to the Provosts office
  and elevated position to Vice Provost.
• Created the Center for Institutional
  Effectiveness.
• Created University College and Honors College.
• Created Faculty/Staff Ombudsperson.

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Center for Institutional Effectiveness

• Function
• Metrics for Decision-Making
• Institutional Effectiveness and Evaluation
• Strategic Planning Support
• Mandatory Reporting
• Program Review Support
• Data Management
• Academic Space Allocation and Management
• Combined institutional planning with financial
  planning by locating the Center under the Vice
  Provost for Academic Finance and Administration.

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The Student Experience
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Vice Provost for Instruction
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The University College
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VCU Compact

• VCU Compact is a program intended to guarantee
  students and their families that our graduates
  have the foundations needed for lifelong success.
• VCU Compact commits the University to supply its
  students with the foundational tools to acquire
  the knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes
  necessary to be successful in their academic
  career as well as their future occupations.
• VCU Compact focuses on engagement as well as
  academic success.

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VCU Compact The Elements

• Skill Development
• Written and Oral Expression
• Quantitative Literacy
• Critical Thinking
• Group Work, etc.
• Shared Experiences
• Higher Expectations
• Sense of Community
• Integrated Experiences
• Sense of Accomplishment

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Expectations for our Students

• College Its a full-time job
• Be prepared (as you walk into class, ask yourself
  if you would be prepared to take a test today)
• Get study habits (study at least 2 hours per week
  for every hour youre in class) and
• Get connected (with your faculty, fellow students
  and the VCU community).

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Engaging Students through Summer Reading Program

• Introduces students to their first common
  intellectual experience and to the universitys
  academic life. It is intended to enhance
  connections.

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The Honors College

• Dr. Tim Hulsey was named Dean of the Honors
  College in March 2006.
• To date, the Universitys budget provides
  800,000 in additional funding to support faculty
  who teach the Honors College curriculum, as well
  as to fund two additional student support
  positions.

• Renovations to several informal learning spaces
  for Honors students in the Honors College at 701
  West Grace Street have recently been completed.

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Student Engagement in Life Sciences

• VCU is one of six U.S. universities to receive
  first-time grants from the prestigious Howard
  Hughes Medical Institute to enrich the way
  undergraduate science is taught.
• The 1.5 million grant will be used to change the
  emphasis in undergraduate biology and life
  sciences education from a traditional, organismal
  approach to a more integrated systems biology
  approach.

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Student Engagement in Research

• Honors College was provided funding to support
  undergraduate honors students in various research
  areas.
• Student Stipends
• Stipends for Faculty mentors
• Two Summer Institutes
• For Continuing Students a 6-8 week program
  working in the lab with a faculty member
• For Freshmen Students a week-long research
  institute
• Students were also able to present their research
  results at national symposiums.

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Student Engagement through Mentoring

• Upper-level students in the Honors College are
  key mentors for first-year and new students in
  the University College.

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Campus Life
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Enhancements to Student Life James Branch Cabell
Library
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Enhancements to Student Life Shafer Court
Dining Center

• April 7, 2006 received the Excellence in
  Design, Interiors Award from the Hampton Roads
  Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

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Enhancements to Student Life Recreation
Facilities

• Hunton Hall (Hunton Student Center) Targeted
  opening Oct. 30, 2006

• Additional projects to be completed by fall 2008
• Cary Street Recreation Project
• Larrick Center
• Lobs Lessons Tennis Facility

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Student Outcomes
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Completed assessments of core competencies as
required by SCHEV
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One-year Freshman Retention and Six-year
Graduation Rate
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Summer Enrollments
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Community Engagement
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International CommunitiesCollaborations with
fifteen international universities
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Proposed Division of Community Engagement
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Preeminence for our Academic Medical Center
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Prominence in Research

• School of Medicine Research Plan
• Dr. Gordon Archer, Associate Dean for Research
  appointed in new position
• New faculty in targeted fields recruited
  Research cancer, neuroscience, infectious
  diseases, regenerative medicine, behavioral
  health, and womens health.
• On-going recruitments are targeting heavy
  hitters in fields such as genomics,
  cardiopulmonary disease, aging and metabolism

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Prominence in Research

• School of Medicine Research Plan
• Increased research space
• Accelerated planning of Medical Sciences Building
  II (MSB II) in FY 2006 for increased research
  space
• An additional 14.8 million in state support
  includes 8 million supplement for MSB II, 6
  million for the Massey Cancer Center addition,
  and 0.8 million for the completion of
  renovations in Sanger Hall
• The Commonwealth committed 3.1 million in annual
  state support for research activities over a
  three-year period
• An additional 5 million was funded by the
  Commonwealth for the one-time acquisition of
  research equipment beginning in FY 2007

