Yueh-Ting Lee, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, didn't have enough time to list all of the accomplishments of faculty members at yesterday's College of Arts and Sciences State of the College Address.
Lee presented 10 accomplishments from the college, ranging from the amount of funding many professors receive to faculty awards to the Center for Visual Arts built by Frank Gehry.
"This is truly a monumental accomplishment," Lee said of the number of grants that various professors received for research.
During his presentation, Lee focused on the acronym SHARE, or be seen, heard, appreciated, recognized and excellent.
There are many people who can be "SHAREholders," Lee said.
"We SHARE the Vision" was also the theme of the evening's presentation.
"We need help from different shareholders - students, faculty and staff, alumni, donors and community leaders," he said.
Lee also said that the missions of the College of Arts and Sciences and the university were in alignment, so SHAREholders needed to work together.
There are areas where the college needs to be improved, though, Lee said.
"Research lab for faculties, space for students, like teaching labs, that's important," he said.
According to Lee, UT's College of Arts and Sciences is ranked at 190th in the country. Lee wants to bring that up to the top 50 to 100 arts and sciences colleges.
There are about 380 arts and sciences colleges in the nation, he said.
The UT College of Arts and Science is made up of 19 departments and 20 research centers, Lee said, and the college uses the US News and World report ranking as one of the benchmarkers.
"We want to raise admission standards, retention rates, and student scholarships, and get more money, and [increase the] graduation rate, and also [the] employment rate," Lee said, listing some of the things he wants to help achieve.
"These are exciting times, and we have a very energetic dean to lead us towards the vision of the college," said Mojisola Tiamiyu, special assistant to the dean for retention and career development.
Many students attended the State of the College Address.
"I thought they were going to talk more about the students and achievements of the students than the faculty," said Nicholas Ford, a freshman majoring in film.
Noah Gillespie, a senior double majoring in economics and law and social thought, agreed.
"Maybe I would prefer something with more dialogue," he said.
The address was an opportunity to listen, Gillespie said.
"We came here to hear what they have to say," he said. "Maybe they can hear what we have to say, [too]."
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