Arizona university system annual report

              FY 2002-2003
Annual Report
Arizona University System
Arizona State University
Northern Arizona University
University of Arizona
ARIZONA UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
FY 2002-2003
ANNUAL REPORT
Overview
The Arizona university system made considerable progress during fiscal year 2003,
meeting the education needs of a record number of students and successfully
undertaking and accomplishing many major initiatives.
In August 2002, the Board of Regents launched Changing Directions, a multi-faceted
initiative to reform the university system. In less than a year, the university system was
reformed in numerous and significant ways and in short order.
Specifically, the universities’ missions were redefined and differentiated; major policies
were revised; barriers to success were eliminated; and additional tuition funding and
increased need-based financial aid were secured. Reform will continue to evolve as
the Regents and presidents craft a public university system able to meet the state’s
higher education needs and the changing dynamics of the 21st century.
With thanks to Governor Napolitano and the legislature, Arizona made a tremendous
investment in its future by funding the infrastructure necessary to advance the
universities’ research agendas. House Bill 2529, passed by the legislature during the
2003 legislative session and approved by the Governor, provides $34.6 million a year
for 24 years to the universities to permit construction of $440 million worth of research
facilities through lease purchase financing.
Significant legislation was enacted to refer a proposal to the voters which would permit
the universities to hold an equity position in companies in consideration for the transfer
of technology. Passage of this ballot measure will increase the pace by which
university-developed technology and inventions are transferred to the marketplace.
Arizona’s citizens will vote on this measure during the 2004 general election.
Budgetary matters continued to be a concern. Since April of 2001, the universities saw
their operating budgets cut by $109 million and, in light of the state’s financial
difficulties, faced the prospect of additional cuts in fiscal year 2003. In her budget
proposals, Governor Napolitano protected funding for the universities, and in the final
budget adopted by the legislature and approved by the Governor, the universities’
budgets remained intact.
This report contains information about the Changing Directions initiative, student
enrollments, academic programs, staffing levels, and system funding sources and
uses. Statistical highlights are provided on the following page.
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Enrollment and Degrees Awarded
Nearly 114,000 students enrolled in Arizona’s three universities in Fall 2002, an
increase of nearly 4,500 students (or four percent) over the prior year. Large
enrollment increases are expected through the next two decades, with an enrollment of
160,000 projected by 2020.
The universities awarded a total of 24,064 degrees in 2002-2003, representing almost
a four percent increase over the 23,213 degrees awarded in 2001-2002.
Academic Programs
Arizona's public universities offered 380 Bachelor's degree programs, 274 Master's
degree programs, 144 Doctorate programs, and six professional degree programs at
the three main campuses and at sites throughout the state. More than 100 certification
programs also were offered.
Sources and Uses of Funds
The university system’s operating budget for FY 2003 was $2.6 billion. This included
$746.9 million from the state general fund; $287.2 million in tuition and other state
collections; $690.9 million in gifts, grants and contracts; and $886.9 million in auxiliary
and other unrestricted funds.
Expenditures included $777.7 million for instruction; $339.5 million for research; $294
million for auxiliary operations; $250.7 million for institutional support; $148.1 million for
academic support; $130.2 million for scholarships; $74.5 million for student services;
$60.5 million for public service; and $261.9 million on other uses.
Staffing Levels
The university system employed 28,463 faculty and staff members, including 18,153
full-time employees and 10,310 part-time employees. Of this total complement, 4,066
professors and 588 other instructional faculty provided instruction, research, and public
service at the universities.
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In August 2002, the Arizona Board of
Regents, faced with rapidly increasing student
enrollments and large cuts to university
budgets, launched Changing Directions, an
ongoing, multi-faceted initiative to reform the
Arizona university system. The initiative
focused on:
♦ Improving the quality of educational
programs;
♦ Increasing student success;
♦ Enabling each university to capitalize on
its strengths and opportunities;
♦ E n h a n c i n g a n d
diversifying university
funding streams;
♦ I n c r e a s i n g t h e
affordability of a
university education; and
♦ Stimulating the local and
state economies by providing
oppor tuni t ies for economic
development.
Arizona’s universities must have stable
funding sources and sufficient resources to
carry out their missions and operations. With
Changing Directions, Regents initiated a
comprehensive review of university revenue
sources and management strategies to
provide the universities with the resources
they need.