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Prominence in Research

• School of Nursing NIH increased from 1,640,058
  in FY03 to 2,701,993 in FY04.
• 14th highest NIH funded School of Nursing in the
  nation and the highest funded in the Commonwealth
  of Virginia.
• Addition School of Dentistry Building
• The General Assembly provided funding of 9.2 M
  to be combined with 2.6 M from VCU resources
• Expansion of research in biomaterials engineering
• Enrollment growth in the DDS and BS in dental
  hygiene

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Working to Solve Health Disparities

• The Center on Health Disparities (CHD)
  established in December 2005
• The University allocated 150,000 to increasing
  the recruitment of underrepresented minority and
  disadvantaged (URMD) students into health
  sciences careers
• A reorganization and reallocation of 60,000
  under the Vice President for Health Sciences was
  also used to create the Office of Health
  Careers/Education and Special Services for
  Students
• VCU Acceleration living learning community for
  freshmen URMD students enrolled second cohort
• 146 URMD students participated this summer in
  health science career development programs

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Working to Solve Health Disparities

• The CHD received one of 12 awards given by the
  Community Campus Partnerships in Health, which is
  funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
• The Center is collaborating with the VCU School
  of World Studies to coordinate a Latino Health
  Summit that will be held on November 16-17th at
  the Richmond Convention Center.

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Massey Cancer Center

• In May, the Massey Cancer Center dedicated the
  Goodwin Research Laboratory, an
  80,000-square-foot state-of-the-art cancer
  research laboratory named in honor of Mr. and
  Mrs. William H. Goodwin
• Key faculty recruits underway
• Dr. Laura Siminoff was appointed as the Massey
  Cancer Center associate director for cancer
  control, an important area in the effort to
  attain comprehensive status

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School of Public Health

• An additional permanent allocation of 976,245
  was made to the 2006-07 budget for new faculty in
  the VCU School of Public Health.
• Dr. Laura Siminoff has been recruited as Chair of
  the new Department of Behavioral Sciences and
  Health Promotion
• Third of five core areas required for
  accreditation of an independent School of Public
  Health.
• Extensive renovations are underway in the McGuire
  Annex to house Dr. Siminoffs department.
• A national recruitment is underway for a new
  Chair of the Department of Biostatistics
  following the retirement of the previous chair,
  Dr. W. Hans Carter Jr.

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Expand Education, Research, and Patient Care
throughout the Commonwealth

• The School of Pharmacy is completing an agreement
  with INOVA Health Care Services to create a
  Northern Virginia Division training site for
  third and fourth year VCU pharmacy students. The
  first group of 20 students are planned to begin
  their third year of education in fall 2007.
• The VCU/INOVA Collaboration has been initiated by
  the creation of three working committees to
  explore medical education, research, and
  professional programs. The committees will begin
  meeting this fall.
• The School of Allied Health Professions
  department of Nurse Anesthesia continues to
  expand student enrollment in underserved areas
  such as Southwest Virginia.
• The School of Nursing extended its off-campus
  RN-to-BS offering to Danville.

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VCU Health System Multiyear Strategic Plan

• As a critical component of the VCU Medical
  Center, the VCU Health System has embarked on a
  multiyear strategic plan. The major components of
  this plan are
• Focused investment on programs that offer
  strategic potential.
• Recruitment of physicians, staff and technology
  to broaden the clinical and research base of the
  institution is an essential element of these
  investments.
• Short- and long-term approaches to meeting the
  workforce needs, including the retention and
  recruitment of physicians, nurses, technical
  staff and development of the emerging workforce.
• Investments in information technology.
• Continued pursuit of improvements in clinical and
  service quality.
• Attained magnet status.

