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A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR COLLEGE 2

OUR LEGENDS … John Bardeen Tony Leggett Nick Holonyak Transistor Superfluidity LED Superconductivity Quantum-well laser 3

SOME OF OUR STARS … John Rogers Jennifer Lewis Wen-Mei Hwu Bill Gropp 4

OUR FUTURE … Nadya Mason Lynford Goddard Xiuling Li Eric Pop 5

WORKING TOGETHER… 6

RESEARCH IMPACT ... 7

COMMITTED TO EDUCATION … 8

PREPARING LEADERS … • From innovation and business plan competitions to charm schools and trips to Silicon Valley, the Technology Entrepreneurship Center provides our students with rich co-curricular experiences 9

AMONG THE BEST COLLEGES … 10

AMONG THE BEST PROGRAMS … 11

INTERDISCIPLINARY EXCELLENCE … Coordinated Science Laboratory Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory Materials Research Laboratory 12

RESEARCH INTENSIVE … 13

OUR STUDENTS … 14

FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP … • Increased enrollments • Online and professional masters’ programs • Investment in advancement • External research funding • Strategic hiring of faculty • Shared services 15

A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE … 16

A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE … 17

STUDENT DIVERSITY AND FINANCIAL AID 18

STUDENT DEMAND IS VERY STRONG 19

PEER COMPARISON 20

SCHOLARSHIPS 21

ENROLLMENT SERVICES • Recruiting • Admissions – Set enrollment targets for the college, and for all 13 degree programs – Make timely scholarship offers, coordinated with campus – Send names of non-admits to UIC • Post-Admission 22

SUPPORTING STUDENT SUCCESS 23

FACULTY DIVERSITY 24

RECENT HIRES 25

PEER COMPARISON 26

ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW 27

PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION • Strategically relevant? • Can we lead and have impact? • Opportunities for collaboration? • Financially sustainable? 28

RECENT ACADEMIC EXAMPLES • Merging three departments into two – Strategic focusing • Establishing Bioengineering department – Strategic investment – Attracts the highest ACT applicants – Collaboration across campus – Shifted faculty lines from other fields 29

RECENT RESEARCH EXAMPLES • Center for Cellular Mechanics – Initial investment of $300k – Led to $25M shared center grant, others • Information Trust Institute – Initial investment of $300k, plus half-time support of an AP for three years – From a standing start in FY03, ITI has booked $80M in research revenues 30

A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE … 31

A COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE … 32

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