As a part of Changing Directions, Regents
carefully reviewed tuition costs and student
financial aid. During FY 2002-2003, Arizona’s
tuition was the lowest in the country, ranking
last when compared to senior public
universities in the 50 states.
As Regents considered the universities’
tuition needs for the 2003-2004 academic
year, they strived to:
• Set a tuition rate that better reflects the
cost of providing a quality education
while maintaining tuition at a level that
ensures Arizona’s public universities are
among the most affordable in the
country; and
• Mitigate the impact of a tuition increase
on Arizona’s neediest citizens by
dedicating a larger percentage of tuition
revenues to need-based financial aid.
Regents also revised their policy framework
to enable the university presidents to reshape
their programs to better meet the needs of
Arizona’s citizens and communities. As a
result of these changes, educational options
for students will become more diverse as
institutional missions become
more focused and universities
collaborate further on academic
program offerings.
Specific policy changes
were adopted, including ones that:
• Set forth the Regents’ intent to increase
tuition rates to the top of the lower one-third
of senior public universities in the 50
states and to maintain this ranking;
• Increased by more than 140 percent the
amount of tuition revenues set aside for
need-based financial aid;
• Allowed the universities more flexibility in
providing courses throughout the entire
state by eliminating university-specific
geographical restrictions;
• Offered alternative tuition payment plans
to provide students more flexibility; and
• Modified admissions standards to provide
flexibility to the universities in admitting
students while still ensuring diversity.
These changes will not be implemented
until 2006 so that current high school
freshmen will have time to meet the new
requirements.
More detailed information about Changing
Directions is available on the Board’s website
at: www.abor.asu.edu.
Changing Directions
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Degrees Awarded by Campus, 2002-2003*
Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate Prof Total
ASU 6,765 2,353 343 195 9,656
ASUW 1,360 299 0 0 1,659
ASUE 501 90 0 0 591
UA 5,352 1,361 295 378 7,386
NAU 2,791 1,897 42 42 4,772
Total 16,769 6,000 680 615 24,064
Enrollment Trends, 1988-2002
93,610 99,841 103,974 113,869
85,807
79,238
91,163
100,258
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
1988 1993 1998 2002
Headcount Full Time Equiv
Fall 2002 Enrollment
Headcount1 Full Time Equivalent1
Undergrad Graduate Total Undergrad Graduate Total
ASU Main2 36,802 10,557 47,359 34,900 8,051 42,951
ASU West2 5,035 1,595 6,630 4,298 755 5,053
ASU East2 2,526 600 3,126 1,730 246 1,976
NAU 13,577 6,330 19,907 13,397 3,792 17,189
UA 28,278 8,569 36,847 26,653 6,436 33,089
TOTAL 86,218 27,651 113,869 80,978 19,280 100,258
Enrollment and Degrees Awarded
• In Fall 2002, the universities’ headcount enrollment increased by 4,494 students, from 109,375 to
113,869.
• Arizona’s universities are expecting tremendous growth in the next two decades. Student
enrollments are projected to increase to more than 160,000 students by the year 2020.
• Arizona’s Hispanic population, currently 25 percent, is projected to increase to 50 percent by 2023.
The universities will need to provide the necessary services to ensure educational success for and
access by the Hispanic community.
• Distance learning likely will expand to meet the needs of the growing demand for higher education.
This medium also allows the universities to reach time- and place-bound students throughout the
state.
• Arizona’s universities awarded 24,064 degrees in 2002-2003. This represents almost a four percent
increase over the 23,213 degrees awarded in 2001-2002.
1 The term "headcount" refers to the total number of students served (part-time and full-time). The term "FTE" refers to the number of Full Time Equivalent students. Total FTE
is generated by calculating one FTE student for each 15 student credit hours produced in lower-division courses, each 12 student credit hours produced in upper-division
courses, and each 10 student credit hours produced in graduate courses.
2 ASU Main, ASU West, and ASU East headcounts are reported separately here so that the number of students served by each campus can be shown. Some students attend
more than one campus; therefore, this count involves some duplication.
*Degree totals are subject to verification in November 2003.