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VCUs Research Enterprise
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VCU Sponsored Programs Awards
208,731,566
M
FY06 is an estimate pending finalization
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VCU Awards by Source FY06
Federal funding agency examples
NIH
NSF
FY06 is an estimate pending finalization
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VCU Research Facility Growth
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VCU Office of Research
Development
Compliance
Vice President for Research Francis L.
Macrina Executive Assistant Jane S. Lalich
CONFLICT OF INTEREST REVIEW COMMITTEE
RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL
Associate Vice President for Research Roy W.
Pickens
Acting Associate Vice President for Research
Development Ann M. Nichols-Casebolt
Office of Finance and Administration Michael A.
Newsome, Director
Division of Animal Resources Bobby R. Collins,
Director
Office of Industry Partnerships Michael E. Katz,
Director
Office of Research Subjects Protection Rosemary
Kelso, Director
Office of Research Information Systems James H.
Ward, Director
IRB Tech Support
IACUC Tech Support
Office of Technology Transfer Ivelina S.
Metcheva, Director
Office of Education and Compliance
Oversight Monika Markowitz, Director
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION
IACUC Board R. Wayne Barbee, Chair
IRB Panel Chairs 1)William Smith 2) Ann
Nichols-Casebolt 3) Andrea Hastillo 4) Lea Ann
Hansen 5) WIRB
Office of Sponsored Programs Administration Susan
Robb, Director
Womens Health Research Support Core Michelle
Kienholz, Director
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARCH August
2006
VCU INSTITUTES Drug and Alcohol Studies Dr. R.
Balster Womens Health Dr. S.
Kornstein Structural Biology Dr. D.
Abraham Psychiatry Behavorial Genetics Drs.
K. Kendler L. Eaves
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VCU Office of Research
Development
Vice President for Research Francis L.
Macrina Executive Assistant Jane S. Lalich
RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL
New appointments
Acting Associate Vice President for Research
Development Ann M. Nichols-Casebolt
Office of Finance and Administration Michael A.
Newsome, Director
Office of Industry Partnerships Michael E. Katz,
Director
Organizational Addition
Office of Research Information Systems James H.
Ward, Director
Office of Technology Transfer Ivelina S.
Metcheva, Director
Allen Morris
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOUNDATION
Commercialization Adv. Board
Office of Sponsored Programs Administration Susan
Robb, Director
Womens Health Research Support Core Michelle
Kienholz, Director
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VCU Office of Research
Vice President for Research Francis L.
Macrina Executive Assistant Jane S. Lalich
Compliance
CONFLICT OF INTEREST REVIEW COMMITTEE
Associate Vice President for Research Roy W.
Pickens
New appointments
Division of Animal Resources Bobby R. Collins,
Director
Office of Research Subjects Protection Rosemary
Kelso, Director
Exempt Review Group
Organizational Addition
IRB Tech Support
IACUC Tech Support
Office of Education and Compliance
Oversight Monika Markowitz, Director
Research Liaison Patty Gerber
IACUC Board R. Wayne Barbee, Chair
IRB Panel Chairs 1)William Smith 2) Ann
Nichols-Casebolt 3) Andrea Hastillo 4) Lea Ann
Hansen 5) WIRB
Research Integrity Officers Dr. F. Hawkridge
Dr. G. Matzke
VCU INSTITUTES Drug and Alcohol Studies Dr. R.
Balster Womens Health Dr. S.
Kornstein Structural Biology Dr. D.
Abraham Psychiatry Behavorial Genetics Drs.
K. Kendler L. Eaves
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Office of Technology Transfer

• 72 new disclosures
• 56 new disclosures School of Medicine (77)
• 32 new licenses (19 School of Medicine)
• 1,402,803Licensing Revenues (45 increase v.
  FY05)
• 2 new VCU companies were formed

Photo from Richmond Times-Dispatch August 8,
2006.
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Core Instrumentation

• From HEETF Allocations
• Proteomics Core Facility
• Center for High Performance Computing
• Nucleic Acids Research Facility

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Trainee-related

• Set institutional guidelines for compensation and
  benefits for postdoctoral fellows that are
  competitive with VCUs peer institutions.

Funding and Infrastructure

• Establish mechanism for identifying needs for
  initiation, maintenance, and oversight of core
  scientific instrumentation and research computing
  facilities to support current and emerging
  research priorities

Collaboration

• Capitalize fully on potential collaborations with
  the Virginia BioTechnology Research park
• Develop and expand research collaboration with
  INOVA Health System in Northern Virginia

Medical Center Preeminence

• Institute a process of systematic, periodic
  review of all VCU research centers and institutes
  to assess their state, effectiveness, and
  alignment with the overall goals of the
  University, and to recommend actions for
  improvement.

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VCU Office of Research

• Postdoctoral fellow training enhancement
• High Performance Research Computing Task Force
• Institutional Coordination of HEETF Allocations
  for Research
• Virginia BioTechnology Park-VCU Collaboration
  Agreement
• INOVA dialogue (retreat planned)
• Institutes and Centers Discussion Paper and
  Committee Formation
• Harris Manchester College (Oxford) Visiting
  Scholar Program

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Questions?