• Identification of 10 programs as prominent/promising.
• Discontinuation of 2 programs
• Initiation of three new programs and a new department (Modeling, Simulation and Visualization)
• Merger of 4 programs to form 2.

• Revisit each program every five years to ensure that resources are properly directed to prominent and core programs.

• Prominent/ promising programs:
  • A&L: GPIS and MFA, Creative Writing
  • CBPA: Maritime and Supply Chain Management and Public Administration
  • DCOE: Counseling and Communication Disorders
  • BCET: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • CoHS: Online Graduate Nursing
  • CoS: Oceanography; Physics
• Discontinued: MA in Recreation and Tourism and Master of Engineering in Motorsports Engineering
• New programs: undergraduate program in Modeling and Simulation, PhD emphasis in Biomedical Engineering, MA in Communication
• Mergers: Ph.D. programs in Literacy Leadership, Early Childhood and Curriculum and Instruction part of Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with 3 tracks; separate PhD programs in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering are now combined.
• Annual reviews of programs and five year review cycle of all graduate programs, effective fall 2012. Seven doctoral and eleven masters programs will have completed external reviews by summer 2013.

• Endowment size; growth of 23% from 2008-2009 to 2011-12-at $168.1 million.
• Increased mention of ODU in national and international media.
• Increased national rankings of programs by 2013.
• Increased availability, dissemination, and web use of recruitment materials drawn from surveys of newly enrolled students.
• Improved financial aid packaging to allow for earlier notification of awards.
• Increased alumni activities and involvement, private donations, annual giving, and number of donors, using 2008-09 as baseline.

• Increased percentage of top quality graduate students, along with top freshman and transfer undergraduate students, as measured by SATs, GPAs class rank, etc.

• Development:
  Total gifts, pledges, and expectations: increase of 148% from 2008-09 to 2011-12-at $30,500,034
• MS in Accounting students won Association of Governmental Accounting National Case Competition in 2012 (repeating their 2011 win).
• Four ODU students created and marketed a student time-management app, "College TA."
• International Association of Marine Economists (IAME) ranked ODU 8th in the world in port research.
• Electrical & Computer Engineering Prof. Dean Krusienski produced a film of a robotic arm controlled by steady state visually evoked potential (SSVEP), creating international interest including a Russian television program.
• Math Prof. John Adam received the 2012 Carl B. Allendoerfer Award from the American Mathematical Association and Peter Bernath received the 2012 Benedict Spectroscopy Award.
• FY 2011 BCET was ranked #88 in NSF rankings (same as previous year) overall, #70 in civil engineering (up from #74 in previous year), #29 in electrical engineering (up from # 39 in previous year), and #29 in mechanical engineering (remained in top 30 as in previous year)
• DCOE earned the #65 spot (from #113) in the U.S. News & World Report's 2014 edition of Best Graduate Schools.
• MBA program earned the 121st spot among 295 part-time MBA Programs in Best Graduate Schools, by U.S. News Media Group, 2012 edition; CBPA ranked 100 in Public Affairs Education by U.S. News & World Report, based on analysis of more than 1200 graduate programs.x
• GMAT scores of incoming MBA, MS in Accounting, and PhD in Business students increased over previous year; GRE scores of incoming PhD in Public Administration and Urban Policy increased over previous year. Increases in SATs, GPAs, and class rank recorded in Engineering and Education.
• Increase in activity on FB page and Twitter feed; over 6,300 "likes" on Facebook, and almost 900 followers on Twitter.

• Increase retention of graduate students in first two years of program, by college and department.
• Decrease average time to degree completion by college and increase in number of PhDs awarded.
• Increased number and percentage of graduate degree recipients providing job and/or academic placement information.

• Time to degree for master's students decreased from 3.1 (2008-09) to 2.8 (2011-12); for educational specialists from 9.2 to 7.4; and for doctorates, an overall increase from 4.6 to 5.0.
• CBPA: 90% of Ph.D. students employed in 2011-2012; DCOE: 100% of Ph.D. recipients provided job and/or academic placement information; BCET: 87% employment among doctoral degree recipients; CoHS: 71% of 2011 Family Nurse Practitioner graduates and 100% of 2011 graduates in Nurse Educator, Nurse Anesthesia, Nurse Administrator, Women's Health Nursing Practitioner, and DNP programs employed within 6 months of graduation; 90% of 2012 Nuclear Medicine graduates employed within 6 months.

Note: Enhanced tracking of A&L and CoS graduates, as well as those graduating from Masters programs will be conducted in coming terms.