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Sources and uses of funds for FY 2003 are depicted in the pie charts below:
Tuition rates for 2002-2003 are compared with the rates approved by the Board in March 2003 for
the 2003-2004 academic year:
Sources and Uses of Funds
FY 2003 System Operating Budget
Sources $2.6 Billion
(Figures in millions)
Unrestricted
$886.9, 34%
General Fund
$746.9, 29%
State Collections
$287.2, 11%
Restricted
$690.9, 26%
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Tuition and Mandatory Fees
2002-2003 2003-2004
All Campuses Arizona State University
Northern Arizona University
University of Arizona
Undergraduate Total tuition & fees Increase Total tuition & fees Increase Total tuition & fees
Resident $2,583 $1,010, (39.1%) $3,593 $1,010, (39.1%) $3,593
Nonresident $11,103 $1,010, (9.1%) $12,113 $1,260, (11.3%) $12,363
Graduate
Resident $2,583 $1,210, (46.8%) $3,793 $1,260, (48.8%) $3,843
Nonresident $11,103 $1,210, (10.9%) $12,313 $1,510, (13.6%) $12,613
Academic
Support
Auxiliary
Other
Institutional
Support
Instruction
Organized
Research
UA-Ag
Scholarships
Transfers
Public Service
Student
Services
$130, 5%
$44.8, 2%
$777.7, 33%
(UA-South, ASUE, ABOR)
$250.7, 11%
$339.5, 14%
$148.1, 6%
$87.1, 4%
$294, 13%
$130.2, 6%
$74.5, 3%
$60.5, 3%
FY 2003 System Operating Budget
Uses $2.3 Billion
(Figures in millions)
ASU Main ASU East ASU West NAU UA Total
Instructors 46 0 3 65 59 173
Lecturers 118 15 37 28 124 322
Other 89 4 0 0 0 93
Total 253 19 40 93 183 588
Other Instructional Faculty, Fall 2002
Staffing Levels
ASU Main ASU East ASU West NAU UA Total
Professors 671 24 38 224 804 1,761
Associate Professors 433 28 68 222 518 1,269
Assistant Professors 308 15 35 159 519 1,036
Total 1,412 67 141 605 1,841 4,066
University Professors, Fall 2002
ASU Main ASU East ASU West NAU UA Total
Full-time employees 5,909 215 559 2,302 9,168 18,153
Part-time Employees 4,017 67 223 1,342 4,661 10,310
Total 9,926 282 782 3,644 13,829 28,463
Source: IPEDS, Fall 2002
All Employees, Fall 2002
University System Employees
Universities reported the following employee counts for the university system:
Total professors: 4,066
Other Instructional faculty: 588
Total full-time employees: 18,153
Total part-time employees: 10,310
Total employees: 28,463
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Hundreds of degree programs were offered at
Arizona’s universities and their branch campuses.
Arizona State University offered 87 Bachelor's
degree programs, 95 Master's degree programs,
49 Doctorate degree programs, 1 Professional
degree program, 34 undergraduate certificate
programs, 4 post-baccalaureate certificate
programs, and 14 graduate certificate programs.
Programs were offered through the university's 10
colleges and 2 schools, including the College of
Architecture and Environmental Design, W. P.
Carey School of Business, College of Education,
Ira Fulton School of Engineering, College of
Extended Education, Herberger College of Fine
Arts, Graduate College, Barrett Honors College,
College of Law, College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, College of Nursing, and College of
Public Programs.
ASU West offered 29 Bachelor's degree
programs, 9 Master's degree programs, 4
undergraduate certificate programs, and 4 post-baccalaureate
certificate programs through the
College of Arts and Sciences, College of
Education, College of Human Services, and the
School of Management.
ASU East offered 18 Bachelor's degree programs,
6 Master's degree programs, 2 undergraduate
certificate programs, and 2 post-baccalaureate
certificate programs through East College, the
College of Technology and Applied Sciences, and
the Morrison School of Agribusiness and
Resource Management.
Northern Arizona University offered 108
Bachelor's degree programs, 46 Master's degree
programs, 13 Doctorate degree programs, 1
Professional degree program, 30 baccalaureate
certificate programs, and 12 Master's certificate
programs. Programs were offered through the
university's 7 colleges and 4 schools, including the
School of Fine Arts, College of Arts and Sciences,
College of Business Administration, School of
Communication, School of Forestry, College of
Education, College of Engineering and
Technology, Graduate College, College of Health
Professions, School of Hotel and Restaurant
Management, and College of Social and
Behavioral Sciences.
