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President’s Report:

President’s Report Board of Curators Meeting Stephen J. Owens June 17, 2011

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Missouri’s spring n atural d isasters Photo: SEMA homepage

University’s unique statewide service mission:

University’s unique statewide service mission Disaster assistance from multiple groups: MOREnet emergency communications Fundraising – e.g., KOMU drive netted $1 million Delta Research Center – Bootheel flooding MU Health Care—mobilized ambulances, personnel, supplies MU Extension specialists—’before, during, after’ Goods collected, services provided by individuals—including student-athletes

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Successful University fundraising efforts MU Athletics T-shirt sales were brisk

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Massive Joplin destruction… Associated Press photo of destroyed Home Depot

Lending a hand across the state…:

Lending a hand across the state… Columbia Tribune : Tigers in Joplin In wake of spring tornados, floods Extension’s Jeff Barber working with Joplin homeowner

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…In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado Extension photo

Systemwide assistance sought for rebuilding:

Systemwide assistance sought for rebuilding State of Missouri Emergency Management Agency

State support of University is high-performing investment!:

State support of University is high-performing investment! State funding investment has huge ROI, with rich dividends that compound over time Annual state funding about same today as a just over a decade ago—despite growth in state’s budget

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Funding/FTE Student FTE Enrollment The University is educating 35% more FTE students with 26% fewer resources 20% Efficiency

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State Investment Leveraged 5X in FY2011

State Direct ROI on University Investment:

State Direct ROI on University Investment

State Indirect ROI on University Investment:

State Indirect ROI on University Investment

University’s economic impact on state:

University’s economic impact on state $450 M State investment $5.46 B In e conomic a ctivity a cross s tate

Priceless: An Educated Citizenry:

Priceless: An Educated Citizenry Thomas Jefferson’s principles: D emocracy can’t exist without an enlightened public “Talent and virtue, needed in a free society, should be educated regardless of wealth, birth or other accidental condition….Children of the poor must be thus educated at common expense”

Panel of Chancellors :

Panel of Chancellors Topic: Advancing Missouri’s quality undergraduate education Brady Deaton Leo Morton Thomas George John Carney