The University of Arizona offered 122 Bachelor’s
degree programs, 114 Master’s degree programs,
4 professional degree programs, and 82 Doctorate
degree programs in 16 colleges and 8 schools.
The colleges include The College of Agriculture
and Life Sciences, College of Architecture,
Planning and Landscape, College of Education,
Eller College of Business and Public
Administration, Engineering and Mines, College of
Fine Arts, Graduate College, Honors College,
College of Humanities, James E. Rogers College
of Law, College of Medicine, College of Nursing,
College of Pharmacy, Mel and Enid Zuckerman
College of Public Health, College of Science, and
the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Schools include the Karl Eller Graduate School of
Management, School of Family and Consumer
Sciences, School of Information Resources and
Library Science, School of Health Professions,
School of Military Science, Naval Science and
Military Aerospace, School of Music and Dance,
School of Renewable Natural Resources, and the
School of Public Administration and Policy.
The University of Arizona South offered 1
degree program which is unique to UA South—the
Bachelor of Applied Science offered through the
UA South Division of Science, Technology, and
Professional Studies. It also offered 15 Bachelor's
degree programs, 4 Master's degree programs, 2
Baccalaureate certificate programs, and 5
Master's certificate programs in conjunction with
UA Main.
Each university provides complete academic
program information on the internet. Link to the
lists of degrees and majors at:
ASU: http://www.asu.edu/programs/
ASU West: http://www.west.asu.edu/acprogs/
ASU East: http://www.east.asu.edu/explore/
programs/
NAU: http://www.nau.edu/web/catalogs.
shtml
UA: h t t p : / / w w w . a r i z o n a . e d u /
admissions/undergrad-degrees.
shtml
UA South: http://uas.arizona.edu/departments/
Academic_Programs.html
Academic Programs
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Arizona Board of Regents Highlights
Technology and Research
Initiative Fund — Proposition 301,
passed by voters in November 2000,
increased the state sales tax by six-tenths
of one percent to support
education in Arizona. Approximately
12 percent of this revenue is for the
university system’s Technology and
Research Initiative Fund (TRIF).
The Board of Regents
reviews and approves the
universities’ requests for funding to
support:
♦ technology and research initiatives;
♦ the expansion of educational access for
time-bound and place-bound students;
♦ workforce development; and
♦ related efforts.
During FY 2003, TRIF initiatives
leveraged almost $40 million in external funding
awards; produced 264 invention disclosures,
220 patent applications, 35 patents, 6 startups/
spin-offs, and 124 signed licenses/options;
created 159 partnerships with industry or
national laboratories and 176 partnerships with
other entities; and stimulated the relocation of 2
companies and the expansion of 1.
Arizona Regents University (ARU) — ARU is
a cooperative effort to link our universities’
distance learning programs. During FY 2003,
enrollments in distance learning courses at
Arizona’s public universities almost tripled, from
12,353 in FY 2002 to 35,616. Likewise,
courses offered increased from 520 in FY 2002
to 1,471 in FY 2003.
The Board recently approved funding ($1.3
million) for a Tri-University Electronic Library to
provide access to online learners at their home
or work locations as well as to on-campus
students. ARU is funded by the Technology
and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF).
Learner Centered Education — Improving
teaching strategies is the major goal of the
Learner Centered Education initiative funded by
the Technology and Research Initiative Fund
(TRIF). Grants totaling $575,165 were awarded
to fund 18 projects. These projects included 95
courses, with 188 faculty and 14,000 students
involved.
Workforce Development — Arizona’s
universities are taking major steps to
develop the state’s workforce. Increasing
the number of teachers and nurses is
especially critical as these fields are
facing national and state shortages.
The federal No Child Left Behind
Act has created the need for more highly
qualified teachers. It is projected that
Arizona will need an additional 11,384
teachers by 2010.
Each university has established a
plan to increase the number and quality of
teachers, including:
􀂍􈴠 Providing accelerated teaching
programs;
􀂍􈴠 Expanding existing and creating new
teacher induction and retention
programs;
􀂍􈴠 Offering more teaching courses and
programs online; and
􀂍􈴠 Offering alternative certification
programs, designed for post-baccalaureate,
working professionals.
The universities have developed a five-year
plan to double the number of nursing graduates
to meet the state’s needs, as required by SB
1260, the Caregiver and Resource Expansion
Act, passed by the Arizona Legislature in 2002.
These plans identify how each university
will increase enrollments and the costs
associated with expanding the programs, such
as salaries and facilities. While the universities
have identified strategies to achieve a portion of
the funding needs, substantial additional
funding still will be requested to accomplish the
expansion.
Undergraduate Education — Undergraduate
education is the primary mission and top priority
of our universities. The Board has implemented
an accountability mechanism, the
Undergraduate Consolidated Accountability
Report, to monitor the quality of the universities’
undergraduate education programs. Each year
the universities present a comprehensive report
detailing their progress in improving
undergraduate education. In the 2003 report,
more than 90 percent of seniors graduating in
2002 who responded to surveys at each of the
three universities rated their overall university
experience as “good” or “excellent.”
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University Highlights — Arizona State University
• In Fall 2002, student
enrollment climbed to
55,491 and is expected to
increase to more than
57,500 students (an
increase of 3.7 percent) by
Fall 2003.
• N a t i o n al Me r i t
Scholars who enrolled at
ASU numbered 105 and their enrollment is
expected to increase to more than 170 by Fall
2003.
• ASU had its most successful fundraising
year in the history of the university during fiscal
year 2002-2003 and is on track for another
outstanding fundraising year. The most recent
notable gifts include:
∗ $50 million gift from William Polk Carey,
on behalf of the W. P. Carey
Foundation, to endow the W. P. Carey
School of Business;
∗ $50 million gift from Ira Fulton to endow
the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering;
∗ $10 million gift from The Virginia G.
Piper Charitable Trust to establish the
Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative
Writing;
∗ $5 million gift from Ira Fulton for the
College of Education;
∗ $2.5 million start-up grant from the
Stardust Foundation to create the
Stardust Center for Affordable Homes
and the Family.
• Two ASU students made USA Today’s list
of top college academic performers in February
2003. Collin Raymond was one of 20
undergraduates in the United States to be
named to the 2003 All-USA College Academic
First Team. Esther Ellsworth was among 20
named to the second team. Both came to ASU
in 1999 as freshmen National Merit Scholars.
Eight ASU students have earned prestigious
first team honors, the best
record of any public university
in the nation, tied with Duke.
Only Harvard and Yale have
had more.
• A c e r e m o n i a l
groundbreaking of the Arizona
Biodesign Institute (AzBio)
Phase I was held in April 2003.
The new facility, slated to open
next year, is ASU’s first world-class
, Grade-A, sel f -
contained, flexible and
dedicated research facility.
• The National Science
Foundation awarded $1.2
million in grants to ASU East
to develop curriculum and
outreach programs in
connection with the campus's new $6 million
Microelectronics Teaching Factory, a 15,000-
square-foot, full-process teaching model of a
semiconductor manufacturing cleanroom.
• ASU’s new Center for the Study of Religion
and Conflict is enhancing research and
education related to the role of religion in public
controversies around the world. Other new
centers and initiatives include: The ASU Pan-
American Initiative; The Consortium for the
Study of Rapidly Urbanizing Regions; The
A p p l i e d
NanoBioscience
Center; and The
I n s t i tute for
Computer and
I n f o r m a t i o n
Sciences and
E n g i n e e r i n g
(ICISE).
• Las Casas,
ASU West’s first residential housing facility, is
expected to open in Fall 2003, featuring
classes, workshops, tutoring, academic
advising, and on-site counseling.
• For the third year in a row, ASU faculty
have won multiple John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation Fellowships - a
prestigious academic award that ranks as one
of the highest honors in the humanities, social
sciences, and natural sciences.
• More information about ASU is available at
http://www.asu.edu.
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♦ NAU enrolled 19,907
students in Fall
2002. A slight
decline in Mountain
C a m p u s
undergraduates was
more than offset by a record number of
6,330 graduate students and an increase in
Statewide Programs headcounts to 5,336.
NAU served a record number of more than
3,100 students through distance
technologies in Spring 2003.
♦ Black Issues in Higher Education, June 3,
2003, noted that NAU is first in the nation in
awarding education master’s degrees to
Native Americans and second in awarding
education master’s degrees to Hispanics.
Hispanic students increased to 18 percent of
statewide enrollments and stands at more
than 50 percent of students at the Yuma
Center.
♦ Federal and state grant and contract support
for NAU increased to more than $52 million
in FY 2003, double the amount expected for
a university in its Carnegie category
(Doctoral One). Examples of particular
awards include:
◊ The Ecological Restoration Institute
headed by Dr. Wallace Covington
received $1 million from the U.S. Forest
Service to continue studying the
restoration of ponderosa pine forests.
◊ The College of Education received
$800,000 from the U.S. Department of
Education to help remedy a shortage of
special education teachers.
◊ The College of Engineering will fund a
“talent pipeline” to increase recruitment
and retention of women and minorities
through a $1.13 million grant from the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
◊ Professors Paul Torrence and Edgar
Civitello will head a team that received
$500,000 from the U.S. Army Medical
Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
to help develop a drug to combat
smallpox, and the Keim Genetics Lab
was awarded $450,000 to continue its
research on the bioterrorism threat,
anthrax.
◊ Initiatives in ERDENE, Environmental
Research, Development, and Education
f o r th e New
Economy, leveraged
Technology and
Research Initiative
Fund (Proposition
301) monies into over
$5 million in external funding, a ratio of
more than 3:1.
♦ NAU built, staffed, and opened the Gateway
Student Success Center as one part of an
effort to improve advising and other services
to freshmen students.
♦ In the Big Sky Athletic Conference, NAU
placed third in the competition for the
President’s Cup, a measure of combined
competitive and academic performance of
student-athletes in all sports.
♦ Student life on the Mountain Campus was
improved by the opening of Pine Ridge
Village, a modern residential facility funded
by a private/public partnership. A nearly
$200 million program of building renovation
was kicked off by the start of work on the
building complex occupied by the School of
Communication.
♦ NAU enjoyed a successful accreditation visit
by the North Central Association of Colleges
and Schools, and numerous academic
programs were instituted or accredited both
on and off campus, several targeted to state
workforce development needs.
♦ More information about NAU is available at
http://www.nau.edu.
University Highlights — Northern Arizona University
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University Highlights — University of Arizona
• The University of Arizona Lunar and
Planetary Lab (LPL) is the recipient of a
$325 million NASA grant to launch its
Phoenix Mission in 2007. Phoenix, named
for the mythological Egyptian bird reborn of
its own ashes, will probe Mars for water
information and search for signs that the
environment is hospitable to life forms.
Michael Drake, LPL director, said, “Phoenix
has the potential to be the smoking gun for
the evolution of life elsewhere in the
universe.”
• In the fall of 2003, UA expects to break
ground for three buildings: Drachman Hall,
which will house the newly accredited
College of Public Health; the Medical
Research Building; and the Institute for
Biomedical Science and Biotechnology.
Funded from public and private
partnerships, the Warren Avenue
Redevelopment District has the potential to
make Tucson a bioscience destination.
• The UA College of Medicine's Arizona
Hispanic Center of Excellence was awarded
a $1.5 million grant from the U.S.
Department of Health and Human
Resources - Health Resources and
Services Administration. The grant will
enable the Center to continue statewide
efforts to support Hispanic faculty
development, student recruitment and
retention, as well as assist in research
studies aimed at improving Hispanic health.
The Center is a collaboration of the College
of Public Health, the Mexican American
Studies and Research Center, the Graduate
College, and the Arizona Health Sciences
Office of Minority Affairs.
• UA ranked 48th in U.S. News and World
Report’s “Top 50 Public National
Universities –
Doctoral.” And a
recent Gallup
public opinion poll
revealed that UA
was among the 35 universities that
Americans named the best in the U.S.
• The Stevie Eller Dance Theatre, which
received the 2003 Citation Award from the
Arizona Chapter of the American Institute of
Architects, will be dedicated in October
2003. Located on the east side of the UA
Mall, the new theatre seats 300 and
features an orchestra pit, full fly tower,
control booth, lobbies, catwalks, an outdoor
stage, and scene and costume shops.
• The Eller College of Business and Public
Administration's McGuire Entrepreneurship
Program jumped from 14 to 11 in U.S.
News and World Report’s Best College
Entrepreneurship specialty ranking. Since
1996, the award-winning program has
advanced in rank every year.
• The UA’s Arizona Cancer Center received a
five-year $19.8 million renewal of its Core
Grant from the National Cancer Institute
(NCI), representing the largest National
Institutes of Health grant in UA history. The
Core Grant, crucial to the Center’s
maintaining its Comprehensive Cancer
Center status, has been NCI funded since
1978.
• More information about the UA is available
at http://www.arizona.edu.
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